risotto pollo ($14.90) risotto was cooked just nice, not too soft or too hard and sauce was quite nice as well. it had a good amount of spice while still retaining the sweetness of the tomato sauce. chicken was ok. portion didn’t seem big but it didn’t leave me feeling hungry so that’s good unfortunately a lot of their better sounding menu choices are excluded from the burpple deal :( also there was only one person working at the time but the place was p empty so that’s fine. overall q affordable with burpple for a fairly decent and simple meal, wouldn’t mind coming again but maybe not my first choice 👍🏻👍🏻

Al Grandchio Pasta was nice! A lovely surprise as it was pretty empty on a Friday night. Prices are pretty affordable, averaging below $20 per main. Only gripe is they don't serve water. Will try their pizza next time!

Sausage with paprika cream sauce $11.9, Bacon aglio olio $9.9 Super worth it with the 1 for 1 and prices are nett and food is good! The bacon aglio olio was very fragrant with the garlic and pepper and chili, and was slightly spicy. The bacon pieces were also quite generous. The cream sauce had a good balance of paprika flavour to the cream and it did not overpower the whole dish. Sausage was good as well, and did not taste like cheap quality and wasn’t too salty. The cream sauce might be jelak after several bites for some so recommended to share!

Good Coffee And Cake Ordered the White Cold Brew Coffee, Chocolate Fudge Cake, Oreo Cheesecake. Love the coffee!

Good Cakes And Coffee! Just Too Quiet HAHA Never thought that there will be a cafe hidden within Sim Lim Square, but this cafe is rather promising indeed. The cakes are pretty good and comes in a rather generous slice. The Earl Grey Lavender ($8.50) has a good hint of Earl Grey and lavender tea flavours that makes it really aromatic. The chocolate crunch ($8.50) had mini chocolate balls in it that were satisfying with the chocolate cake! We had both the Mocha and Hazelnut Latte ($6.50 each) and they were aromatic too! Maybe just abit too sweet. Perhaps the downside of place I feel is that everyone is SOOOO quiet and I'm quite a loud person... But other than that there's #burpplebeyond!

For 1-for-1 Pastry + Drink (save ~$7) If you're a music and coffee lover, this eclectic space in Sim Lim Square is just for you! The first audio cafe in Singapore, this hidden gem serves up a selection of bakes and brews from Nitro Black Cold Brew ($6) for the intense, Masala Cold Brew Coffee ($8) for the spice lover or Latte ($5.50) for the classics. Add on a slice of cakes at just $7-8 from artisanal, ethical local bakers made fresh daily. Now that sounds like the perfect afternoon to me!

1 For 1 Kbbq Buffet Filling kbbq meal for 2 pax, had it with burpple's 1 for 1. Ordering comes with call number shown on TV screen, self service as well. Lots of condiments and meat! So worth it using 1 for 1 burpple deal!

Save Your Time And Don’t Come Here It really does not worth going there even with the beyond deals. With the deals it is gonna be $20 per pax. Sides dishes are prepared badly and roughly (a whole garlic! And the garlic tip wasnt even chope off for the slices). Meats are even worse. Beef are stuck together and even scissors can’t cut it apart haha. Our stoves spoiled half way through the meal, and the black grill paper kept getting onto the meat. It really doesn’t worth 💰20 dollars per pax AFTER 1f1, so save your time and choose another restaurant to eat mate!

1f1 kbbq for ~$17 per pax, quite worth but for $33… probably not. good variety of marinated meats! so didn’t get sick of the food like other kbbq. rlly liked the char siew & bak kwa pork belly and the pickled cucumbers & radish! but nothing super special. worth a try!

