Welcome to Upper Bukit Timah.

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Signature crunchy plate.
Chose fries & broccoli as side dish.
Definitely got cornflake crunchiness on each bite of the deep fried chicken.
Quite worth it.

Coffee was smooth, had a suitable amount of milk, while still retaining its fragrant aroma.

To note, that there’s still an additional 10% service charge on top of the listed price of the coffee.

Service was good, staff were nice and friendly. Cafe was well lit and cozy, with both an indoor and outdoor seating area.

We all prefer the Yang Nyeom chicken more, the chicken is tender and juicy inside, while outside crispy and coated in sweet spicy sauce.
Beside the chicken, we tried the assorted fish cake soup and Tteokbokki. The Tteokbokki is chewy and quite spicy (good pair for beer).
They do have promotion happy hour till 8pm for their beer ($13 for one pint hoegaarden).

💰$27 for half Yang nyeom and $24 for half crunch.
$20 for Assorted fish cake and $15 for Tteokbokki.

📍Oven & fried chicken.
17 chun tin road

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A standard Eggs Benedict but the Hollandaise sauce was pretty minimal and the poached egg was slightly overcooked, leading to quite a dry dish. We think their cakes are much better than their mains. Fortunately there’s the Burpple 1-for-1 Brunch deal so it made the food a lot more reasonably priced.

We visited on a Sunday afternoon and the place wasn’t too crowded. The staff were friendly and the overall atmosphere of the cafe was warm and cozy.

Pretty standard breakfast set - each element was executed well. Nothing amazing or special though.

Honestly $28 seems quite high of a price tag for what’s actually on the plate, though there is no additional GST or service charge, which was a pleasant surprise. We used the Burpple 1-for-1 Brunch deal so it made it more reasonably priced.

We visited on a Sunday afternoon and the place wasn’t too crowded. The staff were friendly and the overall atmosphere of the cafe was warm and cozy.

If you like lemon meringue tarts, do give their lemon meringue cake a try - the lemon meringue, lemon curd and vanilla sponge was really refreshing. The only difference between the usual tarts and this cake is that the tarts are usually much more sour - this cake was more towards the sweet side, which I (and my sweet tooth) personally preferred.

We visited on a Sunday afternoon and the place wasn’t too crowded. The staff were friendly and the overall atmosphere of the cafe was warm and cozy. We used the Burpple 1-for-1 Sliced Cake deal so it made the cakes a lot more wallet-friendly.

Pistachio lovers - this is for you. The cake was dense, similar to a fruit or pound cake - but with pistachio bits embedded, adding that extra crunch. With the sweet pistachio cream all around and sour raspberry jelly in between - every bite was a burst of nutty and fruity. We enjoyed it very much. It is quite filling so do make some space in your tummy for it!

We visited on a Sunday afternoon and the place wasn’t too crowded. The staff were friendly and the overall atmosphere of the cafe was warm and cozy. We used the Burpple 1-for-1 Sliced Cake deal so it made the cakes a lot more wallet-friendly.

Their rendition is functionally the baseline standard.
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With medium sized, chunky boneless king fish, flaky and lean with mild smoky meaty spice savoury salty flavour.
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Served with a crunchy juicy cucumber and red onion salad, with vegetal sweet spice notes.
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Fish Tikka
Al-Azhar Restaurant
@ 11 Cheong Chin Nam Road
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More details:
https://ivanteh-runningman.blogspot.com/2023/03/best-of-singapore-hawkers-fish-tikka.html

Dinner before class, back when I studied nearby.
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The fillets of boneless king fish are larger than most, tender moist flaky in texture, satisfying with smoky meaty sweet savoury spice flavour.
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Luscious mint chutney on the side, bright with vegetal herbal sweet flavour, to pair.
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Fish Tikka
Al-Ameen Eating House / Ameen Makan House
@ 4 Cheong Chin Nam Road
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More details:
https://ivanteh-runningman.blogspot.com/2023/03/best-of-singapore-hawkers-fish-tikka.html

First time trying the fried pork organs (offals) porridge. Has a flavourful wok hei. Ingredients were nicely cooked, not overly.

Repeat customer - always will order the fish maw ban mian dry + minced meat. The fish maw will be cooked in the soup therefore super shiok to drink this collagen filled soup after slurping the noodles. Portion just nice for 1 pax. The seasoning (+chili; homemade) compliments well with the noodles and ingredients (marinated minced meat, braised mushroom slices, veg, ikan bilis and friend shallots).

Their homemade chili is also sold at their stall.

No matter how long the queue and how busy, the lady boss who takes orders appears unflustered. Love that she will issue you a queue number and will beep the queue number once your order is ready.

Highly recommended! Prepare to wait during peak dining hours. Do note they do have split shift usually about ?2pm/3pm where they can finally take a break and have their lunch.

still one of the best mala xiang guo out there - always consistent, with a perfect balance of spice (辣) and numbing sensation (麻). (plus you won’t even realise it’s vegetarian) i also love how they have a wide variety of ingredients for you to pick from, from fresh vegetables to mock meats and a variety of mushrooms.

@greenonearthsg’s mlxg rendition is seriously one of our favourite. perfect to curb that mala craving when it hits. 🙌🏻 my usual mala ingredient includes: broccoli, instant noodles, lotus root, mushrooms & beancurd skin!