Thursday 29 May 2014

[Media Invite] Tang Music Box - Brings Out The Superstar In You

What's one of the best way for weekend gatherings with family and friends without having to stay under the hot sun or afraid of making too much noise outside? Karaoke of course! Set in the heart of Clarke Quay's party district (where the water fountain is), the all-new Tang Music Box brings karaoke experience to a whole new level!

Located at the upper level, Tang Music Box's exterior is of vibrant yellow and sweet blue windows, as well as big signage that easily draws people's attention!


Take the lift up to level 2 and 'Open Sesame' to the most adorable KTV i've ever been to.
First thing that greet us are these super kawaii speakers as decors,

This is the front counter, not the usual plain black desk but neat and clean, with small decors under bright lights which make it suitable for families and with children.. ( No cover charge for kids below the age of 12 and they even get to snack for free on Sundays! *Selected snacks only )


Lively place, bright and clean,

When walk further in, there is a mini supermarket - known affectionately as The Meeting Place, where it is part of the interesting way it charges its patrons. Beautiful concept, stocks with a variety of craft beers, shelves of hard liquor and Champagne, chilled beverages and tasty snacks such as biscuits and chips!


Wide variety of beverages and snacks, placed neatly on shelves,

Nacho Cheese dip is one of the popular pick!
I like how they provide rare snacks in.. A very interesting concept!

They even have seaweeds, marshmallows and packed popcorns in different flavours,

Sweet girl, Tselyn who arranged and organised this event.
Thank you so much to our dear girl!! 

So basically, just grab your food and drinks choice (Baskets for your convenience) and then go to their counter and tell the friendly staff your designated room number. They will do the rest of the preparations and send it to your room.
At any point of time during the K-session, we can always come out to The Market Place to pick another drinks and snacks if hunger and thirst strike. The whole idea here is to build connections and socialize between customers.

While waiting at their front counter, comfortable french style arm chairs are available. 
Really love their setting and the thoughtfulness of the shop owner!
A picture with Noelle Mikazuki while waiting for our room's sound system to be ready!

Check out these details too; city skyline wallpaper, elegant Chandelier, and retro floorings..

We also went on to check out their restroom, too cute!!

Offering over 25 karaoke rooms, each room is uniquely decorated with a Chinois-theme in mind, with elements drawn from Hong Kong, Old Shanghai, Tokyo and New York. Having high bar stools encourage people to mingle around. All rooms are equipped with state-of-the-art KOD sound systems and HD song hits and the latest BMB sound system, one of the best so far. A total of 25 rooms can hold up to 300 people.

This is the 2nd largest room, able to contain up to 25 pax,

Some other various types of rooms, each with its own unique style!

and this is their mini room caters for 1-3 pax, 

Having walk through the various rooms, this is my preferred choice. I think room size is suitable for either small group parties or big family gatherings.

Large 17 inch flat TV screen,

Club room is the largest, about 30 pax and there are 3 LCD screens. It also consist of a personal pool table and a private toilet. For event above 30 pax, catering service can also be arranged!




Concept here is such that there's a cover charge per pax, and a minimum spend which varies depending on the type of room selected. Extending of hours requires to double spend on minimum spending.
2 sessions to choose from, either 2-7pm or 7pm to closing (between 3am to 6am).
Do check out their website for daily promotions and rates before heading down. 
Alternatively, these posters are available at their front counter;
If you like what they offer, join in as a member of Tang Music Box!
One of the best thing as a member is that you get to redeem your own personalised microphone in various colours when you collate 3000 points! 


Glad to have met this super friendly girl, Vivian! =)

Lively and vibrant ambiance it is, making it great for both family outings and special events or crazy parties like hens nights or birthday gigs!

Thanks for reading till the end! =D

Address:
3B River Valley Road #02-03/04, The Foundry, Block B, Clarke Quay.

Opening Hours:
Mon-Thu 2pm - 4am;
Fri-Sat 2pm - 6am;
Sun 1pm - 3am.

Contact number: 6338 6659
Email: enquiry@tangmusicbox.com.sg

Website: http://www.tangmusicbox.com.sg/singaporebestkaraoke/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tangmusicbox

Sunday 18 May 2014

[Media Invite] Launch of The Art Wall @ Food Junction, Bugis

The new face of Food Junction at Bugis is proud to reveal its revamped food court, including the rebranded Toast Junction. Boasting a renewed clean-cut look, the new Food Junction has also adopted the concept of an art market, endeavouring to be the first food hub in Singapore that promotes good food, comfort and the appreciation of art in perfect unison. With the Bugis Art Market, Food Junction celebrates the opening of a new food hub and a new milestone.


The rebranded Toast Junction in Bugis Food Junction's Art Market has a modern, calming interiors, serving nostalgic yet popular signatures such as traditional brown toasts with homemade kaya and butter, perfectly timed half-boiled eggs and its signature beehoon, with a great selection of scrumptious ingredients. A cup of full-bodied and aromatic coffee completes the breakfast experience of the day. New menu introductions to the brand include Mee Siam, Mee Rebus and the Curry Chicken. Continuing the toast and coffee legacy, the brand is refreshed and with the same good coffee and timeless local fare and more, it can only be better and tastier!



