Anything that is made up of sweet potatoes are just SO deliciously sweet and yummy. This sweet potato fries is superbly done - crispy, lightly salted and doesn't feel oily. The best part is the dip. The cilantro chili lime aioli really whets up your appetite and when you pair it together with the sweet potato fries, you get ALL your taste senses tingled: the sourness from the lime, the sweetness from the sweet potato and the spiciness from the chili. 

Two reasons why this dish awakened #auntiebean:

1. This comes in a HUGE PORTION. 2 person cannot finish this. If you can, you should go take part in food-eating contest.

2. You can refill your sauce.. AT NO CHARGE. FREE. OMG.

Ham & Cheese Sandwich with Honey Baked Ham, Emmental, Lettuce and Tomato on Asahi Kuronama Beer Bread ($16)

This looked interesting because they offer to substitute your bread with the Asahi Kuronama Beer Bread at a $2.50 charge. Beer bread? Will I get drunk?

Again, this is a fairly huge portion (This place really appeals to #auntiebean). It was so huge, we could only finish one and had to pack the other. Tastewise, the bread was a little bitter, probably due to the beer. Also, it was not toasted so it was just a really normal sandwich that tasted a bit hard and bitter. $16 is too expensive for such a simple sandwich.

Grilled Chicken Quesadilla with Smoked Cheddar, Caramelised Onions and Chili Apricot Mango Jam ($16)

This sounded really interesting with the caramelised onions and the jam. Unfortunately, the jam taste overwhelmed the whole quesadilla. There was not enough grilled chicken to balance the sweet taste. Instead of spreading the jam inside the quesadilla, they could have placed it on the side as a dip.

Apple Crumble Cake served with Vanilla Ice-Cream ($8)

This apple crumble cake is HUGE. Everything is in huge portion here omg.  The crumbles were nice, but overall it taste just like a normal apple crumble cake. The plating, as you can see, is also normal. Nothing much to rave about. 

Brownie Parfait with Caramelised Corn Flakes, Salted Peanuts, Salted Caramel Sauce and Vanilla Ice-Cream ($10)

THIS. THIS IS ORGASM. This brownie parfait gets a rating of 5evilbeans! WAI is it so good?

1. They served the brownie PIPING HOT. It was so hot, it almost feel like you are eating it in the oven. Nothing can beat piping hot brownies.

2. Super chewy brownie. It is not those moist, rich kind but more of the chewy kind which I really love! 

3. The bits that came with this brownie: Caramelised Corn Flakes and Salted peanuts. These yummy salted, crunchy, crispy bits gave this dessert an extreme sweet-salty sensation that makes the brownie less "gelat". 

Again, this dessert hits all the senses. Piping hot brownie with ice-cold vanilla-icecream. Sweet, chewy brownie with salty caramel corn flakes and caramel sauce. SOOO GOOOOD! This is a MUST-TRY!

I was really excited about Divergent. So much so that I booked the first screening available in Singapore. In fact, I was excited about Four's tattoos after reading it in the book, so I really wanted to see him naked. DON'T JUDGE.

 ♫ I see you looking at me, like I'm some kind of freak  ♫

According to the society, everyone has to choose a faction and remain in that faction for the rest of their lives (just like Harry Potter). At the age of 16, teenagers will have to go through an aptitude test which will examine their personality, and serves an indicator of what faction they should choose based on their most predominant characteristic. However, our main character, do not have one dominant aptitude and thus is labelled as a DIVERGENT. Apparently, being a Divergent is dangerous and if anyone knew, she would be killed.

So, will she be able to live with this secret and lead a happily-ever after life? You and I know the answer...

NOPE.

The scene was shot beautifully but the events that led up to this were quite random and fragmented. In fact, for the whole movie, I felt that the script was made up of random pages of the book. The scriptwriter must have like randomly "OKAY page 1 to 5 for scene 1, hmmmm page 20-30 for scene 2.." The flow of the movie was really fragmented.

I was super excited to catch Need For Speed mainly because of 2 reasons:

1. The newly revamped GV Bishan installed Singapore's first D-Box Motion Seats, and Need For Speed is the first film to make its D-Box debut. Which means that I will be one of the first few people in Singapore to experience it!

