second time!!! 🍝 used burpple 1 for 1 for the mains - had the grilled salmon pasta (honestly 10/10 for us) & the steak pasta! salmon pasta was such cheesy goodness i regretted not getting it for myself! was eyeing my friend's dinner the whole time 😆😆😆 the steak was not bad but the dish as a whole was js quite mediocre. the sauce was rly salty & the aglio olio js wasn't very fragrant. would not order again total spent $28.80 for 2 dishes after discount - pretty worth !!!

1-1 dinner ordered the chicken parmigiana and grilled salmon pasta. the portions were really big that we almost struggled to finish it so definitely worth coming to try with the 1 for 1 deals! paid $28.80 total for the 2 mains. the chicken was nice and tender, with cheese on top that realy complemented the flavour:) tater tots was crispy and yummy!

1-1 Dinner at Sarnies! First time at Sarnies to celebrate a special occasion :) Angus Beef Stew was really hardly and super delicious!! (Super tasty and flavorful gravy and nice portion of beef and sides). Glad the place feels super casual, cozy and has great ambience. Highly recommend the Breadcrumbed Fried Portobello mushrooms. Staff Haziq, Kim and Navi are super friendly. Can't wait to come back!

Rose pistachio lavender cake A rather girly-looking cake which fits the girl-next-door. Made with layers of sponge and rose cream, speckled with pistachio bits and rose buds. The cake was just pretty light and fragrant, a good refreshing change from the usual chocolate/ buttercream cakes which tend to be a lil’ more heavy on the palate.

Pan Seared Salmon, $23 Pan-seared Salmon, $23 Nicely done salmon with asparagus, roasted vine tomatoes, pea mash (very good!) Love the ambiance of the cafe too

Flat White ($5.50) There’s plenty of competition nearby for good coffee - Sarnies, Free the Robot, Common Man Stan, etc - but this is a great spot if you’re looking for a quiet place to chill. They use Common Man’s Lucky Basterd blend for their beans, which give the coffee a vibrant fruity taste. Lucky Basterd’s cup profile: blueberry, biscuit and vanilla, with a strong earthy aftertaste.

Good Comfort Food The noodles are Q and the chilli is addictive! The uncle also give a generous serving of fried onions and lard, which adds extra fragrance to the bowl of BCM.

Indian Rojak Haven't eaten this in awhile so decided to try for breakfast at the neighborhood coffeeshop and I must say its yummy and fresh to eat Indian Rojak in the morning. The sauce is nice too!

Mexican Chicken With Cheeseeeee Sinfully good simple supper - $6.50

This Gem Of A Restaurant Has Held Up Their Standards Very Well Over The Years. G I F T Seafood feasting occurred last Saturday with my parents coming over to join us at our home for dinner because bossman @lambertchen had kindly arranged for a most generous delivery of @diamondkitchensg’ dishes. We are all familiar with the restaurant’s menu having dined there ample times since they first opened at Laguna Park years ago. So we knew what wonders we were to savour. Instead of the more typical styles, we had the very fresh and firm-of-meat crabs prepared in Diamond Kitchen’s unique “Gan Xiang” and “Mongolian Sauce”. While the former was very aromatic and delivered a punch, the latter‘s equally addictive appeal came from its slightly sweet and savoury creamy sauce. Also superb, the “Salted Egg Sotong”. What’s impressive was how the battered coating remained crunchy even after travel time and when it had cooled down. Fried chicken wings don’t come more umami than Prawn Paste Chicken or “Har Jeong Gai”, and I thought Diamond Kitchen’s rendition was delectably bold in fermented shrimp factor. Shiok! A wonderful dish to order if you love pork is the “Champagne Pork Ribs”. All of us found the boneless and extremely tender pieces of lean meat superbly tasty from a special marinade. For vegetables, Lambert selected for us the “Three Eggs Spinach” and it was faultless. The “Beef Hor Fun” from #DiamondKitchen is pretty much a legend in its own right. With a bold “wok hei” and large slices of buttery beef, this carb has been a perennial bestseller for as long as I’ve known the brand to exist. I’m pleased to say standards have been maintained. We also got to slurp up another carb - the “Superior Stock Clam Bee Hoon” which I’ve enjoyed a lot on previous occasions too. If you love seafood-based noodles, it is not to be missed. The serving we had contained an abundance of clams and the delicately sweet broth smelt truly inviting with the aroma of Chinese wine.

