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Yummy halal fried chicken, moist inside crunchy outside, with a healthy dose of sambal.

Halal Chinese Xinjiang restaurant?! 👀 Head over to Restaurant Aisyah on Arab Street, famed for its handmade pulled noodles and tender braised mutton! #BurppleBeyond members, enjoy 20% off when you order any two noodle dishes.

Must-try: The Spicy Dry Beef Noodles — perfect for spice lovers! These noodles are a steal, especially with leek leaves adding extra flavour and a fiery kick. And don’t miss the Chili Oil Dumplings! These generously filled, thin-skinned dumplings come with your choice of chicken, beef, or mutton.

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Bravery Chicken Ragu ($18) features a piece of herbed chicken thigh on top of al dente spaghetti tossed with mushroom and roasted vegetables in creamy ragout sauce. The chicken is tender and moist, while the sauce is creamy but not too heavy. Cream pasta is not usually my first choice of pasta but this was enjoyable. The portion is very generous as well. Yums!

Bravery Chicken Ragu ($18) features a piece of herbed chicken thigh on top of al dente spaghetti tossed with mushroom and roasted vegetables in creamy ragout sauce. The chicken is tender and moist, while the sauce is creamy but not too heavy. Cream pasta is not usually my first choice of pasta but this was enjoyable. The portion is very generous as well. Yums!

Heard about the new opening of Warong Pak Sapari which had recently just sprouted up at Lau Pa Sat — the stall had taken over the former premises of the now-defunct Lina’s Viet Kitchen and is pretty much eye-catching with its large use of red and a striking stall facade. Warong Pak Sapari does seem to be related to the stall with the same namesake at Adam Road Food Centre — a Muslim stall that is perhaps best known for their Mee Soto and Mee Rebus. While it is not explicitly stated anywhere, we do feel that Warong Pak Sapari’s outlet at Lau Pa Sat might be affiliated with that of Nasi Lemak Ayam Taliwang — there is some similarity in the way that the stall facade is being designed where it also features neon lighting indicating that they are “The World’s First Michelin Bib Gourmand Mee Soto / Mee Rebus Hawker; something that is very alike the tagline being used by Nasi Lemak Ayam Taliwang and also lit in neon lighting at Nasi Lemak Ayam Taliwang’s stall at Lau Pa Sat as well. It is also noted that Nasi Lemak Ayam Taliwang has also posted about the opening of Watong Pak Sapari’s outlet at Lau Pa Sat on social media as well. Since Mee Soto and Mee Rebus are what Warong Pak Sapari is known for during their days at Adam Road Food Centre, the menu of Warong Pak Sapari has to carry those items as well — interestingly, Warong Pak Sapari does not only serve the regular Mee Soto and Mee Rebus on their menu, but also variants such as one with fried chicken cutlet, fried fish fillet, as well as fried prawns; something quite reminiscent to the menu at Island Curry Rice at TamChiak Kopitiam that shares a stall unit with Nasi Lemak Ayam Taliwang. One item that is unique to the Lau Pa Sat location at Warong Pak Sapari is the Nasi Soto — again coming with the same meat / seafood options that one can opt for with the Mee Soto / Mee Rebus offerings here.

Skimming through the menu on what they have to offer, we found ourselves eventually settling for the Nasi Soto Ayam Bakar — we had initially wanted to settle for the Nasi Soto Ayam Goreng, though we eventually settled for the Ayam Bakar variant since we weren’t particularly in the mood for fried food. Thank goodness we did so as well; the portion of the Nasi Soto Ayam Bakar can be said as pretty generous with its price tag of $6.90 — definitely more than sufficient to fill up one’s stomach. The menu describes the Nasi Soto as an item that is “created 1st in SG”, and that the Ayam Bakar comes with grilled chicken — it is noted from the portion that we were served that the Nasi Soto Ayam Bakar also comes with fried tofu puff, cucumbers, as well as shallots and coriander above the rice; it is also accompanied with a quite a big bowl of soup (the bowl being the size of what some minced meat noodle stalls will serve their orders in).

