Tingkat Dinner

[cotton candy]

Thanks mrswongtuition..


I am currently ordering tingkat from Kim's Kitchen. I usually heat up and eat the dinner at 9pm but Kim's Kitchen delivers as early as 3pm.

Any better recommendations? Any tingkat that does not cook so early? Coz sometimes the food already turned bad by the time I eat it at 9pm.

[mrswongtuition]

My parents are ordering from Empire Food for dinner (they like the food too). They are currently staying at Thomson, delivery time is around 4-5pm in the evening.


The thing about Empire Food is that their food are not packed when hot, so don’t expect piping hot food. Food packed when piping hot will spoil easily.

Actually, sometimes I am so busy that I do not eat the tingkat lunch, we save it for dinner. Have not encountered spoilt food with Empire Food yet.

[nonKiasu]

mrswongtuition:

My parents are ordering from Empire Food for dinner (they like the food too)....


Have not encountered spoilt food with Empire Food yet.

Hi, mrswongtuition. Any bad experience with Empire Food after trying for 3 mths?

nobody1968:

I have yet to find a better tingkat provider ....
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Frankly after trying Mom's Cooking, all the other tingkats really cannot compare...

Hi, nobodya1968. I compare the price for 4 pax and the price for Mom's Cooking is more than double!! Wow!

http://www.kimskitchen.com.sg/tingkat.html ($300)
http://www.select.com.sg/tingkat.htm ($402 w rice, $355 w/o rice)
http://www.momscooking.com.sg/price.html ($700, $660)
http://www.empirefood.com.sg/tingkat.htm ($300 w/o rice)

Augmum:

mrswongtuition:

I called Mom's Kitchen previously and their packages are very expensive, I might as well order Pasta Mania delivery:p

i do find their prices unjustifiable too,
for 2 persons at $400, work out to be $20 per meal,
i rather order fr Zi Car, ( at least 2 dishes, if pay slightly more, can come with 3 dishes but their portion is bigger)
i am sure Zi car's standard def better than a caterer
afterall, they are not serving those expensive dishes, like crabs, scallops or cod fish

Agree with both of u!!
With Mom's Kitchen price, I might as well order meals from 2 different caterers say Kim and Empire and I have 6 to 8 'normal' dishes:)


Hi to all those with tingkat experience.
1) I am staying in Tampines and have heard stories abt tingkat arriving too early or late. Which caterer is able to estimate their arrival time accurately and really live up to their timing? I thot of catering for lunch next yr when my DSs go P1 in afternoon session. But worry that if the timing is not reliable, my Ds will missed their lunch.

2) I have no idea how's the portion like. Is catering 4 pax too much for 2 adults and 3 P1 kids?

3) I also wonder any difference in lunch and dinner bec if the caterer cook once for either lunch and dinner in early morning, then lunch is definitely 'fresher' than dinner which one may consume more than 12 hours after cooking. May be that is also the reason that the food may turn bad by 9pm? Is my guess correct?

[cascada]

Years back when I checked with the caterers about lunch tingkat, all said the earliers would be around 12 noon. This timing would be too late for my afternoon session son as the school bus pick up time was around 12 noon.

[mrswongtuition]

I did not realise that it's been so long already! I'm still having Empire Food's tingkat lunch


So far, we've never experienced any late delivery.
The timing told to us was 10.45 - 11.30am. Latest was always 11.25am.

Food wise is still nice and the variety is good. Maybe cos we did not order on daily basis, only thrice a week (reserve 2 days for eating out or cooking).

We are still in love with their soup

[SullyM]

mrswongtuition:

I did not realise that it's been so long already! I'm still having Empire Food's tingkat lunch


So far, we've never experienced any late delivery.
The timing told to us was 10.45 - 11.30am. Latest was always 11.25am.

Food wise is still nice and the variety is good. Maybe cos we did not order on daily basis, only thrice a week (reserve 2 days for eating out or cooking).

We are still in love with their soup

is the food oily? m currently ordering fr Kim's Kitchen but will not continue after the 20D is over. taste is ok but getting oilier by the day. also deliver so early - 3pm - 3.15pm! am considering empire....

[kuzco]

SullyM:

mrswongtuition:

I did not realise that it's been so long already! I'm still having Empire Food's tingkat lunch


So far, we've never experienced any late delivery.
The timing told to us was 10.45 - 11.30am. Latest was always 11.25am.

Food wise is still nice and the variety is good. Maybe cos we did not order on daily basis, only thrice a week (reserve 2 days for eating out or cooking).

We are still in love with their soup

is the food oily? m currently ordering fr Kim's Kitchen but will not continue after the 20D is over. taste is ok but getting oilier by the day. also deliver so early - 3pm - 3.15pm! am considering empire....

I am also currently ordering my dinner tingkat from Empire. Food-wise quiet ok lah, except the veggies. Very unimaginative serving. Every day we get like plain boiled veggies and just simply stir fried in oil. :sick:

I find Kim's Kitchen slightly better.

As for oily food, I think it can't be helped. Have to close one eye if we have to eat out on weekdays. :lol:

[SullyM]

hmmm... guess i will have to do the trial fr Empire to see for myself eh? when i called Kims Kitchen to tell them not to renew my contract, she didnt even bother to ask why or get some feedback on their cooking. i suspect they have china workers cooking cos some dishes dont seem local. menu has got fantastic names but turned out otherwise. their vege always has the bitter taste on the stemps which i dislike :heartbroken:

[nonKiasu]

Thanks to all who contributed in this thread and so I thot I should contribute my part too...


I ordered 3 pax with rice from Empire and today is my 1st lunch from them. This is the 1st time I order tingkat and don't know what to expect.
The food arrived at my place at 9.30am. I was shocked to find so early. The food are still hot, esp the soup! They said my place is the 1st stop! I am staying at Tampines.
My DDs love their soup. As for me and my mum, we like their cooking style - not oily and not salty. The rice also suited our taste, not too hard. However, the veg is abit too 'old'. Overall, we are happy about the food. I called Empire to ask whether they can give us slightly more rice in each packet. [To be frank, their packet of rice is reasonable, just that we are 'fan-tong' :oops: ] The guy is friendly and reply shouldn't be a problem, just tell the driver bec the driver take care of rice packing while he take care of dishes packing. I also told him abt the veg being too 'old'. So let see how things turn out after my request to the driver and veg feedback.

[SullyM]

Hi nonkiasu


oh yes, pls keep us informed. I am completing my contract with Kim this wk & will take a break before starting tingkat again. M considering Empire. colleague of mine is using Neo which she said was ok.