Citrus By The Pool at Woodlands

Citrus By The Pool is a Halal-certified cafe restaurant located at Woodlands Swimming Complex. The cafe serves Western and Asian Fusion cuisine whereby diners are able to enjoy the delicious food creations amidst the cosy homely ambience.

 

We did not dine-in today but opted for their delivery option. We ordered their must-try Chicken steak-out ($10.90) and spicy goreng linguine with cajun chicken ($9.80).

 

It was affordable price wise and portion was generous. Chicken steak-out comprises of juicy chicken thigh fillet seasoned with herbs and grilled to perfect tenderness. The sides include fries, calamari and salad with homemade mushroom sauce. We love the unique creamy mushroom sauce.  Rating: 4.2/5

 

The spicy goreng linguine was really spicy and not recommended for those who cannot take spicy food. But overall was a good dish as well. Rating: 4/5

 

 

The food was excellent and would think they would have been better if dined in. At least maybe the fries will be less soggy. We enjoyed the meal and would definitely patronise again.

 

A summary of what we had:

Chicken steak-out

Spicy goreng linguine with cajun chicken

 

My overall ratings:

Food: 4/5

Price: 4/5

Service: N.A

Ambience: N.A

 

You can locate them here:

Citrus By The Pool

3 Woodlands Street 13, Woodlands Swimming Complex, Singapore 738600

 

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Two Men Bagel House at Icon Village Tanjong Pagar

Two Men Bagel House is Singapore's first bagel house specializing in hand rolled bagels with tasty and devilish fillings. They started in 2014 at Icon Village and till today has another branch at Novena. 

The place is so well received with the working community in both areas and thus waiting time can be quite long during lunch peak hours. The best time to visit is abt 10am on a working day and before 9am on wkends to avoid the large crowd. During our time off today, we were at their Icon Village branch to try their lovely bagels.

Ordering is done at the counter and names will be called upon food and drinks readiness. We went for their classic and morning glory bagel category. There are a few bagel flavours to choose from, ranging from original to the tasty cheddar and to the sweet cinnamon raisin. We ordered cinnamon raisin with cream cheese ($5) and Pearl Harbour with cheddar bagel ($12). The cinnamon raisin was toasted to the right texture and tasted awesome with the whipped cream cheese. The bagel was soft yet chewy. 2 thumbs up! (Rating: 4.3/5)

The Pearl Harbour is part of the morning glory series. It consists of spam, greens, cheese, egg and hot sauce. The ingredients were so generous and portion is huge. Delicious for meat lovers but it is a tad salty. (Rating: 4.2/5)

The coffee ($4) on the other hand was on the average and had the sourish acidic after taste. Rating: 3.5/5

The bagels are definitely a source of good breakfast/brunch/lunch option. The menu at Novena is more extensive as compared to Icon Village. We should be going over to their Novena branch soon to try their other menu, so do stay tuned!

A summary of what we had:

Cinnamon raisin with cream cheese

Pearl Harbour with cheddar bagel

Black Coffee

My overall ratings:

Food: 4.2/5

Price: 4/5

Service: 4/5

Ambience: 4/5

You can locate them here:

Two Men Bagel House

16, #01-12 Enggor St, Icon Village Altez, Singapore 079717

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Scrambled at Tanjong Pagar

Scrambled, located at Icon Village Tanjong Pagar, offers different variety of scrambled eggs focused brioche buns. Choices include the minimal scrambled egg brioche with a wide range of ingredients like spam, cheese, hashbrown and smoked salmon that could be added to the basics brioche. The brioche are ordered from the Michelin starred Burnt Ends and are toasted with butter to perfection upon ordering. 

We were there for early lunch and was fortunate enough to beat the lunch crowd. Ordering is to be done at the counter and a food buzzer will be provided for triggering when food is ready. We ordered their signature scrambled stack ($14.90) and topped up additional $4.50 for signature fries and drink. The scrambled stack includes spam, cheese, avacado, scrambled eggs and hashbrown. It was a huge bun and very delicious with their special made sauce. However, it's a little messy to handle as it's too big to put into the mouth at one time. Rating: 4/5

Their signature fries are tossed with chilli powder and parsley, which gave it a very good taste and flavour. We enjoyed the fries a lot as well. Rating: 4/5

Smoked salmon was the other choice that we opted for ($11.90). Its smoked salmon with scrambled eggs and cheese with mentaiko mayo. A little disappointed with this bun as it was a little too fishy for the salmon. Did not really like it. Rating: 3.5/5.

