Showing posts with label queensbay. Show all posts
Showing posts with label queensbay. Show all posts

Thursday, June 17, 2010

Dragon-i @ Queensbay

After picking up my sister from the airport a few weeks ago, we headed to Queensbay for lunch. We live so, so far away (okay, not that far but still worse than Gurney) from the place so this was the one of those rare opportunities to coax dad into going heh) Anyway, when we go to QB we always end up here. We are a LaMian obsessed family. Check out the good food!

Sister's La Mian with Shredded Pork and Preserved Vegetables. 

 
Dad's Sichuan Style La Mian. The soup is 'souper' aromatic (lame joke :S), could smell peanut oil in it, which isn't as bad as it sounds, really. 

 
My LaMian. Forgot the full name but it had a soury taste to it, a lot like shark's fin soup. 
Had a lot of prawns, preserved vegetables, pork slices, the works.

How can you not order the famed Xiao Long Bao at Dragon-i? That's just not right.

 
Little sister's La Mian in soup with pork cutlets. No complaints here.

 
Mom's fried rice with chicken cutlets. Her only gripe: took a little too long to arrive.

 
 I don't know why but we always order this. Tasted great though.

 
Dessert! Glutinous rice balls in mango juice with extra mango. Not mango-ey enough?

 
Too pretty, must take multiple shots.

 
Honeydew sago. Too much ice shavings in this one. So-so.

Overall experience : B+
Apparently there's going to be a new outlet at Gurney Plaza soon, hope they'll have my terracota warrior in shiny armour!

Monday, January 25, 2010

Out and About.

Above: Winter Warmers at Gurney. Had the afternoon tea set, complete with your very own choice of tea (mine was jasmine). Affordable and quite worth it, considering you get scones, sandwiches, cakes plus ohsolovely cookies! All looking pretty on a three tiered tray. Tastewise, it’s not that bad, if you’re not that fussy an eater. 3/5
Clockwise from left: Salad with chicken breast strips,orange slices and lemon/orangey dressing (light and tangy, not as ‘jelak’ as the caesar), fettucine with salmon in cream sauce (loved this one), chicken sandwich (bread was a little hard, though no complaints about the tender chicken).
Above: TGIF at Queensbay. Braved the infamous weekend jam to get here, though I must say the long drive was worth it. Great meal, with wonderful service to boot (thanks JM!) The food’s your typical american fare, with ginormous portions, so I highly recommend sharing if you’re not a big eater. The best for me was definitely the fettucine. Salmon + fettucine = One happy girl. 4/5
Above: Crepe Cottage along Gurney Drive. A quaint little cottage (literally, it’s not just the name) in the midst of the very busy Gurney area which offers the french delicacy. Who would’ve known? Taking your pick would take a while, as the menu offers a wide variety of crepes, both savoury and sweet. The only drawback was that it took a darn long time for the food to arrive. You could’ve seen the hearts above our heads disappearing ala Diner Dash. That aside, all of us agreed that the food was good, making up for the long wait. 3.5/5