Affordable decent brunch fare! Found a hidden gem in the heart of the novena area! @thecluelessgoat offers affordable delicious brunch fares that is good for work lunches around here 🥹 I had the Scrambled Eggs on Toast ($8.50) which was pretty affordable considering the price of such brunch fare elsewhere. The scrambled eggs were very well done, as it was creamy and well seasoned. I also loved the stretchy cheese below, and the chewy sourdough. If you are in a bigger group, getting their truffle fries ($9) is a good idea as it was so big! The portion can easily be shared among 3-4 people. The shaved cheese on top is well appreciated but do note that the truffle taste is not so prominent. Fries were crispy, but not too fluffy inside. Quite decent but of course not the best! Their Iced Latte ($7) was also delicious, as it was strong, not too milky and of a medium roast. Not too acidic, it was a decent cup to enjoy! All in all, I would come back as their food items are value for money!

British Breakfast Platter / Truffle Tater Tots The flavourful and filling British breakfast platter makes a good hearty meal, consisting of a choice of egg (poached, scrambled, sunny-side up), bockwurst, sautéed cremini mushrooms, streaky bacon, tater tots, grilled tomato and sourdough. The scrambled eggs were fluffy, creamy and well-seasoned. Tater tots were well done, crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. The sausage was juicy while tomato and bacon were standard. The truffle tater tots are right on point with the truffle seasoning and generous shavings of parmesan cheese. The servings are huge and portions are large enough to share among 4 pax. It comes with a slight scent of truffle, retaining its crispy-crunchy exterior and soft interior. Overall, the food was great too & prices are much more affordable than many other cafes. British Breakfast Platter 》$16 Truffle Tater Tots 》$8

Eggs Benedict & Truffle Tarter Tots Eggs Benedict (Ham) ($13) Saw this on tik tok and also passby a couple of times when I was at novena. Their egg benedict is not that bad but the sourdough bread was quite hard to cut. Most of the people order salmon version. I felt that the sauce was slightly sour tbh. Truffle Tarter Tots ($8) I didnt expected that their Tarter Tots to be quite big serving portion and didn't managed to eat finish so I bought home for reducing food waste also. But truffle was quite too strong but slightly salty tbh. It was quite crispy and crunchy when they served on hot.

Your Mango Treasure Like a mango sticky rice with shaved ice in a bowl, Your Mango Treasure (S$12.90) was marked as a popular item in the store. Although the sliced mangoes were not as sweet as compared to my previous visit, I still felt that there was sufficient sugar and satisfaction coming from this dessert, especially from the shaved ice and the mango ice cream.

Your Mango Coconut Noodle Thai franchise Yenly Yours had recently landed in Basement 1 of the mall. For those who would have weakness for mangoes, this dessert café must be a compulsory stop for a quick round of sweets. Though everything looked appealing, this particular item probably caught my attention almost immediately. At S$10.90, this bowl of desserts contained mango slush at the base, and some slices of mango, mango ice cream and grated coconut flesh. The latter gave the dessert a good balance of texture as well as acidity (from the mango counterparts). Having this dessert was like indulging myself in the midst of summer, with refreshing tropical notes and a slight desire to order another mango-based drink to go.

Mango Sticky rice with Black Pearl from @yenlyyourssingapore. Mango smoothie served with black pearl, mango chunk, sticky rice and topped with mango ice cream. 💰$10.9 Overall is good, not too sweet but will prefer if the black pearls more chewy. 📍Yenly Yours. Ang Mo Kio Hub, #B1-51C.

Mee Soto I didn’t realised this Malay food stall at Hong Lim Food Centre has been here for very long since 2002, Dapur F. Faiz serving variety Malay cuisines. Decided to try this stall after so many years working in Chinatown. I came late lunch time and only a few options left, which mee soto still available. Their price is consider affordable for now. Their mee soto comes with slices of shredded chicken and noodles. Tasty and enjoyable.

ah heng curry chicken bee hoon mee ($6) curry was delicious and they gave lots of taupok which i love! chicken was also vv tender but they gave q little chicken. this was on food king and i think usually they have a much longer queue but thankfully i didn’t have to queue v long 🤭🤭

The Noodle Memories Ordered their signature noodle ($4.50) and kind of disappointed. I was hoping it will be more flavourful but kind of bland and not much ingredients.

