3-Course Fine Dining Menu at Parsley & Thyme - $25 nett!

Deal: [StreetDeal] SAVOUR HAPPINESS! Enjoy 50% off 3-Course Fine Dining Menu at Parsley & Thyme! ONLY $25 nett for Salmon Tartare + Char-grilled Sirloin Steak + Dark Chocolate Fudge Cake with White Chocolate Mousse!

http://www.streetdeal.sg/deals/view/587/0/50_off_3-Course_Fine_Dining_at_Parsley_Thyme.html

Review: It's definitely value for money!! Chef-cum-boss is very generous and no corners cut even for a 50% discount deal. Will definitely be back for another deal, but this time with a cup of tea.

Overall Deal Rating : 4.25/5

Location / Setting: Newly opened restaurant Parsley & Thyme, in a shophouse along Kampong Bahru Road. It was a stone throw from Outram MRT, some easy evening walking required. Cozy modern setting, everything is slick and looks brand new.  The background jazz music and the tealight create a rest & relax ambiance.

Parsley and Thyme

Food Rating: 4/5

The 3-course fine Dining set meal @$25 nett include the following

(1) Appetizer - Tartare of Norwegian Salmon on a Salad with Beetroot and Raspberry Dressing
Chopped fresh raw salmon with chopped onions tartare topped with nicely roasted tomato.
Not the usual combination for salad, it came with pumpkin seeds and beetroot.  Taste quite nice, but it gets a bit too complicated if you combine everything in a mouthful.

Salmon Tartare 

(2) Main Course - Char-Grilled Hereford Sirloin Steak with Seasonal Vegetables, Potato Gratin and Semi-Dried Tomato/Garlic Butter
It was a very generous portion of beef, much much bigger size then the usual steak offered elsewhere. Really appreciate it especially when this meal is on special discount where other merchants will usually tried to reduce the meal portion to reduce cost.

Like the charred flavour of the outer layer and the pinky, tender and juicy beef within. Its definitely different from those dry chunk of beef served in those budget cafe. The semi dried tomato and garlic butter really adds the "oomph" to the dish - flavorful garlic butter with a tinge of sourness to balance the oily butter.

Roast potatoes instead of potato Gratin was served.  The potatoes go well with the butter as well.

Nice presentation!

Char-Grilled Hereford Sirloin 

Dessert - Chocolate Fudge Petite Four with White Chocolate Mousse and Sour Cherry Coulis
The white chocolate Mousse was change to coffee chocolate mousse.Will suggest to order a cup of tea to go with the sweet and heavy dessert.
The Sour Cherry Coulis was quite unique, sweet with liquor fragrance on first bites and trace of sourness as you chew further.

Dessert 

The service was relatively good and prompt.

More info and details available at
http://monsoontravel.blogspot.com/2012/01/3-course-fine-dining-parsley-thyme.html

5 Course European Meal @ Friends, Jelita

Deal : [Outlet] $19 instead of $56.60, 66% OFF a 5-Course Modern European Meal by Friends At Jelita. Multiple Coupons per Bill Allowed. Strictly by Reservation for Dine-in.
http://www.outlet.com.sg/thedeal/view/index/id/225/

Review : 4/5 Quite nice but portion maybe a bit small for guys. Will be back again if I can tag along friends with a car as the location is not very accessible.

Less than $20 for a 5 course meal, definitely an attractive deal even though the location is a bit inaccessible if you do not have a car.

Below is the menu for the deal. Quite a number of options

Set Menu

Starter
Chilled Angel Hair & Lump Fish Caviar
(Angel hair pasta tossed with konbu, chives, & white truffle oil)
The angel hair is quite nice, it was served on a frozen plate.

Chilled Angel Hair & Lump Fish Caviar

Soup
Wild Forest Mushroom Soup (Top up $1) (With light cream & truffle essence)

Main Course
Grilled Ribeye Steak (250gm) (Top up $5)

Or Pan Fried Pork Loin Masala

Or Breadcrumb Fish Fillet served with Ratatouille Pesto sauce

Daily Dessert of the Day - Cheesecake

Beverage - Regular Coffee / Tea

Deals Review

Had been hooked to deals, vouchers, coupon recently.  Here is my experience.

