squid ink seafood paella ($34.00) and pork quesadilla ($18.00) squid ink seafood paella ($34.00): tbh this was q underwhelming bc the squid ink flavour was not v prominent. there were q a lot of ingredients but some of the mussels were kinda fishy so not the best. the portion is small so probs need to order sth else if you’re sharing between 2 ppl bc the layer of rice is v flat pork quesadilla ($18.00): rly enjoyed this! an ok option for spanish food in sg but nothing to scream about and i’ve had better elsewhere so i probs wouldn’t be returning any time soon

Potato Ah I know the potoato is a simple humble food but gosh it's surprised me by tasty like a yummy comfort Mac and cheese kind of food. If you love your carbs and potatoes, I highly recommend it.

Grilled Cod It's a decent dish. The prawn pretty large and the cod is grilled. I know it's their star dish but I didn't get swept off my feet. It tastes exactly like how cod would taste when grilled. No surprises. The sauce is pretty nice though. Can order if you are really in need of satisfying a cod fish craving. Otherwise I recommend trying the other dishes.

Non-BBQ Food at KBBQ Mushroom pancake ($15.80) Fried using enoki mushroom, this was really good and was something different from the usual kimchi pancake. It was so crispy on the outside and just right on the inside. Recommend this! Mulnaeng myeon ($15.80) Mismatched portioning - Amount of buckwheat noodles was enough for 2 but they only gave one slice of beef??? Broth was good though

Have Your (Pan)cake And Eat It Too Kimchi is nice and all, but what if we, oh I dunno, upgraded it? Say we put beaten eggs, a batter mix of rice & wheat flour, and kimchi together and panfried it all? That’s right, kimchi pancakes are a terrific thing, and they’re the only acceptable form of carbs to have at a Korean BBQ.⠀ ⠀ @mannakoreasg Kimchi Jeon ($17.80++) is every bit as fantastic as any other Korean restaurant worth their kimchi. The thickness of the batter is perfectly balanced as all things should be, providing just enough sponginess to satisfy your jaw while being thin enough to avoid becoming a grease sponge. ⠀ ⠀ The starchy bits are regularly interspersed with bits of kimchi, delivering zaps of crunchy sourness that cuts right through the greasy, meaty haze of your meal. The edges are crisped up real good too for some delightful textural variation, an important but often overlooked factor for any food item.⠀ ⠀ When you go for a spot of Korean BBQ at Manna, you can have your pancake and eat it too.

I Got Beef With The Pork I’m kind of miffed that the Samgyeopsal ($26.80++) at @mannakoreasg was served to us still somewhat frozen. C’mon man, we’re already doing all the cooking, at least defrost the pork belly all the way through before serving it.⠀ ⠀ However, the Jumulug, which is marinated beef sirloin ($40.80++), fared a whole lot better. Firstly, it’s properly thawed, so that’s nice, and secondly, the beef is remarkably well marbled, with stunning streaks of fat meandering through the sirloin. These sirloin slices are marinated in a soy sauce based marinade that’s simple yet sapid. The marinade adds salinity to the beef, accentuating the beefy, meaty flavours that everyone loves beef for. The sirloin, as you might’ve guessed, is sublimely tender after a stint on the grill and will melt in your mouth ever so slowly.⠀ ⠀ I’d definitely recommend getting all the beef at Manna, and skipping the un-marinated pork belly. They may not treat the porcine right, but they do right by the bovine because they don’t want any beef.

