Chill vibes and mocha was good! Among the numerous cafe places at Upper thomson, Oaks Coffee appealed to us due to its aesthetic yet cozy interior. We got a creamy white ($7) and an Iced Mocha ($6). The creamy white was indeed creamy, but the coffee wasn't very strong. If you like your coffee stronger, this may not be the coffee for you. The Iced Mocha was good! Rich and creamy with the coffee and chocolate notes complementing each other well. Definitely can taste that they used a good chocolate syrup. A good cafe to chill and hide away from the afternoon heat!

iced mocha ($7) & iced white ($6.50) ✨️✨️✨️

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Beef Japchae Flavourful overall and good beef, but beansprouts were too raw and I had to pick them all out.

Mini Army Stew Was raining in the past few days so ordered food delivery for some warm army stew. Seoul Shiok is a Korean food stall in coffee shop at Ang Mo Kio, serving some authentic Korean cuisine right at the hawker place. The mini army stew is perfect for individual who looking for something just for one person. Even as it is mini, they still packed it with lots of ingredients such as the ham, fish cake, hotdog, pork belly, enoki, tofu, kimchi, sliced cheese and ramen. You also could request for poached egg add-on as well. I’m glad that the soup was still warm and delicious when it reached my house.

Army Stew With Cheese Promotion Set ($27.90) Th coffeshop is located in a quiet neighbourhood in AMK and there’s not many diners around, however this stall apparently can get busy with online orders! There’s a promotion of army stew with cheese (refillable soup) + 4 pieces of Korean fried chicken at $27.90. The best part of this set is actually the fried chicken - it tasted on par or if not better than the other big Korean brands’ 👍🏻 The army stew and cheese were disappointing. We don’t quite get how to coat our food with the cheese as it was not molten nor melting nicely. The army stew was very spicy and there’s not many ingredients included. I’m not too picky on this since the price is reasonable, but will expect more if there’s no promotion.

Mandu Decent.

Beef Soon Tofu Set For something branded, surprisingly mediocre. They shout about the tofu but the tofu was actually quite bad. Overall just a typical hawker Korean level. Yes, the seaweed is off the shelf.

Seafood soontofu $7.9 Famous soondubu chain for a fraction of the price! I like it even better than the restaurant these days! Never fail to visit if I’m in amk!

Stracciatella ($5) milk with chocolate shavings ~ taste like vanilla w chocolate shaving lol. got really nice and crunchy sweet chocolate shaving tbh.

Waffles + Ice Cream Decided to comeback for their waffles mainly because previously I tried their ice cream alr. So i a bit hesitated to come back because its too far for me to go back to home during night time. Waffles got crispy and crunchy texture as it's really high recommended for sharing with 2 to 3 people if you all really wanted to order waffles.

Ube It is very surprise to see them open pretty early in the morning as a gelato shop in this quiet neighbourhood. But they also offered drinks options here. Could be a good spot to chill in between meal and gathering. The ube which is the yam flavour attracted me for its super purple colouring. Tasted creamy and tasty.

螃蟹鸡煲 螃蟹不大，但是肉很结实，鲜甜，中锅两个人吃，加两个配菜，加个小凉菜，差不多。 中辣，可以接受，味道香。下饭。

Go for their hearty pots 😍 Finally tried @fatbird.sg and I was hooked! Their chicken pot was indeed very comforting and tasty 😍 We had the Large Chicken Pot ($38.80 - 30% off with #burpplebeyond ) and it came MASSIVE. The portion is definitely more than enough to feed 4-6 people, as they gave so much chicken within. The chicken pieces were very tender and well marinated as well. We got the original house special sauce, which was very comforting due to its sweet, savoury and spicy flavours. As the pot mainly contains just chicken and Enoki mushrooms, I highly recommend ordering the vegetable platter ($13.80) to go with it. The platter came with a heaping amount of different vegetable types, including potato and lotus root which were great additions to the broth. For starters, the Salted Egg Yolk Corn ($10.80) is a great sharing dish as it was sweet and savoury; a fun dish to munch on if you do order some beer! Do note that their soup can get quite salty towards the end, and I recommend adding water instead of their broth at the end. Definitely coming back for their hearty chicken pot and massive portions 😍

Spicy & Fragrant Chicken Pot Spicy and fragrant chicken pot with thick and savoury broth, filled with endless chunks of chicken tender to the bite. The broth tastes quite similar to the mala hotpot sans the numbing effect. Additional side dishes are available (chargeable) for add-ons. Thanks to Burpple Beyond, we get to enjoy 30% Off Total Bill ✌ (U.P. $32.80 / Medium)

Chicken ala Carbonara Diced chicken cooked in creamy parmesan sauce. Pasta was al dente and chicken was juicy. Overal taste good, suitable for kids too. Do take note that portion is quite big.

Squid Ink Pasta Squid ink curry pasta looks decent but delicious! May not see any chilli but it is very spicy. Nevertheless you can still taste the squid ink eventhough it is spicy. Damn good, highly recommended. Quite big portion.

Oven Baked Bone Marrow Bone marrow topped with caviar and garlic bread by the side. First time trying the caviar was a little salty. But great combination of eating the garlic bread with bone marrow.

