[Food Review] Flee Away Cafe

Flee Away Cafe is an old school cafe set with a modern twist and a retro touch. It has a different concept from other cafes, it's a 'Cafe Meets Shop' because it is also a place where you can shop! Cubicles are available inside for vendors to display their unique and vintage merchandises.

One of their specialties is this dish. Was so attracted to the cute little baby in the poster.

Little cubicles that contain merchandises.

The whole cafe was decorated with vintage, quirky items from the past bringing back a very nostalgic feeling.

This table is actually cleverly transformed from a vintage sewing machine. This is the sewing machine my grandma used to have in her room, i think same model, haha. 

Got excited upon seeing these chairs, it has been really really long since i last saw these.

 Spot the Singapore/Singlish edition of 'The Three Little Pigs'.

This TV also found in my grandma's room last time, long time no see too!!

The cubicles are numbered and you can actually buy anything in it if you see anything you like.

Snacks we love when we were in primary school! My favourite was Bee Bee, it was only 10 cents per packet at that time.

Cute vintage Zebra found below the cubicles.

Mango Mint Iced Tea $5.00

Mango juice and tea garnished with fresh mint.

Banana Peanut Butter Milkshake $7.50

This was really thick and filling with small chunks of banana and peanuts inside. If you order this, don't attempt to finish it first, its best to save this for the last so that your stomach has space for all the other fantastic dishes Flee Away Cafe has to offer. I liked this a lot though.

 Next came the Beef Hash Pie Tee at $12.50 for 6 pcs.

Instead of the traditional Pie Tee which has the usual  turnips, eggs, prawns, etc as fillings, Flee Away Cafe offers corned beef and diced potatoes as fillings for their Pie Tees along with some alfafa sprouts.

Our main dishes were their specialty, Le Char Kuey which is gigantic sized Yu Tiao (fried dough fritters) filled with many types of fillings to choose from. Each Le Kuay comes with mini papadams (indian fried crackers) and salad.

 This one we chose was the dry laksa Le Char Kuey, $12.50. It was slightly spicy and accompanied with eggs and fish cake, just like laksa. Tastes heavenly when eaten together with the slightly crunchy and not too oily yu tiao.

We chose 'All Day Breakfast' for the other Le Char Kuey. $15.50 It contains bite-size turkey bacon, eggs, tomato, baked beans, chicken sausages. Basically all the common things you will find in an American breakfast set. We thought this was very innovative!

Back to taking pictures of the whimsical decorations which really attracted me.

 Old movie seats found here too!

Flee Away Cafe
70 Dunlop Street
Singapore 209398
Opening Hours
Tue - Thu: 1100 - 2100
Fri - Sat: 1100 - 2300
Sun: 1000 - 1700
Closed on Mon

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[Food Review] Hua Long Fishhead Steamboat

Hua Long Fishhead Steamboat is located within a coffeeshop in Ang Mo Kio, it serves affordable restaurant quality culinary at affordable prices.

Established in 2003, Hua Long Fishhead Steamboat is renowned for its heartwarming Charcoal Fish head Steamboat and many other dishes. During the recent years, Hua Long has been revamping their stall and constantly improving their recipes so that customers can enjoy exceptional dishes at reasonable prices.

Roller Coaster, one of my favourite childhood snacks were served on the table when we arrived, while waiting for the rest of the dishes.

And here comes our first dish, Lobster Exquisite Premium Set!!! We were all very impressed by how majestically this dish was presented.

This incldes stir fried lobster with butter and cheese, prawn roll, jade abalone, golden sand chicken and crab meat omelette.

The generous serving of succulent, fresh lobster meat went along very well with the creamy butter and cheese combination. The sweet and sour sauce which accompanied the abalone makes this a perfect start to dinner.

This dish usually costs $118.

Next came the comfort food for my soul, Hua Long's Fish Head Steamboat. (Red Grouper), $28.80

The soup uses old mother hen, anchovies, yellow beans, grinded sole fish, dried shrimps, sour plum, dang gui powder and it is slow cooked in charcoal for many hours without MSG giving it a very intense and rich flavour.

Fish was tender and fresh, along with it came with lots of vegetables and yam.

One bowl for me is not enough, i had at least 3 bowls of the very addictive soup.

The next dish is Wok-fried Venison with Red Wine Sauce in Stone Pot. Unlike most zi char stalls, this dish was served in a stone pot with a wooden base instead of the normal oval plates. The bonito flakes that topped the dish makes it look like a Japanese inspired dish.

The flavours of red wine resulted in the venison being very sweet and savoury. Meat was very tender and perfectly cooked. At least i didn't have to bite it upteen times to be able to swallow it.

