And so, one of Singapore’s famous food critic has set up her own restaurant and in the swanky new National Gallery no less! Sticking to her Peranakan roots, National Kitchen serves up Peranakan cuisine with slight twists on some of the dishes. There isn’t any pork in the menu but I did not spot any...
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Mexican Delight With Barrio by Mex Out
I’m not a huge fan of Mexican food but I have to admit to a fondness towards grilled corn, tacos and guacamole. Mmm…avocado…yum! So I decided to check out Mex Out’s latest Barrio branch at Vivo City and here’s what we ordered. We went with 2 starters: Grilled Corn (top, S$7.90++) and fried Stuffed Jalepeno...
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Seoul Yummy’s Cheese Stew
Friend was having a craving for the Korean Army Stew, which was how we ended up at Seoul Yummy (Westgate) and we saw that they were having Cheese Pot specials (S$52.90++ and meant for 2 pax). We ordered the chicken version instead of seafood and the above is how it came. With 5 different sections,...
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Great Japanese Tapas At The Public Izakaya by Hachi
When you think of izakayas, one would normally associate it with beer, noise and lots of tapas-like servings of food. Normally yakitori. And that is the basis of The Public Izakaya by the Hachi group, located at 100AM in Tanjong Pagar. On a warm day, you may want to sit inside the air-conditioned area but...
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Underwhelming Pork At Butahage
The medium sized grilled pork rice bowl with added egg So my friend and I were in the Clarke Quay area and when it came to dinner, we decided to pop over to Liang Court instead. As I’ve never tried Butahage, we decided to try out their Grilled Pork Rice Bowl since they’re supposed...
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Ramen Festival At Ramen Matsuri
At the suggestion of my brother, the parents and I went to Ramen Matsuri for dinner for what my bro feels is “better ramen” than the ones at any typical ramen joint in Singapore. Ramen Matsuri literally means “ramen festival” and this little restaurant along North Canal Road specialises in ‘maze-soba’ which is dry ramen...
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Manzoku Really Leaves You Satisfied!
My ex-colleague treated me to lunch as she had missed my farewell lunches back in August. She brought me to this Japanese restaurant named Manzoku, located at Purvis Street. I never knew about this Japanese place as our usual haunt was another Japanese place further up the street! Manzoku means ‘satisfied’ in Japanese and with...
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Trip Down Memory Lane At Jew Kit Restaurant
Look at this charming place with all the old Chinese tobacco and cosmetics advertisements, record player, telephone and even light switches! This place is Jew Kit and it is a chain of restaurants that specialises in Hainanese food. Especially Chicken Rice. Love that their menu comes as ‘The Jew Kit Times’! Moreover, they used this...
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Hotel Re! Pearl’s Hill Serves Up Disappointing Set
Heard my parents rave about Hotel Re’s Abalone Laksa and I’ve also heard the same thing from a friend, so I thought that I’d be treated to a good meal when I went to Hotel Re! last week for dinner. First shocker was that it was super empty. My family was the only ones there...
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Sufood – Italian Inspired Vegetarian
A colleague of mine is vegetarian and so, when it came to her treating me to a farewell lunch, we opted for a vegetarian meal at Sufood. The great thing about Sufood is that it’s Italian-inspired so no mock meats!! Moreover, they also cater to vegans and all types of vegetarians so do let them...