Based on the past 6 months’ Google reviews that I read, many people suggested trying claypot rice. I noticed many people ordered the claypot rice and Western food during dinner time. I have not tried them before. Also, I did not order drinks here before and I got to know from a review, that the drink stall charges $1.30 for a cup of hot kopi-o kosong (black coffee without milk and sugar). This is not the first stall in Tampines charging expensive drinks, even places at Geylang Bahru Kopitiam charge the same price. I am not sure whether it is because the local coffee beans used by them are better ones. The cheapest and nicest kopi-o kosong that I tried so far is at Hong Lim Food Court in Chinatown. It is ranging from $1.00 to $1.10 for a cup of hot kopi-o kosong.
Something that may be worth trying at this kopitiam:
The standard indeed dropped based on my recent visit to this stall in September 2023. The overall fragrance level from the gravy and the vinegar seemed milder and we could not adjust the vinegar amount by ourselves as the condiments are placed behind the counter.
The zi char stall here is quite okay, and so far I tried once. I ordered the fried Hong Kong noodle and the portion was generous. Do note the takeaway here is slightly more expensive than the other stalls.
I tried the Malay stall before but I did not order their Nasi Padang. Overall, I think it is nothing great to shout out but if you want to look for Halal food around this area, this is the only stall.
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After trying all the Malay food, I have to make sure I can hit some of the Chinese food too, however, my time in KL was not enough for me to try everything on my list. Maybe, it is good that we can plan a trip again, and eat all the food that I wanted before heading back home. When I go back home, I do not go out often because home-cooked food is delicious.
Drizzling in the morning
Then, I was thinking we were unable to have morning breakfast together on the weekend. It is rare for my family to go out of the house after COVID-19 because they are old folks, and we try not to get them exposed to the public so much, and to be aware of what they touch on and who they walk with.
God is good that morning, the rain stopped soon after that, and a bright sun arose. We changed and got into the car and went to the nearby kopitiam for a hearty breakfast, and took a walk at the wet market and 99 Supermarket before we went off.
It is rare that we go out on Saturday morning since Covid. My cousin goes out on Sunday for groceries and hardly will dine in at the kopitiam too. We shiok because we went out, ate breakfast, and walked at the market after that.
Again, I ate pork noodles. I think it is routine to order a bowl of pork noodles because I cannot get similar pork noodles in Singapore. Nothing is closest to this version. This time, I order the soup version so that the meehoon can absorb the pork bone soup. Coupled with hor fun, it gives the noodle a different texture when biting them.
The soup is delicious, sweet savoury and comforting. I added a few pieces of chilli padi into the soup, and it enhanced the spicy taste a little bit. They gave pork lard too, and it went well with the noodles and light soy sauce. I do not eat innards so I got myself a bowl with plain lean meat, some minced meat, and meatballs. Good point for this stall, they added green vegetables too. Overall, the portion is generous for a small bowl.
Also, I ordered a cup of hot teh-c to go with my noodles. It is a complete weekend’s breakfast. I was not the one paying for the drink and the food so I cannot tell how much the drink costs. The pork noodle should be RM8.00 ($2.32) for a small portion.
After the heavy breakfast, we went to the nearby wet market. My cousin wanted to buy food to be brought along for their trip back to Singapore. While looking around, I saw this gigantic curry puff sold by a Chinese stall. I am unsure how it tastes between Chinese and Malay versions of curry puffs.
Before I left, I bought 3 packets of fried economic noodles, and they cost me RM9.00 ($2.62). It served as lunch for my aunties and uncle.
Sunny in the afternoon
In the afternoon, we tried another type of dry Maggi noodles again. The flavour is cili ala kampung. I tried it often in Singapore. So, I knew the old folk cannot eat spicy, and I reduced seasonings. Then, we shared the fried economic noodles also.
