Food Around Bartley

Every inch of well-lubricated pasta is positively slathered with the glorious black paste, which is simultaneously nuanced and forthcoming in its running quite the gamut of mouthly sensations – bitter, umami, salty, padi spicy. The pork belly is toe-curlingly marvellous, but even as my teeth were giving one slice a pleasurable grind, I was already planning my next forkful of ebony treasure. Ridiculously memorable and addictive. 4.4/5

This was a hosted meal courtesy of Joan Bowen Cafe, a social enterprise situated in MacPherson Road that is run almost entirely by staff with special needs. [Edit as of 18 April 2016: the pop-up has been cancelled.]

A nice place to have steamboat on a cool rainy evening. The soup for the steamboat is the bomb and it’s unlimited refill but they uses fried fish instead of fresh sliced fish so we wouldn’t know if it’s fresh or not.

The place is really crowded at 7:30pm on a rainy friday evening. This also mean that we had a difficult time trying to get a table and with the rain, it makes the whole area very cramp as everyone tries to stay in the sheltered area. The waiting time upon order our food is very slow too. Staffs were always busy and they can’t be bothered to entertain us. We even had to self-service, walk and refill the soup on our own. Food is not bad but I will think twice before visiting them again.

A quieter outlet of the Mellben Group at Opal Crescent, a good choice if you are craving for some crab bee hoon soup at the last minute without wanting to queue! We had both the bee hoon soup and golden sands crab but I would recommend having the crab bee hoon when you're here as its their specialty! The soup is definitely one of the richest and creamiest that I've had. Also, I noticed that the crab in the soup is much sweeter than the golden sands one — they probably used the better crabs for the bee hoon to give more flavor to the soup!

Wimbly Lu's Third Outpost along Upper Paya Lebar Road.

Maple syrup waffle with chocolate truffle ice-cream [$6.50]

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Miss: sambal potato leaves/stingray.
An oddly satisfying meal nonetheless, all thanks to my favorite company. 😊😘💕