da Bomb - Chocolate Bowl

Chocolate Bowl from Mama Bakery

Went to Velocity New Balance outlet to check out if new designs for shoe bags are out, but sadly, the designs are the old ones. Not wanting to waste my trip there, i am determined to buy something back at least... and so... Mama Bakery came to my mind.

I have went there a couple of times, and it never disspoint me. The An Pans are real good! But today, I opt for something more "special", the Caramel Banana Chocolate Bun was too chocolatey, that's is not so good if you can only taste the chocolate and not the banana/ caramel. But GF likes it!

The Chocolate Bowl as featured above measures about 20cm in diameter, and smells great! Taste-wise, the chocolates used are skewed to the dark side, so it is more of a bitter chocolatey taste which I like! But, the bread texture wise, it was a tat too moist inside.

I still think Bonjour Chocolate Chip Loaf is better afterall, minus the fact that the chocolate chips could be better!

10 Sinaran Drive
#02-06/07 Novena Square 2

Brotzeit @ Vivocity - Es ist Würstezeit! Nicht Brotzeit!

Es ist Würstezeit! Nicht Brotzeit!

this translates to... it is sausages time! not Bread time! because we did not have any bread... we just eat sausages! many many of them!

Before looking at my hotdog pictures... Let me give you a short german lesson. lol.

Call me Deutschlehrer Foodiegymmie! hahaha =P


In Deutsch, every noun has a gender, Maskulinum, Femininum or Neutrum (Male, Female or Neutral). There s no reason why, it just is! For example, chair is male and door is female, and bed is neutral. So when we refer to Chair, we say: der Tisch; die Tür for the door, and das Bett for the bed. der/die/das are the articles for the different genders, male, female and neutral respectively.

Brot means bread in german, So we say das Brot (n)
Zeit means time in german; die Zeit (f)

Combine together, it means: Brotzeit or Breadtime!

Wurst means sausage; die Wurst(f)



Würstezeit!!!

Würstelplatte @ $32.50 - I shared the platter with my friend. The platter has spicy chicken sausage, lamb sausage, mini pork cheese sausages, weisswurst sausage and garlic sausage with sauerkraut and mustard. The lamb sausage is the bestest!!!

Nürnberger @ $17.50 - Consist of five pieces of original Nürnberger pork bratwurst with sauerkraut and mashed potatoes. Can be a bit sickening if you eat all these by yourself... no variety... good thing he got good friend like us who share our sausages! hehe

Currywurst @ $17.50 -German pork and curry sausage with chili-curry sauce and potato wedges. I heard from my german course mates that this is a veryyyy popular dish in Germany... knowing this...

2 person ordered this... and I tried a bit, and I must say this is really good! The sausage is sooo BIG and JUICY, with ketchup on it, sprinkled with very aromatic curry powder!

Weisswurst @ $18.50 - 3 pieces of traditional Munich veal and pork sausage served with a brezn. I did not try this, but i heard that it is not bad la. when i saw the bretzel i was quite gian (feel like trying a bit), bcos I like bretzels and pretzels!

Weissbier und Mangobier

*keep the post short, I am soooo busy, FYP presentations, thesis , german test and test, mid term paper to be complete before I leave for korea! cos now my korea trip is extended to almost a week, means I am very bz now... will blog less*

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Another bowl of...

Miso Ramen from Noodle House Ken


Miso Ramen aus Nudel Haus von Ken

Rojak - Soon Heng

***WALL OF FAME***

Rojak with cuttlefish @ $2.
51 on the box? That's the queue number!

I used to grow up eating Rojak from this place wat before it is relocated to HDB. Before this, this stall located at a coffee shop at Blk 177 Toa Payoh Central, where you can find the very famous goreng pisang as well. Hence, my Rojak standard bar is pretty high, and ever since then, i have yet to try any rojak that is better or on par with this.

Getting a good packet of rojak in Singapore now needs queue number too! From the "queue" (actually the queue is invisible because of the number system, and everyone gets scattered everywhere), you can more or less anticipate this stall to whip up a at least decent packet of rojak. And yes, they do whip up very nice rojak for minimum of just $2.

