Seafood Spaghettini Arrabbiata ($35++) Spaghettini was al dente. The seafood was clean and fresh. I didn know it was spicy. Nothing stands out so would recommend to try other dishes.

Chocolate Nut Doorstop [PS Cafe] Chocolate Nut Doorstop This is literally a crazy rich Chocolate cake worth getting a sorethroat for. Let's start with the top - malted milk chocolate balls (aka maltesers) on top of rich chocolate mousse that's actually slightly lighter to help balance the textures, but it's in no way light in flavour. Followed by an extremely hard layer of nuts that's almost impossible to cut through, but when you finally do, it's pretty worth it. The nuts (pecans, walnuts, almonds) are doused with some caramel sauce, and I loved how the flavours come together. Finally, you have the sponge cake layer that's pretty much supporting all the goodness above it. Definitely an indulgent treat I wouldn't mind having once - but don't forget to drink up because this choc cake is not just here to play. Overall Rating: 8/10 Read other reviews on thefoodadv.wordpress.com

Double Chocolate Blackout Cake 💸: $16 💬: Most indulgent chocolate cake I've ever had in my life - moist chocolate cake in a pool of warm fudge, topped eith a scoop of vanilla bean ice cream 😫😫😫😫 I get the hype I really do

[ION ORCHARD] Lobster angel hair pasta for starter. Just brought my love for Saveur's pasta up to another level 😋 Lovely dinner with my girls! And there's 1-for-1 promo on main course for dinner right now!!! • #burpple #hungrygowhere @burpple @hungrygowhere @saveurart #saveurart

Lobster Angel Hair Pasta ($15) Quite a beauty to look at. Served with cold lobster that was sadly a little lackluster, but textures were great with a soft burst of saltiness from marinated fish roe, crispy shrimp and a good bite from the al dente pasta. Can't help but compare this to its more affordable version of Sakura ebi pasta at Saveur which I prefer considering the price point. #burpple

Food always tastes better when it's 1-for-1! Liked the Roasted French Quail which was tender with a crisp skin, perched atop a delish truffled mashed potato with a lovely burgundy sauce. Also enjoyed the Grilled Norwegian Salmon for a light yet tasty main, or go for the Pork & Artichoke Barigoule for a meaty affair. Not sure when does @saveurart's 1-for-1 dinner promo end, so head over before it does! #BurppleGotJio #burpple

No more pork lard 🥲 My neighbourhood Hokkien prawn mee - the chilli is still super spicy so just a little bit is enough for me. It’s still great, very tasty, the prawns are still Swa lor prawns which are very strongly flavoured. Just the correct prawns for Hokkien mee. The only disappointing thing is that they no longer have pork lard to add to the noodles to give it extra crunch. I didn’t ask why but the auntie knows I like pork lard in my noodles and if she didn’t add for me means don’t have no need to ask.

Hokkien Mee (SGD $5) @ Singapore Fried Hokkien Mee 新加坡炒福建虾面. There's a rather strict and orderly queue system in place at this stall, which has been serving its delicious 'wet' rendition for over 20 years or more. . Known for being a supper spot, they still draw queues during the day for their soft gooey noodles tossed with fluffy egg and crisp bean sprouts, soaking up the gravy and carrying smoky grainy savoury sweet salty eggy flavour. . The tender pork belly strips are meaty savoury salty in taste, while springy squid chunks and crunchy deshelled prawns both lend sweet savoury flavour. Some lime juice for a touch of tangy zesty sour notes. . Regulars love how the spicy savoury flavours in the sharp sambal belachan lend a fiery kick. Together with their wok hei / breath of the wok, it makes for an addictive plate. . . . Hokkien Mee Singapore Fried Hokkien Mee 新加坡炒福建虾面 @ Whampoa Makan Place, 90 Whampoa Drive #01-32 . More details: https://ivanteh-runningman.blogspot.com/2023/08/best-of-singapore-hawkers-hokkien-mee.html

Hokkien Mee My family is back at Whampoa Food Centre for dinner and we ordered a generous plate of Hokkien Mee ($10) from Singapore Fried Hokkien Mee to share. The yellow noodles and thick bee hoon go well with the garlicky and flavourful sauce. The chilli is not super spicy but it adds just the right amount of heat to the noodles. Together with the prawns, squid, pork belly, egg and lard, this is one decent plate of Hokkien Mee that I wouldn’t mind having again.

Ramen Gallery Takumen Wabisuke Ramen that have won Michelin Hokkaido Bib Gourmand! It has an interesting taste as compared to normal pork broth ramen but still tasty! It's $16.80++ so while it's not cheap, definitely worth a try! PS. The mashed potato that they offer as a free side is really nice!

Bingiri "mala" Ramen ($15.80++) I don't usually eat ramen (or any noodle soup) in Singapore's hot weather, but mala anything is a must for me! I lovvvve the chopped onion and minced meat in this ramen, although additional 花椒 powder would make this even better. They do other kinds of ramen as well.

