Wednesday, June 30, 2010

~ Marina Bay Sands Finale ~

If you had been my blog follower (yeah, self denial mode, nobody reads it) my blog will never be without food. So here it is, a super duper detailed entry on the lunch buffet I have at MBS.

Rise at MBS is located at Tower One. Do make a reservation as it is always full.

Not to mention the Pino waitresses all pull a long face while talking to you. I can see her mentally rolling her eyes like every few seconds while talkin to my aunt. She's lucky that she's not talking to me. She would have gotten the worst from me. Both she and her colleague.
Bright and fuss free decor with natural light streaming in from the glass windows. Uncle Benny was thinking if the trees planted in the giant vase is real or fake. PS: They're real.
White table ware from Wedgewoods. Their hotel collection, which would mean it doesn't cost as much. Get ready for photos of ALL the food available at the buffet.
Their bread selection. I can imagine BFF's eyes going wide with excitement.
Three types of soup. Beef, Mushroom and Vegetable Minestrone..
Mediterranean cuisine on display and the chef cooking pasta of your choice with the various types of sauces at the background.
Chinese cuisine served in woks and I even see people scooping white rice to go with them.
Indian cuisine and roasted meat/duck that the chef chops on the spot for you.
Part of the salad bar.

DIY salad. I love DIY salad, will always get cold prawns to go with them.. BFF once commented that I make nice ones. LOL! *Shy*

Free flow of bacon bits, cheese, croutons and I forgot what else.

The cold seafood platter. Check out my favourite prawns! Such a lovely orange hue.

The Japanese section. Do you know the sushi flies off the rack everytime it is being replenished?

The fruits section. Loads of people attacking the various tropical fruits like mango, jackfruit, logan, pineapple and watermelon. I shared a peach with aunt. Yummy! Very sweet and fragrant!

One of the must have in buffets recently. Everywhere we go there would be a chocolate fountain. I don't recall seeing one in my younger days when we had buffet. Fresh strawberries, fruits, bread sticks and other co-ordinates to go with.

The dessert area. The station is rounded and thus I walked about taking photos.

Cakes and puddings. PS: The berry cake on left bottom corner is to die for! the chocolate mousse isn't too sweet and is rich enough to make me drool.

Eclairs, Madeline's and various cakes that are erm.. more boring.. whahahhaa..

Cinnamon roll, bread and butter pudding and other local desserts are also available.

Mango soup, Kueh Dar Dar and even crepes are done to your liking.

This detailed blog post is sincerely brought to you by Miss Angie/Piggy.

And proudly sponsored by Madam Koh. This is Bitchy Lee, signing off. Have a great day! See you at MBS!

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

~ Marina Bay Sands Part Four ~

Sky Park we went, on a full moon night. Strict checking at the lift lobby, each guest must show his/her hotel card.

The marina bay view, I almost missed spotting the Marina Barrage amidst the construction going on in that area.

Uncle Benny and aunt, the funny couple that shows their love for each other in their own unique way.

One of the shots of the infinity pool. We almost mistaken the pool for tiled floor, so calm the water is. Check out the skyline. I am so going to swim on my next stay there.

Barely able to stand on our feet, we proceeded to coffee bean for our super late night dinner. Chatting till 2am before we hit the sacks. Do you know some of the shops open till 12am? One of them being Guess.

Checking out at 11 on Sunday, the 3 musketeers proceed to have their last hand at the casino for 45 mins while I loiter about with the heavy bags and lappy. Early morning queue at the Epi Center got me slightly curious. However, I did not bother to check what is happening as I am a slight anti-apple fan.

Outside of Crabtree & Locitaine I rest my feel and my tired arms. Rise would only admit us at 12pm for our buffet lunch and so I sat and watch the kids with their parents on the Sampan. At $10 per adult and $5 per child, it was pretty worth it for the tourist to have a taste of the Sampan.
With the baggage I waited.. for my free buffet lunch using Mum's points in her Premier Advantage Card. Hungry and carrying all the other bags, coincidentally all in black.. I couldn't walk no more.. Stay tuned for full details on the buffet spread in Rise!

~ Marina Bay Sands Part Three ~

Back to the hotel I went while the 2 ladies went to try their luck in the casino. The evening sunlight keeps shinning in, making the day curtain shimmer like gold..

And here I am, slogging away on the lappy. Ok, technically just for awhile, doing up my reports till boredom set in and I was online talking to Mae Sie who was alone at home and updating my blog.
To share the view from my window. This is the view during the afternoon when I checked in at 4pm.

The setting sun at 6+pm. It looks marvelous, bright orange sun setting down the skyline of Singapore.

Rays of the sun shone from the skyline at 7+. You can either take it as the sunrise or the sunset if I didn't tell you which it is. Do you think it would reflect if you are a optimist or pessimist from this little test?

And finally at 9pm. Took this before going down to meet mum. I love all the lights..Do you know a few of the buildings even have fireworks coming out from them for NDP? Forgot to take photos of the fireworks as I was too engrossed and was also chatting with Ashley who had called at the right time.

Sweet spot. A dessert shop located just at the hotel lobby.

This is how the hotel interior looks at night.

For lack of food, we bought these cakes not from sweet spot (we forgot about sweet spot), at the area where we got our lunch. Pretty decent cakes I would say. I loved them.

My camera shy mum who was forced to pose for a picture. We were having our coffee and tea with the cakes while waiting for my Aunt n Uncle Benny to be ready to visit the Sky Park.

Monday, June 28, 2010

~ Marina Bay Sands Part Two ~

White pristine ceilings greeted me when I stepped into MBS hotel.

Slanted walls give me a slight feeling of them closing on me but after some time, I got used to it.

On we went to the shopping area, passing the casino.

You get a glimpse of the casino while standing outside the entrance place. Not a fan of all stuff about gambling, I moved on, urging Aunt and Mum along.
Sampan rides inside of gondolas awaits in the shopping area.

Here's my panorama take on the shopping area.

The Sampan turns around this round ring and back to the starting point.
Doesn't the place looks slightly like Vivo City?
Our economic rice. The only food other than Coffee Bean at the shopping area.

It's pretty decent actually. Not too expensive but neither isit cheap.

Tasted suspiciously like Select catering...
And so shopping we went. Many shops are still closed. In fact, MOST of the shops are not opened yet. Be prepared for ALL designer brands there. I spot Ferragamo, Prada, Tiff & Co, Chanel and loads more!

And this is where Aunt found her dress for my wedding. Totally worth the price I would say, after all, this is the place where most brands can be found ;)