Went to Jumbo Seafood Restaurant at their flagship restaurant at East Coast Park to celebrate the parents’ birthday early (thanks to my bro who’ll be overseas for a month). The last time I ever ate at Jumbo was at their Riverside Walk branch about 5 years ago. I am thoroughly amused by their bibs and...
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Fire In The Belly (and more) At Yoogane
Photo credit: Yoogane Singapore I’ve seen the long queues at Yoogane’s Bugis Junction branch and I’ve always wondered what the fuss is all about. All I know is that Yoogane started in Busan, Korea, in 1981 and it specialises in Galbi – grilled meat that has been marinated in the typical ganjang sauce. Deciding to...
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The Black Swan Entices With Art Deco & Classic Good Food
01/27/201503/26/2020Cake, Chocolate, Colleagues, Dessert, Foie gras, Food, French Food, Friends, Ice Cream, Restaurants, Reviewsby melfann
Located at a corner where Cecil Street meets Marina Boulevard, The Black Swan resides in an 1930s building which used to be a bank. Running with the Art Deco theme, the Lo & Behold Group transformed it into The Black Swan, which serves classic cuisine that borders on being French-Americano. Upon entering the restaurant, you...
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Artisanal Pizza Has Finally Arrived In City Hall Area – Alt. Pizza
My dad read an article in Sunday Times recently about Alt. Pizza and he got all excited about it because the owner of Alt. Pizza (Matthew White) had helped to launch Extra Virgin Pizza and I had brought my dad to Extra Virgin Pizza once and he was so impressed by the pizza there that...
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Chui Huay Lim Cuisine – Delicious Singaporean Take on Traditional Teochew Cuisine
Chui Huay Lim Club is nestled in a corner along Keng Lee Road, near Newton, and the Club itself is more than 160 years old. The flagship restaurant is also called Chui Huay Lim and it literally translates as Forest of Drunken Flowers. Hmm…how poetic. The family and I decided to go there for dinner...
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Good Place For Date Night – Luke’s Oyster Bar & Chop House (The Heeren)
12/29/201403/26/2020Beer, Cake, Dessert, Family, Food, Restaurants, Reviews, Singapore, Steakby melfann
Located in a nondescript corner of the 3rd floor of Robinsons, The Heeren (btw, the new Robinsons at Heeren remind me of Selfridges in London…but that’s a separate topic), that’s only highlighted with this thin sign, the family and I went to Luke’s Oyster Bar & Chop House for a special post-Christmas dinner. This particular...
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More Delicious Food At Bridge Cafe Restaurant & Bar
If you’ve read my previous post on Bridge Cafe, Restaurant & Bar, you would’ve known how impressed I was with the food and so, I decided to bring my colleague there for his leave-do. Again, I ordered their Executive Set II but I went for the Chicken Roulade for the mains. Again, I was heavily...
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THE Best Mont Blanc in Singapore – Henri Charpentier
Chanced upon Henri Charpentier through a friend when we were trying to help my colleague find a proper gift for his step-mum. Despite me being a foodie, I’ve never heard of this popular (and famous) Japanese patisserie chain. Opened in Japan in 1969, Henri Charpentier is a French style Japanese patisserie and its namesake is...
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Lunch at Tatsu Teppanyaki @ CHIJMES
I had the pleasure of being treated to a delicious Japanese lunch by a vendor at Tatsu Teppanyaki, located at CHIJMES. After CHIJMES’ recent facelift, Tatsu has downsized to a small restaurant which only has 1 main teppanyaki area further in and a small bar counter seating near the entrance. All of us ordered the...
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Taste of Thai Mookata at Tom Yum Kungfu
Sawadeeka…this post will be my review of Tom Yum Kungfu – a place where some say is the BEST place for Thai Mookata in Singapore. What’s Mookata, you ask? It’s the Thai version of a charcoal grill meet a steamboat with a distinctive Thai soup base. My friend and I went to the branch at...