Food Tasting with OpenRice @ Harry's Bar

Halo, bar goers! I'm sure everyone knows about Harry's Bar when it comes to Happy Hours, but are you aware that Harry's Bar is not just a bar? 

Harry's Bar at Clark Quay has recently launched an all-new menu with 50 over items! I am honored to be invited by Reka from OpenRice for a food tastingHarry's at Clark Quay, with a travel-themed has a warm & cozy ambiance Heehee... so true!Wefie while waiting for food to be servedThe tasting started off with Harry's Premium Lager beer ($13) followed by some small platesThe crispy Fish Cracklings ($13) served with aioli dip is super addictive I can't stop munching on itCrab & Potato cakes ($16 for 6pcs). Packed with generous amount of shredded Blue swimmer crab meat and mashed potato served with Sriracha tomato dip. This proves to be a hit among the small plates Harry's Signature Wings ($13 for 6pcs, $19 for 10pcs), coated with secret recipe spices and served with homemade chili jam. The wings on it's own taste a little tom yum to me thou =DJalapeno Steak Sliders ($13 for 3). The Mini burgers with tender beef strips and charred bell peppers, served with Jalapeno cheese sauce. Surprisingly, it doesn't have the cheesy taste at all. By now, we were being served with Harry's Signature drink, Dirty Harry ($16). Concoction of Vodka, brown sugar and lychee liqueur with a dash of zing from freshly cut lime wedges, served with a sweet canned lychee. Super delish and the brown sugar adds a hint of crunchiness to the drink. Since Sam doesn't drink, I can't be more glad to help her finish up her's.

Up next, the big plates (main dish). 

Chicken Masala $23, served with charcoal bread. Ain't a fan of Indian food served outside since my Indian friend's mum is a superb cook, but the Chicken Masala served at Harry's tasted as good as home-cooked dish. Charcoal bread served at the side is also soft & fluffy. Definitely a dish I would order on my next visit Crabmeat Spaghettini ($23). It is supposed to be spicy but I couldn't taste a single hint of spiciness. Also, it was way too watery to even taste the tomato nor the crab flavorAfter the main dish comes dessert. Toffee Apple Crisp Tart ($14), with thinly sliced apple on crust pastry, drizzled with salted caramel sauce and topped with vanilla ice cream. The dessert doesn't impress me as the pastry is rather tough. Texture of ice cream feels & taste more like clotted creamLast but not least, dessert was paired with a sparkling Cinzano Prosecco ($13.50) wine to end the dinner on a sweet note. Wefie again =) Don't say I bo jio ok! If you want to be invited to awesome food tasting, join OpenRice now! Fooling around with the props while waiting for group picture to be taken. This prop is just so me! Group picture (*picture credit to Reka)Thank You, Reka for the invite.I will definitely be back for more =)

Harry's Bar

3D River Valley Road, #01-01

Singapore 179023

Tel: 6338 7331

Operating Hours: 

Sunday to Thursday & Non-weekend Public Holiday: 12 pm to 1 am

Friday, Saturday & Eve of Public Holiday: 12 pm to 3 am  

OpenSnap RedMi Winner #20

OpenRice recently launched a new application called OpenSnap & they had this contest going on where you just need to post photos of your yummy food & hashtag it with #dontsayibojio & share it to Facebook or Twitter with the same hashtag (#dontsayibojio) to increase your chances of winning

I joined for the fun of it, & was surprised that I won the 20th RedMi phone even thou I did not do it faithfully on a daily basis =)The next day, I went to OpenRice office to collect the price & the lady in-charge was nice to wait close to an hour for me cos I was stuck in the jam

The winning set of RedMi!

Standard package comes with adaptor

2pcs of SIM card sleeve

and of cos... ... the phone!

Oh ~~ I just got know that it's a dual-SIM phone!

As compared to S4 in the picture; size of the phone is about 13.5 cm X 6.8 cm, with about 0.8cm thickness

Not sure what should I do with the phone since I just got my Samsung S5 about few months ago and I already have an iPhone4S & Samsung S4 collecting dust at home, I asked if any of my siblings wants to take over her. SIL offered to buy it over from me, but ... ... I rejected her offer & gave it to her for free instead =)

This contest has since ended on 14 Jun 14

However, do not fret as they are currently having another contest - Eat.Snap & Be Rewarded.

