Published on July 25, 2010
The ever-so-lovely neighbour and I paid a visit to one of her favourite Thai haunts – Thai Accent at Vivocity. The neighbour has spoken highly of Thai Accent on a few occasions, so when she suggested going there for lunch, I graciously accepted.
I’ve never been to Thailand yet (although I was planning a trip in November but today’s bombing has somewhat deters me from heading there) but I’ve personally had my fair share of Thai food in Singapore – Bangkok Jam, Thai Express, Sabai and even the less-heard-of, presumably authentic restaurants in Golden Mile Shopping Centre where I once interned.
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Posted in Thai, Vivocity.
Published on July 24, 2010
Helmed by Chef Gunther Hubrechesen, this 3 year old french fine dining restaurant is a partnership between Chef Roberto Galetti of Garibaldi and Chef Gunther himself. During his 5 years stint working for the Les Amis group, he managed to bring the Les Amis restaurant to the 83rd position in the UK Restaurant Magazine’s list of Best 100 Restaurants in 2007, which is by no means an easy feat.
Having recently been voted at number 84 into the S. Pellegrino World’s Best 100 Restaurants 2010 and Asia’s Top 7th restaurant in the 2009/2010 edition of The Miele Guide, I was very much keen on visiting Gunther’s and to see if the hype around the restaurant is all justified.
(Disclaimer: The information for the previous 2 paragraphs were lifted from the Restaurant’s Media Release.)
It was most fortunate that I was free, one weekday afternoon and decided to have lunch with my Dad. Having walked past Gunther’s and persued the menu when I visited Garibaldi’s not too long ago, the name “Gunther’s” was immediately heard. And so, off to Purvis Street we drove. Continued…
Posted in French.
Published on July 21, 2010
Dinner buddy and I organized a quick dinner catch up sometime back in June. After much deliberation, we decided on a new-ish Italian restaurant at TripleOne Somerset. From the restaurant name, I had thought of the restaurant as a pure Italian play in the restaurant scene and not as an American-Italian diner as their website so proudly states.
To tell you the truth, while I knew that the old Singapore Power building had recently undergone a retrofit, I did not know that it was to be renamed Tripleone Somerset. At least, it was not renamed as TripleOne@Somerset (noting Singaporeans and their obsessive compulsion to use the ‘@’ sign. Read this quirky, fun post for more on this bad branding.
We arrived earlier than our reservation and tables were not freed up yet. As a polite gesture, the manager offered us a glass of coke each to quench our thirsts while we waited at the bar and I very much appreciated this. However, besides the complimentary glass, service was clearly lacking. They clearly had forgotten about the complimentary bread (I’m not a sucker for free things but — just one of those things where I saw tables who arrived earlier, seated behind us getting their breads while we were not served ours.
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Posted in American, Italian.
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