Hard Rock Cafe with friends

Everyone recognise this flying car at Cuscaden road. Together with a few friends, we were invited for some food tasting at Hard Rock cafe (HRC) last week.

Daddy does not know how long HRC has been around in Singapore,
but that car seems to have been there for easily 20 years !

Be it for family, couple, or a group of friends, Hard Rock cafe has endear itself to customers. When we go on holidays, Hard Rock always feature on our itinerary, that is, before the kids pop out. Mummy loves to collect the guitar pins and momentos from each city.

As Natalie shares with us HRC's history in Singapore, we got a "JUMBO Combo", a bit of everything to make everybody happy and full. Love the home-made onion ring ! The nachos is nice but portion was too hugh, we could not finish it.

In case you are interested in our menu, do pop by HRC website.

Natalie insist we must try HRC's Chili Crab Dip. Apparently, this dish has caught on with HRC patrons and is one of the popular dish. It comes with the buns too, and your fingers will not get messy from the crab essence :)

We heard how local fare has evolve over the years at HRC, as some guest (maybe senior folks) prefer rice and noodles. Even our chef has been working here for 20 plus years !

We all know HRC serves burgers, steaks, the usual western fare. But if we thought Chilli-crab variation is surprising and delicious, wait till you hear about their Char Kway Teow !
(yup, everyone drop our jaws when we hear Mee Goreng and some other famous Singapore dishes are also on the menu haha)

Daddy is wondering how non Singaporeans and locals will take to it?
It is not oily, so do not expect any lard. Consider this a healthier version,
sort of sinful craving without the cholesterol !

Back to the regular western menu, we love the burger and succulent ribs :)

Ruting showing us how we should devour our fajitas :)

Dessert time, how can we leave without HRC's famous brownies? and Apple Crumbler

Daddy would like to take this opportunity to thanks Natalie and Chris for hosting us, we found out a few things which are otherwise unknown to the public :p


We got to learn that HRC is also involved in social work, and they sometimes host lunch for the less-privilege kids. To us, maybe HRC is ideal for that rock evening with your darling, but HRC is trying to promote itself as a ideal cafe for family get together too.

Do pop by our friends' blog too :
- Edith
- Hong Peng (HP)
- Rui Ting


If you wish to enjoy HRC's menu, you can find them at Sentosa too.
Do take note that Hard Rock Hotel is a franchise and they serve different menus.

Hard Rock Cafe
50 Cuscaden Road, HPL House
Singapore 249724

Hard Rock Cafe
26 Sentosa Gateway, The Forum
#01-209-215 Sentosa Island
Singapore 098138



credit. Above car image taken from HRC website.

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Shops in Greenwich V

Daddy had earlier blog about our Amazing Race adventures at GreenWich V. You can watch how the three teams challenge each other to eat the most haha. {Click for Video}

Today, we would like to share more about ToastBox and Home-Fix. Actually, this is Daddy's homework, after all we did enjoy ourselves two Sats ago :)

#01 - Paul's thumbs up, the universal language for TipTop. The curry chicken is tender and not too spicy, and we love the milky gravy. Daddy can eat plain rice with this gravy alone.

When Wei saw Daddy scooping the curry, he quickly rush over to satisfy his craving. Yes, our boy loves everything spicy and hot, and that includes Wasabi !


Another signature dish from ToastBox is their Peanut Butter toast. The thick and sweet spread of Peanut will hit your nose. Needless to say, it was gone before we can say "Peanut ... Butter" !


After eating our fill, our next challenge requires us to build a cabinet ! Ok, Daddy exaggerated, we need to find two tools needed for cabinet fixing.

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#02 - It did not take us long before we solve the clue and head to Home-Fix. Where else can we get all the tools under one roof? In the olden days, we have to rely on 五金店 , but now Home-Fix serves our Diy needs.


In Home-Fix, you will not go wrong with drills :p
Even if you are not quite a handy man, we can always rely on the friendly staff's recommendations.

