Keong Siak Snacks @ Keong Siak Road

This was a pre-dinner snacks.........my friend vehemently recommended the doughnuts....
Well..my conclusion is : they did their branding correctly...it is a snack bar.

They served snack food. Ambience is really great!! The doughnuts aren't fantastic, but are rather tasty...the fish and oyster we ordered were very fresh and I do quite enjoy my experience there....though prices still on the high side ( why is dining out in sg soooo expensive?)

Go there if you just wanna hang with your friends!

The light and fluffy doughnuts, which was quite ok

The caramel creme which is not too bad on its own, but lost a bit of the punch combined with the sugar coated doughnuts.

Fish & Oysters - sinful food is sooo yummy.

La nonna @ Holland Village

Went to my friend's place at Holland Village for a swim and decide to reward ourselves after a good work out with some nice italian food.....La Nonna seems to be in Holland Village for a long time...and its the other alternative to Michelangelo.

Food is the type of hearty italian that I like...pastas are done al dente and the sauces were flavourful while not being heavy.....though I think the prices are a tad on the high side.

Nonetheless, not a bad place for good italian food if you are feeling like in the middle of an Italian summer.

Love the bread basket with the restaurant made bread sticks......

Linguine with Crab in creamy tomato sauce. This is really yummy. You can actually see the flakes of crab meat and the I always loved this dish.

Veal Ravioli in porcini cream sauce - looks like it is rich, but it is actually light enough for a hot sunny afternoon....

Hand made Fettucine with bacon in summer truffle sauce. While the truffle sauce might be entirely from the synthetic truffle oil. I love the hand made pasta part....the only complaint my friend had was that ' not enough ingredients'..

Auntie Kim @ Mapletree Business City

My sister's place was quite close to this place and when its time for the big family eat-out, she suggested Auntie Kim's. I missed so much real Korean food, and all thought it is a good idea.

Food was great and value for money...portions are big and I believe this is the authentic Korean taste. Other than being not in the city center, I would definately like to go back there again. Especially loved the seafood pancake..! Very hard to find in SG.

Stir Fried vermicelli - Jab Chae; this is really yummy, a must order

The wonderful array of Korean Amuse bouche, which is usually a good indicator of the standard of the restaurant

Kimchi Tofu Soup - yummy

Chicken Soup - not with Ginseng but with wolf berry...though I always prefer the Cantonese double broiled soup style. I loved this soup base!

Hot plate kimchi pork - I didn't really like this dish...though the pork was done too dry but love the raw enoki mushrooms and the sauce

Rice cakes in spicky sauce - very very good, sauce is great, the rice cakes are light, chewy and absolutely heavenly. Loved the way cucumber is incoporated into the dish

Seafood pancake - I like very very much!

Kimchi Fried Rice - good but not mind blowing for me.

Pork Belly wrapped in lettuce and accompanied with different sauces. This is soo original that i would say that you gotta try it. :)

Lolla @ Ann Siang Road

So it was my birthday a week ago, and decided to meet up with my friends mid-week for a drink and some bar snacks...... We were intending to head to Le Carillon, but Lolla captured my eye with their super musculine and rathe whimsical decor....and there we go again.

The food is great even though pricy. But really still like the open kitchen bar where you just talk to your friends, drink wine and snack!

Menu is as cute as the food. They were doing a early 20th century french theme.

Duck Rilletes - very yummy and nice duck flavours

Baguette with Enchire Butter ( the waitress says it is the most addictive butter you could possibly have)....well, it is very smooth, lightly salted and I was munching on it the entire evening....what do u expect?

Manchego Cheese - right, this is a good, yummy cheese. Loved it.

Potatoes in duck fat - how can this combination ever go wrong?? :)

Bread with tomato paste - not bad..tomato paste was very rich and very hearty

After trying the above dishes....was impressed by the quality, and decided to go for another dish that would seemed more like a full meal-bamboo clams with chorizo and tomatoes...it is delicious....who can guess seafood goes sooo well with chorizos.....

