The Lighthouse at Fullerton

Hello all!

I'm back with yet another food review of The Lighthouse at Fullerton. We really love this place a lot and Gabriel and I always celebrate our special occasions here.

We came back here to celebrate our third anniversary! We celebrate our first anniversary here as well and you can read my blog post about it here:http://doriateo.blogspot.sg/2014/11/how-we-celebrated-our-first-anniversary.html. Since the last time we came here, the food portions have changed.

For a change, we decided to head here for lunch. There are set lunches here but we didn't opt for it and went for their ala carte menu instead.

We had their Lighthouse Signature Antipasti Platter. It looks really different from the last time we had it. We were a little disappointed because there used to be more stuff in this platter in the past. 

They no longer serve the Capaccio and Astice (sweet marine lobster) in this platter anymore. 

The portions of the Prosciutto, Smoked Scamorza Cheese, Burrata and Frittura Di Paranza (fried seafood) which you see in the above picture were slightly bigger though. The Prosciutto paired with the Smoked Scarmorza Cheese remains to be my favourite.

Still, i was disappointed that there wasn't as much variety in this platter as i had originally expected.

Both Gabriel and i had their Tonnarelli All'astice each. This dish was fantastic! It came with lobsters and they were rather generous with it. The lobsters were also really fresh! The squid ink pasta was al dente and perfect too.  This dish was paired with a tinge of chilli, fragrant garlic and tomatoes too. I would definitely order this again if i'm headed to The Lighthouse again.

The ambience is still fantastic and there's a whole different vibe during lunch as compared to dinner. It's more quieter during dinners, whereas the atmosphere during lunch time was light and casual.

Overall, it was a rather good experience dining here. Still a little disappointed with the changes in the menu. Also, nothing in their set lunches/ free flow appetisers appealed to me. Nonetheless, i'll definitely still come back for more of their food.

Thank you for reading my honest review of this place!

Food Review at Alt. Pizza

Hi all, I've left this space for so long, and before reviewing Alt. Pizza, i'll just like to say thank you so much to all those who have been reading this space!

I really didn't expect so many of you to be reading this space and some of you have even personally contacted me! I'm very glad to be helping you out with any of your queries, so feel free to ask away! I'll really try my best to consistently update this space but with the demands of school sometimes it gets really hard to do so.

Nonetheless, i'll be planning on writing about some of my travels (which was what i've been up to last year). Look out for my posts on:

• Studying abroad in Sydney
• Travelling around Sydney
• Travelling around Cairns
• Travelling around Melbourne
• Travelling around Tasmania

I'll definitely get on to writing on those!

Anyway, i spent the last day of the new year with Gab and we decided to redeem our free old school pizza at Alt. pizza. They're currently offering a free old school pizza if you're dining there for your first time! It's part of their loyalty program, whereby you download their app and you could redeem their old school pizza.

So that's what we did! I really like Alt. Pizza because of their very reasonably priced pizzas. And the interior decor of the whole place really appeals to me! Oh and by the way, this post is not sponsored. :)

I've been to Alt. Pizza before sometime in November 2014. See my review here: http://doriateo.blogspot.sg/2014/11/new-hangout-at-alt-pizza.html.

I tried different things at Alt. Pizza this time. The first is their artichoke & spinach dip.

Artichoke & Spinach Dip ($10)

We absolutely love their artichoke & spinach dip! In fact this is a must-try! We say quite a few other tables ordering this too. Every time we head to Alt. Pizza, we would definitely order this as well.

Their dip consists of artichoke, spinach, parmesan and roasted garlic. Not sure how they made their dip but this was so creamy and good. We finished all of the dip!

This came with a serving of sea salt flat bread and their flat bread is perfect! It was soft but still had texture to it. I love that their flat bread is a little burnt as well!

Old School Pizza ($12)

Here's the free old school pizza that we got from our last visit! This pizza is garnished with oregano and topped with mozzarella cheese and parmesan. For the pizza base, they gave us a very generous spread of tomato sauce. BUT this comes with roasted garlic chili oil as well.

Unfortunately, this pizza was a miss, particularly because i felt that this was too spicy for my liking! And it was a little bland too. So if i would to pay for this, i probably wouldn't.

Gab couldn't decide what to get

Really loving the interior decorations! It's so retro!

If you're craving for pizza, this would be a good place to head too. It's generally more affordable compared to the other pizza places. There were some hits and some misses, but the excellent customer service made up for the misses. The waitresses were all really polite and were constantly refilling our glasses.

I'm glad to know that Alt. Pizza recently expanded and now they have an other outlet at Katong! Also they've introduced buffets to their menu too– you get a free flow of pizza and drinks if i'm not wrong!

There's no doubt i would head to Alt. Pizza again. Perhaps, i'll try dining at their new outlet in Katong.

Alt. Pizza
Suntec City Tower 4
#01-602
Singapore 038983
Tel: 68369207
http://www.altpizza.com.sg/
https://www.facebook.com/AltPizza

Happenings over the past week

Last Sunday, we had a steamboat session with some of our school mates. Before that, me and Gab headed to the newly revamped Eastpoint to try out their food. The food court was not bad!