Strawberry Watermelon Cake Strawberry watermelon cake ($8.90/slice) ⭐️ 4/5 ⭐️ (more of a 4.2) 🍴Ever since trying @blackstarpastry’s famed rendition, have been searching for a good one in SG but without much luck. Thus, was highly excited when friends at Oh Deli arranged to send over their freshly made version. Refreshing and light on the palette, this unique cake featured juicy and crunchy watermelon sandwiched between almond dacquoise and light rose-flavoured cream, topped with strawberries and chopped pistachios. Delightful mix with just the right level of sweetness (ie., not sweet!). While the nutty almond sponge was slightly dry on day 1, it became more moist subsequently. Compared to the iconic cake, the rose flavour was more subtle and the cream on the thinner & runnier side (or perhaps it was the heat that melted it). Nonetheless, a delightfully enjoyable take on one of my favourite cakes that got gobbled up way too quickly in this household! ⚠️ Do note that they rotate their cakes in store, with this only available on a rare seasonal basis. But do consider checking the deli out for hearty breakfast and mains, along with gourmet meat, produce, and wines from Australia and Europe. 📍@ohdeli.sg, 421 East Coast Road Singapore 429008 Insta: cafehoppingkids

Our Favorite Neighborhood Deli Great quality meats from our local deli, awesome breakfast and coffee. Their sausage rolls are amazing!

Breakfast Done Right! We happened to discover Oh Deli quite by accident and what an accident it was. From the outside, it doesn't look like much. Even at a first glance, the menu isn't fancily done. But what it lack on these aesthetics was made up 100% by the food. Omelette ($10.90) Freshly made and piping hot, the omelette isn't your fold over, elegant omelette. These are more, cook-in-a-skillet, hearty, home made omelettes and it tasted like it too. Made with really fresh ingredients, it was lightly seasoned and allowed each ingredient to be nicely highlighted. Simple, fuss free, hearty and satisfying. Egg Island ($14.50 + $4.00 for additional grilled mushroom) This feels like the ultimate comfort British breakfast. Baked beans were nicely cooked, soft without being mushy. The poached egg was perfect. And I mean PERFECT! The white wrapped around the yolk beautifully and the yolk was nice, thick and runny. Sour dough was pretty good without being too sour (which I personally prefer). The mushrooms were well cooked with minimal seasoning but was packed with flavor and the sausage was so so so good. Not overly seasoned, the sausage had a great meat to fat ratio and was nicely coarse. Yummy! The food here was very well done. Slightly on the mid-price side due to most of their ingredients being organic or free ranged (which is better than paying for for "fancy" all day breakfasts) but what they did was make a good hearty breakfast... well... good and hearty without being overly fancy or hipsterish. Will definitely recommend you check out this place if you're around the area and Oh! (All pun intended), it's also a grocery store so you can grab some really great ingredients while waiting for your food to be served too!

“Orh Luak” Oyster Omelette Spaghettini ($20) Interesting “Orh Luak” Oyster Omelette Spaghettini ($20) from @rokettoizakaya! Really liked the crispy oysters that were really fresh and fried nicely. It really had that orh luak texture and flavour that we all know and love. The spicy dried shrimp chilli made for a really good sauce although there was quite a bit of it and slightly overpowering sometimes

Orh Luak Spaghettini Mod-Sin always attracts me. I never tried Wild Rocket so it's good chef Willin Low created Roketto. This is another popular dish and very fusion lol. The "oyster omelette" was represented by several big battered oysters and a few strips of egg. It's not as spicy as rumoured. Quite shiok.

Krapow Prata Pizza Mod-Sin always attracts me. I never tried Wild Rocket so it's good chef Willin Low created Roketto. This fuses prata, pizza and basil minced meat. Decent flavour and interesting texture that's between prata and pizza. But it's sooo little.

Salmon Don It’s a simple n tasty Don bowl! Salmon is fresh.

Beef bacon burger Juicy and crisp beef and bacon burger!

Crabmeat Linguine The Crabmeat Linguine ($22.80) features al dente linguine, blue swimmer crabmeat and cherry tomatoes in a creamy pomodoro sauce - this is tasty and satisfying!

Salted Egg Sweet Potato Fried sweet potato coated with salted egg mix! A must try!

