My Experience At Changi YumCha Restaurant

[Food Review]

YumCha restaurant is located inside this building (left photo), it's near this red building over here. (right photo)

We had quite a difficulty looking for the restaurant as it's located at a corner. But nevertheless, thanks to Damien (UncleTehPeng) good sense of direction, we manage to find it! Hahaha!



Ambiance of the restaurant is good. To be honest, I've never been to any Yum Cha restaurant before. The one located at Changi Business Park just open recently, and I heard from my friends that this restaurant's concept at  is slightly different as compared to the one at Chinatown.

FIRST UP ON THE MENU

I really really like the custard bun! So awesome! It's best served and eaten while its hot! Peeled open the custard bun and the filling flows out like there's no tomorrow! Hahaha!



Did you know at the Changi outlet, you can place your order using the iPad?! Super awesome! Me and Damien loved the custard bun so much we ordered more of it! Hahaha!

NEXT UP ON THE MENU

Prawn & Mango Sesame Fritter
Love the combination of prawn and mango, and this is the first time I had mango served hot. The sesame fritters gave it an extra "something" to it!

I'm allergic to seafood but to my surprise, I didn't have any allergies acting up when I had that, so yea! PLUS POINTS!!!

Baked Mini Tarts
Nothing really special, but, egg tarts makes me happy, at YumCha, it comes in bite sized! ♥

Crispy Red Bean Paste with Banana
Crispy on the outside and soft in the inside, the first bite will taste like red bean and then banana thereafter. I don't know, maybe its just me. I love everything that is fried and crispy! Hahaha!

Crispy Vegetable Spring Roll
Its super crispy on the outside and the vegetables wrapped inside is not those soggy soggy kind like you buy from elsewhere.

HERE COMES THE MAIN LEAD

***TAKE NOTE***
For the H.K. Roast Menu, they only serve with Roast Duck, Char Siew and Roasted Pork, and its only available at the Changi outlet.

Photo above is just for illustration purpose only. Do check with the staff before ordering. :)

AS FOR THE MAIN COURSE

We had century egg and pork congee, and beef brisket noodle. For everyone who loves beef, you should try the beef brisket noodles. For me, I didn't like it alot because the taste of the beef from the soup is too strong. But the beef is very tender though...



For desserts, we had a few but my personal favorites would be the Pomelo Sago in Mango Juice, and Chinese Herbal Jelly.



Yum Cha at Changi Business Park is having a promotion now! Set menu for only $11.80 nett!!! SUCH A STEAL!!!
For only $11.80 you get a dim sum, a bowl of noodle or congee and a drink! Really worth every penny spent!!!



Now what are you waiting for?
Lets head on down and YUM CHA~

6 Changi Business Park Ave 1 #01-33 UE Bizhub EAST (next to NTUC)

Singapore 486017

Tel : 6789 1717

Opening Hours: 10.30am – 3pm, 6pm-9pm

Closed From: 3pm - 6pm

For more information you can check out their Facebook page or their website at http://www.yumcha.com.sg

The Spa-Lon

After a tedious and tiring day at work, or even at school, don't you just wish you can relax, enjoy and pamper yourself to a relaxing massage?!!!

At The Spa-Lon, they have a wide range of services, from face treatment to eye, body and even hands and feet. Making sure you get pampered from head to toe.

SO A FEW DAYS AGO
I visited The Spa-Lon, located at Tiong Bahru Plaza, #05-08/09.

The layout of The Spa-Lon is very clean and neat, it gives me a very calm feeling as the lighting and music is just nice, giving me the good hedonic feel.



My appointment was at 3pm and I arrived slightly earlier, so the receptionist offered me warm water before their masseur is ready.

A few minutes later, I was then ushered to a room (Males Only), where I was given a locker to place my belongings, and also shorts and necessities to change into for the body massage that I'm about to have.

Here's The Changing Room

Me changed, and getting ready for my massage

After which, I was brought to this room, where there's a shower inside. The masseur is super nice and gentle! As in, so ladylike that I feel that if I raise my voice she will cry those kind! Hahaha!!!