The weather was good and finally, I could go out and walk around the shopping mall. I have a few things that I wanted to check out and if the price is good, I will buy them too. I brought my aunt along and we booked a Grab car to drop us at Sunway Velocity Mall. The Grab fare is RM13.00 ($3.78). For a person who drives, they will think it is a waste of money to book a Grab because we might not be spending as much as RM26.00 (for a round trip) for the petrol and parking fees. For convenience, I think it is still fine especially since we do not want to look for parking space in the late afternoon.
My aunt and I decided to use up the RM20.00 ($5.81) voucher to get a dessert here instead of having the waffle because I think it was more worthy to have the gelato. For a single scoop, it is RM9.00 ($2.62) and triple scoops are RM22.00 ($6.40). We ordered the premium flavoured because that was what was available, so an additional RM2.00 ($0.58) per scoop. I am unsure whether in KL, most of the gelato shops sell mostly premium flavoured or if it was just this stall called Frost N Bites at Sunway Velocity.
We chose tiramisu, pistachio, and berry yogurt flavours. They allowed tasting so my aunt and I tried one of the gelato, and I picked tiramisu as the third flavour as there was nothing much that suitable for old folk. It turned out all good, and it was a generous amount too. We paid the extra after deducting it from the voucher.
Sunway Velocity website has the floor directory, and it helped me to locate the shops that we wanted to go to so that my aunt did not have to walk so much. After we have gotten what we wanted from Daiso and Watson, we booked a Grab back home.
We ordered Grab food since the chef was busy cleaning the house, and Saturday was a no-cook day too. We randomly tried a restaurant at Desa Pandan. I thought it was a Halal restaurant because of the location, but it was not.
My moonlight hor fun has plenty of ingredients, and the portion was generous. It included squid, prawns, sliced meat, cabbages and an egg. Also, plenty of pork lards. That was how I found out it was not Halal. The taste was light so we added soy sauce to enhance the flavour and kept the chilli aside.
Next, we ordered marmite chicken rice for dinner from a nearby restaurant. Not a single night without rice when I was in KL. The meat was rather a big portion, mostly chicken breast or drumstick meat, the marmite sauce was thick and plenty that we mixed the sauce with white rice and fried egg.
Overall, we preferred the rice over the noodles.
The conversion rate from RM to SGD was 3.44.
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It is located at The Central, Clarke Quay, Singapore. It is a new coffee shop in this area. A few people in my office have recommended me to Huggs. I dropped here after my lunch to give it a try before my office moves to another part of Singapore. My new office does not have coffee shops or cafes that sell artisan coffee.
Black coffee
I placed my order and stood on one side waiting for them to prepare my coffee. As there were no receipts, no name written on the cup, and no queuing number, I did not know how to identify my cup of coffee. Patiently, I waited for about 10 minutes or so, and then the girl called for someone who ordered black coffee. I hoped, it was only me ordering it because I went ahead to claim it.
Different types of beans
Huggs’ K Blend or H Blend, next time I check out more. They have kopi o also. It uses arabica beans.
Waffles and ice-cream
There are times when we just need desserts for the day. Plain waffle with two scoops of ice cream. I forgot the flavours, however, both are quite matched, and well-tasted. Everything was good when eating desserts.
Address: 6 Eu Tong Sen St, #01-27/28/38 Clarke Quay Central, Singapore 059817.
My recent visit to IKEA with my cousins brought me to the snack section at level 1 IKEA Tampines. I used to think that the hotdog is the only thing worth getting from here. However, my cousin shared that their spring rolls and curry puff are nice too.
Then, I saw many people queueing for the pastries. I wondered whether it is nice. So, I gave it a try and I liked it. The price is reasonable, IKEA is not any artisan croissants shop, and I think it is very much worth getting if you do not mind the brand.
It is just a little blog page that compiles some of the cafe hopping activities in Singapore. On this page, I share some of the cafes that I tried in the Joo Chiat area.