Good Variety Came here for lunch ($25.80) on a weekday and there were only 2 tables eating. The good thing about this shop is the fact that you can choose 3 soups, however only the chicken and pork broth are free. The rest of the soup will be an additional $3 or more each. I opted for tomyum and laksa. I love tomyum so when I had my first sip, I was disappointed. The tomyum somehow was lacking. It was not as flavourful as other hotpot shops and was on the oily side. Laksa however was good, mildly spicy with the taste of the coconut milk coming through. Pork broth surprisingly was light and good as well. Variety-wise I would say they offer quite a lot, more then 50 types of items. We tried their pork, beef and mutton. Pork was good, with a good amount of fat. Beef was ok, wish there was more fats. Mutton was slightly tough but did not have a strong smell at all. Their seafood the clams and scallop came slightly frozen with ice and had a slightly not so nice seafood taste. They also offer sumiri, beancurd, eggs, mushrooms and vegetables which I won't mention. I also opted for free flow of drinks and ice cream (+$4). They offer fruit punch which was good, not too sweet with a carrot-y taste. Rose which is Bandung but without the milk and blueberry. For ice cream there's coconut, cookies and cream, chocolate, mint and strawberry. Overall this place offers a good variety of food where you'll have something that you would like. For me it was the cookies and cream ice cream.

Hotpot Buffet Because of the situation now we can’t take the ingredients ourselves so the auntie who works there had to help us take our orders. I guess she didn’t want to make so many rounds because she’s working alone so she gave us a really huge portion of meat hahaha. The soup bases I ordered (pork, tomato and mala) were not bad! They’re very flavourful. Ingredients wise, just normal I guess.

Value For Money Steamboat ($29.80) Onepot offers a wide variety of soups and ingredients at affordable prices. You can get up to 3 soups per table and we got laksa, mala and chicken soup. The chicken was a bit plain for our liking but the laksa and mala were flavourful and yummy.

Grilled food! Back at Taan Asian Grill Bar! Here is what we ordered: -Grilled Mentaiko Salmon -Grilled Surume Ika Squid -Enoki Mushroom wrapped with Pork Belly in Teriyaki flavour -Japanese Eel Fried Rice The unagi fried rice is my fav carbs items here! The grilled squid was soft and tender! The first time we were here, we used the burpple beyond deals to redeem 1 for 1 on 20 skewer sticks! For this trip, we were here using discounted vouchers from https://bites.burpple.com/ ! Check out this webpage for more discounted F&B deals like this restaurant! You can enjoy discounted vouchers without needing to sign up for any burpple membership plans!

Go to place for Frozen Yuzu Beer! Great frozen beer - thick layer of foam was almost like an ice-blend consistency. Happy hour promo of $26 for 2 glasses was pretty worth it. Yuzu recommended, lychee was quite strange. Skewers wise, we ordered the Set of 8 for $15 which was quite worth it and we were very satisfied with the taste. Pork Belly, pork ribs, chicken wings, potato slices were all good. Added on the Foil-wrapped enoki ($6.90) and we loved the garlic topping.

Takeaway Late Night Snack Shishamo and pork ribs were my fav & it’s not hard to guess why. Prawn-Wah were alittle too hard & dry. Mushrooms tend to get soggy if you’re taking away. Broccoli gets alittle mushy and oily the longer you delay. Recommend to eat fresh in-store unless you would like to avoid the BBQ smoke and loud crowd.

Hotpot Been a while since I last visited them. Still making us full despite the quality seems to drop a little. The mushroom soup wasn't as mushroomy as it used to be. Other soup were alright and suit accordingly to local taste. Food wise generally were thawed, clean and plated properly. Advice y'all to go normal buffet as there are many items to have already unless want seafood or some small bites. Best day to warm yourself up in these cold days. - Pricing 3/4 Base Soup($10/$12) Normal($27.80++/$29.80++) Premium($39.80++/$43.80++) (Mon-Thur/Fri-Sun, Eve PH & PH) Time limit - 90 mins. Buffet includes sauce & seasoning station, ice cream and free flow selected drinks. . 🚩XiangCao Yunnan Original Ecology Hotpot, 494 North Bridge Rd, Singapore 188738 . . . #mehmehfoodventure #foodie #sgfoodie #sgfoodblogger #foodblogger #foodblog #foodcoma #burpple #burpplesg #sgfood #foodsg #eatmoresg #foodinsing #sgeats #buffet #steamboat #hotpot #xiangcaoyunnan #mushroomhotpot #hotpotbuffet #freeflow #malasoup #pickledcabbagesoup #xiangcaoxiangcaoyunnanoriginalecologyhotpot

