Comforting Old School Hainanese Lunch Weekend lunch at Sing Swee Kee It felt like a gentle return to comforting, old-school Hainanese flavours—simple, polished, and deeply satisfying. Ordered the Steamed Chicken with Rice, Hainanese chap chye, Hainanese pork chop, and a house-made chilled Luo Han Guo drink. Steamed Chicken Rice The steamed chicken was exceptionally tender—silky, juicy, and naturally sweet, with a clean, unmistakable chicken flavour. The skin had that perfect gelatinous finish, rich yet never greasy. A timeless option for anyone who appreciates lighter, more refined tastes. Chicken Rice The rice was fragrant and fluffy, with just the right amount of richness. It paired beautifully with the steamed chicken, especially when lifted by the chilli sauce and ginger sauce—balanced and comforting. Hainanese Chap Chye A warm, homely dish done with care. The black fungus and fried pork skins added a pleasant crunch, while the vegetables were cooked to a soft, flavour-soaked tenderness. Lightly seasoned but far from bland—elevated by lard cracklings that gave it depth and a satisfying finish. Hainanese Pork Chop Crisp on the outside with tender meat within, served with a nostalgic sweet-savoury sauce that hit all the right notes. It went surprisingly well with chicken rice, adding a richer contrast to the meal. Cold Luo Han Guo Drink Cooling, soothing, and thoughtfully restrained in sweetness—an easy, refreshing way to round off the meal. A comforting, lighter-leaning spread that still felt complete and indulgent in its own understated way—ideal for lovers of traditional Hainanese fare - Rating: 4/5

Lunch at Sing Swee Kee Went to Sing Swee Kee for lunch and ordered a few dishes as below. 1) Roast Chicken Rice The roast chicken was flavourful with a light smoky aroma. Skin had a slight crispness while the meat remained juicy and well-seasoned. Paired well with the chilli and dark sauce, making it a satisfying and hearty plate. Rice was fragrant and fluffy without being overly oily. It complemented the roast chicken nicely and soaked up the sauce well. 2) Hainanese Chap Chye A comforting, homestyle dish. Vegetables were well-braised and soft, with a mild savoury gravy that wasn’t too salty. A good balance to the meats. 3) Hainanese Pork Chop Tender and lightly fried, with a classic Hainanese-style sweet and savoury sauce. Not greasy and very enjoyable with rice. 4) Iced Barley Drink Refreshing and lightly sweetened, great for cutting through the richness of the meal. 5) Overall A well-balanced and filling meal with comforting flavours. Ideal if you enjoy roast chicken and classic Hainanese dishes.

Amazing chicken rice The dishes were very flavourful! It was worth the trip :)

Roasted chicken thigh rice, add roasted pork & braised egg Yet another final meal before an eatery closes for good. Too many of these in recent times…

Roasted Chicken + Meat ($6) it's quite nice tbh as a lot of people queued for this stall. But I got bones for roasted chicken :") and my colleagues they did recommend me for trying this. It's slightly oily but then overall it's quite nice.

Good Meal Under $5 In Bras Basah Fragrant chicken rice with tender and flavourful meat. Chili sauce is well done too. Queue can be very long and slow so best to avoid peak mealtimes. Short walk from Bras Basah mrt so it makes for an affordable eat in town.

Burrple Deal : Macaron With Coffee Love the ambience, staff service is good too. Coffee (latte and iced black) are good!

Ham & Cheese Croissant 💼Service review: Super friendly and chill staffs and turnover service is quite fast! 🥐Food review: Food here is cheap, delicious AND filling! Best three combi I could ever ask for😍 Would come back again for the popular 1-for-1 Burpple deal for macarons!💜 ✨Ham & Cheese Croissant✨ Honestly, this was such a delight as a breakfast dish. The croissant was soft, flaky and buttery, which matches the chewy melted cheese very well! Although this dish sounds very simple, there was nothing bad about this dish. I just wished they gave me more of that lemon tarragon dressing🥺 The portion was not too heavy but will keep you full till your next mealtime! 💰: $15 📈: 9/10

Organic Eggs Benedict ✨Organic Eggs Benedict✨ One of the best hollandaise sauce I’ve ever had. It has the right amount of butter, egg and lemon, which makes it flavourful and not too watery. The ham and sourdough tasted good as well, but it did not stand out. Would like if they add a special ingredient that makes them different from other cafes💗 The portion does look small, but it was enough to fill the belly🐷 💰: $18 📈: 8/10

Flat White @ Burnt Cones (Newest) We redeemed the 1-for-1 hot coffee and you could choose from Flat White, Latte and Americano. Very decent coffee at a great price 👍🏻

Quality ice cream, can't use Burpple Ice cream was nice. We bought the ube and stracciamenta. The ube had a strong taro taste that is rare to find. The stracciamenta had a thick chocolate, with uplifting notes of mint that complemented each other well. Just take note, that we couldn't use the Burpple deal at this outlet because "the system wasn't ready".

