Kopitiam & hawker (unvaccinated) series: The japanese ramen shop

 Craving for some japanese ramen during this time? No problem, come to this kopitiam. 

This kopitiam is quite interesting as it serve different kinds of cuisine, thai, korean, japanese.

Today i am here to have my RAMEN. Specifically Shinjitsu Ramen. 

I ordered the Tonkotsu special because it the only one with the ramen egg and the pork slices (chasu). I like the egg that is soft boiled in the middle. The broth is quite decent. Not as unami as i would have like. Noodles is not too shabby as well. 

Overall, this is a satisfying meal. Yay ramen craving settled. 

Address: 125 Lorong 1 Toa Payoh, #01-523, Toa Payoh Heights, S310125

Kopitiam & hawker (unvaccinated) series: The smoking Joe - western food (restaurant style hawker price)

The plating like restaurant standard. The garlic bread could have been better. It has turned soft by the time it has been served up. The chicken is well marinated and grilled to perfection. Mashed potatoes could do with a little more sauce. 

 Overall, a decent western food. It is also quite pricey but you could save like 10% if you use the app for the hawker centre. 

Address: Yishun Park Hawker Centre, 51 Yishun Avenue 11 S768867, #01-37 

Kopitiam & hawker (unvaccinated) series: Yummy korean food that leaves you satisfied

 A really decent place to get your korean cravings satisfied. Annyeong Chicken

I personally love the pancake and this totally satisfies my craving for the korean food. This is very crunchy and very tasty. More than half of this ended up in my tummy. 

Korean Sweet Spicy chicken wings are well fried with the crisp and juiciness but the sauce could have been a little more spicy and savory.

I love the flavour of the egg from the Tornado kimchi fried rice. The kimchi fried rice is ok but not very impressive. I will support this dish again if they serve it up as an egg dish. Hah. 

Most definitely will go back to try their Ginseng Chicken soup and the pancake again. Chicken wings in other flavours will also be on my to try list. 

Pros: As authentic as you can get.

Cons: A little pricey but beggars can't be choosers now can they?

They close really early like 8 pm so go early for your korean cravings fix. Don't say bo jio!

Address: 710 Clementi West St 2 #01-247 S120710⁣

Depot road Zhen Shan Mei Claypot Laksa

Laksa, my favourite food of all time. I remembered a time where I will take a bowl of laksa at least once a week. Yes, those were the days.

Nowadays, I can only indulge in this once in a while.

Yes, although the weather is crazy hot these days. Good laksa is hard to get so if I am in the right place at Alexandra Food Village I attempt to have this. I failed most times because this place closes early on weekdays. In fact, most of the stall here is only for the lunch crowd.

Its been a while and it still taste as good as ever slightly less creamy then I remembered. But that was ions ago.

The magic is in the broth - the right amount of spiciness and coconut milk. Slurp, I still drink up my laksa soup base.

This is a middle size claypot at $5. I judge that small is not enough to satisfy the craving. How right i am!

You can never go wrong eating this from Alexandra Food Village. 

Address: Blk 120 Bukit Merah Lane 1, #01-75 Alexandra Village, S150119

Cheng’s at No. 27 - Hainanese comfort food

Found this place from the monthly magazine that the RC send out. I always read their food recommendations. Yes, I am auntie like that.

Cheng’s is a family owned restaurant specializing in Hainanese food. I follow up the magazine review from Cheng’s with ieatishootipost blog post on the restaurant. The food review seems promising!

The menu is simple and straight forward. The post on ieatishootipost covers like majority of food on the menu.

On this visit, we ordered the salted green mustard duck soup, crispy chicken with ginger and sambal French beans.

The salted green mustard duck soup is delicious but a tad too salty. After the meal, I had to keep drinking plenty of water but yet still feel quite thirsty. I am amazed that the duck meat in the soup is super tender and still juicy to eat after being boiled in the soup.

