Wan Chai Hong Kong Tea Room (Sembawang Shopping Center)

If you go to the Sembawang Shopping Center and is looking for some food, you must be fretting on what to eat. Haha. The choices there are so limited that you have to pick one of them somehow or another (well, that is if you don't want to brave the heat to go to the nice food just opposite the street).

At least, that's what happened to us. So, even though I had no much great recollections/reviews about this place, we decided to give it a try. It was surprisingly good.

I ordered some beef baked rice. Well, Chinese style of course! Haha. Just look at the sauce covering the meat. Haha. And the limited cheese. That's a Chinese-Ang Moh mix I would say. Hahahahaha!

Let me repeat again. It's really surprisingly good! I was not expecting too much from this dish because their menu did not managed to appeal me at all! But heys, the rice was really special! There's some nice taste about it. I have no idea what is that taste. I only know that the taste made the rice tasted delicious. The cheese and the sauce made it perfect.

And if you order a meat dish, you would put your bet on the meat. I've been to many places that sells really nice side dish, but the main dish was just so-so. Not for this! The beef was really tender and it took me by surprise once again! Ha! Together with the black pepper sauce. Wooo! I'm loving it! I totally melt under tender meat you see. Haha. And there's also mushrooms around. Me like!

And my man had another baked rice. It's the chicken drumstick one. Ha! It was really good too! The chicken was grilled nicely. I would expect the sauce on top of it to soften the skin but apparently, it did not! It actually still tasted crispy to me (the outer skin) after some time. In addition, the meat was tender of course! Whoosh!

And each set will come with a soup. Nothing very special about it but it still tasted good.

I am not too sure about other dishes because I remembered that I had bad memories with the place. Not exactly bad but I remembered criticizing at it. Well, that was quite a few years back, so maybe they had improved! Give them a chance!!

Kway Chap at Holland Market

Remember I once talked about the duck rice from Holland market? Well, here's the kway chap the same shop sells!

If I'm not wrong, some places actually ask you if you would like a big bowl or a small bowl. But apparently, this stall sells a default size. Haha. Most guys are not full from just this one serving of kway chap.

The kway chap.

 

But I do think that their serving for all the intestines, pork, braised eggs, salty vegetables etc are pretty big. This is the plate of goodies you will get just by ordering for one person! It's like, ALOT ALOT! Haha. And it's just $2.80! So cheap hor?

 It may not be exceptionally nice, but it's a really nice thing to have for lunch! The food is good enough to make me happy. The intestines were pretty Q and the sauce they braised their stuffs are good.

But my top favourite is their chilli. The a little sour, a little spicy kinda chilli. Yum. Dipping their food with this chilli just made life much better than it its. Ha!

Don't forget to check it out! But do note that the waiting time is a little long for this stall. Be it ordering the duck rice or the kway chap. Hehs.

Mugiya Bakery

I was just standing around the area and this bakery totally caught my attention as any bakery that I had never seen would. Hahaha. Walked towards it and found myself talking to the people about the different bread because they look kinda cute. Well, to me, at least.

2 breads caught my attention. Hehs. Their names did not managed to tell me what it contains ma.... Hahaha!

It's like, you look at the name, would you know what the hell it is?! LOL! Well, after some enquiries, it appears that the bread contains different floss inside. And then, one is with cheese and one is without. Haha! As simple as that. But I had a hard time communicating with the person there though. >.<

Because we are supposed to go for dinner soon, I can only buy one bread for myself. Haha. I picked the paper bread or something like that (2nd photo). I was really stupid you know? I thought the paper means that you eat with the paper or something. I was so quizzical at how I should eat it!! Hahaha! But then, I realized, we cannot eat the paper even though there's paper on the bread. And the name. Ha!

*I learn it the hard way.*

Seriously, I really did not catch what the person was describing at all. So it was only after I bite the bread and then realized that it's just a floss bread! Hahahaha! But I have to say, the floss was really nice! Not as 'machine feel' as the breadtalk bread. A little more natural and laid back. And the texture and the softness of the bread is always what I deem as the most important. Good. It passed! It's the kinda softness that I like!! Woohoo!

I almost turned back to pick up a few more home. But no. I didn't. Hahaha.

Address: City Square Mall #B1-36
Opening Hours: 9 am to 10 pm

Island Creamery

Need I say anymore? I think this place is famous enough in Singapore. Haha. Look at the crowd, look at the amount of photos on their walls. It must have a place where many left some footprints or memories ba. Hahaha!

We tried the special ones that we don't find it around often. Horlicks (top), Milo and Ping Pong (bottom right) and Teh Terik (bottom left). They are the drinks that we often have, isn't it? So once melted, we can drink it le. HAHAHAHAHA!

We added some horlicks powder to our horlicks ice cream and tadang! We have horlicks dinosaur (you'll understand our joke if you know what is milo dinosaur. LOL! Basically milo dinosaur is just milo with A LOT of milo powder sprinkled on top. Haha!)