We tried their new creation of honey chicken wing ($2.50) as well. This was very nicely marinated and fried. Cannot be compared to those Korean fried chix but very nicely done. Rating: 3.8/5

Overall, for a quick protein rich bready brunch/lunch, Scrambled can definitely be considered.

A summary of what we had:

Honey Chicken Wing

Smoked salmon bun

Scrambled stack bun

Signature fries

My overall rating:

Food: 3.8/5

Price: 3.8/5

Service: NA

Ambience: 3.5/5

You can locate them here:

Scrambled

12 Gopeng Street, 01-33/34, Icon Village, Singapore 078877 (Tanjong Pagar MRT)

Tel: +65 6221 0289

Opening Hours: 11:30am – 8pm (Mon – Fri), Closed Sat, Sun

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What The Fish at Vision Exchange Jurong East

We have always wanted to try their dishes at Tanjong Pagar Complex Food Centre but never got the chance as it is opened only during lunch time and would be closed by dinner. Since we don't work around the area, we could only explore during dinner which means we would miss the food.

We were so glad that What The Fish opened their 2nd outlet at Vision Exchange Jurong East and we do not have to squeeze with the lunch crowd or miss it during dinner time as this outlet is opened till 8pm. 

The outlet is manned by the lady owner herself, Laura where she participated in several food revival varieties to learn how to make food business sustainable. After trying the food, we believe she has succeeded.

We ordered their Mentaiko salmon with spicy cold soba ($11.90), Fried seabass with rice and onsen egg ($8.90) and regular Mentaiko fries ($5).

The fries were served first. Deliciously marinated truffle shoestring fries topped with mentaiko sauce. A little soft but still delicious. Rating: 3.8/5

Mentaiko salmon with spicy cold soba was good. Refreshing cold soba marinated in their homemade spicy sauce and accompanied with torched mentaiko on salmon. Salmon is fresh. Rating: 4/5

The fried seabass on rice was the best. Generous portions of fried seabass pcs drizzled with teriyaki sauce on rice with onsen egg. Definitely value for money! Rating: 4.1/5

The dishes are without gst and service charge. For a quick and delicious fish meal, What The Fish definitely serves its purpose!

A summary of what we had:

Mentaiko salmon with spicy cold soba

Fried seabass with rice and onsen egg

Mentaiko fries

My overall ratings:

Food: 4/5

Price: 4/5

Service: 3.8/5

Ambience: 3.5/5

You can locate them here:

What The Fish

2 Venture Dr, #02-42 Vision Exchange, Singapore 608526

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Fart Tartz Cafe at JCube

Fart Tartz Cafe is not new and they have opened their 4th branch at Jcube. It is about a 20 seater corner located on the 2nd floor of Jcube where the youth clothings are.

We were rather excited about it as there were many good reviews of the place. We booked via Eatigo and were entitled 40% off all main courses.

We did not opt for their 1 for 1 main courses as the mentaiko dishes are not available on this offer. We ordered 2 mains and a side and this cost us $34 in all after discount. No gst and service charge for this restaurant.


We had the following:

1. Gooey mentaiko fish ($17.90) - for this price, its definitely very disappointing. I expected at least some concrete pc of fish but there were only 3 thinly sliced fish skins and lots of greens topped with mentaiko on flatbread. Definitely not worth the pricing. Rating: 2.9/5

2. Aburi mentaiko m&c ($17.90) - Baked marcaroni and cheese topped with mentaiko sauce and bonito flakes. Portion is small. Tasted average and there again not worth the price. But at least its better than the gooey mentaiko fish. Rating: 3/5

3. Gaia greens ($12.90) - would say this is the best among all 3. We added $4 for smoked duck. The salad is in a jar and the greens are fresh and crunchy. Nothing could go very wrong with the sesame dressing. Rating: 3.2/5

The ambience and food kind attracted many young adults and students but don't think its worth the price at all. Even with the 40% discount, more decent mentaiko dishes can be found at other places.

