Neo Garden Deluxe - Mini Buffet

A few weeks ago, my brother celebrates his Birthday together with their house warming in his apartment at Pinnacle@Duxton. Everyone enjoys the tasty food as well as panorama view of the city from his apartment at level 45 and also the rooftop view at level 50 of the building. As for the food, we have decided to try out the "Neo's Deluxe" package which is recommended by one of our relative who is a regular customer of Neo Garden Group.

This mini buffet cost S$14.99 per person for 6 Main courses, 2 desserts and 1 beverage. There are a lot of delicious local and Asian food to be selected from their menu range and here are some of the items that we had:- Thai Pineapple Rice, Fried Hong Kong Mee, Sotong Yu Tiao & Breaded Scallop, Mushroom Broccoli, Curry Chicken and etc.

These are lovely golden deep-fried "Sweet and Sour" fish slices that goes well with their special dipping sauce.

After much discussion we settle for this "Butter Prawn" instead of Sze Chuan/Thai-style prawn which is well received by most of the guests. Everyone comments that the prawns are very fresh and crunch when bite and they are lightly infused with a layer of golden crust and buttery fragrant.

After scanning through the buffet line, these are the items that I took. The "Thai Pineapple Rice" is gorgeously served with mixed frozen vegetables, raisins and chicken floss that is fried with spices which enhance its overall sight and taste. Surprisingly the Curry Chicken taste good with it fragrance and spicy gravy but the portion was kind of little for 30 pax as by the end of 1st round there already not many potatoes and chicken left in the pot.

For desserts we choose the "Mini Custard Puff" which is one of the popular choices as it is smaller in size and great to go with either tea/coffee. And for those who wants something cold and sweet, the "Ice Jelly with Cocktail" would be a great choice to be served after meal.

Recently Neo Garden Catering has also started their festive season promotions for coming Christmas and New Year. For more details and enquires you could check out from their website HERE for more information.

Neo Group Pte Ltd
No. 6A Wan Lee Road
Singapore 627938
Telephone: 6896 7757
Fax: 6515 0421
Website: http://www.neogarden.com.sg
Email: enquiry@neogarden.com.sg

Stir-Fried Pork With Basil Leave

Stir-fried Pork with Basil Leave (Pad Gra Prao) is one of the most common street/household food in Thailand. It’s usually served as a quick one-dish meal eaten with white rice and usually topped with an extra fried egg. And since I have some Thai Sweet Basil left over from preparing the Thai Green Curry (recipe HERE), I decided use them for this stir-fried pork with basil leave to go with the curry.

Thai Express @ North Point

Thai Express is a chain of restaurants serving Thai cuisine in Singapore and its' first restaurant was opened in Holland Village, Singapore in May 2002. Now they have outlets spreading out in different parts of Singapore as well as Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia and etc. And sometime back during one of the lunchtime, we decided to try out their "Sa-nook" which is also known as "fun" set that comes in either Tom Yum Soup, Thai Green Curry or Pineapple Fried Rice together with 1 side dish and a dessert.

Out of the 3 choices, we settle for their "Sa-nook Seafood Pineapple Fried Rice" set that comes with a plate of seafood pineapple fried rice, deep-fried tofu square as appetiser and steamed tapioca with coconut cream as dessert. Overall for the price that we are paying this is still a very economic lunch set that is among the patrons. Worth trying one of these set for lunch if you are craving for some Thai food.
Price: S$8.90 per set (including 1 main, 1 appetiser and 1 dessert)

Other than the Sa-nook set, we also ordered a bowl of their "must try" Thai Laksa with Crayfish in Jade-green Gravy. Personally we find there isn't much ingredients in the bowl except for 1 Crayfish that is spilt into half length wise and a few pieces of Thai eggplant and pineapple. Nothing too fancy about this Laksa dish perhaps should go for the Seafood Laksa or Thai Green Curry instead.
Price: S$13.90 per plate

Here I was attracted to their irresistibly Thai Chendol with slices of Jackfruit, colourful strains of chendol and red rubies in a sea of rich coconut milk served together with generous drizzle of Thai palm sugar. The aroma of the jackfruit and palm sugar gives extra flavour to this drink and I love the fresh and crunchy red rubies that makes you keep popping some into your mouth.
Price: S$5.90 per cup

There are about 20 outlets spreading all around Singapore and you can find the locations and contacts HERE. I am sure with an outlet that is near to your area, trying one of their dishes is just a matter of time. So do share with us what is your opinion about their food and if you like their dishes, do recommend us your choices too.

Thai Express
930 Yishun Avenue 2
#02-55/56/57
Northpoint Shopping Centre
Singapore 769098
Telephone: (65)6555 9112
Website: http://www.thaiexpress.com.sg/

Operating Hour:
Daily: 11.30am to 10.30pm; (Last Order at 10pm)

Purple Sweet Potato Chiffon Cake

It's tea time again! These few days I saw quite a number of blogger friends posting similar chiffon cake recipes range from Purple Sweet Potato, Green Tea with Azuki Bean, Spinach Chiffon, Pistachio & Raspberry and etc. And since I have some purple sweet potato paste leftover in the fridge after making our favourite Mantou(馒头), I decided to use the it to make a chiffon cake.