I visited the cafe sometime back in September 2020. It is a small cafe with, a limited seating area, and it is a takeaway concept. It is good enough to spend time with loved ones or friends while having a cup of drink or a piece of dessert. They are still operating at the same location till now.
Address: 446 Joo Chiat Rd, Singapore 427659.
Kōhī Roastery & Coffee Bar
I came across this cafe after watching a Youtube video that introduced Joo Chiat’s food. Then, I introduced this tiny hole cafe at Joo Chiat to a colleague in May 2022, and we visited the cafe twice so far.
I liked their hot Hojicha latte during my second visit to the cafe. I tried the normal cold flat white too on my first visit.
The stall is located at the corner of the back lane. I think it is hard to spot the cafe name from the road. There are two more cafes at the front of the same building on level one.
Address: 283 Joo Chiat Rd, Singapore 427535.
Good Intentions
It is not far from Choices Cuts Goods + Coffee. I liked the ambience in this cafe, especially because it has tables at level two. Although my view is not next to the windows, I am still able to see the view from afar. I ordered the normal flat white from their menu. It comes with a cup of ice water too. Good service!
It has 4.2 stars on Google rating, however, this cafe is closing soon on Sept 12, 2022. Both the East Coast and Tiong Bahru’s branches will be closed. It is famous for its fluffy red bean bun, and customers love to pair it with a coffee to watch the world go by.
I tried it once when my friend brought me to the cafe on one of the public holidays. We were lucky to get a table without waiting for long. The cafe was super crowded, so I believed it served the people from the neighbourhood well, especially since this area has plenty of cafes.
I am not a great fan of egg tarts or Portuguese egg tarts. Occasionally, I will get one or two for a tea break in the afternoon. Recently, I got to try the egg tarts from two different famous shops in Singapore.
It is located at Hong Lim Food Centre, Chinatown Singapore. I loved their egg tarts because the filling is soft and the sweetness level matched my tastebud. The size is average, and its price is reasonable. I noticed that the egg tarts colour is lighter than in other shops. Besides egg tarts, they sell coconut tarts and various types of muffins.
Tai Cheong Bakery has branches islandwide, and I bought the egg tarts from Tampines One. Similar to SLII Muffin, the filling is soft and not sweet. The size is bigger than average, and of course, it costs more compared to neighbourhood bakery shops. However, I did not prefer the crust from Tai Cheong.
Address: 10 Tampines Central 1, B1-24, Singapore 529536.
Wan Dou Sek
When it is popping hot from the oven, the crispy pastry as the base with smooth filling egg tarts is one of the good ones at Geylang. It comes in an average bite size.
Yesterday, I posted a status on my Facebook asking if any shops are selling Hong Kong-styled polo buns with slices of butter instead of char siew filling. It looks as below picture:
A polo bun is a kind of sweet bun predominantly popular in Hong Kong. It does not traditionally contain pineapple; rather, the name refers to the look of the topping that resembles the texture of a pineapple.
A food blogger shared ten (10) shops in Singapore that sell good polo buns. Most of the shops are located in City Centre, making it hard for me to have one without travelling down to City. Refer to the link in the reference section below.
Tai Cheong Bakery at Tampines
It sells polo buns with char siew filling; it is not what I wanted to get yesterday. I tried their egg tart and coconut tart some time ago and compared them with SII Muffin.
So Good Char Chan Teng
Based on Google reviews, this restaurant sells polo buns with sliced butter as its filling. I may visit the restaurant one day when I need to head to the city. The rating is 3.6 stars.
I can get the buns with a cup of drink as set too. Some reviews shared the polo bun tastes lovely sweet, and salty. Also, the butter melts in the mouth.
Address: So Good Char Chan Tang, 13 Stamford Rd, #01-17/18, Capitol Piazza, Singapore 178884.
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Soon after my return from my holiday trip back to KL, Malaysia, I was called to join the farewell lunch of my colleague. His last day was at the end of March, and many people wanted to farewell him too. We worked from home, so we met for a slightly longer lunch at Bedok Reservoir.
