Five Must Try food including chilli lobster at the Sentosa GrillFest happening from now till 12 August

From now till 12 August 2019, Singapore’s only food street by the beach, the Sentosa GrillFest is offering guests with over 130 F&B choices.

Spanning 1-kilometer, the food street has both  sweet and savory treats run by 27 F&B establishments. Guests can also expect modern twist on familar local and international dishes.

With so many choices, we list the top 5 dishes that are totally worth the calories:

5. Bibik’s Steak and Rice (The Quarters Bistro)

If you’re game enough to try fushion food, this Sentosa GrillFest exclusive dish is something you must try.

4. Roasted Pork (One Faber Group)

Now, we don’t have to wait for a Chinese wedding to enjoy this dish!

3. Tom Yum Prawn Burger (Craft’B)
2. Chili Sauce Whole Lobster (The Gourmet Discovery)

We are quite familiar with Chili crab. But this whole lobster with mantou and home made chili sauce takes things to a whole new level.

1. Charcoal Grilled Durian (The Durian Edition)

We know its the durian season and you’ve probably tried many durians. But this charcoal grilled durian – We have never tasted anything like this before.

Sentosa GrillFest 2019

Where: Siloso Beach, Sentosa
When: Every Fri – Sun (Till 12 August 2019)

Images from Sentosa Development Corporation

Starbucks Gears up for National Day with limited edition merchandise including a Dragon Playground and Merlion snow globe

Starbucks really loves Singapore.

After introducing its limited edition National Day menu, it now has some really cute looking merchandise.

Starbucks Dragon Playground Cold Cup (S$29.90)

A cold cup with dragon playground design on the lid. This 470ml cup comes with a reusable straw.

Starbucks Singapore Globe (S$39.90)

This exclusive Starbucks globe features the Merlion.

Do take note the Starbucks Singapore Globe is only available at these locations:

  • Airport Terminal 1 – 4
  • City Square Mall
  • ION Orchard
  • JEM
  • Jurong Point
  • Liat Towers
  • Marina Bay Sands
  • NEX
  • Northpoint
  • One Fullerton
  • Paragon
  • Plaza Singapura
  • Raffles City
  • Resorts World Sentosa
  • River Safari
  • Sentosa (Imbiah Lookout & USS)
  • Suntec Convention Centre
  • Tampines Mall
  • The Central
  • The Fullerton Waterboat House
  • United Square
  • VivoCity
  • Westgate
Reusable Bag (S$15.90)

Everyone is going green these days. This Peranakan-inspired design bag is reusable and environmentally friendly

National Day Water Bottle (S$22.90)

This water bottle with Singapore inspired prints can hold 470ml of liquid.

Vintage Tiles Mug (S$20.90)

The Singapore National Day vintage mugs (400ml) come in two designs.

Images from Starbucks Website

Second Edition of Singapore Cat Festival to happen this weekend at Great World City

The second edition of the Singapore Cat Festival will happen over two days on 27 and 28 July 2019 at Great World City.

This year there are 36 curated brands selling cat-related products. In addition, there will also be a cat showcase and the Cat Welfare Society is also running an adoption drive. Click here for the program schedule.

Cat owners can also bring their cats to the festival, although they will have to be contained in secure transport crates or carriers.

3 Simple Steps to getting your Goodie Bag
  1. Download Happy Petclub app
  2. Scan QR Code at Happy Booth
  3. Receive the Good Bags

Limited to 250 goodie bag redemptions per day. 1 redemption per person. While stocks last.

Singapore Cat Festival 2019

When: 27 – 28 July 2019, 1100hr – 2100hr
Where: Great World City, Atrium & Office Lobby
Admission is free.

 

Images from Singapore Cat Festival/ Louisa Violet Photography & @curious_caramel

Pizza Hut offers S$0.99 pizzas on weekdays till 31 July 2019

To celebrate Singapore’s bicentennial year, Pizza Hut is offering its regular sized pizzas (6 slices) at just S$0.99.

To get your S$0.99 pizza, simply order using the Pizza Hut app, the website or the call centre (62 353 535). Input 99CENTS as your promo code before check out.

However, there are certain conditions you need to meet before enjoying the Pizzas:

  1. This promotion is only applicable for Pizza delivery
  2. A minimum purchase of S$15 is required.
  3. Standard delivery fee of S$4 applies.
  4. This promotion cannot be used in conjunction with other discounts and is limited to one redemption per transaction

Images from Pizza Hut Singapore

McDonalds Happy Meal giving away collectible Snoopy X NASA toys with every Happy Meal

As part of the 50th anniversary celebration since the launch of Apollo 10, NASA collaborated with Peanuts to introduce a series of limited edition, NASA themed Snoopy characters.

This set of Snoopy x NASA toys is currently available at all Singapore McDonald outlets with the purchase of any Happy Meal.

There are 8 designs and here’s the schedule for the toys:

  • 18 – 24 July: Space Swirler and Dance Mover
  • 25 – 31 July: Space Plane and Telescope
  • 1 – 7 August: Re-entry Capsule and Space Buggy
  • 8 – 14 August: Rocket Propeller and Take-off Launcher

Images from Macdonalds Website

IKEA Singapore restaurant running special offer including free carrot cake and S$1 Chicken Wing

From now till next Sunday (28 July 2019), IKEA Singapore is offering a slew of promotions on their signature dishes.

