Ujong at Raffles Hotel – Madam Tan’s Signature Dishes Returns
When Wok & Barrel closed, regulars lamented over the loss of a hang out place, but all the more a restaurant which was able to reinvent our local delicacies. The good news is, you are able to get...
View Article10 Favourite Stalls from Tiong Bahru Food Centre – From Chwee Kueh, Noodles...
Tiong Bahru Market & Food Centre has been one of Singapore’s favourites, and in fact the the first modern market to be built in a housing area in 1955. Several well-known food items have in fact...
View Article10 Favourite Spicy Foods In Singapore – In Pursuit of Delightful Pain
We Singaporeans just cannot live without our chilli and chilli sauces. The hotter, the better. We are also very fortunate to be staying in a cosmopolitan city where we can experience the spiciness of...
View Article20 Best Singapore Local Cafes – For Our Favourite Kopi & Toast
Kopitiam is a common part of Singapore, where a typical drink stall would sell coffee (kopi), tea (teh), milo and other soft drinks along with breakfast items of kaya toast and soft-boiled eggs. This...
View ArticleHong Kong Jin Tian Eating House – Roast Meat Shop Reopens At Zion Road
Hong Kong Jin Tian Eating House 香港锦田, which some fans proclaim to serve the best roast meats in Singapore, has reopened at Zion Road! This is ironically surprising on some levels. Flashback some...
View ArticleWild Rocket – Willin Low’s Mod Sin Omakase Menu Is Impressive
The truth is, I knew Willin Low can cook. But I didn’t know he can really cook. My very frank reply to Willin after trying out the revamped Wild Rocket was, “So much better than what I expected.” Wild...
View ArticleHouse of Seafood 螃蟹之家 – Crab Paradise at the Beautiful Punggol Settlement
Punggol Settlement. The truth is I have not heard about this area at all, until a friend recommended that it is “seafood dining heaven” in Singapore. You would have thought that this ‘ulu place’ would...
View Article10 Singapore National Dishes – Must Eat Local Food From Our Sunny Island
Selecting 10 ‘national dishes’ representative of Singapore is a tough and contentious one. While many of these dishes may not have originated from Singapore, they represent our colourful blend of...
View Article10 (And More) $5 Pocket-friendly Lunches Around Town
While Singapore is moving up the ranks of being “The Most Expensive Cities in the World”, finding that cheap and good lunch is being an uphill task. Or is it not? Food prices are increasing but...
View ArticleGRUB Noodle Bar – Noodle Supper Place At Rangoon Road
Auntie behind me asked, “Oh, only sell two noodles… Beef noodles and Assam Laska. What can I eat here?” I was amused, also wondering if this is what most customers feel. GRUB after setting up FIX Café...
View ArticleOriginal Hock Lam Beef Noodles – Restaurant at Ion Orchard, Not Quite The...
What happened to Hock Lam Beef Noodles? One may wonder. And who’s the real deal? An “Original Hock Lam Beef Noodles” restaurant opened at the glamorous Ion Orchard, up the high level scale with the...
View ArticleSong Fa Bak Kut Teh – Popular BKT Expands To Chinatown Point
Song Fa Bak Kut Teh has almost become a institution to visit for tourists in Singapore. Walk into any of the New Bridge Road branches (they are just located few doors away), and you see people,...
View ArticleI Want My Noodle – The Noodle Shop That Made Us Visit 4 Times
This review could have actually been out 2 months earlier, and perhaps could have helped this restaurant get some good publicity. But it took us 4 visits to write this, of which 3 were unfruitful....
View ArticleGood Chance Popiah – DIY Popiah Shops Opens At Jalan Besar
DIY Hokkien Popiah shop Good Chance Popiah from Blk 149 Silat Ave has opened another branch at New World Centre, replacing well, McDonalds. 3rd generation owner “Ah Boy” says it is a good chance (pun...
View ArticlePonggol Nasi Lemak – Supper Haunt At Jalan Besar
True story. We sacrificed Kok Kee for Ponggol Nasi Lemak. Both are opposite each other along Jalan Besar. And Kok Kee had NO queue, which my friend quipped, “Last time got queue we want, now no queue...
View Article1933 – BreadTalk Opens A 1930s Themed Restaurant
1933 pays tribute to the original year the iconic and historical Capitol Theatre building was completed. It is also a 2-storey restaurant right outside the reopened Capitol Theatre (currently staging...
View ArticleMy Favourite Café – Lucky Plaza’s ‘Meatballs’ Yong Tau Foo Opens At Bugis Cube
Those who are in the know would be familiar with Lucky Plaza’s very popular My Favourite Café Yong Tau Foo stall, attracting long queues during lunch time. Well, it has opened another branch at Bugis...
View ArticlePalette – BreadTalk Group Opens A Higher End ‘Food Court’
10 years ago in 2005, BreadTalk Group opened a higher end food court at Wisma Atria, gathering some well-known hawker and restaurant fare in the same place. The rest is history. Food Republic is now...
View ArticleSingapore Restaurant Month – 50 of The Best Restaurants. 50 SG50 Dishes
This is such a meaningful initiative. SG50. 50 Restaurants. 50 newly created dishes. The inaugural Singapore Restaurant Month organised by the Restaurant Association of Singapore (RAS) has gathered...
View ArticleWanton Seng’s Noodle Bar – Not Quite Their Day
I would start by stating that my stars probably didn’t align with Wanton Seng’s Noodle Bar at Amoy Street. Being a huge fan of wanton noodles, I wanted to make a beeline for this local modern noodle...
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