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Eating alone may used to be unthinkable in the past but as we are living in the modern society, it has been somewhat more accepted nowadays. Some articles from Huffington Post and Elite Daily have even encouraged the perks of dining solo without any other human being to accompany you. Being an occasional practitioner of eating alone, I know that sometimes the key to eat alone comfortably is to dine in when most people are bounded to their desk (i.e. Off peak hours) but obviously that may not be an easy feat to perform if you are also part of the corporate slaves with similar working and lunch hour.

If you happen to work in the vicinity of Millenia Walk and you are in a lookout for a nice place to eat and chill alone around noon, you may want to consider the Green Bar.

Singapore Eats: Eating Alone at the Green Bar, Millenia Walk

I actually had no plan to visit the Green Bar at all but as far as I remember Millenia Walk tend to have lesser crowd in busy lunch hour so here I am. Anyway, I am also in urgent need to shed some fats, so why not feed myself some salad. I opted for the 4+1 carbo salad which consist of 1 carbo selection (mine is fusilli with pesto) and 4 toppings as you can see from my receipts below. Anything below SGD 10 for a salad bowl served by restaurant which has air-conditioner is considered pretty good so I suppose I had to accept this high cost of living in the country.

4+1 carbo salad from the Green Bar at Millenia Walk

The will call your number (the table number reflected on your receipt) once your order is ready for collection. The Green Bar is not really big and it has pretty limited seats however, there are a lot of two seater table which makes it suitable for solo dining. People will not look at you weirdly since you don't hog the table for 4 or 6 after all. In addition, as the seating area is designed in the shape of a reversed L, the Green Bar actually has some seats at the corner section. When I dined here, the whole seats at this particular corner are occupied by fellow solo diners.

Eating alone at the Green Bar at Millenia Walk

Most of the solo diners are busy with their phones as there are nothing much to people watch if you sit at the corner section to be honest with you. Oh right, how about the food? I chose Japanese sesame sauce to go with my salad and the whole combination taste so good as I believe that sesame goes well with any kind of salad toppings. There were nobody who force me to eat fast (plus there's not much queue) so I could leisurely enjoy my meal bit by bit. Do note that the staff will clear your empty bowl if you eat too fast and you self-conscientiously will decide to go out once that happen unless you're eating during non busy hours.

Mix your own salad at the Green Bar Millenia Walk

Overall, I really enjoy my solo dining experience at the Green Bar and would like to do that again in future. Hence, the Green Bar is approved for eating alone. Woots!

The Green Bar is located at:

9 Raffles Boulevard

#01-91 Millenia Walk

Opening hours:

Monday to Friday 11AM - 8PM

Closed on weekends

Good morning world! I just saw a news that makes me grin like small kid. Liverpool won the match against Tottenham 2-0 last night. This is despite my super low faith in them winning the match. Hahaha. And why is this so important? Because I can't stand someone teasing me that Man Utd is gonna be on top of Liverpool in the Premier League table (although it may happen since their points difference is so tiny). Oh well, we live for another week, my dear Liverpool! YNWA! Muahahahahah.

Okay, enough about football stuff (to be honest, I do not even have any means to watch the match. Sadz!). My BFF and I were thinking of eating "healthier" last Friday night simply because she wants to fit back into her old jeans while I just had too much things to eat for lunch (since the Boss' treating and all). But the idea of eating a big plate of salad at Toss & Turn was not really appealing to me for a Friday night so we changed our original venue to Bakerzin instead.

I don't think we have so many Bakerzin outlets nowadays. In fact, I only know that Bakerzin has an outlet in Vivo City in Singapore. Not sure about other shopping malls. The restaurant is pretty bright and cozy and it was not too crowded for a Friday night. But it can be very very cold due to the super powerful air conditioning.

Bakerzin outlet at Vivo City Harbourfront

I'm quite surprised that Bakerzin has also embraced the idea of special menu for Chinese New Year since they offer mainly Western dishes. Kudos for them for being creative. But we did not order any of this special dish though.

Spring CNY festive menu from Bakerzin Vivo City

BFF's healthy eating plan continued so we ordered a plate of Pearl Barley Salad (SGD 12.50). This is the first time I see barley in my salad. So far, I have only seen them in my drink. Hahaha. The salad use tuna as its main protein and pesto dressing. It feels light as a whole and hence, I hope it is considered healthy. Not bad indeed from a perspective of non-salad eater. LOL.

However, despite our plan to eat healthier, both of us know there is no way that a plate of salad is enough for our tummy. So we ordered another dish to go with the salad, the Chicken Mayo Sandwich (SGD 11.90). The word "mayo" has deemed this dish to be not so healthy. But without the addition of mayo, I don't think the sandwich will taste as good as it is currently. The dilemma of eating clean and healthy.

Chicken mayo sandwich from Bakerzin Vivo City

Bakerzin is currently having promotion for its latest cake addition, the Decadent Chocolate. It only costs SGD 4.50 which is like way cheaper than Bakerzin's usual price-tag for its cakes (around SGD 7+ on average). I love chocolate so there's nothing bad I can say about this chocolate cake which thankfully not so sweet. I suppose we really had a well-balanced diet just now at Bakerzin with a combination of salad, sandwich and a moist chocolate cake.

Chocolate decadence cake from Bakerzin at Vivo City

Bakerzin is located at:

1 Harbourfront Walk, #01-207

Vivo City

Opening hours:

Daily 10AM - 10PM

Hello! With less than 2 months to go in the year 2016, I have decided to do something about one of my resolutions this year which happened to be the most challenging resolution for myself. It is a personal challenge to expand my social circle, which I have tried to do with a great reluctance. LOL. I have applied for another type of volunteering. And to make it the most effective challenge ever, the voluntary work involves saying hello to people. Whee~~~ talk about meeting your own demons. Oh well, since it's only the early stage and who knows, they may only summon me when I am away for my end of year holiday (and hence, it's unforeseen circumstances, it can even be divine intervention).

While I am pondering upon my upon fate, I realise that it's time to meet another new year's resolution despite the tardiness. It's time to eat healthier I suppose since December is coming. Hahaha. I leave this resolution to my friend who is a healthy-eating-freak (I mean it in a good way if you happen to read this..LOL) now since she wanted to lose another 10kg. Everytime I meet her near her office building, we always go to Pasarbella at Suntec City where she could enjoy a plate of salad/ protein from Pimp My Salad.

I have to admit the selection offered here is the "pimped" version of salad sold at food court or hawker centre (oh yes, nowadays you can find salad at hawker centre like Golden Shoes and Amoy Street Food Market). Each ingredient has each own price tag. Even the sauce has price tag, no kidding. A plate of salad base (lettuce), sweet potato, mushroom, chicken breast and mustard sauce costs me SGD 11. Nobody tell me eating healthy creates hole in your wallet but I have to admit, this plate of ingredients taste pretty good and clean. It lasts me until 6PM too.

Singapore Eats: Pimp My Salad, Pasarbella

But I suppose there is always a price in everything. Including in maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Let's hope for a steady stream of income while we live in this world.

Pimp My Salad is situated at:

#01-455 North Wing, Suntec City

3 Temasek Boulevard

Nearest MRT: Promenade/ Esplanade MRT

Opening hours:

11AM - 10.30PM Daily