Celavi Skybar @ Marina Bay Sands Singapore

FAQ on Celavi Skybar MBS:

1. What attracts you to come to this restaurant?

👉 One of the bucket list which we should visit if we come to Singapore! Iconic sight of Marina Bay Sands is needless to explain further in this blog already. All of us will have this spectacular attraction comes into our mind whenever we talk about Singapore. How about dining on the 57th top floor of this high rise building? Only one factor ⇢ WOW! 😲

2. What you expect to dine in this restaurant?

👉 Just a lounge or skybar for us to chillax. So do expect only light tidbits such as fries, sushi roll (hmm quite surprising to see this in skybar menu?) and beverages such as juices, wines and etcetera.

3. Any set meal available in this restaurant?

👉 No, only have ala carte meal. The menu consists of only starters/ tidbits, juice/ champagne/ beers.

4. Any promotion available in internet for this restaurant?

👉 No, you have to pay full for this skybar dining experience. Worth to try out if you haven't do so. For Celavi skybar visitors, you have to pay for $20 each before entering the hotel lift to the skybar at level 57th, however good news is that you can use the $20 on foods and drinks at the skybar. There is another option for observatory visitors, you have to pay for $23 each and you do not get yourself any foods or drinks, but you get yourself the clear front view of Singapore from level 56th, similar with the hotel guests. Hotel guests get to enter the observatory for free, and of course the well instagrammable infinity pool.

5. What is the recommended time to dine in this restaurant?

👉 To us, both day and night time! Come here before sunset to enjoy the changing of Singapore city view from day to night time. You must come very early to secure the seats as we found it was super hard to get seating by the time we arrived at 5.30pm. 

On a weekend date, we made our minds to visit this skybar which is located at level 57th of Marina Bay Sands Singapore. This also served as an early birthday celebration for my dearest partner in crime, my fiance! 💏 I guess everyone knows Singapore iconic buildings and Marina Bay Sands certainly tops the list. So, it is certainly very famous for tourists to flock there just to enjoy the spectacular night view of Singapore city. The boat shaped structure that well sitted on top of 3 big pillars of Marina Bay Sands, is the place where you can find Celavi skybar, restaurant, lounge and the most famous infinity pool! While the hotel itself is abit too expensive for us to stay, we compensate it by standing on the same level of hotel guests and get to enjoy the city view as well, not bad thou.. 😄

We ordered wine from the menu, and my eyes fixed at pink rose wine, the name is just so dreamy right! Pink and rose, certainly is captivating for girls. So we chose pink rose wine from France named Terres de Berne. Just because the name is so sophisticated and it is pink rose wine, so i will give it a like, even I am not a truly alcohol lover 😂. For snacks, we ordered bbq spiced french fries. This french fries is super delicious! The french fries are well spiced up and the portion is quite large, well worth it! 👍

We barely able to get ourselves seating and it was located in the skybar counter there. Skybar is just beside restaurant and for those diners in the restaurant, you get to sit ner the edge of boat structure and enjoy good view of Singapore if you spend minimum of $300! For skybar, is just cramping here and there, so is very tourisy and not as romantic feeling as what I thought off. 

We ended the night with fireworks display! In conjunction with Singapore's National Day, there are few sessions of fireworks preview held on every Saturday (may refer to Google for more details). We are so lucky that we get to dine in this skybar with free fireworks show that lasts for about 5 minutes or more? To be able to view fireworks from this high rise building, it's feeling good! So for those living or visiting Singapore soon, why not drop by Celavi skybar on Saturday night and create a memorable night date for you and your beloved! 😍 Guess this preview will last throughout the whole month of July.

For those interested to go here, may refer to the official website listed below. They have restaurant, skybar and lounge options available to choose from. For skybar, there is no reservation required, just walk in will do. However, for restaurant it is recommended to get reservation done. For lounge, is just located beside infinity pool and we only get to see this at the end of the day when we walked on the way back. Personally, we think lounge is a better way to relax as it is less crowded and it has few sofa which located at the edge of the boat shaped structure, unlike skybar which is crowded and not very clear view of Singapore's skyline. For those ladies which would like to have happy hours on beers, can consider to visit on Wednesday, as it is ladies night on Wednesday and you get some discounted drinks! May check website for more details. Till then, feast the eyes with some photos below.

