March 16, 2018 2:31 pm
Published by Dick Tan
During our food quest at Ghim Moh Food Centre, we chanced upon the highly-raved Ghim Moh Fried Carrot Cake. Search online for the best few carrot cakes in Singapore and ‘Ghim Moh Carrot Cake’ will surely appear. Many make a trip down specifically for this mouth-watering plate of goodness. Enticed by the aroma of freshly-fried carrot cake, we hopped on the...
March 12, 2018 12:11 pm
Published by Dick Tan
Photo Credit: www.gentsoflondon.com Aesthetics are everything these days, with many guys willing to go the extra mile to surpass their counterparts. Well, the good news is, you don’t necessarily have to spend lavishly to look suave and sophisticated anymore. Many gentleman barbershops have opened shop around heartland areas, making it convenient and affordable to get a stylish haircut or even...
February 22, 2018 2:52 pm
Published by Dick Tan
A fairly new addition to Geylang’s cluster of eateries is Ladyboy Moo-Ka-Cheese—a Thai mookata-forward restaurant that is quite possibly the first of its kind to boast a stunning array of tantalising, innovative cheese dips along with the traditional Thai-style barbecue. Their buffet menu features a whole host of options from salmon, scallops to even jumbo prawns. More premium items to...
February 6, 2018 1:37 pm
Published by Dick Tan
Many food trends come and go in fickle Singapore but ma la may well be an exception. This Sichuan-inspired dish may not be a Singaporean invention but we can all agree that it is perhaps one of the top dishes that has taken over our nation by storm. This one-dish-wonder has experienced much hype over the past few years and...
February 6, 2018 12:01 pm
Published by Dick Tan
There is the crisp white, the robust red and even the pink-hued, fruitier rosé, but make way for a new entrant because now we have blue wine. That’s right, blue wine is a thing now and it has officially hit our shores. Gïk’s blue wine has already shaken up Spain’s traditional wine industry and is set on venturing to other parts...
January 23, 2018 8:27 pm
Published by Dick Tan
For those who live in the east, the Bedok area stands as a beacon of delightful and cheap eats especially with the likes of renowned hawker centres like Bedok Interchange Hawker Centre that has been around for such a long time. Having undergone a massive revamp some years back, Bedok Interchange Hawker Centre has upped its attractiveness in terms of...
January 23, 2018 8:25 pm
Published by Dick Tan
There is a certain charm about handmade fishballs (or handmade anything for that matter) that never fails to intrigue us. The sheer amount of effort and dedication that goes into preparing and forming each ball speaks volumes of the stall owners and is a quality that we admire. And more often than not, handmade fishballs taste a whole lot better...
January 22, 2018 12:27 am
Published by Dick Tan
Nestled in the newly-built Yishun Park Hawker Centre opened by the good folks at the Timbre group, there lies a stall specialising in our favourite zi char snack, har cheong gai (prawn paste chicken). Going by the name Ah Tan Wings, this is where you can find perhaps the tastiest and crispiest har cheong gai around in a hawker centre...
January 17, 2018 4:25 pm
Published by Dick Tan
As far as roasted meat goes, the best ones are the ones that boast a deeply roasted char with a caramelised sheen, tender meat with a decent amount of flavourful fat and more importantly, ones that will not cost an arm and a leg—that’s right, we are talking about char siew. Char siew is not something hard to find, in...
January 9, 2018 11:57 pm
Published by Dick Tan
Located at the far-flung Punggol East of Singapore, lies a hip enclave formed entirely out of containers that are all chocked full of interesting eats. There are 7 container-restaurants in total with Big Fish Small Fish being one of them. As its name suggests, this humble eatery serves up a tantalising array of fish and crisps—that’s right, crisps, not chips—that...