We weren’t really told of the way to really enjoy this dish at its best, but we really enjoyed it when we drenched the flavoured rice with the soup and have them altogether — probably also the way it is intended since Nasi Soto does seem like a word play on “Nasi” and “Mee Soto”; the latter translating into “Malay Chicken Noodle Soup” in English. While we aren’t usually fans of Mee Soto since we have had variants that are particularly bland, the soup itself here is especially flavoursome yet clean-tasting; a light savoury note that is particularly refreshing. Pairing up with the rice that comes with a hint of spices, there is a particularly warming effect that goes into the tasting notes of the Nasi Soto. Some recommend adding the Original Recipe Sambal Sauce which consist of soy sauce and chopped chili together with the soup (especially for the Mee Soto), though we found it to be a bit overwhelming and drowns out the flavours of the soup somewhat. We really liked the Ayam Bakar as well; while the meat itself was decent in terms of the texture of the flesh (not really juicy, but not that dry either), we loved that slight crispness of the skin along with the sweetness that the Kecap Manis (Indonesian Sweet Soy Sauce) glaze brought — one can also taste the smokiness from the grilling process as well. For the beancurd puff, we would recommend just dumping it into the bowl of soup to allow it to soak up the soup and enjoying it only some time after — the texture of the beancurd puff was considered rather dry for our liking otherwise. At $6.90, the Nasi Soto Ayam Bakar is definitely something which we will consider having again if we do make a trip to Lau Pa Sat; very comforting whilst flavoursome — something that we never quite have had so far and is a good idea that actually works. Perhaps giving that Nasi Soto Ayam Goreng when the revisit comes along!

If you are looking for affordable and tasty halal certified indonesian food, check out @mrshen.sg !

Here at Mrs Hen, they specialise in Ayam Geprek!

Their ayam geprek is super crunchy, and juicy! Best thing about it is customising the meal to your preference!

1. Pick the protein - Highly recommend getting the ayam geprek, otherwise there is also tahu, ikan and terong to choose from!
2 Pick the base - i tried the nasi white rice and nasi kuning yellow rice! preferred the yellow rice, super fragrant!
3. Pick the topping choice: I got the sambal platter (which consists of 3 kinds of chilli - signature, hijau and matah)! Get this if you cant decide which you will like or if you want more variety! I also got the non-spicy salted egg sauce, which is good for non-spicy eaters! Otherwise, for spicy lovers, y ou can also choose their mango chilli, garlic chilli, sweet soy sauce chilli or manadonese chilli ceviche
4. If you are feeling hungry, you can add-on to the main: Choose from begedil / fried egg / acar / melted cheese / fried tofu

They also have various sides to choose from - we got the fried enoki mushroom and fried crabstick!

For drinks choices, we got the iced passionfruit drink! Ordering drinks is highly recommended here especially if you are getting the spicy sambal chilli toppings!

All in all, greatly enjoyed the food here. The food was prepared only upon ordering and was served hot, and the rice and ayam geprek were super fragrant! 10/10 recommend to give this place a go, you will not regret it!

6oz Oat White 2/5

Brazilian steakhouse in CBD area

Must order:
- people’s burger (10/10) $22
- queen of steak $22
- creamy spinach with nutmeg $7
- potatoes with sriracha mayo $7
- apple crumble $15

had the DRY SPICY BEEF NOODLES ($15.80) and CHICKEN DUMPLING NOODLE SOUP ($13.80). beef was q tough but dumplings were super stuffed and silky!! we both chose wide noodles which were SO QQ AND SPICY AND YUMMY YALL HAVE TO TRY

Your typical latte but with the fragrance of lavender. Coffee was standard but the lavender made it quite unique - it was an interesting coming together of the aromas. The dried lavender bits can be quite strong so you may want to avoid actually chewing into them if you’re not a fan of strong aromas. I wouldn’t get this again but it was interesting to try.

Visited on an afternoon of a Public Holiday and the cafe was not too busy, had some seats available for my friend and I. Staff were friendly.

An innovative take on traditional local treats, these chewy halal pancakes come with 3 choices: original, charcoal or green tea skin 🍵 We tried a mix of flavours, from the traditional red bean pancake to biscoff and black sesame ones 🖤

They also sell pouched-shape munchi (kinda similar to dorayaki) ✨ These pancakes come with thinner skin but an equally generous amount of fillings. Tried the matcha and thai milk tea variations 🧋 Worth checking out!

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An interesting item we found on the menu is the pouched-shape munchi, similar to a local take on dorayaki ✨ These pancakes come with thinner skin but an equally generous amount of fillings.

For this, we had
🍃 Matcha
🧋Thai Milk Tea
🧀 Cream Cheese
🍪 Biscoff
🍫 Belgian Chocolate

Our favourites turned out to be the biscoff and cream cheese flavours 🥯 For those with a sweet tooth, order the thai milk tea or matcha munchi with a mix of matcha and white chocolate fillings in the latter.

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