La Cuisson - La French Fine Dining Restaurant [Closed]

La Cuisson Bistro & Wine Bar
44 Prinsep Street, Singapore 188673
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LaCuisson
Opening Hours: 
Tue - Fri: 5:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Sat: 10:00 am - 2:30 pm, 5:30 pm - 11:00 pm
Sun: 10:00 am - 2:30 pm, 5:30 pm - 10:30 pm
Contact: +65 8332 0302

In the midst of finding a restaurant for our monthsary + pre-xmas celebration on a Friday night, I chanced upon La Cuisson's introduction in Hungrygowhere's newsletter. Rated 84% on HGW with several good reviews, we hence decided to give it a try.

For people who don't drive, I'd suggest you to alight at Dhoby Ghaut MRT station and walk over to La Cuisson, directly opposite PoMo and literally right next to the famous Strictly Pancakes restaurant. However, for people who drive, please do NOT follow your GPS. Your GPS/google map is correct. Sadly, there's a construction (see the map below) going on in the middle of Prinsep Street which splits the road into half and you will not be able to reach La Cuisson using your GPS (we came from ECP's Exit 15, Rocher Rd). Drive in from Middle Road into Princep Street to be safe. :) The outdoor coupon-parking spaces along Princep Street is very limited. Fortunately, there are 2 other carparks nearby and we parked at the Mosque's carpark at 51 Bencoolen Street, $2 per entry after 6pm on Mon-Sat and $2 per entry on Sunday.

La Cuisson's exact location, credits to gothere.sg

We finally found the restaurant after 30min of re-routing + finding carpark with heavy traffic. We saw a stretch of restaurants along Princep Street upon turning right from Rendezvous Hotel. La Cuisson stands at the very right end of the stretch, with Strictly Pancakes on her left.

La Cuisson Signboard

La Cuisson on the most right

La Cuisson has two levels of seating. First level with only 5 tables, including kitchen and counter; second level with more tables and single toilet cubicle (don't worry, it's clean). We chose a table at the most corner on the first level. It was only nearly 50% full on a Friday evening, while there's a long queue outside Strictly Pancakes, quite a big contrast.

La Cuisson Level 1

Table Setting with Menu

We ordered Beef Carpaccio (SGD 16) as our appetizer, Shoulder Tender 200g (SGD 28) as my main dish, Pan Seared Salmon (SGD 26) as BF's main dish and Poached Pear (SGD 10) as our dessert. The drinks menu contains the usual beverages with tea and coffee. However, there's no hot chocolate in the menu. Thankfully, they were able to prepare hot chocolate (SGD 5) for me, out of the menu. =)

Hot Chocolate - SGD 5

The hot chocolate was nice and foamy - even to the last drip! They should seriously consider inserting this drink to their menu.

Beef Carpaccio (SGD 16) - Thinly sliced raw beef with a shiitake vinaigrette, shaved onion and micro cress

I love their Beef Carpaccio! Good quality beef, so fresh and sweet! I'd recommend beef lovers to try! Please don't eat too much if you have a weak stomach, cause the beef isn't cooked. =P

Pan Seared Salmon (SGD 26) - Crispy skin, lentils, raisin caper pesto with fennel endive salad

The mains were served at the same time - good job, I don't favor restaurants that serve one by one such that everyone has to wait for everyone else's food to be served before they can start eating. Pan seared salmon lived up to it's description. The skin was indeed crispy! My BF commented that this was the best Pan Seared Salmon he has eaten. The sauce complements well with the salmon too. Yummy yum yum.

Shoulder Tender 200 grams (SGD 28) - 200day Grain Fed Australian Angus served with mashed potatoes, confit shallots, roasted celeriac and garlic

Close up of Shoulder Tender

Sliced by the chef

The shoulder tender looked so good. Rest assured, the red liquid flowing out from the beef wasn't blood, it's red wine. No doubt, the quality of the medium-rare beef was fantastic. However, I'm not a fan of red wine. (I prefer White Wine.) The red wine added made the beef tasted slightly sour and it wasn't very much to my liking. Nevertheless, I still managed to finish the entire plate as the beef itself was superb.

Poached Pear (SGD 10) - Poached pear served with vanilla ice cream and beetroot

The dessert was special. It was my first time trying poached pear so I found it quite interesting. The vanilla ice cream tasted good - ice cream can hardly be bad! The taste of combining a slice of poached pear stained with beetroot and ice cream tasted alright, not fantastic but unique.

I think that La Cuisson deserves appreciation from more people as the quality of their food is excellent, with generous portion (not big big plate and little little food kind, yea Singlish saying), service is good and ambiance is great too. It's a good place for couples to celebrate their anniversaries, also a suitable venue for group gatherings. Also, they have a wine list, I didn't look at it as we seldom consume alcohol. Furthermore, they only charge 10% service charge, no 7% GST. Well, the 7% will soon be added in if they manage to have a turnover of more than 1 million SGD for a year.

Do make a reservation/walk-in if you wanna give this French restaurant a try! :)

One Ocean Seafood Restaurant - Zhi Char Gem in Toa Payoh

*Click here to see update on One Ocean Seafood Restaurant in my new post!*

One Ocean Seafood Restaurant 天翼海鲜

New Location: 7 Mandai Link #01-06, Mandai Connection, Singapore 728653
Moved from Block 1002, Toa Payoh Industrial Park, #01-1407 Singapore 319074 (behind Toa Payoh Lorong 8)
Website: http://www.oneocean.sg/
Opening Hours: Daily 11:00 am -10:30 pm
Contact: +65 6256 3973
Email: one_ocean1002@hotmail.com
(Buffet Review for Ocean Treats' at the bottom)

Usually I will review about western-style cafes and restaurants, however for this post, I shall dedicate to Zhi Char (or Zi Char/Tze Char/Cze Char/煮炒) - Chinese cuisine with a touch of creativity and affordable at the same time.

Situated in an industrial park in Toa Payoh, a weird location I find, One Ocean Seafood Restaurant sits right at the corner of Block 1002 with indoor and outdoor seating. Despite it being located in such an 'ulu' (secluded) place, I was very surprised that the restaurant's quite full inside-out on a normal weekday evening! I've been to this place for quite a few times which then convinced me to write a review about it as I feel that more people need to know about this eatery. There're actually quite a number of regulars too.

How to get there? 
The easiest way is to punch their postal code '319074' into Google map/GPS and let your device do the job in guiding you if you drive. *Perk: Free parking!* Nevertheless, if you don't drive, you can take Bus 238 from Toa Payoh Interchange and alight just 5 stops later, opposite Toa Payoh Polyclinic. It's merely a short 3-5min walk from the bus stop and you'll find One Ocean (see picture below). I always use gothere.sg for guides on public transport. =)

Walking guide from bus stop opposite Toa Payoh Polyclinic to Block 1002 One Ocean Seafood Restaurant (Credits to gothere.sg)

At the entrance, they placed an advertisement for their daily $9 menu.
(I tried translating into English myself as the advertisement is in Chinese.)
Monday: Shark fin's with Crab Meat (usual price $18)
Tuesday: Nyonya Assam Red Fish (usual price $25)
Wednesday: Black Pepper Crab (usual price $30)
Thursday: Cereal Prawn (usual price $20)
Friday: Kampong Chicken (usual price $18)
Saturday: Pineapple Sweet and Sour Pork (usual price $15) or Classic Vegetables (usual price $12)
Sunday: New One Ocean Tofu (usual price $12) or Two Loose Kai-Lan (usual price $12)

Daily SGD 9 Promotion

Their setting of Indoor vs Outdoor is very different. Outdoor is like normal coffee shop, yet the air-conditioned indoor seating is in banquet-style, I would call it a high-class zhi char venue on the inside! Normally you will find Zhi Char in Hawker Centre or Coffeeshop but One Ocean is very different.

I find that most of their dishes are tasty, however I did not take pictures of the food I had over the several occasions except my last visit. =( Nevertheless, I still remember the names of the dishes and I'd strongly urge you to give them a try!

Some of my favourites: Blackcurrant Pork Chop, Pumpkin Crab, Black Pepper Crab, Ocean Platter Combination, Assam Fish Head, Salt & Pepper Beancurd and Roast Chicken.

I know some of you would think 'Huh?? Blackcurrant with pork chop??? Seriously???'. Yea, seriously nice combi in my opinion as well as my BF's; we like the creativity of the chef to come out with different delicious combinations of food.

Sharing some pictures of the restaurant, together with their food below:

Entrance of One Ocean Seafood Restaurant

Ocean Platter Combination

Kampong Chicken

Salted Egg Prawn

Curry Fish Head

Claypot Brinjal

Herbal Frog Claypot Soup

Qing Nong Cai

Beef Teriyaki Cubes (I like it)

Each person will only need to spend about $10-20 unless you order delicacies like Shark Fin's and stuff.

Anyway, one interesting fact about this restaurant is that they will host special events on traditional Chinese occasions like Qing Ming, Chong Yang, Mid-Autumn Festival, etc. Recently they even invited Chen Shucheng (陈澍城, Tan Soo Seng), a veteran Mediacorp artist who specializes in acting and hosting, to their restaurant to host and speak to their customers! Wow! There were door gifts and 3x $100 vouchers to be won as well.

If you missed the previous exciting events, then you should not miss the next event on 13 Dec 2013, celebrating Winter Solstice (冬至), 7.30pm-10.00pm. Priced at only SGD 39.90 NETT per pax and you will be treated to a full 9-course meal!

The 9-course meal includes abalone, shark's fins, red-spotted grouper fish (红斑鱼), prawn, crab, chicken, scallop with vegetables & mushrooms, fragrant rice cooked with sauce, black sesame tang yuan with mango pudding. (Correct me if I'm wrong as the brochure is in Chinese.) You may refer to the brochures below:

SGD 39.90 for 9-course meal at One Ocean Seafood Restaurant

9 Course Meal on Winter Solstice, 13 Dec 2013

If you are curious about how they fare in terms of food, you can give them a call (62563973) to book a table for the upcoming event. Otherwise, you may put this family-friendly restaurant in your list if you wanna hangout with your family or your group of friends after work. One negative part of this place is that the drink stall and One Ocean are separated. Thus you would have to pay separately and some times order separately if it's during peak hours. Nevertheless, if they restaurant's staffs aren't busy, they will help you to order at the drink stall. =)

Other Outlets (Based in Coffeeshop):
Ang Mo Kio: Blk 107 Ang Mo Kio Ave 4, S(560107)
Hougang: Blk 435A Hougang Ave 8, S(530435)
Serangoon: Blk 151 Serangoon North Ave 2, S(550151)
Tanjong Pagar: Blk 7 Tanjong Pagar Plaza, S(081007)
Woodlands: Blk 892C Woodlands Drive 50 #01-02, S(730892)


Update! 
Early Mother Day's Celebration on 08 May 2014

扬州炒饭 Yang Chew Fried Rice (Large size S$12) - Fragrant fried rice!

芋泥鸭 Roasted Duck with Yam (Special order, not in menu, S$22) - Creative and yummy combination!

红斑鱼 Red Spotted Grouper (S$ 63) - Very fresh and nice!

黑胡椒鹿肉 Black Pepper Venison (Medium size S$28) - So good that we ordered another dish with ginger onion but we agreed that black pepper's better

Teriyaki Beef Cube (Medium Size S$30) - Beef's very tender!

Sea Cucumber (Medium Size S$40)

辣椒螃蟹 Chilli Crab (x1 S$55) - BEST DISH of the day

Bun (S$5) - Awesome to dip into chilli crab's sauce!

My family were seated at the VIP section this time round. The service was great. We especially liked the long hair guy who's from Ipoh, he was very friendly and recommended dishes for us. Best thing was, my Grandma could communicate with him as he can speak Cantonese. Great dinner! :)


Ocean Treats Pte Ltd
Catering & Banquet
Website: http://www.oceantreats.sg/
Contact: +65 8666 3666 (Order at least 2 days in advance)
Email: customer@oceantreats.sg
(Updated on 21 Mar 2014)

Last Sunday, my mum ordered a buffet set for 30 pax from Ocean Treats, another business under Ocean Group that provides buffet catering & banquet. The overall buffet was great; we received many compliments from our guests. There were several commendable dishes, especially the Foie Gras Fried Rice with Crab!! As there were many leftover food, we took them home and had them over the next 2 days. I had the fried rice for 2 dinners on different day and never got sick of it. ^^

Buffet Menu
1. Xin Zhou Bee Hoon 星洲炒米粉 - My mum and aunt love this.
2. Claypot Goose Liver (Foie Gras) Fried Rice with Crab 沙锅蚧肉鹅肝炒饭 - Strongly Recommended!
3. Fragrant Marmite Pork Chop 香煎妈咪肉扒 - Very nice! Didn't take close up pic though.
4. Sweet and Sour Fish 酸甜鱼片
5. Broccoli with Scallops 带子西兰花
6. Shrimp Paste Chicken Wing 虾酱鸡 - My bro & cousins' favorite.
7. Hand-made Prawn Roll 手工虾枣
8. Salted Fish Skin 咸蛋鱼皮 - Crispy and tasty!
9. Longan Sea Coconut 龙眼海底椰
10. Ice Lemon Tea 柠檬茶

Pardon the pictures below as I took it with my phone under dark lighting; I forgot to bring my camera to the event my mum hosted. =(

Middle tray - 4. Sweet and Sour Fish 酸甜鱼片 (left) and 3. Fragrant Marmite Pork Chop 香煎妈咪肉扒 (right) 

1. Xin Zhou Bee Hoon 星洲炒米粉

2. Claypot Goose Liver (Foie Gras) Fried Rice with Crab 沙锅蚧肉鹅肝炒饭 - RECOMMENDED (I took this picture after I took away the pincer)

5. Broccoli with Scallops 带子西兰花, 7. Hand-made Prawn Roll 手工虾枣, 8. Salted Fish Skin 咸蛋鱼皮

8. Salted Fish Skin 咸蛋鱼皮, 6. Shrimp Paste Chicken Wing 虾酱鸡

9. Longan Sea Coconut 龙眼海底椰

When the lights were on for awhile..

10. Ice Lemon Tea in the brown dispenser

Table Setting

The buffet arrived 15min before our scheduled time as they had to set up the table and bring in all the different dishes. Everything was done before 6.30pm. At the end of the buffet, they provided us with plastic boxes for us to take away our food. This was very thoughtful as not all buffet caterers will do it. I ordered buffet from Yeh Lai Siang Catering for my 21st birthday party and they didn't provide us anything for us to take away the remaining food. From now onwards I will support Ocean Treats whenever I want to order buffet as they serve good food at reasonable price! =)

Halong Bay 2D1N Cruise 16 Nov; 4D3N Hanoi Retreat 14-17 Nov Day 3&4

Hanoi Day 3
16 Nov 2013

What's not to miss after a peaceful night? The sunrise. The crew member who spent the whole night with us told us that the sun rises at 6am. Of course, I would not want to miss it. My alarm rang at 6am and when I woke up, the sun had already risen. =( The sun will rise at about 4.30-5.00am, I think. Nevertheless, I still went up to the deck to take some pictures of the glory morning view. Below are the pictures taken by Gibson (which I will credit) and I.

Credits to Gibson

Credits to Gibson

Beautiful yet gloomy, Canon S100

Our deck

Our bedrooms along the corridor

We got to choose our ala carte lunch menu during our breakfast. While eating, our tour guide Alex briefed us on our next activities which I had stated on my previous blog post on Hanoi Day 2. 

I picked Chicken and Scallop for my ala carte lunch.

Apple Juice

Breakfast Time

We had to take a rowing boat, 4 by 4, in order to get into Vung Vieng Fishing Village. I can't imagine myself living in such a village - quiet, peaceful and simple. The villagers earn their living mainly through fishing and exporting out to the city. There were kids in some household, smiling and playing around happily. I believe their childhood must be very different and interesting - watching their parents catch fishes, using row boats as transportation and no iPad/iPhone. Nowadays, I've seen many kids holding an iPad in Singapore. Well, there's nothing wrong with it but I feel that kids should be more active physically than being addicted (perhaps a very strong word) to an interactive screen. Okay, enough of my thoughts. Please don't find it offensive, I'm just sharing my view. =)

LF Gibson JH HP on the first rowing boat out

Alex, our tour guide

Moving into the territory of Vung Vieng Fishing Village

Happy Kids #1, credits to Gibson

Happy Kid #2, so shy! No worries, the picture was taken far enough to not expose any private part of his

Cute floating house - every household will have at least one boat

Happy kids #3 - the older kids were helping their mother while the younger sister watched at the door

The only school in Fishing Village

Here we are, reaching the floating school with historical items and a souvenir shop. Credits to Gibson.

The little boy learns to stay still while his mum is rowing the boat

Classroom - so old school to us (pun intended), yet it's their lifestyle in the 21st century

6 of us with Tour Guide Alex at the Floating School

Things they sell in their souvenir shop #1

Things they sell in their souvenir shop #2

Things they sell in their souvenir shop #3

Things they sell in their souvenir shop #4 and they have computer with broadband! Made us realize that they aren't that rural afterall. A good relief. :)

Things they sell in their souvenir shop #5

History about the fishing village

Artifacts in Fishing Village

Simple wall with nets to illustrate the lives of the villagers

Paintings for sale

Another classroom with computers - for the higher level education

The school in the village is really very simple as compared to the schools in Singapore. I don't know whether we are blessed or not, it's subjective. They have limited educational facilities, we have almost the best of everything, yet our stress-level seems much higher than them. I always have many thoughts running through my mind whenever I go overseas. I tend to compare the standard/way of living with Singaporeans very much. Hopefully all these are good reflective moments for me, as I will appreciate my little red dot even more. =)

We left the school and took our previous rowing boat to another place that develops and sells pearl. The scenery was really fantastic while we were on our way. We even came under an opening of an island where we can see all the different formations underneath. Wheeee~ What a beautiful morning!

Caught in action - Villagers hunting for fishes

Putting small 'pearl' into the oyster; Credits to Gibson

The 'immature pearl' vs 'matured pearl'

Yup, now I know about the production of pearls. Quite interesting to see. They do sell necklace, earrings and other pearl-jewellery as well. Do bring lots of cash (USD) if you wish to purchase. We didn't spend much time at the pearl shop and proceeded back to our cruise via a motor boat.

Check out time was 10am and we were supposed to pack our stuff, leave our room and place our luggage at our door step if we need them to help us ferry our bags to their office. Lunch time started at about 11.30am but we were already waiting at our table after 10am. =P

Wearing the robe provided, quite nice eh :)

My dish of scallop and chicken

Beef on HP's. Credits to Gibson.

Yea.. The shore's nearing and we gonna disembark. =(

I was so sad that the 2D1N cruise has ended. It was really enjoyable. This tour to Hanoi will not be as interesting without the cruise trip in Halong Bay. I would strongly recommend you to have a 3D2N cruise if you wish to experience further as you will be BBQing on the beach and dining in a cave on the 2nd night with Indochina Junk! Anyway, our journey has not ended yet! We were being driven to Yen Duc village in Dong Trieu province to watch a water puppet show performed by the locals. Yen Duc village was about 1-2h ride away from Halong.

Entrance to the puppet show. Credits to Gibson.

Start of puppet show

2 Dragons dancing in the water

Farmers cultivating crops

The water puppet show depicts the daily life of the locals. Even though we couldn't understand what they were speaking as it's all in Vietnamese except the title of each show in English, the movements of the puppets were quite comprehensive and funny at the same time. Worth a visit for an experience.

What we dragged the most.... The journey back to our hotel. It's a long 3h ride.... On our journey back, we started hearing the horns all over again. Haha. Halong bay was too peaceful! Super huge contrast. We arrived at about 5.30pm at our 2nd hotel in the Old Quarter - Hanoi Glance Hotel.

Initially, we booked 2 rooms for 3 person each but they ran out of hotel rooms in Hanoi Glance Hotel, thus the kind receptionist gave us 3 rooms in their sister hotel just next door - Glance Beauty Hotel. She was very friendly and similar to the receptionist from Rising Dragon Grand Hotel on our first day in Hanoi, she took out a map and described to us the areas & to-dos around our hotel. The service standard in Hanoi is really AWESOME.

Glance Beauty Hotel Level 2

Our King sized bed. =D

LG TV, free mineral water and tea/coffee

Our normal shower

Super shower on the corner rooms for the other 4!! So fortunate! However, they have a queen sized bed instead of king's

Now I gonna introduce a place that sells delicious phở - famous Vietnamese noodle soup consisting of broth, linguine-shaped rice noodles, a few herbs, and meat (usually beef). This place is a must-go if you love phở.

Phở Sướng
Address: SỐ 24 NGÕ TRUNG YÊN(ĐINH LIỆT), HOÀN KIẾM , HÀ NỘI
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/phosuonghn (can't believe they actually have a FB page!)

Phở Sướng is located at the Red Crossed area - pardon my amateur map and ignore the Points A and B

It's not easy to spot as it's located in a tiny street called Ngõ Trung Yên along the stretch of Đinh Liệt street. Follow my instruction below and I'm sure you will find it.

Depending on where you're coming from, since I stayed at Bat Su street, I turned into Đinh Liệt Street (top of the map) from Hang Bac road. Walked about 3-5min along Đinh Liệt and look for 4D Đinh Liệt (in the pic below).

4D Đinh Liệt - Clothing Shop opposite the entrance of Ngõ Trung Yên

From there, you could see an opening to another street named Ngõ Trung Yên. Just a few steps away and you will be able to spot Phở Sướng.

Phở Sướng

Phở Sướng

Phở - VND 45,000 (approx. SGD 2.82)

This was the best Phở I had in Hanoi so far! Soup was yummy, especially after adding some small red chilli which was provided on the table. The beef was good and the noodles' silky smooth! Very delightful to have this bowl of hot noodles on a chilly night in Hanoi.

Next, we walked passed a random roadside stall selling Chinese doughnuts lookalike - bánh tiêu at 64 Cầu Gỗ. The bánh tiêu was VND 1000 each, it's crunchy but not very tasty. We bought 3 to share among the 6 of us as it can be teared into two thinner slices per bánh tiêu. However HP wanted to have her own share and the uncle actually kind enough to give her an additional piece for free! Vietnamese are so nice! :)

Bánh Tiêu

As LF was craving for some western food, we stopped by Hồ Gươm Cafe/Restaurant at 28 Hang Dao, Hoàn Kiếm. We ordered Carbonara, Pepperoni Pizza, Spring-roll with Prawns to share and a drink each. While waiting, there were two women carrying a basket of breads approached us separately for the sale of the breads.

Hồ Gươm Cafe/Restaurant - Credits to Gibson

Saigon Beer and Hanoi Beer - Very much prefer Hanoi Beer!

Cute spade carving with the guava

Hot Chocolate

The bread we bought from the bread seller holding a basket of breads

Carbonara and Pepperoni Pizza

Vietnamese Spring Roll with Prawn

The drinks were pretty decent, however the food were below average. Don't bother trying this place as there are many other good places for western food in Old Quarter area.

