Came here because of a chope voucher, and enjoyed my experience more than I expected to.
Got the Wilder Western (aged cheddar, bbq, fried onions) and the TrΓ€umer (brie and pesto) beef burgers. The beef burgers here are well done only. Beef patties are well done and bouncy, without being dry. The other stuff they put in the burgers (cheddar, pesto, brie, etc) are all very generously included and good quality. Enjoyed the burgers a lot and would recommend :)
There is al fresco (beside the river) and indoors sitting. Both are great, and interior is decorated beautifully. Ambience is really good for dates, or get-togethers.
Staff are very friendly (granted I came during the off peak hour) and offered attentive and excellent service.
Would definitely return, even without any vouchers or promotions. :)
Creamier's amazing ice creams perhaps need no introduction. Every flavour is done perfectly and I haven't found a reason to complain in my 6187328 visits there. Their 1-for-1 double scoop offers on Tuesdays now is seriously such a good deal!!!! And you get to try more flavours too ππ
I generally try to resist this anti-anti-diabetes movement that is happening with the one million new bubble tea shops opening everywhere. But what I can't resist is a good cup of brown sugar boba. So I persist in my search for the best brown sugar boba. π΅π»ββοΈ After seeing many PR posts on my feed about @muyoosg's dirty drinks series, I decided to try it out for myself. ππ I'm ambivalent. π It's hard to resist this if you have a sweet tooth, it's definitely much sweeter than the brown sugar boba from the other shops that I've tried. So sweet that you're drinking brown sugar syrup flavoured with milk, not milk flavoured with brown sugar syrup. If you love ιθζε₯Ά for the freshness of the milk too, this isn't for you because the milk flavour is submerged in the intensity of the brown sugar flavour. π But if you're only drinking ιθζε₯Ά because of the brown sugar flavour, you've hit jackpot. π° The pearls though. They taste like industrial pearls that were soaked in brown sugar syrup. The brown sugar taste is there until you chew down the pearls and realise the pearls don't really have any flavour. These pearls were also unbearably chewy. Great if you like your pearls super chewy but my jaws no stamina to chew. π¦ It was a good drink without the pearls, but the pearls are everything. If not, I can just easily make some brown sugar syrup at home and buy my own milk. π€·π»ββοΈ
π http://zhencaneat.blogspot.com/2018/10/muyoo-dirty-brown-sugar-boba-milk.html
Matchaya's new mystery flavour is unprecedented. Mentaiko. Flavour is really subtle, and this still overwhelmingly tastes like vanilla ice cream. You can kind of taste a slight savouriness and a slight spiciness in the aftertaste, but it's really very slight. This is the kind of flavour you really need to pay attention to what you're eating in order to register it as mentaiko. If not, it just becomes... vanilla ice cream.
Cone: $7.50
πβ‘οΈhttp://zhencaneat.blogspot.com/2018/07/matchaya-seasonals-mentaiko.html
I read a lot of good stuff about Donya on my feed and on the usual food websites and I was so excited to try it!!! π€€ But this was honestly one of the worst meals I've had in a long time. And I've genuinely not felt so demoralised after eating in a long while. βΉοΈ We tried the Mentai Salmon Don and the Chicken Katsu Don. The Mentai Salmon Don was so dry and the sauce so sour. You would think the generous Aburi Mentai Mayo would patch my bleeding heart from having spent $8.80 on this bowl but some wounds can't be plastered over just like that. It was a torture to finish this bowl of rice and I only finished it because it was so expensive. The Chicken Katsu Don was hopefully a safer choice. But while the chicken was slightly thicker than normal food court katsu dons, the sauce was hopelessly bland and tasteless. The chicken was also rather bland and not well-seasoned at all. Even though it's quite affordable at $5.80, this is a price that makes my soul bleed too considering that the Koufu near my house does better Katsu Dons than this. You know, I really wanted this to be good since I travelled all the way to Toa Payoh for this. But it sucked. And I am incredibly heartbroken and disappointed and angry. π
Affordable lunch donburis with quality ingredients. Grilling the pork belly skewer brought out the flavour of the meat so deliciously, and the sweetness of the grilled zucchini was pleasantly surprising. Not forgetting a classic onsen egg to add some creaminess to the dish! With the complimentary green tea, this was definitely a very worth it meal, though would save myself from getting the $6 set meal add on.
Full review β‘οΈ http://zhencaneat.blogspot.sg/2018/05/kurama-robatayaki-lunch-donburis.html
Loved this! Am addicted now. The brown sugar flavour adds a deep, caramelised flavour that goes so well with the milk tea. And the pearls are so soft and not overly chewy. Highly recommend! I preferred the milk tea version but the milk version is as good, up to your personal preference.
Full review β‘οΈ http://zhencaneat.blogspot.sg/2018/05/r-tea-brown-sugar-milk-tea.html?m=1
I'm a huge fan of the Mentaiko pasta to be found at Kabe no Ana and was excited to see a Mentaiko Gnocchi on their Mentaiko Madness special menu. The mentaiko cream sauce was amazing, as per their usual standard. The mentaiko added a wonderful umami flavour to the cream sauce that made an already addictive cream sauce even more addictive! The ikura salmon roe was also a delightful addition, with bursts of umami flavour everywhere, adding so much complexity to the texture of the dish. It was a pity though that the gnocchi was rather dense and hard, because this would have been perfect with soft, pillow-y gnocchi. I still enjoyed the dish anyway with much credit to that addictive mentaiko cream sauce. The set at $22.90 is also a very good deal as it comes with a side of smoked duck and grapefruit salad, and breaded iberico pork, and a glass of ume sparking juice. β‘οΈ Full review: http://zhencaneat.blogspot.sg/2018/04/mentaiko-madness-kabe-no-ana.html
ππ It's so satisfying when my mee hoon kueh has a slightly bouncy and chewy texture. After all it's supposed to be kueh, not just square flat noodles. Nam Kee also adds mushrooms to the soup so the soup smells especially fragrant and unique. ππ Would be back sooner if it wasn't all the way hidden in Turf City. ππ
The much hyped about sakura Soft Serve was unfortunately rather disappointing for me. This just tasted like vanilla ice cream with a very slight bitter, medicinal undertone. Except that it's pink... Which makes for a great photo anyway. So if you're not taking photos of your food, just give this a miss. It is perhaps expected since sakura by itself is virtually tasteless. I don't know if it was because my taste buds are spoilt or because everyone else has imagined a floral scent that had led to my raised expectations. I probably wouldn't travel all the way to Icon Village just for this next time.
Crispy baguette, but soft and fluffy on the inside. Filled with pork belly, red peppers, cucumbers, carrots, fried egg, chicken floss, and lots of coriander. This was a very delicious Banh Mi, filled with so much flavour and texture. But most of the flavour is carried by the very strong dressing sauce, and the pork belly while tender and soft was not particularly prominent in its supposed 5-spice flavour. I also was hoping for more fatty meat, since it's pork belly, but the meat is mostly lean, which may be the preference for some. Overall still really enjoyed this Banh Mi though.
Crispy baguette, but soft and fluffy on the inside. Filled with pork belly, red peppers, cucumbers, carrots, fried egg, chicken floss, and lots of coriander. This was a very delicious Banh Mi, filled with so much flavour and texture. But most of the flavour is carried by the very strong dressing sauce, and the pork belly while tender and soft was not particularly prominent in its supposed 5-spice flavour. I also was hoping for more fatty meat, since it's pork belly, but the meat is mostly lean, which may be the preference for some. Overall still really enjoyed this Banh Mi though.