Old School All The Way. Perhaps it’s the start of a new year but I was hit by a wave of nostalgia and thought of Oasis Taiwan Porridge, a Chinese restaurant TH and I used to frequent very regularly for suppers about two decades ago. This was during the time when it was located in Kallang - also in a round building and surrounded by water, just like it is now at Toa Payoh Gardens (and if you know what I’m talking about, I guess we’re about the same age 😂). Since there were just us two yesterday, I could only order most of our old favourites: Stirfried Szechuan Vegetable with Pork, Chye Por Omelette, Cold Silken Tofu in Soya Sauce with Century Egg and Pork Floss, Stirfried Beansprouts with Salted Fish, and Braised Pork. The highlight for me though, has always been their porridge which is cooked to the perfect consistency with sweet potato. And because it is served in a thermos container wheeled over on a trolley which stays by your table, it is still nice and warm when you help yourself to more later. Aside from the rather dry braised pork we encountered yesterday, the rest of the dishes were fine. Flavours tasted as old-school and robust as I recall. The food was still on the oily side (it’s like they never got the government’s memo to go healthier 😂) but it’s exactly why the clean-tasting porridge paired well with them I guess.

Cereal Chicken You know what is the best part of this dish? Which is you can eat without getting your hands dirty! Chicken was deep fried before stir frying in a pot with the cereal toppings.

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Very interesting fusion food! Been a long time since I've eaten at this restaurant, and the quality is still pretty good! Here are the dishes I've tried: 1️⃣ C&C&C&C&C Pasta ($25.90 for main size) - yes their pasta name is interesting, but basically its filled with ingredients starting with C. This cold dish boasts of creamy seafood flavours coming from the crabmeat and lobster bisque! Pretty decent dish that is worth a try. 2️⃣ "Hainanese" Pork Tomahawk ($32.90) - I was surprised how meaty yet tender the pork cutlet was! The sauce that it's drenched in definitely reminds me of Hainanese chicken rice chilli, and the addition of fruit jam definitely made it interesting. It does not get too surfeiting because of that! However, there is still a slight pork smell that some may not like. 3️⃣ Waffles & Roe ($9) - an interesting dish, with deep earthy flavours coming from the waffles and seafood savoury punch from the ikura roe. This is a mix of sweet and savoury flavours that will open up your palette! With their menu changing every 4 months, you can see the innovative elements in their dishes. Will be back to try more dishes next time!

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Modern Local Style Ordered dinner from @restaurantibid last weekend through WhatsApp Ibid-Style 8 Treasure Duck (S$118) Interesting texture with water chestnut and chestnut in it, the texture of the rice wasn’t what one usually expect for traditional Chinese style. Cheese Shaobing (S$7) Got to heat up to get the lava like melted cheese which harden quite fast. Lion’s Head Meatball Scallion Noodle HK-Style Curry (S$38) The surprise was inside the meatball - curry gravy but letdown by too much big cubes of jelat fat Pork Fat Rice Crispy Lard Scallion (S$12) If only the lard was light and crispy with crackling sounds Shaoxing Creamed Spinach (S$12) Chocolate Chip & Walnut Cookie ($7) Very soft and rich although nana remarked that it tasted like got peanut butter inside Black Rice Baked Mochi Cake (S$28) Reminded one of Pulut Hitam (Black Glutinous Rice Sweet Soup) Kaya Ice Cream (S$19) Braised Squid and Peanut Butter Zhajiang Noodle (S$26) It was very rich and got jelat easily. Kind of too salty too. Think 🤔 would be best if sauce and noodles packed separately. Felt that it didn’t survive the trip well. Restaurant ibid Address 🏡 : 18 North Canal Road, Singapore 🇸🇬 048 830 Tel ☎️ : 9151 8698 Website 🌐 : https://www.restaurantibid.com Note 📝 : free delivery with minimum S$150 order

