Flaming Don ?? is the latest dining concept by Creative Eateries to introduce at Bugis Plus. Located at 5th floor of the shopping mall, this small restaurant offers 15 different kinds of rice bowl to choose from, with a small variety of ramen choices and some sides.
As the name goes, the restaurant should be good for their dons, thus all 6 of us ordered their dons to try. Ordering is self service at the ordering machine. For additional $2.90, one can enjoy free flow of drinks and miso soup. Here's the list of dons that we tried:
1. Japanese pork hamburger don ($12.90) - grilled pork patty with soft runny eggs and honey black pepper sauce. The hamburg patty was overly cooked and very tough. Eggs were not silky and runny. In fact rather dry. Overall, this dish was a disappointment as compared to the picture. Upsize not recommended as they can only add more rice. Rating: 3/5
2. Karaage don ($12.90) - crispy fried chicken with yakitori sauce and mentaiko mayo. The chicken tasted very much like popcorn chicken and the mayo provided didn't taste like mentaiko but normal mayo. Rating: 3.2/5
3. Chicken curry don ($9.90) - guess this was the nicest dish of all. Japanese chicken with carrots and onions. A dish that will not go too wrong. Rating: 3.5/5
4. Chicken combo don ($12.90) - midwing joints, sumibiyaki chicken thigh, yakitori chicken skewer and onsen egg. The chicken is tough and overly cooked. There was too little sauce, and don tasted too dry. For $4.90, we paid for extra shaker salad that was fresh but nothing special. Rating: 3/5
5. Flaming chicken ramen ($12.90) - charcoal grilled chicken with ramen in butter broth. Broth was thick and garlicky and this dish offered the most tender meat as compared to the rest. Rating: 3.5/5
Prices are subjected to gst but no service charge. Overall, we were rather disappointed with the don quality as we expected something closer to the menu pictures.
Free flow of drinks and miso soup
A summary of items Ordered:
Japanese pork hamburger don
Karaage don
Chicken curry don
Chicken combo don
Flaming chicken ramen
My Overall Ratings:
Food: 3/5
Price: 3.5/5
Service: NA
Ambience: 3.5/5
You can locate them here:
Flaming Don
201 Victoria Street, #05-02/03, Bugis+, Singapore 188067
Tel: +65 6904 4439
For gelato lovers, we would like to recommend this new gelato stall Giovanni L. at Tanjong Pagar Center. The stall is located beside Hans and together with Seattle Pike Chowder. There are 12 flavors of gelato to choose from with their award winning Pistachio gelato as the no. 1 flavor.
We went for my classic favourite After 8 mint today to satisfy my craving. Classic single scoop gelato is priced at $4.80. Each scoop is served with a pc of crispy butter waffle biscuit. This is definitely one of the best gelato I have eaten. Smooth, creamy and so rich in flavor, especially with the minty dark chocolate. Simply awesome and we enjoyed every single spoon of it.
We will definitely be back to try their award winning pistachio flavor. :-)
A summary of items Ordered:
After 8 mint
My Overall Ratings:
Food: 4.5/5
Price: 4/5
Service: 3.5/5
Ambience: 3.8/5
You can locate them here:
Giovanni L
7 WALLICH STREET, #B2-27, TANJONG PAGAR CENTRE, Singapore 078884.
49 Seats has re-opened at The Centerpoint after the closure of their 3 other branches at Orchard Central, Bugis and Kreta Ayer. No longer just a 49 seater restautant, it has occupied quite a big space in Centerpoint opposite Mak's Noodles.
The restaurant was having a National Day promotion for the month of August. With every set meal ordered, smoked duck aglio oglio, carbonara and cheesy fries can be ordered at $5.20 nett each. With such a great promo, it has indeed attracted quite a no. of customers.
We ordered their popular fish and chips with tom yum sauce set. The set costs $21.80 and it comes with 1 drink and mushroom soup.
The soup with garlic bread was ordinary. There are 4 sides to choose from: fries, mashed potato, garden salad and pasta salad. We opted for the 2 salads since we had ordered cheesy fries. The fish and chips portion was huge with generous sides. The fish fillet was fresh and crispily fried. The tom yum sauce accompanying it added spice to the fish. Rating: 3.8/5
At $5.20 each, we ordered their smoked duck aglio oglio and cheesy fries. The smoked duck aglio oglio was good in general but failed to have the aglio oglio taste. Lacking the garlicky taste and spice. Rating: 3.2/5. Cheesy fries looks good but the taste was flat. The fries were cold and soft and drizzled with too much nacho cheese. Was a little disappointed with the dish despite other very positive reviews. Rating: 3/5
The dishes are not subjected to gst and service charge, thus 49 Seats has always been very popular with teenagers and young adults. Overall restaurant ambience was comfortable but could do better with their cutlery as the bowls are easily toppled over.
A summary of items ordered:
Smoked duck aglio oglio
Carbonara and cheesy fries
Fish and chips with tom yum sauce set
Cheesy fries
My Overall Ratings:
Food: 3.2/5
Price: 3.8/5
Service: 3.5/5
Ambience: 3.8/5
You can locate them here:
49 Seats
The Centrepoint, 176 Orchard Road #01-49, 238843
Henri Charpentier is a popular Japanese cake/dessert shop from Tokyu. So popular for their financiers, it has actually broken the guinness world records for selling the most no. of financiers.
We were at their Orchard Central branch to eat their lovely and pretty cakes for dessert. We ordered their recommended mille crepe. One slice cost $9.60. Seriously pricey for one slice of cake but we enjoyed it.
The fresh creme in between each layer was thin and the last layer was lined with a very thin layer of sponge. It is not as sinful and filling as the mille crepe from Lady M. The crepe is much thicker as compared to Lady M's.
Henri Charpentier offers very good cakes with coffee and dessert lovers will definitely love them though cost is a little pricey.
A summary of items ordered:
Mille Crepe
My Overall Ratings:
Food: 4/5
Price: 3/5
Service: 4/5
Ambience: 3.5/5
You can locate them here:
Henri Charpentier – Orchard
Orchard Central #01-18, 181 Orchard Rd, Singapore 238896
Opening Hours: 11am – 10pm
