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hi i have just finish the trial w kim's kitchen and my family is fine with the food...im looking for lunch tingkat as well...any rec...
 
Hi Mummies,

Anyone interested in tingkat catering?
Its a homecook food without msg. My mum is doing the catering. Please let me know if you are interested. In the meantime we are gathering min 10 person from each area and we will deliver all areas. Please message me at [email protected]

Thanx
 
hey I've tried the buffet from KCK Catering on 30 april for my niece 21st birthday. the sweet and sour fish wasn't nice at all. was too bland! Mee goreng very salty! cutlery wise were limited too. did asked for more cutlery but the amount given wasn't much at all. Most of my guest complaint of the food! That was really a spoiler! nonetheless, the service was food. FOOD IS STRONGLY NOT RECOMMENDED! I will definitely NOT order from them again!
 
Tried many all not good, inthe end u realise that the food selection is the same...like one mass producer then send to diff caterers...these are th eones i tried and hated:

Jessie
Le Xin
Jia Le
 
<font color="aa00aa">YES, Le Xin is awful! The food really sucks. I ordered lunch and it arrived everyday at 9:30am!!! That's not lunch!

And they tend to give frozen food like crabsticks, sotong balls, frozen fish fillets etc.

Oh, and the customer service sucks too.</font>
 
<font color="aa00aa">I'm ordering from Mom's Cooking now. Food is not bad and portions are ok. The problem is it is terribly expensive! $265 for just one person!!

Am looking for a cheaper alternative for lunch. Any recommendations?</font>
 
Hi highheels !
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I'm also with Mom's Cooking, but it's $250 nett cos we cook our rice. Have been difficult to cook lunch cos' son's super sticky. I agree that food and portion is good, sometimes we share among 2 toddlers and 2 parents and it goes ok. But the price is really a problem too. That's why i'm attempting to cook again, and will terminate MC for a while this month.

I've tried Lexin (they renamed to Ling Xian?)few years back for a while and gave up when they got worse. Tried House of Catering before and that wasn't satisfactory too.

I'm also on a search for good healthy lunch tingkat. If only Kim's Kitchen does lunch, I'll sure cater. Praying towards the day they'll open up their service for lunch.
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Let me know if anyone has any gd lunch tingkat alternatives.
 
Hi all,

I am currently looking out for Tingkat Dinner delivery services as well. Tried the following:

1. Select - way too much MSG and salt, i am thirtsy the whole night after dinner and kept waking up to drink water
2. Hilltop Restaurant - lotsa MSG, not as bad as the first one but was thristy after every meal too

I am breastfeeding my almost 5 mths old baby so it became a concern for me now.

any other recommendations? not keen on halal cos its one meat or choice down.

my baby has eczema so i am excluding all seafood except for fish.

Thanks in advance.
 
Hi Lenny Susanty, are you referring to the Hilltop along Sembawang road? Can request for no MSG?

Any mummies who stay around Sun Plaza near Sembawang MRT? What time does your caterer reach this area and if there is no one at home how do they place the tingkat? Thanks.
 
Valerie,

Yep.. i am refering to that. i called them to feedback. this lady told me say they don't add MSG but use Chicken essesnce powder and sugar. I told her Chicken essense powder also similar to MSG..

she did mention that she will take note. anyway.. i am on a 10 days trial with them and monday will be the last day. if today's dinner is still as bad.. i will terminate and look for other caterer.

The dishes provided are almost the same.. always has something with black sauce. but one thing good is, they always give fish most of the time.
 
Lenny, actually i wanted to try Hiltop but now i will give it a miss. Anyone knows whether which caterer delivers to Shenton way area? Or delivers to Sembawang area around 6.30 p.m. Thanks.
 
Val,

this i really don't know.. i am also sourcing. Mom's cooking seems good to me, one of my girlfriedn tried them out. the only contrain is their price.
 
Lenny,
Any website or contact no. for Mom's cooking? Are they very expensive. Just hearing the name reminds me of my mother's food. Hee.. hee..
 
Hi all,

I have just completed 5days trial w Kim's kitchen,food ok. But tot of trying out other caterer. besides mom's cooking (xpensive) Neo(no delivery), any other recommendation?
 
hi lenny susanty,

I am currently with hilltop, i find the food satisfactory so far, abt 2-3 times the soup was pretty salty but called to feedback n subsequently was ok.
 
Hi maisymouse, i stayed around Sun Plaza, do you know what time will they deliver to that area? Thanks.

Why you delete your first 2 posts, very helpful information leh...
 
