Tan Hui Juan

Sunday, April 28, 2013 @ 1:02 AM

Singapore Seafood Republic

Hello earthlings,

Today is a pretty much stay home saturday for me, which explains a multiple post in one day. Way too much time on my hands. Also, apparently today I'm supposed to complete my tutorials and practicals that I am lagging behind from my classmates. But as usual, I gave up. Hahaha. You can clearly see when I just camwhore my day away. xD

So around early evening my aunt gave me a call saying she will pick me up in 15 minutes to go have dinner at Resort World Sentosa and I panicked because I haven't even bathe!

We headed to Singapore Seafood Republic which is located in Resort World Sentosa, nearer to the broadwalk entrance area.

See the nice view over there! Watch the sun set! Muahahaha.

In case you haven't heard of Singapore Seafood Republic, it's actually a combination of four of Singapore's more famous seafood restaurants namely Jumbo Seafood Restaurant, The Seafood International Market & Restaurant, Palm Beach Seafood and Tung Lok Seafood. It's opened in October 2010 and I remember eating here during Chinese New Year period once when it recently open so I guess the last time I visited here is February 2011? That's like 2 and a half years ago!

The outdoor seating area. No fans no shelter nothing. At least it's not sunny. I keep thinking to myself what would they do if it simply started raining. So apparently the restaurant is quite big cause that have two levels and a outdoor dinning area. Since my granny is on wheelchair and can't go upstairs and the bottom level is full, poor us resorted to the outdoor dining area. ):

My grandma's faveee Fried Baby Squid. Sweet and crunchy. Pretty good and addictive.

The Herbal Prawn. I wanted to take a photo of the whole pot of soup but the waiter took the initiative to serve it in bowls for us already, so too bad for me! A little too herbalish for me, like it's kind of too bitter. Prawn was fresh and all but I do prefer Ah Yat Seafood's version of this dish!

Coconut water for me cause it's really warm to sit outside!

Seafood Fried Rice. Again, the waiter serve it in bowls already so here is a less than appetizing photo of the fried rice. To me, honestly this fried rice is so-so only. Considering it's a seafood fried rice, I actually find it really disappointing to only have one prawn in the whole bowl of rice, no squid no nothing. Maybe it's just my bowl of rice but my aunt's bowl seem to have no prawn at all, which is even worse.

Here comes the crab! This is their famous Chilli Crab. Probably cause Chilli Crab is invented in Singapore? Actually I'm not really sure so don't quote me! As you can see the sun is going down and my lighting is very bad but oh well! The crab was big, juicy and the meat is firm. I think I heard the waiter say the crab is like 1.4 kg?

I do prefer the Black Pepper Crab! Maybe it's just me being bias but I actually like this over their renown Chilli Crab. Can fight with House of Seafood which was has really good Black Pepper Crab that I loveee loveee loveee!

The amount of crab that I ate. I can tell you I am one of the most unglam person when it comes to eating crab. I would eat like I haven't eat in a thousand years. So I cannot really eat crabs with my prospective boyfriend/spouse. I'm sure I'll scare them away! HAHAHA.

Here's me acting like a retard while waiting for my food in the restaurant. HAHAH don't judge me!

On to Malaysia Food Street because Granny was asking for Kopi!

Malaysia Food Street is apparently made to look like the streets of Malaysia with all their famous food. There's a similar concept but smaller version of this place called Malaysia Boleh! in Jurong Point as most of you know. I was asking my aunt why they make this a Malaysia food street instead of a Singapore food street considering the tourist would want to try local delicacy instead right? But! Resort World is Malaysia owned so too bad! I would start a business of local Singapore food with similar concept but I have no capital. HAHAHAHA.

This is not the first time I'm here, I've been here a number of times. But I took so many photos purely for blogging purposes. Haha. The food here are pretty good but pretty pricey for a true blue Singaporean who knows how much a Char Kway Teow cost in the hawker center. But we got to give and take right? Considering we are sitting in Resort World Sentosa. It's very crowded here and very hard to find seats, many resorting to sharing seats with others. Not sure if it's like this during weekdays.

Here I got my dessert. Penang Chendol! I think the auntie rushing ah that's why never make nice nice for me. But still it's pretty good. Ever realized how Chendol sounds like Juan-oh? That what my parents say! Haha!