Top 5 Best Deal-Hunting sites I visit

• I Love deals http://ilovedeals.sg/
• AllAsiaDeals http://ilovedeals.sg/
• Deal          http://deal.com.sg/deals/singapore
• Groupon   http://www.groupon.sg/
• Big Deal    http://plus.bigdeal.sg/

ILoveDeals and AllAsiaDeals are websites that consolidate different deals from various website. They allowed for easy search by category, website sources.  Much more convenient then browsing through multiple websites or subscribing and receiving multiple emails each day.


4 Rules to Best Deals

Terms and Condition
Look through the Terms and conditions carefully. As merchants offer such low price deals for marketing purposes, for Fitness or Beauty services like spa or facial, they usually specify that it is only applicable to 1st time customers only.  While for Food and Beverages, usually there will be some limitation on the usage like 1 coupon per table or applicable only during weekday or valid for lunch hours for restaurant in neighborhood.
Compare
Do take time to compare the deals, that's when the consolidated website helps. Similar deals from the same merchant are posted onto different websites. Depending on the amount each website charge, the amount offered to customers can be quite different, up to $3-5
Location
Do take note of the location of the deal.  Some merchants at ulu ulu places used this to promote their sales.  If the place is not accessible, the savings might not be worth the time or taxi fare.
Expiry Date
There is always expiry date tied to the deal.  Beware of those deals that expires within a short period.
For Fitness and Beauty service like facial or massage, do plan and book early to ensure you can get the weekend slots.


Other Tips to enjoy best experience or to maximise your deals

Things to bring along to enjoy the deal
Reminder that most website requires you to print a physical copy of the voucher and bring along your IC for verification.

Rewards
Most websites offer rewards for referring a friend.  It can get as high as $8 per referral.
So if you are  buying vouchers for group gathering, do get your friends to signup and buy separately to enjoy the rewards which can be utilised for future purchase.
However, beware if it's big group for popular deals as the deal could be sold out before the end of the sale period.

Missed the deals ?
Try to ask for extension if possible, especially when it is more of the merchant not being able to cope with large number of purchases.
A few (1 or 2?) website actually offer refund if the deal is not being utilised. Do run through their FAQ for details.

Tori Katsu Burger @Freshness Burger

Deal: [Foodpon] 50% Off!!!! Get Yourself A Tori-Katsu Burger @ Only $1.90 From Freshness Burger Cafe! (worth $3.80) Irresistible Price!!! Buy As Many As You Want While Stocks Last- Grab!!!
http://www.alldealsasia.com/deals/50-get-yourself-tori-katsu-burger-only-190-freshness-burger-cafe-worth-380-irresistible-price-

Review: Quite nice. Will buy the vouchers if there is similar deal again.

We got some vouchers so that we can get a Tori-Katsu Burger at a very cheap price of $1.90.

Like the simple, relax and quiet setting of the cafe. Appreciate the small little effort of adding some life by placing some little flowers on the table.

Their Tori-Katsu burger is as what the restaurant name suggests - FRESH!

It was a simple burger - soft fresh bread with nicely fried juicy breaded chicken cutlet top with a generous portion of  mayonnaise accompanied with fresh crunchy lettuce.

Quite nice! will visit the restaurant if I hunger for a burger.

Refer to their website for details
http://www.freshnessburger.com.sg/

Sticky Rice Deal @ Clementi Mall

Deal : [VoucherWow] $4.90 for Pineapple Fried Rice and Ice Lemongrass Tea from Sticky Rice Clementi Mall Worth $12.80 (Min 2 Vouchers)
http://www.voucherwow.com/cities/singapore/deals/490-for-pineapple-fried-rice-and-ice-lemongrass-tea-from-sticky-rice-clementi-mall-worth-1280/

Review : Ok. Might be back if there are deals on other dishes.

We bought a deal from the website which we only need to pay $4.90 for a Pineapple Fried Rice and Ice Lemongrass Tea which worth $12.80 without the deal.

Sticky Rice

The restaurant is a small setting with modern deco at the basement of Clementi mall, next to a number of food stalls and NTUC.

Dinning Area

The Pineapple Fried Rice was served with with some meat floss, cashew nuts, prawn, slices of cucumber & tomato and one whole bunch of spring onion. Presentation was quite nice, but would rather they provide more ingredients instead. 
The fried rice was quite good, just a bit dry. Well, it is Pineapple FRIED rice and not Pineapple rice, so it is supposed to be dry instead of succulent and moist.


The lemongrass drink was normal, nothing special. 

Pineapple Fried Rice + Lemongrass Drink

Sticky Rice

#B1-08/09, The Clementi Mall  3155 Commonwealth Ave West 129558

+65 6659 9380