Flavors at Zhongshan Park

Just on Sunday, I finally treat my family to lunch.
And that is like after three weeks of postponing the lunch date?! Okay maybe two.
It was suppose to be Father's Day celebration when I planned the lunch, but eventually exams period was just round the corner, so we postponed it till the Sunday after my papers had ended.
But...
The Sunday after my paper had ended, I had a run that morning followed by a job.
So it got postponed... Again.

Finally on Sunday, I finally called them for the reservation and the four of us headed down for lunch.
We had a booking at noon but even reaching there slightly earlier, we were unable to enter as the restaurant officially open for business at noon.
Left without a choice, we sat at the bar instead.
Maybe, just maybe I can hit the bartender up and get myself a free drink (like real).

To admit, the chairs are quite comfortable.
And with the pillows provided, with the awesome aircon just blowing down on me, it create the perfect environment to have a nap.
Literally I was tempted.

The menu consist of both Western and Chinese cuisine.
Didn't find much interesting choice so I settled for the Chicken Cordon Bleu.
Brother, on the other hand, knows that I'm paying for the meal, decide to order the most expensive of the four of us.
He took the executive set lunch.

Therefore, he is entitled to appetizer while we watch.
As if.
We happily helped ourselves to the food as well, no way is he having four sticks of satay to himself while we watched in hunger.
A bit disappointing moment though, like they just opened for business at noon, so in the restaurant there were only three tables.
A couple at one side, and a man on the other side and it seemed that everyone had order the set lunch.
Their appetizer dish were served first while we slowly waited for us to be served and it was only served around 12.30pm. I mean how long does it takes to prepare the satay?
The waiter even came to informed us that the beef burger (mom's order) did not have the ingredients and whether she would like to pick something else from the menu.
And..
The laska (dad's order) didn't have the white noodles and whether it is alright for them to eat with the yellow noodles instead.
Displeased were shown at our face, but we went along anyway.
After that, brother was joking that fairprice was just round the corner and they can easily head over and buy the ingredients to prepare.
Troll much.

Mom's ordered fish and chips in the end with extra salad instead of fries.
It came with two slices of battered fish and the sliced carrots with raisin on a lettuce.
Honestly, the lunch looked sad.
And even asking the waiter he said that he has already informed the chef to provide my mom's meal with more salad and usually the rest of the people only get half of the amount.

Though she ended up eating her lunch with the chili provided.
Western meets Chinese.
To think the chili provided was actually for my brother's dish.

Mine came shortly after that.
Decent amount of fries and the vegetables provided.
But I wasn't entirely happy with the chicken.
From the picture it is seen that they had given me the breast meat. My chicken is supposed to be stuffs with ham and melted cheese.
Judging from the picture, it was a small piece of ham and barely seen or taste of melted cheese.
Suffocated and drown my chicken in tomato sauce instead.

At the end of the meal, the waiter came again and passed my mom the menu, asking her to take a look to see which dessert she would like.
Further explanation that the kitchen felt bad for changing our orders twice and serving us late while the other tables had already been served their meals.
Therefore, he would like to give us a complimentary dessert to make up for it.
I thought my mom would choose the chendol but surprisingly, she ordered the same dessert as my brother; durian with gula melaka and pandan jelly.  

Her reasons? Cause that was the most expensive dessert on the menu.

Honestly, would you pay $17 for this?
I wouldn't.

That pretty round up our experience at Flavors.
Would not have come to this place if I didn't have the voucher. Then again, it's good to try a new place out only if it's nice.

Next surprise was the bill.
I kind of expected us to exceed by at least $20 and above, but when the waiter showed me the bill, the only exceed amount that I needed to pay is $9.05.
Super shocked.
Apparently, they deduce $80 from the total amount, and with the remaining amount, they used it to calculate the GST and service charge. Which bring the exceed amount down.
If they had calculated the total bill, and using it to calculate the GST and service charge, I'm pretty sure that when I need to pay an additional $10.
Still, guess that was quite a cheap lunch.
Technically per person was worth $2.20

Next stop is meeting Box for dessert in Orchard.
Didn't really know what we wanted to do on our monthsary. Though we did consider just heading down to Cathay for waffles.

But we ended at Paris Baguette for cheesecake, royal milk pudding and strawberry shortcake.
Fell in love with the cheesecake. Fell out of love with the milk pudding. And stumbled down for the strawberry shortcake.
Guess strawberry isn't my thing.

But dinner was good at my cousin's store. A place that I have been craving to go for almost a month plus already, just that I haven't found the time to head down for dinner.
Inside, I wasn't sure if Box would enjoy the food, but considering the other friends that I have brought there and I received positive comments, I'm sure he would too.
Busy day for them, which leaves me to settle food on my own. So we joined the queue (Rahhh no VIP treatment) and I guess after a super long time, I just realized the portion that they give their customers.
And to think I have been eating at their store for ten years ago. Loyal customer.

Let Box choose his food first before I chose mine. Apart from my usual three favorite dishes, I added luncheon meat and fried fish. New favorites to add to my current three.
And it seemed that Box was shocked at the amount of food that we have on our plate.
At our table, he was telling me that our portion is like 1.5 times more than what the normal customers have.
Somehow at that moment then I realize it. Hahah! But I mean it's kind of true as well, since I'm the cousin so the worker kind of gave me more.
And hey I found out that my cousin-in-law makes a good cup of Teh. Now that's surprisingly new to me as well.