Inception.
A science fiction action film. Not normally my type of movie, but I went ahead upon hearing so many interesting reviews. The depth of the dreams really boggle the mind. It's cleverly directed and the complexity of the details has surely left us all clueless about the ending. Is it still a dream with the top still spinning? Is it someone else's dream and he's only a projection? Or is it the reality?
Even though the movie is based on the impossible concept of sharing a dream with others, it took Christopher Nolan about 9 years to work on this. It's still fascinating nonetheless, at least it kept me to my seat without any toilet break and with my mind constantly intrigued.
Leonardo DiCaprio has aged so much since Titanic days, but the older he gets, the more charming he is ;)
My verdict: 4.5/5
Showing posts with label american. Show all posts
Showing posts with label american. Show all posts
20.8.10
6.4.10
Food Tasting I
I owe you guys food reviews!
Sorry for the delay, but finally I am getting it all together and posting them up now :) Since I started work at this job, I have been invited to 3 restaurants' soft launches. Thanks to the location and the new malls sprouting out too quickly... and the very fast turnover of businesses in that area - especially The Heeren.
And so, here goes the first one. T.G.I.Fridays Restaurant & Bar (note: website belongs to the original one from USA) located at The Heeren which I visited in December 2009.
Nice name, I say. Good concept for Friday chill-out! I made a booking but was then re-scheduled due to their renovation being delayed. So yea, table for 2 please.
We arrived on time, but was asked to wait for a table (yes, they were training in progress) even though there were empty tables around. We were then issued "monopoly money" to pay for our bill later on. We were given the ground floor table, ambience wasn't too bad... and the slow service began. Well, we understood, it was training in progress.
We were presented with a limited menu where we had to pick one from each page. I ordered the Pineapple Sunshine, a mocktail which was alright. Then came the soup, which really impressed me with that "cheesy" look. God, it tasted just as damned good as it looked... I swear it's the best thing from this dinner. S.E.R.I.O.U.S.L.Y Y.U.M.M.Y. I will gladly return anytime for this soup if they are maintaining this standard ;)
The main courses arrived after some waiting time... It looked alright. My JD Burger definitely looked better than that Friday's Shrimp which was much pricier from what I remembered. The shrimps were tiny and didn't look like it filled up the plate nicely for an approximately S$30 dish. The burger was better, good size and I didn't manage to finish it all. I say Botak Jones will surpass this with their size and pricing. That was the end of our 3 course meal actually, before my friend decided to ask the manager one question - Why our neighbours were served ice-cream and we were not? LOL.
Guess what? The manager politely explained that it was only meant for table of 4 but he was kind enough to give us a complimentary dessert. What excellent service for the soft launch! It certainly added extra point for their service (despite it being slow). Brownie with ice-cream that is, sinful and loaded with sugar! We didn't manage to finish this, feeling quite guilty since it was a complimentary add-on!
We paid the bill with the "money" and were even given a receipt. So real. Good training environment! Thanks TGIF for the dinner. If they would lower their price and improve their main course quality or do up set meal promotion, I will probably go back again! Else I think the tabs are too high for the quality.
Sorry for the delay, but finally I am getting it all together and posting them up now :) Since I started work at this job, I have been invited to 3 restaurants' soft launches. Thanks to the location and the new malls sprouting out too quickly... and the very fast turnover of businesses in that area - especially The Heeren.
And so, here goes the first one. T.G.I.Fridays Restaurant & Bar (note: website belongs to the original one from USA) located at The Heeren which I visited in December 2009.
Nice name, I say. Good concept for Friday chill-out! I made a booking but was then re-scheduled due to their renovation being delayed. So yea, table for 2 please.
We arrived on time, but was asked to wait for a table (yes, they were training in progress) even though there were empty tables around. We were then issued "monopoly money" to pay for our bill later on. We were given the ground floor table, ambience wasn't too bad... and the slow service began. Well, we understood, it was training in progress.
