Medan Town

On its website, Medan Town describes itself as a "quaint 50-seater restaurant". Not sure what's so quaint about this place. It's simply a no-frills restaurant with good food. The owners of these restaurant are from Medan.  As starters, we ordered the Tahu Goreng ($4.50). This is the first time I'm having crackers on top of tahu goreng. An addictive appetiser, the crunchy peanuts, beansprouts and the fried tofu rested on a bed of...

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National Orchid Garden

I last visited National Orchid Garden in 2011 (click here for blog entry). Classes had just ended then and I thought it will be nice to take a walk in the orchid garden. 3 years down the road, I am back again.  Botanic Gardens is one of my favourite places in Singapore- it's not crowded, it's spacious, it's beautiful.  No matter which part of the Orchid Garden you are in, there is an opportunity for good photographs and the explosion...

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Nam Nam Noodle Bar (Suntec City Mall)

This is the second time I tried Nam Nam. If you don't want to deal with crowds, come to this branch instead of the one at Raffles City.  We first started off with Crispy Fried Vegetarian Rolls ($4.90) to fight off some hunger pangs. Then we proceeded with Crispy Fried Black Pepper Soft-Shell Crab ($6.90). The batter was too thick such that you couldn't really taste the soft shell crab. The black pepper taste was also nearly non-existent. The...

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Spuds & Aprons

The last time we went to Mount Faber, we tried the desserts at Spuds & Aprons which were rather disappointing. This time, we decided to try the mains instead.  Years back, there was still a bus service going up to Mount Faber. However, we realised that the bus service was no longer in operation and being the kiam siap people we were, we walked up instead.  We ordered a Chilli Crab in a Tux ($13). Top marks for novelty. The...

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Platypus Kitchen

I was looking for a restaurant that could fit a group of around 10 and this place was perfect. Comfortable chairs, not too noisy and serving food at affordable prices. Having gone to the Platypus Test Kitchen at Raffles Place a couple of times, I was pretty sure the standard had to be rather decent here as well.  I ordered the Set Meal ($16.90 plus additional $1.90 for this main course) which came with a soup/salad and a drink. The Wild...

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