Malay-inspired American cuisine 🥹✨ Located at Kampong Glam area, this spot serves a variety of Malay-American fusion food from pasta, pizza, nasi minyak to bubble tea🧋 We had the 𝗠𝗲𝗲 𝗚𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗻𝗴𝘂𝘀 𝗥𝗶𝗯𝗲𝘆𝗲 ($𝟮𝟭.𝟱𝟬), an uograded version of mee goreng. This sweet spicy rendition comes with Angus beef cubes and edible flowers 🌸 📸 Instagram/Tiktok: @myfoodframes

Red Bone Toolang ($22.50) Famous for their mutton bone marrow (tulang merah), this is slow pressure baked for 12 hours. The rich savoury gravy and bone marrow is best paired with parmesan bread. If you’re afraid that this is too much, they also have a curry baby toolang which comes in a smaller serving 🍖🔥 📸 Instagram/Tiktok: @myfoodframes

Meathead Pizza 🍕 This savoury minced meat pizza comes with some pepperoni, ham and cheese toppings. Wished that this came with more generous amount of toppings 🥺

Gambero Alla Marinara | $32 Loved the flavours from this seafood pasta. The lobster bisque and brandy combination was impeccable - so savoury and umami but very light on the plate. Also, a very good amount of black tiger prawns. The choice of linguine pasta really gave that slurpy goodness. Couldn’t have enough of this! Rate:🌟🌟🌟🌟

Guanciale di Manzo | $32 Fusilli with a Wagyu beef cheek ragu that was slow cooked for 12 hours with red wine. You can taste the richness of the sauce together with the tender meat chunks in the ragu. Personally not a fan of short pasta like fusilli but it complemented everything perfectly, considering the thicker consistency of the sauce. If you’re a fan of meat based and red sauce pasta, this is one you can’t miss. Rate:🌟🌟🌟🌟

CRÈME BRULEE Experience la dolce vita at @gotti.sg! This modern Italian gem is a culinary haven, led by the talented Chef Ilham, whose skills have graced esteemed kitchens across Southeast Asia. From exquisite antipasti to pasta bursting with signature flavors, Gotti delivers an Italian feast like no other! But what truly elevates the experience is the exceptional alcohol pairing. With an exclusive wine list and cocktails that pay tribute to NYC and Sicily, it's a toast to the luxurious lifestyle of the Mafia. Whether it's an aperitivo or a digestivo, Gotti's collection has you covered. For a memorable Italian meal and a splash of la dolce vita, @gotti.sg is the spot!

Amazing burgers, one of the best Why didn't I know about this burger bar earlier? This was the thought I had when I left the restaurant with both my heart and stomach full. The Raclette Burger with Beef Patty ($26) was one beautifully juicy burger, with a wonderfully thick slab of Raclette cheese. Biting into this brings out a myriad of flavours coming from the juicy beef patty, savoury cheese and most importantly, the recommended cream pepper sauce. The cream pepper sauce was rich and I loved the amazing aroma that comes from the black pepper after. This is one bloody good burger. The Monsieur Burger with Crispy Chicken Patty ($24) was really good as well! The thick chicken patty had a good crispy batter and juicy flavourful meat within. This is paired well with the crispy hashbrown and flavourful BBQ sauce. Lovely flavours coming from this as well. All their burgers come with handmade fries, which were really addictive as they were well seasoned and surprisingly creamy inside! Portions of fries were so huge we couldn't finish! Definitely will be back. I would rate this as one of the best burgers I've had really!

Chef Special Barbecue Burger Those gorgeous homemade fries looked and tasted familiar, until I was told they share a boss with Braseiro, which I hated! But I had a completely opposite experience here. Everything was great. My limited-time burger contained a 180g flame-grilled US Angus beef patty, hash brown, sauteed onion, tomato, lettuce, cheese and BBQ sauce. It overwhelmed me - in a good way. The crunchy hash brown complemented the already good patty. The cream pepper sauce was addictive for the double-fried frites.

