Toa Payoh

17 articles

Swensen’s Shows Love for Cambodia with Palm Sugar Ice Cream

• 1 year ago • 1,552 views
Food & Drink
Casual-dining restaurant chain Swensen’s now uses palm sugar in two of its ice cream flavours, chendol and palm fruit. By importing sugar from Cambodia, the company is helping to improve the livelihoods of and creating sustained employment for palm sugar farmers in Cambodia. This is a nice thing that Swensen’s...

The Best Bak Kwa in Singapore Comes from…

• 1 year ago • 12,529 views
Food & Drink
…not Lim Chee Guan, Bee Cheng Hiang, Fragrance or even Kim Hock Guan. Year after year, only one bak kwa (pork jerky) maker gets business from my family — Kim Hwa Guan (金华源). We swear by the Kim Hwa Guan bak kwa and find theirs to be the tastiest in...

Swensen’s 1-for-1 Lunch Treats – Extended to March 2010!

• 2 years ago • 2,767 views
Food & Drink
Update: The promotion has been extended indefinitely. Good news! Swensen’s 1-for-1 weekday lunch promotion has been extended to end March 2010! This wouldn’t be the first time that the casual dining restaurant chain has prolonged the ever-popular deal. Maybe they should make it permanent already! From now ’til end March,...

Swensen’s 1-for-1 Lunch Treats – Back by Popular Demand!

• 2 years ago • 7,825 views
Food & Drink
Update: The promotion has been extended indefinitely. Remember this one? Swensen’s 1-for-1 weekday lunch promotion is back! From now ’til end February, you can enjoy this promotion at all Swensen’s restaurants between the lunch hours of 11am to 2pm. Click to enlarge Terms & Conditions: Valid on weekdays (11am –...

Swensen’s 1-for-1 Lunch Treats

• 3 years ago • 57,502 views
Food & Drink
Swensen’s is offering a 1-for-1 weekday lunch promotion from 11am to 2pm at all its restaurants. This promotion is certainly a great deal! So if I were you, I would check out their menu and start planning my next meal! Click to enlarge Terms & Conditions: Valid on weekdays (11am...

Jia Xiang Sarawak Kuching Kolo Mee – A Different Kind of Mee

• 3 years ago • 14,197 views
Food & Drink
Kolo mee is a signature noodle dish in Sarawak, perhaps equivalent to wanton mee, another dry-tossed noodle dish that Singaporeans would be more familiar with. Besides char siew (barbecued pork) and vegetables, kolo mee is also served with minced meat. In recent years, someone from Sarawak set up the Jia...

Oasis Taiwan Porridge – Idyllic Dining in the Park

• 3 years ago • 10,732 views
Food & Drink
Many of you are probably already familiar with Oasis Taiwan Porridge. For almost four decades, this restaurant occupied a standalone building beside Kallang Basin, becoming a landmark in its own right. For many families, it’s a popular gathering place. I have friends who grew up going there for family dinners...

Old Town White Coffee – Ipoh’s Finest Coffee in Singapore

• 4 years ago • 65,030 views
Food & Drink
Some time back, I tweeted and proclaimed Old Town White Coffee to be the best 3-in-1 instant coffee ever. Despite the rather brazen statement, given that I haven’t tasted most of the instant coffee out there, some of my followers agreed. Even after a year, during which I did try...