Of Style, Functional and Comfort
Discarding the conventional mishmash of a dining hall, the interior design of Bugis Food Junction takes the leap into a more leading-edge appearance and youthful feel, culminating in a clean-cut finishing that us aestheticallu comfortable. Handicapped-friendly features, power points, stall directories and signages in the food court are all part of functionality and enhancing the customers' convenience.

For optimum comfort, original designer chairs from Jasper Morrison and Robin Day, and booth seats are introduced in the food court. The acoustic ceiling, made of sound absorbing material like cork, reduce sound reflection and together with an airy environment, these improvements make Bugis Food Junction ideal for dining and meetings.



Of Memorable Nostalgic Delights
Boasting a wide range of local favourites, the new food court is now home to popular nostalgic brands such as Odeon Beef Noodles, Koo Kee Yong Tau Foo and the famous Capitol Puay Heng Minced Meat Noodles.

Capitalizing on its strategic location in a bustling spot that welcomes youngsters, tourists and hip shoppers, Bugis Food Junction aims to be the new joint for trendy and healthy desserts. It has brought in new kid on the block, YogurBerry, the Korean branded Yoghurt. A new kiosk serving ice creams, sundaes, slush and floats has also been introduced to heighten the sweet sensation.


Fried Hokkien Mee,


Famous Odeon Beef Noodle,

Minced Meat Noodle,

BBQ Wings,

Ayam Penyat (Smashed Fried Chicken),

Famous Fragrant Hot Pot,

Famous Soup Guru 老火汤,


Bugis Soup Master - Blissful Blessings. Containing no herbal but high in collagen, the chicken is very tender and the soup tasted very gentle. Not too thick nor too light.


Award-wining and had featured regularly in the newspaper.


Bento Set,

and many more,


The Art Wall Collaboration for Two Children Charities
Located within an arts and cultural precinct, Food Junction is pleased to announce its collaboration with The RICE Company Limited in curating and showcasing the first collection of art pieces for the Art Market walls. Branded as The Art Walls, it is a stretch of three walls within the Art Market specially dedicated for Singapore's young and talented artists as they contribute their paintings in a bid to raise funds for their less-privileged peers.

Net proceeds from the sale of these paintings will go to The Business Times Budding Artists Fund (BT BAF) and The Straits Times School Pocket Money Fund (ST SPMF). BT BAF provides fully-sponsored arts training for children and youth from financially-disadvantaged families and ST SPMF disburses pocket money to children from low-income families.

The Art Walls will be reserved for this collaboration for six months to one year with a new collection showcased every three months. The debut theme for The Art Walls is Marine Life.

Launched on 8th May 2014, Thursday, by Food Junction CEO Ms Teo Chew Hoon & Business Times Editor, Mr Alvin Tay. This is the first charity Art Wall in a food court and all proceeds from sale of art pieces go towards. Due to tremendous support, all art pieces received bids within an hour of the launch.
From left to right:
Martina Wong - General Manager of Straits Times School Pocket Money Fund, Alvin Tay - Editor of The Business Times, Children-Artist, Ms Teo - CEO of Food Junction Holdings, Michelle - Chief Creative officer of Auric Pacific and Colin Goh - Board Member of Budding Artist Fund.

About Food Junction
Since 1993, Food Junction has been consistently providing quality, value-for-money food to diners. With an established track record of 21 years, Food Junction has created food courts as lifestyle destinations, serving up a mix of local and international cuisines enjoyed within a delightful dining environment.

At present, Food Junction operates a total of 13 food courts across Singapore and Malaysia as well as 26 self-operated food court stalls, 1 Toast Junction and 9 Toast@Work outlets. Having crossed their 20th anniversary mark in 2013, the Food Junction team looks forward to continue growing their footprint, recreating and refreshing their food courts and partnering new exciting brands to bring the best mix of dining choices to customers.

Food Junction at Bugis Junction
Address: #03-30 Bugis Junction, 200 Victoria Street, Singapore 188021
Website: www.foodjunction.com

Tuesday 6 May 2014

[Food Tasting] Miam Miam

Done with my last assignment for my school's first semester.. (Working full-time and taking up a part-time course isn't easy, been sleeping late just to rush deadlines.. No, not complaining about school.. Classes are fun!) Now, its time for shopping, good food and pretty things!!

Went over to Miam Miam at Westgate in the morning with boyf for their Tea Party! Such a wonderful brunch it was! So glad and thankful for the people who arranged this!!


Love the whole setting of the place and the ambience
Those chairs are so adorable!

Miam Miam brings the best out of French Artisanal Cuisine & Techniques and traditional Japanese preparation & cooking arts. We know how to delight you, every step of the way.

Miam Miam, Singapore's new French-Japanese café kitchen, has got everything to fill our tummy yet also satisfy our palate with their delicacies.