Verdict: Horlicks is the best because it has the strongest taste. It covered our taste buds a little so the milo and ping pong (that's just super soft and nice marshmallow) and the teh terik. I felt that they really tasted like our drink. But this time round, it has such a great texture. ICE CREAM TEXTURE! Plus, it's not hot. Hehs.

Something else that I like from the place is that we eat with these wooden spoons. Hohohoho! I loveeeee this. It made me feel that it's a very childhood thing to do as we use to eat with this! Haha. Their plastic bowl is a little unglam though, but it did not affected the taste at all.

A few of us preferred this, a few of us preferred the Udders more (ME ME ME! I prefer Udder's texture and Weng thinks that Island Creamery is a little too sweet.). It differs from people to people. So, well well well. It's still a good ice cream parlor of course! And by the way, the birthday person will get a free scoop with every purchase. Hehs. And that's what we got! =D And also, the price is so much lower as compared to the Udders. It's $2.80 for 1 scoop, $4.50 for 2 scoops and $6.50 for 3. Which one to love is your choice! Haha.

Address: 10 Jalan Serene #01-03 Serene Center Singapore

Swiss Butchery @ Coronation Shopping Plaza

I'm sorry, I love taking my drinks while waiting PATIENTLY for my food you see. Haha. Kelvin was the one who noticed that I love taking photos of my water. HAHAHA! Nothing interesting. Hehs.

Seriously, I'm not someone who understand beer. I have to post the photos. Would someone enlighten what beer is this?! Hehs.

Okay, you know, outdoor means bad lighting and thus, I came up with a super innovative way. Hahaha! Use the flash light from iLights (download the app from iTunes. Only supported in iPhone 4.)

So, first of all, the cod fish fillet burger. Sorry that the photo was a little too far away. I realize that I din even try to zoom in later. Hehs. Urm, because SH started the burger late, it was already a little cold. So, it's not fair for us to say that it's a bit tough. The bread was great, definitely. But the fish was not as soft as I had imagined it to be.

Kelvin's classic burger. Beef patty with bacon and cheese. Oh, it look so pretty hor? Hahaha. It's the first best attempt using iLights. Hahahaha! Patty was a bit tough, bread was superb. Haha!

Here's the burger without the cover. Haha. See the patty, cheese and bacon. Wooo!

Mine! I forgot the name! I'm so sorry. But it's the 2nd burger from the top. Haha. It also have beef patty, bacon and cheese. What's different is that it has mushroom. I LOVEE THE BACON! I'm so taken away by the bacon! Hahaha! The beef patty was really just ok only lo (Oh! Carols from Biopolis have better and softer patties!). I love the bread. I really really love the bread. It has a cripsy outer layer and it's oh, so, soft! YUMS! Bacon bacon I love you! Haha.

Bacon bacon I love you!

Cheese, patty and the greens.

Weng's chicken burger. Woo. The chicken was tastefully marinated. A little salty if you eat it alone. Pretty good if you eat it when the bread! Hehs. Woooo! Seems that I'm really not a great fan of patty meat. Haha. Kelvin actually urm, associated with the mushroom swiss burger from BK. HOLY MOLLY! Hahaha!!

By the way, did you notice that some of us have sides on our plate but some don't? Hehs. You just have to add $2.50 to get the sides. The salads was super super super nice! I love the sauce. My god!! (Hey, if you still don't know me well enough, I hate vegetables but suddenly love vegetables now. Haha! So, it was quite amazing to hear me say, THE SALADS IS SO NICE!)

But back to the salad sauce. It tasted a little sour, sweet, plum taste. Woo. NICE! Hehs. And the whipped potato was good! The sauce is nice! Went together well enough! Haha.

I love sausages. I really do. But, I preferred big big sausages. Wooo. But I have yet to really eat them around. Soon. Hehs. I know there is but I never go to the places to eat. Haha. This sausage has a very tricky name. Haha. And it's the specials of the day. So, urm, ya. Please ask the waitress to give you some recommendations. Hahaha!

I like it. But apparently, I was the only one who really like it. Hahaha! I thought it was soft and juicy enough. But they don't really like the taste of it. Weng don't like black pepper taste. Hehs. Sorry but my man (the meat lover) was not around to taste it. He would have given me a better feedback. Ha!

The pork and cheese sausage bun. Woooo! NICE! The sausage was really good! It was very well-received by the whole table! Ahh! We should have gone ahead to ordering this instead of the above sausage. Seems that knowing how to pronounce those words are better choices after all. LOL!

The sausage was soft enough for my liking. And the cheese will be somewhere in the sausage. And the taste, the texture was good. YUMS!

I heard that this is good for the burgers. Hehs. Not too bad I guess. But, I think the other burgers tasted better than the beef burgers. Haha. I would love to go there for more sausages. Haha. It's a meat place after all! But do note that it can get a little smoking because of the grilling from the kitchen. We have no idea why. HAHA!

