Mon Bijou @ Orchard Road Singapore

One day before New Year Eve, we had our French dinner at Orchard Road. We booked this French restaurant through Eatigo  mobile apps. This apps is really user friendly and most importantly, we can grab many good (by this means- cheaper 😂) deals in some decent restaurants which we have yet to explore at Singapore. Whenever we feel want to eat some nice foods and want to save bucks and really out of ideas what to eat, we will search through this apps. Is like a dating apps for us too, haha. Done promoting this useful apps for us. Let's go to the restaurant of the day - Mon Bijou. The elegant restaurant name sounds it all, a French dining in Claymore Connect, a small mall in the vicinity of the Orchard Road. It is connected to Orchard Hotel Singapore as well. So occasionally, we able to see foreigners passed by this restaurant as well. After the dinner, we can walk to Orchard Hotel Singapore to have a short spree to enjoy the beautiful Christmas decoration in the hotel also.

For the dinner, I got myself Out of the Blue (literally the receipt written fish and chips, that explains why the sophisticated menu name is so important, as that sounds mysterious and elegant, but the truth is written in receipt because it is fish and chips..😒). My bf ordered chicken parmo (chicken topped with cheese and some herbs, together with truffle chips). The truffle chips sounds sophisticated and expensive. It is quite nice however a bit salty for us. The foods here are well presented and certainly flavourful, just the downside is a bit salty for our personal opinion. However, the menu is certainly attractive and many people come here for the dessert also. This restaurant scores 4/5 at tripadvisor, and there is a board in front of the restaurant mentioned best cafe in town. To judge from the good rating, it may be a good choice to try, especially we enjoyed the deal at 30% off as we booked through Eatigo apps.

Out of the Blue - Crispy halibut, served with spicy tartar sauce and truffle fries!

Chicken Parmo - Cheesy chicken, served with salads and truffle fries!

For both of us, the dinner comes at a total cost of $50, however after 30% discount, it becomes $35. It is quite a steal right 😄. One more thing to mention, this restaurant also has free seatings for us, and we got ourselves seated on tall chairs, and it is comfortable. It feels good to dine good foods in a great ambiance cafe.

Tall chair seatings

Christmas decoration @ Orchard Hotel Singapore

A Little Info. on Mon Bijou
Official Website: Mon Bijou
Facebook Webpage: https://www.facebook.com/monbijousg/ (Note: Scores 4.9/5 rating here!)
Location/ How to Go: 442 Orchard Road, Singapore. Inside Claymore Connect shopping mall, just beside Orchard Hotel Singapore.





Personal Rating: 
Taste ➪ 7/10 (1-3: Below average, 4-6: Average, 7-10: Above average)
Price➪  5/10 (1-3: Expensive, 4-6: Average, 7-10: Budget-friendly)
Ambiance ➪ 7/10  (1-3: Below average, 4-6: Average, 7-10: Above average)



💗 Author: Ng Mei Lian/ Adrian Yeoh Aun Hong
👉 Date of Visit: 30 December 2017

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Jumping Jack @ Compass One Sengkang Singapore

We stumbled upon this restaurant at the top floor of the Compass One shopping mall on a random Friday night for dinner. The restaurant is quite packed with visitors and the price is also reasonable. We figured out why not give it a try on this new restaurant on our eating list 😋. The restaurant has wall decoration of London buses and additionally has the Christmas decoration and cute props at the restaurant entrance for diners to have fun with. Delicious food checked, pretty decorations checked, fun props for photos checked!

The menu selection in Jumping Jack restaurant is quite extensive and it's all about western foods. As usual, I would like to try the crispy breaded fish and chips (price: $12.90) and my bf ordered grill boneless chicken with tiger shrimp (price: $13.90). I think the photos do the talking. Not only the foods here are well presented, surprisingly the foods are savory delicious. It is fingers licking good and not a burn a hole in the wallet as well! Happy dinner, happy mood, happy Friday night! 😍

Grill boneless chicken with tiger prawn, served with cheesy fries and salads

Crispy breaded fish with lemon, served with criss-cross fries and salads

Another plus on the fries here is that you able to choose the choices for your fries, my bf chose cheesy fries and for me, i chose criss-cross fries. Both also amazing, however cheesy fries are to our liking the most. Needless to say, the main course served here is truly delicious and that explains why there are a lot of diners here. The environment is conducive for chit-chatting among families and friends too. We able to get a seating at the end of the corner which has long seating and London's pillow on the seat for us to hold and take photos with. We enjoyed our dinner till around 10pm and the waitress there are kind enough to take photos of us with the king and queen crowns, like the first photo above! There are a few cute props freely available for us to take photos. When you have nice place to take photos, you can also promote the restaurants among your friends' circle. Guess how much for our dinner? It is $32 for two of us, inclusive of 17% tax. Delicious dinner in British style restaurant, it is worth the price paid for.