Why is this nice then?!?

I think making rojak really needs skill and Soon Heng has it! The prawn psate sweetness is splendid and well-balanced, and the amount of peanut bits is so generous that the whole packet is just covered with it...*slurpz*, and the "You Tiao" is very crispy as well.

Come try it and add on to their every growing Queue! lol

SOON HENG ROJAK 480 Toa Payoh Central HDB Hub #B1-23 Open Mon - Fri 11am - 8pm Sat 11am - 4pm

Other Blogger who have blogged about it

http://ieatishootipost.sg/2007/07/soon-heng-silver-stream-rojak-two-bucks.html

http://jewel123.multiply.com/photos/album/21/SOON_HENG_ROJAK

http://temasekpoly.wordpress.com/2008/10/08/nice-food-to-look-out-at-hdb-hub-toa-payoh-canteen/

Assorted Snowskin mooncakes from Swissótel The Stamford

Mooncakes are "evil"! close to 1000kcal packed into that small little circular dough. have 2, and that's enough to sustain your energy requirement for the whole day. take 3, and the excess 1000kcal gets stored into that jelly belly of yours! =O (jus exaggerating, but its somewhere along this line)

This is a gift from meine freundin, she knows I have a tastebud for new and exquisite taste! 

Tada! Mooncakes from Swissótel @ $48, but she got lobang therefore got them at $38 instead. The flavours are Champagne Truffle & Chocolate Ganache, Strawberry & Dark Chocolate mooncake, Baileys Chocolate and Rum & Raisin. 

Champagne Truffle & Chocolate Ganache - Very strong taste of champagne that goes very well with the very sweet chocolate ganache.

Strawberry & Dark Chocolate mooncake - For those who cannot take alcohol, this is a very nice combination. The snow skin taste "strawberrily"!

Baileys Chocolate - The name speaks for itself.

Rum & Raisin - There's actually 2 juicy raisins inside wor! 

Charcos the chicky meal @ Amg Mo Kio

and so this is what i went after my gym session!

Charco's! Dun ask me why is it called charcos, i have absolutely no idea... Anyway just a brief introduction to this place. Charco's is similar to Kenny Rogers style, roasted chicken, that come in quarter, half or whole, served alongside with sides. On top of this, they have a larger array in their menu, burgers, ribs and kebabs etc...

2 types of Chicken to choose from, not male or female. Its either Charco's style, or the more expensive version, Portuguese style.

The salad bar is very long la... so long that i cannot take the whole row... Many types of salad to choose from... normally you get to choose 3 sides for a set meal. Just to name a few: Egg salad, Potato salad, Avocado chicken salad, tuna salad, caesar salad, seafood salad, bla bla bla salad and so on...

This was taken during my first trip: Half Chicken (charco's) with Chicken Avocado Salad, Seafood Salad and Caesar Salad. The Chicken is Humongous! It is very tender and juicy inside, and the plus point is that it is roasted! (healthier la) The salad comes in a very generous amount also. My favourite will be the seafood salad, which comes with crabstick meat, quite big and juicy prawns. The Chicken avocado salad has little or no chicken, and i have already feedback to the towkay (boss). The caesar salad is not too bad either. 

This is my revisit: Darius ordered this. The burnt-look half chicken is the Portuguese style, and he chose Potato salad, seafood salad and one more unknown salad. D

Damage was $13.50

My order! Half a Chicken, with Tuna salad + Egg Salad + Seafood salad = A Happy me!

The tuna salad has some spices inside, but it has quite alot of tuna, makes a tuna lover like me damn happy la. Can you see the white mass at the right corner??? That's the egg salad, lotsa egg whites... save me time from the peeling of egg shells! not forgetting my favorit Seafood Salad! 

I like them all! =) 

Damage was $11.50, cos charco's is slightly cheaper

Charco's is located @

Blk 608, Ang Mo Kio Ave 5

Benny Western Food @ Toa Payoh

Benny 5 Star Western - "Best Food 2007", so is it still nice in 2008? I shall check it out...

Not much customers... am i making a wrong choice?


