Kuriya Penthouse @ Orchard Central

How do I celebrate the end of exams? Fabulous food! I have been to other Kuriya branches but never Kuriya Penthouse. Heard good review from my mom plus seeing the advertisement "Lunch set from $36"... fine dining without the hefty price tag? Let's find out!

The most expensive set costs $150 ~ 90. They also have set lunch that average around $40 ~ $60. Most sets consists of appetizer, sashimi, miso soup, Chawamushi, dessert.

Appetizer: Homemade sesame tofu

Sashimi Salad

Salmon + Tuna

Una Don: I love their unagi with shreded egg, nori, fresh wasabi

Main dish for set 2: Teriyaki Gindara ( Cod Fish cooked to perfection, juicy much!) Comes with japanese rice and that's potato salad on the side.

Mini Chawamushi, there's also miso soup included in the set

The dessert consists of fresh fruits, green tea ice cream, green tea mochi with red bean sauce and peanut powder.

Total spent: $80 for 2 set lunch.

Overall rating: 8.5/10

Expect fine dining standard.

Add: 181 Orchard Road, #12-01 Orchard Central, Singapore 

Tel: +65 6509 4222

Opening Hours: 12pm- 2.30pm, 6pm- 10.30pm

Oriole @ Pan Pacific Serviced Suites

Well known for their COFFEE!! OMG I love LOVE their competition coffees! ok but before I get all distracted again...the purpose of this post is to share their main dishes! Besides the main menu, Oriole also offers economical lunch set menu. And it changes periodically so you can expect to try new dishes too. =)

Below are photos of their current Set Lunch menu ( $15 ~$18 ++ ). Inclusive of appetizer + mains + ice tea.

Appetizer 1: Meat Loaf Salad with Vinegar dressing

2. Crab Meat Bruschetta

And although theres no picture of their soup here, I assure you, their soups are YUMS!!

Mains 1: Burger & Pork Belly with Sauerkraut ( If carnivore is your nickname, this dish is for you =p )

Mains 2: Spaghetti Carbonara

Dessert: Tiramisu ( approx $12 ) Pretty good I must say but a bit over priced perhaps.

Seafood Pasta baked in parchment paper ( on their all day menu )

One of the salad also on their all day menu =)

Molten Lava Choc Cake!!!! I throughly ENJOYED this =D

One of my FAVOURITE coooffeeee in Singapore! This is the chilli flavoured coffee, also dont forget to get a cuppa of their citrus flavoured coffee!

ALL time favourite: Affogatto!!!!! To die for haha

The four photos below shows some dishes from their previous set lunch menu. 

Bacon and fruit salad

Cambert cheese salad

Grilled Salmon with fig and vegetables. Really delicious that I had this once a week for 3 consecutive weeks!

Squid Ink Pasta

Overall: 10/10!

ohkay must admit I might be biased but I frequent this cafe and never once did the food / svc failed at all. so lets give them extra bonus for the consistency! =)

Add: 96 Somerset Road, #11-01 Pan Pacific Serviced Suites, Singapore ( opposite German restaurant Brotzeit at 313 Somerset )
Tel: +65 6238 8348

Prego @ Fairmont Hotel

Prego has full length windows which allows lots of natural light to shine through, making it a bright place to have lunch in the day =)

Service tends to be slower especially when the restaurant gets crowded, but overall acceptable.

Complimentary rosemary herb bagel

cabonara

mushroom pizza

Minestrone Soup

Spaghetti Vongole

Grilled Salmon with asparagus

Signature Tiramisu

Overall Rating: 7.5/10 ( enjoy discount when sign with amex card )

Add: 80 Bras Basah Road, 1F Fairmont Singapore. ( City Hall MRT )

Tel: +65 6431 6156

Skyve Elementary B&B @ Newton

This relatively new restaurant is located near Newton Circles Food Centre. Drive would be the most convenient way to get there. Although within walking distance from Newton MRT, it can still be quite hot to walk 10 mins in our sunny humid weather. Alternatively, take the buses down from bukit timah, and stop at the Shell Kiosk bus stop and cross the overhead bridge if you want to minimise the walking time/ distance.

Complimentary bread that comes with every Lunch set.

Lunch set salads

Main course: Duck Confit

Main Course: Grilled Trout on a bed of vegetables

Brunch Selections:

1. Eggs Benedict

2. Pancakes with Passion Fruit Butter

3. Salmon and avocado on Potato Rosti

Add: 10 Winstedt Road, Blk E, #01-17, Singapore

Tel: +65 6225 6690

Triple Three @ Mandarin Orchard

Located on level 5 of the Mandarin Orchard Hotel, right across from the hotel's concierge/ check in counter, you can expect Triple Three to offer you the "5 Star" standard.

Interior is well designed and clean. A comfortable environment to dine in.

The chef will cut the meat on the spot for you, so you can also specify the type and amount you wish to have. Prevent wastage, I like.

Dessert counter, ranges from local kueh lapis, to the usual mouse and cakes in bite size as well as ice cream.

I started my buffet with fresh slices of sashimi! It's so good =)

They also have separate counters for different cuisine. For example, japanese sushi counter, pasta ( approx 3 types ) , dim sum corner, Indian cuisines etc.

Overall an enjoyable lunch ( We had the groupon voucher so it was really worth the bucks, but will I go back without the discount.....?)

In any case, if you are heading there, my favourite would be unlimited amount of sashimi, tempura & mango puree pudding =)

Overall rating: 6.5/10

Add: 333 Orchard Road, Level 5, Mandarin Orchard Singapore

Tel: +65 6831 6271