Foodography: A Singapore Food Blog

Mad for Garlic is a restaurant founded by Koreans that serves Italian food and wine. It is tucked away in a corner of Suntec City Mall (near Haagen Dazs) and hence, uneasy to locate. I had to walk for quite awhile before finding it in the right tower and corner.

Once stepping in, you will find that the ambience is qutie professionalized and high class in a way.

As their name goes, Mad for Garlic has several dishes incorporated with garlic. They mainly serve pastas, fried rice, pizzas and wine. It is recommended to try their garlic dishes but be warned that they tend to be quite spicy.

The Arrabbiata ($16.90) I tried had the degree of spiciness which was a little too over the top for me to handle, but I still licked it clean as the pasta’s chilli sauce speaks much of quality and is definitely worth to try.

My mother tried the Garlic Sizzling Rice ($17.90) which was also spicy. However, I did not find the fried rice as fulfilling as the pasta did. Other signature dishes you can try are their Garlicpeno pasta and Garlic snowing pizza.

As for dessert, I ordered the Tiramisu Cake ($7.90). Instead of sprinkling chocolate powder on the cake, the chef had it made into the shape of a garlic on the plate instead, which was creative indeed.

Mad For Garlic Singapore
3 Temasek Boulevard
#01-039, Suntec City Mall
Singapore 038983
Tel: 6333 1507
Fax: 6333 0507

Opening Hours:
Sunday – Thursday:
11:30am to 10:00pm

Friday – Saturday:
11:30am to 11:00pm

Lazy day.

I wandered around Orchard, my current favorite spot for a quick getaway from boredom at home. I was looking for Pique Nique as I read some good reviews about it. I was about to just head into any other cafe I see (because I was feeling rather hungry at 2pm) but then I just spotted it at Ngee Ann City Tower A. 🙂 I could’ve easily gotten the unit number and hunt for it but I do not wish to go to such an extent.

I stepped in and realised I love the ambience immediately. Cafes with little cute and girly and attractive interiors appeal a lot to me. Service was not bad too.

Previously, I had not tried eggs benedict before so the curiousity in me made me order the Classic Benedict ($12). My verdict? Egg benedicts is so good. I especially love the Hollandaise sauce (the yellow sauce on the egg, made of egg yolk and butter). The burger buns at the bottom were fried to a perfect crisp. I just wished they substituted the fries with a healthier alternative… trying to avoid fries.

Cakes galore! At first I thought of ordering 3 cakes instead of a main course and a cake because the cakes on display looked appetising, and there were a variety of them too. But then I didn’t regret having the eggs benedict.

Triple Chocolate Cheese Cake ($7.50). Indeed heavenly. First layer – cream milk chocolate. Second layer – cheesecake. Third layer – dark chocolate brownie with nuts. Forget the noodles and rice, I can live by desserts forever.

The cafe should let the waiters bring the bill to us, instead of the customers having to pay the bill at the cashier. This is just probably a lazy remark, but we do pay a service charge.

I aim to be there again to try their mac & cheese and other cakes. 🙂

Had lunch at Tony Roma’s on Sunday with my mom as I had 20% off lunch. 🙂

I liked the ambience there. It’s spacious and not too modernized feel of the restaurant calls for a whiff of nostalgia. There was even a toilet in there, though it I feel that it was rather unnecessary and costly. We sat at a window view overlooking the koi pond at Suntec as what many people would prefer. It is also a plus point when taking pictures of your yummy morsels with nautral sunlight filtering in.

 Complimentary bread stick. It came with a cream sauce which I suppose is garlic but doesn’t have any taste at all.

 Fries ($3.90). It was a generous serving of fries and my mom got freaked out at the amount of calories she would be taking in.

 My Chicken Alfredo Florentine ($20.90). I realised that the dishes at Tony Roma’s came in huge serving sizes, explaining the higher prices. As usual, I’m not someone who can get accustomed to cream base pasta, much less finish the whole plate as I would get sick of it and probably throw up the contents if I actually tried forcing everything down my throat. However, I must say that the creamy linguini, topped with chicken breast and spinach, speaks of quality.

 I don’t feel satisfied if I don’t end my meals with dessert. Seeing that the Chocolate Avalanche ($13.90) is of chef’s reccommendation, my mother was almost to the point that she was insisting that I get it. Haha. True to it’s reccommendation, the brownie and vanilla ice-cream, when tasted together, gives a satisfying and sweet aftertaste, despite the brownie being made with dark chocolate more.