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  • Japanese Cravings

    Posted on Friday October 2nd, 2009 at 05:12 in japanese, sushi, orchard

    We’re heading to Tokyo and Kyoto in a couple of weeks and so I have been busy reading all the guide books recently. Predictably, the pages I have been concentrating on most are the Food & Drink ones, and as a consequence I have been craving Jap...

  • Gastronomic Anniversary

    Posted on Thursday December 11th, 2008 at 21:21 in french, fusion, orchard, fine dining, tasting menu

    It was our wedding anniversary – yes, four years of Greedy Gluttonous living, and what better way to commemorate the occasion than a gastronomic feast at one of Singapore’s finest restaurants? Iggy’s has a truly enviable reputation amongst the...

  • Over-priced Chicken Rice

    Posted on Thursday September 18th, 2008 at 02:24 in orchard

    Chatterbox at the Meritus Mandarin hotel always gets mentioned in magazines, blogs, travel books etc etc, and yet despite being up on Orchard Road several times a week, I have never ventured in there. Recently, however, its well-publicized move to th...

  • A New Lunch Option

    Posted on Monday August 25th, 2008 at 05:26 in orchard

    It was girly lunch time again and this time we made our way to the recently-opened, much anticipated PS Café at Palais Renaissance. First impressions of this place are very favourable – the high ceilings, floor-to-ceiling windows, tiled floor and ...

  • Special Indian

    Posted on Tuesday August 19th, 2008 at 01:55 in indian, orchard

    It was Mr Greedy Glutton’s birthday eve, so being the loving and doting wife that I am, I booked us a table at Song of India, somewhere he has been dying to try for a while.Set within a colonial black and white bungalow, with its pillars and chande...

  • Post-Yoga Dim Sum

    Posted on Friday August 15th, 2008 at 05:53 in orchard, dim sum

    It was post-yoga on a Friday afternoon and we were all hungry and ready for a large helping of dumplings... so we went to the closest possible spot, Crystal Jade Palace and dug right in, going for all the usual favourites: Har KauXiao Long Bao Rice ...

  • A Favourite Lunch Spot

    Posted on Thursday July 3rd, 2008 at 04:31 in orchard, noodle soup, dim sum

    Din Tai Fung is one of my favourite lunch spots and I usually pop in here alone if I am out and about for a gut-filling, good-for-the-soul noodle soup. This time, I happened to be with some friends – which can only mean one thing…extra dishes!I a...

  • Lunch with New Friends

    Posted on Tuesday July 1st, 2008 at 23:43 in Chinese, orchard, dim sum

    I made some new friends in my yoga class and so suggested a Dim Sum get-together for us all. I had read a few complimentary reviews on the net about Imperial Treasure Nan Bei on the fifth floor of Takashimaya, so booked us a table there. Being first ...

  • Haute Dim Sum

    Posted on Tuesday June 10th, 2008 at 05:25 in orchard, dim sum

    The Shang Palace at the Shangri-la Hotel has been receiving a lot of press lately due to its recent $4 million refurbishment, so we decided to head along there last Sunday to check out whether it deserves all the hype surrounding its Dim Sum.Well thi...

  • Girly Lunch

    Posted on Tuesday April 22nd, 2008 at 22:02 in orchard

    I was meeting the girls for lunch and a pedicure – and where better to kick off a good girly afternoon like that, than tai tai favourite, Marmalade Pantry? This was my first time here, although I did try the Holland Village branch not long after we...

  • Shopping and Lunch

    Posted on Tuesday April 22nd, 2008 at 03:39 in Chinese, orchard, dim sum

    We had some important business to attend to at Takashimaya… ie. Shopping, but beforehand we ad some equally important business to attend to… ie. Lunch. We didn’t want to go far, so popped into Crystal Jade Kitchen in the basement. This is a muc...

  • Dim Sum Craving

    Posted on Thursday February 28th, 2008 at 22:43 in orchard, dim sum

    Every few weeks I wake up with a Dim Sum craving, when nothing else will do, and last Saturday was one of those days. We had a spot of shopping to do on Orchard Road so chose Crystal Jade Nan Jiang Cuisine at Ngee Ann City. Last time we came here we ...

  • Learning Japanese

    Posted on Thursday February 21st, 2008 at 23:22 in japanese, orchard

    We were having a girly afternoon, and en route to our mani/pedi at Snails, we popped into Sun with Moon in Wheelock Place. I’ve never really got all the hype around Japanese food, and yet so many of my friends insist it is their absolute favourite,...