Gourmet Carousel

My hubby's Singaporean relative invited us for a buffet dinner, so after a rather bumpy taxi ride, we made our way to Gourmet Carousel.

Location: Within Royal Plaza, down in Orchard Road, next to DFS boutique mall and across the Hyatt Hotel

Setting: A typical hotel restaurant, though not really sure if this hotel is 5-star or above
Atmosphere: 9/10 (amazing patronage, and has a very welcoming feel to it, a place where you don't mind to just hang around for as long as you like)
Design: 8.5/10 (awesome design, everything in its place and the cutlery itself was just amazing and interesting)

Since this is a buffet, I'll just list down what they have in that is in store for us:

Sushi dishes

Seafood cold dishes

Cold cuts and salads

Appetizer cheese

More seafood cold dishes (with raw oysters~! My fav~! But I couldn't eat it coz I'm pregnant, dammit~!)

Main courses, including Chinese, Western, Indian and grilled and barbequed poultry and pasta of all makes, as well as a variety of soups

Dessert section, with bread and butter pudding, chocolate lava pudding, chocolate fountain (YUM!!), ice cream, etc...

Random shot of the interesting cutlery

The food is absolutely delicious, with a wide variety of items (much, much more than what most hotels in Brunei are prolly able to offer) and the atmosphere is so lively, it compliments the dishes really well.

Overall, I would give it a 9/10 and a definite must-go eatery destination

Old Chang Kee

Grabbed myself a snack, so I went and got myself some munchies from this snack stall called Old Chang Kee

Location: Near the MRT entrance, within the Food Court of Bugis Junction, basement

Food: Vegan springroll, chicken-mushroom curry puff and gyoza
Taste: 6.5/10 (Nice and crunchy, with just enough flavour to fill your taste buds, but a little too much radish for the springroll)

It's more of the munchies kind of thing, so nothing really much to say about it, but definitely a good place to get when you're feeling a little peckish

The Soup Spoon

My hubby kinda woke up with an upset stomach after dining on street food last night, so we decided to dine light, and whaddaya know? There is one place could dine light, which is The Soup Spoon.

Location: Basement level, near the MRT station of Bugis Junction, within the Food Court

Setting: A nice bistro-ish kind of cafe, sorta, except that this only mostly specializes in serving soup instead of meals, and others as a side dish
Atmosphere: 7.5/10 (while the patronage is not so much, it has a nice quiet peaceful feel to it, like you can just stay here and do your own thing without bothering about petty disturbances and you can take your time and your privacy)
Design: 7/10 (simple and clean, not too cramped)

Food: Clam chowder soup (mine) and mushroom soup (my hubby)
Presentation: 8/10 (nice, thick and smells good, though it almost has the consistency of porridge)
Taste: 8.5/10 (very flavourful and packed with punch, and definitely has the consistency of porridge, prolly should tone a little down on that, but at least it's filling)

It's an interesting eatery that specialized only in soup, and really gives a whole new meaning of 'soup kitchen'. Should give this a try

Ming Fa Fishball

We went on a trip to Singapore (which you can read here) and was waiting for the call from my hubby's boss/cousin to have dinner, but sadly he was a no-show, so we had to fend for ourselves, so to speak. There's a food street directly in front of the hotel we're staying in Chinatown and after scouring the area and picking and choosing, we chose Ming Fa Fishball stall.

Location: Right in the heart of Chinatown, just opposite the entrance of Santa Grand, Hotel Lai Chun Yuen in Temple Street

Setting: Typical roadside stall setting with open-air cooking, nice view to watch a cook in action
Atmosphere: 7/10 (good feel for a roadside stall atmosphere, busy and it seems that the patronage is also quite well-received here)
Design: Non-applicable for roadside stalls, standard issue

Food: Seafood noodles (mine) and in-house fishball noodles (my hubby)
Presentation: 7.5/10 for both (big portion and freshly made items in a bowl, and comes with a warm, tantalizing smell)
Taste: 7.5/10 (for mine at least, since it's cooked from the same soup, I assume my hubby's taste is the same as mine. Anyways very delicious, flavourful, with the soup having the nice thick veggie stock taste, and the seafood are quite fresh too)

It's a really good spot to catch some cheap roadside stall food, though you prolly have to make sure that your stomach is immune to roadside food, coz it got my hubby's stomach into trouble while I walked about just fine. But still, very recommendable. Should check it out

QQ Roasted Duck Specialist

Went to Miri last weekend and all the eateries we went to were familiar ones, until finally at dinner time, we're going to some place new, which they rave have the best duck in the house: QQ Roasted Duck Specialist (at least that's what they call it)

Location: Just across the street from Gloria Hotel downtown just after a right junction from Parkson (I think)

Setting: Typical Chinese kopitiam style kind of setting
Atmosphere: 6.5/10 (pretty good, though it's pretty much past dinner time prolly, so not much patronage)
Design: 6.5/10 (also pretty old-school design for a typical Chinese kopitiam)

Below are some of the food we have ordered:

Oily meat rolls

Broiled ferns

Bah kuh teh soup

Claypot rice

Bitter gourd with egg

Roasted duck and char sau sau rou

The food tastes pretty good actually. Nice and filling and all-round flavourful. Overall, I'd give it a 7/10 for it. To be honest, I wouldn't say this is the best duck I've ever eaten, but they did a pretty good job nonetheless. So I would recommend this place to have your meals