The choices on their menu is pretty limited, perhaps they do what they are best at, rather than being a jack of all trades and master of none! The recommendation was actually Cheesy Pork Cutlet, but this is so similar to the one I had in Taiwan - Cheesy Pork, so i ordered something else instead!

Chicken Cutlet with Mango Sauce, served alongside with Mashed Potatoes @ $6

I am not a big fan of chicken cutlet, as i prefer chop over cutlet, but this chicken cutlet is nicely fried such that the juicy and tender chicken meat is wrapped with a thin crispy layer that does not stick to the meat. The mango sauce helps to add some "natural" sweetness to the meat, instead of the usual mayonaise or ketchup.

Braised Lamb Shank @ $9.90

The lamb shank comes as a big surprise because i wasn't expecting a stall in a kopi-tiam to churn out such a fine dish! The meat is tender and infused with the flavours of the herbs, so rich, dense and creamy! But do not expect a super-size-shank like those in Secret Recipe. For just $9.90... is there anything to complain? :)

Mashed Potatoes - This is served with the lamb shank. FyI, the mashed potatoes is really made from potatoes, boiled and mashed! It is not those that simply add hot water into the powdered form... It has bits of bacons inside as well, and also cheese!

Benny is definitely a place for cheap and good food. I suspect that there are very few customers probably because of its location...damn ulu! On top of that, the service is excellent for a kopi tiam. If I were to go back again, i will probably just go back for the lamb shank, but its a pity that most food are deep fried!

Benny is located @

Blk 18 Lorong 7 Toa PAyoh

Jin Biao Coffeeshop

Tel: 9691 5006

Wild Olives @ Airport T-2 Staff Canteen

Changi Airport is not just all about popeyes! Wild Olives - very nice and cheap western food hidden in T2. Not at the usual restaurants you see at T2, but at its ulu, secluded staff canteen... Its a challenge to find this place! If not for my sister's recommendation, I will never know about its existence!

Met her for lunch as my mentor for my internship happened to ask me to drop by her company to supervise some stuffs... yeah... "supervise" with the inverted commas! hehe!! So we went for a looooong lunch since I was a free man for the whole day! purrrfect! =)

Grilled Catfish with Dili sauce, served with Herbs Potatoes and steamed veggies
@ $5.50

Can you see that the catfish is so big and thick? Its so soft and tasty? and its not too oily! Its damn nice can!? my goodness for the price that I am paying I cannot believe it! The herb potatoes (those black black thing that you see at the top left) are also damn nice lar... Usually western food sides are either fries, wedges, jacket potatoes or potato salad, but this one is very unique! Some food are unique but cmi(cannot make it), but this one cmi(can make it!). It has a very special herbal taste, and the potatoes are not mushy... very nice to munch! + got healthy steamed veggies to add some fibre and slow digesting carbs to your meal!

I love everything la... and nothing was left on the plate! slurpZ~

Black Pepper Chicken Pasta @ somewhere around $3

My sis was telling me how great it was... but I had a taste of it... and i give it..erm.. just a pass. Its a tat too oily... like "hokkien mee", and the black pepper is not pepperish enough, but taste kinda sweet instead. And I don't like over-cooked pasta... this is over-cooked! So much bad comments, but looking at the brighter side... they are generous with the chicken... and of cos... the black pepper sauce... and the oil!

Wild Olives is located @
Changi Airport
Terminal 2
Level 3M
Note:
Fried Food is served on odd days
Grilled Food on even days

Pies and Tarts from Le Cafe

Cafe Le Pastry - I have passed by this place a couple of times whenever I visit Rochor Tau Huay (Bean Curd) Stall which is just a few shops away from here... but I nv took a second look at this shop, until today.

So many newspaper clippings, must be pretty good, and some bloggers actually gave a thumbs-up! My intent was to get the Bean Curd Tarts... which is similar to egg tarts, just that the filling is bean curd...

They are reputable for Tau Huay Tarts... but sadly...