Marina Bay Sands Singapore! The boat shaped on top of 3 pillars, skybar spotted!

Observatory located at level 56th. Admission fees: $23.
Pros: Front view of Singapore city.
Cons: ONLY front view of Singapore city (note: money spent is not redeemable on F&B)

Venturing around and somehow managed to see Garden by the Bay from here!

Celavi skybar menu

Celavi skybar menu

Left: Terres de Berne (pink rose wine from France)
Right: BBQ Spiced French Fries (super yummy!!)

Selfie time! I am on top of Singapore's sky today!
And holding pink rose wine, 1st try on this!
The name is so sophisticated and is pink wine! 💗

Night view, crowded with people everywhere!

Wefie time, US on top on MBS Singapore! 😎

Just like the hues of sky. If only the place is not so crowded,
it would be a romantic dating place!

Fireworks spotted!

Fireworks end the night with a very fine touch!

Infinity pool at night! Can't imagine the situation at sunset..

A Little Info. on Celavi Skybar
Official Website: Celavi Sg
Facebook Webpage: https://www.facebook.com/celavisingapore/
Location/ How to Go: Alight at Bayfront mrt station, walk for 2 minutes.
Opening Hours: Refer below.
Monday & Tuesday: 12pm to 2am
Wednesday & Friday: 12pm to 4am
Thursday: 12pm to 3am
Saturday: 11am to 4am
Sunday: 11am to 2am

Personal Rating: 
Taste ➪ 6.5/10 (1-3: Below average, 4-6: Average, 7-10: Above average)
Price➪  3/10 (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: 23 June 2018

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House of Seafood @ Punggol Settlement Singapore

FAQ on House of Seafood Punggol Singapore:

1. What attracts you to come to this restaurant?

👉 Temptation for seafood and chinese food delicacies. WHO can say NO to seafood! And especially when I grow older, I favour chinese delicacies more, rather than western foods.. Oh, aging.. Haha xD

2. What you expect to dine in this restaurant?

👉 Of course is the well known seafood! Voted the best pepper crab in Singapore. They have this 7 tower tall of seafood as well, the price tag is definitely not cheap..

3. Any set meal available in this restaurant?

👉 No, only have ala carte meal, just like the usual chinese restaurant.

4. Any promotion available in internet for this restaurant?

👉 YES! Good news for those who want to save tiny bits of money. I bought my voucher online at Fave. Scroll down to see the voucher which I have snapped previously!

5. What is the recommended time to dine in this restaurant?

👉 To us, both day and night time would be equally same, except the restaurant gets more crowded especially on weekends and at night. We dined in earlier that time at 6.30pm and slowly the restaurant becomes full house one hour later! There are folks queuing outside for seating as well.. Mind that, outdoor seating are quite hot around noon time.. We chose indoor seating as it is well air conditioned.

On a particular weekend, we planned to visit this new island in Singapore which we have yet to explore. It is Coney Island! A small island fulls of greenery and would be a good place to unwind before another hectic working week ahead. Coney Island is just adjacent to Punggol Settlement, a place which has quite a number of restaurants for you to choose from, ranging from chinese, thai, western, and etcetera. Many families and kids come here especially during weekend, to hang around the playground, cycling around, or just enjoying the sea breeze. 