But yea, I feel that I'm in good hands, because the massage was damn good! Oh by the way, I chose the Toning Body Scrub, where it removes dead cells and other elements on the skin’s surface for more radiant skin.

Honestly, after the whole massage, I feel that my skin is SUPER SMOOTH! NO KIDDING! Like a new born baby! Hahaha!

Throughout the process, it was so relaxing that I wanted to just close my eyes and sleep. Hahaha! When the masseur is doing the massage, she kept asking me am I cold, do I need tissues, and she also initiates conversation, which was good la, to avoid awkward silence. Hahaha!

They also have guy masseurs as well, if you prefer more strength for your body massage. Just let them know. :)

If you guys would like to know, this is what they use for the Body Toning Scrub Massage.

A photo of me, changed after the whole massage experience. ^.^y

I really love their displays and entire layout. It gives me the super shiok and relaxing feeling! I can't help it but to say this again and again!



When I came out, I was offered tea while waiting for Mag (Modgam). I really enjoyed my experience with The Spa-Lon.



After that, went to have lunch with Mag and we chat A LOT! Hahaha! Can't wait for our next meet up!
Thank you so much for the invite Mag. ^.^

Venue: The Spa-Lon @Tiong Bahru Plaza, 302 Tiong Bahru Road, #05-08/09, 
Singapore 168732. 
Tel: 6276 6313

Website: http://thespa-lon.com/

Hassle Free Delivery With Food Panda

Have you guys heard about Food Panda before? I haven't heard of it till recently. Food Panda is a delivery portal that allows you to order food from various restaurants, ranging from western, to eastern to even our local Singapore food such as Chicken Rice!



You can order your food in just 3 simple steps!

STEP 1
Key in your postal code so that they can detect which restaurants are available to deliver to your area



STEP 2
Select the food that you want to order. See! I have 62 restaurants available at my area! ^.^



STEP 3
Make payment. AND VOILA! There you have it!



All you have to do is just wait for your food to be delivered to your door step! How simple! You can choose to either pay via visa/master card, cash or paypal!

The food arrived within the estimated time! YAY! I shared it with my sis, mom and dad! Enough for 4 people! :D



Adding on. FoodPandaSG is also available on both IOS and Android app store, which you can use it to order your food as well! Bringing convenience to a whole new level! ♥



P/S: Something that I would like to address, I made some mistake in my order and I called the hotline wanting to make some changes and they picked up the call quite fast, So thumbs up for that! ^.^y


NOW SOME GOODIES FOR YOU GUYS! 
Key in the voucher code "Pandalicious" upon check out and you can get your delivery fee waive off!
"Selected Restaurants Only", because I've tried it for Pastamania and it doesn't work.

The voucher code can be used 10 times by 10 different users only! So hurry! Before its all used up! :D

Ramen Champion

[Sponsored Event] 

Was invited to attend a food tasting event on 2nd October at Ramen Champion by Malcolm. Thank you so much for the invite, I really appreciate it. :)

I've never eaten at Ramen Champion before, but I've heard people raving about it, so I've decided to attend this event and try it out myself.




Before the food tasting session, they actually had another event at earlier in the afternoon, which was the qualifying round of the Ramen Big Eater Challenge, I didn't attend the event so I'm unsure of it.

The final round will be held on 14th November 2013 (Thursday), 3pm to 5pm at Ramen Champion Great World City, (1 Kim Seng Promenade, Great World City, #01-21/22, Singapore 237994).

The outlet at Great World City will be officially open on early November 2013 by the way. :)

For more information you can visit www.ramenchampion.com.sg or their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/RamenChampionSingapore.





Located: 201 Victoria Street, Bugis+ #4-08/09/10, Singapore 188067
Opening Hours: 11.30am - 10.30pm (Daily), last order at 10pm

First, we were served with the appetizer. Prawn Dipping Sauce With Cracker. We couldn't really taste the prawn, but we did taste abit of garlic inside the sauce though, as for the crackers, its just normal crackers.

Price: $4.00

The Ramen came shortly after we have finished our appetizer. The gave us 2 different bowls of Ramen, the one in red bowl is called Tonkotsu-Ramen Champion and the one in black is Special Tonkotsu Ramen, both priced at $16.50. Tonkotsu-Ramen Champion is more well liked by the ladies, but for me, I like the Special Tonkotsu Ramen instead, because I feel that the soup has lesser flavor. I don't know, maybe its just me. Haha!

