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"we must try eating there one day."Dad would always say that when we peer down at the alfresco tables through the glass panels of Cedele. After all the mentionaing, we finally took action plan to sit in for dinner one night.Borders Bistro is one of those places; popular not through any magazine articles or gastronomical miracles but due to its ambience and decent food. You can choose to take up the spacious outdoor tables or sink into the clean, cosy and comfortable indoors with a feel of fine-dining.
Yes it was nice and quiet inside, certainly not packed with hordes of din-creating people... but the open concept kitchen posed a major problem. It was seriously an anti-climax to have chefs cooking (completely in the open) at such close proximity, making you smell like what you ate.
Gamberoni Aglio E Olio ($16.50) 
They too, offer a range of pasta types such as linguine, spaghetti, fettuccine, penne & fusilli to choose from. I usually find it safer to stick with spaghetti, especially after that lesson learnt at Pasta Fresca.The eight sizeable prawns came as a pleasant surprise, so did the pasta. This huge mound of "chopped-up" spaghetti came so fancifully spiced and full of wok hei that it largely resembled the local hokkien noodles.
Spaghetti Vongole ($14.50) 
No sight of clam shells. Funnier thing was, i could barely taste any difference between dad's vongole (in white wine sauce) and my aglio olio. Same large portion, same style, same flavour... and the same hokkien mee characteristics.I could tell dad's slight dissatisfaction with dinner but when all other food haunts at Wheelock Place have incredibly long queues , this is one good alternative to consider. And i am still dying to try their Walnut Cheesecake.Borders Bistro501 Orchard Road#01-00 Wheelock Place
Being confined to the north area (in convenience to pick grandma from her eye clinic) for dinner, Dad suggested Sizzler at Toa Payoh central. This place works with a complimentary-saladbar-with-every-order system, or you could opt for just the salads ($16.99) like Sis if you are in no capacity to tackle any main courses.
Cream of Mushroom Soup 
We would never miss this sizzler classic, especially sis. Although there were no sign of real mushrooms blended in the soup base itself, they scored well with a relatively rich creamy broth with huge funghi slices.
Garlic Toasts
Assorted Salads 
Salad, by principle the highlight here. I never fail to pile my plate with heaps of blanched broccoli, mixed greens and especially their green papaya thai salad! Fine shreds of crunchy papaya tossed with a spicy dressing and chopped peanuts. Asianly good.
Other items offered included nachos, cajun potatoes, fruits, icecream, singaporean fried noodles, and linguine with tomato sauce. Try practising your creativity and you create some fun concoctions- just like how i topped cream soup over linguine to substitute the tomato puree.
Mushroom Cream Linguine
The Sirloin ($25.99)For mains, Dad had steak while Mum and i picked the salmon. His medium-well done steak (headed with a yellow indicator) comes with a baked potato which went to sis, who topped it off with spring onions and corn from the bar.
Grilled Salmon ($24.49) 
I'm afraid my previously crowning of the "best salmon steak" shook. This time it the crisp surface failed to impress and the flesh was dry. Thankfully, the yakitori sauce and tasty buttered rice remained.
Vanilla Softserve I cannot leave without having fresh fruits (huge cuts of papaya) and their softserve. 2 servings of self-dispensed swirls in a cone, not too creamy in texture but made a passable calcium boost.SizzlerBlk 190 Toa Payoh Lor 6#02-516 (Above the KFC)
