Sun Asian Bistro @ NUS Staff Club

Today's lunch was at NUS Staff Club's Sun Asian Bistro. A colleague over at another building wanted to meet for lunch and suggested this place.

The colleague had seafood pasta. Simple and nice.



I had the set meal, which had the soup of the day, a pasta and fruits for desserts.
This was the mushroom soup. Mushroomy... If there's such a word ;-)



This is the Sarawak Black Pepper Chicken Pasta.
It's quite delicious.



It was a great chat with another colleague.

Sun Asian Bistro
National University of Singapore Staff Club
30 Lower Kent Ridge Road
Singapore 119075

Tel: 6776 6315
Catering: 6776 6392
Fax: 6776 6805

Sun Asian Bistro @ NUS Staff Club

Last week, colleagues and I decided that let's pay Sun Asian bistro a visit. The last time we were there, it was still in 'test' mode. We wonder how it is now...



So what did we have? We shared 2 starters. This time we had the Smoked Duck Breast Salad. We also had the sausages.



Two colleagues had the pasta.



Another had the Beef Hor Fun. Looks nice eh...



This is the Fish and Chips that Ms Preggy had.



I had the Seoul Bulgogi Miso Rice. Quite good.



Another two colleagues had the Matahari Istimewa. Looks small? No, it's not. It's very filling according to the two of them.



This place is getting popular. We realise that many people are coming here for lunch.

Sun Asian Bistro
National University of Singapore Staff Club
30 Lower Kent Ridge Road
Singapore 119075

Tel: 6776 6315
Catering: 6776 6392
Fax: 6776 6805

Sun Asian Bistro @ NUS

A colleague seems to keep wanting to come here. (why? an internal circular informed that the 50% off thingy is extended till the end of May.)

So, today, almost all of our unit came. We had the same starters again. Yes, the Prawn Paste Chicken. Don't laugh, but we seem to be addicted to freshly fried fragrant chicken.

A few of us had the set meals. There was 3 sets and they had dessert, soup and starter to go with it. (The rest had the other food we tried)

This is set A. The Spicy Brinjal. It has a tofu side dish, spicy 'kiam chai' soup and watermelon as dessert.



Set B that 2 other colleague had was the Chicken. I think I should have ordered this. I love chicken like this!



Set C, is the seafood curry. I think 4 of us had this. Curry is nice and thick. But I wish there was more veg though.



Ms Preggy had the Asian Dishes that we did not get to eat the last time. It's the Bulgogi Miso Rice.



She said that it is not bad. It does look yummy.



Colleagues who had the western dishes said, head over to Aston's. :-)
The Asian dishes are better.

Sun Asian Bistro @ NUS Staff Club (II)

Guess what? Colleagues came in at lunch hour and said, hey let's go try it out again. Yesterday's with the 50% off. Haha.. All of us said ya ya.. We realise that we are not the only ones enticed by the deal. We saw others who was there yesterday also eating here today. LOL...

Since we tried the Mushroom Soup yesterday from colleague's bowl, we all decided we shall all have 1 each today.



Had wanted to try the Asian dishes, but today their Asian part of the menu is not available because the chef has been 'booked' to a special function that someone has booked.

We had the Shrimp paste winglet again as we liked what we tried yesterday. We also had a diff starter and had the sausage starter.



So, I tried the Fish and Chips today. Quite all right. With the soup, and eating two big pieces of fish, I could not finish the chips. (colleague said 'mai ke ke lah..' LOL)



Old Cat had the seafood pasta. If you follow this blog, you would have realised that our colleague who we call 'old cat' has been eating seafood. We thought cats only love fish. LOL



"Wire" had what we called the playboy pasta. Dont you think it looks like the playboy logo? We realise that the chef in this place is really creative. Every dish is served so beautifully.



Ms Preggy's urge for food today was bread it seems. She had the Club Sandwich. Looks delicious eh? We wonder... who determines the urge that she has. The baby in the tummy or is it her? Hmmm...



"Pilot" and "Puk" both had the chicken I had yesterday. It seems that they heard what we told them yesterday. The saffron rice is very good today. Ah... They hear us. LOL..

Some peep into the place. There is this huge chairs in the middle. Artsy Fartsy right?



