My birthday cakes from The Providore. Don’t have a sweet tooth but bestie insisted on me getting these as it was my birthday celebration. Pricey for their size but these babies tasted as good as they look. Guess you could judge a book by its cover, sometimes.
If I have deep pockets and a non-expanding waistline, I would buy all the offerings at Wu Pao Chun and savour them at one go for breakfast, lunch and dinner haha. Unfortunately reality bites and I could only allow myself 2 treats every time I visit the famous Taiwanese bakery. This time I got the mentaiko bao and a crispy rice studded pastry filled with curry. The mentaiko bao was really small but oh so good. The curry pastry was equally scrumptious and I would probably get this again. But then maybe not. There are still loads of yummy offerings at Wu Pao Chun waiting to be discovered by my tummy.
This sweet and savoury pizza is more like a snack than a meal unlike its Italian counterpart. The paper thin tortilla base was just slathered with a sweet and savoury garlic paste sans any other ingredients. Then you are supposed to fold the pizza slice and dip it in the accompanying whipped cream. Never liked whipped cream so I just ate the pizza on its own. It is a novel idea and I probably wouldn’t order this again but then it’s just me.
Of course we had to savour the famous chicken pie at Honolulu Cafe when we went to Centrepoint. We were left belly satisfied with the golden brown savoury bakes of creamy chicken encased in a mildly sweet short crust pastry shell. Honolulu Cafe would give a certain local bakery chain also famous for its short crust chicken pies a run for its money.
Never understood why they took this sinfully mouthwatering salad off the menu at PS.Cafe. Other than the signature truffle fries, this is one dish i would order again and again at PS.Cafe if they hadn’t taken it off the menu. So this is kind of a tribute to an ingenious salad with an Asian twist. I was completely taken with the fragrant peanut sauce, crispy tofu noodles and cashew nut crunch atop a healthy mix of red cabbage, potatoes, sugar snap peas, avocado, bean sprouts and quail eggs. I say bring back this Gado Gado Salad already, PS.Cafe!
We ordered the Blue Velvet Cake, Rainbow Cake and Seafood Pizza. The cakes were totally scrumptious and I couldn’t decide if I like the Blue Velvet or the Rainbow Cake more. I have always thought Dean & Deluca has the best version of the Rainbow Cake ever. The Blue Velvet was a scene stealer with its Cookie Monster blue hue and tasted as good as it looks. The Seafood Pizza was unfortunately completely overshadowed by its dessert counterparts. Oh well. Mental note to just indulge in the delectable bakes here.
The supposed insane queue at A&W Jewel was very manageable when BBF (best buddy forever) and I arrived at 11am+ on a weekday and we got our seats very comfortably. Both of us ordered the Golden Aroma Chicken meal which came with 2 pieces of fried chicken, curly fries and root beer. I personally prefer A&W’s rendition of fried chicken to that of KFC’ hot & crispy version. The former’s batter is not as thick and greasy as that of KFC’s. The curly fries and root beer tasted as they were meant to be haha though BBF seemed enamoured with the root beer as she took a solo shot of it lol. Anyway am glad A&W is back on our shores!
I really like Hoho Korean’s rendition of the seafood pancake. It is cooked till crispy and is studded with prawns, squid, clams albeit the tiny frozen types sold in the supermarkets. It is served with a killer umami dip topped with chives and sesame seeds. The pancake tends to be a little greasy but is soooo good I can finish the whole thing on my own in one sitting. Enough said.
This was a surprising find as I didn’t expect to find such a gem in a food court. This stall specialises in nyonya set meals and I ordered the fried chicken leg set meal. It came with a juicy crunchy chicken leg, blue pea infused rice, coleslaw with cherry tomatoes, Indonesian prawn crackers and soup. The best part of the meal was the free flow of nonya chili. It was so good I went back for refills. I could seriously eat the chili on its own haha.
Ordered the kimchi seafood fried rice, Kpop chicken and kimchi cheese pancake. Really enjoyed the kimchi seafood fried rice. The flavours were robust and the dish was chock full of fresh seafood. The Kpop chicken was relatively good too with big juicy chicken chunks in a crispy savoury batter. The disappointment was the kimchi cheese pancake as it was completely burnt on the bottom and the overall taste was lacklustre. The irony was it was supposed to be one of their signature dishes. Don’t expect home cooked authentic korean dishes here. The flavours were obviously tweaked with a modern influence.
We ordered the must-order har cheong pork kerepok, hae bee hiam spaghettini, mushroom and double cheese beef burger and some fries with bonito flakes and chives. The most memorable dish was the har cheong pork kerepok which was basically paper thin strips of pork belly marinated in shrimp paste then deep fried. They should just bottle this and sell it as a CNY snack already cos the umami pork belly crisps were really addictive and I had never tasted anything like this. It would be a perfect CNY snack and a welcome change from the usual boring salted egg fish skin and potato chips. The burger and fries were meh. The hae bee hiam spaghettini would appeal to those who like spice.
Came here for a Christmas gathering with the girls and we ordered up a storm. We ordered some 7 dishes amongst the 4 of us and it was truly belly satisfying haha. We had homemade fried potatoes with cheese, crispy fried anchovies with lemon, grilled haloumi cheese with lemon and oregano and Greek filo pastry with spinach, feta, leeks and dill. For mains we had grilled lamb chops with oregano and rosemary, grilled octopus and a chicken dish that I can’t recall the actual name. We were so stuffed we couldn’t fit in dessert. All of the dishes were good in their own way and this place would be a perfect spot for families and gatherings with friends. Not really recommended for a romantic date cos this place was rather noisy so just come here for hearty Greek fare with the pals. Not too expensive too. We paid about $50 per head for 7 dishes.