I found one of my favorite burgers at Burger Frites, and shockingly (for me at least), it's a vegetarian one.⁠⠀ i love the umami of the breaded brie, with the crunch of lettuce and buttery buns. Such a delightful experience! ⁠⠀ The Joo Chiat Road burger joint only sells a few items and you'll be tempted to try all. so walk off the food by exploring the hood. there's so much to see.

iced mocha ($8) ✨️✨️✨️✨️

Iced matcha latte And ordered some finger food to go along with the drinks. Quite a small cosy place at one corner of the mall

Gratin Be Gr(e)at Look, I ain’t gon lie to y’all, @8bar.sg Prawn & Potato Gratin ($14 nett) does feel kind of disjointed at times, but it’s held together purely by the supreme savouriness of the prawn bisque that’s served in a little metal contraption.⠀ ⠀ Even though the menu description proclaims the square of deep fried potatoes as a potato gratin, it’s really a potato mille feuille as there seems to be an absence of butter & cheese between each thin layer of potato. Sure, it might not strictly conform to the definition of a gratin, but this potato mille feuille is a sufficiently pleasing potato dish. The outermost layer is a convivially crunchy layer that conceals the inner layers of dense & soft potatoes that have been sliced thinly, and this deep fried square of layered potatoes performs as you’d expect.⠀ ⠀ To anyone who has ever had dim sum, the prawn pancake half of this appetiser should be eerily familiar. That’s right, the prawn pancake has been compacted into the familiar form factor of a beancurd roll. However, there are visible & discernible chunks of prawns in the beancurd roll, so you know for sure that you’re actually eating prawns in this savoury, delicious beancurd roll.⠀ ⠀ Now, the potato mille feuille/gratin square & the beancurd roll have absolutely nothing in common, but that undeniably umami prawn bisque ties it all together. The stunningly savoury & briny flavours of all the prawns are expressed into the brown liquid, and that luscious liquid fuses the potatoes & prawns together with its irresistible flavours. It sounds like crazy talk, I know, but you got try the Prawn & Potato Gratin to believe it.

Mushroom carbonara with Penne Pasta Large chunks of white mushroom in a carbonara sauce. I chose Penne pasta because I wanted something easier to eat with a spoon as the box really makes it hard to eat Spagetti or Linguini which a better paired with a carbonara sauce. However I must say that the pasta was al dente - it was not overly cooked and had a nice chewy bite but the sauce was a little too salty for me. Will recommend that if you are trying to control your salt intake to tell them to make it less salty. The sauce was ample - in fact I didn’t finish the sauce and there was still lots of it in the container when I finished. I will hope to try the Beef Bolognaise sauce next time, because that’s what I cook most of the time.

Pomodoro ($6.20) I choose Farfalle (choice of pasta) and Chorizo (spicy hotdog) (choice of side dish) before making purchase. But the serving was quite not that big as I managed to eat finish. I really like their tomato sauce to be not waterish or thick texture.

Hidden Gem in Funan Food 🍝: 7/10 Truly a hidden gem snuck right at the basement of Funan! Following the trend of build-your-own pasta bowls, this place offers pastas from $5.50 and allows you to choose from a variety of pastas and toppings too! Had the Carbonara ($7.90) tossed with the classic Spaghetti pasta as recommended on the menu. The sauce was on the thicker side and was mixed with fatty guanciale (pork cheek), egg, parmesan and black pepper. Each bite was really creamy and eggy with the black pepper greatly enhancing the taste of the pasta. Portion was just right for a was super hungry me during lunch time! A little note though, would have preferred if the guanciale was replaced with bacon for a little bit of that protein. Will definitely come and try their other pastas though!

Butter Chicken ($28) Quite a unique combi and while the butter chicken couldn't replicate the creamy goodness of the authentic ones, it still passed muster. Loved the addition of the pickled onions as well, giving every bite a nice crunch and a slight tang.