Here are the deals:

Pork Knuckle (S$13.90)

Enjoy a complimentary almond cake with the purchase of a pork knuckle. This promotion is only available for lunch and dinner. You need to be IKEA Family members to enjoy this offer.

Additionally on 23 July 2019, the first 100 IKEA Family card holder gets to enjoy Pork Knuckles at only S$9.90.

Chicken Wing (S$1)

IKEA Family members can purchase chicken wings anytime of the day at S$1 each. This offer is limited to 12 pieces per purchase.

Carrot Cake (Free)

Only on 22 July 2019, IKEA Family card holders can receive free plate of carrot cake. This giveaway is limited to 2 portions for each Family Card.

Every Local Breakfast (S$2.50)

In addition, IKEA is offering different breakfast options for only S$2.50. The selections are available for both hala and non-halal. Halal dishes are only available in IKEA Tampines.

How to be IKEA Family Member?

According to IKEA’s website, registration is free. You can sign up for it here.

IKEA Restaurant Opening Hours

Breakfast: 0900hr – 1030hr
Lunch: 1030hr – 1500hr
FIKA: 1500hr – 1700hr
Dinner: 1700hr – 2200hr

 

Images from IKEA Singapore Website

Starbucks celebrates National Day with limited edition Singapore flavored menu

As National Day approaches, Starbucks has introduced one Singapore flavored drink and four local hawker inspired food.

Here’s what they are:

Venti-sized Shiok-ah-ccino (S$8.20)

This vanilla cream Frappuccino is topped with chocolate chips and served with a waffle crisp. The Venti-sized drink comes with a complimentary reusable straw and a straw clip set. While stocks last.

Cheesecake Sandwich (S$6.90)

The cheesecake sandwiches, which looks like the old school ice-cream, is available in three flavors: cookies and cream, raspberry swirl, or blueberry swirl.

The raspberry swirl and blueberry swirl comes with waffles. The cookies and cream is wrapped around a rainbow bread.

Quinoa salad (S$9.90)

This chicken rice inspired salad is a healthy combination of cauliflower rice, quinoa, poached chicken slices, achar, cherry tomatoes, chicken skin crisps, and ginger.

Laksa Croissant Bowl (S$6.50)

This pipping laksa croissant bowl is topped with a prawn and a hard-boiled egg.

Satay Chicken Roll (S$6.90)

The dish is made with chicken and pineapple chunks and a nut sauce.

Images from Starbucks Website

Häagen Dazs offering 1-for-1 parfait from now till 19 July 2019

From now till this Friday (19 July 2019), Häagen Dazs is offering a one-for-one deal for its parfait crunch. The flavors available for this promotion includes the salted caramel, cookies and cream, and strawberry parfait.

One parfait retails from S$14.90.

This promotion is available only for take-aways and cannot be used with other promotions.

These are the Häagen-Dazs outlets in Singapore:

  1. Junction 8
  2. Hilton Walkway
  3. Holland Village
  4. Tampines Mall
  5. Westgate

One-For-One Parfait Crunch Promotion

When: Till 19 July 2019
Where: All Häagen Dazs Outlets
Cost: From S$14.90

Image from Häagen Dazs Facebook

There is now an app to help Muslim families located their beloved’s grave

Have you ever had the experience of trying to remember your loved one’s grave at a cemetery to no avail?

This problem will soon be history because an ingenious Singaporean has coded an app that allows Muslim families to locate their loved one’s site.

Pusara Checklist is the name of this Community-driven cemetery directory app that aims to help ease the search for information of the deceased.

It serves as a centralized public storage for keeping deceased-related information in place. Users can search for information such as name, grave address and/or death date via the search and filter functions.

There is even a Google map function to help you get to the actual site.

 

Japanese brand Emma opens store selling gravity defying ice-cream at Plaza Singapura

Japan’s popular ice-cream company, Emma has opened its first overseas outlet at the basement of Plaza Singapura.

This ice-cream brand is well-known for its rich soft serve made using premium Japanese ingredients. In fact, the ice-cream is so dense, it doesn’t not fall off even when its inverted.

This is the menu:

Signature Emma (S$5.80)

The original signature Emma ice-cream comes with Okinawa Brown Sugar Pearls.

Additional toppings like kinako (roasted soybean flour) powder, matcha powder or caramel syrup are also available.

Emma Soft (From S$4.80)

There are three options namely Emma Soft Milk (S$4.80), Emma Soft Mix (S$5.20) and Singapore exclusive flavor, Emma Charcoal Cheese (S$5.50).

Emma Dips (S$5.30)

There are four dip flavors to choose from. They include caramel, strawberry, matcha and chocolate. These ingredients, which work like your McDonald’s chocolate cone ice-cream, are imported from Japan.

Emma Handmade Waffles (S$6.80)

The wafer bubble mix soft serve is a delectable combination of home-made wafer topped with Emma’s signature soft serve ice-cream before adding crushed peanuts and warm, Okinawa brown sugar pearls. This dessert is also exclusive to Singapore.

Emma Soft Serve

Where: Plaza Singapura, #B2-45
Operating Hours: 1100hr – 2130hr
Cost: From S$4.80

Images from Emma Singapore Instagram & Klook