Londan's theme seating

Exterior look of Jumping Jack restaurant, with Christmas tree to welcome December!

A Little Info. on Jumping Jack
Official Website: Jumping Jack
Facebook Webpage: https://www.facebook.com/jumping.jack.sg/
Location/ How to Go: Compass One, Sengkang, Singapore






Personal Rating: 
Taste ➪ 8/10 (1-3: Below average, 4-6: Average, 7-10: Above average)
Price➪  6.5/10 (1-3: Expensive, 4-6: Average, 7-10: Budget-friendly)
Ambiance ➪ 6.5/10  (1-3: Below average, 4-6: Average, 7-10: Above average)



💗 Author: Ng Mei Lian/ Adrian Yeoh Aun Hong
👉 Date of Visit: 15 December 2017

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Gelare @ Compass One Sengkang Singapore

TGIF! Let's treat ourselves a good meal to end the hectic working week. We saw a random Mix and Match Christmas promotion from Gelare shop in Compass One shopping mall, and figured out why not! The banner mentioned that it costs you only $12.90 for a set meal which consists of pasta, one side dish to choose from and one hot/cold beverage. The side dish options are quite tempting as they have fried onion rings, curly fries, half classic waffle, popcorn chicken, and mushroom soup. As for the beverage, they have iced lemon tea, iced coffee (i.e. latte, cappucino, etcetera) and hot tea (i.e. peach and passionfruit, strawberry and mango, etcetera). Let the banner does the talking here. With a 2 course dinner plus a drink, it is certainly worth to spend for! Is mentioned over there that it saves us more than 40% too as the meal is up to $24 for one pax!

As it is Friday night, there are many people having their dinner in this small restaurant. Gelare is famous for it's ice cream and many diners had their ice cream together with waffle here as well. I have not try the Gelare ice cream before, but judging from the amount of diners crowding here for ice cream desserts, it seems like the ice cream is quite tasty. Perhaps I will come back again some other time. So, let's see what we have for our dinner here.

Ice Lemon Tea 

Hot Tea - Peach & Passionfruit Flavour

Curly Fries with Cheese Topping!

Half Classic Waffle with Chocolate Sauce Topping!

Bacon Pasta

For beverage, I opted for peach and passionfruit  flavour hot tea. They gave a sachet of tea bag and one hot water pot for you to refill. The tea smells so nice and is light scented. It is so nice to end the heavy meal with a light hot tea and it feels so "Winter Warmers" style. Winter Warmers is my favourite English style restaurant in Malaysia and they serve good quality of teas for you to enjoy, together with a romantic and tranquil seating environment. For the main course, we can only take Bacon Pasta in this promotional course. The pasta is not very salty, and it is topped with creamy mushroom sauce on top. However, the pasta amount is not very big. Since we have side dish to enjoy, so the meal is fulfilling as well. The side dishes of curly fries and half chocolate waffle are very nice. They have a generous cup of cheese sauce topping provided for you to dip the curly fries inside and we can't even finish the cheese sauce topping. The curly fries reminds me of the one we have in McDonalds every year when nearby Chinese New Year festive season, except that Gelare gives you a "Nancho-like" cheese which is a plus! For the half chocolate waffle is to my personal liking as it is like a sweet dessert to end your dinner meal. The waffle smells nice after baked and when top with my favourite chocolate sauce, it becomes even better! The price of full classic waffle costs about $9.60, and you have top up handpicked ice cream scoop onto waffle as well with an additional charge. The dessert here is tasty and that explains why many diners come here for desserts.

Whole table of foods

The whole table of meal costs a total bill of ~$28 for two of us. It is certainly a nice place to have dinner and chit-chat with your friends. And the price is worthy especially this Mix and Match Christmas set meal! And let me share with you one more deal here, for every Tuesday they are having promotion of all regular waffles at only half price, which means 50% discounts! I will come back here again! Say hello to December, say hello to Christmas and New Year! 👄💘

Gelare restaurant @ Compass One

A Little Info. on Gelare
Official Website: Gelare Sg
Facebook Webpage: https://www.facebook.com/GelareSG/
Location/ How to Go: Compass One, Sengkang, Singapore
(Note: There are a few outlets in different locations of Singapore, do check out in the official website)




Personal Rating: 
Taste ➪ 7.5/10 (1-3: Below average, 4-6: Average, 7-10: Above average)
Price➪  6.5/10 (1-3: Expensive, 4-6: Average, 7-10: Budget-friendly)
Ambiance ➪ 5/10  (1-3: Below average, 4-6: Average, 7-10: Above average)



💗 Author: Ng Mei Lian/ Adrian Yeoh Aun Hong
👉 Date of Visit: 8 December 2017

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