We had previously bought ourselves this cash voucher online and would like to give it a try! It is House of Seafood! Walked passed this previously but always have the feeling that this restaurant is way too expensive and something like will 'chop' the tourist? Haha. So it becomes a dream comes true when saw that we able to get 50% discount if we purchased online voucher by using Fave Singapore. Surprisingly, now they still have this promotion! So if you are interested, why not give it a try? Link here to direct yourself to House of Seafood cash vouchers: Fave! They have promotions of paying $50 for $100 cash voucher, and also $99 for $200 cash voucher! Really, it is 50% savings in your wallet! Parents day are coming! And it would be a great treat to your dad and mum! Who says we can't enjoy good foods at a cheap price! 😋

Fave Singapore cash voucher promotion!! Awesome! Anyone says yes here? 😈

The menu of House of Seafood is extensive. Even the way of cooking crabs also varies, ranging from chilli, black pepper (famous!), steamed, salted egg yolk (famous!), golden creamy butter, sweet and sour, and etcetera. When we passed by several tables, we can see both black pepper and salted egg yolk crabs are the most popular there. We ordered chilli crab, as I have never try chilli crab in Singapore. If you have stayed with my blog, will aware that I have tried curry crab in Singapore, in this good chinese restaurant called No. 3 Crab Delicacy I like to have fried bun (so called "mantao" in chinese) to dip into the sauce of curry or chilli. When you bite onto the fried bun, it is crispy in the outside and the curry or chilli sauced dipped will burst into your mouth like a splash, especially the curry sauce version! 😍

If you wonder on the menu of House of Seafood, may refer to link here before visiting, to check out if the dishes over there suit your taste bud or not. So let's see what we ordered for the dinner.

Yam ring! Crispy fried skin with yam filling inside, together with assorted
vegetables, prawns and nuts. Not to forget the side crispy dishes
surrounding the yam ring as well!
Price: $22 for one plate

Definitely must try special in this restaurant as they are famous for crabs!
Chilli crab as above, with the gravy filled with eggs and chilli flakes.
It is not spicy as thought. The taste is more to like tomato sauce topped with eggs?
Personal opinion, curry crab in No. 3 Crab Delicacy tasted better.
Price: $58.50 for 900g crab

6 pieces of fried mantou, for you to dip into chilli sauce!
Must order when you eat crab in Singapore. I like the crispy texure of fried mantou and
they are able to "suck" in the curry or chilli gravy into the mantou themselves,
so when you eat, the gravy sauce will burst into your mouth!
Price: $4.80 for 6 pieces

So that's the dinner for 2 of us. We have also tried their crackers, and appetizers (marinated sour fruits).

For 2 of us, we ordered chilli crab ($58.50), fried mantou ($4.80), yam ring ($22), crackers ($2), appetizers ($2), two white rice ($2) and hot tea ($2). The total bill incurred is ~ $110 inclusive of taxes. With the Fave cash voucher of $100, we need to top up an additional  $10. Hence, the total amount of money we spent by using the cash voucher and excess amount top up becomes $60. So, a luxurious seafood dinner for 2 pax at a total of $60 in Singapore top notch seafood restaurant, who are NOT tempted with this deal?! I still remembered last time we tried in No.3 Crab Delicacies, 2 of us spent ~$100 for crab and vegetable dish, even the crab alone already $60!


A Little Info. on House of Seafood
Official Website: House of Seafood
Facebook Webpage: https://www.facebook.com/HouseOfSeafoodGroupOfCompanies/
Location/ How to Go: Alight at Punggol mrt station, sit bus 84 to reach Punggol Road End, 
walk for 2 minutes.
Opening Hours: Daily 11.00am ~ 11.00pm (p/s: 2pm~5pm is their break time)



Personal Rating: 
Taste ➪ 6.5/10 (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 ➪ 6/10  (1-3: Below average, 4-6: Average, 7-10: Above average)



💗 Author: Ng Mei Lian/ Adrian Yeoh Aun Hong
👉 Date of Visit: 29 April 2018

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Bakalaki Greek Taverna @ Tiong Bahru Singapore

Welcome 2018 with this amazing greek cuisine dining in Singapore! The restaurant is decorated prettily and well lit and captured my attention as it is blue and white for the interior design! Well, what blue and white mean to you? It means Greece for me! Since Greece is still a bit far from grip now, let me have a sweet appetizer first before I meet you in person! I will be there and I promise it, Greece, one of the top country that I would like to travel to! 💓💓