The little cafe has a good rating on Google reviews. It has 4.2 stars, and many people give it 4-5 stars. Since I could not book Refuel cafe, I booked this cafe for a table of four people.
Grilled sausage platter
We ordered the platter as an appetizer. It consists of grilled beef and pork sausages mixed with green vegetables. It is pretty crunchy on the skin. The portion is large, but I do not think it is worth ordering because, with the same price, I could eat other food such as chicken wings. Their recommendation was fiery chicken wings.
Smoked Salmon Carbonara
I am not a real carbonara fan, but this carbonara pasta is light and easy to eat. Besides the smoked salmon on the side, the linguine was cooked with some bacon strips. It was not too creamy or too oily to eat.
The portion is good for one person or sharing. I think it is one of the recommendations too. We ordered another plate of paste, too, for sharing.
Grilled Unagi Aglio Olio
I find it unique, so I ordered this pasta to try it. Usually, Aglio olio goes with bacon and prawns. This cafe offers unagi at a reasonable price that I think is a must-try.
It is pretty flavourful; the taste is more toward Japanese style with bonito flakes, some chilli powder on the side, and cheese on another side.
Beefy Three Cheese
The waitress recommended we try the Hog. However, one of my colleagues did not eat pork, so we decided to try the beef burger. It turned out to be a generous beef patty and an amount of cheese. The flavour was not very strong, but it was still decent. I like their chips.
Good for sharing
During this Covid-19 period, food sharing can be a concern to everyone. I do not mind sharing good food together as long as we practise good personal hygiene whenever and wherever we go to. By doing that, we can try more food together, just like today.
I wish to bring my loved ones to visit this cafe one day. I think there is plenty of food we can try together for few times. They serve cocktails at night, if I am not mistaken.
Free half a waffle
It is their promotion; we spent above $50 and got half a waffle with ice cream. The dessert was ordinary. It was a Tuesday afternoon, so there was no crowd during our visit. The service was good, and the waiters were attentive to our requests. I am keen to return one day for dinner.
I have been trying to blog differently recently by having a theme. To support local Singaporean hawker food, I set up a new theme called Singapore Hawker Food, tried out the local food shared by Singaporeans on social media and shared my opinions. I am sure you are the same as me, would like to know the views from a non-food blogger’s or Youtuber’s point of view.
I am glad that one or two people are willing to eat with me so that I can try different foods and give more food reviews. I wish we could continue to try more food together and share our thoughts. Also, I am happy whenever we are together enjoying our food.
I may be active on Instagram and Facebook Page, and I try the food by myself without getting sponsorship or partnership. It is purely based on my opinions and preferences. No offences.
Cuppage Fried Guo Tiao
The fried kway teow is nice, delicious and fulfilling. They asked if I wanted chilli, and yes, it was with some spiciness on it. It gave a good kick. It is my favourite so far. The portion is slightly more than the famous Outram Park Fried Kway Teow Mee at Hong Lim Food Centre, Chinatown. The amount of cockles is about the same for these two stalls, and here, they gave fishcakes too.
The noodles are slightly wetter than Outram Park CKT, and both are the same wok hei. The queue here is long and the stall assistant will serve the CKT instead of us queuing for the food to get ready. That is one of the personal touches that I liked about this stall. Another good CKT that I tried and I think is worth the price is the famous CKT at Zion Riverside Food Centre. However, it is too far for me to go. Other options in the Chinatown food centre are the Hill Street CKT, and Food Street fried kway teow mee stalls.
Huge portion for a bowl of curry yong tau foo with bee hoon. The curry is delicious, tasty, and pretty authentic for a Chinese curry style. The taste is closer to the Malaysian style. If I order the same food again next visit, I will go without the additional noodle and would love to try the other ingredients too.
They offer clear soup yong tau foo as well, and I tried it on one of the Sundays as my lunch. I think clear soup is made of the soup used to cook the ingredients, and the flavour goes into the soup.
