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		<title>By: Veron</title>
		<link>http://sparklette.net/food/persimmon/comment-page-1/#comment-180911</link>
		<dc:creator>Veron</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:10:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey Debbie, I&#039;m so sorry to hear of your bad experience! I am forwarding your feedback to Helena because I&#039;m in no position to explain the varying food portions.

That said, I do have to clarify that the 15% discount is not applicable to the Sparklette set, since the set itself is already a promotion. The discount is valid for ala carte orders, as I have mentioned above.

Anyways, I might as well say it now. The Sparklette set menu is off the table. Very sad for me as I loved the sound of a &quot;Sparklette Menu&quot;. Persimmon has just rolled out a buffet menu today (December 1) for lunch and dinner. There&#039;s no more ala carte orders, it seems, as they have introduced free flow of food at a fixed price. You may have read about it in the Sunday Times yesterday.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey Debbie, I&#8217;m so sorry to hear of your bad experience! I am forwarding your feedback to Helena because I&#8217;m in no position to explain the varying food portions.</p>
<p>That said, I do have to clarify that the 15% discount is not applicable to the Sparklette set, since the set itself is already a promotion. The discount is valid for ala carte orders, as I have mentioned above.</p>
<p>Anyways, I might as well say it now. The Sparklette set menu is off the table. Very sad for me as I loved the sound of a &#8220;Sparklette Menu&#8221;. Persimmon has just rolled out a buffet menu today (December 1) for lunch and dinner. There&#8217;s no more ala carte orders, it seems, as they have introduced free flow of food at a fixed price. You may have read about it in the Sunday Times yesterday.</p>
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		<title>By: Debbie</title>
		<link>http://sparklette.net/food/persimmon/comment-page-1/#comment-180896</link>
		<dc:creator>Debbie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 08:46:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Veron, just an update. My friends and I visited Persimmon again recently and brought guests from out of town. We had been raving about the restaurant to them but at the end, one of our guests left feeling unsatisfied. 
We ordered the Sparklette sets again and lo and behold, they served us portions which were half the size of what we had before. Half!

Also, we got 15% discount on our first visit (which included 2 Sparkette sets), but this time, they didn&#039;t give us a discount on the sets. When I asked, the waiter said they must&#039;ve &quot;made a mistake&quot; the last time.

I dunno... the food&#039;s good, but what made it great was the portions and the discount, which combined made us feel like superstars. Now, we don&#039;t feel special anymore. No difference from eating anywhere else.

Will I go back again? I don&#039;t know... maybe not.

Thought it would be fair to give you my feedback, whether it was good or not.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Veron, just an update. My friends and I visited Persimmon again recently and brought guests from out of town. We had been raving about the restaurant to them but at the end, one of our guests left feeling unsatisfied.<br />
We ordered the Sparklette sets again and lo and behold, they served us portions which were half the size of what we had before. Half!</p>
<p>Also, we got 15% discount on our first visit (which included 2 Sparkette sets), but this time, they didn&#8217;t give us a discount on the sets. When I asked, the waiter said they must&#8217;ve &#8220;made a mistake&#8221; the last time.</p>
<p>I dunno&#8230; the food&#8217;s good, but what made it great was the portions and the discount, which combined made us feel like superstars. Now, we don&#8217;t feel special anymore. No difference from eating anywhere else.</p>
<p>Will I go back again? I don&#8217;t know&#8230; maybe not.</p>
<p>Thought it would be fair to give you my feedback, whether it was good or not.</p>
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		<title>By: Veron</title>
		<link>http://sparklette.net/food/persimmon/comment-page-1/#comment-179886</link>
		<dc:creator>Veron</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:21:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>No worries! The promotion is ongoing throughout the month of November and perhaps even December too! Take your time. Enjoy your post-exam celebrations at Persimmon later!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>No worries! The promotion is ongoing throughout the month of November and perhaps even December too! Take your time. Enjoy your post-exam celebrations at Persimmon later!</p>
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		<title>By: stardropx</title>
		<link>http://sparklette.net/food/persimmon/comment-page-1/#comment-179655</link>
		<dc:creator>stardropx</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:52:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>hmm is it just a promotion for a short while? when will it end?! i still can&#039;t go yet! having exams now!! btw i love your blog! thanks for sharing your treasure finds!! =)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>hmm is it just a promotion for a short while? when will it end?! i still can&#8217;t go yet! having exams now!! btw i love your blog! thanks for sharing your treasure finds!! =)</p>
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		<title>By: Veron</title>
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		<dc:creator>Veron</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 04:57:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Debbie&lt;/strong&gt;: Cool! Thanks for sharing! If you ever get to try the ice kacang sundae (I highly recommend it), you&#039;ll fall in love with it too!

