Su Food (Vegetarian Food): Food Review

Vegetarian food- just hearing the phrase is bound to send shivers down a meat-lover's spine. All greens and no ACTUAL food?? Before you close the tab or click on another post, scroll down and you will soon find yourself looking at vegetarian food in another light.

$29.90 for an 8 course meal? It does sound too good to be true.

Starting off the meal with their cute little three-piece-appetizer...

The SUFOOD Appetiser $5.00

From left to right- tomato in jelly, lady's finger bathed in salad dressing and blackcurrant covered Japanese yam. For the best eating experience, remember to eat from right to left, and wash it down with a glass of apple cider!

Rosemary Breadsticks $3.00

Ok so I was really excited for this because I think the bread was freshly baked!! on the spot!! because it was warm but it was soft and fluffy at the same time so I don't think it was microwaved. 

And on to the next course which is the salad

Classic Garden Salad $6.00

This really gave me a shock because i'm not the kind of people that enjoy shoving pure vegetables in my mouth. It was delicious as the vegetables were fresh and sweet and complimented well with the salad dressing.

French Onion and Cheese Soup $6.00

This is probably the best choice out of the four on the menu- Misto Mushroom, Root Soup and Cream of Pumpkin. The onion cheese soup has a relatively richer taste compared to the mushroom and pumpkin soup which was why i liked it. But if you prefer a lighter flavour you should order the misto mushroom soup which tastes similar to japanese miso soup. The pumpkin soup was pretty disappointing because it looks like it was made in heaven but it tastes like satan peed in it. Ok no but it tasted pretty average especially because it wasn't hot.

And finally on to the main course

Curry Cheese Pizza $13.00

Chunks of potatoes and parmesan cheese drizzled with moderately-spicy thick curry, wrapped in a layer of crispy dough and finishing with a piece of vegetable as a reminder that it's vegetarian. This dish was honestly the bomb of the entire meal. I probably had a food orgasm as the spices teased my taste-buds. 

If you're having difficulties eating the middle portion, you can try wrapping it like this so that the fillings don't spill easily.

White Ferula Pasta $14.00

Honestly this beats a lot of pasta restaurants in Singapore and it's pretty cheap for something that tastes this good too! Every bite of the pasta was rich in flavour and taste and it was neither too salty nor bland. Topped with juicy Ferula mushrooms which really complimented the taste of the pasta. This is really dumb but I thought the mushrooms were slices of fake chicken haha.

Rainbow Baked Pasta $14.00

Ok I don't recommend ordering this because it tasted pretty normal. Like it's something that you'll go 'meh' instead of 'wow omg this is so awesome I want another bite'. 

And onto the last meal of the course- Deserts.

Mango Frollino $4.80

Another dish that you should refrain from ordering. The mango thing piece at the top is frozen solid and does not stick to the crumbs in the middle. Not only does the texture sucks, it tasted like someone poured mango smoothie in a mould and shoved it in a freezer.

Rosso e Giallo $4.80

The fanciful name stands for red bean cake and beancurd pudding. My mom claims that the cake was bland and didn't really like it. After trying it myself, I think that it's ok; it's not as bad as the Mango Frollino but it wasn't exactly good either. But the beancurd pudding on the other hand oh my god. It feels like eating clouds because I literally felt the jelly disintegrate in my mouth. It was so satisfactory and I'm definitely going to order this the next time!

Vanilla Ice-Cream with Hot Chocolate $4.80

Who knew that the simplest thing on the desserts menu can taste the nicest. I think the chef must've slipped in a teaspoon of cocaine because after stealing a bite from my dad, I couldn't help but want another bite, and another, and another. Oh god, I'm already aching for it while writing this. 

My Ratings

Service: 10/10

Food: 8/10

Ambience: 8/10

Total: 8.5/10

http://sufood.com.sg/

Raffles City

252 North Bridge Road #02-19

Singapore 179103

+65 6333 5338

Wheelock Place

501 Orchard Road, #B2-01 

Singapore 238880

+65 62388308

Universal Studios Hollywood

During the California trip, my sister and I went to Universal Studios Hollywood. Yes, just us since my parents aren't really a fan of theme parks and they didn't really know the characters there. As far as I can remember, this is the first time I've went to a theme park in another country without my parents so it was definitely a unique experience for me. 

