Pelican Pizza - Singapore

A while ago there was a Groupon voucher for Pelican Pizza. I'd never heard of it before but after reading a few blogs saying it was good, thought would give it a try after all it was only $15 for $25 worth of food.

We decided to go for the Pelican A Set Meal which consists of 1 Regular Pizza, 1 bbq chicken wing set (3 chicken wings), 2 garlic breads, 1.5ltr bottle coke - price $25.90. For the Pizza topping we chose the Pelican Special, which consisted of onions, mushroom, salami, beef, green peppers, fresh tomatoes, olives and cheese.

the box

BBQ Chicken Wings - Set of 3

the Pelican Special

Garlic Breads

Verdict: unfortunately it fell below our expectations. The pizza, although having generous toppings was a little bland and tasteless. The beef mince was also a little dry and had a funny taste. The garlic bread came in a paper bag and by the time it arrived the paper underneath the bread was drenched in oil.....really not an appetising sight. Now i know why garlic bread usually comes in foil or foil lined paper bags.

On the upside though, the chicken wings and garlic breads were very tasty - but i doubt it was made in house so can't give them credit for that. And also, we didn't feel too thirsty after the meal. Usually with pizza hut we'd have to chug down a lot of water because we'd be super thirsty.

Another plus is there's no gst and no delivery fees. But im still undecided whether i'd order frm them again...\

The funny thing was when they called me back to ask for my groupon code number and then proceeded to ask me (almost begged me) if I wanted to order anything else, ie they said "that's all ah?". The guy then proceeded to tell me how he was losing money cos of Groupon and that people weren't ordering more and that Groupon never told him about GST and Paypal charges etc. Anyway felt kinda sorry for them! I suppose you'd definitely lose money, but aren't they supposed to look at this like they're advertising? He talked to me like we were old friend catching up or something....kinda weird....


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Uncle Leong Seafood new outlet at Punggol

If you're a regular at Uncle Leong's Seafood at Ang Mo Kio, you would have noticed their shop has closed down. Fret not, they've actually moved to Tebing Lane at Punggol.

It is now a proper restaurant with indoor aircon seating and outdoor sitting overlooking the river.

Food is still as tasty as ever with big fat sweet crabs. Yummmmm

The restaurant is right next to the prawn fishing pond which gets pretty crowded. Come early like before 6pm to avoid waiting in line for a long time as they dont take reservations on weekends.

Crab Beehoon Soup

Chilli Crab

Sambal Kangkong

view of river

Their famous Crabs - Chilli Crab, Crab Beehoon Soup, Shimmering Crab

Can't miss it with a big sign like that!

Shiu Yakiniku Review

We bought some vouchers from Deal.com.sg for this buffet. I think had there been no offers we wouldn't have gone all the way there to try it out because it's situated at this place called The Village which is right next to the Jurong Birdpark carpark. It's pretty quiet there so presumably their main customers must come from the people that visit the bird park.

The restaurant itself is pretty small but I was impressed with the number of waitstaff they had which meant service was prompt, but with the same level of unfriendliness you've come to expect from any other restaurants in Singapore.

We bought the vouchers for $23. The funny thing was, we only had 2 vouchers but wanted to bring my Mum along and was told on the phone when making the reservation that we could buy the same voucher direct from the restaurant.

The best thing about the buffet is that it truly is smoke free and you start to wonder how on earth they do it because there are no exhaust fans sucking up the smoke. It felt really good to go to a BBQ without having smelly clothes. And somehow the food tasted healthier too because the they didn't stick onto the grill plate and didn't char as much...

Food wise it was ok only. Yes the meats were good, well marinated. And we definitely had our fill of Pork Belly, Pork Collar and Beef Ribeye. Only thing was all the meats seemed to have been marinated the same way with some kind of sweet marinade - not bulgogi or anything. After you cook the meats you can dip it into their Korean red pepper paste dipping sauce or their home made BBQ sauce which to be Frank was tasteless and too runny. meats are ordered ala-carte style.

On the special deal menu, there was also appetisers and hot food you could either take from the buffet table or order ala-carte. The buffet table seemed like a cheap display and was rather unappealing. The sushi was quite poor standard (I could've made better) and same for the teriyaki chicken, didn't really make you want to have seconds. The only thing I really liked from the displayed buffet was the cucumber and radish kimchi....and ice cream.

But despite the little offering they had, we were satisfied with the meats and really when you come to a BBQ buffet that's all that matters. If you want to compare with something like Seoul Garden, the food at Seoul Garden is more but Shiu Yakiniku beats it in it's smokeless environment and good quality cuts of meat such as the pork belly, pork collar, beef ribeye and beef tenderloin. But with such little variety you get sick of eating the same stuff over and over again after a little while. This is based on the special deal menu though, so not sure how the normal menu compares.....but I doubt that I'd make a return trip there again - once is enough.

Pork Belly

Pork Collar

Tempura

Beef Tenderloin

sushi, octopus, seaweed, kimchi cucumber, beansprouts, terriyaki chicken

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Mini Cheesecake

Made these mini cheesecakes the other day using my mini cheesecake pan. It was delicious, but I wondered why the picture of the recipe that I followed turns out different. Mine was brown and theirs remained white....

Recipe and pic from here: http://www.exclusivelyfood.com.au/2006/10/mini-baked-cheesecakes-recipe.html

Mine: