Hey peeps! This must be your first time visiting our blog.
Let’s start off today’s post with a short introduction to our blog. First of
all, Lief is created by 5 enthusiastic and fun-loving teens from Temasek
Polytechnic’s Diploma of Marketing. It is a problog. Not a professional blog,
but a project blog! In other words, our blog will be graded by our tutors. And
one of our assessment criteria is the number of unique visitors it gets. This
means that, the more visitors we have, the higher our grade would be. So do us
a favour, will ya’? If you really love what we our posting, then please share
it with your friends! Your effort to help promote our blog is very much
appreciated. And for that, you have our eternal gratitude. We will be bringing
you fresh and interesting content every week, so please stay tuned!
 |
| Entrance via the 1st level |
 |
| The Living Room |
Anylief, for our
first post, we will be covering on a super duper hip restaurant in Singapore. It
entered into Singapore’s F&B industry early on this year. Let’s give a warm
welcome to Fullhouse Theme Cafe!
 |
| The Balcony |
Do you like good food? Is your favourite hobby, shopping? Or
would you like to have some ice-cold beer right after a sumptuous dinner?
Fullhouse will be able to satisfy all little cravings. Fullhouse is a
Victorian-themed café with a really cool concept, whereby there is a sweet
combination of bistro, restaurant and retail. It is located at 9 Bras Basah Road. On the first floor, Fullhouse
Bistro serves a variety of alcoholic drinks. The second floor would consist of the
restaurant, serving Western cuisines, and the retail itself. Ladies, you can actually shop in the restaurant
itself while waiting for the food to be served. Isn’t that great?
 |
| What the Lief-ers like to call, The Amazing Wall Lamp |
Today, we, the Lief blog crew, decided to visit this unique
restaurant for lunch. Fortunately, we were able to witness a wedding held at
the concourse of Rendezvous Hotel. Congratulations, you love birds! Anylief, as we step into the Victorian-themed
restaurant, we were greeted by friendly staffs and a luxurious-looking couch. We
were asked to wait patiently in the “living room” as the waitress sets our table.
Our curious and dee siao siao crew
members decided to make ourselves at home on the couch. It was an unsightly
scene to witness. The crew were fantasizing of having such couch at our house.
The couch would have made a good spot to take a late-afternoon nap! As we
wandered around, we see many delicate decors around the restaurant. Some of us were
actually captivated by the wall lamps as it had minute carving details on it
and it simply looks stunning!
 |
| The Study Room |
Then, the crew stumbled upon the retail area, also known as the Bedroom or Master Bedroom. Like the name suggests, the retail's concept is like a bedroom, with clothes and
accessories nicely placed on the dressing table. In Fullhouse, seats by the windows are named as Balcony seats. They are located in the Balcony. This is definitely a romantic spot. Lovers out there, take note, this is a potential Valentines' restaurant!
Fullhouse not only welcome diners and shoppers, this humble restaurant welcome event organisers to hold their events here. There are actually VIP/Events rooms, AKA Study Rooms, that are available for booking. As lucky as always, the crew got to witness an actual meeting held at one of the VIP rooms. The meeting was followed by lunch catered by the restaurant itself. These rooms are geared with televisions, projectors and royalty-liked comfy sofas. Definitely our type of 'study room'.
 |
| Salmon Salad |
Enough of the interior design of the restaurant, let’s talk
about the food! How can we not resist such temptations?! For the appetisers, we ordered the Salmon
Salad. The aesthetics of the Salmon Salad was incredible – smoked salmon rolled
into rose paired with fresh sliced mangos and, beautifully finished with crisp
boutique salad as garnishing. The flavour is indescribable when you combine the
three together. The crispiness of the boutique salad gives this dish its
texture. At the same time, the smoked salmon’s taste is skilfully brought out
by the chef. To put it simply, the salmon is smoked to perfection. When first
put into the mouth, the freshness of the smoked salmon would appeal to our
taste buds. As you take your first bite, you would taste the sweetness and
saltiness of the mango and salmon. The salad would end off with a blend yet
refreshing taste could only be done by the boutique salad.
 |
| Wok-Sear Chicken Chop |
Subsequently, we ordered 3 main courses. Like the saying
goes, “never judge its book by its cover”. Fullhouse taught some of us that. As
we were deciding on the dishes, we thought that we should try dishes that are
more uncommon in the market.
Wok-Sear Chicken Chop just sounded like any
ordinary chicken chop with a fanciful name. However so, as we asked the
waitress for recommendations, we were told that this is actually their
signature dish. Therefore, we decided to give a try. All we could say after
having our first mouthful of ‘ordinary chicken chop with a fanciful name’ was, “luckily
we order sia”. Yes, believe it or not, this chicken chop isn’t that ordinary
after all. Once again, Fullhouse Theme Café impresses us with its delicate
aesthetics.
