8 degrees 8度空間-人文茶館 (Kovan)

($4.80) I think it's best selling dessert beside grass jelly with yam ball and also milk tea w pearl also. So I felt that it's quite refreshing and sour taste tbh.

($7) It's another best selling dish but I felt that it's quite meh too and didn't complemented well with each other tbh.

($6) I opt out for chili but tbh I lose all the appetite. I felt that their pork belly rice was normal and average tbh. I know it's best selling dish as I wanted to try for long time ago.

I've never appreciated their prices and average food, but here I am again. I must say their signature lu rou fan is now very close to Taiwan's, with very umami and soft meat. Portions aside, the popcorn chicken and crepe were acceptable too.

For something soupy & befitting the current rainy spell, 8Degrees’ Chitterling & Oyster Meesua ($7++) will do right by you. This is probably the most polarising thing on the menu, as both pig intestines & oysters are an acquired taste. However, I happen to enjoy both, and I definitely enjoyed this thick, delicious yet simple bowl of rice vermicelli. The chitterling/pig intestines are quite pungent, so a dash of black vinegar will help here. Additionally, you’re going to want to dip both the innards and the oysters into the scintillatingly spicy chili sauce 8Degrees makes in house. It’s garlicky, spicy and absolutely addictive, and it is a perfect pair with almost everything. Chitterlings, oysters, pork belly, fried chicken, you name it, it will pair.⠀
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Speaking of pair, get a crisp scallion pancake ($5.20++) to pad out every meal. While I do wish there were more scallions in the pancake, there was no denying its crisp, doughy deliciousness. Also, get 15% off your meal at any of their 3 outlets with code ‘8DU15’! Thank you for the invite, @8degreesatsg & @scalemicroinfluencers!

@8degreesatsg has been serving up tasty Taiwanese treats before it was cool, and they’re probably the pioneers of Taiwanese cuisine in Singapore. They have recently moved down the road from their original digs along Serangoon Road as the row of old shophouses have been redeveloped, and they are now at Lowland Road. In order to stay in business for so many years in Singapore’s insanely competitive F&B market, 8 Degrees clearly had to have gotten their cuisine right.⠀
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Their Signature Pork Belly Rice (aka Lu Rou Fan, $6++), has recently undergone a slight recipe adjustment and uses Premium Taiwanese Soya Sauce. The result is a remarkably redolent bowl of chopped up braised pork belly over steaming hot white rice that is deceptively delicious. The colour isn’t particularly promising, but the rich & luscious braised pork belly is undeniably umami. My only gripe here is that the braised pork was so delicious it exacerbated the main problem: the lack of sauce spooned into the bowl. Still, it’s darn delish & well worth the six-ish dollars.⠀
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Speaking of pair, get a crisp scallion pancake ($5.20++) to pad out every meal. While I do wish there were more scallions in the pancake, there was no denying its crisp, doughy deliciousness. Also, get 15% off your meal at any of their 3 outlets with code ‘8DU15’! Thank you for the invite, @8degreesatsg & @scalemicroinfluencers!