Launching on 14th feb is this spicy wabisuke miso ramen! Wabisuke is a double soup combining chicken soup and sardine soup! The miso complements the flavours of the Wabisuke! Wabisuke has won a Michelin bib gourmand in 2012 & 2017. . 🍴 The spicy miso was more of a fragrant spicy fermented bean paste. The noodles texture was perfect and the soup was really quite good! This is also available in non spicy version! . 🍴 Thanks to @kaitozy for extending th invite and @ramen.gallery for hosting! . 🍴 #burpple #ramen #ramengallerytakumen

Seafood Paella ($32++ Reg; $56++ Large) With quite some liberty to live to eat on the weekends recently - it feels like we are on a “streak” to clock different les amis food group concept #2 I fell in love with the concept of tapas from my first trip to Spain- you see as a small eater who loves variety tapas are everything ✨ Also with a group of people you get to share many dishes and almost everything we had that night was good in its own rights. Probably my favourite had to be the chunky foie gras in lovely execution with onion chutney and caramelised green apple, but the Huevos Estrellados Con Paatatas Paja Chorizo, Pimento Del Piquillo y Champinones was another must order hot tapas to try. In my dining companion’s words, I didn’t know fried egg could be concocted/made this good. The patatas brava here were crisp potato chunks doused in generous amount of aioli and bravas sauce and we also shared a refreshing lettuce salad with white tuna belly, spanish salchichón & lomo ibérico. What we most probably would not order again was the mixed iberico platter for mum was really only interested in the jamon iberico and not other Spanish cured meat (blame my oversight). You could hardly shy away from getting paella as a main at a Spanish restaurant so we had the squid ink paella with a good treat of seafood, but what I loved was the Cheek De Carne a la Brasa. The soft beef cheeks in a flawless Tempranillo reduction sauce was “take my money” worthy because it took the bread and butter combination of red wine and beef to a new level.

Cheek de Carne a la Brasa ($30++) With quite some liberty to live to eat on the weekends recently - it feels like we are on a “streak” to clock different les amis food group concept #2 I fell in love with the concept of tapas from my first trip to Spain- you see as a small eater who loves variety tapas are everything ✨ Also with a group of people you get to share many dishes and almost everything we had that night was good in its own rights. Probably my favourite had to be the chunky foie gras in lovely execution with onion chutney and caramelised green apple, but the Huevos Estrellados Con Paatatas Paja Chorizo, Pimento Del Piquillo y Champinones was another must order hot tapas to try. In my dining companion’s words, I didn’t know fried egg could be concocted/made this good. The patatas brava here were crisp potato chunks doused in generous amount of aioli and bravas sauce and we also shared a refreshing lettuce salad with white tuna belly, spanish salchichón & lomo ibérico. What we most probably would not order again was the mixed iberico platter for mum was really only interested in the jamon iberico and not other Spanish cured meat (blame my oversight). You could hardly shy away from getting paella as a main at a Spanish restaurant so we had the squid ink paella with a good treat of seafood, but what I loved was the Cheek De Carne a la Brasa. The soft beef cheeks in a flawless Tempranillo reduction sauce was “take my money” worthy because it took the bread and butter combination of red wine and beef to a new level.

Patatas Brava ($10++) With quite some liberty to live to eat on the weekends recently - it feels like we are on a “streak” to clock different les amis food group concept #2 I fell in love with the concept of tapas from my first trip to Spain- you see as a small eater who loves variety tapas are everything ✨ Also with a group of people you get to share many dishes and almost everything we had that night was good in its own rights. Probably my favourite had to be the chunky foie gras in lovely execution with onion chutney and caramelised green apple, but the Huevos Estrellados Con Paatatas Paja Chorizo, Pimento Del Piquillo y Champinones was another must order hot tapas to try. In my dining companion’s words, I didn’t know fried egg could be concocted/made this good. The patatas brava here were crisp potato chunks doused in generous amount of aioli and bravas sauce and we also shared a refreshing lettuce salad with white tuna belly, spanish salchichón & lomo ibérico. What we most probably would not order again was the mixed iberico platter for mum was really only interested in the jamon iberico and not other Spanish cured meat (blame my oversight). You could hardly shy away from getting paella as a main at a Spanish restaurant so we had the squid ink paella with a good treat of seafood, but what I loved was the Cheek De Carne a la Brasa. The soft beef cheeks in a flawless Tempranillo reduction sauce was “take my money” worthy because it took the bread and butter combination of red wine and beef to a new level.

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Great for a family meal Got the 2 pax set - just tell the staff which ingredients you don't want and let them do the rest. (You also won't know the final price until payment so it's all a mystery). Loves the deep fried items especially, but everything went so well with the savoury gooey sauce. Pair with the yam rice and you're good to go. We also added a plate of Kway Chap which was pretty good and offered some meaty alternatives to the YTF. Altogether, this 2 plates plus 2 bowls of yam rice and a bowl of white rice cost $21.50.

