BBQ World Korean Restaurant

Lucky me! Lovely Zhou Jia and Swing planned to go BBQ World Korean restaurant for my advanced birthday celebration in early June :)

This is not my first time having Korean BBQ but this is my first Korean BBQ buffet experience. I must say this is a good choice for gatherings and catch-ups because we can spend a longer time here. It is up to 5 diners to one BBQ tray:

It is not an ala-carte styled buffet. So basically, take all you want :D

Lovely Rachel was helping us with all the grilling and application of various sauces.

And I was presented with this 3 lovely cupcakes!

Wonderful people who stayed through more than a decade of my life:

My Zhou Family got me a Birkenstock sandals and I'm so delighted because I lost mine because some thief decided to steal it when I accidentally left it outside my house before going for work. It was only 2 months old and pondered over getting a new one. Thank you so much!

Moving on from our happening adolescent years, we are on track to moving forward to our dreams. We might be at different stages now but I'm glad and I know we will always be each other's motivation and encouragement to go through tough times. Embrace the changes and soon, we will be cheering for our accomplishments and success. Press on!

Manna Story JCube

The thing about wanting to savour a particular cuisine in most countries is that you would probably need to travel to shophouses or places that are not exactly public transport-friendly.

In June, Swing and I have been wanting to try some Korean cuisine at a really convenient location. I searched a few food review sites and found Manna Story at JCube.

I am aware of this restaurant but I had never known that it sells Korean cuisine. My impression of it was it has a cottage-feel kinda cafe. Now that it is at a familiar location - right opposite Hako, where I used to sell my rings at, we have decided to check it out.

This was a shock to me. I have seen places that serves around 4-5 small Korean dishes (ban-chan) but it was my first time seeing such a variety of dishes. Most importantly, you can re-fill your favourites yourself at a small corner of the restaurant. Their dishes were fresh during this experience :)

Swing ordered chicken on hot plate,

while I order Bibimbap in Hot Stone.

We ordered a Spring Onion Pancake as well.

Our seats were overlooking The Rink :)

I did not state any prices because we took the lunch offer. I have always preferred to dine in during lunch where there is lesser people around and there are attractive lunch menus around :)

Xoxo.

3. Mothers' Day celebration at home

My third Mother's day celebration was with my other paternal aunties and grandmother at home :)

Me with the Lee cousins! :)

There were too many cameras around and I think this is an acceptable candid shot.

We drove to Chua Chu Kang 253 to takeaway some dominos pizza and kfc! Dominos took around 15 minutes to prepare my pizza, I love their efficiency!

Earlier that day, I DIY-ed a small cake from The Icing Room but I didn't dare to bring out because one of my aunties already bought a cake and my cake is too small for everyone.

So, later that night, we had a cake-cutting ceremony again :)

Happy Mothers' Day!

2. Mothers' Day Dinner at ChoaChuKang ITE

This is my family's most convenient restaurant which is situated at Choa Chu Kang ITE. I guess it's only a 10 to 15 minutes walk from my house!

We had this dinner together with my family, one of my paternal aunty, cousin and grandmother. We ordered quite a spread and the restaurant was crazily busy. I like the location a lot, not exactly crowded and convenient for us.

Choon Seng Hng Restaurant
1 Choa Chu Kang Grove
#02-02 ITE College West
Tel: 67691972

1. Mothers'Day Lunch at Dempesy

This year, I had 3 days of Mothers'Day Celebrations and this is the first!

I had the first advanced celebration with my maternal grandmother at Dempesy where it is only a short drive from her place at Holland Road! Sheridin recommended this place - Chang Korean Charcoal BBQ Restaurant. 

The garden outside the restaurant is really unique :)

Discussing our order :)

Smile for the camera!

As usual, Korean cuisine comes with a lot of Banchan (small dishes).

Order two sets of meat (3pcs per set at $25)

There is a staff helping us BBQ the meat :)

Tasty and it is gone in a minute!

We ordered Bibimbap and Ginseng Chicken and the staff help to serve us in small bowls.

I would say the place is really comfortable and the servers are friendly and responsive. I don't really like the ginseng chicken soup because it tastes too bitter for me. The BBQ meat, which we wrap in lettuce, is very tasty and worth the price. They provide salad as well and the salad is so tasty I finished it :x

 CHANG Korean BBQ Restaurant

Blk 18C Dempsey Road Singapore 249677

Contact:  +65 6473-9005

Lunch: 12noon to 3pm

Dinner: 6pm to 10pm

Next up, we headed to Ben and Jerry's for some desserts!

Ordered a banana spilt..

and a set of chocolate temptation! (includes chocolate drink and chocolate brownie)

And we took some photos for keepsake:

Ben and Jerry's @ Dempesy
8 Dempsey Road #01-14,
Singapore, 247696
64733231

Lunch at Paradise Dynasty Lot One

After Swing's paper, we met at Lot One and decided to head Paradise Dynasty for their lunch menu :)

Lunch Set at $11.90++!

Oh yes, 

50% off Xiao Long Bao!

I ordered their Stir-fried noodles and it tasted really pleasant. The noodles were fragrant and non-greasy.

My side dish was their pan-fried dumplings. Only one side of it was pan-fried and the juice was well-sealed in the skin with the right amount of thickness.

Swing ordered Seafood fried rice and was impressed with the generous numbers of prawns in it.

We forgot to snap the picture of her side dish. I managed to find a picture online. Here is their pork dumpling. Looks messy but the pork was so juicy!

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We ordered the xiao long bao too! How can we miss it? It's 50% off! After discount, this cost $6.90++ only!

We had not tried their xiao long bao before so we got the 8pcs mixed xiao long bao.

2 original, 2 cheese, 2 crab roe and 2 foie gras

I like the oriental-earthy-classy ambience and the kitchen has this clear glass where you can see the chefs preparing your items. At times, the chefs will serve the dish to your table and their staff refills your tea frequently.

My final bill of 2 lunch sets and 1 xiaolongbao 8pieces-mix was SGD$38.90 which was less than $20/pax. I felt the price was reasonable and the crowd was not as disturbing since the lunch menu is till 5pm. I would like to go again :)

Paradise Dynasty (Lot One)

21 Choa Chu Kang Avenue 4,

Lot One Shoppers’ Mall #03-02B,

Singapore 689812