Next came their Signature Wok-fried White Beehoon on Opeh Leaf.  ($6.50/9/12/18).

The beehoon was very moist and tasty because it was cooked with wholesome, flavourful broth. it's like eating hokkien beehoon instead of eating hokkien mee. Came with prawns, squids, fish cakes, pork slices, clam, fried garlic and lime... Just like hokkien mee. Nevertheless, we all agreed that this was an excellent dish.

Stir-fried LALA with Chef's Butter Garlic.

We all thought that this is quite a different and innovative combination rather than the usual Lala stir fried with garlic or sambal. Results were great too, the butter garlic concoction led to this dish being very creamy with a very distinct flavour of garlic.

Pan-seared Sea Scallop with Conpoy & US Asparagus. Scallops were fat, juicy and fresh, asparagus very crunchy.

Japanese Melon Prawn Coated with Wasabi & Bonito Flakes $22. 

King prawns coated with wasabi and mayo. The mayo was enough to drench and eliminate the stinging taste of wasabi. A well executed dish, not being overly sweet. Again and most importantly, the prawns were very succulent.

Last but not least came our big bowl of dessert, Double Boiled Hashima with Ginseng & Honey Dates. A perfect way to end the very heavy but extremely delicious meal.

Noticed that i always describe their food as fresh? That is due to the fact that Hua Long takes pride in only using the freshest seafood and quality ingredients. 

Priviledge Card with 10% discount off total bill will be issued to regulars. New customers with a total spending of $150 and above can also receive this card.

For OCBC Credit or Debit Card users, there is 15% off a la carte food menu for lunch (11am-2.30pm) with minimum spending of $50. There is 10% off a la carte food menu for dinner (4.30pm-11pm) with minimum spending of $80.

Besides cash payment, Nets and credit cards are also accepted now.

Hualong Fishhead Steamboat 華龍魚頭爐

Address: Block 347, Ang Mo Kio Ave 3 #01-2142
Tel: 6457 2275 / 9696 5663
Opening Hours: 11am-2.30pm , 4.30pm-11pm daily

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Visit to Aqua Hair Korean Salon

I badly needed a haircut, the last time i trimmed my hair was more than 6 months ago and last week, i finally visited Aqua Hair Korean Salon to fix my hair.

Conveniently located in town, Aqua is easily accessible from almost anywhere. I like their cozy decorations, makes me feel so at home.

The 'kitchen' and TV area where the staff will have their meals and brew coffee and drinks for their customers. I really liked this area, i have not seen any other hair salons with a mini kitchen area.

Another cozy area inside the salon where you can sit around and read some magazines while waiting for time to pass during your hair treatment.

The front treatment area.

Area for hair wash.

I was given a nice warm cup of Korean Tea.

Along with the tea above, i was also given some snacks to munch.

I wanted to change my hairstyle as i was quite sick of my hair, it's so boring. My fringe grew out a lot and the weight of it made my hair looked very flat on top. In my mind, i had lots of things which i wanted to do, like giving it some natural Korean waves, cutting it short, giving it a root perm for some volume, colouring it etc. But of course i couldn't do everything today so i had to choose what i wanted.

My Korean stylist Jessica gave me some suggestions and in the end, we settled with colouring my hair, perming my fringe and trimming the rest of my crown.

And so, my hair makeover begins!!! Curlers were attached to my fringe. The fringe perm not only curled my fringe but it also gave my roots a little more volume so that it wouldn't look so flat, limp and lifeless.

My fringe was then 'heated' up under the steamer/dryer.

Lotion was applied to my curled up fringe and a tower was wrapped around my fringe and head area to prevent the lotion from dripping.

Hair dye was then applied all over my head.

I was then given a hand massage while waiting for the hair dye to set.

Followed by a neck and shoulder massage!!! Ample strength was applied and i really liked the massage.

At this point of time, i was really excited to see how my hair would turn out to be like.

Around half an hour later....

My new hair after the nice stylists blowed my hair dry and gave it some curls.

Check out my new copper orange coloured hair! Finally a change after so many months.

Thanks to my lovely stylist, Jessica for choosing this vibrant colour for me.

Here's the very friendly and pleasant Sophie who was also very excited for me after seeing my new hair.

Love how my fringe curls naturally to the side now, it's not limp anymore and has a life of its own!

Thank you Aqua Hair Korean Salon for the absolutely wonderful treatment and services. The very friendly staff and professional treatment really made my day.

Last but not least, a small video clip to sum up my day:

Aqua Hair Korean Salon

• 402 Orchard Road, Delfi Orchard, #03-16
• Singapore 238876

Tel: 6732 8011

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AquaHairKoreanSalon/

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