Gatherings

Toriyard offers a spread of Yakitori skewers, and we got some of their signatures:

Tsukune - chicken meatball bathed with onsen egg
Pork belly with asparagus
Momo - crispy and tender chicken thigh
Sasami - chicken fillet lathered with mentaiko

Great for sharing (each goes for about $4-$5 a stick)

This place takes you away, being in the heart of bishan park and surrounded by greenery and chirping birds. We came here on CNY day 2 and the dishes here impressed us:

Deep fried shiitake in wasabi cream and cheese was a highlight. Crisply coated outside and very juicy and meaty inside, layered with crackling cheese. ($10 for 4 of these goodness)

Feat. Unagi rolls married with tamago and tobiko and a generous plate of tempura moriawase.

Lovely place

Lovely crispy pockets filled with pulled beef goodness, juicy and full of flavours. Some call this a cousin of our currypuff. & It makes me miss having this for the first time in Orlando. ($14)

What a fun place with loud booming spanish music, and each dish impressed with it's flavours & sauces. highlight was when people started dancing Bachata

At the forefront is their Cubano sandwich stack that has layers of hams, slight punch of mustard and lots of cheese. ($16)

My personal fave goes to the national Cuban delight of Ropa Vieja bites on crispy plantain chips. Ropa vieja has a long history, where it's more of a leftover dish with pulled beef, potatoes/beans. Now it's revived with avocadoes and some salsa. Chef kiss 😘 ($15)

Absolutely love this place with it's rich flavours and swift serving time. Must haves for us are always:
- Bakwan Kepitang Soup (pork and crabmeatball soup)
- Babi Pongteh (melt in your mouth braised pork)
- Beef Rendang
- Terong Goreng Chili (Crisp juicy Brinjals)

About $45, and psa, it's on fave too!

Lebanese cuisine always takes flavours up a notch, and kazbar remains one of my favourite places to unwind - with the must haves of Tabouleh, Hummus, Babaganoush (egg plant mash with tahini), crispy Falafel and their mixed grill platter. The most memorable got to be their lamb ribs and lamb kebab. Grilled to perfection 💫

At bar bar q, they easily mastered the smokey taste of garlic fried rice and for $12.90, it's an easy yes. Polished this clean 👌

Brings me back to Xi'an and inner mongolia where the meat are heavily peppered with spices. This place is outdoors outside tower 4, and has an izakaya vibe where drinks, conversations just flow

All skewers are delicious and borderline spicy 🔥

Match it with some their Obazda cheese (camembert base with various spices) that served a punch and it's a good starter to oktoberfest

Hearty, meaty gatherings with 🍻 and joyous vibes of oktoberfest. Love the spread Paulaner offered with pork knuckle, sausages, schnitzel and more (including my first time trying bread dumplings and sauerkraut.)

The cold cut platter also served many diff kinds of cheeses alongside various ham cuts. Had their special festbier - light, sweet and refreshing!

to these chicken satay, can't help it esp with the strong, tantalising smell of the grill as we chill on the day beds. Chunky chicken pieces showered with rich garlic bits and served with a pure peanut sauce. Perfect company to the relaxing afternoon ⛱️☀️ ($19.80)

These soft shell tacos capture a flavour bomb, including spicy pulled pork, baja fish, and one with just cheese and veggie (you can choose the flavours). El Mero Mero means the best, and we cleared this in no time