&lt;strong&gt;XWings&lt;/strong&gt;: Yup, it&#039;s a sumptuous meal. I wrote that the meal would &quot;leave you feeling placated but not stuffed&quot;, but after reading Debbie&#039;s comment, I think I might be wrong about the &quot;stuffed&quot; part!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Debbie</strong>: Cool! Thanks for sharing! If you ever get to try the ice kacang sundae (I highly recommend it), you&#8217;ll fall in love with it too!</p>
<p><strong>XWings</strong>: Yup, it&#8217;s a sumptuous meal. I wrote that the meal would &#8220;leave you feeling placated but not stuffed&#8221;, but after reading Debbie&#8217;s comment, I think I might be wrong about the &#8220;stuffed&#8221; part!</p>
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		<title>By: XWings</title>
		<link>http://sparklette.net/food/persimmon/comment-page-1/#comment-179367</link>
		<dc:creator>XWings</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:09:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Veron,

Somehow the portion looks huge !!!

....maybe its due to your &quot;Live&quot; pics !!

Having said that, I think its safer to skip a meal before going for this menu !!

: )

Regards</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Veron,</p>
<p>Somehow the portion looks huge !!!</p>
<p>&#8230;.maybe its due to your &#8220;Live&#8221; pics !!</p>
<p>Having said that, I think its safer to skip a meal before going for this menu !!</p>
<p>: )</p>
<p>Regards</p>
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		<title>By: Debbie</title>
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		<dc:creator>Debbie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey Veron,

We had the ravioli and fish pie as mains for the 2 sets, as well as the gula melaka ice cream and the heavenly(!!!) apple crumble with banana ice cream.
The laksa pasta we had as our separate main.
We&#039;re STILL reeling from the experience.

Cheers,
Debbie</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey Veron,</p>
<p>We had the ravioli and fish pie as mains for the 2 sets, as well as the gula melaka ice cream and the heavenly(!!!) apple crumble with banana ice cream.<br />
The laksa pasta we had as our separate main.<br />
We&#8217;re STILL reeling from the experience.</p>
<p>Cheers,<br />
Debbie</p>
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		<title>By: Veron</title>
		<link>http://sparklette.net/food/persimmon/comment-page-1/#comment-179357</link>
		<dc:creator>Veron</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Oh, no, that would be quite a hassle wouldn&#039;t it? The menu is just here for reference. Helena has prepared a copy of the menu at the restaurant itself. So don&#039;t worry about it :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh, no, that would be quite a hassle wouldn&#8217;t it? The menu is just here for reference. Helena has prepared a copy of the menu at the restaurant itself. So don&#8217;t worry about it :)</p>
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		<title>By: Melissa</title>
		<link>http://sparklette.net/food/persimmon/comment-page-1/#comment-179353</link>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:27:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Veron, would we need to print out the menu and bring it there?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Veron, would we need to print out the menu and bring it there?</p>
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		<title>By: Veron</title>
		<link>http://sparklette.net/food/persimmon/comment-page-1/#comment-179349</link>
		<dc:creator>Veron</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 12:52:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m really happy you enjoyed your meal! 2 sets and 1 main. Wow! Sounds like a lot of good stuff! Care to share what you had?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m really happy you enjoyed your meal! 2 sets and 1 main. Wow! Sounds like a lot of good stuff! Care to share what you had?</p>
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		<title>By: Debbie</title>
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		<dc:creator>Debbie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 04:28:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey Veron,

Thanks V MUCH for the recommendation and the wonderful set menu. My gal pals and I had such a great time on  Saturday evening. We were blown away by the food. We had two sets and one main between the three of us and it was way too much and we were forced to walk it off. We knew we had to stop eating midway into our main courses but we just kept going because the food was too good to waste. Ambience was commendable too, we felt like were were in the drama serial &quot;Growing Up&quot;.

Will definitely go back again. Really appreciate your recommendation.

