Three Michelin star dinner at Le Bernardin Restaurant @ New York, USA

I went there for dinner to try out their famous meal. Eating in their main dining room is too much hassle that they need a blazer or dress in suit. Main dining room also requires reservation far ahead of time. Since my time in New York is limited, I choose to have their lounge menu instead. With the hype surrounding this restaurant, I expect the food to be among the best. However, not all the items that I ordered was excellent. I really coming here to be impressed but somehow they have not met my expectation. The restaurant atmosphere and the main dining room was grand and nice.

Taste:8/10(Good. The restaurant were nice and food were good but it's not outstanding which I think a 3 Michelin star restaurant should have. I have tasted other one Michelin star restaurants which served much tastier food. Service were great and very formal. I was very satisfied with the warm lobster with truffle. The dish were excellent and taste great. The Le Bernardin salmon rillette were quite normal. Nothing to shout about the oyster as its come in its natural form which was barely touched. I liked the hazelnut praline as the chocolate were rich and good praline flavour).
Price:1/10(Very expensive. Oyster priced at USD4.00 per piece, salmon rillette at USD22.00, lobster with truffle "en brioche" at USD27.00 and hazelnut praline at USD22.00. Total bill exclude tax and tips were USD83.00).


Highly rated Le Bernardin of New York. Often quoted as the top restaurant in New York.

Bread and butter. Not impressive.


Oyster of East coast and West coast varieties. Served with vinaigrette.



Le Bernardin's salmon rillette with toast. This meal was not impressive. The salmon rillette is almost like canned salmon bread spread.

Salmon rillette spread on toast.

Warm lobster and truffle "en Brioche". This is the best meal of this dinner.

Hazelnut Praline - flourless hazelnut cake, Gianduja mousse, orange curd and Praline ice-cream.


Environment inside Le Bernardin, New York.

My ticket to store my items at reception.

GPS/Coordinate: 40.761629, -73.981921
Address: 155 W 51st St, New York, NY 10019, United States
Public transport:7th Avenue station via B, D or E train/50 street station via train 1/49th Street via N, Q or R train.
Opening hours: Weekday 12.00pm to 2.30pm;5.15pm to 10.30pm. Saturday:5.15pm to 11.00pm. Sunday closed.

Beautiful view of San Francisco from Twin Peaks

Twin Peaks offers great panoramic view of San Francisco and this is a famous spot for tourist who wanted to enjoy the view of the Bay Area. As San Francisco always covers in fog, many has suggested to visit this place later in the afternoon. Else you will be disappointed just to see the clouds with low visibility to view the Bay Area. Do take note that the parking space at the summit were quite limited as well during peak hours. There are telescopes for a few coins which allows you to view San Francisco from distance. It can get breezy so take a sweater up there.


On the way up to Twin Peaks summit.

This view was captured around 11.30am in the morning. You can see that the city of San Francisco was quite foggy.

Budget Paris Trip Itinerary - 6 Days 5 Nights - Spring season

It has been a while since my trip to Paris during spring of 2012. There has been a few request from the readers on my full itinerary of my Paris trip. Hope that the table below are able to help those who would like to explore Paris in the near future. Paris is a wonderful place to go and explore as its full of culture, history, shopping and fashion. If you like to travel Paris budget style but not compromise on quality, please find my trip itinerary below. Hope that you will find it useful.


Paris is not just about Eiffel Tower. It has more waiting for you to explore!

Day	Morning	Afternoon	Evening	Night
Day 1 (Thur)	1. Arrival 6.40am at Charles de Gaulle Airport via MH20 2. Check in at Neptune Hotel	1. Sundemans Paris free tour.	1. Champ de Elysee 2. Lamborghini test drive 3. Tea time. French baguette. Brioche Doree cafe 4. Arc de Triomphe 5. Le Marias	1. Dinner. L’As du Fallafel 2. Chocolate shop. Maison Georges Larnicol 3. Visiting Carrefour for breakfast stock
Day 2 (Fri)	1. Versailles Palace – Main building	1. Versailles Palace – The gardens	1. Versailles Palace - Marie Antoinette’s estate	1. Musee du Louvre – World largest art gallery and to view Mona Lisa. 2. Dinner. Le George V cafe for escargot
Day 3 (Sat)	1. Breakfast – Tang Gourmet 2. Montmatre - Sacre Coeur	1. Montmatre funicular ride 2. Bersih event in Paris	1. Notre Dame Cathedral	1. Dinner. Le Jean Bart for sliced duck 2. Eiffel Tower at night
Day 4 (Sun)	1. Fontainebleau Palace		1. Musee d’Orsay for Impressionist masterpieces	1. Dinner. Leon De Bruxelles for French style mussel
Day 5 (Mon)	1. Pete Lachaise cemetery. Burial place for famous people.	1. Lunch. Obododo cafe for pork rib with honey sauce 2. Galeries Lafayette shopping centre	1. Sainte Chapelle church	1. Dinner. Dudule Restaurant
Day 6 (Tue)	1. Breakfast. Boulanger Patissier for goat milk quiche 2. Travel to Amsterdam by Thalys train