So far there are no Google reviews yet for this branch at Our Tampines Hub. IMHO, it is a 4-star food. The only thing about this stall is the waiting time to get the food prepared sometimes can be quite long.
Address: #01-32 Hawker Centre @ Our Tampines Hub, Singapore 529649. Google link: https://goo.gl/maps/i6hgdP79yqjcgwDB8 Google rating: 3.3 stars (I give 4 stars for my personal preference)
L32 Handmade Noodle
Their signature ban mian cooks in the thick, savoury soup. Usually, I will go for mee hoon kway. You can choose to go with pork, chicken or seafood. I prefer their dry version that comes with a small bowl of soup and an egg inside. If you want the egg to be well-cooked, just let them know. The dark sauce dry noodle is not oily, it goes well with their chilli paste, fried anchovies and fried spring onions. The queue for this noodle stall during lunch or dinner time can be quite long.
For takeaway, I opted soup version because the handmade noodles would stick together. The only thing I do not like about the soup version is the fried anchovies turn soggy in the soup. This is one of my favourite ban mian stalls in Singapore.
Sometimes, their quality consistency can be different because it is cooked by different staff. Due to the long queue, I seldom visit the stall and search for other better ban mian in Tampines or on the east side.
Address: Food Tempo, 10 Tampines Central 1, #01-60, Singapore 529536. Google link: https://goo.gl/maps/AUkrTXeLdP6abVqaA Google rating: 3.5 stars (I give 4.5 stars for my personal preference).
Economic Beehoon Mee
Whether it is a beehoon only or beehoon mee, it is one of my favourites and the most common breakfast options for me every morning. It is conveniently available at any hawker stall or food court in Singapore. Usually, the stalls sell other types of fried noodles too, and it served with other dishes such as fried eggs, sausages, luncheon meats, fried chicken wings, fish cakes or fish fillets, vegetables and many more.
Everyone has their own preferences when it comes to types of noodles and their ingredients. I had my usual fried egg as the default ingredient along with vegetables or a meat selection. This stall where I usually get my economic fried noodles sells vegetarian goose, one of my favourites. Personally, I think the chilli paste is a sweet-spicy type.
It does not have a Google rating found. I give 5.0 stars for my personal preference.
Address: 477 Tampines Street 43, Singapore 520477.
It is the best fish soup so far in Tampines, and it is worth the money. The meat is deep-fried fish, thick, and the portion is generous. The meat is not marinated so I liked to dip into their chilli sauce or light soy sauce. I seldom visit this place unless I do not have much work to rush in the afternoon, then I can go for a longer lunch. I went to this coffee shop in the evening a few times.
Address: 144 Tampines Street 12, Singapore 521144. Google link: https://goo.gl/maps/dbnGapP4rC9pmL5y5 Google rating: 3.9 stars. (I give a solid 5.0 stars for my personal preference).
Dunman Road Char Siew Wan Ton Mee
I visited the Dunman Food Court twice but did not order any food. I walked around and found a few stalls open, while the rest were closed during the weekend. Hence, I decided to try some food here with my friend. The queue at the wanton mee stall was quite long but moving fast.
The chilli paste is quite spicy according to the lady who took our order. So, we told her to put the chilli on the side of the plate. When I mixed the noodles together with the chilli paste, the whole plate of noodles was spicy and slightly flavourful. I am unsure whether chilli overpowered the sauce. I loved the egg noodles texture; I believed it was handmade because of the size of the noodles. Lastly, I loved the soup too.
If I am hereby Joo Chiat, I will drop by for a plate of dry wanton noodles.
I saw the news about the relocation of the stall from Tanjong Katong to Geylang Bahru. I am not sure how true it is because the address on Google Maps remains unchanged so far.
