Launching along Jalan Besar literally steps away from the famous dim sum mainstay that is Swee Choon Tim Sum Restaurant known for its attractive prices, good-for-groups round-table vibes and no-frills rusticity, newly-open dim sum concept Sum Dim Sum delivers a decidedly different offering with prettier digs, higher prices, more intimate…
Mini Choux Platter from Ollella – Matcha Azuki, Dark Chocolate, Apple Cinnamon, Tiramisu, Raspberry, Vanilla, Lemon Meringue. Generally appealing if you select flavours which reveal the choux’s texturality with minimal distraction. Whilst the crumbly Apple Cinnamon was positively pregnant with sweet apple chunks and the appealingly aromatic Tiramisu had a…
Laksa Pasta from Druggists – linguine cooked to al dente and tossed in laksa rempah. The dryly wet linguine generated gentle flames, but left virtually alone on stage to carry the performance it was more meek meow than Mariah melisma. 3.3/5 Druggists 119 Tyrwhitt Road Singapore 207547
Special Char Siew from Char Restaurant. A life-changing, life-affirming experience, and deserving to be the locus classicus for glazed char siew. The stupendously fatty char siew has but a mere sliver of chewable flesh in each block, every other inch being unadulterated, molten sweet fat which melts on your tongue…
Traditional Char Kway Teow with large prawns and scallops from Big Street. Essentially the kind of indulgent, Tai Tai-esque variation of local fare you would expect Raffles Hotel or similar to serve, minus the gloss and GST/service charge. For $14.80, you get smoky wok hei goodness that would satiate one’s…
Soup Teochew kway teow mee from Ah Hor Teochew Kway Teow Mee, situated in a coffeeshop on Verdun Road near City Square Mall. The main dish itself is comforting and good on its own but damn, that chilli is so unbelievably magical it was likely to have been concocted by…
Coconut Vodka Lime Pie. Essentially a lime tart with a curd that is sweet enough such that your mouth doesn’t violently react to the sour (but the lime is there if you crave for such pleasant oral torture), but then you discover the innocuous jelly cubes made from vodka shots…
Wanton Mee ($5.50). The famous wanton mee from Kok Kee hasn’t changed one bit since it shifted a short distance to its new home at 27 Foch Road. The char siew and wantons are still mere concubines to the Majesty that is the killer combination of Kok Kee’s secret sauce,…