Check the bills pls They got our bills wrong but I didn’t notice that at the time. Feeling cheated. Two of us ordered essential but the bill was 81.6. We left in a rush for a movie and didn’t check/get the receipt. Well played.

Feeling Cheated I have tried xiao cao xiang at toa payoh before and I think it was nice and affordable. When they closed and xiangcao reopened, I was sad but happy that the legacy continue. I saw the menu in their Facebook for that price makes me happy and I went. However, sad to learn that it is only for premium buffet and the price is quite significant. xiao cao xiang seems to have offered better ingredient at a lower price. Please update your menu items and price clearly. It is very misleading Also, do indicate the soup charges in your online menu.

Delicious food great interior Reasonable price at $33 Great ambience High reco Bro is nice

Mayo Karaage Don + Unagi Don Very generous portions were given and the food tasted great! Was surprised to see the shop fairly empty on a Saturday night, but it’s definitely worth visiting especially with Burpple. The highballs were also well balanced, not too diluted nor too much.

Nikki Clear Black, Suntory Kakubin Highball ($13.50) Both drinks were fizzy and quite refreshing - a great accompaniment to our savoury rice bowls. It was a little bit diluted but otherwise was a standard highball. Do note that the drinks for the Burpple deal is only applicable for alcohol drinks. We visited on a weekday evening and it wasn’t too crowded although I did notice a fair amount of reservations in the indoor seating area. I actually preferred the outdoor seating, as the ambience was amazing, with the Japanese lanterns hanging at the top and all. Service was great too, the staff were very friendly.

Majestic bay Nice dim sum n noodles

cereal prawns pretty decent sized prawns and the cereal coating was so fragrant and crispy. but prawns after cooked were less juicy than i would like

zi char everything was pretty good except portions slightly small. probs only worth w burpple 1 for 1

Coco For Deez Nutz @wanhelou Thai Coconut Pudding ($11.90++ per serving) has earned the ultimate Asian praise for a dessert: not too sweet. Coconut pudding is topped off with coconut ice cream, which may sound overwhelmingly coconut-y, but it was delicately balanced.⠀ ⠀ The coconut pudding proper was very mild tasting, only possessing a subtle sweetness of coconut. The gelatine was bouncy, firm yet yielded under a reasonable pressure. The coconut ice cream was where most of the sweetness in the dessert was derived from, and it’s a delightful dessert. It’s full of the sweetness of coconut, it’s creamy, and it’s the ideal ice cream. The coconut pudding provides the texture of the dessert while the ice cream provides the flavour, and both work in concert to make this Thai Coconut Pudding an enjoyable ending to any dinner at Wan He Lou.⠀ ⠀ Wan He Lou’s dessert menu section is aptly titled as ‘The Conclusion - Sweet Memories’, and I couldn’t have said it any better myself. Once again, thank you so much for having us @wanhelou, and thank you @thestephaniebenedetti for organising this!