Miam Miam offers delectable dishes made from scratch daily and with top-grade ingredients. Yet such high quality dishes are at prices affordable to many with the highest priced item only at S$18.80. Its kitchen operations follow the industry's best practices to deliver consistently hot, fresh meals. Even if sometimes, the wait is long, its all worthwhile..


S$2 Tea Time Promotion:

Hand-dripped coffee at $2? Iced matcha drink at the same price? Where else can you find such amazing deals but at Miam Miam?

Miam Miam is holding a special tea time promotion which is available every Monday to Friday, from 2:30pm to 5:30pm (exclude eve of Public Holidays and Public Holidays). Order any dessert or sandwich and get to purchase a cup of coffee, tea or matcha drink at just $2!

At Miam Miam, all coffee is brewed using the lost art of hand-dripping. Such a method gives the coffee its fragrant aroma. Also, Miam Miam uses only Grade 1 matcha, which is the reason for the drinks’ intense flavours and velvety textures. Now who says you cannot get quality treats at affordable prices?

*This special promotion is limited to two drinks at promotional price for each dessert or sandwich.

Tasting experience..

Before we start our meal, we get to have a chance to see how the expert whizz the Matcha to perfection!

Then, we were asked to try it ourselves!
 This is Janice. She's really good at it!

And Tadah!! Here's the Hot Matcha ready to serve,

We all know how beneficial Matcha is to our health. If you do not know, check out this link i found on the net: 10 Amazing Benefits

I had Hot Matcha Latte (S$6.80) - Premium Matcha, delicately steamed with Milk

I really like the taste of this cup of  smooth Matcha Latte, well blended, not too thick nor too sweet.

While Dal ordered Matcha Hot Chocolate (S$7.80) - Warm and slightly decadent, creamy yet delicate flavour.
For those who prefer a sweeter Hot Matcha,

Together with lovely Li Qin.. Us, with our happy cup of Matcha!!

Moving on to their food..

For Soup, we had Minestrone, generous serving of ingredients and rich in flavour.
Super yummy and great for a starter!

Salad of the day.. Refreshing with a unique zesty Japanese twist.

Croque Monsieur (S$7.80) - Grilled sandwich with ham, gruyere and emmental cheese.

Don't judge by just a slice, as this can be very filling for the stomach!


FAMOUS French Toast (S$9.80) - An absolute must-have!

People have been raving about this dish. Unbelievable delicious, heavenly taste! Both the cream and their toasts are Really Good. No one should walk out without ordering this. Its indeed a truly must-have in your order list.


Miam Miam Spaghetti (S$15.80) - Sauteed with Frankfurters, Tomatoes, Baby Spinach and Bacon. Tossed with french butter, secret broth and shoyu. (Japanese Style Spaghetti)
Light and interesting taste it have,

Riz Au Curry (S$15.50) - Baked rice with homemade Japanese Curry, Pork Frankfurters, Broccoli, Cheese and Egg. (Japanese Curry prepared in French style)
I love this unique homemade Japanese Curry, especially so when the egg mixes with the Curry Rice.

Caramelised Banana Pancake (S$12.80) - Topped with premium gelato vanilla soft serve, served with bananas cooked in a deep golden caramel sauce, garnished with toasted almond nibs!
A lovely dessert to end off.. =)


Peanut Butter & Banana Milkshake (S$8.20) - Creamy Peanut Butter and fresh Banana, blended with milk. (Can opt for no Peanut Butter)
Rich in flavour.. some says it have a similar taste as the Lotus Snow Skin Mooncake.


Mothers' Day Special:

Miam Miam, a French-Japanese fine casual café kitchen, is a labour of love by globetrotting friends with a passion for food. Here, our mothers can enjoy meals that are the culmination of effort and dedication.

On 11th of May 2014, mothers can simply order a main course (Pasta and Rice items only) and get a limited edition push-up red velvet cake! Red velvet cakes boast a distinctive and delicious flavour, thanks to the ingredients such as buttermilk and cocoa powder. It is layered with cream cheese frosting, which not only enlivens the cake but also gives it a splendid red and white finish.


A fast expanding brand, Miam Miam is looking to go global by adding local flavours and touches with periodic seasonal additions to their menus as they penetrate regional countries. Menus will be changed every six to nine months, so patrons can look forward to new surprises! (We will surely be back for more.)

It was an early Saturday's afternoon yet crowd can be spotted, even forming up queue outside the outlet..


For more information on Miam Miam, please visit www.miam.sg or https://www.facebook.com/miam.sg

Miam Miam Outlets:

Miam Miam @ Bugis Junction (Outside BHG)
#02-14 Bugis Junction,
200 Victoria Street,
Singapore 188021
Telephone number: (65) 6837-0301

Miam Miam @ Westgate 
#01-21/22 Westgate
3 Gateway Drive
Singapore 608532

Opening Hours
Monday – Friday
11:30 am to 10:00 pm
Saturday – Sunday
11:30 am to 10:00 pm