I have renewed with Kim's Kitchen 4 another 20days while looking 4 other caterer. For that 5 days trial, the food is satisfactory. I have ordered 4 3 ppl and the food (3 dishes + 1 soup) delivered enough for my family of 4. so far both my kids are ok with their food though they still prefer 'ah ma' cooking and daily 'charcoal' boiled soup..
Any good recommendation besides mom's cooking?

Thanks
 
Hi Valerie,

Haha, I just finished trial with hilltop and was very happy to find a decent tingkat so I happily shared without reading the earlier posting. Didn't realised that Lenny wasn't so enthusiastic about hilltop. I guess different people have different taste...so thot better delete the posting. So far hilltop has some days when the dishes arent so fantastic. And like what lenny said they do have a lot of dishes with brown/black sauce... eg oyster chicken,sliced pork, braised duck with taupok, braised pork etc... if you like it then you will be happy.. if not it will be a 'torture'.

The delivery is around 5-6pm for woodlands. What i like about them is that they are flexi.. no cancellation charge... so can give 1 day advance notice if want to dine out. When I was with Mom's cooking... felt a bit like hostage... even if dining out... also won't cancel cos the penalty very high.. .might as well save it for next day's lunch... haha
 
The lady at hilltop was quite friendly... if you give her feedback, she is receptive. For Mom's cooking, when I called to ask if soup can be less salty.. the lady told me I am the only person who complained and they can't cater to me alone, sigh.
 
hi maisymouse ,

Tried to search for hilltop website but unable to find it.
Do u hv their website, can u give it 2 me?

Thank you very much
 
maisymouse, for some reason the web address no longer belongs to Hilltop Hong Kong Cafe. Maybe can check with them.
 
Hi maisymouse, thank you very much.

will try calling them instead.

Hi Valerie,

U may want to try out Kim's Kitchen. Trial for 5days $66++ for 3 person.
 
Hi Leo,

I called the lady, Mdm Lee, today to ask about their website, she told me that the kitchen has moved to Bukit Batok cos the restuarant at Sembawang has been taken over by someone else hence they no longer own the web add but they will be getting a new one soon and they are concentrating on catering business only.
 
Hi maisymouse

R u still w Hilltop? got their web site www.hilltopkb.com. But they no longer operate a restaurant only dinner delivery. gg on trial from 2 Nov for 10 days. tks 4 ur recommendation
 
hi all,
i was looking for meal caterer and after studying the above threads, i found out the following and hope to highlight to forumers here so that we are all aware, especially for mummies who are breastfeeding their bbs and kids coz we must know what is being used to cook the meal and what we are eating into our stomache. Look at China's san ju qi an.... innocent lives are lost and people fall sick...

Hope the following complains from the mummies are real.

Hope all will be careful of this caterer.

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complaints from mummies:

http://www.singaporemotherhood.com/cgi-bin/forumboard/discus.cgi
refer to above post by: tan mei ling (simiakri)
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Post Number: 1
Registered: 10-2008
Posted on Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 11:04 pm:

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while buffetparadize food is better than others...i must say that i am amazed at the sheer rudeness of the boss kelvin. i had an issue with 1 of the delivery and gave a call to clarify &amp; gave my feedback. The intent was not to seek refund but clarifications. He felt that not only was he not in the wrong, he also need not make any apologies about his attitude! i said that for the amount of price i'm paying, I should at least get better customer service..and guess what he said 'sorry, i'm not obliged to provide excellent customer service' my god, the sheer arrogance! my blood really boiled after tt conversation...after dropping off the line, i was cursing and swearing to my colleagues and blaming myself for being so stupid as to pay him in full upfront...in fact i cursed him that he will walk into a wall and break 1 of his toes...my colleagues actually said tt I'm too nice! I have used other delivery service before..and honestly they will realy bend over backwards to see what they can do for you...in fact, I have to recommend this Jeslyn from Neo Gdn...she was really wonderful! but the quality of food can really vary..some days can be good, but some days can be really strange and pathetic looking....i really wun recommend any1 to try out buffetparadize...not worth your time giving such pp biz...i rather go back to neo or try someone else

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(go to singapore google and search for buffet paradise and you will see posting at this website)

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Posted - 04/02/2008 : 16:09:41
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Dear All

I was very angry the last few days.

I had been a customer with this company Buffet Paradise for Tingkat dinner for more than 1.5 yrs and hd recommended many friends to their service.

This company claimed to serve food LESS OIL, LESS SALT, NO MSG. Although their prices are amongst the most ex for tingkat dinner in Singapore, I hv chosen them cuz their food has no MSG as I'm a nursing mother and do not really hv time to cook dinner.

However, some months back, the taste of their food started to change and as I'm with them for quite some time, I tried not to be oversuspicious. However, recently, I get more and more thirsty after eating their food. Also my dd too. I started to feel unwell too.