Adding on, I like Special Tonkotsu Ramen's rich and milky taste! :D

Gyoza

Price: $6.00

Slightly crispy on the outside, and soft on the inside. Initially I thought seafood would be wrapped inside the skin of the Gyoza, but its not, its pork and added with a dip of the sauce, it goes really well. But the sauce is a tad salty for me though.

Chashu Carpaccio 

Price: $7.00

Served with sliced chashu with abit of spice, onions, and cherry tomatoes. Some of them commented that its a tad spicy, but for me, the taste of the spice wasn't there. I think it depends on individuals tastebuds though. I kinda like this dish.

Garlic Butter Potato

Price: $5.00

This WAS very salty!!!! It feels as though I've eaten a tea spoon of salt! But that aside, the potato are nice though! Just remove the salt, it will be alot more better.

Deep-Fried Toufu With Japanese Sauce

Price: $4.00

I really love Deep-Fried Tofu because of its crisp on the outside and soft on the inside. Not forgetting dipping it with sauces. :)

But for Ramen Champion's deep-fried tofu was kind of disappointing as I feel that the skin of their tofu wasn't that crispy as I thought it would be. I think partially is because it is put in with the Japanese sauce, therefore the Tofu have already soaked in the sauce. Maybe if they separate the deep-fried tofu from the Japanese sauce, it will be better.

Sukuyaki Bun

Price: $3

Absolutely love this dish! The bun is like those normal "KONG BAK" bun, but instead of the usual "kong bak", they used sliced marinated pork belly, which turns out awesome! The good part is that when you eat it with your chopsticks, the fillings doesn't drop out at all!





Here's the list of dishes that we have sampled from Mendokoro Aoi, Tonkotsu Itto, and Buta God.

Mendokoro Aoi 
Tonkotsu-Ramen Champion - $16.50 (red bowl)
Chashu Carpaccio - $7.00 (sliced chashu salad)
Garlic Butter Potato - $5.00
Prawn Dipping Sauce with Cracker - $4.00
Deep-fried Tofu with Japanese Sauce - $4.00

Tonkotsu Itto 
Special Tonkotsu Ramen - $16.50 (black bowl)
Goyza - $6.00

 Buta God
 Sukiyaki Bun - $3 each

Bloggers Food Trail At Bugis Junction (Part 3)

[Sponsored Event]

So now I'm gonna continue the quest of bloggers food trail part 3! Here's part 2 and part 1 incase you haven't read it yet. :D


6th Stop!


NYDC



Was about to faint when we're at the 5th stop! But when Jesslyn told us we're having desserts for the 6th stop! I literally went O.O!!!

Beautiful interior layout!!! LOVE IT!



Featuring Noelle's camera! Haha!



Made a gif of their photowall, tried out different filters of my camera! ♥ it!!!



On to the food!!!

Boo Boo ($6.80/slice or $62/whole)

LOVE IT! I'm a really big fan of chocolates! So this is definitely one of my favourite! Don't care about sinfulness!

THIS IS A MUST TRY!!!



Goldmine Cheesecake ($7.20/slice or $68/whole)

Taste super creamy!!! The cheesecake does not taste sick, like some cheesecakes out there will taste very sick after eating a few mouthfuls one, but this one does not!!!




3-some (mudpie) ($11.80/slice)

Get wild and gooey while sandwiched between 3 layers of chocolate chip cookie dough, strawberry and strawberry cheesecake ice creams and graham crackers.



Jedi Mudster (mudpie) ($11.80/slice)

No comments! I give ♥♥♥♥♥

My apologies that the cake in this photo below looks melted, that is because as us (bloggers) we had to take turns to take pictures of it, and yea, after that, when it reaches me, it sort of melt already... :/



My Review

If you're a fan of sweet treats! THEN THIS IS THE PLACE FOR YOU!!!

I would highly recommend their Jedi Mudster!!!

Promotion: Scan QR code for e-voucher to get 50% off 2nd main course!
Promotion ends 20 April



For more information you can visit http://www.nydc.com.sg/



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7th Stop!


