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Weโ€™re back at Lilโ€™s Taproom again to try out their newest menu: their ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—บ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐—–๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜ƒ๐Ÿฎ, ๐—ข๐—ฟ๐—ต ๐—Ÿ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜‚! ๐Ÿ–ค With funky and interesting combinations of local flavours on western foods - and being impressed by their creations last time, we were so eager to dig in! ๐Ÿ™‡๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿ™‡๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ

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This was already a solid American cheeseburger made from ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™œ๐™ฎ๐™ช ๐™—๐™š๐™š๐™›, the crispiest bacon and delicious cheese. The beef patty was so incredibly juicy! ๐ŸคŒ๐Ÿป They combined ๐™จ๐™ฌ๐™š๐™š๐™ฉ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ก๐™– ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™—๐™ช๐™–๐™ ๐™ ๐™š๐™ก๐™ช๐™–๐™ , a spice used in Peranakan cuisine, to confer a slightly bitter and earthy taste which we liked ๐Ÿซถ๐Ÿป

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Not to be mistaken for a sardine-filled puff, their rendition consists of sardine chunks added to a ๐™จ๐™ฆ๐™ช๐™ž๐™™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ -๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™›๐™ช๐™จ๐™š๐™™ ๐™จ๐™–๐™ช๐™˜๐™š coated over hand cut fries. The sauce here packed a ๐™จ๐™ฌ๐™š๐™š๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™˜๐™ฎ ๐™ฅ๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™ ๐Ÿฅต that brought the crispy and fluffy fries to the next level!

Donโ€™t be fooled by how it looks - the black chicken, which tasted strongly like ๐™—๐™ก๐™–๐™˜๐™  ๐™˜๐™๐™ž๐™˜๐™ ๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™—๐™–๐™ก ๐™จ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฅ, was marinated and deep fried to a perfection, preserving itโ€™s ๐™ข๐™ค๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™Ÿ๐™ช๐™ž๐™˜๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จ๐™จ inside! ๐Ÿคฏ The herbal ๐™˜๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™˜ ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™š helped balance the oiliness of fried chicken - making the dish not too heavy ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป

Lilโ€™s Taproomโ€™s new menu is definitely ๐™ค๐™ง๐™-๐™จ๐™ค๐™ข๐™š ๐Ÿ–ค๐Ÿคญ ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿป Once again, we were thoroughly impressed by their R&D, and we canโ€™t wait to be back. We def recommend coming down and trying their new menu for yourself! โ˜๐Ÿป

Delicious and not expensive with only $4 each bowl

Flavourful broth, very gingerly.

Fish were fresh, a mixture of sliced fish and fried fish.

The chilli was shiok as well.

Only avaliable in $6 Portion.

Although on paper, opening hours is 11.30am to 2pm. But by 12.40pm on a weekday, sold out liao. And about over 5 person had to be turned away.

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A stall with an attractive menu, in both senses of the word. They also have geprek and green chilli, but I went safer. The smashed chicken was quite good, while the other elements were average.

Second Time Back
Sambal Lala 2/5
Curry Mussels 4/5
OJING-EO GANGJEONG 2/5
Prawn Dashi Aglio Olio 3/5
Canto Grouper 3/5

Second Time Back
Sambal Lala 2/5
Curry Mussels 4/5
OJING-EO GANGJEONG 2/5
Prawn Dashi Aglio Olio 3/5
Canto Grouper 3/5

Pricey but a really tender and succulent piece of fried chicken leg, Wild Cocoโ€™s Ayam Berempah Leg ($10.90) comes coated with shreds of aromatic lemongrass and ginger. With no flour batter, the sizeable spiced-rubbed protein felt lighter than most and not as cloying. The flavour from the seasoned crust was also nicely balanced and the wonderfully browned skin was crispy. However, the insides could use a little more oomph from the marination, in my opinion. The Chao Ta Chee Cheong Fun ($13.90) was decent. Full of wok hei, it can get a bit bitter with the over-charred edges. The two large tiger prawns were nicely done though.