A good slice of grilled chicken, topped with raisin jus, is gently
placed above a wholesome serving of mashed potato, artistically garnished by broccoli,
carrots and other vegetables. So what’s so good about this chicken chop? This
slice of chicken thigh is so tender that it melts in our mouth. The
sauce does not cover the taste of the chicken itself but further enhances it. A fine dish which left the crew an impression.
 |
| Pan-Sear Dory Fish |
The second main course is named the Pan-Sear Dory Fish. Grilled
dory fish nicely placed above a sturdy base made of siew pak choy and mashed
potato, then topped with plentiful of lemon grass cream.
The taste of lemon grass
may not be widely accepted as some may find it too pungent. However so, this is not the case for this particular dish! Stuart, our little boy, was never a lover of lemon grass. Due to this fact, all of us was trying to make him eat some of this. And you know what? After 30 minutes of divine persuasion (okay, this is a bit exaggerating), he took a puny bite and, you know what, he actually fell in love with it. The lemon grass cream was mild yet flavourful, enough to bring out the taste of the sea. Because of this cream, the dory fish is not sickening and it made us crave for more!
For our last main course, the crew decided to go with some carbo.
Vongole Spaghetti, a butter base spaghetti complemented with clam meat, olive oil and touch of chilli flakes.
 |
| Vongole Spaghetti |
This dish is an underdog. When we say its an underdog, we meant it. Initially, the crew wasn't very excited about this dish as it is fairly common in the industry. However, Fullhouse never stops to impress us. The spaghetti is perfectly prepared - it isn't too soggy, and isn't too hard. It had great texture as the noodles bounced about in your mouth. The sauce was impressive as well. The butter base isn't too heavy. At the same time, the base was put in adequate amount as the spaghetti wasn't too soaked or too dry. No surprise, the clam meat was fresh as ever. In total, the crew love this dish as it is appealed to us more than many of the pastas in Singapore.
As of the drinks, Fullhouse has a huge array of selections. From ice blended to tea, coffee and even milk shake, you name it, they have it! While looking through the menu, the crew's attention was drew to the drinks. Beautiful illustration we say!
 |
| Rose + Strawberry Magic Ball |
One of the drinks was Rose + Strawberry Magic Ball. We were drawn to the name 'Magic Ball' as it was intriguing. Like the name describes, the Magic Balls were magical! As you pop one into your mouth, sit back, relax and experience an explosion of strawberry goodness and icy cold rose ice blended!
The crew had Mango + Grape Topped with Green Apple Jelly, Peppermint + Chocolate topped with Chocolate Syrup and Honey Lemon with Aloe Vera. The Honey Lemon with Aloe Vera wasn't our favourite. It had this queer taste. Maybe, we didn't knew how to appreciate this drink but yeah! Not so good!
 |
Peppermint+Chocolate
topped with
Chocolate Syrup |
 |
Honey Lemon with
Aloe Vera |
 |
Mango+Grape
topped with
Green Apple Jelly |
Price-wise, the crew believe that the food in Fullhouse is the bang for the buck. The quality of food does not lose out to fine-dining restaurants or hotels. At the same time, the pricing of food is at the level of casual-dining, ranges from $12.90 to $40.
In a nutshell, Fullhouse's concept impressed all of us. We were like little kids in Disneyland as we trance into this lovely restaurant. Not only is the concept unique to Singapore's F&B industry, the food is value for the money. Be it the quality of food, aesthetic of food or the interiors of the restaurant, Fullhouse is of a superior standard to many restaurants in Singapore, comparable to fine-dining or hotel-level restaurants. Furthermore, the services provided by the waiters and waitress were more than pleasing. They were patient to our little annoyance as we brought up many questions. To sum it up, the crew had an unforgettable and awesome experience dining with Fullhouse!
Fullhouse Theme Cafe:
Monday - Sunday: 12pm - 10.30pm
9 Bras Basah Road, #01-04
Rendezvous Gallery
Singapore 189559.
Tel: 6336 6328 for reservations
Closest MRT Station: NS24 NE6 CC1 Dhoby Ghaut
http://fullhouse.com.sg
 |
| Rendezvous Gallery |
Directions:
1. Enter Plaza Singapura from the MRT Station
2. Exit via the exit near Sephora
3. Turn left then head north all the way
4. Follow the pathway by the road (you should see The Cathay and SOTA)
5. Enter the building which looks like this!
With lots of love,
The Liefies
