Anna

Crabstick, raw salmon, cucumber and avocado tucked in a roll of rice and seaweed, with half-grilled salmon and mentaiko on top. This is nice, but I definitely prefer Koh Grill's Shiok Maki, because the excessive torched mentaiko sauce on that one is so much more, well, shiok.

Pretty pricey for $12 but the cake was really moist and lovely with a rich chocolate taste! It would be better if there was more cake to go with the flowing egg custard and melted chocolate.

If you haven't yet tried the Pulled Pork Sanger at Burnt Ends, you're missing out. Imagine this: Brioche bun. Cheese. Pickled jalapenos. Red cabbage slaw. Tangy chipotle aioli. Smoky, juicy, tender pork shoulder that's been cooked for 10 hours and lovingly pulled. Brioche bun (again). Sink your teeth into all that and you'll be catapulted to heaven with the combination of textures and flavours. Pure satisfaction. Beware, it can get pretty messy!

This humble little coffeeshop in Tiong Bahru has only ever sold mee pok, kopi and toast for the past 70 years. By night, this neighborhood favorite transforms into a brand new yakitori and steamboat bar, Bincho. Go for either the $50 or $80 yakitori omakase menus, and enjoy a cocktail or two. If a unique setting and experience is what you're looking for, this might just be it.

This gorgeous shophouse gives you the option of sitting at the counter to watch the wonders of an open kitchen, or the beautifully lit basement communal table. Order a bottle of wine, and start with the mind-blowing Sea Urchin & Squid Ink pudding. As Burppler Jibs puts it perfectly, 'I can only tell you to try for yourself to know what it means to be lost for words at a dish like this.' Be adventurous and go for the Beef Tripe, it is unbelievably tasty and crispy on the edges. Finish off with the light-as-air doughnuts, and you're in for a great night.

Committed to bringing you specially-crafted cocktails with a strong emphasis on local flavours, this bar boasts a uniquely Singaporean take on their cocktails with flavours you'd never think could be combined with alcohol. Some favourites include their signature chilli crab cocktail, bak kwa cocktail, and durian cocktail ($22). Mars Bar now operates in The Duxton Hotel lobby until October 2014, so hurry down to get your fix of local flavours in seemingly absurd but surprisingly delicious concoctions.

Here is another Japanese restaurant that's been around for yonks. So clearly, they are doing things right. Their Kaisen Don ($22++) is the epitome of that. A generous amount of sliced tuna, salmon and yellowtail fish are arranged neatly on a bed of Japanese rice. Scattered liberally across these are ikura (salmon roe) and tobiko (flying fish roe). Besides wasabi, they serve two additional dips for you to enhance your raw seafood with - a fragrant sesame sauce and a yam paste. I have never come here and not ordered this dish. Enough said.