We got the Front-of-the-line passes to make sure we could finish all the rides and shows. Thank god we did as it was Boxing Day and the place was extremely crowded. All the rides except for one kiddy ride had at least a 40 minute wait after 10 am so if you're planning to try out all the attractions in a day, buying the fast passes will be the smarter choice. 

I was really surprised when I saw the park map as I had no idea the park would be so small. I was so psyched for the Marvel rides as I didn't reach the height limits when I was younger. Little did I know that that was in Universal Studios Florida. Disappointing yes I know. 

We started out at the Minions area as we were looking for Starbucks. The only ride there was the 4D stimulator ride that Singapore doesn't have. It was still early when we got there so we barely had to queue. This was how we made our mistake... After the ride, we went around taking photos with mascots, drink coffee at a French Bistro near the Minion ride (don't buy the starbucks from here because they have really limited choices and the coffee wasn't that good either). The 20 minute wait time for the rides became over 40 minutes!

The second ride we went to was the Jurassic World Wet Ride which is located at the Lower Lot. I kinda hate how there's an Upper Lot and a Lower Lot because it takes 4 long escalators from one place to another. It was really inconvenient and a waste of time. Again we decided not to use our fast passes as the waiting time wasn't that long yet, which was pretty dumb of us because we didn't have time for a second round as planned. 

One of the rides was really enjoyable and special. The Studio Tour is a must to go as it is the main attraction of Universal Studios Hollywood. I think that because of their size constraints and the fact that Universal Studios movies are filmed there, the rides are mostly 4D simulators to show off how great their technology and stuff are. So yes, in exchange of exciting adrenaline pumping roller coaster rides, you get to ride on a tram around the sets of many universal studios movies. How exciting!!

I may sound sarcastic but the experience is a lot better than how I just described it. If you don't believe me you can always believe the waiting time of the attraction, which was 75 minutes. It was really an eye opener to learn that the same set could be remodeled to fit different locations in dozens of movies. We also got the chance to watch 360• 4D stimulators for King Kong and Fast and Furious 7. They really went overboard with the water effects because it felt like they dumped a whole pail of unknown liquid on my face. 

The other ride I enjoyed was the Mummy coaster. It is almost the same as the one in Singapore so you must be wondering why I had fun on it. So at the last part of the ride, it was really quite and dark. Just imagine the silent part before a jump scare in a horror movie and you'll get what I mean. During that part, I screamed at my sister and she got scared and what made it even funnier was that I did the same thing when we watched an Egyptian movie a few months back. We planned to ride the Mummy coaster again and I was really looking forward to it because I wanted to scare other people but the queue for the single riders was definitely more than 30 minutes in the evening when we got back to it. After wasting 15 minutes we decided to give up. 

There were other rides/shows that Singapore doesn't have such as the Simpson Ride, Animal Actors and the classic ones like the Transformer 4D Ride and Jurassic Park. 

I think that Animal Actors is a fantastic pet show. Usually pet shows have the usual animals: dogs, cats, pigeons and pigs for some others. I'm quite sure not many pet shows have owls in their cast list. The animals of the shows are actually the animals in Universal Studios movies, one of which is Harry Potter. It was really cool to see how animals are trained to act in movies. What made the show even better was the backstage passes we had due to the front-of-the-line card, allowing us to take pictures with the owl!

And now I shall end of this post with pictures :)

The 5th Wave: Movie Review

The 1st Wave

Knocked out all the power

then the 2nd Wave hit

An earthquake strong enough to shake the entire planet

With the 3rd Wave 

A disease spread across the world

By the 4th Wave

They were among us

and The 5th Wave?

Nobody knows... but it'll be the last wave before all of humanity gets wiped out.

With a trailer like this, anyone would think that the 5th wave will be their top loved film of 2016 but you guys are so wrong.

