Yan Palace vs Spring Courts 燕阁 vs 春园

Yan Palace vs Spring Courts
燕阁 vs  詠春园

Both restaurants are located near Chinatown MRT Station, very convenient if you are planning for a gathering with guests living at different areas of SIngapore.

Yan Palace 燕阁 (Chinatown Branch) Blk 531 Upper Cross Street #01-49 Hong Lim Complex Singapore 050531 Website: www.yanpalace.sg/contact.html Tel: 6222-2516 | Fax: 6533-2013 Spring Court 詠春园 52-56 Upper Cross Street Singapore 058348 Website: www.springcourt.com.sg/ Tel: 6449-5030 Fax: 6535-6609 Min. Price per table to qualify for private room $500 (Depends if there is any festival eg. Fathers' Day) $700 (Depends on occasion too) Food Quality I find Yan Palace's food tastier. A well established restaurant that has been around for years. Food is "so so".. Nothing attracts me to make it my first choice if I am planning for gathering. Food Quantity They are really generous in their food portion. Even for expensive ingredient such as sharks fin. At the end of the meal, you can be assured that your guests' stomach are filled. Food portion is not as generous. Especially they charge more as compared to Yan Palace on the same date. (Yan Palace was fully booked) KTV facility There are 2 televisions in every room, so there's no need to turn around to look at the screen Inserting songs are not as friendly as there's no way to choose by han yu pin yin. We only used "number of words", "top hits" and by singers to look for the songs we want. There is only 1 television, which is placed at one extreme side of the room. There's a need to turn around, in order to look at the screen. Guests who are sitting further away from the screen, might have to come closer in order to look at the lyrics. They gave us 2 mics.. however, the on/off switch is missing from one of the mic. That mic gave feedback when we put it on the table.. We tried asking if they have a spare mic, waitress told us no (despite being a pretty large establishment)... :( There K systerm is however, more user friendly.. it allows us to search for songs by entering the first alphabet of each word (han yu pin yin) Software seems to have error. It auto inserts songs that we didn't choose.. very irritating as we have to skip quite a number of songs before it gets t o our song. Operating Hours (Dinner) 6:30-11pm 6-10:30 pm Service Waitress are friendly and helpful. Waitress stood in our room and started packing at around 10:10pm. We felt uneasy as it sort of gave us the impression that she is hinting us to leave. Others Allows us to bring wine without purchasing any wine from them. Not sure if this is a privilege because we booked their room, but I feel that these little things they do, leaves good impression in their customers. =D Allows you to bring 3 bottles of wine if you purchase 1 bottle of wine from them at $39.90++. They are already charging a premium on food when the standard is "so so".. They are not service centric, but placing more emphasis on profit.

Conclusion:

Yan Palace will always be my family's first choice for Chinese restaurant. We love the food quality, quantity and KTV facility. Yan Palace is more value for money! 

Char-Grill Bar

Char-Grill Bar
Blk 727 Clementi West St 2
#01-294
S'pore 120727

It's our first time trying their items today and it's worth trying!
There's an open carpark in front of the coffee shop. =D

Salmon & Tomato Baked Rice - $7.90

There's lots of cheese given, as you can see in the picture above. =)

They used friend rice instead of white rice, so it's more tasty. There's a chunk of salmon with SKIN in the middle of the bake rice.. Unlike some western stalls that we have tried where only few strips of salmon can be seen in their dishes...

Their portion is quite big too, due to the generous amount of cheese given.

Recommended! =P



Porkloin Chop - $6.90

Unlike normal pork chop, their porkloin chop is soft and tender. Not too dry and tough. Even my mum who can't eat hard food due to her teeth, enjoyed this!

It comes with 2 side dishes, which we can choose from their Hot/Cold Item list. We chose Season Vegetable (Brocoli & Cauliflower) and Potato Salad. Their brocoli and cauliflower is normal, nothing fantastic. However, their potato salad is nice. :)


We will patronise again to try other items in their menu. It's worth the $. =D

Katong Fried Oyster

Katong Fried Oyster
Blk 207 #01-52
Beside Bedok Bus Interchange
Price: $3 - $8

 

Most Singaporeans love Fried Oyster. Be it dinner or supper, wherever there is Fried Oyster, you can see diners having it as their main or side dish. Personally, I would always meet up with my friends for supper, and Fried Oyster is a "must have" for us.

As I live in Bedok, there are numerous places where I can indulge in this delicacy. Though it's common here, there are only few stalls that I truly enjoy.

Katong Fried Oyster, had been around for quite some time at Bedok Interchange Food Center. Business is good as you can see quite a number of tables with their Fried Oyster.

Usually they rotate among themselves to cook. However, i prefer the lady's cooking as there dish will be crispier. I guess she uses higher heat. If you are having your lunch there, do give it a try. It's the row of stalls facing the carpark instead of the interchange.