Coriander Leaf @ Clarke Quay

My predecessor is leaving, so the whole department went to Coriander Leaf to buy her a farewell lunch today. Coriander Leaf is famous for being a cooking school that conducts lessons and teambuilding events, as well as for its fusion food. Although the food we took is from its real chefs and not from the students.

The menu looks interesting, so does the food. Even though the table setting is Western-style, the food itself is a combination. The first dish is soup, as per Western style, but the soup itself is actually fish maw soup with egg and mushrooms, as per Chinese style.

Everyone ordered the same main course - fish, but the fish looks slightly burnt at the side. The fish is served fillet style, accompanied by Thai rice and Asian herbs.

Finally, dessert, made up of ice cream and cake. The dessert is a bit too sweet for my liking though, and I already am the type who have a very big threshold for sugar and salt!

I have heard so much about Coriander Leaf that I thought the food will be really good. However I was quite disappointed as the food was too sweet or else slightly burnt. If this is what they teach the students, then I would not want to take up a cooking class there!

Food : 2 out of 5
Service : 3 out of 5
Price : 3 out of 5

Moi Lum 梅琳 @ Maxwell

I went for a belated Lunar New Year celebration-cum-gathering of friends at this Chinese restaurant called Moi Lum. There was still a set menu for Lunar New Year despite the fifteen days already being over.

The restaurant was empty save for a few tables occupied by old men whom I suspected were school friends having their fiftieth reunion or something. The interior of the restaurant was brightly lit with quite a number of pillars, making the seating cramped and crowded.

The first dish was lo hei (what else?!), and after we were done with the dish it was a mess!

Second dish was Shark's Fin Soup. Much as I do not feel comfortable taking shark's fin due to all the killing of the sharks around, I was overruled - 9 against 1. :-(

Third dish was vegetables, that tasted salty, followed by roasted crispy chicken that tasted even saltier.

Then there was a dish of bean curd with mayonnaise.


Prawns came next. At least the prawns were fresh enough although small.


Finally noodles, followed by mango sago pudding as dessert.

I must say, the food is not that impressive. It was not cheap for lunch, around S$50.00 per person. I would kind of think for that kind of price, there would be better food being served. Overall I would not really recommend, but that is just one person's opinion!

Food : 2 out of 5
Ambience : 1 out of 5
Service : 2 out of 5
Price : 2 out of 5

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Le Bistrot @ Stadium

I have been looking forward to our first Valentine's Day dinner ever since the one last year where it clashed with Lunar New Year, hence not able to celebrate properly. So he brought me back to the place where we had our very first date - Le Bistrot at the premises of the Singapore Indoor Stadium.

The place was very crowded because it happened to be the night Eric Clapton was in town, having a performance at the Indoor Stadium itself. Nevertheless, we made a reservation for 8:00pm and arrived slightly earlier. Coincidentally, we were seated at the very place where we last sat too!

Unlike other restaurants, this place does not have a special Valentine's Day menu. Theirs is a normal set or a la carte menu, with a fixed price. The price did not increase for Valentine's Day too, which is a good thing!

Starter was bread with soup. Mine is French Onion (how can anyone go to a French restaurant without tasting the onion soup?) and his was mushroom cappuccino, with cream on top.

Bread with Olive Oil

Mushroom Cappaccino Soup

Authentic French Onion Soup

For my main course, I ordered boeuf burgignon, but the dish came out small albeit tasty.

His was braised leg of lamb (what else?) and looks as good as it tastes!

Finally, for dessert, we had vanilla bean ice cream with raspberry caramel tart (for me) and three different kinds of creme brulee (for him). Since both of us have a sweet tooth, we devoured everything on our dessert plate!

Vanilla Bean ice cream with Raspberry Caramel Tart

Different types of Creme Brulee

This is really a memorable and cosy place. How I wish we can come here again!

Food - 3.5 out of 5
Ambience - 4 out of 5
Service - 3.5 out of 5

Price - 4 out of 5 (especially being Valentine's Day, the price is very low compared to other places!)