Lunch Buffet Extraordinaire @ KUVO

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KUVO is derived from the French word cuvée, which means "blend". A good name indeed because KUVO is a masterpiece of multiple concepts coming together in a 9513 square feet space in the heart of Orchard. Located on the second level of Orchard Shopping Centre, diners get a sense of being away from the hustle and bustle of the city but are in fact, sitting right in the middle of it. Orchard has just gotten more exciting with this one stop wonder of bespoke cocktails, New World wines, international cuisine and pretty gift shop

Spruce @ Bukit Timah

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I've been to Spruce at Phoenix Park numerous times and after a couple of failed attempts at visiting this outlet at the Old Fire Station, here I am, finally! I had the opportunity to try a couple of items from their ala carte menu and their Festive Set Menu and it was a full-filling dinner!

(CLOSED) The Royal Mail Bar

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The Old Fashioned Spice($18) is one of the 15 new concoctions available at the revamped The Royal Mail Bar. These fifteen creations are unique to The Royal Mail Bar and were crafted with a great deal of thought and effort by the resident bartender. I also had the opportunity to try the entire range of new bar bites that have been launched along with the facelift.

GRUB @ Bishan Park

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Located in the serene Bishan Park, GRUB has already been drawing huge crowds during lunchtime despite only having launched their new lunch menu very recently! Well, just look at that spread!

Smokey's BBQ

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Bringing with them an extensive menu of American delights, Smokey's BBQ has joined the charming neighbourhood of Sunset Way.

(MOVED) &Made and L'Entrecote Express

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The popular &Made has undergone a few changes recently. The casual burger heaven has launched a spanking new menu and also partnered L'Entrecote Express to rock the dining scene in town.

(CLOSED) Au Chocolat

Au Chocolat spans such a vast area that we were impressed before we even stepped in. Walking into what seems like a wonderland with pretty colours and stuffed toys, it's inevitable that one gets lost staring at the sea of breathtakingly pretty desserts.

Omakase Burger

X and I first went to The Grandstand in October and we returned every fortnightly to do work at one of the coffee joints there. We have had many chances to dine at Omakase Burger but we just didn't try it. It wasn't till a couple of months later when we've read many positive reviews about the place when we finally gave it a shot! Something good was right in front of us all that while but we didn't know it haha. X loves burgers so Omakase was a must-try for us.

We really like going to The Grandstand because it's not so crowded plus there's free parking! And there are really alot of food places coming up there.













Root Beer Float - $5.50
Good old root beer with a scoop of soft serve instead of your usual vanilla. It was surprisingly nice! The soft serve was sweet and wasn't too milky


Affogato - $4.90
Espresso with soft serve. I was like "huh, this one also soft serve?" I guess we're used to the creamy and milky vanilla icecream we get in our affogatos that we were quite skeptical about this. Haha, but again, it surprised us!


Omakase Cheeseburger - $13.90
Handground beef patty, toasted artisanal buns, melted American cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, and secret Omakase sauce.

The buns were soft and buttery and the patty was tender, beefy and juicy. Every bite was bursting with flavour and goodness. Completed with melted cheese, I couldn't help but really like the burger! It's pretty damn good! The only downside was that the portion was a little small but you can always double your burger!


Ultimate Cheeseburger - $17.50
It's like the Omakase burger with bacon, onions and mushrooms

Like the Omakase burger, this was fantastic but also a tad too small on the portion side. We could have used a small side of fries! The presentation of the burger made it look even smaller as it comes in a basket. The burger looked lonely, and the basket looked pretty empty without an accompanying side.


Truffle fries - $6.90
We were still hungry so we decided to get truffle fries.

The truffle fries came in a small glass container that can be held in your palm. So it's really quite small. For a small portion of fries with hardly enough truffle taste, this was pretty expensive. However, the fries were crisp, not over-fried and were very soft on the inside.

I've seen many newspaper cuttings in the eatery saying that the best burgers in Singapore might be from Omakase. I don't know if they do have the best burgers, but they certainly do have really awesome ones!

200 Turf Club Road

#01-05 The Grandstand

Mon - Thu: 11:30 - 15:30
Mon - Thu: 17:00 - 21:30
Fri - Sun: 11:00 - 22:00

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Love, K

K's rating of Omakase Burger: 8/10

&Made by Bruno Menard

X loves burgers and we had to visit &Made having heard much about their burgers and also, the fact that  Bruno Menard was once at helm of a 3 Michelin Star restaurant definitely gravitated us towards them. We headed there one Friday evening and it was full! There was a short queue.