My aunt decided to buy some claypot rice back for my parents, as you can see the price is also on the high side. I never really tried the Claypot Rice so I cannot tell you if it's good but there's a claypot rice in Beach Road that I really recommend! Fei Kee Claypot Chicken Rice! I found that place during my internship when I work at Beach Road. It's located at 341 Beach Road, you can google it I think! If I ever visit there again, I promise I would write a blog post about it okay!

Here's the pack of $15 Claypot Rice. Still hot when I reach home!

I apparently take photo of the Universal Studio's globe EVERY.SINGLE.TIME. I am there. But oh well! It's Universal! HAHA.

Cause the Claypot rice take away needed 30 minutes to prepare, we went for a walk around the place and saw this! WHAT A DEAL!

il Gelato di Bruno Gelateria Italiana & Coffee Shop

The shop is actually located inside Candylicious which prohibits photography so I'm actually risking my life for this blog!

And the temptation of photographing this cute little I don't know what.

Here's some popsicles and ice ceam pops? I don't really know what they are called. But nobody really orders them cause it's not 1-for-1 for them!!

All the flavours! They offer a variety of flavours with some being Dairy Free and even Sugar Free.

Here's a half of the $6.50 ice cream deal! $6.50 for two ice cream cones which is 4 flavours sounds like a pretty good deal right? I got Mocha and Tiramisù flavours. I prefer the Mocha one because I cannot really taste the Tiramisù. No sure if it's because the Mocha was too overwhelming. All up for Dessert 2.0!

The auntie hand to spoil my photo by holding her hand against them display refrigerator. ]:<

I stood there until she takes her hand off because I am just this stubborn!

Candy trees that I take photo of every single time I am here. Why not make money trees? MUAHAHAHA.

The casino, not old enough to enter. Even if I am old enough, paying $100 to enter is just not worth it.

Kay so it's Resort World Sentosa's 1st birthday, here's a large champagne to celebrate it!

So that's pretty much it, it's a though short but tiring day and I almost fell asleep during my car ride home. Well, at least I'm energetic enough to complete the blog post today! That's all for today, bye earthlings!