The other corner has what is called the working people's corner. They have power sockets for those who wants to work with their notebooks. Ya, we are techies here, we scanned the Wifi around and found 2 networks. One belongs to the restaurant and one the NUS Wifi.



In case you wondered, we took the normal tables :-)
It was snap, eat and go back to rush deadlines. Maybe during non peak times, we might come here to relax with the seats with the big pillows.

Sun Asian Bistro @ NUS Staff Club

You probably have not heard of the NUS Staff Club having a makan place right? You are most probably only familiar with the NUS Canteens, famous for its delicious and cheap food.

Around two weeks ago, a new restaurant opened and a few of us curious gluttons decided to go take a look today. The place is called Sun Asian Bistro and its located at the Staff Club. Chatting with Mr Felix, we think should be the manager, (we did not ask him who he is) he said they are part of the Kriston Catering group and this is their first 'higher end' venture.

This might be the most comfortable place in the whole staff club! Plush cushions and pillow if you choose certain seats. Oh yes, the swimming pool view is still there too. Yes, some people enjoy eating and looking at hunks and babes at the pool below. LOL...

We casually asked if there's discount for Staff Club members or NUS Staff, since the restaurants in staff club has traditionally offered discounts. We were told: 50% for Staff Club members and 20% for NUS Staff. WHAT?! 50% off? Yes. The discount is for the first 2 weeks. Which means it ends tomorrow. (People in NUS, hurry down. haha...)

We tried the Soup of the day which was Cream of Mushroom. $4 It was quite good. You get really get to taste the mushroom. The minestrone soup $4, was also quite decent.

Ya, when we heard about the 50%, we started to order more. LOL. (We are so 'xian shi' right? haha..) So, we ordered 2 starters. First came the Shrimp Paste Chicken $10.90. Quite nicely done. Crispy outside, not really oily and moist inside.



Next was the Hearthy Platter. $10.90. OK lah. It was not bad, but the chicken was better.



Then for main courses, we tried the following.

Our boss joined us today, and he had "Wok Char Salmon". $15.90. Yes, it's high end place and the food were all like pieces of art. Quoting from its menu: Pan seared soy butter marinated salmon topped with sauteed leek & wild mushroom served with garlic mashed potato. Boss says it was good.



Another colleague, 'old cat' had the 'Deep Ocean Catch Seafood' $15.90. He looks satisfied with his food. With his usual glee on his face. LOL.
Seafood treasure in coco sauce served with garlic mashed potato & ratatoullie. What is coco sauce? We tasted it, it was some tangy sauce. Goes well with the seafood I guess.



Wire and Puk both ordered "Greenland & Sea Collection" $25.90
A combination of char-broiled tenderloin with pan seared herb marinated prawn served with charred veg & seasoned potato. We were impressed by the deco. Really, we never expect something like this to be in NUS.



This is the other plate. Two person had two different experiences. Both ordered medium rare. Wire's was exactly medium rare. Puk's medium done. LOL... Both said the taste was good.



Ms Preggy had the Mediterranean Chicken Roulade. $15.90
Comes with Saffron rice & asparagus, baby carrot dizzled with taragon sauce.
Again, we were impressed by the presentation.



I also had the same thing. The chicken's nice, but the saffron rice needs some improvement. Rice's a bit hard.



For our dessert, USA Cheese Cake. $4. Not bad. Might come back for more next time.



English Brownie. $4. Warm brownie and Ice Cream on top. Boss likes it. I would have preferred it to be more chocolatey and sticky. hehe..



Blueberry Mousse. $4. Taste like jam was what everyone said, but we still wallop it all. Something different.



This is the Chocolate Truffle Cake. $4. The like what we saw. Looks nice ya? It taste good too.



The place is not official launched, it's still on 'trial run' according to Felix. He asked us to give him feedback and we did. He gladly accepted what we said. Ah... this place "you qian tu".

We shall come back in a few weeks and see how much it has improved. We are all curious about whether the discount will continue. LOL.

Subtotal was $165.10, with 50% off at $82.60, plus taxes etc, the final bill was $90.85

Sun Asian Bistro
NUS Staff Club
10 Lower Kent Ridge Crescent
National University of Singapore
Singapore 119260
Tel: 6776 6315