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Essentially tantalisingly bitter espresso ice slabs with surprising sharply salted cores having a bit of a lie down on a cream-topped, crumble-crusted wet coffee sponge bed. 3.9/5

Reminiscent of all those memories during my university days where this place would be a popular choice after classes. No matter the humidity or crowd, we all wait in line patiently for this glorious plate of roast meats. Oh and that splash of dark sauce, mess or art? You decide.
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New Rong Liang Ge Cantonese Roast Duck
Address: 269B, Queen Street, Singapore 182269
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I had flown in to Park Bench Deli for an errand but flew out grinning from ear to ear because I had their Crunchy Fried Chicken Sandwich in my clutch! 😄 The moment I got back into my waiting cab, off went the wrapping and in chomped my teeth.
The combo is pretty much a classic but you can trust PBD to do everything with panache. This means they use only thigh meat, sou vide-ing it first for tenderness before frying it to a loud crunchy finish (which somehow manages to not be oily). Swaddled with the chicken in the onion bread is a killer duo of cheekily spicy housemade slaw (it contains Peruvian green chilli sauce), cucumber and good ol' Japanese kewpie mayo.
Is your mouth watering yet? Mine is 🤤

I am not usually fond of the Indian-Muslim style of mee siam with thicker gravy but to my surprise, I rather enjoyed the one from "Warong Anika Rasa Muslim Food". This is a stall inside the food court on the second level of the IRAS building.
I think it's due to their tasty gravy striking an ideal balance with the fresh lime and sweetish sambal. Plus their beehoon had been pre-fried so it was already quite shiok. I really like that they threw on plenty of chives too.

One off the wish list!

Tendon Kohaku boasts queues with long waiting times. However, I managed to sneak in at the last hour at the Circular Road outlet without queueing.

I can totally understand the hype. For S$19.50++, the Kohaku Tendon Set is totally worth it. There's a generous portion of tempura - big prawns, squid, chicken filet, baby corn, long beans, mushrooms and pumpkin - all on top of premium steamed rice from Hokkaido. It also comes with udon soup which makes a great complement to the intense flavours of the tendon.

Visited the brand new Shinji by Kanesaka at Carlton Hotel for lunch today. Located in one corner of the lobby, I found the zen-looking walkway at the restaurant entrance to help put me in the right frame of mind for the impending meal as I wound my way through it. The interior of this Shinji reminds me a lot of the original at Raffles Hotel albeit on a larger scale. Unlike the St. Regis outlet, this has a lower ceiling so the feeling is cosier.
As I was in greedy mode (when am I ever not 😜), I chose to have the 15-piece sushi course again.
Every single piece was sublime but this silky Spanish mackerel was the one I loved most. The way it felt in my mouth floored me to say the least.