We were presented with a limited menu where we had to pick one from each page. I ordered the Pineapple Sunshine, a mocktail which was alright. Then came the soup, which really impressed me with that "cheesy" look. God, it tasted just as damned good as it looked... I swear it's the best thing from this dinner. S.E.R.I.O.U.S.L.Y Y.U.M.M.Y. I will gladly return anytime for this soup if they are maintaining this standard ;)
The main courses arrived after some waiting time... It looked alright. My JD Burger definitely looked better than that Friday's Shrimp which was much pricier from what I remembered. The shrimps were tiny and didn't look like it filled up the plate nicely for an approximately S$30 dish. The burger was better, good size and I didn't manage to finish it all. I say Botak Jones will surpass this with their size and pricing. That was the end of our 3 course meal actually, before my friend decided to ask the manager one question - Why our neighbours were served ice-cream and we were not? LOL.
Guess what? The manager politely explained that it was only meant for table of 4 but he was kind enough to give us a complimentary dessert. What excellent service for the soft launch! It certainly added extra point for their service (despite it being slow). Brownie with ice-cream that is, sinful and loaded with sugar! We didn't manage to finish this, feeling quite guilty since it was a complimentary add-on!
We paid the bill with the "money" and were even given a receipt. So real. Good training environment! Thanks TGIF for the dinner. If they would lower their price and improve their main course quality or do up set meal promotion, I will probably go back again! Else I think the tabs are too high for the quality.
22.3.08
Bunny's chocolate day
Easter Sunday is here tomorrow. Singapore doesn't have any Easter Monday holiday, shame.
I had an egg to celebrate, but it's gone before Easter actually arrives! Palmer's pop rocks chocolate egg... You know pop rocks??? Those that fizzle on the tongue, and I actually like that sensation... mmmm... My favourite is the Cola flavored, I still love them.
I would much rather have Terry's Chocolate Orange which Pea brought back over Christmas!! Dark chocolate + Orange, the best combination of all... now that I can't find anything similiar, I was thinking of settling for Carrefour's Orange peel with milk chocolate. Mmmm...
Enough of my crazy craving for chocolate, that says a lot about the time of the month! And to everyone whom have been reading my blog regularly, here's something specially created for you:))))
I had an egg to celebrate, but it's gone before Easter actually arrives! Palmer's pop rocks chocolate egg... You know pop rocks??? Those that fizzle on the tongue, and I actually like that sensation... mmmm... My favourite is the Cola flavored, I still love them.
An example of Pop Rocks 
Anyway, the milk chocolate wasn't fantastic... the pop rocks aren't inside the hollow egg like I had expected, they are melted together with the chocolate. So when the chocolate started to melt in your mouth, then the pop rocks would settle on the tongue and you get the fizzling... They're ok, not the best. This is what my egg looked like:
I would much rather have Terry's Chocolate Orange which Pea brought back over Christmas!! Dark chocolate + Orange, the best combination of all... now that I can't find anything similiar, I was thinking of settling for Carrefour's Orange peel with milk chocolate. Mmmm...
I miss you, my british chocolate!
Enough of my crazy craving for chocolate, that says a lot about the time of the month! And to everyone whom have been reading my blog regularly, here's something specially created for you:))))
25.9.06
Yankee burger
Botak Jones Burger!Actually had this a couple of weeks ago... at the AMK coffeeshop with my now ex-colleagues.
** Well, blog-city is said to have given us some free space for files, so I'm testing it now! Uploaded a picture successfully and well I even saw we can upload MP3~ Mmmm... thanks Blog-city. However, I have to see how much space we are given each... carefully utilise! **
Oh by the way, Botak Jones is cheap and affordable for its American fast food. The beef patty is thick, juicy and pretty well done, I almost wanted to compare it to Burger King's. Ah, but well, try for yourself!! The fries are peppered with chilli powder - something different? The long waiting time is definitely worthy and will be compensated with this mouth-watering infamous burger. Overall, my verdict is thumbs up!
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