Braised Beef Brisket Nissin Noodle I usually think HK instant mee is dumb but I was in the mood for it, especially because I believed brisket would enhance it. I was right. Tender and fatty brisket enriched the soup. The runny egg also helped to improve the instant noodle.

Cheese Baked Teriyaki Chicken Fried Rice Baked rice is always at the bottom of my desires as it's usually one-dimensional. But here did it quite well. Flavoured rice plus nice cheese. And the meat was quite tasty.

Bo Lo Bao I was craving 菠萝油 but a bit surprised to find theirs has pineapple haha. Interesting experience. But it sucks their bun was cold and soft.

Kids meal Kid’s meal Mushroom Cream Spaghetti with Crispy Fried Chicken Served with a cup of buttered corn. Accompanied with a choice of drink - apple juice and a choice of ice cream - vanilla. Plus Shark hat

Lunch set Value Lunch at @fishncosg in @amk_hub Main accompanied with a choice of drink Available Mon - Fri till 5pm New York Fish & Chips (S$9.95++) Served with fries and Tartar sauce Accompanied with Ice Tea Grilled White Fish (S$12.95++) In Ebiko Gratin Served with seasonal vegetables - baked Cauliflower on a bed of white sauce topped with roasted scallions Accompanied with Passionfruit drink Baked Salmon (S$13.95++) In Furikake Served with Paella Rice Accompanied with Passionfruit drink Kid’s meal Mushroom Cream Spaghetti with Crispy Fried Chicken Served with a cup of buttered corn. Accompanied with a choice of drink - apple juice and a choice of ice cream - vanilla. Plus Shark hat. Fish & Co. Address 🛖 : 53 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3 # 02-02 AMK Hub, Singapore 🇸🇬 569 933 Open 🕰 : 11am - 9.30pm

Bombay Fish & Chips Accompanied with curry mayo dip. Squeeze the lime, thick straight fries, tender fish meat & crispy batter outside. Satisfying indeed. From Fish & Co.

Claypot Chicken Rice $6, Satay Bee Hoon $5 Really enjoyed the claypot chicken rice which was a generous portion, with more chicken than expected. The rice was freshly made on the spot after ordering and was so fresh and fragrant and piping hot when I received it. It had strong wokhey and toasted flavor, and was flavorful from the dark soy sauce and the ingredients. There were pieces of soft tender chicken pieces, lapcheong sausage and salted fish in the rice that all complemented the rice. The satay bee hoon was average as the sauce was a little diluted and watery with not enough peanuts.

Homemade-Styled Fried Rice [ Food Week: Hawker Food ] Moving a little outside my usual sphere of travel by dining at Holland Road this time! (It’s Holland Village Market & Food Centre, not to be conflated with Holland D r i v e Market & Food Centre in the Buona Vista/Ghim Moh area btw.) In terms of sheer variety, accessibility, and affordability, I still find this enclave unmatched when it comes to cheap and quick eats in the estate. Despite the popularity of other stalls, I always found myself gravitating towards the seafood soup from Li Ji Xiao Chi (李记小吃), a place that serves a medley of unrelated homemade-styled local delights. While we didn’t get that today, there was an old regular who was recovering from an accident who hobbled to a table near ours. It was only after a brimming bowl of seafood soup appeared in front of him did he visibly relax. In that moment, I felt the comfort of my childhood nostalgia. Amazing what a simple bowl of noodles can do to you, eh! Forgoing the siren’s call of the beautiful prawns-fish-cabbage combo (darn you, medical diet!), we ended up with a plate of her fried rice instead. Here’s the thing: I’m no fan of fried rice. Don’t like rice, don’t like oil (and thus most fried stuff), but I was fine sampling her variant because throughout the years, she has always been meticulous in her preparation, and consistent in keeping her dishes healthier than the usual bar. This was no different. Each scoop revealed studs of shrimp, egg, and meat (either char siew or lap cheong, alas, my memory fails me) squirreled within the mound of rice. The rice wasn’t too salty nor oily, relying on the pairing of basic condiments like salt and pepper to accentuate the toppings to impart flavour to the dish. The rice was a lot more moist than I’d prefer, but the glistening, sunny egg was stirred in, the yolk trickled between the grains and masked (complemented?) the wetness, turning it into a much more satisfying lurid affair. This dish isn’t meant for the ravenous. Think of it as a scoop from the chef’s home kitchen instead — a measured taste of her experience and history that satiates the weary, but not enough for one to surfeit on for an extended day.

