All the way from Austria since 1919, this traditional bakery set sail and arrived in Singapore early this year with their Signature Cheese Quarter Buns. Looking great behind the transparent containers, I decided to go for this instead of their famous Cheese Bun Original. Absolutely love the gooey cheese filling in the bun that left me wanting more😋. At $5.80, it might be slightly pricey but I guess it’s still worth trying!

You can tell how they get the consistency of the sauce on point just by looking at the picture. Always a good dish to order to accompany the rest of the meal.

Although named Penang Seafood Restaurant, it doesn’t just serve Penang dishes but a whole huge range of other zi char. The queues were really long despite it being a weekday, so I would definitely recommend reservations before heading down. But, there’s a minimum spending amount imposed for reservations although I’m not sure if it’s for all group sizes. We tried to reserve a table for 6 and that needed a minimum spending of $120, which we did without in the end since we were there early. Food was great, one of the better zi chars around! Will surely be back in future to try the other popular dishes like the Penang Laksa and Salted Egg Sotong!

I love eggplants and Penang Seafood Restaurant did theirs rather well! Served in a claypot, the dish was kept warm throughout our meal. The garlic flavours weren't that strong, overall well balanced.

PRICE: $11 for San Lou Bee Hoon (medium), $12 for 地三鲜 (small) nett

NOTES:
- Very flavourful 地三鲜 comprising of brinjal, potato, chilli pepper
- Taste of San Lou Bee Hoon has been consistent through all our visits
- Service and waiting time have improved since moving to its new air-conditioned location

For $39 bucks, this Budae Jiggae was good for 2-3 pax. Broth was tasty and worth it with a generous mix of chicken and veg. It wasn't spicy at all.

The mushroom Japchae($8) we ordered was just meh. It was lacking ingredients like mushrooms (it's a mushroom dish), sesame oil and it had a strong raw carroty taste. We decided it tasted better dropped into our army stew.

Would be great if they offered free banchan (side dishes) like other Korean places but they don't.

One thing that could use serious improvement though is the customer service. We were blantedly ignored by 3 different waiters and waitresses even though the place wasn't busy. We only wanted to call for additional water and these service people saw us waving, but they all decided turned their heads and face another direction. They were idle at that point. Yeah... ummm real friendly. So when we finally got the female waitress to stop to hear us out 15 minutes later when she scooted past, first thing she did was to slot us a receipt. Which came as a surprise too because nobody told us iced water was chargeable and on a non-refillable basis. Water came 10mins later. What a tale lol.

We might come again for the variety- food was decent but we think the service could be better. This place would be good for family gatherings or with muslim friends. Aside from the pajeon ($16 pancakes), most of the food seem reasonably priced. We paid about $20/pax.