青蛙生活点滴 Froggy's Bits of Life: June 2023

Friday, June 30, 2023

吐司(火腿+雞蛋+奶酪) Toast (Ham+Egg+Cheese) & 純白咖啡 Flat White @ Adea Artisan USJ 9

June 30.2023 Lunch

@ Adea Artisan USJ 9 (click here to Google Map)

47-1, Jalan USJ 9/5S, Subang Business Centre, 47620 Subang Jaya, Selangor

純白咖啡 Flat White rm$11 👍👍😋😋 7/10

吐司(火腿+雞蛋+奶酪) Toast (Ham+Egg+Cheese) rm$9.50 👍👍😋😋 7/10

Total bill: rm$20.50
Budget: rm$20 - rm$30++
Payment: Cash and Credit Card
Cuisine: Cakes, Waffle, Sandwiches, Nasi Lemak, Coffee

Pork free: No Pork (Chicken, Ham)

Alcohol free: No Alcoholic drinks in the menu

Air-Conditioning in Restaurant: Yes

Internet Wifi speed: N/A

Digital Nomad Work-friendly Cafe: No

Electrical outlets for Digital Device: No

Free Drinking Water: Yes

Menu prices: Net

Order & Delivery: Order from Counter

On-line Delivery Service: Not sure

Indoor Seating tables: 3 small tables (2ppl per table), Long table (4 high chairs), Wall table (6 high chairs)

Outdoor Seating: None

Drive Through: No

Take away : Yes

Dine-in: Yes

Happy Hour: N/A

Parking: MPSJ

Photos taken using: Samsung Note 8
Thoughts: The little Café called "Adea Artisan" is next to the USJ9 "辣椒板面 USJ Chili Pan Mee" but one would have thought that the corner café shop lot is part of the Chili Pan Mee shop as the sign board takes up both shop lots. The Café offers Artisan Coffee, 三明治吐司 Sandwich Toast, 椰漿飯配仁當雄雞 Nasi Lemak with Rendang Ayam and 炸雞 Fried Chicken, as well as a variety of 自製蛋糕 home-made Cakes.

Next visit will be for the Cafe's signature Rendang Ayam Nasi Lemak with the rm$5 Gift voucher from today's visit.

Food today: 7 / 10 👍👍😋😋

Price: 6 / 10 👍
Value for Money: 6 / 10 👍
Service: 8 / 10 👍👍👍
Ambiance: 7 / 10 👍👍
Parking: 1 / 10 😐😐😐😐
LRT/MRT/BRT/MTR Transport: 6 / 10 👍 (350m+ from Taipan LRT station)

Website: not found
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/adeaartisan

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adeaartisan/
Telephone: +6019-313 0687
Operation hours: 08:30am - 05:00pm (Sunday closed)

純白咖啡 Flat White rm$11

吐司(火腿+雞蛋+奶酪) Toast (Ham+Egg+Cheese) rm$9.50

The Menu

The Café

@ Adea Artisan USJ 9

Foto Trip @ 鳥天堂 Bird Paradise Singapore

June 16 January.2023 Photography at Bird Paradise

@ 鳥天堂 Bird Paradise Singapore (click here to Google Map)

20 Mandai Lake Road, 新加坡 729825

GPS Location: 1°24'25.3"N 103°46'51.3"E

Park Admission Fees SGD$48 (rm$165.50) 👍👍👍👍😋😋😋 9/10

Total bill: SGD$38.40 (rm$132.56) (Discount for Online Purchase)
Budget: SGD$48 (rm$165.50)
Payment: Credit Card

Alcohol free: No Alcohol in the Park or Park Restaurant

Air-Conditioning in Restaurant: Yes at selected stop points

Internet WIFI speed: Yes at selected stop points

Parking: Park Parking

Online Purchase: https://shopee.sg/mandaiwildlifereserve, https://www.lazada.sg/mandai-wildlife-reserve

Photos taken using: Samsung Note 8 and EM1
Thoughts: Opened in 1971, 裕廊飛禽公園 Jurong Bird Park is (was) Asia’s largest bird park, offering a 20.2-hectare hillside haven for close to 3,500 birds across 400 species, of which 20 per cent are threatened species. The bird park is famed for its large and immersive walk-in aviaries such as Lory Loft, Jungle Jewels and the Waterfall Aviary. Other unique exhibits include Penguin Coast and Pelican Cove. Committed towards conservation, the bird park is the first in the world to breed the 馬來亞黑犀鳥 Malayan black hornbill (1995) and the twelve-wired bird of paradise (2001) in captivity for which it received the Breeders’ Award from the American Pheasant and Waterfowl Society. AND after 50 years of, in 2021, the group announced that the park's successor in Mandai would be named 鳥天堂 Bird Paradise. In 2022, it was announced that Jurong Bird Park would close on 3 January 2023 to finalise its move to Bird Paradise at Mandai.

