Wendy's - A run for Carl's Jr $$

We are supporters of Burgers (Mr HB and I), despite the fact that articles warning about it's artery choking, fatty and unhealthy contents esp those originating from a fast food background.
We spotted this joint during our previous visit, they were doing their opening publicity with ladies spotting red plaits (Wendy's Mascot).

This time round, after having Carl's Jr for 1 meal, we decided to be fair to Wendy's and had lunch over here just before our departure (we also need a morale booster before returning to reality).

It was really crowded. Look at the no. of people wating to have fast food.

We both order the 1/2lbs with cheese. The interesting thing about Wendy's is they have square patties and their slogan is"Our patties are square because we don't cut corners."

Here is Mr HB's hand distributing our burgers. The size of the burgers is slightly smaller compared to Carl's Jr.

Bitting into the burger, I can feel the juice oozing out into my mouth together with the mayonnise(lots of it) and ketchup. Mmm...very nice.

I would rate this as a worthy competitor of Carl's Jr.
Fries are chunky and has a good bite factor.

Wendy's

Sunway Pyramid

LG2

Subway - Good ole Sandwich

I was introduced to Subway by a dear friend.
My resistance was major due to some history which includes eating cold sandwiches for an entire 2 week period during my visit to UK couple of years ago.
Cold food and asian stomach does not go well together.
Naturally the link from years back continue to haunt me.

Sandwich = cold = not good.

Apparantly my dear friend have succeeded in converting me to a follower of subway sandwiches. 1 major reason of course is subway sandwiches are toasted so they are NOT cold.
Major obstacle removed. And it offers a healthy alternative to fast food.
Who says all fast food are unhealthy?!

Being a franchise the standard of the sandwiches have been consistent so far with the slight variation of "human touch" who may "sprinkle" more capsicum/lettuce/tomato/olive/onion/pickles on your choice of bread (Honey Oat/Hearty Italian/Parmesan Oregano/Italian).

Anyway, i visited this subway joint with the intention of introducing a healthy fast food alternative to Mr HB on a weekend night and was grossly disappointed by the service crew. They (yes, all of them) served as if their boss owed them 1 year worth of salary.
No smiles, no welcome and they were mostly mumbling to themselves and when one of the patrons asked him to repeat his hardly audible question of choice of sauce. He repeated impatiently while shooting a dirty look to the customer. So much for customer service.The next service crew manning the cookies/drink counter is not much better. Armed with a frown and displaying the same old impatience as the previous server, customers are shoved their cookies and "shoo-ed" off with their "move-your-a**-out-of-the-way" look.

Just want to highlight that in a franchise environment, service is the clear differentiator between the various branches which sadly this joint fails to deliver despite their superior location.

Subway
3 Temasek Boulevard,
#B1-50/51 Suntec City Mall,
Singapore

Carl's Junior - It's difficult not to love these burgers

I love Carl's Jr beef burgers. Period. Dining out at Carl's Jr involves some serious jaw exercise as the burgers itself are of considerable size, just try not to over-stretch them lest you lock your jaws.

They also happen to have one of the best burgers in Singapore.
The juicy beef patty with cheese drowned in mayonnise together with tomato, lettuce and bread is to die for.

The meal is however not complete without the chili dog fries.

I can polish off a "Super-star" combo just by myself! But only to wallow in guilt later. LOL
A sinful combination but ever so satifying.

Nothing much to comment about the service not ambience since it is after all a fast food joint.

Must Tries: Any Beef Burger

Carl's Jr
1 Harbourfront Walk,
#02-50/51 VivoCity,
Singapore