Hakka Yong Tau Foo We are not allowed to choose what goes onto the plate but we are free to let them know if we wish to swap anything out of the default. The YTF comes with a fixed set of ingredients that includes fishballs, tofu, bitter gourd, wantons, fried tau kwa, fried beancurd skin, brinjal, lady’s fingers and kang kong drenched in a starchy and savoury brown sauce. The sauce is the thing that makes this whole dish tasty and it’s best eaten with rice as it can get a little too salty along the way 》$12 with Barley

Hokkien Mee (SGD $5) @ Come Daily Fried Hokkien Prawn Mee 天天来炒福建虾面. Operating since 1968, this stall draws a queue of up to 45 minutes during lunch. . Their rendition is 'wet', with a rich robust prawn and pork stock gravy, along with egg, that infuses the yellow egg noodles and rice vermicelli noodles, soft and slippery with savoury sweet salty eggy flavour. . The crisp bean sprouts lend contrasting texture and vegetal sweet notes, while tender deshelled shrimp and springy squid lend sweet savoury flavour. . Small bits of crunchy pork lard burst with savoury salty notes, and the drizzle of lime juice lends zesty tangy sour flavour. Less wok hei / breath of the wok comparatively though. . . . Hokkien Mee Come Daily Fried Hokkien Prawn Mee 天天来炒福建虾面 @ Toa Payoh West Market & Food Centre, 127 Toa Payoh Lorong 1 #02-27 . More details: https://ivanteh-runningman.blogspot.com/2023/08/best-of-singapore-hawkers-hokkien-mee.html

Best Hokkien mee in sg Imho. Stock is awesome flavorful. I do miss when they used to serve them on opeh leaves!

Hokkien mee that melts in your mouth For the Hokkien Mee connoisseurs out there, you would know that we can broadly categorise them into either dry, or wet Hokkien Mee. As a fan of the saucey goodness, I was delighted to find that Come Daily serves them wet! A piping hot plate of mee ($5) with sufficient moisture probably due to the steaming of the noodles, that made it so soft such that it almost melts in your mouth. Read more at: kopiwaffles.com/come-daily-fried-hokkien-prawn-mee-michelin-guide/

The combination elevated nothing except the price. I guess I shouldn't have expected a good eggs ben dish at a prata house, like I wouldn't expect good prata at a cafe. Their generic pratas themselves were great (just order those really), but here the ham and hollandaise were unspectacular and gimmicky... At least the egg was runny though.

The only plaster I need for a long bad day @springleafprataplace . . . . . . . . #foodporn #foodie #food #sgfood #seefooddiet #burpplesg #burpple #mondayblues

Disappointing and overpriced Friends used to frequent this cafe so we decided to drop by. Had the Duck Confit Rosti ($22), Truffle Fries ($13), and Kombucha ($8). Rosti was pretty thin but I give it a thumbs up for being crisp at the edges and also quite delicious. Nothing to complain about for the eggs but I thought the "duck Confit" was more like shredded leftover duck. Fries came in a huge portion but I could barely taste the truffle. And the volume of kombucha I got for 8 bucks was pathetic. Service-wise, it was passable but bordering on unfriendly.

Smoked Salmon Hash ($22) Smoked Salmon Hash ($22) This came with 2 poached eggs, and a generous amount of smoked salmon on top of crispy rosti, topped with Tobiko! The smoked salmon was slightly salty, but had a nice flavour too, altho it did overpower the rosti flavour a little. Overall a nice place to chill at, and you might need to queue for seats during weekends & lunch timings. Much preferred the vibes over the food, so go with managed expectations! Overall Rating: 7/10

Mentaiko Mac and Cheese ($20) Established in 2013, @knockhousecafe is located a few minutes walk from Upper Thomson MRT. Previously known as Pacamara, they have rebranded to Knockhouse Cafe since 2020. Mentaiko Mac and Cheese ($20) Slightly cheesy and creamy, but would prefer a much stronger Mentaiko flavour and more generous sauce! Didn't particularly enjoy the chicken that was within because of the texture and flavour.

Ginger Lemonade / Iced Lemon Tea The ginger lemonade is made using actual fresh ginger juice. I like how the zing of fresh ginger plays off that sweet-tart base 》$6 Each

Miso Pork Belly Bowl The miso pork belly bowl comes with homemade pickled cabbage, yakiniku sauce, onsen egg, sesame seed, spring onion and chunky slices of pork belly laid on top. The pork belly was thick and slightly charred to a nice burnt flavour. It was tender and juicy but I couldn’t taste the miso. Dipping it with the yakinuku sauce helps with the flavouring 》$17.90

Chilli Crab Pasta Spaghetti cooked with homemade chilli crab sauce and curry leaves, presented with a crunchy soft shell crab on top. The pasta was al-dente with a chewy bite. The sauce was done with the right amount of sweetness and a tinge of spiciness 》$18.90