I ran across this restaurant during my visit to Tiong Bahru for crab delicacies! Do visit my blog here for the crab delicacies. So I was aiming for crab dishes in Singapore back then that's why went to Tiong Bahru. If you have seen the post, you will know that I am craving for crab chinese delicacies that time and I have satisfied my hunger over there! While I walk around the vicinity of the No.3 Crab Delicacy restaurant, I came across this Greek restaurant called Bakalaki Greek Taverna. I told myself that I will come back to this restaurant in some days. Truly glad that we made it in one of the beautiful weekend of 2018! It has the feeling like dream comes true anyway, haha. So I was super excited that day, just like a small kid! 😁

This restaurant is opened from July 2017 and hence is a new restaurant. Thus, please remember to book this restaurant before hand or if you have forgotten to do so, do walk in early. Like us, we walked in around 6pm and not long after the restaurant already full house. Strongly recommend folks to book here, especially if you have big parties for meals that day! We were welcomed by the handsome Greece boss, which I believe is the owner of this restaurant. Then were then welcomed to be seated in the bar area as the big tables are all fully reserved or seated. There are many waiter and waitress in this restaurant and the bartenders are also fully trained. They are professional by the way they shaked and prepared the drinks for you! And they are friendly too!

So when you are blown away with the interior design of the restaurant, you will be blown away with a great varieties of food choices too when you take a look at the menu. And, so do the price.. It is above average and in our opinion, is more to expensive ranking. However, Bakalaki has secured Tripadvisor rating as no.2 here! It is rated as no. 2 restaurant among a total of 9686 restaurants in Singapore during the time we visited in January 2018! The interior design of the restaurant also costs more than million dollars as it is specially designed and well detailed!

What we have for the dinner over here? We ordered fetasaganaki cheese as appetizer/ dessert, grilled prawn and chicken with pita breads as main course, and lastly Greek yogurt as dessert! Oh can't forget also we will get complimentary breads while waiting for our foods to arrive, so you won't be so hungry, nice and warm touch! See below for foods photos.

Complimentary breads! The breads here is baked hard and crunchy, with sea salts on top and sprinkled with herbs.

Fetasaganaki cheese. You can see the texture inside is very dense and it is very very cheesy till it smells a bit goat at the end? Personally we not really know to admire this dish, but the honey and sesame are nice thou.

Grilled prawn with assorted vegetables. You can only one grilled prawn here plus one slice of lemon for you to squeeze lemon juice on top. You will get a plate of carrots, potatoes and cucumbers as vegetables as well. The portion is small, however the grilled prawn is quite nice, or maybe it is because too little? 😂

Chicken with pita breads and french fries, together with lemon and tartar juice. The portion is better. Pita breads are like pizza hard tossed skin and you can eat it together with the grilled chicken. Taste wise is not bad as well.

Greek yogurt as a nice finishing touch to this Greek cuisine! It has the same type of honey used with fetasaganaki cheese. You can find walnuts here as well! The yogurt is quite nice when mixed with the thick honey as well. Personally we prefer this over fetasaganaki dish.

Bar counters for dining

Wefie to cheers for our Mediterranean Greek Dinner!

Exterior building of restaurant, facing roadside and situated at the corner.

They even have donkey here for you to take photos! The main mode of transportation in Greece yeah.

Visit here for a try on Meditteranean Greek cuisine in Singapore! It is certainly an unforgettable dining experience. This restaurant is prettily decorated and ambience is good for family, friends and lovers out there! Certainly, it is quite romantic however because it is heavily packed with diners and quite noisy, hence the romantic feeling is a bit gone. However, you get yourselves nice Greece musics and songs played inside the restaurant and temporarily immerse yourselves in Greece feeling and certainly it is insta-worthy as it boasts a super high ranking in Tripadvisor as well! Recommend to visit here to try out the dish and just enjoy the environment together with your loves one!



