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Snippets: Where and What to Eat in Serangoon Gardens Market & Food Centre | Best Hawker Stalls to Try at the Gardens!

June 14, 2019

Singapore – As one of the most famous hawker centres in Singapore, Serangoon Gardens Market & Food Centre has good ventilation, varied mix of stalls and generally [...]

Food Review: Violet Oon Singapore at Jewel Changi Airport | Indulge in a Peranakan-style Nyonya Poh Piah Party

June 7, 2019

The Place Most Singaporeans would be familiar with Violet Oon, one of the most prominent culinary figures in Peranakan cuisine locally. Violet Oon Singapore at Jewel is the [...]

Food Review: White House Teochew Porridge (白家潮州糜) at Boon Keng | Comforting Teochew Dishes by ex-Owner of Soon Soon Teochew Porridge

June 3, 2019

The Place For those who are familiar with Soon Soon Teochew Porridge in Kovan, you will be glad to know that its ex-owner and chef is now at White House Teochew Porridge [...]

Snippets: Best Hawker Stalls to Try at Taman Jurong Market & Food Centre | From Delicious Bak Chor Mee to Lor Mee

May 15, 2019

Taman Jurong, Singapore – The design of this hawker centre in the west is modern and well-ventilated. The food stalls span across levels 2 and 3, and here are some of [...]

Food Review: Hao Kee Seafood Duluxe at Toa Payoh | Perhaps one of the Best Zi Char in Singapore

May 9, 2019

The Place Located in a corner coffeeshop at the void deck of a HDB in Toa Payoh, Hao Kee Seafood Deluxe is one of the more memorable Zi Char meals I had this year. It [...]

Food Review: Jiak (家) Private Home Dining in Joo Chiat | Jiak2gather with Singaporean Style Omakase

March 25, 2019

The Place Located in Joo Chiat, Jiak is a relatively new private home dining concept in a charming duplex apartment in the east of Singapore. The name Jiak is a play on [...]

Food Review: Violet Oon Singapore at Ion Orchard | A Focus on Singapore Cuisine at the Largest Outlet of the Peranakan Restaurant

February 6, 2019

The Place Located in Ion Orchard, Violet Oon should be a familiar name to most people by now, which has its first outlet in Bukit Timah and presence at the National Gallery [...]

Food Review: Seletar Western Food at Jalan Selaseh | Hidden Gem Serving Old School Western Food

February 4, 2019

The Place Located at Seletar Hill, the row of shophouse along Jalan Selaseh is nestled in the quiet Seletar estate. The most popular eatery on this stretch will most [...]

Food Review: Jumbo Seafood at Ion Orchard | First Outlet in Orchard Road with Innovative Dim Sum featuring Chilli Crab

January 30, 2019

The Place Most Singaporeans should be families with Jumbo Seafood, one of the most well-known seafood restaurant which first opened at East Coast Seafood Centre in 1987. I [...]

Snippets: Private Home Dining Experiences and Places in Singapore | The Most Popular and Hottest ones to check out

January 26, 2019

Dining out is no longer limited to restaurants these days. There are increasingly more chefs who venture into private home dining, and here are some of the hottest private [...]

Food Review: Ah Hua Kelong at Jalan Riang, Serangoon | Fresh Seafood, but underwhelming experience

January 8, 2019

The Place Having tried Scaled by Ah Hua Kelong at Haji Lane previously, we were looking forward to Ah Hua Kelong at Jalan Riang in Serangoon. Both are different concepts, [...]

Food Review: Candlenut at COMO Dempsey | Is this Michelin-starred Peranakan Restaurant worth a visit?

December 15, 2018

The Place I first visited Candlenut when it was still at Dorsett, and I love its homely Peranakan flavours back then. Since the introduction of the Michelin Guide in [...]

Food Review: Por Kee Eating House in Tiong Bahru | Savouring Champagne Pork Rib amidst the Seng Poh Lane Carpark

September 25, 2018

The Place Mention good Zi Char restaurants in Singapore and Por Kee Eating House in Tiong Bahru is one of those to come to my mind. The casual Cantonese restaurant is located [...]

Food Review: Geylang Claypot Rice (芽笼瓦煲飯) | Quintessential Claypot Rice in Singapore

September 11, 2018

The Place As the name suggests, Geylang Claypot Rice is located at Lorong 33 of the infamous Geylang Road. Located at a corner of a row of shophouse, the restaurant has [...]

Food Review: Curry & Curry at Kovan | Delicious Curry Fish Head Zi Char Restaurant in Hougang

September 7, 2018

The Place Living in the North-East of Singapore, I often run out of ideas for family meals in this area. Curry & Curry is a late discovery for me, but better late than [...]

Food Review: Sik Bao Sin (Desmond’s Creation) Eating House at Geylang | 13 Dishes that got this Zi Char Restaurant its Michelin Bib Gourmand

September 5, 2018

The Place Located along the main Geylang thoroughfare, Sik Bao Sin has been a long-time zi char establishment, with surprisingly only 13 dishes on its menu. Also commonly [...]

Food Review: Tasty Loong by Chef Pung at Orto Yishun | Watch Out for The Flaming Roasted Chicken

August 23, 2018

The Place Located at Orto Yishun, more famously known by its previous name Bottle Tree Park, Tasty Loong recently opened here replacing another Chinese restaurant in the same [...]

Food Review: Cheng’s @ 27 at Tiong Bahru | Hainanese Zichar, and perhaps the best Pandan Chiffon Cake in Singapore?

August 12, 2018

The Place Located at Tiong Bahru, Cheng’s @ 27 dishes out modern Hainanese Zi-char food at a cosy coffeeshop run by the closely knitted Cheng family. Now managed by the [...]

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