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posted : Friday, June 24, 2022
Well birthday this year was a quiet affair as usual. Though of course I still went out of the way to make it out of the ordinary, coz it’s a good reason to hahah. Which is a birthday staycation!
Had a free night stay courtesy of credit card sign up, and I only had up to 30 June to redeem it so it was an easy decision. Though it’s Andaz which I had stayed before but hey, it’s free. So duly went ahead and booked it, actually on the day before coz birthday fell on a Monday this year. The only other thing on my agenda was birthday lunch, at 665 Fahrenheit which I had wanted to try the last time I stayed at Andaz, but couldn’t get a booking. Considered doing it for dinner the night before but after comparing the menus, decided that it wasn’t worth seeing that I don’t eat beef anyway and I can easily go for a set lunch at a cheaper price point. Actually the other place I was considering was the new Chinese restaurant in Andaz, 5 on 25, but they don’t have anything suitable for one person and they don’t offer any takeaways either so scraped the idea. The actual staycation was kinda disappointing, actually. The room was alright, but I had expected more from service considering I reminded them on multiple occasions that this was meant to be a birthday stay, and I had to ask for the birthday amenity a couple of times. And when it was finally delivered, it was two measly pieces of macarons. Was expecting a cake which was standard issue in the past but nope. I did get early check in coz I showed up early, but late check out got turned down and I was very sure the occupancy wasn’t full to the extent that they can’t accommodate.  Room this time round  Proper king bed this time round, decent view too  Toilet and vanity  View, still annoyed by the dots but that is meant for privacy apparently  Said measly macarons  Took away dinner from Italian place nearby  Night view Ditto the lunch. No acknowledgement of birthday, service was okay but towards the end I got into an argument with them over using Kris+ to pay when the server refused to even check further despite being unfamiliar with the policy, instead acting like a broken record which led to me requesting for the manager sigh. In the end payment went through (of course it did) but service gets zero points from me because of this. Food was so so I thought, the petit fours was particularly disappointing though entree and mains was decent. And I only have myself to blame for accidentally ordering still water rather than tap water urgh.  View from the restaurant  Bread course, I actually am not a fan of sourdough but oh well  Starter, foie gras crème brûlée with mixed berries, tarragon and brioche  Went for cedar plank king salmon as my main, with salsa verde, sumac and mixed herbs. Pretty decent, but also very herby lol  Creamed spinach as my side  Petit fours which was really disappointing IMO Buffet breakfast was decent though. Managed to get a dip in the pool too. Post-lunch, went to collect my cakes and decided to just head home (coz cakes needed to go back to the fridge asap) and ended up not heading out for dinner altogether coz was a bit full from breakfast and lunch, so that’s the day hahah.  Typical “morning after” shot lol (不要想太多)  Fav item from breakfast, surprisingly good  Views from pool #1  Views from pool #2  Views from pool #3  Loved the cakes from Kura. Mango basil, La Vie En Rose, Noisette Orange and Raspberry Earl Grey It did seem like I just turned 30 not too long ago and I remembered it was a big deal that time, but suddenly three more years had passed by and I felt like nothing had progressed, if you know what I mean. No thanks to Covid, but last two years in particular really flew by. And can’t help wondering (but not taking any action to address it) how many more birthdays will be quiet affairs like this.
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