1 for 1 Premium scoops for $5 total! Ube was surprisingly good, the earthiness of the yam shone through. Matcha was alright, not the intense matcha flavour I expected and it was icy in some spots as well.

Dessert Cafe Madly Good on 5th floor of Clementi Mall is a dessert cafe that not only has Instagram-worthy waffles, crepes and pancakes, there are savory bites as well as many beverage options. https://hungryghost.sg/madly-good/

Dessert can't go wrong 1 waffle with 2 favors. At least won't be too much for 1 to have.. ( too boring after eating a while & stop eating the remaining) nice topping to go along with the waffle if you have finished the ice cream earlier.

Original Butter Milk Waffles @$10.50 Unlike their Jcube outlet, there is no 1for1 deal here on burrple beyond. This stall is located within clementi mall, so conveniently located next to clementi mrt. Waffles were served hot and crispy, strong buttery aroma. Gelato was great too. Plenty of Seating. Staff were friendly and welcoming.

Truffle Mushroom Ham Sandwich & Cold Brew Honey Hibiscus 🌺 Tea @OllaCoffee | Blk 109 Clementi Street 11 #01-03. Hello, it’s the long weekend! 🌈 And there’s nothing better than a leisure lunch in the comfort of air conditioning [given the extremely hot weather 🌞 in April] and munching on the perfect comfort food — ham sandwich 🥪 decked with truffle mayo spread, sliced ham, grated mozzarella cheese 🧀 and mushroom. 🫶🏻 #burpple #burpplesg #stfoodtrending #straitstimesfood #sgfood #sgeats #foodsg #wheretoeatsg #whattoeatsg #ollacoffee

Breakfast burger Haven’t been to Olla Specialty Coffee since pre-pandemic. Now they have a lunch menu serving pastas and sandwiches (at least I don’t recall a lunch menu on my last visit). But I was there for breakfast and I picked the tried-and-tested 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲 ($11.80) The combination of sunny egg, cheddar cheese, honey-baked ham and crispy bacon between brioche buns was hearty and satisfying, with the maple mustard sauce and caramelised onions adding a pleasurable punch of sweetness. I also loved the 𝟱 𝗢𝘇 𝗕𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 ($5), whose aromatic, medium-bodied profile was excellent. Despite being located in a quaint neighbourhood that’s not near any MRT station, @ollacoffee is a cafe I’d gladly return to. 𝐎𝐥𝐥𝐚 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐞 Blk 109 Clementi St 11 Unit 01-03 Singapore 120109

Berry Nice @OllaCoffee | Blk 109 Clementi Street 11 #01-03. Eating ice cream on cold, rainy weather may not be a wise choice. However, we are unable to resist this crispy, buttermilk waffle paired with vanilla ice cream and smothered in berries preserve and mixed fruits. Such a lovely sight on gloomy ⛈ days! #burpple #burpplesg #stfoodtrending #straitstimesfood #sgfood #sgeats #foodsg #wheretoeatsg #whattoeatsg #ollacoffee

Spicy Oil Dumplings (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️) Love a good coffee shop hidden gem, such as this Xin Peng La Mian at the recently refurbished Bistro 8 at Blk 442 (opposite the 448 market)! Saw several reviews that the Spicy Red Dumplings here are a must try and they really didn’t disappoint - these dumplings are so huge and meaty and only at $5 for a plate of 10! The meat filling texture is less compact and more similar to what you’d get in XLB but it sure is packing with flavor and juices! The sauce was decent with a good vinegary kick but slightly lacking in the heat department, though you can add more chili (Lao Gan Ma) on your own.

Chicken Chop La Mian (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️) Always on a lookout for a good noodle dish as a self-professed noods lover, and the huge portion of Chicken Chop La Mian ($5) left me in a food coma towards the end LOL. The hand-pulled noodles were cooked well with a decent chew and the cutlet was not too oily, but I felt that the meat sauce was somewhat underwhelming. Honestly if not for the little traces of minced meat, I didn’t know it was minced meat sauce lmao.