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Sunday, April 28, 2013 @ 1:02 AM Singapore Seafood Republic Hello earthlings, Today is a pretty much stay home saturday for me, which explains a multiple post in one day. Way too much time on my hands. Also, apparently today I'm supposed to complete my tutorials and practicals that I am lagging behind from my classmates. But as usual, I gave up. Hahaha. You can clearly see when I just camwhore my day away. xD So around early evening my aunt gave me a call saying she will pick me up in 15 minutes to go have dinner at Resort World Sentosa and I panicked because I haven't even bathe! We headed to Singapore Seafood Republic which is located in Resort World Sentosa, nearer to the broadwalk entrance area. See the nice view over there! Watch the sun set! Muahahaha. In case you haven't heard of Singapore Seafood Republic, it's actually a combination of four of Singapore's more famous seafood restaurants namely Jumbo Seafood Restaurant, The Seafood International Market & Restaurant, Palm Beach Seafood and Tung Lok Seafood. It's opened in October 2010 and I remember eating here during Chinese New Year period once when it recently open so I guess the last time I visited here is February 2011? That's like 2 and a half years ago! The outdoor seating area. No fans no shelter nothing. At least it's not sunny. I keep thinking to myself what would they do if it simply started raining. So apparently the restaurant is quite big cause that have two levels and a outdoor dinning area. Since my granny is on wheelchair and can't go upstairs and the bottom level is full, poor us resorted to the outdoor dining area. ): My grandma's faveee Fried Baby Squid. Sweet and crunchy. Pretty good and addictive. The Herbal Prawn. I wanted to take a photo of the whole pot of soup but the waiter took the initiative to serve it in bowls for us already, so too bad for me! A little too herbalish for me, like it's kind of too bitter. Prawn was fresh and all but I do prefer Ah Yat Seafood's version of this dish! Coconut water for me cause it's really warm to sit outside! Seafood Fried Rice. Again, the waiter serve it in bowls already so here is a less than appetizing photo of the fried rice. To me, honestly this fried rice is so-so only. Considering it's a seafood fried rice, I actually find it really disappointing to only have one prawn in the whole bowl of rice, no squid no nothing. Maybe it's just my bowl of rice but my aunt's bowl seem to have no prawn at all, which is even worse. Here comes the crab! This is their famous Chilli Crab. Probably cause Chilli Crab is invented in Singapore? Actually I'm not really sure so don't quote me! As you can see the sun is going down and my lighting is very bad but oh well! The crab was big, juicy and the meat is firm. I think I heard the waiter say the crab is like 1.4 kg? I do prefer the Black Pepper Crab! Maybe it's just me being bias but I actually like this over their renown Chilli Crab. Can fight with House of Seafood which was has really good Black Pepper Crab that I loveee loveee loveee! The amount of crab that I ate. I can tell you I am one of the most unglam person when it comes to eating crab. I would eat like I haven't eat in a thousand years. So I cannot really eat crabs with my prospective boyfriend/spouse. I'm sure I'll scare them away! HAHAHA. Here's me acting like a retard while waiting for my food in the restaurant. HAHAH don't judge me! On to Malaysia Food Street because Granny was asking for Kopi! Malaysia Food Street is apparently made to look like the streets of Malaysia with all their famous food. There's a similar concept but smaller version of this place called Malaysia Boleh! in Jurong Point as most of you know. I was asking my aunt why they make this a Malaysia food street instead of a Singapore food street considering the tourist would want to try local delicacy instead right? But! Resort World is Malaysia owned so too bad! I would start a business of local Singapore food with similar concept but I have no capital. HAHAHAHA. This is not the first time I'm here, I've been here a number of times. But I took so many photos purely for blogging purposes. Haha. The food here are pretty good but pretty pricey for a true blue Singaporean who knows how much a Char Kway Teow cost in the hawker center. But we got to give and take right? Considering we are sitting in Resort World Sentosa. It's very crowded here and very hard to find seats, many resorting to sharing seats with others. Not sure if it's like this during weekdays. Here I got my dessert. Penang Chendol! I think the auntie rushing ah that's why never make nice nice for me. But still it's pretty good. Ever realized how Chendol sounds like Juan-oh? That what my parents say! Haha! My aunt decided to buy some claypot rice back for my parents, as you can see the price is also on the high side. I never really tried the Claypot Rice so I cannot tell you if it's good but there's a claypot rice in Beach Road that I really recommend! Fei Kee Claypot Chicken Rice! I found that place during my internship when I work at Beach Road. It's located at 341 Beach Road, you can google it I think! If I ever visit there again, I promise I would write a blog post about it okay! Here's the pack of $15 Claypot Rice. Still hot when I reach home! I apparently take photo of the Universal Studio's globe EVERY.SINGLE.TIME. I am there. But oh well! It's Universal! HAHA. Cause the Claypot rice take away needed 30 minutes to prepare, we went for a walk around the place and saw this! WHAT A DEAL! il Gelato di Bruno Gelateria Italiana & Coffee Shop The shop is actually located inside Candylicious which prohibits photography so I'm actually risking my life for this blog! And the temptation of photographing this cute little I don't know what. Here's some popsicles and ice ceam pops? I don't really know what they are called. But nobody really orders them cause it's not 1-for-1 for them!! All the flavours! They offer a variety of flavours with some being Dairy Free and even Sugar Free. Here's a half of the $6.50 ice cream deal! $6.50 for two ice cream cones which is 4 flavours sounds like a pretty good deal right? I got Mocha and Tiramisù flavours. I prefer the Mocha one because I cannot really taste the Tiramisù. No sure if it's because the Mocha was too overwhelming. All up for Dessert 2.0! The auntie hand to spoil my photo by holding her hand against them display refrigerator. ]:< I stood there until she takes her hand off because I am just this stubborn! Candy trees that I take photo of every single time I am here. Why not make money trees? MUAHAHAHA. The casino, not old enough to enter. Even if I am old enough, paying $100 to enter is just not worth it. Kay so it's Resort World Sentosa's 1st birthday, here's a large champagne to celebrate it! So that's pretty much it, it's a though short but tiring day and I almost fell asleep during my car ride home. Well, at least I'm energetic enough to complete the blog post today! That's all for today, bye earthlings! Tweet 0 Comments