Basil Minced Pork Rice Set Seriously I wouldn’t know of this place if I didn’t searching for food around this area. Hidden in this quiet housing estate at Delta, between River Valley and Havelock. You would find this small eatery at the corner of HDB block. At first looking at the shop name you would presume it is a cafe style of place. But actually people come here for their Thai foods. Yes this is technically a Thai food restaurant serving decent Thai cuisine at affordable price. Go for their set like mine, which you can grab the main with 2 side dishes and drink. Their basil minced rice can choose from either pork or chicken, served with a piece of egg as well. Generous portion of meat given. The side dishes I gotten the fish cake and tom yum soup, which I must say they pair well with my main.

Deep Fried Pork This places offers Thai dishes and it’s good for groups to share the ala-carte dishes. Their dishes are slightly salty. Their Thai milk tea is pre-mixed so the sugar level could not be adjusted. Deep fried pork tastes good although it is quite salty so hope they could reduce the sodium content.

Deep Fried Spring Rolls This places offers Thai dishes and it’s good for groups to share the ala-carte dishes. Their dishes are slightly salty. Their Thai milk tea is pre-mixed so the sugar level could not be adjusted. Deep fried spring rolls taste quite normal.

Grilled Pork noodles Very very underrated store in Toa Payoh! This bowl was only ~$6.50 yet packed to the brim. Rice noodles are very comforting and there were many bits of grilled pork. They give you a sufficient amount of sweet chilli sauce (that isn't spicy at all) to pour over your noodles. The combination is simply amazing. Not too heavy also, hence leaving you with the right amount of satiety.

Grilled Pork + Spring Roll Noodles ($8.50) Mix the sweet-spicy sauce into the bed of noodles and you get a refreshingly light yet savoury meal thanks to the smokey grilled pork slices and juicy spring rolls filled with minced pork. 🤤 I also love the variety of flavours and textures in this bowl, from the sliced veggies to the pork floss and fried shallots. There is never a dull bite! I've also tried their Vietnamese spring rolls ($6.50) and they are DELICIOUS. The prawns are huge and crunchy, and the rolls can be dipped in the same fabulous sweet-spicy sauce. Do give this stall a try when you are here!

Dim Sum Juicy and tender steamed pork ribs in black bean sauce were pretty good and taste above average. The prawns in har gow were good but the skin was on the thicker side which could be better if it is half the thickness. Steamed rice roll with shrimp came with a good amount of tasty soya sauce but the rice rolls were thicker than the usual. The custard bun was good with smooth and runny custard flowing in the bun. The dim sum is reasonably priced but don’t expect outstanding HK-style dim sum or even decent service. I was assigned to a table with dishes not cleared and prompted to proceed to make my order first. The staff at the counter kept taking orders while no one bothers to clean the table despite numerous requests and it was left like this till our order arrives 20mins later. The beverage was also not served beforehand and I had to ask again when the food is served. I had to cancel some orders where they did not arrive when I’m done with the food and beverage served. This seems like a severe lack of manpower and I hope they get this fixed soon ☹️ Pork Ribs 》$4.20 Har Gow 》$4.50 Steamed Rice Roll with Shrimp 》$4.2 Custard Bun 》$4.20

Dim Sum Ordered this via delivery app. When the food came, still hot! I ordered the followings: chicken porridge, chicken prawn paste chicken skin, fried carrot cake, steam pork belly buns, rice roll with fried fritters and chicken pot stickers. Overall the food is good. I like their porridge Abd rice roll which very nostalgic taste! Will order again from them.

Char Siew Rice Rolls From MongKok Dimsum Steamed rice rolls wrapped sliced char siew (BBQ pork) . Signature soy sauce adds the umami taste. Yummy!

One of the Best Handmade Noodles in Singapore! 🍜 Top 1 Home Made Noodle absolutely lives up to its name. After years of hearing about it, I finally got to try their dry noodles, mixed with dark sauce and chili. The noodles were perfectly al dente, and the sauce combo? A match made in heaven. 🙌 We went with the dry version, which came with a side of soup—a sneak peek of the flavors you’d get in the soup version. If this stall were closer to me, I’d be eating it weekly, no question! Have you tried their noodles? Which version do you prefer—dry or soup?

Dry banmian Not my first time eating top 1 homemade noodles! Super love the dry banmian with chilli! It comes with a few minced meat balls, pork balls and stewed mushrooms. Top up $2 for 4 pieces of imitation abalone slices! The chilli is spicy! No need to top up 30 cents for additional chilli. They were open on sunday, though google map indicated they were closed on sundays. The queue wait was around 20-25mins on a sunday late morning 📍 144 Upper Bukit Timah Rd, #04-44, Singapore 588177

Dry Fish You Mian This is a bloody difficult stall to eat at, given the queue and the service, and here's my verdict: it's decent, but not worth the hassle.