Steamed Crab With Chinese Rice Wine (SGD $49.90 for 3 crabs) @ Diamond Kitchen. This features 3 large, fresh, meaty crabs, with sweet savoury flavour, served in a herbal broth of black fungus, light soy sauce, ginger, and Chinese rice wine. . So clean-tasting and fresh and succulent, with delicate sweet savoury herbal salty boozy flavour. Delicious and addictive. . . . Diamond Kitchen More details in profile & blog

Gan Xiang Crab (SGD $49.90 for 3 crabs) @ Diamond Kitchen. This features 3 large, fresh, meaty crabs, with sweet savoury flavour, coated in a thick dry secret gravy - I detect at least the use of black pepper, Chinese 5-spice, curry powder, and dried shrimp. . This was excellent, with a distinctive salty spice peppery sweet savoury flavour, and a slight lingering kick to the palate. . . . Diamond Kitchen More details in profile & blog

Moonlight Char Kway Teow KEK is a well-known zhi char place here at Alexandra. Getting parking lots here will always be a challenge here during meal times. Gets very packed in the restaurant as well, so make your reservations before coming down. 1) Signature Moonlight Hor Fun - one of their signature dish, strong wok hei with thick and sticky texture due to the 2 raw eggs. A must have here 2) Sharing Platter - Golden Pearl Roll - Prawn roll - Yam Basket - You tiao with Seafood Paste - a great platter for sharing, especially to try their signature Golden Pearl Roll & Prawn Roll. - all crispy and tasted good. Must order item. 3) Crab Bee Hoon Soup - Not their signature dish, but soup was flavourful and crab was fresh. 4) Claypot Liver - a must have dish here. The best dish today, sauce was damn good and liver was not overcooked whatsoever. Just right. 5) Coffee Pork Ribs - very distinct coffee taste. Pork Ribs were tender and the first plate to be cleared today. 6) Salted Egg Sotong - lots of good reviews on this and rightly so, most value for money, as the sotong pieces seem to be endless. Each small piece is well coated with salted Egg. 7) Sambal Kangkong - every zhi char dinner must have this, and the Sambal Kangkong here definitely meets my high standard. 8) Spinach with 3 kinds egg - quite ok. Nothing really fantastic, but not the worst I ever had.

Claypot Liver@$20.80 KEK is a well-known zhi char place here at Alexandra. Getting parking lots here will always be a challenge here during meal times. Gets very packed in the restaurant as well, so make your reservations before coming down. 1) Signature Moonlight Hor Fun - one of their signature dish, strong wok hei with thick and sticky texture due to the 2 raw eggs. A must have here 2) Sharing Platter - Golden Pearl Roll - Prawn roll - Yam Basket - You tiao with Seafood Paste - a great platter for sharing, especially to try their signature Golden Pearl Roll & Prawn Roll. - all crispy and tasted good. Must order item. 3) Crab Bee Hoon Soup - Not their signature dish, but soup was flavourful and crab was fresh. 4) Claypot Liver - a must have dish here. The best dish today, sauce was damn good and liver was not overcooked whatsoever. Just right. 5) Coffee Pork Ribs - very distinct coffee taste. Pork Ribs were tender and the first plate to be cleared today. 6) Salted Egg Sotong - lots of good reviews on this and rightly so, most value for money, as the sotong pieces seem to be endless. Each small piece is well coated with salted Egg. 7) Sambal Kangkong - every zhi char dinner must have this, and the Sambal Kangkong here definitely meets my high standard. 8) Spinach with 3 kinds egg - quite ok. Nothing really fantastic, but not the worst I ever had.

Crab Beehoon Soup KEK is a well-known zhi char place here at Alexandra. Getting parking lots here will always be a challenge here during meal times. Gets very packed in the restaurant as well, so make your reservations before coming down. 1) Signature Moonlight Hor Fun - one of their signature dish, strong wok hei with thick and sticky texture due to the 2 raw eggs. A must have here 2) Sharing Platter - Golden Pearl Roll - Prawn roll - Yam Basket - You tiao with Seafood Paste - a great platter for sharing, especially to try their signature Golden Pearl Roll & Prawn Roll. - all crispy and tasted good. Must order item. 3) Crab Bee Hoon Soup - Not their signature dish, but soup was flavourful and crab was fresh. 4) Claypot Liver - a must have dish here. The best dish today, sauce was damn good and liver was not overcooked whatsoever. Just right. 5) Coffee Pork Ribs - very distinct coffee taste. Pork Ribs were tender and the first plate to be cleared today. 6) Salted Egg Sotong - lots of good reviews on this and rightly so, most value for money, as the sotong pieces seem to be endless. Each small piece is well coated with salted Egg. 7) Sambal Kangkong - every zhi char dinner must have this, and the Sambal Kangkong here definitely meets my high standard. 8) Spinach with 3 kinds egg - quite ok. Nothing really fantastic, but not the worst I ever had.

Bibimbap ($9++) + GalBiTang/Beef Stew ($9.50++) A decent place to catch korean food in the one north area. The GalBiTang was surpringly flavorful, and had a generous amount of beef in it. The BiBimBap was also generous with the serving. Overall, I think the service is really what will draw me back to this place - a comfortable air conditioned non-crowded environment, food served quickly, and refillable side dishes.

Seafood Stew ($22 For 2) A generous selection of seafood in this hearty stew! My only qualm would be that the flower crabs were not particularly fresh, nevertheless a steal for the portion and price!

Seafood Pot A simple pot of seafood spicy stew with generous servings of clams, prawns, crabs and squid. A decent place for korean food if you're in fusionopolis area.