Address: #01-05 Coronation Shopping Plaza 587 Bukit Timah Road Singapore 269707

3-inch sin

This place is like a heaven. Haha. Great desserts!! LOVE IT LOADS!

 

Menu

I love the rustic feeling the whole cluny court gave. Hehs.

Okay, are you ready? Lets's start. Haha.

First, the dark side. It's made of dark chocolate I think. It's like a layer of chocolate with the tart crust. Urm, did my description made it too simple? Haha. I think I did. But I would say the chocolates were nicely made. And the thickness was just great! This was YQ's favourite because he likes dark chocolates.

This cake has a very cute name! Lost in the black forest. HAHAHA! I erm, translated it to 失踪在黑森林。Hahaha! Talk about direct translation huh? HAHAHAH! It was nice because it was on special sale. Most of the time they would only sell it as a whole cake. But the day we went, they offered it as slices. Woohoo! Life is good huh?

My goodness. This blackforest cake totally took my breath away. It was really very nice! See the thick cream? It was really very nice! Not overloading because it was just great. The cake was soft, the chocolates was good and the berries were yummy. OH MY GOD! I wanted to take the whole cake for myself. Haha. I was already planning to get it as a birthday cake somehow or another sia! Hehs. And by the way, this is really my favorite. Weng's too! Because we love to eat cakes. So, cakey feel is more for us! =D

And this is a must must must try in 3-inch sin. Hehs. The molten cake. They had a chat with the boss/in-charge or I have no idea who. The original, hazelnut and the bitter orange is the most popular. The top 3 of the menu. Hehs. Well, that was for a reason man! It was heavenly!

They look the same from the outside. Hehs.

Bitter orange.

Larva flowing out.

 It was crazy. The chocolates in your mouth. Woo! Haha. But I would still want to get lost in the dark forest because I am not a super big fan of chocolate larva cake. Hehs. Too chocolatey for my liking. But I never say I would reject them. This has to be said if you ask me which one to choose. Hahaha! YX and SH prefer this. Haha. They like the warm feel in the mouth.

And of the 3 of the molten cake, we have differing views again. LOL! Weng and I voted for the bitter orange because I felt that the orange added a brand new taste on top of the chocolates. Just chocolates was a little plain. SH and YX and I think Kelvin voted for the hazelnut. Well, it's nice too because there a crunchy taste to it. YQ preferred the original. Haha. Differing taste from different people. And that's the reason why I prefer to eat in groups. We get to try a lot of things and I can get views from different people at the same time. Isn't that wonderful? Haha.

The address:

Chin Chin Eating House @ Purvis Street

Well, this was certainly not something that we have planned for. But the place we have planned for has closed its kitchen for lunch. So no choice, we went down Purvis Street looking for food. Hehs. Since it was recommended by Weng and Kelvin, alrights! Here we go.

Very laid back Chinese place I would say. Simple food fare. Something that I always love. =D Cheap and nice and yummy! Isit it great? Hehs.

This is Weng's favourite. The pork chop. It was cooked in tomato sauce (but a little diluted in the tomato taste, as in most of the chinese food). It came so fast that we were so amazed. Sad thing was that the dish was not piping hot! Boo!

The pork was thinly sliced and fried before cooking in the sauce of theirs. I would prefer more tomato taste (I think it was because I love the way my mama cook at home. Hehs.) Texture was not too bad. But I wanted to comment is that, it's erm, pork chop lo. Haha. You know what I mean.

I love the way they cook their potato because I love the way my mama cooks it too! They just cut the potato and fry it a little to give the nice coating I love in potatoes. And then, now it goes with the dish too. Apparently, it is not very obvious because I was the only one who noticed the potatoes. Haha!

 Vegetables were normal. Nothing too exciting about it.

The best is the chicken! Woohoo! I loveee it. Hehs. It's soft and the sauce is nice. Best thing: DEBONED! Hahaha. I don't like chickens with bones you see. Hehs. *Pampered* But this was half a chicken so hehs, quite a big serving right? Nice! It's currently one of my favouritest chicken rice now! Hahahaha.

They gave us a bowl of soup each. Well, nothing special about it.

 

I ordered their luo han guo drink. It's some herbal tea that's cooling for us. Hehs. I like!!!

I really got a surprise when I open up the cup to look at the contents. They are really very very generous with their serving of the longans! Woohoo! I ate them all out. Haha. But you would have to open the cup in order to access them of course. Haha!

On the whole, not too bad but not very fantastic for the chi cha but pretty good for the chickens! Not too bad a try if you are at Purvis street because we are unable to find a place to really enter you see. Hehs.

I really have no idea how much it cost because it's paid before I realized it. I forgot to ask. But I know that it's supposed to be pretty cheap. Address wise. Sorry, since we bounce in, I have no idea. Hahahaha! But just walk along Purvis Street. The chickens will be something you will not miss!