A summary of items ordered:
Gooey mentaiko fish
Aburi mentaiko m&c
Gaia greens


My Overall Ratings:
Food: 3/5
Price: 2.5/5
Service: 3/5
Ambience: 3.2/5

You can locate them here:
Fart Tartz Cafe
JCube, 2 jurong east central 1, #02-53, Singapore 609731

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Magusaburo Japanese Western Cafe at Tiong Bahru Plaza

Magusaburo Japanese Western cafe is located at the new wing of Tiong Bahru Plaza and has taken over the previous Three Little Pigs. The restaurant is beautifully and cleanly furnitured with wooden chairs and tables. Service was friendly with young lady servers keeping their smiles all the time when they serve you.

Ordering is to be done via the ipad and we ordered their value sets plus an appetizer for dinner. I had the teriyaki chicken set ($13.80). 

The chicken was tenderly grilled and accompanied with a small side salad, rice, miso soup, onion rings and watermelon. The chicken was awesome and goes very well with the bowl of short grain rice. Portion isn't big thus may not be substantial for the big eaters. Kevin had the pork shogayaki set ($13.80). Its thinly sliced pork with a little fat on the top fried with cabbages. Instead of onion rings, it has onsen egg as sides. The egg was cooked to the right texture and pork slices tender as well. I would rate both sets 4/5.


As appetizer, we has wagyu cheese croquettes ($8.90). 

5 freshly made minced wagyu meat with cheese powdet deep fried to end with a crispy batter outside. Simply delicious with the tonkatsu sauce. Rating: 4/5

With the service and ambience, its a nice place to gather with family and frenz for a meal.



A summary of items ordered:
Pork shogayaki set
Teriyaki chicken set
Wagyu cheese croquettes


My overall ratings:
Food: 4/5
Price: 3.5/5
Service: 4/5
Ambience: 4/5

You can locate them here:
Magusaburo Japanese Western Cafe
302 Tiong Bahru Rd, 01-106, Singapore 168732

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Caveman Food at Star Vista

Caveman Food is not new to many and it has been listed in Her World as one of the top 10 most delicious yet healthy food cafes in Singapore. Indeed the food on display looks very healthy and menu was really very simple. Just types of proteins and side vegetables to go along. No MSG, gluten free, soy free etc as the menu states made our dinner sounded so healthy.

There are 4 choices of chicken to choose from: italian, mexican, indian and morrocan. We opted for their 2 popular italian and mexican. I had 1/4 chicken ($8.90) while Kevin had 1/2 chicken ($12.90). 





The italian chicken is marinated and cooked with thyme and oregano. Very strong in spice taste, so probably not recommended for those who cannot take spices. The mexican chicken is done with oregano and chilli and is milder in spice taste. The chicken is very tenderly cooked and very fresh. 

Each chicken comes with 2 sides. We opted for mixed mushrooms with celery, broccoli with carrots and fried cauliflower. The fried cauliflower was very unique as it was minced and smashed into like quinoa. Tasted very good.

For non chicken lovers, you can opt for salmon or beef choices. In terms of healthiness, would give Caveman food thumbs up as they are able to maintain the food's original taste and freshness at such healthy level. Great for those who are on non-carbohydrates diet. There is no gst and service charge.


A summary of items Ordered:
One quarter Mexican chicken
Half Italian chicken


My Overall Ratings:
Food: 4/5
Price: 4/5
Service: 3.5/5
Ambience: 3.5/5


You can locate them here
Caveman Food
The Star Vista, #02-27C, 1 Vista Exchange Green, Singapore 138617

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Heavenly Divine at Boat Quay

Heavenly Divine is a newly opened cafe at Boat Quay offering western food, drinks and desserts. Being new, it joined the Groupon, now known as Fave, to attract customers with their half price promo. At $30, you can order $60 worth of food and drinks with no gst and service charge. 

