Earle Swensons @ Vivocity

It was my first time having a meal at Earle Swensons.  My usual hangout with my family is usually at Swensons Changi Airport Terminal 2 as we have a big extended family coming and leaving the country from time to time.

The salad bar's spread of dishes is quite varied - ranges from the usual carrot & lettuce to Waldorf salad (lots of apples), marinated tau-kwah, wanton skin, potato chips with cheese or bbq sauce, chendol jelly, etc.  Pretty interesting.

The salad buffet (free flow) costs SGD13.90 per adult.  But if you order a main course (min SGD17.90 onwards to SGD30.00), the salad buffet is free.

SGD17.90 for Fish & Chips

SGD18.90 for Cajun Chicken

My half-eaten salad dish.  I added a bit of almost everything.  Hahaha ..

This plate consists of Chendol Jelly, watermelon, waldorf salad (hidden below) and chips with wanton skin, topped with Cheese sauce.  Yummy. :)

The restaurant is located at #02-117 Vivocity, 1 Harbourfront Walk, Singapore.  Tel: +65 62723306.  You get a nice view of the Sentosa Boardwalk.  The restaurant faces Sentosa Island.  It is open for business from 10.30am to 10.30pm.

Lunch at Old Hong Kong Cafe

Last Thursday, we treated my colleague to a farewell lunch at Old Hong Kong Cafe at Raffles City Shopping Centre.  Here are the dishes that we ordered:

Appetiser

Rose Tea - rather fragrant.

Xiao long Bao.

Har-kow (prawn dumpling)

Chee Cheong Fun with Char-Siew.

Spinach.

Fried Carrot cake - pretty good & yummy!! :)

Boiled Beancurd Skin with wolfberries.

Glutinous Rice wrapped in lotus leaf.  It's really soft and delicious. One of my favourites.

Finally .. it's dessert time.  Check out the smoky effect from the dry ice !

Dessert - mango sago with ice cream.

It was a delicious and enjoyable lunch session.

The restaurant is located on Level 2 of Raffles City Shopping Centre.

BBQ chicken

Tried it for the second time, and noted that the menu has changed. They have since rolled out more dishes.

Receipe ~ Chocolate Chip Cookies

Chocolate Chip No NutsAbsolutely the Best Chocolate Chip Cookies

Makes 2 dozen 

Prep Time: 10 Minutes
Cook Time: 10 Minutes
Ready in: 20 Minutes

Ingredients
1 cup butter flavored shortening
3/4 cup white sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
Mexican vanilla extract
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups milk chocolate chips 

Directions
1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.

2 In a large bowl, cream together the butter flavored shortening, brown sugar and white sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well with each addition, then stir in the vanilla .Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; gradually stir into the creamed mixture. Finally, fold in the chocolate chips. Drop by rounded spoonfuls onto the prepared cookie sheets. 

3 Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, until light brown. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

Note:Mexican vanilla extract can be found in Mexican grocery stores. If you can't find it, feel free to substitute regular vanilla extract.