Restaurant Week Review: Montreux Jazz Café

I suggested this place as one of our choices for this installment of Restaurant Week coz the BF loves jazz! Only when we were about to head there did we realise that it was actually located at Pan Pacific Orchard.

Their menu was very creative; resembling a concert schedule.

The Soup of the Day was Spiced Carrot, which didn’t sound very enticing, so I had the Fried Calamari while he had the Apple, Walnut and Brie Salad.

 Fried Calamari

Apple, Walnut and Brie Salad

The calamari was tasty and not too oily; I just didn’t like the little bits of chilli flakes on it. But it wasn’t really spicy so it was alright. He liked his salad though the sauce was abit too tangy for my liking. They gave two slices of brie, which I felt was pretty generous.

Herbie

Their cocktail names are also related to jazz and he ordered a Herbie ($18) for the whisky base, but it was unremarkable. 

Braised Wagyu Beef Boneless Short Rib

We both had the Braised Wagyu Beef Boneless Short Rib and the beef was to-die-for! It was served in the form of 3 chunky pieces and was so tender that it fell apart perfectly upon chewing. Thinking about it now just makes me salivate!

 Mango Passion Fruit Cremeux 

Spicy Dark Chocolate

I was tempted to take the Spicy Dark Chocolate for dessert, but I was afraid the spiciness might be too much for me so I took the Mango Passion Fruit Cremeux instead. The coconut ice cream fused well with the mango passion fruit mousse and it was very refreshing, a good end to the meal! The shape of the dark chocolate mousse made it look quite unappealing, however the small scoop I tried was actually quite rich and wasn't spicy at all! He did say some portions were spicy though.

The jazz band started to play at 8pm and he got so cutely excited when he realised the drummer was Erik Hargrove (apparently some famous drummer lol). So for those of you who like jazz, I'm sure you will appreciate the food and music here.

The Restaurant Week menu items were not listed in their normal menu, but a 3-course meal would cost about $54 using the cheapest items in their menu so I’d say that coming here for Restaurant Week is definitely worth it if you wanna check the place out. If you can’t wait for the next Restaurant Week, you can make a booking via Chope and earn $$$ while you dine!

Montreux Jazz Café 
10 Claymore Road, #01-02, Pan Pacific Orchard, Pan Pacific Orchard, 229540 
6733 0091
Mon - Fri: 12pm - 3pm, 6pm - 11pm

Restaurant Week Review: Privé Grill

I actually prepared this post very long ago (almost a year to be exact), but it was so overdue that I decided not to post it. However, I think this is a fitting time to post it since Restaurant Week is here again and Privé Grill is a participating restaurant again.

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As luck would have it, one of the days of Restaurant Week coincided with our first month and we went to Privé Grill to celebrate! J

They served warm bread, always a delight to have, accompanied with olive oil.

Appetisers

Blue Swimmer Crab Ravioli

Burnt Leek and Potato Soup

I loved both of them! The crab ravioli was flavorful and check out the chunky pieces of crab they gave! The soup was not too bad but made wayyy better by the poached egg sitting in it. Lovely.

Grilled “Silver Ferns Farm” Ribeye

We both had the same main because STEAK! He had it medium and I, medium-well. His was nicer and I vowed to always order medium from then on.

Paris Brest

These were like some kinda mini chocolate profiteroles and the praline was mixed well with the chocolate cream. I liked the thin crunchy caramel biscuit on top too! If only it was a little bigger..

Strawberry Semifreddo

This was a light dessert and tasted like frozen yoghurt with strawberries! Not bad but I still preferred the Paris Brest!

I didn't check the individual pricing but their current 3-course dinner set is $58++, so this was definitely a steal at $28++! I kinda regret not booking the place again this time around!

Privé Grill 
Keppel Bay Vista, Marina at Keppel Bay, Marina At Keppel Bay, 098382
6776 0777
Mon - Fri: 11.30am - 3pm, 6.30pm - 11.30pm
Sat - Sun: 6.30pm - 11.30pm

When the Phone Dies..

As most of you already know, I'm quite heavily reliant on my mobile phone. This evening, my hp battery died and my life came crashing down as well.

"What am I gonna do on the bus?" (I thought of ways to revive my phone during the bus journey.)
"I can't reflect on my life, that's what I do just when I decide I'm gonna try to sleep."
"How am I going to listen to music when I run?" (I said the rosary while running. Yeah, you read that right. It actually kinda helped me to focus.)
"I should call an Uber, but wait, I can't.."
"How am I supposed to tell the time???" (Somewhere along the way I realized I actually had a watch in my bag. Lol.)

I almost wanted to take a cab home just to charge my phone, but I decided not to let a little gadget take over my life and head to the gym, as originally planned. The moment I reached the gym, I asked the nice people at the True Fitness counter to help me charge my phone with my cable. Ask and you shall receive, right?

An hour later, I excitedly went to retrieve my phone from the counter and was DEVASTATED when I realized it did not charge AT ALL. (Lesson learnt; do not buy fake cables.) I went to Coffee Bean and they reluctantly lent me a cable head to charge my phone but it STILL didn't work thanks to the damn cable! It was 3 hours without my phone and I was on the verge of having an anxiety attack.

I looked up in desperation, saw 2 girls afew tables away keeping their cables and felt a glimmer of hope. After I squinted for awhile and received confirmation that they were using iPhones, I went over and explained my pitiful situation to them and they kindly lent me a cable.

After ten minutes, my phone was still not starting up and I started to say my prayers. I wondered who the patron saint of technology was. Just when I was about to give up, I saw the bright light shine and can I just say I've never been so happy to see an apple before?

So here I am now. And that, my friends, is the story of how I survived 4 waking hours without using my phone.

P.S. This was actually a very long fb post of mine, but I took so long to write it that I decided it deserved a spot in this blog. Plus, I've been kinda busy lazy to update so this is to compensate!