The crispy chicken with ginger is really good. I like the thin ginger slices and the chicken breast that actually tasted like pork. A quick blanch of oil with the slightly sour sauce made this an outstanding dish that goes well with rice.

The sambal French beans is light in its flavor with being overly spicy. The vegetables are very fresh and crunchy.

This is also a place I will recommend for simple Chinese lunch and/or dinner.

Food tasted 9 Sept 2017

Cheng's at No. 27

27 Yong Siak Street 

Singapore 168654
Tel: 6223 7883

Wed - Mon: 10 am - 3 pm, 5.30 pm - 10 pm 

Closed on Tuedays

Summerlong @ The Quayside, a good place to wind down

Gone were the days that we don’t read food reviews before patronizing a restaurant. So today, we stray from our usual habit and we simply walk in a restaurant that attracted us most.

And that is Summerlong – a Mediterranean cuisine.

I was attracted by the ambience of soft lights and soul music. The dining is alfresco with candles placed on every table. Colour is light pastels with wood furnishings and decorations. A very cosy and welcoming set up.

As we have not made a reservation (obviously), we got a bar table. But the seats are still comfortable enough. The lady that attended to us spoke to us in an ang mo accent and provided us some recommendations on food.

No complimentary water is served so we have to order water still or sparkling. We ordered Pinot gris and beer to go along with food.  

Starter is roasted sweet potato and chilli hummus. I was worried that it will be too spicy but was assured that this is more sweet then hot. In case you wondering like me what is hummus, its actually sweet potato mashed. This is served with 4 slices of bread that almost like a naan. This serving of bread is a little small and we have plenty of hummus left over so we topped up for another bowl of bread.

We also shared a sweet corn and goat cheese fritters with cardamom yoghurt. The fitter is well fried but what impressed me most is the yoghurt mixed with mint that enhances the flavor of the dip.

Final dish for the night is the Mediterranean pork ribs, pomegranate glaze with dukkah crust. The pork ribs are well cooked to a smoky flavor. I thought the dukkah crust is interesting as compared to the usual bbq pork ribs. Servings also a little small but good for us who are trying to lose a few kilos.

Strong recommendation and definitely the star restaurant for me for the month of September. 

Food tasted 30 Sept 2017

Summerlong @ The Quayside

60 Robertson Quay
#01-04
Singapore 238252
Tel: 6235 1225

Tues - Fri: 5 pm till midnight
Sat - Sun: 11.30 am - 3 pm, 6 pm till midnight

Closed on Mondays

To gather Cafe (the more we get together the merrier we'll be!)

Place is not near any MRT but it is quite near the ever popular Bedok North Blk 85 Food Centre.

I was pretty surprised that there is such a cafe in such a obscure place. Upon reaching, the decoration is modern and clean.

Originally expected the sitting space may be pretty tight but i was pleasantly surprised that this place is made up of 2 shopfront. Its pretty comfortable to move around and we have lots of seats to pick.


Best: most food is under S$12  so it is very very affordable. Total damage after meal is S$25.70. 

We started off with Soup of the day ($3.90). Today's soup of the day is tomato soup. I loved it to bits. I wish i could have the entire bowl of it to myself instead of sharing it with hubby. I don't usually have tomato soup but this is just the right amount of tanginess. Heavenly. 

Grilled pandan chicken ($9.90) is served with fries and salad. The main show stopper is the chicken. It is grilled to perfection. Skin is crisp and meat is juicy and tender. The sauce that is drizzled on the chicken is a little harder to contend with. Its a mix of coconut and cream. But i love the pineapple salsa. It takes the entire dish to a different level.

Pork Cordon Bleu ($11.90) is a little complicated (quoting hubby word for word) and i tend to agree. It has too much going on for it. Cheese, pork and ham. Too much flavour but lacks punch. 

Overall, i like the pricing of the food and the food i had today is above average so i will be so keen to try again without blowing a hole to my pocket. 

Food tasted 19 July 2017

ToGather Cafe

84 Bedok North Street 4
#01-25/27
Singapore 460084
Tel: 6445 1011