The new Bird Paradise Singapore sits on 17 hectares of land and is the newest attraction and the upgraded bird park from moved from Jurong just opened in May 8. 2023 at Mandai Wildlife Reserve (next to the Singapore Zoo) at North of the Singapore Island near Woodlands. The new Park features eight huge walkthrough aviaries, and visitors can expect to see over 100 species of birds from all over the world, living in environments that mimic their natural habitats; from penguins to birds of paradise.

There are no direct MRT to the Bird Paradise, but visitors can alight at the "卡迪地鐵站 Khatib MRT Station" on the 南北線 North South line (NSL) in 義順規劃區 Yishun, Singapore. AND free Shutter buses to the Mandai Parks (Zoo and Bird Paradise) starts from 8am to before mid-night is a 10-20 minutes frequency depending on the time of the day.

For the full view of photos taken by the Note 8 and the Olympus EM1 with the 75mm-300mm lens, see the links below:

https://www.flickr.com/photoalbum/samsungnote8
https://www.flickr.com/photoalbum/em1

From Khatib MRT station, the Shutter bus to the new Bird Paradise takes about 20-30 minutes ride (it was supposed to be SGD$1 but FREE today)! The shutter bus first stop is the Bird Paradise then only Singapore Zoo. From the Bus stop at Bird Paradise, there is even an Escalator to the entrance of the Park. Then, there is a maze of greeneries before a little wood bridge and Starbucks welcoming the visitors before the Admission and Ticketing area.

ADULT entrance SGD$48 (rm$165.50)
Children entrance SGD$33 (rm$113.80)
Senior Citizen entrance SGD$20 (rm$70)

The new Bird Park offers 8 鳥舍 bird aviaries (except Stop #1,#9, #10):

Stop #1 - The Penguin Cove

Stop #2 - Winged Sanctuary (this should have been the first stop)
Stop #3 - Australian Outback
Stop #4 - Mysterious Papua
Stop #5 - Lory Loft
Stop #6 - Songs of Forest
Stop #7 - Amazonian Jewels
Stop #8 - Crimson Wetlands
Stop #9 - Sky Amphitheater (4 of each 20mins presentation times from 10:30 am to 5pm)
Stop #10 - Egg Splash (play ground, eatery, Tram stop)
Stop #11 - Wings of Asia

Except for "The Penguin Cove" which houses the Penguins in an air-conditioned enclosed penguin habitat space; the other Bird Paradise experience is that the birds are kept in large, naturalistic walk-through aviaries (with none of the birds kept in cages)! The transition from each aviaries are air-conditioned rest areas and some also with exceptional clean toilets as well as water filling stations.

Besides the Starbucks at the entrance, there are Food and drinks café inside the Park:

Penguin Cove Cafe & Shop (visited this morning)
Birds Bakery (visited this evening)
Egg Splash Café and Shop
Crimson Restaurant
Food Central

AND there are many more eateries after the Park exit:

A&W
Birds of Paradise Gelato Boutique & Sandwich Bar
COLLIN’S
Old Chang Kee Coffee House
Pavilion Banana Leaf

Except for the heat, the new Singapore "鳥天堂 Bird Paradise" is exceptional in its design and bird experience. Although the new park is barely just 5 weeks since its opening in May 8 last month, there are contain no bird poo smells and not even bird poo in any walking areas through all of the Bird aviaries; an incredible effort by the park workers to maintain the Singapore's signature impeccable cleanliness!

Food today: 9 / 10 👍👍👍👍😋😋😋😋

Price: 5 / 10 😐
Value for Money: 8 / 10 👍👍👍
Service: 7 / 10 👍👍
Ambiance: 7 / 10 👍👍
Parking: N/A
LRT/MRT/BRT/MTR Transport: 7 / 10 👍👍 (Free Shutter bus from MRT station)

Website: https://www.mandai.com/en/bird-paradise.html
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MandaiWildlifeReserve

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mandaiwildlifereserve/

Mobile App: https://www.mandai.com/en/mandai/mandai-mobile-app.html
Telephone: +65 6269 3411

Operation hours: 09:00am - 06:00pm

At Khatib MRT Station (Maxwell MRT - Outram MRT - Khatib MRT)

FREE Shutter to Paradise