My Birthday Birdday Burpday @ Wild Rocket

Hangout up "mount" Emily

Been busy like a bee. one paper finally over. My lack of time was also partly due to my daily gym workouts. Juggling schoolwork and exercise... is tedious. Well well... my birthday entry is finally up! PL is excited about Wild Rocket.. so here it is ya... I am equally excited to post up pics of my cake made by my dearest too!

Hang Out @ Mt Emily - HangOut is actually sort of like a modern backpackers' hotel , and Wild Rocket is just inside!

You will not missed it after entering the main entrance. The staffs are warmth and friendly. And I realised something, all the service staffs are guys, not even a single female staff is spotted... wierd. But the service staffs are really really very nice and friendly!

The dining table...

with a small tealight to lit up the table, creating a very cosy ambience

Some bread and olive oil dip while waiting for the food to arrive. The bread have a very soft texture and its really very aromatic. Tomato flavored ones as well as cheese flavored ones... both are equally good.

Linguine with Tom Yum Sauce - I like how the linguine is cooked, I hate the soggy type. But this is just perfect... chewy. The Tom Yum gravy goes so well with something so Italienisch... simply fantastic. Love the contrast.

4.2 Tom Yum / 5.0 Tom Yum

Pan Seared Ribeye Steak with Caviar and shallots
The steak was done the way I want it to be medium rare... but the beef taste was not strong enough for me, but its still definitely better than Astons... but that's like "duh"~ The caviar and shallots was more to the sourish side, but I like it, as it contrast with each bite of the meaty taste. But I find the cut of the Ribeye kinda thin.

4.2 Beef / 5.0 Beef

The nights ends off sweet with a cuppa Strawberry Cheesecake. The strawberry cheesecake is not the sliced kind, but the deconstructed type, with brittles at the bottom, topped with strawberries, followed by Rum & Raisin ice cream and finally the cream cheese. I think its Mascarpone cream cheese... or is it not? But whatever it is... this is the best for that night. Im inspired to make my own deconstructed cheesecake someday!

4.6 Strawberries / 5.0 Strawberries

Overall, This place is worth a visit! The food is generally good. A nice hangout place for couples or a group of friends for a chat. But if you ask me if i will visit this place again, my answer to you will be, I would rather try some other new places first. I will visit Wild Rocket again, but probably not in the near future.

Ma Maison @ Bugis Junction, Swiss Bake Cake, Provence Scones

This is super overdue la... I still have a lot of food photos stacking up, awaiting me to blog about them! I shall try and blog daily from today onwards, its kind of tedious, kind of like homework stacking up even thou its the holidayS!

Ma Maison - Japanese Western Food

This place was chosen by my girlfren for her birthday! Japanese and Western, both her favourites, fused into one! She will love it!

Very nice deco inside the restaurant... very Victorian style, very romantic too with all the nice lightings and pretty table cloth.

Anyway, see that sign on the table? Ladies get to enjoy 20% off on Monday night! argh... why this discrimination against my gender!

They have a pretty large array of dishes in their menu, but we settled for two voted as the best by bloggers!

While waiting for the food to arrive... fiddling with the stuffs on the table... they provide wet tissue!

and while waiting and waiting and waiting for the food to arrive... Ta da! A Bag of freshly baked scones from Provence for you!

Chocolate Chip scones and cranberries scones! No more lousy four leaves scones! Provence scones is the only scones that I will eat... the texture is what it is to be called scones! Where is Provence? Refer to my past entry here!

4.6 Scones / 5.0 Scones

The first dish arrives - Hamburger Steak @ $19.80

Initially I wanted to order the one with cheese, but i don't know why im so blur and point to the wrong picture when ordering! But its ok! cos this is still as good i supposed. The beef patty is rich in flavour, and I love that sunny side so much! The brown sauce that comes along with it has a very unique taste

4.2 Hamburger / 5.0 Hamburger

Beef Stragonov with Omu Rice

The Omu rice is so closeee to perfection. Thick yet soft layer of warm milky egg enveloping the butter rice, and just like the beef patty, the beef here is rich in taste and soft... its goooooddddd...

4.6 Beef / 5.0 Beef

Cake from Swiss bake

Swiss Bake has many interesting looking cakes, and their cakes size is lovely just for 2 person. Aesthetics wise, they already score for it, taste wise, they score pretty high too i must say. Prices are around $20 and is located at quite a few places actually - I got mine from holland village cold storage. they have a website if you are interested.

4.3 cocoa cake/ 5.0 cocoa cake

The key to?

The key to your wallet la... Take this key to the counter and pay your bills!!!
Prices inclusive of 10% Service charge and prevailing GST

All the food we had that day is above 4! =) Probably we are just lucky enough to order those that are nice...

Ma Maison is located @
200 Victoria street #02-51
PARCO Bugis Junction
Phone: 6338 4819

Indonesian Thai Dining @ Bumba

Entrance to Bumbu

The Interior

I have no idea what are the words on the signboard means


A Peep at the Menu - They have very interesting dishes such as Bumbu Salad; Catfish with Mango Salad; Diced Pineapple Curry Prawn etc

I don't want any soft drinks, so i settled for Chinese Tea - $2

Appetizer - Krathong Thong $ 7.80 - The base is actually some "Keropok", filled with minced meat, diced carrots and green peas, topped with a lot of shallots. A crispy and fragrant dish, but not to my liking.

Belachan Fried Rice $8.00 - The Fried Rice is not too wet/dry, served with egg at the side which is still quite soft and runny, along with slices of mango and preserved meat.

Cold Tofu with Preserved Egg $7.80 - I chose this dish because i love Tofu and Eggs... The Tofu is served cold on a plate of chili oil, topped with Shallots and Preserved eggs. Its a nice dish, but will be nicer if theres more preserved eggs... and the chili oil is actually kind of redundant.
Uh huh! This is a must try! Coffee Chicken $8.80... When this dish arrived on the table, you can almost immediately smell the aroma of the coffee. It has the aroma of coffee, yet its sweet and not bitter, and the chicken is tender and juicy inside.

Sambal Kangkong $7.80 - The least popular dish on the table, probably because its too common. Do not belittle this dish as it seems that there's not much chili, but beware... i find it quite spicy for my taste buds thou.
Stir Fried Squid in Black Sauce $10.80 - The Squid slices is quite chewy as they are sliced thick. It taste more of sweet than spicy.
After burning your tongue, time for desserts!
Tako $2.50

Red Ruby $2.50

This is the Best Dessert - Custard Pumpkin $2.50 - It is actually a warm dessert whereby the pumpkin is steamed alongside with custard at its center, warm, sweet and moist...

Total Damage and Address

Verdict: Nice place and Nice food, enough for once but maybe not twice