Handpulled Noodles & Dumplings XLBs ($4): their xlbs were larger than average, juicy and the skin wasn’t too thick tho it broke quite easily once picked up. not the best but v decent considering the price! fried dumplings ($5): initially found it off-putting how these dumplings were completely fried but they actually taste quite good!! crispy on the outside yet retaining the juiciness of the filling, which they were generous with. five spices beef la mian soup ($4.50): would advice to just skip this…. a plus is that they are generous with the beef slices which were quite tender but the entire dish is so bland, someone pls pass me the salt 😩

Good tiramisu Tiramisu @ $13++ It's good, but we have had much better. The rum wasn't soaked through in the middle so the taste could have been better. Base sauce was mango and raspberry which didn't really go well with tiramisu.

Good pasta Crab meat linguine @ $28++ We have craving for pizza and decided to come this place which has been on our wishlist for quite a while. Decided to have 1 pizza and 1 pasta and we landed with this, which is good but we think the pizza was really great and we'll probably try more pizzas next time. Went for lunch at 2ish and they said there's 1 for 1 for any of their pizza, pasta and mains. Think we saw the promotion say mon - sat 1 for 1 lunch promotion from 11.30am to 2.30pm, which is really great and a very pleasant surprise for us.

Awesome pizza Prosciutto pizza @ $25.50++ Really great pizza! We absolutely love it! The pizza has breadlike base, but they managed to keep it thin with very great texture and the right amount of sauce such that it's not soggy and the base crust is crispy! Hits all the right spot for us. Flavour is great and we hope to try other pizzas next time. Went for lunch at 2ish and they said there's 1 for 1 for any of their pizza, pasta and mains. Think we saw the promotion say mon - sat 1 for 1 lunch promotion from 11.30am to 2.30pm, which is really great and a very pleasant surprise for us.

Caramelised Onions & Cheese Toastie Crisp and tangy croissant cradling a molten mix of cheese and golden, slow-cooked onions. The sweetness of the onions plays beautifully against the savoury richness and every bite feels like a warm blanket on a cool day.

Dark Chocolate Sea Salt Sablé Chewy, gooey, and packed with dark chocolate. That sprinkle of sea salt makes every bite pop 》$4

Torta della nonna - Lots of pine nuts on top and within! - Taste was light with a prominent vanilla bean flavour, reminding me of a nougat which I enjoyed though it became a little one-dimensional after awhile. - Ricotta provided a mild milkiness, filling had a densely thick texture. - Crust was buttery sweet with a crumbly, biscuit-like bite similar to shortbread 🥧

tipo has hits & misses but this is DEF A HIT Been a while since I visited Tipo and didn't know their Bugis outlet renovated! It's so much more spacious and bright now💫 I was too lazy to build a pasta so I ordered a house special instead - Great Gorgonzola, and idk why I didn't try it sooner. The gorgonzola cream was sooo rich🤤🧀 and clung onto the mafalde well.

Tipo Pasta Bar🍝 Went to Tipo Pasta Bar last week and ordered their Linguine (Chilli Garlic) and built my own pasta - Pink Sauce, Garlic Chips, Smoked Chicken, Swiss Brown Mushrooms ($17.90 before GST and Svc Charge)!😇 Overall ratings 8/10! Pasta was not bad but nothing too fancy🥹 Flavour of the pasta itself mentions chilli garlic too but it dosen't taste like it (staff did mention that the flavour is very mild tho haha) Would visit again only if I am craving for pasta😅

Pasta! Visited Tipo Pasta Bar for the first time! Realised that their pasta menu is actually very similar to Tipo Strada! Both outlets have the build your own pasta menu! The only slight differences for the pasta menu is the fixed bowl where their selections are slightly different! Here is what I tried this time round: -Absolute Alfredo for Gemelli (parsley pasta) [$17.90++]: Love their creamy white sauce! This came with swiss brown mushrooms and chicken (which was more like steamed chicken to me than "smoked chicken") -Build your own pasta: Linguine Chilli Garlic Pasta + Aglio Olio + White Clams [$14.4++]: Free toppings were included and we added ALL and it was a WRONG choice lol! The toppings added were chilli flakes, extra virgin olive oil, garlic chips and birds eye chilli. The addition of the birds eye chilli and chilli flakes plus it was a chilli garlic pasta SUPER FIERY! I couldn't stomach more than 3 scoops of it whoops! Lesson learnt, just stick to adding garlic chips only the next time!