Off topic, Daddy's best friend is WD40. One spray fixes everything.
(Squeaking door, rusty bicycle chain, dry cabinet rollers etc)
WD40 has been around for 50+ years, do you know what it stands for ?

Your light bulbs store, every man worth his salt must know how to change light bulbs. Unless you prefer some unscheduled RomantiC moments :p


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More group photos :)


Interested to know more about the other shops in GreenWich V ? Do drop by our team's recommendations :
- Sandra (BerryLite and Empire State)
- Phoebe (Gong Cha, Prima Deli and Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf)
- Klessis (Cedele and Soulworks)
- Paul (Phoenix Medicaland Paradise Inn)
- bloggers' challenge (eat, walk, guess, eat, walk, see, play.. repeat for 10 outlets !)


Now you know about team Lifestyle's powerful kids (both big and small), share our joy, vote and stand to win $50 vouchers. Voting starts 13Mar, click here for Voting instructions.



Click on photo below to read blog posts from the other teams..




** Photo credit from team Omy and Phoebe
More event photos can be found at SengkangBabies fanpage :)

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Greenwich V - Bloggers' challenge

Last Sat, SengkangBabies went to Seletar Hill's new shopping mall, Greenwich V.
Omy, together with Far East team had organised an Amazing-Race.

Fifteen bloggers in three teams, "Urban, Village and Lifestyle" will roam the new lifestyle hub,
cover 10 shops each, complete some tasks, and stuff ourselves silly !

All these sounds easy, until you take our kids into account, we have a Bigger team. You see,
Lifestyle team consist mostly of parent bloggers Klessis, Sandra, Phoebe and Paul.

So, we gather at Empire State for the briefing and late lunch. Nobody is listening to Alvin and team when we saw the BURGER haha !! Can you blame us? the burger is HUGH and tasty!

Mushroom or Terriyaki Chicken pizza, both are Nice :)

Hold on, we have not even started Amazing Race yet, how many more dishes
are we going to consume along the way! Bloggers look at each other, and loosen our belt (gulp!!).

More to come...

At 3pm, waiting for Flag off, after our full meal at Empire.


Jesslyn is our assigned Game Master. She will provide hints for the next task, and the team will have to make an intelligent guess.

The ten clues for today.


#01 - Yogurt at BerryLite Yeah! Everybody loves it, and nobody notice Daddy Andy cannot take sour Yogurt :p

Really love our Red theme, Lifestyle = Lively!


#02 - Carrot Walnut cake at Cedele, love it ! Ms Cheng took her time to recommend Cedele's best dishes, and we were not disappointed.

Do try out their Valentine concoction (Iced Choc Rose, and Lovely Berry MilkShake). Cedele is daddy's favourite outlet for today's challenge :)


Some of you might be wondering, how come our team always finish our tasks first? Daddy is not counting the number of members in our team, but **hint hint

The kids sure can eat a lot !

At every F&B outlet, we just order the kids to charge Front Line and attack. Kids prove useful too, when adults are penalised for wrong answers !

Thank you Gladys, your star jump is perfect, kids really make our day a Fun one !


#03 - Gong Cha (贡茶), this is Singapore's 40th outlet. Wow, Singaporeans are thirsty for more Gong Cha !


#04 and #05 -Daddy will share more goodness about Toast Box and Home-Fix in a separate post.


#06 - Waffles at Prima Deli. We always have spare room for chocolate waffles. Did you know Prima Deli is also Singapore's longest running food franchise?


#07 - Coffee Bean And Tea Leaf, we need a recharge. We know the cheese cakes are superb, but ...
Coffee and tea will do.


#08 - The most value-for-money proposition of the day came from Phoenix Medical. Our team consist of (Leader, TimeKeeper, Photographer, and Caption Writer), the toughest job must be TimeKeeper aka Paul.

At every outlet, Paul has to ensure we finish our task on time. Now, you can imagine how challenging it is to drag the kids away from their favorite pastries, fries, hotdogs or yogurt! So we unanimously arrow recommended Paul for some rewarding facial scrub.