JuChunYuan @ Far East Square (聚春园）

Always walked past this restaurant with a rather classy interior, and always wanted to try it. Its a chinese restaurant, and definately needs a big crowd to be there.

Food is Fuzhou chinese food and they are supposedly famous for their "buddha jumps over the wall". Didn't quite like these overtly luxurious dishes so we ordered a few a la carte specialities.. To our surprise, food is very tasty  and rather unusual...and completely unpricy. Its a definate must try...not to mention that the restaurant is done up rather elegantly.

Was especially captivated by the array of teapots, and delicate porcelain ware.

Chicken Soup - This has got to be the best double-broiled chicken soup I ever had.

The chef  stir fried the chicken before setting it in a pot for the double-broiled effect. Very yummy.

Cod Fish & Tofu Claypot - loved the homemade tofu, though the fish and sauce were good but not amazing or mind-blowing. Overall still a good dish.

Tea-mushrooms fried in egg yolk - very very yummy dish and really loved this combination

Hong Zao Pork Rib - the red sauce is a special fuzhou sauce, and tasted very good...but I did not quite fancy the way the pork rib was prepared.

Special Fuhou braised noodles - very very yummy, with the aroma of good rice vinegar

Heng Hua Beehoon - this looks simple and almost unappetizing....but this has got to be one of the best fried beehoon in my entire life. There is a special sauce to give it somme 'ooomph"

Deep fried pork belly slice - tasted almost like you are eating pork chips.....interesting flavours...though I will wanna try their house special - braised pork belly...the next time

Their desserts are good too - Snow Mountain lotus

Mango with Pomela ( Yang Zhi Gan Lu) - this version is lighter with more citrus notes.

Yam Paste - loved this dish , the yam was really smooth and very aromatic, and loved the mini portions compared to the TeoChew Version.

It is  crab season in this resto....but the crabs are pretty pricy...I say: go to shanghai to have Da Zha Xie.

Serenity @ VivoCity

My dear sister wanted to try this place as it was published in some magazines.....Well, food was not too bad, but the standard just ain't good enough. The prices there are expensive to boot, and service very slow.

So if I would go there again, probably not....La cicala at least does better tapas...

The Menu

Capsicum with tuna stuffing - this is decent enough, though not fabulous

Jamon Iberico - very delicious jamon cut, but 5 pieces of jamon that cost 25 bucks....good grief..... i think its a bit too much.

Seafood soup - it does taste like a bouilabaisse

Brussels Sprout with Serrano ham - the dish is alright, but feels like a Chinese dish.....I was looking forward to some slightly caramelised brussels sprout.

Bread basket - the sunflower seed bread is pretty good with the aioli sauce.

Deep-fried salted cod - this is quite good, but not as delicious and mind blowing as the ones I tasted in Fernando's in Macau.......now I miss that.

Bumbu @ Kandahar Street

Lunch at Bumbu with colleagues, turn out to be a charming experience. Though not as exquisite as True Blue, Bumbu's food definately has tons of flavours, and has a normal peranankan decor feel. ( True Blue can feel like a museum sometimes).

Love the place, love the food, and totally affordable. Make your bookings beforehand, coz its often crowded.

Nice quaint Decor - love the tiles & tikkat

Keropo as amuse bouche ! :)

Prawns with Pomelo salad - nice, yummy and a bit Thai .

Ngoh Hiang - I loved it, cooked just like how grandmothers would do it.

Coffee Chicken - I supposed this is a Javanese Peranankan dish. The meat is tender but coffee taste not too obvious

Exciting dish - deep fried Kang Kong with sweet sour sauce - yummylicious

Sambal Kang Kong - very normal

Buah Kaluak -so yummy, I love this dish so much......the spice and everything that goes with it

Tahu Telok - fried tofu with sweet peanut sauce....this is so very delicious

Deep-fried Oatmeal squid - can't eat too much squid, but it sure is very tasty

Chendol - Anything with gula melaka is great........so this cannot go too wrong....