Catching this great offer, we went to the cafe for dinner this evening. We chose their outdoor seats since the weather was fine to enjoy the cool river breeze. 

The cafe has indoor seatings as well. There aren't too many to choices to choose from, but being more popular for their pastas, we decided to give them a try. We ordered the following items: 

1. Mesclum salad - fresh mixed of vegetables with baby spinach tossed in japanese sesame sauce. It was refreshing and the amount of sauce was just right. Rating: 4/5

2. Pesto pasta with chicken - awesomely cooked spaghetti in pesto sauce. The texture of the noodles were just right and the pesto seasoning was fragrant. The rosemary grilled chicken fillet deserves two thumbs up. So tender and heavenly delicious. Rating: 4.5/5

3. Chicken baked rice - we expected the usual chicken chunks with lots of melted mozerella cheese on the top but we were wrong. There was a generous portion of crispily oven baked chicken fillet on top of cheesy garlic rice. The chicken was very well seasoned and the garlic rice fragrant as well. There wasn't too much melted cheese, thus not too rich. Rating: 4/5

4. Rustic apple puff - apple crumble puff pastry topped with home made vanilla ice cream. The warmed apple puff melted the ice cream and when eaten together, the taste was heavenly. Mmm... Rating: 4.2/5

Besides the great food and desserts, Heavenly Divine was supposedly known for their cakes and home made gelato. We will re patronise this cafe for their cakes and coffee the next round. 

Items Ordered:

Mesclum salad

Pesto pasta with chicken

Chicken baked rice

Rustic apple puff 

My Overall Ratings:

Food: 4.2/5

Price: 4/5

Service: 3.8/5

Ambience: 4/5

You can locate them here:

Heavenly Divine At The Bq is located at 63 Boat Quay, Singapore 049851

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Joe & Dough at Novena Square 2

Found in 2009, Joe & Dough's dream was to deliver the best coffee and sandwich experience to people. They have definitely achieved this in their coffee aspect. Their Joe 1914 blend provides a smooth, unique balance of richness and aromatic coffee with citrus and subtle smokiness. 

We were at their Novena Square 2 branch to try out their handcrafted sandwiches with coffee. Kevin had their ham, cheese and sundried tomato. This sandwich consists of honey baked ham, mozzarella cheese, sundried tomatoes, lettuce on sundried tomato bread. It was a delicious combination but the ham was tad too salty after a few mouthfuls. Rating: 3.5/5

I had their all day breakfast toast, classic croque monsieur which consists of toasted brioche, ham, cheddar cheese, bechamel sauce. The bread was soft and delicious with the melted cheese. Rating: 4/5

The toast and sandwich with a good cuppa of coffee were definitely an awesome combination. We definitely love their coffee. 


The cafe provides a cosy environment for one to sit, chill and chat with frenz. 

A good cafe to consider other than the usual starbucks and coffee bean. 

Items Ordered:
Flat White
Ham, cheese and sundried tomato
Classic croque monsieur


My Overall Ratings:

Food: 3.8/5

Drinks: 4.2/5

Price: 3.5/5

Service: 3.8/5

Ambience: 4/5

You can locate them here:

Joe & Dough

10 Sinaran Dr, Novena Square 2, Singapore 307506

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Food Barn at Alexandra Retail Center ARC

Food Barn is an attractive cafe that offers quick bites like sandwiches, salads and burgers. Different branches offer slightly different food range. The one at ARC not only offers sandwiches, but also burgers, quesadilla and baked pastas and rice.

We were here for a quick lunch celebration and we ordered the following items:

1. Ham/mushroom/chicken quesadilla - tortilla wraps filled with cheese and mushrooms/ham/chicken. The combination was delicious with the melted cheese oozing out of the wrap. Each quesadilla comes with small coleslaw and potato chips. A little pricey for the dish but it tasted good. Rating: 4.2/5


2. Smoked salmon sandwich - generous smoked salmon slices lining the rye bread with lettuce, cucumber and tomatoes. A healthy sandwich to go for. Rating: 4/5


3. Chicken avacado sandwich - healthy grilled chicken breast with avacado slices and vegetables. The spread with the crispy ciabatta bread was a good combination. Refreshing with the avacado. Rating: 4/5


4. Chicken tikka sandwich - pcs of marinated tikka chicken with crispy ciabatta bread. Wasn't as tasty as I had expected but was still delicious. Rating: 3.8/5


All sandwich sets come with coleslaw and chips as well. Though the sets come a little pricey for lunch, it was nevertheless a great western quick meal to consider for lunch for the working crowd.