I went to check their website. They hv secretly taken out the NO MSG clause in their site without informing their customers. I was very very upset cuz I'm currently pregnant with #2 and to imagine feeding both my babies with food full of MSG is devasting. I called up the company the next day and they confirmed my worst thought. They had been adding MSG since (god's knows when) claiming MSG helps to preserve food. I was furious, and I questioned why they didn't inform all the customers and they said the boss thought it's not important, anyway all TINGKAT dinner caterers add MSG. I was very very mad. I was so cheated and decepted being a longtime customer. one of the staff said she was instructed to tell customer only when they call to check about this MSG thing. And the staff said although they received some customers who had discovered about this quite some time back and some had felt sick after consuming their MSG food like diahhorea and vomiting because allergy to MSG, this Company continue to hide this fact. So I demanded to talk to the boss which called back and told me the exact same thing. He certainly didn't feel sorry about it. So I asked him so how do I trust his company who is also serving confinement food to mothers if they will add anything strange in the food, he said it's up to me.

To all friends whom I recommended their tingkat service, I'm sorry.
To all mothers who wants to use their confinement food or is using currently, PLS THINK TWICE as the company is obviously unethnical, dishonest and hungry for money.

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these caterers share the same factory address but with different names. have you guys find out about this? the food may be prepared by same factory and sent out under different company names.

1) provide confinement food. also claimed that no MSG is used when it shared the same factory?
http://www.natalessentials.com
Natal Essential
Blk 15, Woodlands Loop, #02-42 Woodlands East Industrial Estate, S738322. Tel: 6755 4747

2)provide home meal delivery
http://www.buffetparadize.com/
Buffet Paradize Pte Ltd
Add: Blk 15, Woodlands Loop, #02-42 Woodlands East Ind. Est, S738322. Tel: 6755 4466

3)claim that no MSG is used?? Is this really true after sharing the same address with the above??
http://www.momscooking.com.sg/index.html
Mom’s Cooking Pte Ltd
Blk 15 Woodland Loop #02-42
Woodlands East Industrial Estate
Singapore 738322
Tel : 6755 4466
Fax: 6752 8667
Email : [email protected]
 
Hi leo, how's your trial with hilltop? What time did the food reach your place? Is it on regular timing? Thanks.
 
Hi Valerie,

I have no idea what time is the delivery, hang at my gate when I reach hm abt 7pm.I am happy with their food, at least they give different types of fish everyday and their sweet sour dishes taste nice. Today I have emperor chicken. Have alr infrm them to continue.After trying Kim's kicthen for 1 month, their dishes are always very'wet' and sweet, even the sweet sour dish...Tot sweet sour food should be at least dry?? Even my mum complained that Kim's dishes taste the same'sweet &amp; wet' when she order the 10days trial. She will be trying Hilltop too next week
 
Kims food always taste sweet, their pork, duck, fish and watery.... Feedback from my mum. As for me I really have no idea cos' I dont eat meat.. But my husband and kid said the Hilltop taste better than Kim's. Kim's always give the same type of fish but Hilltop everyday different. Today I have fried black prompet, ytd I had butter prawn. My family prefer Hilltop. Their 10days trial $112/- cost a little more than Kim's. My mum throw away food from Kim's almost everyday..
 
Btw mdm lee is nice too.. she welcome feedback..
Valerie, u might want to try out but hope you like their cooking cos individual have different liking. Enjoy your weekend
 
I have tried kim kitchen and neo garden. I think kim kitchen's soups are nice. But the dishes are not as nice as neo garden. Kim kitchen overall seems healthier than neo gardens too... just that sometimes the food can be a bit lousy like 3 braised eggs as 1 dish.... a bit disappointing... may try the hilltop soon
 
Hi highheels,

Yes, they provide microwavable containers, the price for 2 person is $200 + additional $12 for the plastic container, the food is enough for 3.
I have tried Kim's soup, my whole family disliked and it tasted blend. Again it depends on individual taste, we enjoy Hilltop dishes, others might not. their food looks more appetizing.
 
Hi noscon,

Yes, Kim's food sometimes lousy 3 braised eggs w/o anything. Do you think their food is always sweet and watery with a lot of gravy including their sweet sour dishes?My mum said they must have put sugar in their dishes.
 
Wow leo hilltop sounds good, will try them out when i decide to have tingkkat. Thanks so much for sharing. Have a pleasant week ahead.
 


leo

Actually for kim kitchen I cant really remember whether sweet or not but it tends to be watery. But I know compared to neo gardens they have less fried food so may seems simpler or less delicious.... So hilltop no website to look at? Cos I tried searching but they dun seem to have any info on tingkat
 

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