Hungry Ghost
I was in the Downtown area one day and I was feeling hungry so I turned to Burpple for restaurant recommendations. Among all the food places listed on Burpple, Singapore Crawfish Ramen caught my attention. A little search online reveals that this ramen stall is opened by “Ah Girls Go Army” actress Debra Loi. Not […]
Fong Sheng Hao started off as a humble stall along Shilin MRT station in Taipei in 2013. Their charcoal toasts and milk tea became an instant hit and it was voted as one of the “Top Ten Breakfast in Taiwan”. I was overjoyed when Fong Sheng Hao finally opened an outlet in Westgate because PLQ […]
I realised that all the Northeastern Chinese restaurant that I have been to are all located in central and west parts of Singapore. So I especially searched on Google for a Northeastern restaurant in the East and one in Bedok called Jia Zhi Wei 家之味. Jia Zhi Wei 家之味 is hidden in a shophouse below […]
I have always believed that all the good restaurants such as Ban Heng are in town area but a recent visit to Jia Wei proved me wrong. Jia Wei is located on level two of Hotel Grand Mecure Roxy, an old hotel in the Marina Bay area. Despite being a reputable Chinese restaurant with years of […]
I had the pleasure of being invited to attend a food tasting at Cali at Ascott Raffles Place in celebration of their 10 year anniversary. Cali at Ascott Raffles Place has two levels. There is a well-stocked bar on the ground floor where you can get drinks and the upper level is the restaurant where […]
It has been a long since I last had Northeastern Chinese cuisine at and I was craving for it. I happened to be in Chinatown and Dong Fang Mei Shi 东方美食 was one of the first restaurant I saw the moment I exited the MRT station. A big bright-red signboard above the door lists the various […]
Dumplings is a food staple in China and there are dumpling speciality restaurants all over China. But I have not heard of shops specializing in dumplings outside of China. When a colleague told me about DaXi, a restaurant from Taiwan that specializes in dumplings, it quipped my curiosity and I decided to find out if […]
I was in Chinatown Point a few days ago with colleagues and we went looking a place for dinner when we saw Tamjai Samgor Mixian. The first Tamjai Samgor Mixian opened in 2008 in in Hong Kong. The combination of 3 fragrances, 3 spices, 7 taste, 8 flavors and 9 freshness has captured the heart […]
Yakiniku Like’s A5 Miyazaki Wagyu poster caught my attention when I was shopping in Clementi Mall one day. Miyazaki Beef is a name only given to cows raised in Miyazaki which meet strict quality standards. The meat from these cows is further graded on a scale from C1 up to A5 which is the highest […]
Jim Thompson was an American businessman who helped revitalize Thai silk industry in the 1950s and 1960s. I have visited the Jim Thompson House Museum in Bangkok, dining at Jim Thompson Thai Restaurant Singapore felt like revisiting an old friend. A courtyard with matching black-colored tables and chairs fronts the entrance. Inside, high ceiling and […]