Tag: service

  • What does DBS stand for?

    DBS corporate banking can’t send emails out to ’email address outside DBS’. That is what I was told half an hour ago by an officer who seems to have a lot of trouble contacting me by modern means. Maybe in the next hour they might arrive in the 21st century.

  • Still made by hand, but sold out like a business

    A couple of weeks ago, we decided to have lunch at the Raffles City branch of The Handburger. The previous times we ate there, they hadn’t gotten their “brand new look” yet, and we liked their burgers enough to eat there several times. So we had really high hopes for a tasty burger lunch, but…

  • Mezza 4 1/2

    The back of the dessert menu features Pierre Hermé scratching his head wondering: “Hmmm, foie gras with creme brulee? I dunno… think they might go for it?” We had a good dinner in the company of good friends on Thursday at the Grand Hyatt’s Mezza9 despite some disappointments which I am compelled to talk about.…

  • The weekend worrier

    I had an unpleasant experience on Saturday over coffee at the Hilton. We had ordered some of the hotel’s world-famous cheesecakes to go with our coffee, and were settling down nicely to gorge ourselves further after a heavy lunch. Coffee was served with some complimentary choux pastry. Being the greedy person that I am, I…