For Value-for-Money Lunch Noodles By the folks behind The Refinery comes Miss Lok, a cheeky Asian hotpot and noodle bar located near Clark Quay. While the hotpots and sexy cocktails they serve in the night are tempting, it is more value for money to come on a weekday afternoon for their lunch bowls. The lunch menu offers five types of soup-based noodles (from $8.90), of which the blackened squid ink soup Black Laksa and wickedly spicy Ma La Mee Tai Mak are the clear standouts. Add $5 to complete your meal with a drink and a side dish — be sure to order the One Mouth Crab! These bite-sized soft shell crabs are fried to a perfect crisp — you won't be able to stop popping them into your mouth!

Value-for-money weekday lunch situation at Miss Lok, a retro and naughty chingchonglinglong hotpot concept hidden in a most covert part of Clarke Quay. Haven't had the chance to try their night time loklok hotpot, but their $8.90/$9.90 weekday lunch noodle bowls are fairly diverting, with the insidiously numbing spicy red nymphet being Mamasan Lok's star courtesan. Clockwise from top left: Sake Asari Clam Vermicelli, Black Laksa, Green Tea Soba Oden and MaLaMeeTaiMak.

Black Laksa, Green Tea Soba Oden, Ma La Mee Tai Mak, Sake Asari Clam Vermicelli ($8.90-$9.90, add $5 for set) Lunch sets at Miss Lok. I would recommend the Black Laksa (rich and gives you black teeth 😐) and especially the Ma La Mee Tai Mak, which has a good numbing effect you would expect of a mala soup, but it does not overpower the sweet flavour of the broth.