All posts tagged: coffee shop

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Ming Kitchen Seafood Restaurant – Can You Smell What the XO Is Cookin’?

Liquor is not just for drinking these days. Marrying liquor or wine with food is a growing trend. There’s champagne chocolate, liquor cakes, and even martini ice cream! Hawkers have also taken to adding XO cognac to soup, so much so that the XO fish head bee hoon (rice vermicelli) soup has become a dish that can stand on its own. One place where you would find it is the Ming Kitchen Seafood Restaurant at a Holland Drive coffee shop (near Holland Village). If I’m not wrong, it occupies... Read more →

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Fook Seng GoldenHill Chicken Rice – The Best Part is the Fish

I have heard a lot about Fook Seng GoldenHill Chicken Rice online. This is a small coffee shop perched at the top of the hill in the quiet Jalan Rumah Tinggi residential estate. The area is accessible by the bus service 63. This is also where you would find Singapore’s smallest bus terminal, with just a single bus service that terminates here. Despite its little known location, many netizens have flocked here and given verdicts to the effect of “fragrant rice”, “tender, juicy... Read more →

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Loong Fatt Tau Sar Piah – The Original Balestier Tau Sar Piah

They say imitation is a sign of flattery. You know you are successful when other people start emulating your idea. Just look at how the Ya Kun success story spawned numerous other air-conditioned shops also selling kopi and toast not only in Singapore but in Malaysia, too! It’s the same thing for tau sar piah. Along Balestier Road, you would find a whole stretch of dated shops all specialising in this flaky pastry with bean paste filling; I count at least five of them! Reminds me of the Selegie... Read more →

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Charco’s – Flaming Goodness!

For some reason, when an ang moh opens a Western food stall in the heartland, Singaporeans would throng the place. Maybe the food tastes more authentic. Or maybe the mental image of a sweaty ang moh preparing your steak makes it all the more appealing. I think it was the wildly popular Botak Jones that first started the craze. Then there’s crazy ang mo. More recently, an Australian guy started Charco’s the flaming chicken. Thanks to readers proud kitty Mommy and Ida who recommended Charco’s... Read more →

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Astons Express – Yummy Food, Low Prices

It took me quite a while, but recently I finally stumbled upon one of the many astons express outlets. The concept reminds me of the wildly popular Botak Jones, with the plethora of meat and grill offerings in a kopitiam (not the food court) setting. Yup, all the astons express outlets across the island are situated at coffee shops. That means you pay cheap, cheap coffee shop prices! Not bad at all, considering the fact that they have also passed our taste test with flying colors. Yay! The main courses... Read more →

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Sri Bistari Changi Village – Best Ayam Penyet of the East!

Being a huge fan of ayam penyet (smashed fried chicken), I am always on the prowl for this sinful dish. But now that there are so many places where you can find it these days, it’s becoming hard to sift out the really good ones from the rest. The latest gem I have uncovered is sri bistari Changi Village. Don’t be misled by the name though. They actually have six branches, albeit most of them in the east, with just one in the central area. (check out this page for all the locations.) my... Read more →

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Pontian Wanton Mee – Me Wants Wanton Mee

I’m not exactly a fan of noodle dishes. But recently, a colleague introduced me to the famous Pontian Wanton Mee and I was sold! Since then, we’ve been having this colorful dish at least once a week! wanton mee is a type of Chinese dish with noodles (mee) and dumplings (wanton). The Pontian Wanton Mee stall has a long history dating back 60 years. They have a few branches over the island. Luckily for us, one of it is at our workplace in Toa Payoh central! (more…)  Read more →

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Sri Kamala Vilas Restaurant – Chicken Masala Shiokness!

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, I made a trip to sri kamala vilas restaurant. I got curious about these cute-looking hollow breads after seeing people eating them on two separate occasions. My friend called them “the two bombs”. Eventually we learned the proper name, “poori”. (more…)  Read more →

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Sri Vijaya Restaurant – Just Plain Yummy!

