Azmaya 東屋 Japanese Restaurant - Robertson Quay

Came to Azmaya for their shabu shabu after purchasing a deal voucher.
For the amount we paid, the portion was just soo generous!

 3 boxes of pork

Drinks, gst and svs charges are not included in the deal.
For this Asahi beer, we had to pay $10++, not cheap, but well, the deal was cheap la.

Overall, quite a good dining experience there, except that the Japanese staff there seemed overworked and overwhelmed by the customers.
Had to keep calling them to refill the chicken soup base.

If you love shabu shabu, why not go to this shop to try?

Hanare Japanese Restaurant - Teppei

Hola! Introducing another Jap find again.

This time, it's Teppei's sister restaurant, Hanare.

For the uninitiated, Teppei is famous for it's affordable omakase.

As for Hanare, I guess it's their affordable chirashi don?

Bf and I ordered different set.
He had the chirashi don, while I went for the Anago Steam Rice.
Realise anago was another version of unagi/eel. There's a difference between them but I'd leave google to explain.
Both sets come with various sides, but be warned that the sides are pretty dull, boring and....not very yummy la

Look at the chunks of tuna and salmon!
It looks pretty nice, but we were rather disappointed with this bowl. I guess it's not worth the hype? We both agreed The Sushi Bar serves better and fresher chirashi.
The only plus point was the price, at around $18.

 Interior:
The restaurant is really small and cramp. I guess you get what you pay.
One thing I'd like to comment was the chairs in the restaurant. I always nearly trip when I whiz past other diners to get my buffet sides.

 Buffet sides for chirashi don... damn sian

 Sides for my main course...also sian

 Curry which I didn't try

 Very small hor

 The sides I took:
See liao also sian, haix

 My anago steam rice was the best.
The steam rice is brownish in colour and taste superb. For $19.90 with sides (disappointing, though) and drinks (tea), I guess it's worth a visit.
But just once will do.

Overall, ok, but I won't go back.

Deal.com.sg Voucher Review- The Infinity Hair Art, Orchard *SCAPE

$28 for Matrix Hair Colour or Highlights + Hair Spa Treatment at The Infinity Hair Art, Orchard *SCAPE - Includes Wash + Blow Dry for All Hair Length for Men & Women (Morocco Argan Oil + Matrix Sensoria Hair Treatment + Senior Stylist Haircut available)

Bought this deal voucher from deal.com.sg and used it today.

The Cons

1. Please top-up extra

I am very prepared for hardselling when using deal vouchers.Just rmb to say NO for things you do not wish to add on. It's up to you, but the reason I buy deal vouchers is because it's more affordable than a $40-50++++ hair dye at the usual salon.

In the case of Infinity Hair Art, they tried to get me to top up extra money for the following:

• one of the staff advised me to top-up ($18 or $28?) to another brand of hair dye. He said Matrix hair dye is not bright enough and more suitable for aunties who wanna dye their greying hair. I said NO and was firm to go ahead with using Matrix color. 
• Thereafter, they tried to persuade me by telling me to opt for non-ammonia hair dye and to put on a extra treatment/protection to protect my roots. I refused politely as well.
• during hair washing, they asked if I'd like to top-up extra for a proper treatment using the machine. I told them I'd just need the normal treatment as with the deal.

2. Inexperienced staff

The staff there were young and rather inexperienced. I had 3-4 staff hovering around me

They had different staff helping me with the following:

• 2 staff to dye my hair - 1 on my left and another on my right
• alternate 3 staff to massage/wash my hair
• alternate 3 staff to comb, blow dry my hair

I've no qualms with these extra pair of hands aka extra "attention". But I just felt the service was not sincere enough.

Why need so many pair of hands around a person's head? 

3. They took freaking long....

I got kinda irritated that I had to sit there for rather long for someone to dye my hair, to wash my hair, to blow dry...

But guess what, the time the dye was left to set into my hair was rather short -.-

4. Indeed, Matrix (really?) colour was not bright enough

I left the salon with a more even-coloured crown, but it was as if I didn't change my hair color.

Oh well, nevermind.

Pros

• While they tried to get me to top-up stuffs, they were not persistent
• They were not rude when I said NO (not sure if they talked behind my back though)
• Rather polite staff although they kept chatting among themselves like I was invisible
• Offers tea or water as service
• Took a very long time to blow-dry my hair, but I guess it also meant they put in quite some effort to make sure my hair was set straight.
• No strong ammonia smell 
• Treatment was pretty good

食立方 Shi Li Fang hotpot - Orchard Central deal.com.sg

I don't know about you, but I'm running out of ideas of where to eat.

These days we've been eating Jap food and I'm getting bored of it.

Came across an affordable eat while googling dining options in town and saw a deal on deal.com.sg!

LAUNCH EXCLUSIVE: Newly Opened 'Shi Li Fang' in Orchard Central, Indulge In Deliciously Healthy Steamboat with $15 for $30 Cash Voucher - Choose From More Than 80 Varieties dishes With No MSG & Preservatives Added (Unlimited Redemption and Valid Daily)

And so...we headed to Shi Li Fang for Saturday night dinner.

We had their set dinner which comes with meat, soup base and drinks.
We ordered 1 barley and 1 water chestnut drinks.

 Try the sesame peanut sauce. I like it.

We ordered 2 sets - 1 beef with fish soup and 1 Shi Li Fang pork tenderloin with tonic chicken soup. Each set comes with various veggies and egg.

Look at the plate of beef!!
BTW, the 2 pieces of white things are not tofu haha
These are handmade noodles for you to put into your soup!

This is the tonic chicken soup with the pork (the photo shows that it's marinated and brown but my pork was really fair haha)
I rec you to try the tonic chicken soup!

 Each diner will have their own induction cooker which you can dip your meat in. It was quite an interesting experience - generally, we share a big pot of soup among a group for hotpot/steamboat/shabu shabu.

 It was also fun to DIY your handmade noodles! hehe

I'm really pleased with what I had because everything were fresh!

Furthermore, the deal voucher made it more worthwhile!

If you are running out of dining options, try Shi Li Fang :) 

181 Orchard Road
#07-10/11 Orchard Central
Singapore 238896