Dinner at The Chop House @VivoCity

Second birthday celebration of the month with the hubby. The venue of choice was The Chop House, a spin off from the hugely successful Wooloomooloo Steakhouse, an established HK steakhouse chain. The restaurant was pretty quiet on a Monday evening at 6pm.

Sleek and modern interiors with touches of rustic wooden accents at one side, and a more edgy and vibrant colored settings on the other side. Full length glass windows provides an unobstructed view of the harbor-front and promenade.

The bar area and tables with inbuilt beer taps.

After exploring the menus, we each ordered a drink and a main course, and two sides for sharing.

Aussie Punch $8++, soda mixed with passion fruit and mango puree, and Cool Mint $8++, soda with lychee juice and ginger ale. Both drinks were fruity and refreshing.

Tater Tots $7++ and Sweet Potato Fries $7++, served piping hot with crisp exteriors and soft mushy centers, very delish. Great choices to go with beers.

My Berkshire Pork Chop $33++, coated with Mongolian glaze consisting of Hoisin sauce and black bean chili sauce, served on a bed of sautéed red cabbage. The pork chop was well cooked, meat was tender and easy to cut. However, the thick dark sauce was extremely salty.

Feedback was given to the staffs on the saltiness, they offered to cook another one but I rejected as my stomach could not accommodate another slab of pork chop.

Hubby's NZ Grass Fed Sirloin 200g $28++, served with Chips, baked Mushrooms & Tomato and béarnaise sauce. The beef doneness and taste was not too bad.

We weren't planning to order desserts but the restaurant staffs offered to serve them on the house, due to the earlier unsatisfactory pork chop dish. So we each picked a scoop of ice cream from the menu.

Dark Chocolate $9++ and Peach Sorbet $9++, both were surprisingly good with dense flavors and smooth texture.

Dining experience here was generally enjoyable. The restaurant has got nice ambiance and friendly service staffs, but the food here was lacking the wow factor. I personally prefer the Jamie's just a few steps away from this place. They produce more impressive pork chops at similar price tags, which I feel is worthy of repeated visits.


The Chop House
1 Harbourfront Walk #01-161-162 VivoCity
Singapore 098585

Tel: 6376 9262

Mon - Thu: 11:30am - 11:00pm
Fri, Sat & Eve of PH: 11:30am - 12am
Sun & PH: 11am - 11pm

Xpressflower florist

Have been getting my birthday bouquets from this florist for the past 4 years. I liked that they have very pretty range of flowers, good bouquet creation skills, nice accessories, and also friendly and knowledgeable staffs. Highly recommended for anyone who has high expectations for their flower bouquets.

My birthday bouquet for this year...2 bunches of Miniature Roses, Pastel Pink Roses, different color Eustomas and a mixture of Sweet Williams. 

Birthday bouquets from the past...

2014 - Sunflowers

2013 - Gerberas

2012 - Roses

They have online shopping website and 14 shops across the island. They provide delivery service to overseas locations too. Do visit Xpressflower.com for more information.

Dolce Tokyo @313 Somerset

First birthday gathering on my birthday month! I chose this place for two reasons, one is I haven't try this restaurant before, the other is that we, MOF Citizens, get to enjoy free birthday dessert during our birthday month.

We arrived early, the restaurant was practically empty before 7pm, on a weekday.

After checking out the menu, we realized that this place is more a coffee and dessert eatery instead of a dinner venue. Main courses selection is rather limited. We ordered one mains and one dessert each and an appetizers platter for sharing.

Mixed Crostini $18++, consists of 6 toasted bread with tomato concasse and 6 types of toppings (mushroom, unagi, tamagoyaki, shrimp, kani mayo & smoked salmon). This platter turns out to be the best dish of the day. The combination of the crispy toast, diced tomato and the variety of toppings were nicely done and really tasty.

My Unagi Bento $19++, was pretty good albeit simple looking. The grilled eel was soft and flavorful, the tamagoyaki and pickled seaweed was palatable too.

My friend's orders, Unagi Omu Curry Rice $18++ and Mushroom Egg Ben $15++. Both dishes were well received in terms of taste, however my friend complained that her unagi portion was too little for her liking.

The desserts were perhaps the most disappointing items we had to pay for this meal. Despite having an extensive selection, we somehow managed to picked out 3 that were all not nice! We should have gone somewhere else for dessert, sigh.

Please don't be fooled by their appearances, these desserts were either overly sweet, or hard and chewy, or not very fresh. Plus they are pricey too. And, my member birthday dessert cannot be redeemed here, felt cheated :(


Well, that sums up our dining experience at Dolce Tokyo. I have mixed feelings with this place and properly wouldn't recommend it to anyone who is looking for good food. But if you just needed a place to hang out over coffee or a scoop of softserve, it is not a bad choice though.


Dolce Tokyo
313@Somerset, 313 Orchard Road #03-41 S238895
Tel: 6836 5612

Mon - Thu, Sun & PH: 1130h – 2200h
Fri - Sat & Eve of PH: 1130h – 2300h

Luckily my friend got me a yummy birthday cupcake :)

Orchard Gateway building

Welcome to PANDORA Club!!

I have always liked Pandora's silver bracelets and their beautiful charms but couldn't convince myself to splurge a couple of hundred bucks on just a piece of silver jewelery. It is even pricier than the more precious gold jewelery.

However, my opportunity came when I got my hands on my Long Service Award shopping vouchers! I'll treat it as my company's gift for my birthday this year *grin*

For starters, I got myself a pretty silver piece with a heart shaped clasp. This sweet looking bracelet can even be worn alone without charms.

- SILVER BRACELET WITH HEART-SHAPED CLASP $124

Then added on 7 different charms (additional $547) that formed up a 'Pink' kinda themed design. Chio right?

I'm still thinking of getting a safety chain cos the new bracelet is rather hard to put on by myself without help. Probably when I get my year end bonus or wait for somebody to buy as X'mas gift? Heehee...

FitFlop Cha Cha, Nimbus Silver

Spent my Long Service Award shopping vouchers from my employer and bought myself a pair of new sandals for my birthday month. I just realized I also bought my previous pair on my birthday month! Happy birthday to me :D

FitFlop Cha Cha, Nimbus Silver $169.90

- Standard Microwobbleboard™ midsole
- APMA* Seal of Acceptance, for footwear found to promote good foot health
- Leather-lined
- Biomechanically engineered, comfortable sandals
- Built-in arch contour
- Slim upper swathed in a carnival-inspired, shiny, beaded, shimmying fringe
- Embellished with swings of iridescent tubular beads

Love the subtle shimmer of the leather and beads ❤❤❤