The trend nowadays seem to be making fine dining cheap while cafes are making simple fare extravagant and expensive. I’m all for affordable gourmet!! For my boss’ birthday lunch, the whole bunch of us went to Saveur at Purvis Street to sample their affordable French. Started by 2 friends who did stints at Guy Savoy...
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Restaurant Review – Ootoya @ Orchard Central
Dad decided that dinner would be at Ootoya (大戸屋) simply because he had a $50 voucher. Japanese is always good and I’ve always wanted to try another one of this Japanese exports. Ootoya started in Japan in Jan, 1958 (Showa Year 33 for you Japanophiles) and they specialise in set meals (teishoku). Despite the horrible...
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Second Review of Nam Nam Noodles
This is the second time that I’ve eaten at Nam Nam noodles, located at B1 of Raffles City Shopping Centre. Being adventurous, I decided to go for their dry beef stew noodles. For $9.90, I think this is really quite a bargain in the city. I forgot to mention that I didn’t want the onions...
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LIttle Tuscan Gem in Singapore – Trattoria Noona Lina (Restaurant Review)
Yesterday was my bro’s birthday so we went to Trattoria Noona Lina, which is a small Italian restaurant started by his friend’s friend’s husband. Another story of an Italian man meeting a Singaporean woman, falling in love, move to Singapore and starting an Italian restaurant while bringing along his parents (check out Valentino’s in Bt....
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Restaurant Review – Osaka Ohsho
So…Japan Foods Holdings decided to revamp the Champon restaurant at Raffles City Tower basement to “Osaka Ohsho” – the king of gyoza. Good strategy because it keeps people interested in the place while the parent company brings in yet another ‘heavyweight’ from Japan. Decided to try the place out since gyoza is supposed to be...
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I Love Skinny Pizza!
This review is kinda long overdue since I’ve been eating at Skinny Pizza since they first started. I think I’ve been to almost all their branches too so I’ll just let the food do the talking. It’s foodporn after all. 😉 Trinity of Truffle Fries, Grilled Corn on the Cob and Harissa Prawns with Couscous...
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Review – Tiong Bahru Bakery
This has got to be THE most expensive bun/sandwich in Raffles City. I’ve eaten the danish from Tiong Bahru Bakery before and although I think it’s good, I was wondering why people were raving about the bakery itself. Opened by the Spa Esprit Group, this chain is proving to be like their other eateries (eg....
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Another Trip to Bing Bian
Went to Bing Bian at Millenia Walk again yesterday with Siew Mai, and I “choped” (reserved) their last serving of yu yuan dumplings for their Taro Ice. Thank you Gary! Helps that the owner recognised me after our last meeting. So honoured!! 🙂 So, Gary had told me previously that his team and himself had...
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Review – Breakfast at Potato Depot
Got a little bored of the breakfast of bread/sandwiches/bee hoon and what not so I decided to try Potato Depot’s breakfast set. At $6.50, it comes with 2 eggs, a chicken sausage, potato salad, baked beans and coffee/tea. I reckon that it’s quite a good deal. Taste test – mmm…I can’t complain because I’m basically...
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Restaurant review – Bobby’s
When you work in the CBD, finding set lunches at $10 is a steal and if it’s $10.95++ at a restaurant in Chijmes, it’s a bargain! So, we marketing gals went down with our new colleague for a welcome lunch at Bobby’s. All of us were suitably impressed with the very long set lunch menu...