A Little Info. on Bakalaki Greek Taverna
Official Website: Bakalaki Greek Taverna (look here for making reservation and also their extensive menus!)
Facebook Webpage: https://www.facebook.com/BakalakiGreekTaverna/
Location/ How to Go: 3 Seng Poh Rd Singapore



Personal Rating: 
Taste ➪ 6.5/10 (1-3: Below average, 4-6: Average, 7-10: Above average)
Price➪  3.5/10 (1-3: Expensive, 4-6: Average, 7-10: Budget-friendly)
Ambiance ➪ 8.5/10  (1-3: Below average, 4-6: Average, 7-10: Above average)



💗 Author: Ng Mei Lian/ Adrian Yeoh Aun Hong
👉 Date of Visit: 14 January 2018

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No. 3 Crab Delicacy @ Tiong Bahru Singapore

Time to taste the famous crab in Singapore! We always hear that Singapore is famous for chilli crab and we have done some research on the crab shops in Singapore. Crab, crab, we are coming! We found No. 3 Crab Delicacy over website to be one of the restaurant that offers nice crab dishes and comes with a charge which is not sky high. There are a number of chinese seafood restaurants nearby when we alighted from the bus, and all of them are quite occupied as well.

Our aim was to eat chilli crab initially, but when we flipped the menu, we were truly spoilt for choice. There are a few crab dishes such as curry crab, chill crab, black pepper crab, butter crab, salted egg crab, steamed crab, crab with beehun etcetera. Not only that, there are prawns, chickens, fishes, and lots more, just like typical chinese restaurant but with more choices on how they prepare and cook the crab for connoisseurs.

We ordered curry crab at last as we not very fond of salty dishes and was informed by the owner of the restaurant that the recommended crab dish would be curry crab. On top of that, he mentioned that the curry crab served in the restaurant is well known to be the No.1 in Singapore! Not No.3 as the name of the shop 😂. You can order fried small bun (called "mantou" in chinese") for you to dip into the curry or chilli crab sauce and tug in. It was very delicious as the bun is getting soaked with the curry soup and when you bite it, it will start with a crunchy texture outside and followed by curry soup which "explodes" inside your mouth 😋.

The curry crab was served inside a claypot bowl. It is sufficient for 2 of us to eat, and the crab meat is succulent and juicy. It weighted nearly 1kg and the crab alone already priced at $63. They quoted the price based on the weight of the crab, with 100g at $6.50. It is truly not cheap, however just a reward to ourselves for working hard 😄. The claypot came with vegetables such as lady fingers and eggplants. The curry soup was very alike with curry fish soup. We felt like we were eating curry fish claypot, except fish was substituted by crab. The coconut milk smell inside the curry soup is quite strong as well. The curry soup is not at the truly spicy side, so I guess is quite suitable for everyone. Personally I feel the curry crab dish is generally nice, but the price is a bit at the high side. We ordered fried kangkung vegetables also as a side dish for us.

The No.1 curry crab in Singapore @ No.3 Crab Delicacy restaurant! 

Fried kangkung vegetables

Bring home the taste of No.3 Crab Delicacy! Those who fond of the paste can opt to buy their curry paste, sambal belacan and black pepper for cooking at home. The restaurant is full house on the weekend and there are even large group of parties dining inside the restaurant. If you don't want to miss out the chance to taste the crab dishes in this restaurant, remember to call them for booking! The restaurant is located inside a hotel called Link Hotel, and thus can see many groups of foreigners have their dinner over there.

Our total bill came at a cost of ~$95 for two of us. It is certainly an expensive dinner, however it would be a treat for us once in a blue moon. From the receipt below, you can see they striked through towel row, as we were aware that they charged for the towel and we already returned the towel to them before starting of our meals. Can't save us much, only $1 but every penny counts right. Well, spent $95 already but commented on $1 towel, haha 😒

The restaurant was crowded and full house that day. It was located inside Link Hotel and well air-conditioned.

Exterior look of restaurant

A Little Info. on No. 3 Crab Delicacy
Official Website: No. 3 Crab
Facebook Webpage: https://www.facebook.com/3crabdelicacy/
Transportation: Alight at Tiong Bahru/ Outram Park MRT station, transfer for bus to reach Blk 55, and cross to opposite road.

Personal Rating: 
Taste ➪ 6.5/10 (1-3: Below average, 4-6: Average, 7-10: Above average)
Price➪  3/10 (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: 21 October 2017

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