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Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts

Saturday, 19 January 2019

Alley Bar @ Orchard Singapore




FAQ on Alley Bar:

1. What attracts you to come to this restaurant?
👉 Beautiful and romantic dim lighting environment attracted us. It was our 2018 Christmas dinner as well!

2. What you expect to dine in this restaurant?
👉 Typical foods and drinks served in bar. Choices for foods such as rice, spaghetti, pizza, sandwich, dessert and etcetera. Choices for drinks include a large varieties of alchohols, gins, wine, cocktails and etcetera. Refer to website link at the bottom of the page for more details.

3. Any set meal available in this restaurant?
👉 Available during dinner time. Set meal consists of one main course, one alcoholic drink and one dessert with the price at $28.

4. Any promotion available in internet for this restaurant?
👉 No as I know of, but walk in set meal is a steal!

5. What is the recommended time to dine in this restaurant?
👉 Night time! I can't help falling in love with the romantic night ambiance in this bar. This is the top reason we ditched another restaurant which we had made reservation online and walked in to this bar for our Christmas dinner celebration.


We went to Orchard Road for our 2018 Christmas date. Orchard Road is well decorated with Disney theme on year 2018 and you can see long queue of people waiting their turns to take photos with Mickey and Minnie. Before we leisurely strolling along the Orchard Road, we fed our tummy well first with Christmas set menu in Alley Bar. We stumbled upon this cafe and the dim environment attracted our attention and thus Alley Bar became the place for our warm Christmas dinner.

There is a long bar table in the cafe and a number of high tables which diners can sit and watch the chefs cooking your dinner through a big transparent mirror beside you. As it is Christmas time, we can see Christmas tree in the cafe and staffs wearing Christmas hats etcetera, Christmas feeling in the air! There are background musics and songs playing along as well when you enjoy your dinner. We can easily spend few hours over there are drinks and desserts to end your main course, along with the candelit table settings and dim lighting, the time passed just like a swing!

Le hubby opted for main course of mushroom and bacon carbonara, and I chose peranakan fried rice. The foods taste average, luckily is not very salty type. Peranakan fried rice is filled with spices which I quite fond of and topped with tender chickens. Mushroom and bacon carbonara is not really to my liking, but the portion of mushroom is actually a big serving which is a plus! For drinks, we ordered lychee martini, to my surprise, it was actually quite good, it was the first time I tried on martini and it is sweet but 'spicy' to throat at the same time. After the main course, we ended our dinner with dessert belgian waffles with berries and vanilla ice cream. Sweet treat for us in the Christmas night!


Mushroom & Bacon Carbonara

Peranakan Fried Rice

Belgian Waffle with Berries and Vanilla Ice Cream

Peach Martini

Long table for alcoholic diners

Tables with the big transparent mirror overlooking chef cooking dinner




A Little Info. on Alley Bar
Official Website: https://www.alleybar.sg/ 
Facebook Webpage: AlleyBar
Location/ How to Go: Alight at Somerset mrt station, walk for 4 minutes.
Opening Hours: 
Sunday to Thursday: 5pm to 2am
Friday: 5pm to 3am
Saturday: 5pm to 12am



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



💗 Author: Ng Mei Lian/ Adrian Yeoh Aun Hong
👉 Date of Visit: 25 December 2018





Saturday, 25 November 2017

Christmas Village @ Ngee Ann City Singapore


From the previous Pastamania blog, I have shared the Christmas event that is going to happen in Orchard Road. And we have made it becomes real by paying a visit to Orchard Road again, specially for the Christmas event! It is the first ever European-theme Christmas village in Orchard Road Singapore and thus draws a lot visitors on weekend over there for fun.

The Christmas village is located at Ngee Ann City's Civic Plaza from 25 November 2017 to 25 December 2017. For this one month, you able to spend some free time hanging around there at night, and what can you get? Stalls that are lighted up the night, serving you hot foods and drinks such as Toast Box, Starbucks, Fish & Co's, Kebab etc. Apart from this, there is a performance stage to keep you entertained when you are having your dinner here. When we went that time, there were many students from different primary schools dressed up and sang Christmas choirs on the stage. And most importantly, there is one house that has long queue be it children or adults, and inside the house is our childhood favourite character- Santa Claus! (*Santa Claus is coming to town, and sitting in house waiting for wefie together~~ 😍). We even get ourselves free instax photo from the in-house-crew there! 1st instax checked!

Christmas village is just outside of Ngee Ann City's Civic Plaza and that also explains why the plaza also quite crowded inside. Especially one hot spot is the Tiffany&Co christmas tree. At here, you can queue and take photos together with the christmas tree backdrop. The crew will send the photos to your email address and you can download it and then upload to your instagram! Once shared in your instagram, just drop by Tiffany&Co shop to claim a free instax photo as well! 2nd instax checked!

When you walk along the Orchard Road, you will reach Ion Orchard at the end. Ion Orchard has pretty decoration in this year and is certainly eye-catching, especially the so called "Polar Express" train that will bring you to North Pole to find Santa Claus. Here, it is called the Ion Orchard Express and it is just 5 minutes away from Christmas village which houses Santa Claus, so is a little bit similar, haha.😂😁

Smile! Because it is December 😀

The instax with Santa Claus! 😃

Toast Box stall

Starbucks stall

Fish&Co's stall

Great Christmas Village @ Ngee Ann City
Tiffany&Co christmas tree


Decoration along Orchard Road

I am dreaming of a white Christmas~~

Decoration along Orchard Road

Ion Orchard decoration

Famous Pandora's Christmas Tree, shimmering in gold

All I want for Christmas is You~~

Well lit 'Polar Express" train
Ion Orchard Express to North Pole

A Litte Info. on Christmas Village
Official Website: Christmas Village Orchard Road
Additional Online Webpage: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/orchard-road-christmas-light-up-2017-5-things-to-know-9356822
Location: Ngee Ann City




💗 Author: Ng Mei Lian/ Adrian Yeoh Aun Hong
💗 Date of Visit: 25 November 2017