Fish&Co



Here's Jesslyn trying to promote Fish&Co! Hahaha! :D



While waiting for our food to be served, we were given party hats to play/camwhore with!!!

Here's 2 pretty girls Cookie (Left) and Shanice?? (right) (Sorry I forgot her name)

I don't know why, I find cookie looked abit like Joey!!! HAHAHAHA!!



YoursTruly!!!



Guess who???!



FINALLY THE FOOD IS HERE!!!

Bread



Soft Shell Crab Salad



Clams with Curry Butter



Bombay Fish & Chips



Mussels with Spicy Mariana Sauce



Grilled Fish with Ebiko

seasonal menu, launched on 15 April 2013)



Shrimp & Clams Aglio Olio



Black Pepper Baked Rice



Grilled Peri Peri Chicken with Scallops



Seafood Galore

Eventhough I'm not a seafood kind of person but! DAYUUUM! THIS MADE ME DROOL!!!



My Review

Sadly, I can't eat seafood cuz I'm allergic to eat, but doesn't the pictures alone make you drool already?!!

But I would recommend their Grilled Fish with Ebiko as its their seasonal dish and its recently launched only!!! No harm trying it right???

Latest promotions:
1) VIP program relaunch with bigger & better benefits!
2) 1-for-1 Paris Passion Mocktail

For more complete list of available promotions, visit http://www.fish-co.com/promotions

For more information you can visit http://www.fish-co.com/

Bugis Junction 80 Middle Road #01-90 Parco Bugis Junction

Singapore 188966
Tel: 6338 2836
Fax: 6338 2846

Opening hours:
Sun - Thur: 11:30am to 9:30pm Fri/Sat/Eve of PH/PH: 11:30am to 10pm
* Alfresco dining available

Latest promotions: 1) VIP program relaunch with bigger & better benefits! 2) 1-for-1 Paris Passion Mocktail For more complete list of available promotions, visit http://www.fish-co.com/promotions

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8th Stop!


Honguo 红锅



Zhuang Yuan Mi Xian (15Items) 状元过桥米线 （15样） - $8.80

This dish is super interesting!

They give you like a soup and some noodles plus some ingredients, and you just mix it on your own!!!

Like you can create your own dish like that! Hahah!




The staff mixing the ingredients for us!!! :D




LOOKS SUPER DELICIOUS RIGHT?!!!



Sze Chuan Chicken in Basket 四川辣子鸡 - $7.50




Minced Pork Lettuce Wrap 生菜猪肉碎 – $6.80





Pumpkin Fries with Salted Egg Yolk 黄金万两 - $6.80



XO Fried Seafood Noodle XO 酱干炒海鲜面 - $8.80




My Review

They have excellent service! We were greeted when we entered and leave the stall! You should come try their Sze Chuan Chicken in Basket 四川辣子鸡!!!

But warnzz! Its SUPER SPICY!!!

If you're not a fan of spices, you can give their Pumpkin Fries with Salted Egg Yolk 黄金万两 a try!!! :D

Location

Bugis Junction, #B1-06

Tel : 6884 4717

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/HONGUO

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9th Stop!


Yummi Bites









Photo Credits: OMY.SG

Location

Bugis Junction, #B1-K5

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10th Stop!


MaggieMoo's Ice-cream

FINALLY!!! The last stop!!!



Selling all sorts of unique flavors of Ice Cream, MaggieMoo's Ice-cream is a must stop for Ice-Cream lovers!!!!



They have variety flavors of ice-cream to choose from, not only that! They sell Yogurt, Ice-Cream Pizzas, Ice-Cream Cupcakes and many more!!!





Location

Bugis Junction, #01-14A

For more information, you can visit http://maggiemoos.com/ :)

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ALRIGHTEEEEE!

That's it for the bloggers food trail! I've definitely enjoyed this whole food trail *kudos* to OMY!!!

Special thanks to Alvin, Rui Long and Jesslyn for having me for the event! ♥♥♥

Just incase you guys missed it, here's part 2 and part 1 of it!

Hope you guys enjoyed reading post as much as I do!!!

Cheers! dOnnlicious`