maze grill

splurged on a staycation and went back to where i've spent many happy childhood hours. this stunning view never grows old and the weather was perfect but somehow the running shoes i packed never left the bag ;) what i hadn't realised was the fantastic in-room breakfast options ;) bak ku teh and fish porridge???? are you kidding meeee????! sold! folks were up to pre-celebrate cny (brother and i are in london, sister in sg) then left to spend cny itself with sister and sg fam. folks in town = feasting, and my father, bless him, made a classic comic comment. he said, "wah! london has no bad restaurants huh!" to which my brother and i just looked at him incredulously because, duh, there are tons of bad restaurants, overpriced, oversold with crummy service etc but we sort of pride ourselves on being discerning and not taking them to substandard places when they're in town! why subject anyone to mediocrity! hilarious. 

so an example of a good place i love because it's a stone's throw and literaly in the 'hood is maze grill at park walk. it's opened about a year now and the sunday roast is amazing value with free flow sides. oh the sides, i could keep going and going... the sort of el cheapo trick is for one person to order the sunday roast and the rest to a la carte but feast off the (now) communal sides. you didn't hear that from me ;) and the service is efficient and professional, good wine recommendations that aren't just pushing the priciest bottle, you know? and the lovely thing about maze grill is that i'm a carnivore to the bone and love a bloody, juicy steak but they've such tempting starters it's hard not to get full on them before the mains arrive!