Chicken Panini ($3.80) Felt that the chicken filling wasn’t that appetising. Couldn’t really make out the chunks of chicken and might have been drowned out by the sauce. Bread felt soggy too..

Chicken Winter melon Steamboat Set Disappointed that I could not get a space at holland's famed crystal jade. I googled and found this little gem. It's not a buffet style but the set or portion is good enough, and plenty to eat. They have a wide selection of soup base, that I am literally spoiled for choices. We chose the highly recommended one, and it impressed us to the last drop. Not enough soup, don't worry they top it up! Can't wait to go back and try the other soup bases. Price wise, value for money compared to the recent famous Hai Di Lao.

Steamboat And Chef Specialties In Balestier Cystal Jade offers 7 types of soup base, 14 fresh meat and poultry items, 11 shellfish and seafood items, 28 vegetables, roots and mushrooms items, 5 bean and gluten items, and 8 rice and noodle items. Here's a photo of Grilled Sea Bass with Preserved Vegetables. Read more: http://www.misstamchiak.com/crystal-jade-steamboat-restaurant-balestier/

Noodle Thai Thai * Congrats on the 2nd Outlet opening at @zhongshanmall ~ Zhong Shan Mall 20 Ah Hood road, #01-08A, Singapore (329984) * Chef's Platter (Not For Sale) ~ Stewed Beef Noodle ~ (Healthy)Whole Meal Dry Noodle ~ Khao Soi Mee Pok ~ Stewed Pork Rib w Longan Noodle ~ Grilled Chicken Jade Noodle ~ Chicken/Beef Skewer ~ Jasmine Chendol * Thank you @kenpgl for the Invitation, @noodlethaithaikitchen Keith for Hosting, the Kitchen team for the Preparing the food as well as the Lovely Tasters @blancheeze @dingsleepy @_boyz86 🙆‍♂️🙆‍♂️🙆‍♂️

Economical Rice Pork ribs, pork slices with garlic sprouts, hairy gourd. Either the sauces were tasty or the stall was generous with them haha but this was a good meal.

Charcoal Ba Kwa Pau Interesting because I expected dry ba kwa. What they did was use ba kwa as char siew a la char siew pau.

Dim Sum 1 x Prawn dumplings 1 x Spinach Prawn Dumplings 1 x Char Siew Chee Cheong Fun 2 x Fried Dumplings 2 x Fried Beancurd Skin With Filling 1 x Glutinous Rice with Chicken Totals up to $10.80 Ratings 4/10 Pretty disappointing, slightly below average dimsum.

Crispy Fish With 2 Sides $12.90 Thin crispy battered layer on the outside, soft succulent fish filet. Could visibly see that the battered layer had a few types of herbs in it which made it rather aromatic with each bite. Potato salad was alright ,not too soft or hard. Nothing too fancy Would not recommend to have egg salad with potato salad. Way too much mayo sauce in one meal. & egg salad was pretty meh. Egg chunks were pretty tough and would think that it might be overcooked. Nothing fancy and would preferred it chilled instead of room temperature, as it tasted quite “eggy” Best part of the dish would be the main star - crispy fish Would not travel for this but would drop by if I’m in the vicinity

Kebab @ Charco's I ordered the Chicken Kebab + 3 Salads, and I chose: Pesto Pasta, Egg Salad, Potato Salad. The kebab was thick and the meat was succulent. The potato salad and pasta were delicious as usual but the egg salad quickly got muak (I have no idea how to explain that in English, basically it took very little time to get sick of) But overall it was good and I loved it and I would go here again :)

Schnitzel (Chicken cutlet + 2 Side Dishes) Super like the chicken cutlet! The meat is not dry and the batter has got a tinge of spices which made it taste quite interesting! Sides were coleslaw and tuna pasta which were pretty good too.

