Comments on: Dallas, Texas – Day 4

By: Willy

Willy — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 07:06:27 +0000

On your comment about Guacamole, yes its used like crazy in about every Mexican dish, as well as Pico De Gallo. When you live in CA you tend to eat so much Mexican food, it’s great!!

By: Aristocrat

Aristocrat — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 14:26:35 +0000

Hmm, no spicy Mexican beer. Bottled beer only Corona and Sol. But we brew our own beer though. We also the biggest collection of tequilas in SE Asia. Over 80 different types. Or more, I donno…

Yep, thanks. All the best for your working career too ;)

By: Veron

Veron — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 01:51:57 +0000

Authentic Mexican food? Really? Do they also have that spicy Mexican beer? Because for some weird reason, I am missing the taste of it now! Haha

I haven’t seen too many Mexican restaurants in Singapore (or maybe I haven’t been paying enough attention) so I gotta check this one out!

All the best for your exams!

By: Aristocrat

Aristocrat — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 16:38:47 +0000

Getting stress relief from exams: good thing you don’t have to go through that anymore.

Anyway, yes guacamole is usually found accompanying dishes such as fajitas. Basically it comes with almost every single dish I can think of. But if you are watching your waist-line, don’t take too much. It’s fattening.

And if you are interested in trying authentic Mexican cuisine, go to Cafe Iguana at Riverside Point beside Jumbo Seafood Restaurant. You should have a fairly good dining experience there. Plus the margaritas are half-priced during happy hours. That should keep you going.

And of course, it’s all because I work there ;) Go try out and do your foodie review on it ha!

By: Veron

Veron — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 16:48:48 +0000

Hey py, not too sure about that. I’m curious to find out too! Perhaps Min can answer that for us :)

By: Veron

Veron — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 16:48:07 +0000

Min, thanks for the bit on guacamole! Is that a common thing in Mexican cuisine? And yes, we have that crappy 10% service charge over here which, ironically, drives down service standards since waiter/resses no longer can/have to work to earn their keep.

By: py

py — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 08:36:28 +0000

Which part of America is not too crowded and noisy, and has a rich heritage that I can learn from?

By: Min

Min — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 01:35:20 +0000

Wow, after reading all the comments, I learned something new! I didn’t know surcharge was automatically put on the bill in Singapore… Oh, and the main ingredient for guacamole is avocado. It’s delcious!

By: Veron

Veron — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 14:51:40 +0000

Don’t consider, just do it! The real question is where in America. I wanna go to New York City or one of those sunny places.

By: py

py — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 14:39:53 +0000

You are making me consider America as a possible venue for vacation.

By: Veron

Veron — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 08:06:23 +0000

Whoa that sounds pretty strong! But you are right. There have been incidents of Singaporeans being asked to leave posh restaurants when they come clad in berms. But the Caucasian man wearing berms at the next table is allowed to stay! Not very professional of our restaurants to have such double standards. But I guess it does lie in the Asian culture to look up to anyone that looks Caucasian (even if they aren’t).

By: serene

serene — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 03:40:44 +0000

y shd i tip spore waiters when it appears to mi tat they seems to be rushin over to serve the caucasians so well once those caucasians step into the restaurant n treat other customers lk nth..

By: Veron

Veron — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 18:48:43 +0000

Oh yeah, I should highlight that when I was at NorthPark Center, one of the folks at Starbucks gave me a Venti (large) Caffe Mocha on the house. No catch at all! Don't think this would ever happen in Singapore, which serves to reiterate my point on the screwing-one-another-over culture that we have over here. Damn, I need to add this to my blog entry. (Off-topic: This week's Heroes episode was awesome!)

By: Cobalt Paladin

Cobalt Paladin — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 18:14:14 +0000

Exactly.

Noticed that tipping culture is more of a western concept. I can’t think of any Asian culture that has tipping as a norm. In fact, Japanese would find it an insult if you tip. :p

By: Veron

Veron — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 18:04:08 +0000

Hey I would! Eventually things would balance out, whenever Singaporeans leave crappy tips, they receive crappy service the next time they return to the same restaurant. It would take time for this tipping culture to mature but overtime it should.

But then again, maybe not. Come to think of it, the prevailing culture here seems to be that of getting the most out of others and screwing one another over. So in the end most people wouldn’t leave tips, would they?

By: Cobalt Paladin

Cobalt Paladin — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 17:56:12 +0000

But the problem lies with Singaporean customers too. Many Singaporeans will not tip at home country!

By: Veron

Veron — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 17:51:22 +0000

Good point! We should scrap that mandatory service charge altogether. Bad service deserves no charge at all! Most of the time there is little or next to no service anyway, unless you count bringing the food to the table a form of service.

By: Cobalt Paladin

Cobalt Paladin — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 17:46:46 +0000

The service tends to be better because the waiting staff depends a lot on the tips they received. If service is very good, they can get higher tips. If not, they don’t get tip.

Unlike Singapore, 10% service charge is always levied regardless of service!

By: Veron

Veron — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 17:22:27 +0000

Oh! Now I am thinking of those pizzas too!

By: serene

serene — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 17:18:18 +0000

omg.. those cheese!!! n i am still tinking abt the pizza in ur last posting! :p