Cheers,
Debbie</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey Veron,</p>
<p>Thanks V MUCH for the recommendation and the wonderful set menu. My gal pals and I had such a great time on  Saturday evening. We were blown away by the food. We had two sets and one main between the three of us and it was way too much and we were forced to walk it off. We knew we had to stop eating midway into our main courses but we just kept going because the food was too good to waste. Ambience was commendable too, we felt like were were in the drama serial &#8220;Growing Up&#8221;.</p>
<p>Will definitely go back again. Really appreciate your recommendation.</p>
<p>Cheers,<br />
Debbie</p>
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		<title>By: Veron</title>
		<link>http://sparklette.net/food/persimmon/comment-page-1/#comment-179244</link>
		<dc:creator>Veron</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 04:39:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;APLINK&lt;/strong&gt;: Wow! Thanks for your enthusiasm!

&lt;strong&gt;py&lt;/strong&gt;: And while you&#039;re there, do check out Tiong Bahru Market too! There are a number of good eats.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>APLINK</strong>: Wow! Thanks for your enthusiasm!</p>
<p><strong>py</strong>: And while you&#8217;re there, do check out Tiong Bahru Market too! There are a number of good eats.</p>
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		<title>By: py</title>
		<link>http://sparklette.net/food/persimmon/comment-page-1/#comment-179233</link>
		<dc:creator>py</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 01:11:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks for the information. Please pardon me, Tiong Bahru is a place I have yet to venture enough. Looks like I have to find time to check the area soon.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for the information. Please pardon me, Tiong Bahru is a place I have yet to venture enough. Looks like I have to find time to check the area soon.</p>
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		<title>By: APLINK</title>
		<link>http://sparklette.net/food/persimmon/comment-page-1/#comment-179201</link>
		<dc:creator>APLINK</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 03:45:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Love your WORK !!! awesome review</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Love your WORK !!! awesome review</p>
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		<title>By: Veron</title>
		<link>http://sparklette.net/food/persimmon/comment-page-1/#comment-179193</link>
		<dc:creator>Veron</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 01:48:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Oh! Link Hotel opened only early this year. I know you&#039;re a fan of heritage, so this would be of interest to you. You must have heard of the SIT flats in Tiong Bahru estate? The hotel is converted from two of these flats, with a bridge linking them across the road. I think there was quite a bit of mention of this hotel in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://tiongbahruestate.blogspot.com&quot; title=&quot;External website:Tiong Bahru Estate&quot; class=&quot;extlink&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;external nofollow&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Tiong Bahru Estate blog&lt;/a&gt;.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh! Link Hotel opened only early this year. I know you&#8217;re a fan of heritage, so this would be of interest to you. You must have heard of the SIT flats in Tiong Bahru estate? The hotel is converted from two of these flats, with a bridge linking them across the road. I think there was quite a bit of mention of this hotel in the <a href="http://tiongbahruestate.blogspot.com" title="External website:Tiong Bahru Estate" class="extlink" target="_blank" rel="external nofollow" rel="nofollow">Tiong Bahru Estate blog</a>.</p>
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		<title>By: py</title>
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		<dc:creator>py</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 23:59:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wonderful. Thanks for securing such a good deal, and to come up with an exclusive dinner set for your readers. Of course, have Persimmon to thank for its generosity and the extra mile to wow your readers.

Frankly speaking, I have never heard of Persimmon and Link Hotel even though I have been living in Singapore for close to three decades. Thanks for your mention, if not I would definitely have missed them due to my ignorance.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wonderful. Thanks for securing such a good deal, and to come up with an exclusive dinner set for your readers. Of course, have Persimmon to thank for its generosity and the extra mile to wow your readers.</p>
<p>Frankly speaking, I have never heard of Persimmon and Link Hotel even though I have been living in Singapore for close to three decades. Thanks for your mention, if not I would definitely have missed them due to my ignorance.</p>
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		<title>By: Veron</title>
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		<dc:creator>Veron</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:20:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Girls&#039; night out? Great! The casual setting would be perfect. And since you&#039;re going in a group, everyone can order something different and share among yourselves! That way everybody gets to try most of the things on the menu.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Girls&#8217; night out? Great! The casual setting would be perfect. And since you&#8217;re going in a group, everyone can order something different and share among yourselves! That way everybody gets to try most of the things on the menu.</p>
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		<title>By: Melissa</title>
		<link>http://sparklette.net/food/persimmon/comment-page-1/#comment-179071</link>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 04:13:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Food looks delish! Just in time too. My friends and I were wondering where to go for our next gathering when you wrote this.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Food looks delish! Just in time too. My friends and I were wondering where to go for our next gathering when you wrote this.</p>
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