In keeping with my recent craze over thosai, I have been scouting for delicious thosai at Indian restaurants. Having delicious Indian food alone isn’t enough; it must be in Little India too, because that’s where you get the most authentic Indian dining experience! (Actually, the most authentic would be in India itself. But we make do with what we have here!) A street-side coffee shop I’ve found is Sri Vijaya Restaurant, where dining is definitely no-frills (authentic dining experience!).... Read more →

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Codfish Village – Fishy Business

Fish lovers would be spoilt for choice at codfish village. This neighborhood stall in Toa Payoh, tucked at the first level of a HDB block, serves up more than 30 codfish dishes! With a name like this, you can certainly expect nothing less. Despite its humble location, the prices here aren’t exactly cheap. The elderly lady who works at the stall tried to hard sell some of the dishes rather than giving us the chance to look over the menu. Personally, I really dislike it when salespeople try... Read more →

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Botak Jones – Damn Good Food!

“damn good food at a damn good price!” the sign proclaims loudly. You can almost hear it scream! Now what the heck am I talking about? Botak Jones! Some friends of mine had a craving for authentic American food and decided to drop by Botak Jones. I must admit I haven’t heard of this place before. My friend was like “i want to bring you to Botak Jones!” and I was like “what?” “Botak Jones!” “what jones?” oh never mind. So we drove down... Read more →

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Sing Ho Hainan Chicken Rice – A Shining Star

for those of you who love Hainanese chicken rice like I do, you are probably quite wary of the high fat and cholesterol content of this popular dish. The essence of a good plate of chicken rice lies very much in the rice itself. The most savory rice tends to have been cooked in chicken fat, which doesn’t exactly appeal to the health-conscious. Sing ho Hainan chicken rice addresses this health concern by offering a much healthier version of this dish. the rice is not glazed with chicken fat,... Read more →

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Zi Yean Restaurant – Yummy, Yummy Zi Char

I often take the bus 63 that plys a route starting from my neighborhood. Each time the bus would pass by zi yean restaurant near redhill MRT station. I have been curious about the place ever since it moved here from stirling road, where it had been a popular eating spot for 15 years. Despite its humble location, zi yean certainly does not have humble beginnings. It is run by Hong Kong-born chef fok wing tin who made his name in the 1990s at empress room in Raffles Hotel and later xin cuisine Chinese... Read more →

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Beancurd City – The Tau Huay Melts in Your Mouth

Ask any Singaporean where you would find the best tau huay (beancurd custard with syrup) in town, chances are you would hear Selegie Road. After all, the famous Rochor Original Beancurd there has churned out years of silky smooth home-made tau huay. Such is their popularity that Selegie tau huay has become a synonymous household name. Now it looks as though they have found their match in their next door neighbor, Beancurd City. There is an obvious feud going on between the two. The interesting twist... Read more →

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Sin Heng Kee Hainanese Chicken Rice – This is One Mouthful

If you are in the Bukit Merah vicinity and you happen to be craving for a warm plate of Hainanese chicken rice, head over to Sin Heng Kee along Jalan Bukit Merah. This friendly family-run stall sells some of the cheapest and yummiest chicken rice around! Hainanese chicken rice SGD2.50 a plate / SGD6 for 2-person portion of chicken with rice (above) I am not exaggerating when I say that the Hainanese chicken rice here is one of the best. How many times have you eaten shoddily prepared chicken rice... Read more →

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Holland Village XO Fish Head Bee Hun – XO May Save It

ever since the famous ABC Market closed for revamp some time last year, it’s been quite a headache finding dinner in the neighborhood. Most of the time my Mom and I go to Alexandra Village. Last night, we decided to pay the zi char (home-cooked fare) stall at redhill kafetien a visit. the name of the shop is holland village xo fish head bee hun. I believe it has its flagship shop at holland village. No prizes for guessing their house specialty. As usual, we ordered plain white rice with a chicken... Read more →

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Geylang Dinner

had a yummy yummy meal of all my favorite food at Geylang last night, to celebrate my full recovery from flu and sore throat. In my opinion, the best foods in Singapore are still found at hawker centers. first there’s my favorite frog porridge from sinma at lorong 3. They always create the false impression that they are offering customers a great deal by selling their frogs with “buy 2 get 1 free”, “buy 3 get 2 free”, “buy 4 get 3 free” promotions. But actually... Read more →

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