For Eclectic And Adventurously Tasty Food G I F T For those who aren’t ready to dine out yet in Phase 2 of Singapore’s post-Circuit Breaker, you’ll be pleased to know @restaurantibid is continuing with their takeaway/delivery menu until Sunday, 28th June. On offer is an eclectic spread that’s full of delicious surprises, so I suggest ordering an assortment of items that catch your eye and graze across them. Here’s what Chef-owner @woowaileong selected for my dinner last Thursday: 1. Shao Bing - This has been on the menu since Ibid opened for business but has been tweaked and refined over time. It’s currently available with two kinds of fillings: sweetish shredded Wagyu Beef and Cheese with scallions. I preferred the latter because of the savoury taste and I thought the oozy creaminess was marvelous with the chewy dough. 2. Ibid-Style 8 Treasure Duck - Deboned, the #duck is stuffed with fluffy sticky rice mixed with a generous amount of chopped up “lap cheong”, mushrooms, chestnuts and more, which pretty much qualifies it as a one-dish meal too. I enjoyed it most with the bright chilli sauce served alongside. By the way, the caramelised skin is not meant to be crispy. 3. Five-Spice Roast Spring Chicken - A classic done with a Chinese twist. If you aren’t fond of the coriander powder-heavy seasoning, you might want to skip this as it’s liberally rubbed all over. 4. The 50/50 Potato Purée - Super smooth, buttery and creamy, it was beloved by everyone. 5. Shaoxing Creamed Spinach - The Chinese spin put on this popular steakhouse side got it more appetisingly nuanced. 6. Lao Gan Ma Slaw - Did the chilled crunchy cabbage improve from a spike of savoury Oriental-style heat? You bet it did. 7. Mapo Tofu - Like I suspected, this turned out to be one of my favourites. Supremely fragrant and controlled in spiciness, Ibid’s had more structure than most renditions that tend to veer into mushiness. 8. Pork Fat Rice - Dressed in pork oil, crispy lard and scallions, it’s a most apt and delicious carb for the Mapo Tofu. 9. Lion Head’s Meatball - Formed from seasoned minced pork, the huge thing contained a mild Hongkong-style curry at its core which flowed out once a cut was made. 10. Scallion La Mian - The strands of al dente noodles tossed in scallion oil were a good match for the XXL meatball. 11. Black Glutinous Rice Mochi Cake with Taiwanese Milk Oolong Ice-cream - So utterly perfect in its uniqueness and taste, I was inspired to do a stand-alone post about this dessert (please go have a read). The cake is incredible bare but when served a la mode, it took things up a few notches. 12. Chocolate Chip & Walnut Cookie - The other (and rather unexpected) favourite of mine from this meal, I would go so far as to call it THE BEST chewy cookie I’ve had in the past few months. Don’t hesitate to hit up Restaurant Ibid to get your order in.

The Biggest Surprise Of All Was This Chocolate Chip & Walnut Cookie G I F T The other (and rather unexpected) favourite of mine from the meal I had from Ibid was this huge cookie. In fact, I would go so far as to call it THE BEST chewy cookie I’ve had in the past few months. The chocolate chips are gooey and the fresh tasting nuts add a very enjoyable light crunch.

K BBQ A rather good traditional Korean bbq restaurant that uses 100% charcoal. I went for the buffet which came with a free flow of banchan, lettuce and egg. The buffet options are limited to meat dishes only with choices such as marinated beef, beef brisket (limited to 150g/pax), marinated chicken in soy sauce, marinated chicken in chilli sauce and marinated/non-marinated pork belly and pork collar. They are also quite strict with the 90 mins buffet policy to make space for other patrons. The meat came in thick-cut slices and was well marinated. My dining companions incl myself all preferred the marinated range of meat. It grills well over charcoal with a nice smoky flavour. They also change the grill plate frequently (without asking) to ensure we get clean and non-charred plates to enjoy bbq our meat. I feel the buffet price is worth the quality of meat but if you are looking for premium quality then maybe you can consider going ala-carte. We also ordered a kimchi pancake separately to share and I would totally recommend this to anyone who is considering getting one 👍 90 Mins Buffet 》$29.90 / Adult

meat feast @ ehub / not enough time to eat lol

Pork The plain pork. It's so bad. Thick but dry, so that sucks.