Cheap and cheerful, Nanyang Old Coffee is one of my favourite places to go for a quick meal or snack. The branch in Chinatown serves local favourites such as Nyonya Laksa, Bak Kut Teh, Nyonya Curry Chicken and Nasi Lemak as well as Kaya Butter Toast, Chee Cheong Fan, Nyonya Bak Chang, Soon Kueh and… Read More »
Ikkousha Hakata Ramen, a Japanese ramen chain from the Hakata ward in Fukuoka in Japan famed for it’s rich tonkotsu (pork bone broth) ramen, is one of the most popular ramen restaurants in Singapore with two branches, one in Tanjong Pagar Plaza and the other in Chijmes near City Hall. It had been a couple of years since I last visited Ikkousha but as I… Read More »
Whenever I go on holiday to Malaysia, one of my friends usually wants to pay Souper Tang, or Tang Shifu as it’s also known, a visit as they have branches everywhere there so I’ve been quite a few times. Even though it’s primarily a Chinese herbal soup restaurant I almost always go for something else as I’m… Read More »
Part of the Les Amis group of restaurants, La Strada is a casual trattoria in the Shaw Centre that serves home style Italian cuisine. They have an a la carte menu of starters, pastas, risottos, meat and fish mains, desserts as well as a daily 3-course set lunch with coffee or tea for $35++. They also have an… Read More »
Osteria Art is a classy Italian restaurant and bar in the heart of the CBD close to Raffles Place MRT. They serve classic and modern Italian cuisine using quality fresh ingredients and offer a great value weekday set lunch menu ($38++) as well as a daily 4-course dinner menu ($88++). Alternatively you can always opt to… Read More »
With the sudden popularity of tendon restaurants in Singapore and several openings of tendon restaurants over the past year or so, Tensho is the latest new tendon restaurant in Centrepoint shopping centre just opposite Somerset MRT that opened in autumn last year. I was excited to try this place as it’s just down the road… Read More »
Baba Chews Bar And Eatery is a restaurant in Hotel Indigo in Katong that opened up last year. Housed in the former Joo Chiat Police Station, it serves modern and traditional Peranakan cuisine. As the hubby and I were staying at the hotel for a short staycation over Christmas (please see my Hotel Indigo staycation review), we had pre-booked… Read More »
Yokowa is a new Japanese fine dining restaurant in the Tanjong Pagar area that specialises in Kaiseki style food. Kaiseki is a very traditional Japanese multi-course meal that focuses on using fresh seasonal ingredients which are carefully prepared to enhance the natural flavours and are then beautifully presented. Their menu consists of lunch bento sets ($18 –… Read More »
Could this new pho place be the best pho in Singapore? Well it’s definitely up there with the best and in my opinion it may well be. With branches seen popping up recently all over Singapore, the one in The Centrepoint shopping centre on Orchard Road is the latest new opening of this Vietnamese self-service restaurant chain.… Read More »
This restaurant has got to be one of my favourite Korean restaurants in Singapore, in fact probably one of my favourite restaurants here! It serves mouth-watering chicken galbi (grilled chicken) and is one of the most successful chicken galbi restaurant chains in Korea. The menu consists of a variety of types of chicken galbi in… Read More »