Another day in murphy's. Fish burger (with fries of course) didnt include this at my previous post. -> ( FREE WIFI ) #burpple

Murphy's Platter (fish fingers, calamari tempura and crispy wings, with either salted egg or lemon mayo dip) from Murphy's, a few stones' throw away from Ang Mo Kio MRT. ⠀⠀ The fish fingers were revelatory, with the white and tender arrowtooth flesh possessing an exuberant sweetness and a thin skin which deftly sidestepped the greasy skid-falls of the Western Stall fish. Elsewhere, the stoic calamari tempura and pedestrian crispy wings received instant rapturous relief from the Midas touch of the sweet salted egg dip, which revealed perky chunks of salted egg yolk and shocks of searing spice if you happen to skirmish with one of the random chilli padi bits lurking within. 3.7/5 ⠀ This was a hosted meal, courtesy of Murphy's.

Fish and Mash $18 Fried Arrowtooth Fish Finger with cauliflower mash potato, coleslaw, lemon may dip I've always been a fan of their non oily fish and chips but this was even better! No oily aftertaste whatsoever, no guilt in every bite either. The fish batter was thinly wrapped around the fresh and tender Arrowtooth. The cauliflower mash potato was the gem of this dish too! Definitely getting more of this! The portion may seem small but it was definitely sufficient for me. I personally recommend sharing this dish so you can save space for desserts aka the pretty cakes behind the counter!

Pizza Truffle from Canopy Garden Dining at Bishan Park. Thin crust pizza served with black truffle sauce, mixed mushrooms and mozzarella. 💰$24++. Ps : they not served ice water 😅 📍Canopy Garden Dining. 1382 Ang Mo Kio Ave 1. Bishan Park 2.

Hot Chocolate $8/ 2* Excellent location wonderful experience. Lovely decor and friendly staff. Place is smokers friendly too. True garden dining with romantic vibes. Hot chocolate was the worst part of the otherwise great place. Rest everything was good, just don't order hot chocolate. It was watery and we had to leave it.

Scrambled eggs with mushroom $20/ 5* Excellent location wonderful experience. Lovely decor and friendly staff. Place is smokers friendly too. True garden dining with romantic vibes. This breakfast egg with mushrooms was worth every penny. Eggs were perfectly cooked and superbly delicious. Portion size was also perfect for breakfast. Must try once.

Har gow 4.5nett The filling was fine but the exterior didn't have a good texture. That's kind of the story of this place, it's pretty decent, can visit if you stay nearby, but really not worth travelling for

lotus leaf rice 3.8nett Very soft, very sticky, I'm sure there are people who will love this. I quite liked it too, esp the umami bits of dried prawn and minced meat.

Pork ribs 3.5nett I liked that it's a very light and clear sauce, so the flavour is very clean, with a bit of the chili coming through nicely. However the pork's texture was just alright, could have been more moist.

Pork Belly Confit Perfect touch of seasalt flakes on top of the crunchy skin.

Baked Pudding & Hot Chocolate Cake We ordered Pork Rib which the sauce is a bit sour. The homemade mushroom pasta was light and nice. Recommend the baked pudding & chocolate cake, perfectly for the dessertholic like me!

{Caramelised BBQ Pork Ribs x {Pulled Pork Sandwich} last night for le brother's birthday dinner! And guess what. I ate in the same restaurant as PM Lee and Tony Abbott!! Seeing them in the park was already a bonus, having them enter our restaurant halfway through our meal was even more 😱😱😱 Hahaha and so our dinner was made twice more exciting because of that LOL.

Favourite Chilli Crab Mellben will always be be go-to restaurant for crab. Hands down my favourite. Crab here are always fresh, meaty and the sauce is great. Female crabs are full of roe, but the claws are smaller. Male crabs have bigger and meatier claws. 5% Discount if pay by cash. Please make reservations before coming. Unless u want to queue and wait.