Plant Square ($26) A medley of colourful veges adorned over a beautiful tomato sauce atop a delicious sourdough base. Think semi-dried tomatoes, huge black olives, slices of grilled eggplant and zucchini, slivers of mushrooms and bell peppers and artichokes. Lovely variety and all coming together so well. The accompanying chilli oil was pure goodness as well - drizzle it onto your pizza and also the crust for an added oomph.

Avocado & Coppa pizza We ordered two pizza - one red and one white: 1. Avocado & Coppa pizza I loved the crust and bread base of the pizza. I don’t really taste any avocado but I also enjoyed this pizza very much. The portion is quite huge. I think 2 pizzas can feed 3-4 ppl. I think the pizzas are of good quality and would come again. We also tried the Honey&lemon with soda homemade spritz. It tastes a little like kombucha.

Fried Cauliflower This one of the mezzes. It wasn't too oily. The cauliflower is abit salty and sourish. It is more on the softer side rather than crunchy. Their top recommendation was Aubergine but i would recommend this as well.

Roasted Cashew Hummus Ordered their set lunch. This is one of the dips. The pita bread was hot and fluffy. It was very good. The sauce was abit sour but it makes it appetising. Would recommend to get this again

Fat Prince, a modern Middle Eastern, located at Peck Street, opened since 2016 by The Dandy Partnership — the same folks behind Neon Pigeon. Since I have limited knowledge for Middle Eastern cuisine, I follow what they recommend me to try, and to be honest all are good 🤩. Three of us leave with happy tummy 😋. Feature : 💕tender juicy Pit smoked pork ribeye, with char outside, served with Cabbage, herb , black garlic 💰$28 per 100 gr 💕fork tender braised Wagyu short rib, Tamarind, pistachio, tahini, parsley and shallot 💰$72 💕Fried cauliflower Lemon, black olive and green tahini 💰$14 💕roasted cashew hummus Zaatar, gremolatta and lemon 💰$15 💕Adana Kebab Tartare2.0 Wagyu, Turkish pepper, charcoal , cured yolk 💰$19 💕very soft and fluffy pita bread 📍Fat Prince 48 peck street

Good food but inaccurate Burpple Description unable to use any discount I had explicitly travelled down all the way for dinner, with the understanding as per the application that either the 1-1 Donburi or 30% off total bill could be used. 1-1 states in the terms and conditions “not applicable for lunch deal”, which I acknowledge. I was there during dinner time and I was not going to opt for a lunch deal. Prior to ordering, I checked with the waiter whether I could use the 30% or 1-1 donburi deal. To my surprise, he pointed that the donburi 1-1 was only for the premium donburi and NOT for the other regular donburis which were NOT part of the lunch deal — they were ala carte donburis that we can purchase during the dinner service so I don’t understand how it was a lunch deal to the restaurant. Worse thing is the 30% was only available for the SHARING PLATTERS, but on the app it clearly stated “not valid with 1-1 deal” which is reasonable but it’s basically inaccurate advertising that deserves a further compliant because it is unethical to use the Burpple platform and yet deny customers any use of the Burpple vouchers when they had already arrived at the resto. The food and service was good and we did not complain with the staff as I suppose company policy is not his fault, but this is highly unethical and Burpple should look into ensuring that the resto isn’t lying about their offers stated on this app as we have paid for Burpple subscription, how can the restaurant claim that every page on their menu that is NOT a lunch deal is still a “deal” except their premium bowls? And how can they indicate NO EXCLUSIONS on their 30% off total bill but inform guest that this is only for sharing plates but not mains? Why not for mains if they didn’t exclude on Burpple? Dishonest.

Deep Fried Pork Belly Donburi After enjoying myself at the recent Burpple #Eatup hosted by the good folks from Saketoshi, I was back to check out their regular menu. Saketoshi serves a really good 1-for-1 donburi deal from Monday to Thursday nights. We really enjoyed their deep fried pork belly donburi. The pork belly is first braised (a la buta kakuni). It is then deep fried to give it a crispy crust whilst the pork belly retains its melt in your mouth goodness. This was tbh surprisingly good!