With a 1.5/5 popcorn rating in Golden Village and a 5.5/10 dished out by IMDB, the movie is basically an ugly person that meitu xiu xiu-ed his/her face before posting the photo online.

Personally, I think that the movie was not bad until I compared it with the book. I'm not saying that book-inspired movies should be completely the same as books but the number of things and details that they miss out was !!!! Honestly, it is movies like this that make book lovers like myself think 'the book is better than the movie.'

So here are the 10 differences between the movie and the book

warning: the following blog post contains an immense amount of spoilers. Read at your own risk. Viewers discretion is advised. 

1. Wonderland

This is a really important piece in the storyline but for some reason the producers decided that it meant nothing. The Wonderland is a machine that allows the others to see the memories of a person attached to it. Every new comer to Wright Patterson has to be attached to Wonderland to see if he/she knows about the Others. 

This is why Ben had to shoot himself before returning to base alone, so that he had to be put under medication and wouldn't be plugged into the Wonderland immediately.

2. Dropping The Eye

This scene takes place after the massacre at the refuge camp. Cassie didn't witness the killing at first because she ran away to the ash pit (which wasn't mentioned as well) and killed two of the Others there before returning to see the eye, which is a glowing green explosive sphere.

3. Evan and Cassie
This is a really cute scene in the book because it shows how Cassie and Evan's relationship develops from being strangers to lovers; and it shows how Cassie's suspicion turned into love. During this period of time, Evan helped Cassie recover from her bullet wound and also shared many secrets and stuff about their pre-apocalyptic life but all these was cut from the movie.

4. Oompa's death

Oompa, the soldier who was shot in the bus, did not die from a bullet. Based on the book, they were running towards a car park and a metal shard from the explosion impaled him from the back.

5. Wright Patterson's secret

Okay so for some reason, the producers decided to screw up the most important scene in the whole movie as well. In the book, Ben's squad's commander is Reznik (the movie named the nurse Reznik for some reason) and that Reznik was the one who opened fire at the roof-top. After getting the rest of the squad to safety, Ringer and Ben went to the roof top and to find out that they were the 5th wave. They found Reznik and killed him, retrieving a silver device that has a gps system to track all the soldiers, and a red button to kill anyone with the tracker. 

There was a soldier named Flynn in their squad who was a major ass-hole. He didn't believe Ben and Ringer so he grabbed the device, pressed the red button and ended his life.

6. Mayfly
Somewhere in the book, Cassie told Evan that they were cockroaches that the Others were killing them off one by one because they survived the previous waves; like how a few cockroaches will survive after spraying the house with insecticide. And Evan was telling her how brave she was and said, "you're the Mayfly."

Sure I do agree it is a really dumb romantic phrase but it's the kind of dumb romantic shit that people likes!! It could've been the "Maybe okay will be our always" from The Fault in Our Stars.

7. Forest scene
Another really romantic scene where Evan got injured from saving Cassie. In the book, Evan and Cassie were ambushed at night in the forest by four men. Evan was injured by a grenade but still managed to retaliate, killing the four men instead. This is how Cassie found out that Evan wasn't human.

8. Vosch and Ben
After Ben returned to the base alone to rescue Sam, Vosch brought him to the meeting room. Compared to the book, this was a huge contrast as Ben was severely injured and could barely walk. Vosch also acted like he believed Ben's explanation.

9. Cassie intruding Wright Patterson
Because every new comer has to be plugged into Wonderland, it was almost impossible for Cassie to infiltrate the base. She was supposed to strangle the nurse until she passed out, because like everyone else, she had a tracker in her neck and Vosch would know if she died.

10. Cassie's uniform

In the book, Cassie took a uniform that was obviously not her size but the uniform she was wearing in the movie looked like it was tailor-made for her.

So if you're planning to watch the movie, read the book instead because the book is extremely good and I was reading it all day instead of doing stuff.

"The Others see our hope as a weakness, but they're wrong"

                                                       Ratings: 0.5/5 stars 
                                                        but the book is 10/10