Average At Best

These cheese-stuffed ravioli look and tasted mass-produced and the zucchini as well as seawater marinated tomatoes added absolutely nothing to the dish.
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Griglia
139 East Coast Road

These sad sliders cost a bomb and deliver absolutely no value. I rarely criticise this harshly, but I can't get over how unanimously bad all the finger food at Griglia is, especially given its price point.
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Griglia
139 East Coast Road

"Canta" be here again because my tastebuds and wallet would revolt. Miserly portions and an absolute butchering of even the simplest of dishes. This item doesn't even involve cooking and it still tastes subpar. I could make better in under a few minutes at home with lower quality ingredients.
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Griglia
139 East Coast Road

Faring slightly better (but not by much) than the prawn tartare, this at least looked visually intriguing, only to be immediately let down by its blandness. With mortadella I expect a salty, porcine fowardness of flavour, which was lacking in this rather bland mistake of a mousse. The Parmesan biscuit further added to the disappointment with its dense dryness.
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Griglia
139 East Coast Road

This has got to be one of the most disappointing dining experiences of 2024. We were off to an insipid start with this horror of a hors d'oeuvre that looked like it came straight out of a third rate corporate events caterer. $7 for a tiny smidgeon of prawn tartare atop a disproportionarely large and stale square of puff pastry. Incredulous.
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Griglia
139 East Coast Road

Although packed with plenty of ingredients such as minced pork and roast pork slices, the tomyum soup could have been punchier. As it was, this tasted like it could have been made at home for cheaper.
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430 Upper Changi Rd, #01-05 East Village, Singapore 487048

With not much smokiness and the noodles fairly glistening with oil, this is edible but doesn't quite pass muster. There's at least 2 other Thai restaurants in East Village, so they have their competition cut out for them.
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430 Upper Changi Rd, #01-05 East Village, Singapore 487048

Also known for its $2 “kosong” curry mee, this coffee shop stall’s steamed rice dishes pass muster if you’re looking for a healthy alternative that isn’t yong tau foo or fish soup.
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Nicely presented in a bamboo steamer, the portion might suit OLs, but I found myself rather peckish still. As for the taste, it’s decent but could be more full flavoured, and could use more greens.

A very typical and average bowl of prawn noodles. The pork slices were tough, and sauce, unremarkable. As for the soup, it was acceptable if a little thin on crustacean flavour.
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Lao Lee Pig’s Viscera Pork Ribs Prawn Noodle
137 Tampines St. 11, #01-43, Singapore 521137

Taste: 2.5/5

Reading all the negative reviews of this much-hyped dish on Google Maps still did not prepare me of how much of a letdown it would be. The miniscule amount of crab meat did not taste very fresh, and the rice was bland.
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The only saving grace was the well-cooked, barely runny egg.
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Taste: 2/5

Whilst the handmade cheong fun skin is admirably thin and silky, the fillings here leave much to be desired. The braised pork was rather dry and nondescript, and the soy sauce was a little too sweet for my liking. For this price I expected better.
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Taste: 3/5

Probably the worst ban mian I’ve tried, and I don’t often have this dish. A miserly portion, lacking in both ingredients and flavour, wastefully served in a takeaway container and with disposable utensils even though I ate in.
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Taste: 2/5