𝐔𝐍𝐈 𝐒𝐄𝐀𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐄𝐌𝐏𝐔𝐑𝐀 ($𝟐𝟒 - 𝟐𝐩𝐜) a lovely combination of shoyu sea urchin, seaweed tempura and truffle caviar😋😋 Creamy, crispy, salty - a perfect appetiser to go w the rice bowls.

Dinner Cheesy Chicken Chop (S$13.90+) Topup S$5.90+ for mushroom soup & pink Lychee lemonade Note 📝 : Got GST

That’s Just The Way The Apple Crumbles Every good meal deserves a sweet ending, and @charliesgrill.com.sg serves a limited but well curated dessert menu. Due to us being super stuffed from the enormous entrées, we had to pass on ordering the House Made Brownie ($7.90++). Instead, we spilt a Belgian Chocolate Lava Cake ($7.90++), and a slice of Apple Crumble ($7.90++) between us.⠀ ⠀ While apple crumble isn’t exactly the same as apple pie due to the former having a crunchy crumbly topping as opposed to the flaky pie crust lid you get on an apple pie. Still, Charlie’s Apple Crumble feels plenty American to me with its sweet, comforting mix of spiced apple filling in a buttery pie crust and capped with a lid of crunchy cookie crumble. I was delighted to find that Charlie’s apple filling is slightly on the tart side, bringing a nuanced balance of sweet, tart and spicy from the cinnamon & vanilla. The only gripe I had was that the pie was served lukewarm instead of steaming hot. It was still decent, but I would’ve loved to see that luscious vanilla ice cream melting all over this slice of apple crumble.⠀ ⠀ Thank you so much for the hospitality @charliesgrill.com.sg, and thank you @eatwithkeat for inviting me!

Y’all Spit Saliva, I Spit Lava Every good meal deserves a sweet ending, and @charliesgrill.com.sg serves a limited but well curated dessert menu. Due to us being super stuffed from the enormous entrées, we had to pass on ordering the House Made Brownie ($7.90++). Instead, we spilt a Belgian Chocolate Lava Cake ($7.90++), and a slice of Apple Crumble ($7.90++) between us.⠀ ⠀ The Belgian Chocolate Lava Cake was very sweet, mainly due to the deluge of melted chocolate contained within the soft cake, but it’s manageable as long as you share it. Of course, a lava cake is simply incomplete without ice cream, so Charlie’s very generously serves every lava cake with two scoops of vanilla ice cream. This sweet frozen dairy treat provides a cold contrast to the heat of the gooey lava cake, and they mingle to form a rich, decadent dessert.⠀ ⠀ Thank you so much for the hospitality @charliesgrill.com.sg, and thank you @eatwithkeat for inviting me!

if there is one thing you should get at huevos it would be the LOADED NACHCOS ($19) my dad was OBSESSED with how thin and crispy the tortilla chips were😂 first time finding nachos not surfeiting!

i can understand why huevos is many's fav mexican spot BIRRIA BEEF QUESADILLAS ($18) had generous amounts of shredded short rib & brisket. v flavourful and juicy too!! BARBACOA LAMB TACOS ($14 - 2pc) one of the rare times i like lamb!!! so friggin yummy

huevos i didn’t expect myself to enjoy mexican food so much but I DID!!!! 🥺🥺 we got: - loaded nachos: i’m not even much of an avocado fan but i ate EVERY MORSEL of that guacamole because it paired so well with the nachos… shoutout to the tomato salsa & chicken as well! so good - fish tacos: damnnn i would never have thought of getting fish tacos purely off a menu, only got it because so many tiktok reviews were raving about it and it definitely did not disappoint. the fried fish was so tantalising & the sauce definitely packed a sweet-sour-spicy punch - pork quesadillas: also delicious but least memorable of all we got!