Spices Cafe

For the record, I love crabs. Having a meal at Long Beach or Jumbo is always a treat and I get my hands dirty on those ridiculously fresh, big and juicy crabs.  Known as Harvest of the Sea Buffet Dinner ($54++), I left work earlier than usual in anticipation of a good meal.  This is one of the few rare buffet places that is not filled to maximum capacity.  You get to choose from five kinds of crabs and they will deliver...

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Rochor Thai

I've been waiting to drop by Rochor Thai for quite some time and Good Friday was the perfect opportunity. Rochor Thai prides itself on serving MSG-free dishes.  Lots of Thai-related pictures on the walls. What is a Thai meal without Tom Yum? We ordered a Tom Yum Talay ($14.80) and this was adequately sweet, sour and spicy. A little salty but goes perfect with rice. I don't normally finish my soup but this was too appetising not to...

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Tong Ah Eating House

I think it's always interesting to know the history of streets- I'm thinking of getting this book titled Singapore Street Names: A Study of Toponymics. Anyway Keong Saik Street used to be a red-light district which is now transformed into a hip area crowded with eateries.  Tong Ah used to be located in an iconic triangular-shaped building down the road but has since shifted here. Being the lazy people we were, we decided to order whatever...

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PasarBella

PasarBella- local term for market, and Italian for "beautiful".  Indeed, it's not often that you get to see such a diverse mix of food stalls housed under the same roof in Singapore. There were also shops selling flowers, vegetables and fruits etc. Heard so much about Keith Crackling Roast. I got the Combo Set ($15) which consists of roasted pork and honey pork.  I think the char siew rice stall at a coffee shop in Tanjong...

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Aquamarine

I was on a boring bus ride home when I saw 52 Best Buffets by Hungrygowhere in my Inbox. To see the words "best" and "buffets" come together, I refrained from clicking the "delete" button which is what I usually do for most of the emails.  The theme then was Penang Penang. We decided to drop by for the high tea buffet ($49.45).  1) Salad, soup and appetisers  It started off being rather promising. I didn't try the asparagus...

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