It is located on Foch Road; it is not the same stall as another shop with a similar name at Jalan Besar called Authentic Mun Chee Kee King Of Pig’s Organ Soup. There is a history between these two shops. They originated from the same family but subsequently went their own ways. Both shops serve a similar kind of food.
My preference is Cheng Mun Chee Kee because the soup matches my taste bud. I can go with and without rice for a bowl of soup. My usual ingredients include lean meat, meatballs, beancurd and a generous amount of salted vegetables. The amount is always generous, and the price is reasonable. The soup serves with some Chinese parsley too.
I tried their other dishes, such as the steamed minced meat. It has salted fish added to the minced meat making it more flavourful. Another dish that my friend always eats (because she does not eat pork) is sesame oil chicken. The aroma from the sesame oil is pretty strong, and the chicken is well-marinated and tastes delicious. It is suitable to eat with white rice.
Jin Xi Lai (Mui Siong) Minced Meat Noodle (Tampines) at Koufu Tampines St 44. I saw it in Instagram posts. Today, I dropped by to give it a try. I liked the noodle texture and gave generous portions too. I ordered the special meatball noodles with slightly sweet yet peppery pork soup for the dry version. So far, it is my next best BCM noodle after the Dalian Minced Meat Noodle. I wish to get more ingredients and drier noodles.
The second time I tried the noodles, the noodle texture was well-maintained but I still prefer my noodles to be drier. I tried the normal fishballs and fishcake noodles. They tasted normal. I wish to know if they have a soup version. If you know about it, please let me know in the comment box below.
The stall is run by two youngsters and serves a pretty delicious ban mian in Chinatown. The dry version looks pretty similar to KL-style ban mian because they added shredded wood ears. The missing ingredients are probably shredded mushrooms or the mani cai. The rest of the ingredients are generous and well-tasted including the fried beancurd sheet.
They did not use chilli paste in the black sauce unless I ordered the spicy version. For those who wanted to eat the original taste, skip the spicy version, and take their normal chilli paste. Although it did not look similar to KL ban mian’s chilli paste, it was still well-tasted. I think it would be great if they had it.
Address: Hong Lim Food Centre, 531A Upper Cross St, Singapore 051531. Google link: https://goo.gl/maps/DojtnVS8RSitpkEA8 Google rating: 4.6 stars (IMHO, it is closer to what I liked to eat in KL, just missing the 2 other ingredients. I will give a solid 5 stars)
With a Google rating of 4.1 stars, this prawn noodle stall is one of the prawn noodles stalls that I would visit again because of its prawn soup. I am not fancy about the large noodle portion. I liked their effort to make this bowl of prawn noodles different from the traditional prawn noodles in Singapore. IMHO, it is as good as 4.5 stars.
Overall, it is an excellent bowl of prawn noodles. What I liked the most was the prawn soup. It is thick, not too strong tasting. It is something that I do not feel jialat after having the whole bowl of noodles. Also, I liked the torched pork belly. Other ingredients include 2 medium-big prawns and a meatball. For vegetables, they gave beansprouts and kangkung. If I were to visit it again, I would ask for fewer noodles.
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Just mouth itchy want to try it since I was at Golden Mile Food Centre yesterday. I intended to try the Adzuki Lava, a baguette with matcha lava filling and Adzuki beans. Matcha filling is slightly sweet, not bitter, and topped with the usual Adzuki beans pairing.
My baguette was left overnight in the refrigerator before I baked it at 180°c for 2.5 minutes to reheat. I reheat it following its instructions on the packaging box. It is not so “lava” as expected, maybe because I kept it overnight. The baguette is hard. Again, I think it is due to reheating it.
Yes, messiness is still there when the baguette is hard and the lava custard flows down. The rest of the description can be read from my Instagram video below.
Cinnamon lava filling because buying two pieces are cheaper. Since it is just a one-time thing, I guess it is okay. The baguette texture is slightly different. Surprisingly, the custard is not too sweet for me. I think it is below the average level of sweetness if I were to compare it with McDonald’s apple pie.
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