Archive for the 'Food' Category

i recently paid a long overdue visit to the tiong bahru market and food center. after its major revamp last year, the place appears to be much cleaner and more well-ventilated than before. there’s even an al fresco area where people dine under the shade of resort-style umbrellas [...]

at sunset way, a serene neighborhood in clementi, a cluster of restaurants quietly opened two months ago. and already, the area has been compared to the likes of holland village. that alone got me curious enough to go check it out. [...]

a friend and i were at plaza singapura scouring for a dining spot. there were plenty of options. within the shopping mall there’s already the manhattan fish market, ichiban sushi, indonesian bbq at kopitiam and many more. and of course there’s giraffe bar across the road at istana park [...]

a friend recently asked me, “since you dine out all the time, do you review every single eatery that you visit?” the answer is no. there would simply be too many pictures to take and too many posts to write! the rule of thumb i follow to decide if the place is worth blogging about is that it must be either of the following: [...]

one of my favorite local delights is chicken satay (meat skewers), and it has to be the muslim version. somehow satay made by the chinese just don’t seem to taste as good, perhaps due to a different use of spices. the best place to get good satay is probably lau pa sat [...]

ever since i’ve been back from japan, i have been eating ayam penyet (smashed fried chicken) almost everyday! what’s even more amazing is that i’m buying it from the same stall all the time. this particular ayam penyet stall is THAT awesome [...]

by this time tomorrow i would have arrived in tokyo, where i would be gorging on gorgeous japanese cuisine for the next 11 days! in the days leading up to this trip, i have been stuffing myself fat with several meals of yummy indian, muslim and various other local food [...]

just between you and me, i think ben & jerry’s makes the best ice cream in the whole world! i recently paid a visit to its outlet at dempsey hill and had a really enjoyable time eating ice cream at the “ranch” [...]

in my continual quest for good thosai, i found myself at little india again. armed with the brand new knowledge of another indian eatery to check out after reading dr. leslie tay’s review, i made a trip to sri kamala vilas restaurant [...]

for the past one and a half years since it opened, i have heard so much about ps. cafe amongst the local foodie circles. to see what the hype was about, i decided to finally pay a much overdue visit to this secluded restaurant in the dempsey road area [...]