Good roast pork but stick to the char siew! Char also serves a good roast pork but unlike the char siew, it's really hard to justify paying so much more when you can get comparable roast pork elsewhere.

Char Siew good! I was really surprised to learn that Char is celebrating its 9th anniversary this year! I mean it didn't seem that long ago when I made the trek down to its OG outlet at Guillermard Road soon after its launch. The char siew was excellent but I did wonder how long it would be able to survive when its kopitiam competitors were able to serve the same dish (albeit less shiok) at a fraction of what they were charging. I am glad to be proven wrong though. I was back a couple of months ago at their new outlet at Jalan Besar. The char siew is still excellent - soft, tender and juicy with a sweet savoury glaze. I do wish though that their char siew had a little crunchier char but that's me nit-picking. At $35 for 200g each of their signature char siew and roast pork, it remains pricey. But I guess it's okay once in a while!

With a revamped menu comes new and innovative dishes, such as the Mala Char Siew that has been marinated with 13 spices, however I would have preferred for it to be spicier and more numbing. The peppery Pig Stomach’s Anxin Chicken Soup is a comforting pot that will be a great bowl before the mains. Other new dishes include the Tornado Butter Egg Prawns and Spicy Sichuan Chicken with Vanilla Ice Cream anyone? The ice cream helps to calm down the spice level while adding a cooling touch to the dish. •••••••••••••••••••• 🍽️ Char Restaurant 📍365 Jalan Besar, Singapore 208994

3 Hands Coffee🍤 Went to 3 Hands Coffee for lunch yesterday and ordered a Tempura Don ($16.90) from the bar! This consists of 2 prawn tempuras, 2 chicken breast (small) and other vegetable tempuras such as carrot, eggplant and a green bell pepper! This comes with miso soup and salad! There are also other dons to try which looked good😇 Overall ratings 8/10!! Really enjoyed the food but portion was a little small to me😅 Would definitely visit again if near the area😍

Not Your Ordinary Hotdogs These are hotdogs that have seriously upped their game. Besides having the 100% Prime beef frankfurter and toasted butter bun in common, the “Truffle Hound” (top) and “Phife Dawg” are completely different. The former is smooth - he’s the slicker of the two with roasted portobello mushroom buried in the creaminess of garlic and miso butter, true melted cheese, true aioli, true oil and ketchup. On the other end of the spectrum is the beefed up “Phife Dawg” who’s piles on the chilli, smoked applewood cheddar and sour cream. With the Big Poppa “hot sauce” and watermelon relish completing his OOTD, this dude has a little more of an explosive personality.

Matcha Latte Very powdery latte...not the best and definitely not ordering this again, but I love the spoon with the winky face.

Upscale Zichar Must try – Chilli Crab and Man Tou, US Black Angus Rib Eye Beef, “Heart Attack” Fried Rice, BBQ Kurobuta Pork Ribs, Hokkien Mee

A surprising sudden announcement yesterday that they had closed their main outlet at Hillview. Such a pity b’cos it was our only go-to outlet where the standards were good and consistent. Also enjoyed the laid-back surrounding with the greens beside the carpark building. Gonna be looking forward to where this shifts to for our favourite Hokkien prawn mee.

USA Beef Pair With Heart Attack Fried Rice As a saying goes, it takes 2 hands to clap and this phrase definitely tell the whole relationship of these pair. Thick slices of US beef was roasted to medium and paired it with New Ubin signature heart attack fried rice. A mouth of slightly chewy beef meat and another mouthful of nice fragance rice added another dimension to the taste. Though, i must say, the fried rice is a tad too oily because of the beef lad.

Claypot Mee Tai Mak This has a similarity to hor fun. Instead, it uses mee tai mak and comes with an raw egg aside from minced meat, prawns and chopped kai lan. Served bubbling in a claypot with savoury sauce and strong wok hei flavour 》$8/Medium

Salted Egg Pork Ribs Why does the colour looked overcooked or the oil used wasn’t clean? I personally prefer it to have slightly moist texture as this was too dry. This came really oily and they served ribs with bones intact, making it unfriendly to my teeth 》$10/Small

For Mee Tai Mak Worth the Wait Its relocation from Toa Payoh to Clementi means Westies are that much closer to this dark brown, glossy claypot of bubbling goodness. The Claypot Mee Tai Mak (from $5) may not be the prettiest of dishes, but it's darn tasty and most comforting on a cool, rainy day. The plump "rat tail" noodles are bathed in the thick and flavourful gravy studded with chopped vegetables, minced meat, prawns and a cracked egg. Be sure to add some chilli padi for a kick! As its name suggests, this place also does a mean traditional Fish Head Steamboat (from $23 for a small portion) — the perfect dish to share with your group. Otherwise, other zi char options like the Salted Egg Pork Ribs ($10) and the Boss Bee Hoon (get the small $15 portion to share between two to three) fare well. Pro tip: Call to reserve a table and pre-order dishes so you can dig in the moment you arrive! Avg Price: $15 per person Photo by Burpple Tastemaker Felicia Sim