Chendol with Red Bean ($2.50) Quite a yummy chendol! The red bean is soft and mashy, with a nice mild sweetness. Chendol was nicer than I expected, it had a natural Pandan flavour and not too gelatinous, quite soft and somewhat melt in the mouth. Gula melaka was sweet and shiok, coupled with the coconut cream. A great cold sweet treat to beat the heat, and it’s evident that many felt the same too - the queue during weekday lunchtime was longer than I expected!

Beautiful Pandan Jelly Enough said.

Red Bean Chendol ($2.30) Above average.

heard a lot about it but found it q underwhelming🫠 the soup could have been richer and nuttier! i got the thunder tea beehoon ($5.30 - regular) and as much as i prefer noodles>rice, i think i still prefer rice for my leicha as it soaks up the soup better. but i do like that this didn’t feel oily!

Thunder Tea Rice A healthier choice in the hawker centre, serving thunder tea in rice or noodle option. For the regular size you already get a decent portion.

Lei Cha with Brown Rice ($6.30) This had a short queue at ~6.30pm on a Saturday. Had seen some raving reviews of this but sadly we didn’t really find it very impressive. There’s long beans, red beans (I don’t usually see this in leicha!), tofu, peanuts, long beans, cabbage and some other veg. Some of the tofu was very tasty, as it was soft with a bite to it; but some of the smaller pieces weren’t as nice. Peanuts were crunchy, the rest of the ingredients were decent, nothing much to say. On first taste, I found the bowl quite meh, but I found it better towards the end. It’s very clean tasting, it’s definitely a good choice for those on a diet. But it tasted a bit flat? Compared to other leichas I’ve had. Maybe adding mani cai would help? The soup has a palatable level of bitterness so it was easy to drink. Overall, I’ve had better leicha at other places, but I hear lots of people love this so this might be to your preference!

HK Crispy Milk Bun The old-school charm faked us. Food was basic. Eat for fun. This bun for example was nothing like Hong Kong's.

Chicken Rendang Nasi Lemak The old-school charm faked us. Food was basic. Eat for fun.

Comfort Food If you are craving traditional Chee Cheong Fun with sweet sauce, glutinous rice, yam cake, soon kueh, Laksa or bee hoon with pork trotters, this is the go to place in Bukit Timah. Not necessarily the best tasting but I must say I am impressed with their long list of comfort food and they even have Cantonese sweet desserts (糖水). I’ll be back.

Give This Jjampong A Miss It was raining heavily and I was kinda looking forward to something warm. Jjampong therefore made perfect sense as it is red hot spicy and comforting in this wet weather. Annyeong Chicken is more famous for their tornado fried rice and jjajangmyeon but I was really craving for some jjampong. Their jjampong was just okay. I felt that their soup was way too mild for my liking and there was not much ingredients in there. I will be back to try their signature dishes but their jjampong is a 아니요 for me.

Ginseng Soup ($20), Pancake ($12), Fried Chicken ($8) We loved the ginseng soup! Very comforting, especially on a cold rainy day. Seafood pancake ($12) was super good too! Will skip the fried chicken next time as the batter is quite thick for our liking

Tornado Seafood Fried Rice Ordered the Tornado Seafood Fried Rice ($6) and the egg was swirl on top and moist. The bottom of the fried rice is just normal fried rice which doesn't stand out.

seafood jjajangmyeon + 2 fried egg this was GINORMOUS can feed 2-3pax😮‍💨 also super super good

Jjm 15++ There's pork belly slices which were very fatty and hardly generous enough. Sauce and noodles were both okay Instead, Walk a few steps down to the GOAT of jjm: hwang sil, who is not the same league as anyone else in the area, probably even in the entire singapore

Banchan I like that it's all veg, generally all decent esp the 榨菜 which is quite rare

Ondeh Ondeh & Durian Pengat Cakes I guess you can say these are TMC's piece de resistance. Flawless. But to be fair also, their cakes cost double those elsewhere, so...

Angus Ribeye Masak Merah Mind blown. This is why I visit Muslim restaurants - the portion. All our mains used huge plates. I chose kerabu rice over truffle fries. That's a steak below the masak merah sauce. Although there's variety and it's enjoyable, the fully cooked beef was normal, not far from beef you get at nasi padang haha.

Oreo Shake It's acceptable but can be better.