Ice (Plant) Ice (Plant) Baby I’ve never had the exotic sounding Ice Plant ever before, but @wanhelou version is so exquisite I’m completely sold on it. Ice Plants are traditionally found along the coasts of South Africa, and are full of water just like lettuce. However, unlike lettuce, Ice Plants are loaded with vitamins & nutrients, making it something of a superfood.⠀ ⠀ Wan He Lou’s Ice Plant ($20++) is served as a cold salad, rather befitting for its name. It’s served with cherry tomatoes and diced dragonfruit, which is a first. It’s dressed with both sesame sauce and truffle oil for that double dose of amazingly aromatic & supremely sapid in one superfood packed salad. The fresh, crisp ice plant provide a pleasantly light crunch, while the dragonfruit & cherry tomatoes represent the sweet delegation.⠀ ⠀ All the vegetables are bound together by the creamy savouriness of the sesame sauce. The salty sesame sauce fantastically flavours everything, and enhances the sweetness of the cherry tomatoes & dragonfruit. The strong scent of truffle emanating from the salad ensures that your sense of smell is greatly satisfied, and adds an extra luxurious touch.⠀ ⠀ If you only want to get one veggie while you’re at Wan He Lou, make sure you get their incredible Ice Plant, and thank me later. Speaking of thanks, thank you for inviting us @wanhelou, and thanks to @thestephaniebenedetti for organising this!

Prawn (Paste) Stars @wanhelou isn’t just all lobster porridge, they’ve got a bevy of zi char classics to complement you lush lobster porridge. Nothing screams zi char more than the iconic Prawn Paste Chicken ($11.90++ for a small portion), and Wan He Lou’s chicken smells stellar. They put a whole lotta prawn paste and love into the marinade of these chicken wings, and it sure smells & tastes like it. ⠀ ⠀ The heady aroma of har jeong gai constantly wafts into your nostrils, goading you to munch on another wing. The sapid prawn paste marinade has penetrated deeply into the chicken, and each bite is a supremely savoury one. The batter encasing the chicken is moderately thick and exceptionally crunchy. Unfortunately, in the pursuit of maximum crunchiness, Wan He Lou has sacrificed the juiciness & tenderness of the wings. The meat was a tad dry and notably hard in some spots.⠀ ⠀ I will be mad with my iPhone until the day it dies, as it completely failed to take a picture of my favourite dish of the night, the Crispy Shrimp Roll ($11.90++ for a small portion). The shrimp rolls were crispy, chunky and jumbo sized in both flavour and satisfaction. The prawn paste that went into these rolls were chunky and divinely delicious, and the savouriness was enhanced by the sweet mango sauce drizzled on the rolls. The little tobiko (flying fish roe) carefully spooned over each roll added brilliant briny umami pops with each earth shatteringly crunchy bite of shrimp roll.⠀ ⠀ Even if you don’t feel baller enough for a lobster porridge, do come to Wan He Lou for their zi char zingers. It’s reasonably priced, and superbly sumptuous. Many thanks for having us @wanhelou , and thank you to @thestephaniebenedetti for organising!

Margherita Pizza ($18) Pretty standard, neither good nor bad. Smattering of burrata lent a slight creaminess, and the sun-dried tomatoes gave some umami. Good to share as I slowly became bored of this after a few slices.

Heaven is a place on Katong with a whole wall lined with beer True to its name, be wowed by their (very, very big) basket of beers - an extensive variety adorn the many fridges lined up by the entrance, enticing you to pick one (or more) out on the way to the register. Go wild! Food wise, the Truffle Mushroom pizza ($23) and Fiery Crab and Shrimp Aglio Olio ($22) were decent. I quite liked the truffle bachamel base of the pizza, though reminiscent of the cream-based sauce of a certain pizza chain. Pasta was undercooked, tragically, but the olive oil base was quite addictive so, meh, whatever. tldr; come for the happy hour and the chill vibes!

Fiery Crab and Shrimp Aglio Olio | $22 Decent but nothing mind-blowing, especially because it was on the blander side. Though called fiery, it was not spicy at all either, so this really fell short of expectations. Without Burpple this pasta would not have been worth it. Nonetheless, Beer Basket remains a great place for beers — literally any kind of beers you want with craft beers on tap, a huge range of canned craft beers (both local and international), as well as wines. A good place to chill with their numerous drink options! Rate:🌟🌟