We saw this really cute stall selling charms as well and we made a bracelet together. It only costs us $15 and it looks like a Pandora replica!

After the steamboat with our friends, we headed to our favourite place at Dzerts for some cake.

For the next few days of the week, i had been a little busy lately because my brother had recently come back to visit us for a week. I've been going out with my brother a lot and exploring new places in Singapore. 

On one of the days, we headed out as a family for ice skating. It's my first time ice skating and it wasn't easy at all! I had such a hard time balancing and i can only walk minimally. Gabriel was really good at it though and he didn't even have anyone teaching him.

My mum actually took a video of me learning to ice skate. It's so embarrassing. Hahah.

After that we decided to catch The Hobbit. We were very lucky as we got to catch The Hobbit on the first day that it was screening! It was really good and i definitely recommend this movie if you haven't yet watched it. It's so much better than the previous one which was a total cliffhanger.

Over the week we have been eating really healthily as well (because my brother is into organic food). We managed to find a place that serves all organic food!

Real Food @ Central

I really love this place and will be back for more! I'll update this blog on my experience at Real Food soon.

I'm so excited for Christmas. I haven't been to the Christmas Wonderland at Gardens by the Bay and am thinking of heading there today. So in the end, we really did head to Gardens by the Bay but it was disappointing.

Shall save my experience at Christmas Wonderland at Gardens by the Bay for another post!

Have a wonderful time this Christmas season with your friends and family everyone!

How we celebrated our first anniversary

Me and Gabriel celebrated our first anniversary at The Lighthouse Restaurant. I was introduced to this place by my cousin. Surprisingly, when we reached The Lighthouse, we realized that it had won numerous awards. 

The view on the way to the Lighthouse

I can easily say that this is the best restaurant i have been too. It comes with a heavy price tag though but for the ambience and good food, why not?

I was very intrigued because we first had to proceed to the 8th floor of The Fullerton Hotel and then take a another private lift that leads all the way to the doorsteps of this restaurant. The Lighthouse is an extremely exclusive place and a perfect choice for an intimate dinner.

Since it was still early, we decided to explore their rooftop bar as well. It is just right above The Lighthouse and the setting of it is extremely casual. Think, alfresco. 

Going up the staircase which leads to the rooftop bar

View from the rooftop bar

The view is absolutely gorgeous. You get a perfect view of the whole Marina Bay. The weather was especially good that day too and it was in the evening so that was a cool breeze that was blowing. And Gabriel is holding the book he made for me. :)

What i wore

This is one of the rare few times i actually doll up. I stole my mum's pearl necklace for this date and paired it with pearl earrings too. I think dolling up is the best part about going on dates… well of course the good food that comes with it too. :P

Our view at the table was perfect too. You can request to choose a seat near the window, which is what we did. It was a good choice because we got to see the sun setting down and the night view was simply breathtaking.

Moscato Wines ($18/glass)

Gabriel and I are avid fans of wines and we had chosen Moscato wine to pair with our meal. At first, we were rather disappointed that we were served with a 2009 bottle of wine. We would have very much preferred an older bottle of wine for the price we were paying. But after drinking the wine, we had absolutely no qualms. The wine was superb. Probably the best wine i have ever tasted.

We were served with bread to start off our meal. There isn't anything special about the bread, then again it's complimentary so i'm not complaining.

Lighthouse Signature Antipasti Platter ($29)

This is a definite must try. If i were to visit this place again, i would definitely order this. It comes with a whole range of all the antipasti they offer. I like the idea of it because you get a whole variety of everything.

It came with their Fritto Misto, a  crispy fried seafood with smoked pepper sauce. I thought that this was alright, nothing special so i would not recommend ordering it.

Next up, we tried their L'insalata Misticanza. The grilled vegetables and marinated tomatoes in balsamic dressing was nothing more than normal. You should give this a miss.

We also tried their Burrata, an imported buffalo burrata with tomatoes and sweet basil and extra vigil olive oil. This is worth ordering. The taste is really light so you need not worry if you don't like the taste of cheese because it tasted nothing like that. The cheese was of excellent quality and well mixed with fresh cream.

Their Capaccio is probably one of the best appetizer that we had. The thin sliced beef tenderloin was perfect and it melted in my mouth. The wild mushrooms, roasted pepper with rocket which accompanied this dish was a good combination too.

We also had a taste of their Astice, which consisted of sweet marine lobster with roasted peppers and basil. The lobster was really fresh but nothing spectacular or mind blowing about it.

My favorite out of all was their Prosciutto, the 18 months langhirano aged ham with smoked scamorza cheese and preserved eggplants. It was a bit on the salty side but the flavors was perfect, especially if you have the ham together with the smoked cheese. It is absolutely mind blowing and quite like nothing i have every tasted before. Probably the best dish i have ever tried.

Clockwise (from top left), their menu special crabmeat pasta,  Deliza Al Tartufo and the complimentary chocolate cake we received
The light was getting dim because the sun had set and i did not bring a good camera that day. So the quality of the photos isn't that good and that's why i had combined all the pictures into a collage!

