Weekend in Marina Bay Sands

Hello guys! So I've been meeting to post on my Singapore trip a couple of months ago because it's not like any regular Singapore trip. I bet most of you have been there before but I was lucky enough to have the chance to spend 2 nights at the infamous Marina Bay Sands Singapore! Not here to brag but instead to share on my stay there! :) Didn't snap photos on every meal I had because most of the food I had throughout the trip were Singapore's famous hawker stall food. Anyway, here goes! ;)

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DAY 1

Trying to snap an "artsy shot" here but ahaha doesn't look so much legit :P This is actually what you see when you're walking towards the lobby. MBS is separated into 3 towers by the way so it was confusing for us since we didn't know until the taxi driver asked us.

So here's the room! Ok la, quite small cuz bajet mah. But bajet also not cheap okay. I forgot which floor my room was but I know that the lifts are super fast & they allocate certain floors for a few lifts & another certain floors for the remaining ones. At least we wouldn't have to wait so long because there are really a lot of floors.

Bathroom selfie! Nothing special about the bathroom so need not any photos.

The view from our room! Look at Gardens by the Bay! So cute like little mushrooms.

View from the hallway of the rooms. 

Shortly after checking in, we quickly went off for lunch as we were all starved! My mum's friend's daughter recommended us to try Concetto by Saveur which is a casual fine dining concept restaurant that serves fine dining like food with an affordable price. It was sure a unique dining experience because the flavours were very different from other affordable restaurants the food was served quite fast despite some being pretty complicated.

Concetto Salad - $7.90

So this is their in house salad. $7.90 only eh! Not bad if you're earning SGD what. Anyway, I will totally recommend this to tomato lovers because it consists of 3 types of tomatoes (honey, cherry & roma), pesto & basil, buffalo mozzarella & balsamic vinaigrette! Not much of a tomato fan but huge fan of the buffalo mozzarella! It's the white stuff that looks like eggs :P  

Fruitti De Mare - $15.90

MMMMM YUMMS! This is my favourite dish there! I just love tomatoish sauce but not tomatoes. Okay I admit that I'm weird. Its basically handmade fettuccine pasta with seafood arrabbiata sauce. It tastes kind of like tomato sauce but has a tinge of spiciness & is somehow kind of milky. But this is totally 5 stars!! <3 

Prawn Aglio - $11.90

So I guess most of you guys have tried aglio olio before so there's need not the explaination on how it tastes la. This dish was delish as well and had a twist of Japanese style with the sprinkled crispy sakura ebi.

Classic Caesar Salad - $6.90

The yellow stuff ain't egg & I forgot what is that. It's cheese if I'm not mistaken. The caesar salad has bacon & cheese in it & for me that is an absolute YES! Salad with bacon & cheese? Heaven & yet you won't feel that guilty also hahaha! 

Kurobrata Pork Cheek - $14.90

So this is their must try dishes & it's braised kurobrata pork cheek served with homemade potato gnocchi & anchovy squid ink puree. First time trying squid ink & I don't really know how to describe it. Gnocchi is actually a potato styled pasta but I'm not really a huge fan of it because it was kinda chewy to me. But if you love pork cheek you should try it!

Duck Confit - $13.90

Duck confit I like! It's pan seared served with sauteed mixed muschrooms, honey mustard sauce & a sweet corn puree. I think that the taste blended very well & the mushrooms really matched the duck.

Salmon with pearl cous cous - $17.90

I think that this is a very fine dining dish because how often do you get to eat cous cous? Cous cous are those round stuff there that is kinda like pasta in the form of little beads. I don't really like cous cous because you can taste a lot of the wheat flour taste in it. It was kind of our lucky day because there were those little violet flower things that tasted like oyster! *i think those are flowers la* Not everyday they have it & we were lucky! 

Okay, I have no idea what this is because it wasn't even in the menu. Specially made by the chef as he was a friend of my mum's friend's daughter.

Tiramisu - $9.90

This is also one of their must try's! The tiramisu was very different as it isn't in the form of a typical tiramisu. The tastes were just right for me because I don't have a sweet tooth nor am I a desserts person. A must order if you dine in there!

Chocolate Tart - $9.90

This is not a regular chocolate tart with an actual tart below it. It kinda replaced the typical butter tart with brownies which to me is kind of sad because I'm a tart lover! But the combination of chocolate & passion fruit gel surprising worked even though I never pictured both of them together.

Grapefruit DOME - $7.90

This one's my favourite dessert of them all! It has flavours of orange, lemon, honey mint & grapefruit! I definitely would order this again the next time I go there! Great pallet cleanser & something not to heavy if you've had a lot already.

After almost trying more than half of the menu, I am absolutely stuffed! Concetto is one of the restaurants opened by the company Saveur. As you can see on their serviette, there are other 3 outlets with different concepts. Concetto is the more economical one la. 

