Halia @ Raffles Hotel

Halia - do you call it fusion? I am not sure....food wise, I thought it was well made, but perhaps, not that fantastic an experience, but for a simple brunch, which boast fresh ingredients and well made, it is not too bad a place.....thought the setting may be a tad formal being in Raffles Hotel and all.....

Would say that their drink list is much more interesting.

Bacon , ice cream & berry Pancakes.....very nice pancakes though....

Breakfast set- sausage, bacon, toast, omelette, mushroom & tomato

Halia Special - Chilli crab pasta - really interesting combination, and I like it, except that I have a crustacean quota.

Halia special drink - this is the real highlight of the day ...Ginger tea with honey. This is amazing....

Hedriad's @ Tanglin Road

An elegant little place for an elegant brunch. For the price, the food is well made, and a very suitable place to pass time to re-kindle and bond with close friends and relatives....

Loved the red & black setting

Had earl grey tea ( which is nice) but what blew me away is the thin wafer like bicotti with the turkish- delight looking bonbon.

I have had the eggs benedict, with ham with hollandaise sauce & pesto sides. Simply the most elegant eggs benedict.

The Hedraid Breakfast set, with brioche & toast. Frankly the compote and french butter they served was the highlight of the day. Of course, brioche being brioche is always so delicious....

PietraSandra @ Portsdown Road

When it comes to good italian food, I am always up for it. This place is hard to get too, but the setting was indeed 'hidden' & very very charming.....
Serveurs are mainly foreign talents..but they are charming and sincere...so was quite enjoyable.

Its one of those places to go if you want another side of singapore.

This place seems to serve some food mainly from the Tuscan traditions in Italy.

Either a tomato paste for the bread rolls (below) or a pretty thick gazpacho, but really refreshing and sweet from the tomato taste

Loved it that they baked their own bread....

Chachuterie platter - with parma ham, salami, proscuitto ham, some other ham and parmagiano cheese. ( really fresh...and not too expensive)

Hand-made spaghetti with duck ragout - this is simply delicious, I could almost imagine in a farmland enjoying this meal in the rolling hills of Tuscany.

Braised Duck in Red Wine & Chocolate sauce - very rich hearty and gamey. Though I really quite enjoyed that as well

Char Grilled Pork Belly - very intense was the verdict. While the char grilled oaky flavours might be the point of the game, may not be everybody's cup of tea.

Quattro Stagione - well, though the ingredients does suggest it is one, it certainly does not look it....but taste wise, it is still pretty good.

Tuna & Cream Fettucine with truffles - very creamy and very strong taste of truffle oil. Taste good for a few bites, but i find the cream pastas tend to be a bit too heavy for my taste buds.

SQuid-ink Pasta with crab meat sauce - this is a great winner...very yummy 

Raviolis in meat sauce - I find this quite the ultimate peasantry pasta dish. Very hearty in a good illustrious way.

Yes, and after all this feasting, I couldn't possibly miss the Dolce......

tiramisu is chiffon cake light, and loved the rich liquor taste.

Sur Neuvo @ North Canal Road

ALRIGHT, this is not your typical tex-mex restaurant , if thats what you are looking for.

Its rather a south american restaurant, just that I don't want to add another label on my blog.

Latin American cuisine always conjures up sumptuous images of sublime ceviches, beefy roasted meat, delicious salsas......

This place has a Venezuelan chef helming the restaurant, and though I rather like the taste and experience of the food, my friend who have tasted original Peruvian cuisine says she prefers those from the land of passion and danger.

Personally, I like the taste, I think its great to have a variety of cuisine in any city which attempts to call themselves cosmopolitan. It may be slightly adapted to suit Singaporean taste, but I wouldn't mind going back there again with friends to try out other dishes......

Really like the exotic-ness of dining here

Love that they have ceviches in tasting portions - though my friend commented on the lack of 'tiger milk' quality. They are rather refreshing and tasty.

Crispy Pork Belly - The skin so crispy and the fat so yummy....the meat could be a tad more tender, but this is high in my list.

Chorizo with rice & Ricotta cheese - very hearty and very yummy

Braised Lamb Shank - Although done rather well, it tasted like a well braised lamb shank.. the Latin American Twist was sadly missing, but still very tasty.

Todamgol Korean Restaurant @ Neil Road

Sunday night dinner with my girlfriend, and yes we ended up in this place....I thought the decor was fairly interesting , and have been going through a korean phase ......and there we go.

Is it good korean food , in my tropical little mind, I quite like the taste of it all.
Is it mind-blow korean food, very tasty but not mind-blowing lah....

and I am in love with markooli...their version of shandy.

Good variety of amuse-bouche dishes.

Markooli, margooli - dun know the exact spelling, but loved the taste

Buckwheat cold noodle

Kimchi Stew

BBQ ribs

Manando's Malay Restaurant @ Kandahar Road

High class traditional malay food , not indonesian food, but malay food.
The taste was subtle and wild and passionate at the same time. The only peeve - the service was really really slow, though there was tons of stuff to entertain the kids...

Though I did not order the dish, the nasi lemak seemed to be extremely popular.
Its a bit pricy, but the flavours there are rather unique.....

This kind of papadum look-a-like tibits really got me there....loved it.

Fish curry - interesting flavour

Curry Tempe with french beans - very spicy, but very delicate curry

This is a wild vegetable dish - which I thought that it will be amazingly exotic and delicious....well, the vegetables did taste a bit raw....though I appreciate the sambal....

Immigrants @ Joo Chiat Road

One Friday night, had a dinner with a couple of close friends of mine, and ended up in Joo Chiat Road. Not the most happening of places, but seems like a very interesting joint.

They serve peranakan tapas - yes, interesting concepts. Food was yummy on top to boot, and it come with a big selection of exotic beers. :)

Stuffed Chicken Wing - 5 is too small a portion

Buah Kalau fried rice - with this sort of name, how can it not taste good?

Otak Otak

Roasted Pork in some peranakan style - pardon my poor iphone 4 resolution, but it was very yummy.