 





We didn't wait long before we were given a table













I like the menu! So cute

I ordered the Three Little Pigs burger and X ordered The B Burger. We both changed our fries to truffle fries.

My burger came first and it was supposed to be the Three Little Pigs burger. But I realised that it wasn't later on. X's burger came and they actually gave him a lamb burger. So there was a double mix-up. And both times the burgers were sent back to the kitchen, they returned with a basket of un-truffled fries. So the fries had to be re-delivered a couple of times too.


The B Burger - $19 + $3(Truffle fries)
Dry-aged beef, onion confit, caper, garlic sauce and comte cheese
X wasn't very impressed with his burger. Maybe we had too high an expectation


Truffle fries and bbq sauce.
The truffle fries weren't evenly truffled. Only the ones on top were drizzled in truffle oil.
Would have liked them more if they were evenly tossed.
The bbq sauce, however, was really good! I really loved it!


Three Little Pigs burger - $23 + $3(Truffle fries)
Bacon, pork fillet, chorizo patty, shitake mushroom, Japanese cabbage, Shibazuke pickles, yuzu-kosho mayonnaise

I liked my burger! Except that the mayonnaise was a little too spicy for me. The patty was juicy and tasty. I felt that the sauce kinda overshadowed the other ingredients. X liked my burger more than he liked his own haha


I asked for tomato sauce and their tomato sauce was really interesting! It's tangy and tasted really different from the usual tomato sauce. Unique!


Hot caramel lava cake -  $15


The waiter cut the cake for us and it was exciting seeing the hot caramel ooze out haha


The icecream was amazing! Awesome icecream with a crunch. Really good. The caramel lava cake was not bad except that the cake was a tad too thick. Other than that, we really enjoyed the dessert.

To apologize for the multiple mix-ups, the caramel lava cake was on the house. We were, of course, pleased with the service recovery and to be honest, very surprised. It was really nice of them.

The design of the place is cute. I love all the cute cartoons all over the place and the menu. Service was generally quite efficient. I did not really enjoy dinner because I was too overwhelmed by the noise. All the tables are pretty near each other and I could hear everyone else's conversations. We could hardly hear each other so we barely talked over dinner. I'll suggest going there during non-peak hours.

I'll be back to try the toastoo someday!

9 Scotts Road, #01-04, Pacific Plaza
Mon – Sun: 8:00 am – 10:00 pm

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Love, K

K's rating of &Made : 7/10

Little Diner

Little Diner is a new restaurant that caught X's eye and we were both excited to check it out so we headed there for dinner one Sunday night. It's located right next to Onion and parking is readily available just outside the restaurant, or at Guthrie House.





It was about 8 when we got there and it was full.







We were allocated bar seats at first as the restaurant was full.




Wild Mushroom Soup- $11.50
The soup was really really delicious! It's rich, fragrant and full of flavour. Definitely one of the nicest mushroom soups I've ever had! The price is pretty steep for a bowl of mushroom soup but it definitely opened up our appetites! We were really happy about the soup and were excited about the rest of our meal


Special of the day: Pan seared scallops with saffron beurre blanc and truffled potato escallope - $19.50
This sounded really good and we ordered it. When it came, we were slightly disappointed with the portion. It was just alright. The scallops were juicy but the taste of the potato, scallop and sauce didn't quite go together


Chargrilled strip steak(250g) - $27.50
I was impressed by the huge slab of steak when it first arrived, only to be extremely disappointed with it. The steak was pretty much tasteless except for the "grilled" taste. It was also dry. The herb butter only made the steak oily but did not add any flavour to it.




Burger - $18
X was super excited about his burger when he saw this other lady having it. He couldn't stop complaining about the burger, sadly. The patty was dry and it was falling apart constantly as X tried to cut through the burger. It was pretty tasteless too and the bread was too dry also. The best part was actually the fries with ketchup.

We had a great start to the meal with the wild mushroom soup sweeping us off our feet only to be really disappointed with our main courses. The staff were attentive and service was pretty good. I also liked the laidback vibe of the restaurant.

Love, K

K's rating of Little Diner: 6.5/10