Concetto by Saveur
2 Handy Rd, Singapore 229233
OPENING HOURS: 12pm-9pm (DAILY)
PHONE:+65 6735 1141

This is the location if anyone of you guys are interested to go try on your next visit to Singapore!

After our tasteful & satisfying meal, we took a stroll to walk of some of those calories & became a tourist for a day.

Went into Takashimaya & saw this! My mum kept bugging me if I wanted to eat it because she loves ice cream & I don't really eat 1. ahahah Basically all she wants me to do is accompany her & when we get the ice cream, I pretend it's mine so that it wouldn't look so weird. LOL. But we ended up not buying because the queue was terrible!! Everywhere in Singapore, if you want good food, you MUST queue... =.=

Soon, we went back to the hotel for dinner. Ate at this fancy chinese restaurant in Marina Bay Sands which I forgot the name of it but the food was pricey & average. But the view was awesome though as we were in a private room which overlooks the shopping area in MBS. Also, the room was a little over the edge of the wall which was kind of scary as I sat really near it.

Duck skin is love & will always be love <3 

Didn't manage to get photos of the other food because we were all too hungry & kinda paisieh to snap then let people wait lar.

Wooo. Back at the hotel & spent my night watching some prank show while the adults went to the casino to try their luck. I was the only one underage so stuck in the hotel it is! ;(

DAY TWO

Basically day two was more of a chillin' day, no specific schedule. So woke up early & had some breakfast & then went to the pool! The pool is so cool & the view is just amazing! & it's called the selfie pool lol. Because most people go there just to snap photos & not to actually swim. One example, yours truly :D

Panoramic view from the spot I was chillin' at! There were like sooo many people there & I was just lucky enough to snag that spot!

#selfie

Just gettin' my tan on. Not. :P

The only time I dare to wear my tiny tiny bikini is when I'm overseas. If I do in Malaysia, people will just stare & its just weird.. 

Whoop whoop. Had to snap photos by myself as I was alone that time. Was so scared I accidentally drop my phone!

#vainTTM

Summer vibes yo.

Spent like around 1-2 hours there & it was pretty relaxing. Although I went during the wrong time which was around 12 so the sun was so friggin hot. But these are just the few things we do for a photo. Ahahaha! 

In case you didn't know, you don't have to be a guest at the hotel to swim here. If I'm not mistaken, you can actually pay to swim here. But I think it's around like $20-$30. That I didn't really like because it made the place less private & luxurious since anyone could just come in. Same as the hotel. There were shops near the lobby & just tonnes of people walking here & there. Just felt like there wasn't much privacy & it didn't seem so high class or elite anymore... >:(

After all the swimming, my mum & I went to shopping around & had some snacks before going back to the hotel to get ready for dinner. Was actually sick the whole time I was there so I didn't really have much appetite to enjoy most of the food. Somehow time just passed really fast that day & we already ended our 2nd day with some good old Eminent frog porridge at Geylang road.

Didn't bring my camera out so got this photo from Google. ;)

Love that they serve plain porridge & you just add on how much frog meat you want.

Photo from : Vkeong's blog

Kung Poh Frog. This was super yummy! Very saucy which I love & has lots of spring onions!

Drools!!

Eminent Frog Porridge & Seafood Restaurant
Geylang Conservation Area, 269/323 Geylang Road, 389359
OPENING HOURS: 5pm - 3.30am (DAILY)
PHONE: +65 98422941

Here's the location for the Eminent Frog Porridge restaurant! Beware that there are quite a few selling frog porridge nearby so be sure to go to this one! It used to be just a small shop but now it has branched out to a bigger space which makes eating there a lot more comfortable than before.

DAY THREE

Awwh. At day 3 now which is also the last day already. Since we had to leave at around noon, we just had a free & easy day strolling the shops at Marina Bay Sands.

Somehow the architecture looks like an airport. 

Love the shadows.

Heheh. #ootd

You can never go wrong by wearing all black.

We then headed to a cafe in MBS itself for some snacks & tea before headin' back.

That was actually right above us & I wonder how are they gonna clean that man...

Tart with meringue on top & some strawberry sauce. Looks good only.

My chamomile tea along with a cheesecake & tiramisu 

Everything just looks good but it's not.. Just so so..

This I especially hate!! I just dont like intestine stuff & that is intestine minced & I dont even know how to describe it...

This however was surprising good! The chips were papadam & those are skewered fish marinated in some sauce. Surprisingly good! 

After our little meal, we checked out & headed home. Overall it was a great experience & if you ask me whether I'd stay there again, probably not. Unless they only allow guests to enter & if it was more private. Nonetheless, it was a privilege to have gotten the chance to experience what it was like & it definitely motivates me to work harder to achieve that kind of life.