Actually, Paul like facial, but he was quite uncomfortable when Mummies and Daddies start snapping away like paparazzi.

His face is so radiant after the wash :p
(we notice all three teams sent the guys in for wash, wonder why?)


If kids get sick of munching, there are always magic-show and story-telling to entertain them. They love the dragon tattoos. The fountain at the center seems to be popular with kids, with or without swimming attire.


#09 - Paradise Inn serves great Chinese cuisine. Unfortunately she is our 9th stop, and our stomach is 90% filled ! We heard their double boil soups are very famous.

Fortunately, we did not start with Paradise Inn, otherwise we will be so full, and will have trouble completing the other F&B challenges !


#10 - Klessis interviewing Elly, Soulwork's most popular stylist. Soulworks is 4-in-1 outlet, for your Hair, Nail, Face and Body pampering.


After 2.5 hours, and 10 outlets, who will be the winner? Daddy just knew our group is exhausted, climbing up and down with kids in tow is no joke !

Guess Village (green) or Urban (black) team won? Click on link for result and photos.

Team Lifestyle receiving our 2nd prize award, some member have already gone off, as kids are too tired :)

Congrats, we received a $200 voucher for our effort, courtesy of GreenWich hub.



Yi : Daddy, can I STOP eating already? (this is his honest feedback keke..)



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You can gather more info about Greenwich at their website http://www.greenwichv.com.sg

Credit. We would like to take this opportunity to thanks Far East and Omy for this fun event, and the F&B outlets for hosting us and prizes. Photo credit to OMY and Phoebe (BPDG).

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Daddy's personal thoughts...
- maybe we can cover five instead of ten outlets. Everyone will be able to savour the gourmet and services more passionately, yielding more quality and comprehensive reviews.

- Daddy actually felt like letting the F&B outlets down, when we cannot finish some of the food (food is good, but we were too full)

- More importantly, we will have more time to interact with our blogger friends :)
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.. our Supper, courtesy from Chinta Manis.



Take a look at Team Lifestyles' contributions :)

If you are still hungry after above photos, do pop by Sengkang Babies fanpage !


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Domino Pizza

A few bloggers were invited to taste Domino Pizza's new "Double Loaded Chicken" pizzas.
(Double dosage of grilled chicken breasts)

Linda, Domino's marketing manager, demonstrated online Pizza ordering process. Domino guarantees that your pizza will arrive in 30min, or the next one will be free.

When the Pizza arrive, click click flash flash. Yes, we are also food bloggers haha.

The Big BBQ

In between pizza slices, we feast on finger food.

Staff are happy at Domino's, happy staff means high morale and pride, likely leading to quality food. We are just curious why most staff still remain slim ?

Enough photos, which pizza shall we attack first?

Chicken temptation, this fellow is spicy hot and delicious ! The thin crust was crunchy too.

After a while, we lost count of the variety of pizzas.

Meatzza, for carnivorous meat lovers !


For the full range of pizza, click on Domino's website.

Insiders will recommend those pizzas mark as "Top Secret sauce" !

We save the Best for last, and it is not even a Pizza haha. Dessert is yummy Chocolate Lava cake.
When the Lava flows, it taste heavenly ! (a must for all choc lovers)


Fellow bloggers and new found friends. Someone really can eat and she puts us guys to shame haha. Check out the following blogs, Cat and Domo, Alex, Melissa and Rudy.


He or she who loves to eat and enjoy their food, knows how to enjoys life.
Tonight, we are pampered by Domino Pizza and Omy.

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For a limited time only until March 2012, Domino’s Pizza is offering their savoury Double Loaded Meal at only $39.80 (Save $18.40), which includes 1 Regular Chicken Pizza with Double Loaded Chicken*, 1 Regular Pizza of your choice, 1 Chocolate Lava Cake, and 1 BreadStix or 1 Twisty Bread (6 pcs) or 1 CinnaStix.”

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Have you decided to feast on Pizza already, call 6222 6333 now!
For more pizza slices, do drop by Sengkang Babies Fanpage.


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