Crab Rave.mp4 @mellbensignature_sg prides themselves on their crabs, specifically their chili crab. So naturally my dad & I gravitated to the nearest Mellben restaurant to get our chili crab cravings fixed, and we happily ordered two standard sized ones, priced at $98++ per crab if I remember correctly.⠀ ⠀ The chili gravy was absolutely exquisite, possibly the best chili crab gravy I’ve ever had the good fortune to slurp down. Calling it a chili is a bit misleading, as it’s mostly tomato sauce mixed with chilies, eggs and vinegar. As you might expect from the description, the chili crab sauce is terrifically tomato-y, blending savoury, sweet & slightly sour perfectly into a tremendously thick sauce that’s speckled by copious amounts of egg mixed in. It’s slightly spicy from the chili added in, but the mild spice didn’t deter us from mopping up that glorious gravy with the deep fried mantous & rice.⠀ ⠀ Unfortunately, it was painfully obvious that the crab was overcooked. The crab meat had lost some of its suppleness and moisture, and it clung tight to the shell. Sure, the Sri Lankan crab was meaty and fresh, but sadly the otherwise spectacular chili crab was marred by the chef extracting the crab two minutes too late from the wok.⠀ ⠀ Sure, I still enjoyed this chili crab because of the sauce, but the overcooked crab clawed away at the satisfaction of getting our chili crab cravings satiated.

Fish So Good You’ll Be Eternally Hooked @mellbensignature_sg is one of the most established seafood restaurants in Singapore, and I got to experience why they’ve been doing brisk business since 1985. We ordered a Soon Hock ($70++ for ours) done Hong Kong style, and we were absolutely thrilled by just how stellar the soon hock was.⠀ ⠀ Hong Kong style fish is shockingly simple, but is stunningly sapid if all the elements are perfect. And here at Mellben, everything was definitely perfect. The soon hock was unbelievably fresh, and it might even have been swimming around in a fish tank just before we ordered it. Press F to pay respects to the fish, and to honour its delicious sacrifice. The stunningly fresh fish is steamed to perfection with the sauce mixture, consisting of (but not limited to) light soya sauce, hua tiao chiew (aka shaoxing rice wine), some Ve Tsin (MSG), a dash of sugar, some scallions and a lot of ginger.⠀ ⠀ That’s all that is required for a fabulous fish dish. The sweet, supple flesh of the perfectly steamed fish is infused with the superbly savoury flavours of the sauce mixture. The steamed Hong Kong style fish may be simple, but it is certainly an ethereally excellent dish. I would recommend washing the saltiness down with a bottle of wonderful Sauvignon Blanc from Villa Maria. Normally, seafood restaurants have below average to average wines, but Mellben has this stunning sav blanc on their wine list that’s too good to be missed out on, just like this fantastic fish.

PocoLoco (Upper Thomson) 16 Apr’22, Fri🌧 📍PocoLoco (Upper Thomson) - Calamari🦑 - Aglio Olio🍄 - Vongole Bianco🍝 - Flat White☕️ The pasta was al dente! Would recommend the vongole, the clams were quite clean, white wine taste was also quite distinct, portion was good too~ As for the aglio olio, quite garlicky but lacking that spiciness to spice this dish up a little. The calamari was a little rubbery, the batter was alright but the calamari tasted quite bland if without the sauce. Lastly, a little disappointed by the flat white, expecting a barista kind of coffee but in fact, this was right from the machine, taste wise, this was okay… Damage: $39.40

Fegato d’ Oca Founded in 2015, PocoLoco brings quality, authentic flavors of Italy to Singapore and serves them at wallet-friendly price. Uses the best Italian brands, most of their products are imported direct from Italy. Rich and Creamy Risotto served with Pan-fried Foie Gras. Their foie gras has a crisp on the exterior and medium-rare center. Ultimate comfort food. My personal favourite. Location: PocoLoco, 215f Upper Thomson Rd, Singapore 574349

Not Bad Pasta Tagliatelle Al Ragu d'Agnello @ $16.90 Homemade pasta with lamb in red wine & minced beef sauce. Wanted to have risotto at first but can't resist the handmade pasta and I had to ask the server for his recommendation between the two and he went for the pasta with no hesitation at all. It's good, the lamb was quite nicely done, there's a bit of the lamb smell but light enough to be ignored. The pasta can be a little bit more al dente but tastes good with the sauce. Price is reasonable too.