Two winners (one from each category - Most New Followers & Most Photo Likes) will walk away with a Nikon COOLPIX P340 with built-in WiFi worth $569

On top of that, there are also 50 pairs of Golden Village Gold Class Tickets worth ($72) to be won!

Simply post 30 photos in the month to be eligible for the lucky draw and double your winning chances when you share to Facebook or Twitter and hashtag #dontsayibojio 

How to join the contest?

1. Login to OpenSnap

2. Invite friends to join & follow other foodies

3. Post food photos from restaurant or home cooking

If you have yet to download OpenSnap, do it now at Apple Store or Google Play & start posting away with #dontsayibojio 

Good Luck, everyone!

Give Away: OpenRice 2014 Calendar

Hello All, 

I've got 20 OpenRice 2014 Calendars to give away. How to get your hands on them? Read on to find out!

OpenRice is an online dining guide written by local people, with a comprehensive restaurant search engine and a platform for users to write reviews on restaurants they have visited. Founded in Hong Kong in 1999, OpenRice is now the city's most popular place to find dining ideas and share dining experience. Since then, OpenRice has further established its presence in major cities across China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, and Singapore. 

Apart from being an online dining guide, they also runs contests on their site. They are currently running the Hungry Game where users are to submit their food reviews to gain experience points & redeem instant win prizes. 

They are also currently running a Rice & Shine project that benefits the community. How does it works & how does it benefits the community? 

OpenRice will pledge 100g of rice for every new member signup from October till December 2013, and all proceeds will be donated to needy households within the Central Singapore district

What are you waiting for? 

Register for a free OpenRice account and do a good deed to the community. Apart from doing a good deed, you get an OpenRice 2014 calendars which features lots of yummy pictures of food. 

All you need to do is to sign up for an OpenRice account & leave me a note with your OpenRice user ID & your email address on the comment box by 27th December 13

Imperial Treasure Noodle & Congee House

Once again, I met up with OpenRicer midas400 & happybaby03 to collect our contest prize from OpenRice

I didn't have much time & eating plans, so I only manage to submit enough reviews for redemption of $20 Starbucks Card. 

If you have been reading my blog, you would have known what the contest is all about. If you've still unsure about it, head on to OpenRice's Contest page & check out The Hungry Games

After collecting our prizes, we went dinner at Imperial Treasure Noodle & Congee House, ION

We were lucky to secure a table within 5 mins even though there a queue

Table setting & the condiments provided

midas400 & myself saw this Crispy Pig Intestine on the menu we decided o order it even when we have already ordered 5 dishes. It is soft yet crispy, so no regrets lah! 

Chicken with Yam in Claypot. It was simmer with coconut milk & it taste kinda wired. It taste like bur-bur-cha-cha! haha... *btw, the lady taking our orders had already pre-warned us that it tasted like bur-bur-cha-cha! 

Spinach with 3 types of egg (Egg, Salted Egg & Century Egg)

Salted Egg Squid. I had this just about 2 weeks ago during my department dinner at Tampines1 & I like it a lot. Upon my recommendation, the girls decided to give it a try. Love the soft texture of the squid & the generous amount of salted egg!

3 BBQ Combintions - Roast Pork, Roast Duck & Char Siew. All's good but  I reckon next time I will just order the Roast Pork cos I didn't have enough & can't get enough of it. Even the little girl who is with us can't get enough of the roast pork!

Tofu with Seafood

Soup noodle with chicken

The little girl (happybaby03's daughter) finished up the entire bowl of noodle & stillo munch on some of our dishes

Her "yummy face" at the end of the dinner =)

Imperial Treasure Noodle & Congee House

ION Orchard, #B3-17 

2 Orchard Turn, Singapore 238801

ion_noodle@imperialtreasure.com

Tel: (65) 6509 8283

Monday to Friday 

All-Day 11.00am to 10.30pm

Saturday & Sunday 

All-Day 10.30am to 10.30pm