Items Ordered:
Ham/mushroom/chicken quesadilla
Smoked salmon sandwich
Chicken avacado sandwich
Chicken tikka sandwich


My Overall Ratings:
Food: 4/5
Price: 3.5/5
Service: 3.8/5
Ambience: 3.8/5

You can locate them here:
Food Barn
460 Alexandra Road, Alexandra Retail Centre #01-33, Singapore, 119963

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Spinelli Coffee Company at ARC

Settling for a quick lunch at Alexandra Retail Center (ARC) today, we tried Spinelli's every Tue and Thurs lunch promotion. 

There are 4 menu to choose from for $6.50 each. Beef lagsanae, baked chicken rice, chicken spaghetti and chicken on mashed potato. 

We, 4 lovely ladies, ordered the following:

1. 2 x beef lagsanae - each lagsanae comes with side salad. The portion was nice for one. It was delicious with the generous portion of minced beef in each layer. Not too cheesy overall. Rating - 3.5/5

2. Chicken baked rice - this was a simple baked rice with chicken strips. The rice was a little uncooked and hard and not much ingredients in the dish. Did not prefer this dish personally. Rating - 2.8/5

3. Creamy chicken puff - this was not on the promo menu. Fluffy and flaky pastry with creamy chicken filling. The puff pastry was good and buttery but the filling could have been improved. It was more peppery than creamy. Rating: 3/5

Guess Spinelli would be better off with their coffee and other drinks than their food. Surroundings was comfortable for working adults.

Items Ordered:

Beef lagsanae

Baked chicken rice

Creamy chicken puff

My Overall Ratings:

Food: 3.1/5

Price: 3.5/5

Service: NA

Ambience: 4/5

You can locate them here:

Spinelli Coffee Company

Alexandra Retail Centre, 460 Alexandra Road, #02-29, PSA Building, Singapore 119963.

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Sin Lee Foods at Jln Bukit Ho Swee

Happy Valentine's Day to everyone! On such a lovely day, hubby brought me to this cosy cafe cafe at Jln Bukit Ho Swee for Vday dinner. 

The dinner reservation was done via Chope and we were entitled 10% discount. 

Sin Lee Foods is about 10 mins walk from Tiong Bahru MRT. The cafe has limited indoor seats and there wasn't much table space. 

They have outdoor seats which were much more spacious. Food had to be ordered at the counter and will be served. 

We ordered some of their signature dishes as follow: 

1. Beef and grains - 180gm of stirloin steak wonderfully marinated and cooked to the right texture served on japanese orzo rice in gravy and topped with runny sunny side egg and ginger. The overall combination was simply excellent! 

2. Sin Lee fried chicken with waffle - their so called one and only waffle chicken dish but was a tad disappointing to us as the chicken thigh was overly fried and little tough. The waffle was freshly made upon order and tasted quite good. 

3. Aburi broccoli salad - smokey torched broccoli salad with white balsamic, papadam and red sugar. This is a highly recommended side dish to order as the combination is simply awesome! Have never tasted such good broccoli dish. 4 thumbs up! 

For a drink, Kevin had peach lemonade and this was refreshing to quench our thirst and greasiness. 

For its awesome food with no gst and service charge, its no wonder that Sin Lee Foods is so popular among the youngsters and working adults.



Items Ordered:
Sin Lee Fried Chicken Waffle
Beef and Grains
Aburi Broccoli Salad 

My Overall Ratings:

Food: 4/5

Price: 3.8/5

Service: 3.2/5

Ambience: 3.5/5

You can locate them here:

Sin Lee Foods

Blk 4, Jln Bt Ho Swee, #01-164, Singapore 162004

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