2. It's Aaron Paul from BREAKING BAD! 

Evilbean's Movie Trivia: Aaron Paul was supposed to play the villain in this movie, but executive producer Steven Spielberg, who was binge-watching Breaking Bad, decided that Aaron Paul should play the lead instead! Whoohoo!

"GUYS! GUYS! FINALLY MY MCDONALD ORDER IS HERE!"

"Catbug watching movie on D-Box motion seat"

"Catbug with D-Box motion seats"

I will start by reviewing about D-Box first. D-Box tickets are an additional $2 ($11.50) on Monday to Thursday, and an additional $3 ($15.50) on Friday to Sunday. If you want the full experience of D-Box+3D, it is gonna cost you $14 on Monday to Thursday and $20 on Friday to Sunday. But I am guessing the burning question in your mind is: "Worth it or not AR EVILBEAN?"

Let me first start off with the seat placements. If you have read my awesome movie tips to maximise your movie experience, you will know that the optimal seats are actually towards 2/3 towards the back because of the sound and picture quality. However, for the D-Box seats, they are installed at the very back of the theatre.

Therefore, your movie experience is not MAXIMISED, especially when the screen is small. The D-Box is supposed to immerse you in the movie, but you see pigu (in chinese it means you can't see anything) when you sit so far back. This point alone subtracts 2evilbeans from the D-Box score.

"Catbug with D-Box motion levels"

What is good about D-Box is that the movie is perfectly synchronised with the movements on screen. If the car knocks onto another from the left, you will feel that force and vibration from the left. If the helicopter is swerving right, your seat will be slightly tilted towards the right. 

The picture that you see above is actually the control for you to adjust how "powerful" you want the vibrations and movements to be. In my honest opinion, even at the maximum level, you would not feel much. If you are expecting D-Box to be like the Transformer Ride in Universal Studios (which is super awesome by the way), it is not that kind. The movements for D-Box are quite subtle for me. In terms of making you feel more immersed in the movie, it adds just 0.5 evilbean to the overall experience. I feel that it is not worth the extra $3. If they price it at just an additional $1 or $1.50, then it will definitely be worth it to D-Box action movies like the upcoming Captain America.

On the movie itself, Need For Speed is quite a ride! Firstly, this movie has no CGI or fake cars. This is real cars getting smashed, so the explosions and car races feel very real. Secondly, paying homage to the video game where players get to experience speeding down the roads from the driver's perspective, the movie films a lot of scenes in this perspective as well, making you feel like you are actually in the car. The D-box movements definitely helped a little towards the experience, so you could actually feel the rush in some of the scenes.

#Throwback, 50 years ago

I was invited by the 8 Days Eat team to The Provision Shop (TPS) for an exclusive food tasting session, where we were one of the first few people to taste the new dishes even before the media gets invited! I have never been to TPS, so the first impression that I got from both the name and the cafe decor was: "Got sell ang-ku-kueh?"

Sea Salt Lemonade ($6)

While we were waiting for the food to be served, we were served this Sea Salt Lemonade to quench our hunger. This is super refreshing and it really whets up your appetite because of both the saltiness from the sea salt and the sourness from the lemons! This is pretty unique as I seldom see this kind of concoction in cafes. 

Gazpacho with Avocado, Sweet Corn Salsa and Tangerine Oil ($9)

Souce: barefootandbaking.blogspot.com

I love creamy stuff, and I like truffle oil! This is a yummy yummy combination that Chef Anthony should definitely put on the menu! The pasta is also cooked al-dente so it was chewy and firm, loved it!

The quality of ingredients used in this creme brulee is top notch! The custard base was light and really smooth, almost like you are eating chawanmushi. The caramalised sugar is not overpowering sweet and goes well with the custard. Apparently, the taste is so good thanks to the quality sugar used by the chef which even hotels don't use. If you like creme brulee, you need to try this to taste the difference!

Dark Chocolate Black Forest Ice-Cream and Blueberry Lemon Cake (Price Unknown)

The cake is so moist and smooth that we were just gobbling it up! I loved pairing it with the ice-cream, although they were two separate desserts. The cake could have been even better it came with actual blueberries and lemons, would look more pleasing aesthetically!

Latte (Price Unknown)

This was the only thing that I saw that was "provision shop" themed - kopitiam style cups holding our lattes! The coffee was okay-ish though. I think they sprinkled coffee powder on top of the coffee, so the first thing I tasted was the bitterness before the wave of latte comes through the froth to wash it down.