We set off again from the restaurant to Hang Dao - Dong Xuan Night Market. While making our way there, we saw Lotteria (Fast-food chain which started in Nihonbashi, Tokyo in 1972). They pasted an Ice Cream ad in the picture below which totally drew us into Lotteria!

VND 3000 (SGD 0.20) Ice Cream Cone!!!! - Credits to Gibson

The 20 cents culprit which seduced us into Lotteria

Fried Calamari

Fries - I love their fries!

Shake Shake Chicken

The night market was super crowded with mostly locals and some foreigners. Their night market's only available on Fri, Sat and Sun night. Based on how the stalls are lined up, there were two lanes for you to walk. You have to be on the correct lane as they moved in different directions. This is something unique about Vietnam - even though there's hardly any traffic light nor traffic controller, the people seems to know where they should head to. I saw many families with their kids along the long never-ending street of night market. Very nice weekend 'walkathon' for the locals. You can find food, clothes, shoes and many other stuffs in the Night Market. :)

There were kids selling rats! Eww

Their version of 'Neo-Print'

Small alley selling hot pot

And so, we ended our night at Comga, the cafe that we went to on our first night in Hanoi. They have free wifi and nice atmosphere. We ordered egg benedicts and chicken pie for sharing, as well as our own drinks. Everyone's so shagged at the end of the day.. We checked out from our cruise, had a 3-4h bus journey back to Old Quarter from Halong and walked through the entire night market.

HP's stealing some nap time, LF checking out Instagram using my phone and I'm just too tired to smile for the camera

Smile for one last time for the night! =D

Our drinks

Egg Benedict and Chicken Pie

Hanoi Day 4
17 Nov 2013

Alright, let me quickly finish up Day 4 as there isn't anything much to talk about. We finally had a later breakfast at our hotel, relative to the previous days, at 9am. Yes I know 9am was still early! Glance Beauty Hotel also has buffet style breakfast and you can feel free to order those on the menu as well.

Lovely seating for me and YH

Their version of scrambled eggs - credits to Gibson

We had to leave our hotel for airport at 1pm as our flight TR2309's at 4pm and our hotel staff pleasantly extended our check-out time from 12pm to 1pm for free! They helped us booked a 7-seater transport to the airport for VND 420,000 (USD 20/SGD 26.25), about SGD 4.38 per person. Since it's the last day, we asked the service counter at our hotel to recommend us some good places to purchase souvenirs.

Awesome stay, value for money

Credits to Gibson

Credits to Gibson

First souvenir stop

Wide selection of snacks!

OOTD while they were busy looking at snacks

Crab-shaped cracker

Highlands Coffee for a break

Group photo taken by Gibson at Highlands Coffee - Credits to Gibson

View of the bridge from the outdoor seating of Highlands Coffee

Magic Slimming Mirror

Wanted to have a second try but they were closed from 11am-4.30pm =(

Cat showing off her tail - credits to Gibson

*Scratch scratch*

BF and I came back to this stall (we had on Hanoi Day 1) as I love the food here!

VND 50,000 (SGD 3.13) for all these

Put the meat into the soup for a different taste!

Our cheerful and pretty hotel staff saying goodbye to us!

On our ride to the airport - Credits to Gibson

Airport Drop Off Point

Check-in Counter

Vietnam Airlines - many many planes in Hanoi Airport, it's just like SQ in Changi Airport

Checked in area - Credits to Gibson

The only restaurant in the airport, one on each floor. - Credits to Gibson

Moon's on the left of the plane

Sun's on the right of the plane

This marked the end of our 4D3N Trip to Hanoi. I agreed that this is a super duper long post. Thank you for reading and I hope that it's helpful to you as well! Please let me know if you need any advice or travel tips, I'll be more than willing to share. Leave a comment if you have any doubts too.

I love travelling. To travel is to live - Hans Christian Andersen.