Snippets of Singapore's Life
Sharing some sights of Singapore as the game feels very monotonous to me. To start off, this is a Peking opera I watch over the weekend. The stunt work of the Monkey King was impressive. http...
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Recently, I went to this restaurant, Chatterbox at Mandarin Hotel along orchard road. This restaurant is most famous for its chicken rice. And in fact they may be selling the most expensive chicken rice in Singapore. They also sell other dishes that are generally hawker food but in a restaurant setting.
Mandarin Hotel is considered a top high end hotel
https://i.imgur.com/KpnzM5J.jpg
This might be the third time I ate this in my entire life. At this third dining, I must say that this indeed might be the best chicken rice I ever had. I was probably younger back then to appreciate this.
The chicken is soft and juicy and the rice is very fragrant and not oily at all. The amount of chicken appeared to be about at least three times of what you would get in a hawker centre one. The price for this is 27 SGD for one person. Any additional bowl of rice would be 3 SGD. All prices are before taxes and service charges.
https://i.imgur.com/0r0wg0X.jpg
This is Chicken Rice which I ate at a hawker centre. This one cost about 3.50 SGD. Rice is fairly oily. Quality is stall dependent. This stall actually has a long queue but I ate rather late, probably that was why the rice was more oily.
https://i.imgur.com/Kpp58St.jpg
On top of chicken rice, we also ordered two satays of chicken and mutton. The size of each stick is fairly big, maybe two to three times of what you would get in hawker centre. The meat are quite nicely done and not charred at all. Between the two, I prefer the mutton one.
Usually in hawker centre, some parts would be charred. I am not sure did they deliberately charred it but I generally do not like my food to be charred as it is carcinogenic. The typical pricing of hawker centre was about 7 SGD for a plate of 10 sticks excluding the compressed rice.
https://i.imgur.com/nVXoPU8.jpg
The size of the satay meat was about two to three times the size of those from a hawker centre.
In this restaurant, it costs 18 SGD for a plate of 5 satay sticks
We also ordered two sides of cabbages with soya sauce and bean sprouts with small silver fish, typical vegetables that are sold with chicken rice.
https://i.imgur.com/TeJDRL4.jpg
One of the side dish. Stirred fried cabbage with soya sauce at 9 SGD
https://i.imgur.com/fxTHrEG.jpg
We ended the meal with a dessert of Chendol, a popular dessert here. This is rather expensive at 12 SGD. Maybe the three attap seeds make it more premium as in hawker centre, you either get one or none.
https://i.imgur.com/IJHgicl.jpg
I had this chendol at a new eatery promotion at just 1 SGD. The eatery focused on food from Penang. Typically chendol cost around 2.50 SGD at a food court or hawker centre.
https://i.imgur.com/6MUrH3W.jpg
And a 9 SGD latte to end the meal.
The total price of the bill was 153 SGD before taxes and service charges. Service charge adds another 10 percent. Tax will be levied at this total at 7 percent. There are no taxes and service charges in Hawker Centres. Food courts usually has taxes but no service charges.
https://i.imgur.com/cs19Rpf.jpg
Orchard road, the key shopping belt here is gazetted as a no smoking zone. There are dedicated spots for smoking and this is one of them. I wish that this non smoking zone is rolled out to more places.
I am not sure whether I would revisit the restaurant again any time soon. I remember the price of the chicken rice was like 12 SGD in the late 70s. So far it seems that I visit it once in a decade. Maybe in the next decade.
Recently, I went to this restaurant, Chatterbox at Mandarin Hotel along orchard road. This restaurant is most famous for its chicken rice. And in fact they may be selling the most expensive chicken rice in Singapore. They also sell other dishes that are generally hawker food but in a restaurant setting.
Mandarin Hotel is considered a top high end hotel
https://i.imgur.com/KpnzM5J.jpg
This might be the third time I ate this in my entire life. At this third dining, I must say that this indeed might be the best chicken rice I ever had. I was probably younger back then to appreciate this.
The chicken is soft and juicy and the rice is very fragrant and not oily at all. The amount of chicken appeared to be about at least three times of what you would get in a hawker centre one. The price for this is 27 SGD for one person. Any additional bowl of rice would be 3 SGD. All prices are before taxes and service charges.
https://i.imgur.com/0r0wg0X.jpg
This is Chicken Rice which I ate at a hawker centre. This one cost about 3.50 SGD. Rice is fairly oily. Quality is stall dependent. This stall actually has a long queue but I ate rather late, probably that was why the rice was more oily.
https://i.imgur.com/Kpp58St.jpg
On top of chicken rice, we also ordered two satays of chicken and mutton. The size of each stick is fairly big, maybe two to three times of what you would get in hawker centre. The meat are quite nicely done and not charred at all. Between the two, I prefer the mutton one.
Usually in hawker centre, some parts would be charred. I am not sure did they deliberately charred it but I generally do not like my food to be charred as it is carcinogenic. The typical pricing of hawker centre was about 7 SGD for a plate of 10 sticks excluding the compressed rice.
https://i.imgur.com/nVXoPU8.jpg
The size of the satay meat was about two to three times the size of those from a hawker centre.
In this restaurant, it costs 18 SGD for a plate of 5 satay sticks
We also ordered two sides of cabbages with soya sauce and bean sprouts with small silver fish, typical vegetables that are sold with chicken rice.
https://i.imgur.com/TeJDRL4.jpg
One of the side dish. Stirred fried cabbage with soya sauce at 9 SGD
https://i.imgur.com/fxTHrEG.jpg
We ended the meal with a dessert of Chendol, a popular dessert here. This is rather expensive at 12 SGD. Maybe the three attap seeds make it more premium as in hawker centre, you either get one or none.
https://i.imgur.com/IJHgicl.jpg
I had this chendol at a new eatery promotion at just 1 SGD. The eatery focused on food from Penang. Typically chendol cost around 2.50 SGD at a food court or hawker centre.
https://i.imgur.com/6MUrH3W.jpg
And a 9 SGD latte to end the meal.
The total price of the bill was 153 SGD before taxes and service charges. Service charge adds another 10 percent. Tax will be levied at this total at 7 percent. There are no taxes and service charges in Hawker Centres. Food courts usually has taxes but no service charges.
https://i.imgur.com/cs19Rpf.jpg
Orchard road, the key shopping belt here is gazetted as a no smoking zone. There are dedicated spots for smoking and this is one of them. I wish that this non smoking zone is rolled out to more places.
I am not sure whether I would revisit the restaurant again any time soon. I remember the price of the chicken rice was like 12 SGD in the late 70s. So far it seems that I visit it once in a decade. Maybe in the next decade.
