Weekend Makan

This weekend I went out for lunch on both Saturday and Sunday.

KFC
On Saturday, i had good old KFC for lunch at the AMK branch. It was the first time that i've been to that branch since it was renovated. I love the fact the the ventilation was so much better than before, when there was always this stale smell of oil.

However, they've partition the whole area such that half is pizza hut and half is KFC, and that sucks! Their sitting arrangement is to make use of all the space available and squeeze in as many seats as possible. I know that's sound business logic, but it makes the whole place feel so crammed up.

Feel that there are other things they could have done to use the space more wisely, like shared kitchen space and shared bathroom space.

The Orange Lantern
On Sunday, dad brought the whole family out to lunch at The Orange Lantern. As usual, he read up about it in some makan review and wanted to check it out. I love the ambience of the place, it was so relaxing and chill-out. Seating in the resturant would make you feel like you're in some ulu part of Singapore although you're actually in town!

The service was pretty good too, dad asked about corkage and for warm bo bo cha cha (they usually served it cold) and they obliged (without any black faces!!). Sad to say, i had to wonder whether it had to do with the fact that the waitresses were foreigners (less attitude compared to Singaporeans??).

The food was pretty nice too. As usual when i eat vietnamese I'll go for the mixture beef pho. The soup was quite light, i didn't really taste the beef stock (I prefer heavier tasting soup!), but at least there wasn't any MSG. And they were pretty generous with the helpings of basil and bean sprouts (compared to this other viet resturant i'd been too).

deborah had the chili version of my noodles, which if you asked me wasn't that great cos they used chili oil to spice it up. dad and russell had dry noodles, it was pretty good, the texture of the noodles was interesting. russell also had an avocado shake, and i'd definately recommend that!