Horrible Experience My friend ordered a medium rare steak and all she have gotten was a rare steak, the steak was so horrible, the outer layer was way too charred and the inside was rare! Despite the replacement, the outer layer of the steak still remained v charred. Besides that, we even order a glass for sangria each, their house pour wine was soooo bad that sangria was so difficult to swallow and it not longer sweet as it was supposed to taste like!

$50 Cash Voucher ($45) Come by this cosy spot on Club Street for Aussie inspired wood fired fare cooked in an oven handmade by the owner himself! Order the Pumpkin & Sage Gnocchi ($24) for roasted sumac, baby spinach and homemade pasta, Greek Chicken Souvlakis ($28) for sour-cream tzatziki, avocado chunks, feta, and fresh couscous salad, and Charcoal steak ($36) for fresh avo chimmichurri and charred asparagus potato salad. Complete your meal with wines, cocktails or any of their beers on tap! Photo by Burppler matthew ang

Not Coming Here Again - At Least Not For The Pizza I dropped by a year ago and my mother wouldn’t shut up about the pizza I doggy bagged home. Finally had the time to pop by and I picked up 2 pizzas - to my horrific surprise, they were really badly made - look at the distribution of ingredients, and flat out tasted of nothing. No flavour. Severely lacking salt - the dough was also raw at the bottom. Any pizza chain or frozen pizza would’ve been a much better choice. The mains looks far better and if I go back, I’ll be staying far far away from the pizza

Xmas Menu apple ginger tarte Tatin A lovely way to spend the night with friends @angiesoysterbarsg with their casual laid back ambience, great music, good service lovely staffs and of course the delish food. What I tried, APPLE GINGER TARTE TATIN. The aroma, the texture & the flavour is mind-boggling. This Mini Apple Ginger Tarte Tatin is a dessert made into perfection.

XMAS MENU BLACK SUMMER TRUFFLE RISOTTO A lovely way to spend the night with friends @angiesoysterbarsg with their casual laid back ambience, great music, good service lovely staffs and of course the delish food. What I tried, BLACK SUMMER TRUFFLE RISOTTO Delicious! I fell totally in love with it on my very first bite. Earthy, flavoursome, umami. Topped off with Asparagus.

Xmas Menu USDA BRANDT PRIME RIBEYE A lovely way to spend the night with friends @angiesoysterbarsg with their casual laid back ambience, great music, good service lovely staffs and of course the delish food. What I tried, USDA BRANDT PRIME RIBEYE It’s very flavourful, rich tasting and tender. The fat also provides an insane amount of flavour that steak fanatics can't get enough. The red wine jus sauce totally bring out the flavour. Pair with Duck Fat Potato that is skillfully shaped like a log with exterior lovely crispy and inner tender soft. Perfect.

SET LUNCH Did you know @koal.grill dining by @lesamisgroupsg has set lunch menu (11.30am - 2.30pm) - get main, sides and desserts starting from $23 ✨ … been hearing good reviews but wanted to have a more affordable taste first 👅 so got their Iberico Pork Collar Set ($27) and Grassfed Rib eye Set ($31) - the meat are both done well and juicy✨ slightly confused by what cuisine is it with the grilled meat, kimchi, lao gan ma tofu starter 😅 followed by choice of aiyu jelly or hojicha tiramisu but overall it’s a good lunch set 💕and you can use @chopesg discount voucher 😉

Hanging Tender (180grams) $27++ 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 #1 First a dinner date with mum at KOAL that I’ve bookmarked for awhile and the food does not disappoint. The 2 mains we had were starkly a hit and a miss. The tiger prawns was the former, 2 succulent ones to be exact in white wine butter sauce that were so easy to polish we wished there was more. Then the latter cut of steak we got was decent but forgettable, probably the blame on us for getting the “cheapest” cut. I’d love to return to try other plates, and KOAL is another good place for different occasions that doesn’t exactly break the bank.

Prawns ($21++) 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 #1 First a dinner date with mum at KOAL that I’ve bookmarked for awhile and the food does not disappoint. The 2 mains we had were starkly a hit and a miss. The tiger prawns was the former, 2 succulent ones to be exact in white wine butter sauce that were so easy to polish we wished there was more. Then the latter cut of steak we got was decent but forgettable, probably the blame on us for getting the “cheapest” cut. I’d love to return to try other plates, and KOAL is another good place for different occasions that doesn’t exactly break the bank.

Great hangout spot Had dinner here recently and the food was amazing! The location was really convenient chill after a long day of work or during the weekends for a date. Cocktails were unique and fun as they had different explanations and even fire performance for my lantern cocktail. Prices were really worth as well. Highly recommend

interesting cocktails and good food we enjoyed our dinner and cocktails here! the cocktail menu was really interesting and unique - we had the lantern cocktail and pandan waffle cocktail. we also had the lobster bisque, mushroom soup, mushroom risotto and pork ribs.

Lobster Bisque Truly enjoyable bowl of lobster bisque with chunky slices of lobsters inside, a great pairing to my XO Honey pork ribs for dinner