Gourmet Weekend - Part 2 @The Grandstand

Further down the Bukit Timah Road, it led us to The Grandstand (formerly known as the Turf City).  It has been redeveloped and now transformed into a mega restaurant and "marketing" spot!

All the non-aircon food hawkers and vendors were removed but so glad one of my previous food owners is still around!  It has been shifted to an air-conditioning and restaurant concept, but still has its "signature" bar counter within the shop.

CURRY GARDENn
@The Grandstand #01-06
200 Turf Club Road
Singapore 287994
Tel: 6314 4640
*Reservation is recommended!

Mango lassi and Indian lime juice --> Yummy! 

 
Garlic naan set with tandoori chicken (can choose between tandoori and fried chicken) is nice, cos its gravy was flavourful and not too watery; chicken is tender.  However, I find the naan was too thick, had too much flour taste in it (just can't beat the hot, crispy-sides garlic naan from Grand Palki!).
It is more $$-worth, as compared to ordering from ala carte menu, unless you prefer to have more meat or vegetable dishes.

 
Garlic naan set with lamb is another good choice.  Its meat is totally tender without any strong stench.

 
~,~,~,~,~,~,~,~,~,~,~,~,~,~,~,~,~,~,~,~,~,~,~,~,~,~,~,~,~,~,

Pasarbella is a new spot to visit in town!  The concept of a gourmet market has brought Singapore's F&B scene to a whole new level.

Pasarbella
@The Grandstand
200 Turf Club Road
Singapore 287994




Listing of the stores (majority still not ready for business at time being).  They had a soft launch held on 4 & 5 May, so there should be more stores opened by now.

 

 
The retro steel-foiled partition is an ideal & must-take spot to snap pictures with your good company (see below picture).

 

 

Love the slogan on one of the wall (at east end entrance) - "You are what you eat"!  How true it is.....well, Singaporeans are more particular in food now and we jolly well can afford better quality food not just to satisfy our basic needs e.g. hunger & nutrition, but also our taste buds.  Eating good food is also a form of modern lifestyle.

 

I have also spotted a store that are selling macarons, which are more expensive than Laduree Singapore!  Hope they really taste good, but too bad the shopfront ain't enticing enough for me to buy from them. 

 

Look out for more organic foodstuff and coming our way during my next visit!

Hubby's Birthday 2013 - Part 2 @Grand Palki, The Regent

On his actual birthday, I arranged for a pretty unique cuisine lunch for him - an Indian buffet.  I wanted to make it "special" thus bought 2 Groupon vouchers when I saw this offer at Grand Palki (well, who would thought of going for Indian food on such an occasion right?! haha)


Grand Palki Restaurant
@The Regent Singapore
1 Cuscaden Road #03-02
Singapore 249715

That day, we arrived late due to the heavy traffic on a Saturday noon, the last hour before the lunch buffet ended.  Nonetheless, we were able to enjoy our meal slowly.... And very soon, started to feel full in my stomach as we had gorged down 8 different curries (both meat & vegetable curries); took seconds on the freshly-made garlic naan; and very unique 'keropok' with visible black pepper that looked like sesame seeds!  How satisfying!!

With my motto: "No matter how full I feel, there is always space for dessert..!", I headed straight to dessert corner!  There were 2 types of dessert on that particular day, Rasgulla and Gulab Jamun.  It was the first time I had ever seen or heard of these dessert names!  Out of curiosity and with a cautious mind, I scooped out a small bowl of each, just enough for 2 persons to nibble.  While trying our first taste of it, the service staff approached us and taught us another way to have the Gulab Jamun (she also explained to us that this brown ball is entirely made of milk powder!) --> that is to add vanilla ice-cream and eat together.  [ My verdict ]: Not too bad, but still consider pretty sweet for our tastebuds, for it is soaked in sweet syrup.

It was a real good meal with nice ambience and interesting ways to eat desserts like never before!  The service was merely ok (given that there are only 2 - 3 servers in the restaurant & at one point we were the only customers).  But I would definitely go back when I have cravings for Indian curry and naan! *yumz*