The pictures certainly don't do justice to the food. For our mains, we had ordered their crabmeat pasta (which was their special deal of the month). I don't think you can get this on the menu anymore but it's a good thing because i thought this didn't quite make my expectations. The Bruno's crabmeat pasta was so much better, and so much more affordable.

The Deliza Al Tartufo is a must try though! Its a mini ravioli with truffle and mascarpone cheese inside. The sauce is a thick truffle based sauce too. It's perfect. The exterior is soft but not soggy, neither is it as hard as al dente pastas. The moment you taste the ravioli and bite into it, everything just crumbles and melts inside your mouth. What's more, the interior consists of a warm, smooth and good stuffing of flavored mascarpone cheese. It's the most perfect pasta i have ever tried.

Unfortunately, the only draw back of this pasta is its prize. For 6 of those mini raviolis, i paid a hefty cost of $28. But trust me, you won't regret it. It's the best thing i've ever tried!

Later towards the end of our dinner, we were surprised with a complimentary cake! It was so sweet of the staff and it really made our night. It was a huge slice too and probably caused around $15? The service i must say is fantastic! The service staff were all patient, gave good recommendations and fast with their service. The moment we finished one dish, they would clear our tables and serve the next dish immediately while it was still piping hot.

I would definitely recommend The Lighthouse for a special celebration. Gabriel and I have even made it a personal commitment to visit this place again for every anniversary together. But since this place it just too good, we'll probably be heading back there again this December after our exams. I'll definitely update this post with much better pictures then!

East Coast Park Memories

It's been way too long since i last blogged and the bf has been reminding me to blog all our happy memories so we can remember them!

We've been spending so much time at East Coast Park since it's really near Gab's place.

East Coast Park is such a significant place for us because of all our memories there.

I've been there for runs, picnics and who can forget the feast at the East Coast Park Lagoon?

There are so many things to do at East Coast Park!

1. We brought the silly dog, Cutie, to the beach

Cutie's first time at the beach and he was so intrigued by the sea. We tried to drag him into the waters but he was too scared of the sea.

He refused to leave and i had to carry him all the way from the beach to the pavement.

The sun was setting and we had to bid our goodbyes to the beach. Cutie's sooo adorable right? He's really our little baby!

2. We had a picnic by the beach

We prepared a salad, hamburgers and i bought a banana pie for me and Gab to enjoy by the beach! We went in the evening so it was nice watching the sun set. It was also really breezy too! It was such a perfect date. Of course, my date was even more perfect! :P

Gab took this pic on the way to our picnic spot! The sun was setting already and it was like a race to beat time.

The food we prepared! Gab had prepared the salad while i made the hamburgers!

For the salad, we marinated the chicken with taco sauce bought from NTUC, garlic and ginger. Gab fried it with a bit of milk and it turned out really wonderful! The hamburgers were really easy to prepare! I just bought the muffin bread from Cold Storage and layered the burger with cheese and ham.

Me at the picnic spot!

This was our view. :)

We ended the day with a glass of Moscato at home. It was really good because the wine tasted so sweet! 

3. Feast at the Lagoon

We always end up over ordering whenever we're at the Lagoon! The food here never ever disappoints!

We really really love the food their fried carrot cake! I think the Lagoon sells one of the best fried carrot cake we've ever had!

Some of the food we've tried on one of our dates!

Alright so this sums up my post! ECP really holds so many dear memories! I am looking forward to more ECP dates in the future. :)

Date with my love

I thought i should record all my happenings for the day! So yesterday after church with Gab, we headed to Marina Square to buy new working clothes for our internships. Then i accompanied Gab to get his hair cut at Parkway.

While he was getting his hair cut at Parkway, i went around to shop. (Recently i've been loving Korean products. I always think that Korean products are so interesting.) After i was done with my shopping, i went back to look for Gab but he wasn't there! I thought that he was looking for me so i texted him to ask him where he was. He told me that he was having a stomachache and i actually believed! He asked me to go to some place nice to have dinner. I chose Social Square and waited for him there!

Suddenly, Gab appeared out of nowhere to surprise me with the flowers! It was so unexpected because he bought them for no occasion. :') I was so touched! I asked him why he bought them and he said that the roses match my white dress. I was so delighted!

This was what we had for dinner. I ordered a pesto pasta while Gabriel ordered a dory fish with sides at Social Square! I thought that the food was really good and affordable and definitely worth visiting again. The have a rather impressive wine selection as well with my favourite Moscato! A pity we didn't get to order it though!

We were quite surprised at how generous they were with the sides! You get to choose how many sides you want too.

Our day didn't end there! After dinner we headed to a cafe at Simpang. It's called D'zerts cafe! It's quite a new cafe and we realized a lot of people head there at night. The interior is neatly decorated with hanging fairy lights!

We had a meringue lemon pie and a matcha mousse cake. :) It was really good and we both would be heading there again sometime soon to try out their pasta selection!

So thankful to God for such a wonderful guy by my side!