Fried Bee Hoon From 荷兰村炒米粉 Always an awesome choice to get this plate of fried rice vermicelli (beehoon), choose sides of your preference. Yummy!

Grilled Chicken Salad Chicken is tender and juicy. For $12.90, this salad is a good deal!

mentaiko salmon [$14.90] food: it was ok! not too bad but nothing too eye-opening! onsen egg was well-cooked, but it's a little pricey in general for the amount of fish you get

Protein Platter | $18.90 With over 70g of protein! Grilled steak, grilled chicken breast, white fish, scrambled eggs, sweet potato and broccoli. Was extremely impressed with the chicken breast as it was well seasoned, tender and not too dry.

Acai This was rlly meh. The acai was damn cold and it's quite sandy. For all I know maybe this is the most natural state and how it should taste without additional flavourings and binders.

Original Flower Bowl ✨Original Flower Bowl✨ 𝐵𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝐴𝑐𝑎𝑖 𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑒, 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑙𝑎, 𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑎, 𝑓𝑟𝑢𝑖𝑡𝑠, 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑜𝑜𝑑𝑠 Every bite is different! There are so many fruits in this which makes it so refreshing, different fruit textures in every spoonful! The acai berry is also not sour like other berries, which makes this whole bowl feel sweet using natural sugars. Overall, I really like how acai bowl makes you feel like you are eating healthy, yet it doesn’t feel like a torture eating it (unlike salad🤣) 💰: $9.80 📈: 9/10

Nuts for Acai Bowl ✨Nuts for Acai Bowl✨ 𝐵𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝐴𝑐𝑎𝑖 𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑒, 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑙𝑎, 𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑎, 𝑐𝑎𝑐𝑎𝑜, 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑎 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑠, 𝑐𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑖𝑒 𝑏𝑢𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 Personally I prefer this for its simplicity and banana is the best fruit to pair with acai😋 The cookie sauce also gives it a sweeter taste, and actually taste a little like llao llao😙 This has more crunchy bits than the flower bowl, which feels more shiok to bite. 💰: $9.80 📈: 9/10

Chicken curry rice Actually this is pretty bad. The curry is very diluted. And it is $5. Beside the fried chicken. There is just nothing much already

Fish Soup As we approach the school holidays with most of the store closed. There is this fish soup still serving throughout the school holidays. Friendly uncle and healthy staple of fish and lots of vegetables. $5 per bowl come with rice

tasted ok strawberry cream cheese toast $2

Shrimp Egg Fried Rice Beside selling Japanese ramen, they also have a few choices of fried rice here. The shrimp was definitely juicy and chewy, but the fried rice could be more wok hey. But overall taste still excellent and I would come back to try the rest of fried rice. $6.90

Red Spicy Tonkotsu Ramen It is really excited to see some Japanese hawker foods in Woodlands, especially this stall serving some tonkotsu ramen at affordable price. As it has a thumb up icon beside this on the menu, so decided to go and try it. Although the taste was strong and spicy, but sadly it was too salty for me. And the chilli oil seems overwhelming the broth. The noodles still great and good texture, comes with juicy beef slices. $7.90

Good Ramen Black spicy tonkotsu ramen @ $7.90 Lava egg @ additional $2 Very flavourful broth though it did get rather salty after a while. The noodles are cooked to the way we like it, not cooked through and there's a bit of chewiness to it. The rest of the ingredients are alright. Overall a good meal, but unlikely we'll spend the effort to come all the way here again.