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I managed to find another hilarious clip from the Mr. Brown show...and I've edited to make it a small video clip. Enjoy!

Something to make you laugh!!

Now a little something funny to cheer up your day at the office...check out this video from our local production - the Mr. Brown Show!!

Dinning at the Carousel on 29 May

Contributor - Ah Pat
Where - Carousel (Inside Royal Plaza on Scotts hotel, opposite Far East Plaza)
Location - 25 Scotts Road

Ambiance

The restaurant definitely has a 'classy' feel, given its location right at the heart of the hotel. Quite a lot of 'recession-proof' Singaporeans are dinning inside - they have separate dinning rooms that can seat more than 10 people for private functions. It is definitely better to make a reservation ahead before going. The lighting inside the restaurant gives out a warm & fuzzy feel, and the airconditioning is not set too cold which suits me just fine. The drinks menu for the buffet is actually separate, so I started off by ordering a Ice-Peach tea which tastes just nice. My idiotic friend went ahead to order a Perrier - which he foolishly thought it will be cheaper! After settling in, I rushed immediately to tackle the buffet as I was ravishing with hunger inside.

Service

The waiters/waiteress were very prompt with their service - they will offer to help set your dinning napkin on your lap and helped to refill your plain water & clear your plates constantly (they better be given the expensive service charge we had to pay =p). The drinks menu is quite cool - it comes in a leather pouch with zip, (i had this strange impression it looksjust like a CD-holder though).


Food

The dinning cutlery on the table was really classy as well. The fork, spoon, knife & other cutlery was actually inserted into a cutlery stand on the table! As for the chopsticks & dishes, you have to get it yourself at the food counter. This restaurant serves a wide variety of Western, Asian & Japanese cuisine (including fresh sashimi & sushi). There is really a huge variety of food, for seafood lovers they have lobsters, crabs, salmon, etc. For the Western cuisine, the chefs serve delicious cuts of beef, lamb, chicken and pork. The Asian cuisine consists of the usual fried rice, fish, vegetables (stuff you will normally find in a Zi Char hawker). The most enticing part for me was that they have a chocolate tower with mash mallows by the side for the patrons to dip the mallows in it! Heavenly delicious...and not forgetting the desserts (strawberry shortcakers, puddings, vanilla & red bean ice-creams) for you to try out as well! I personally guarantee you will be promoted to President straight away after dinning there...I felt so full afterwards that I walked around the hotel lobby trying to digest...and I believed I've added another inch to my waistline. =(

Payment

It costs a heavy bomb!! When we went to the counter to pay, the bill comes up to $500+ for our table of 7 people! Luckily, my friend's GF has a Citibank credit card and they have a 15% discount off the total bill...still it costs me $66.20! Most expensive meal I've ever eaten in my life though..

Overall
0-10 (10 being the best) - 7.5 stars

Ambiance

7 stars

Service

8.5 stars

Food

8.5 stars

Damage

10 stars!!

Return value

7 stars (food is great, will only return if my pocket feels rich)

Toilet

0 star (there is no toilet here, you have to use the main toilet in the hotel lobby though)

Restaurant website

http://www.royalplaza.com.sg/carousel.php

HungryGoWhere review

http://www.hungrygowhere.com/singapore/carousel/

Tips for Promotion

I am posting this because no one else wants to post their dining experiences (Bunch of selfish liars!!). Recently I have been promoted to VP of this club, so I would like to share the secrets to my success.

1) Bad Time management/Lack of exercise
Kind of tough to juggle between works, studies, girlfriend and most importantly gaming, so whenever I am free I would pick the gaming option over exercising, as time passed, the promotion seems inevitable.

2) Having Late meals
Attributed to studying, class start at 7 and ends at 10, knock off at 6 reach school about 7 = no time to eat, unless you are like Boon Kiat. So every time after class (3 times a week) I would have my meal at about 11:30pm, den sleep @ about 12:30am.. Research shows that it is not advisable to eat after 9pm.

3) Snacking in office
Attributed to good colleagues.. Thanks for all the Koropoks, chocolates and “offerings.”

4) Posting for this Blogs
What more can I say, this is blog about food..

5) Being the Rubbish bin
Thanks to my girlfriend, what ever she cannot finish, I finish. Just like the golden pair of 90’s Man Utd whatever Dwight cannot finish, somehow Andy will finish..

6) The Mario Brothers
“Teh ice upsize” having one of this everyday to flush down lunch is the best way to get promoted. It took me about a month, having it without fail.. and the results is amazing!! It really works!!

I hope these tips will help you guys to soar up the ranks (like taking a Helicopter) in this club, like I did. And somebody please share your dining experiences.. You know who you are, I’m not going to say who, but you know him very well..