Riverside Indonesian BBQ

Since the chicken-egg problem has puzzled people over centuries, to decide which came first, just grab a heap of salt and randomly throw it to see whether it lands on the chicken or the egg! I have a love-hate relationship with the Ayam Panggang ($5.50, takeaway) at Riverside Indonesian BBQ. Love it, because of the sweet black sauce. Hate it because of the inconsistencies. In the years I have eaten here, there are two things that keep...

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Nuggets

Since I haven't been eating out much, there is no food review to talk about. Instead, I will talk about food: the origins of food. Caution: If you love nuggets and think you can't live without nuggets, I suggest you give this post a miss. (photo credit: averagebro) Disclaimer: In this post, I'm referring to the general process of making nuggets, and not to a particular kind of nugget sold in any store. The information below is obtained through...

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The Great Magician 大魔术师

What happens when highly acclaimed actors/actresses come together to make a Chinese New Year film? The Great Magician is precisely that, a movie which combines magic, action, philosophy, traditional and new elements and romance. Is the film trying to accomplish too much? Perhaps. But did they pull it off? Yes. Although the transition between scenes wasn't smooth all the time, the characters of some actors weren't developed fully (making you think...

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Chinese New Year Eve (Singapore)

Chinatown's the most happening place to be on Chinese New Year Eve. If you are in Singapore, you wouldn't want to miss it, even if it's just to get squashed like sardines, to swear at people who step on your feet and most importantly, to bask in this very important occasion in Singapore. Chinatown, when it's not Chinese New Year, is your normal souvenir street. But come Chinese New Year, it's dressed in festive colours and sells all kinds of...

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Happy Chinese New Year

It's Chinese New Year again! Happy Chinese New Year to those who celebrate it and Happy Holidays to those who do not celebrate it! It's a nice time to visit relatives and friends, collect some angbao (sorry to those who are already married), and to eat a lot! But keep in mind, moderation is the key!  May the Dragon Year be a prosperous, peaceful and lucky year for all!  ...

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Singapore Hawker Stalls Move Indoors (NY Times)

Click on article to read about how Singapore Hawker Stalls are apparently moving indoors. And hawker centres recently came into the limelight because of an analogy by Acting Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports Chan Chun Sing.  "(For example,) you go to Peach Garden, you eat the S$10 XO Sauce chye tow kuay (fried carrot cake), you can be quite happy, right? Because you're satisfied with the service and so on. On...

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Lao Ban Dou Hua (老伴豆花）

Singaporeans love queuing. Singaporeans love queuing for good food. Singaporeans love queuing for good food that is cheap. This is the beancurd ($1.50) from Lao Ban Dou Hua (老伴豆花) from Old Airport. Unless you have been living under a hole, you would have heard of this new food phenomenon. Queues snake around like nobody's business and everybody snaps at least 20 bowls of beancurd at one go. And there is actually an uncanny resemblance...

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Koo Kee Yong Tau Foo

Koo Kee Yong Tau Foo remains my favourite Yong Tau Foo of all time. There are a few branches located around the island but if I'm in the area, I will drop by Lau Pat Sat and have the yong tau foo. This is a set, which comes with the noodles and the yong tau fu. And please get the sauces as well because they are really good- one sweet and one spicy.The noodles are chewy, minced meat not too mashy, yong tau fu that comes with a variety, and...

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Ah Ter Teochew Fishball Noodle

I think the reason Ah Ter Teochew Fishball Noodle has so many accolades and many people queuing up for their fishball noodles/bak chor mee is not because of their food, but because of the person cooking the food. According to some Google search, the person cooking it is Gilbert. Don't ask me how they know, they just somehow know his name. But anyway, I eat to eat, and not to gawk at the person cooking my food. This place made me wonder what...

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Free entry to National Museum of Singapore

Don't feel like visiting relatives or friends this Chinese New Year? Or just looking for something to do instead of bumming your holiday away? Go down to the National Museum of Singapore to view the exhibition: Dreams and Reality. Free entry for Monday and Tuesday (23 and 24 January 2011), so do not miss the chance! On a separate note, I read an article about David Hockney today and it's truly fascinating how he churns out beautiful art...

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Xiao La Jiao

School has barely started but it already has me up to my neck. Amazing how I increasingly feel that I don't have a life. But it's okay, nothing matters in life except eating. On a second exploration for food at 112 Katong, we decided to have dinner at Xiao La Jiao because the last time we passed by, it was crowded although it was already 3 pm.  You can either sit here or further in and get a window view. Most people took the window...

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Noo Cheng Adam Road Prawn Noodle

I went to Adam Road for lunch because I was in the vicinity. Seeing that the queue for nasi lemak was ridiculously long, I settled for the prawn noodles, which I haven't eaten in two years. (photo credit: The Hungry Cow) While excitedly waiting for my prawn noodles, I made a horrible mistake- I read reviews on my phone. Tonnes of negative reviews with a odd positive review sticking out like a sore thumb. But since my memory of it wasn't...

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Dapur Penyet

My friend chanced upon the newly opened Dapur Penyet when he was roaming the roads of East Coast. So we decided to try it today. I went googling and it didn't return much search results of this place. Based on what I saw, this seems to be a franchise of a restaurant in Malaysia.  The place is small but the seats outside were almost full. This photo does injustice to the small crowd that formed shortly after. I ordered Ayam Bakar...

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Yomenya Goemon

I couldn't quite decide whether to label this as Japanese or Italian. Because it's essentially pasta but served and eaten Japanese style. While the focus of the menu seems to be on Italian food, they have some pasta comprising Japanese ingredients. Yomenya Goemon has been serving Japanese pasta for the last 36 years. I know there are restaurants that have been surviving since 100 years ago, or since dinosaurs roamed the earth...

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Straits Cafe @ Hotel Rendezvous (Part II)

Like a dutiful blogger, I have been posting frequently for the last month. However, school work has kicked in, like an atomic bomb or like a tsunami- ruthless and swift. I know my analogies are really bad but that's about as good as I can manage. So, I'm just going to do this post really quickly since people love going to buffets around Chinese New Year! (p.s. I know the pictures look kind of weird coloured. That's because I took them with my phone.) Anyway,...

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Olive Tree Restaurant

After a very short break from this buffet-eating business, here I am again, just because my mum wanted to clear some vouchers. Olive Tree gave me a pleasant surprise!  Lots of natural light entering the restaurant. The stations are pretty far away from each other but I will climb mountains and swim across oceans just to get to my food. (Figuratively, obviously. I wouldn't have that kind of strength after gorging my face with good food.)  Here's...

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Golden Prawn 933 (Batam)

I know I've been spamming reviews about Batam. Food reviews (in Singapore) will be back very soon, after I'm done with reviews on Batam!  I think here's the place where everybody goes if they sign up for a tour package: Golden Prawn 933. I was reading a few reviews online just now and saw that some reviews stated that this is one of the best seafood places in Batam. I beg to differ, but for what we paid as part of the package, I think...

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Harmoni One (Batam)

We purchased vouchers from deal and got a 2D1N ($78) plus one night extension ($40). This included a whole list of other stuff, like breakfast, half day tour etc. There was free breakfast on the two days we were there as well. Harmoni One, according to our tour guide is quite new. In fact, in the three days we were there, we felt like it was just us staying in the hotel. We saw a few others but that was about it. There was one night when...

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