The lady boss told us that they have ran out of stock, and we have to come another day! But as a consolation, we bought moon pies instead, after trying out samples given by them. The sample size was generous lor..unlike some stalls... so niao (Stingy). I also tried the brownie, which was pretty good, but there are better ones outside. The moon pie comes in 7 different flavour. (Anyway moon pies is quite similar to moon cake, with paste as its filling, but the skin is flaky). It comes in Coffee, Traditional, Salted, Yam, Green Tea, Red Bean etc... The paste is not too thick, but chewy and overall its pretty good... and it makes a good gift too esp they wrapped it up so nicely... hehe.

so we ordered the bean curd tarts... and come again the next day to collect it...

Bean Curd Tarts! True enough, the bean curd is smooth and silky, and the taste of bean curd is strong. I love it, my family love it.. all of us love it! one missing from the tray, cos its already in my tummy! haha!

264 Middle Road
Singapore 188990
Tel/Fax: +65 6337 2417

Operation Hours
Mondays to Saturdays
10:30 am – 7:00 pm
Sundays and Public Holidays
10:30 am – 3:00 pm

Visit: http://www.lecafe.com.sg

Boys Nite Out @ Sushi Tei Paragon

Finally met up with them after soooo long... cos all of us are scattered everywhere... working ones, NUS, NTU, SMU and one more MIA in Aust... keke.

And nothing beats good companions and good food!

Cha Soba with Chicken Katsu - Ordered by someone working in credit suisse leh (keke)... or is it cresit swiss? or suises? dunno la...
The cold noodles glisters with a nice green, and looks so yummy hor? The chicken katsu is not in the above picture... because these pictures are posted in a chronological order! and the Katsu actually came much later...

Curry Katsu Udon - Ordered by me... i was craving for some Jap curry! The jap curry in sushi tei has a sweet taste to it... not too viscous which will make u sick after eating a few mouthful... and the curry is rich in flavor! Oh ya.. and the udon is very chewy...

I think this is Chicken Katsu Don... too much flash... ugly picture~

Salmon Sushi - all i remember what that is was yummy, i cannot remember the proper name...

I remember this, its Golden Roll! and it costs $13! It has a large prawn wrapped within the rice, and topped with a slice of mango... it looks damn nice on the menu but it turns out ok only, the previous one which I ate at Vivocity, with prawn and cheese...

This mediocre looking Garlic Fried Rice ordered by our SMU student taste much better than how it looks! I stole a spoonful because i though it was quite interesting to try something unconventional. Surprisingly, it taste quite alike to sushi actually, probably because of the strong hint of vinegar... I kind of like this... + I remember this cost less than $10 only!

Some uninteresting Don...

and this is the chicken Katsu, no, Its Pork Katsu for the Cha Soba... finally it arrived... the cold noodles must have already turned to warm noodles... It looks so well-fried la... the exterior fried to a nice golden brown, and the interior still looks juicy... I want to try this next time!

and finally, Curry Katsu Don... very similar to what I ate... just that this is rice instead of udon, ordered by NUS student aka Bruce Lee...

Sushi Tei =)

Noodle House Ken @ Orchard Plaza

Craving for some ramen?

Come down to Noodle House Ken, specialist in authentic Japanese Ramen. The shop looks like those you see in "Japan Hour" which serves nothing much but ramen, with a counter surrounding the chef. Watch him skillfully toss the noodles while having your fill, making it even more appetising. i believe that a good ramen requires to fufil three criteria - good soupbase, good noodles and good ingredients that goes along.

Let's see how Ken's noodles fare.

Chef at work

Menu - There are in total 8 choices

Condiments on the table - Ice water is also served FOC.

Char Siew Ramen @ $12

I was so shocked when the ramen arrived, cos that bowl is really huge! Half of it is actually just nice for me.

Soup - 4.5/5.0 - The soup is actually prepared by double-boiling for 8 hours! Therefore, no MSG was used at all! The soup is indeed very tasty and full of flavour... it is quite salty but its not due to any added salt i guess, the saltiness could be from the results of 8 hours of double boiling, hence bringing out the flavour. Every single drop was slurped dry by me!

Noodle - 4.4/5.0 - If you like Ajisen noodles, you will dislike it after eating Ken's noodles! It is so Q,so chewy... and you can't help it but to slurp the noodles instead of the usual style of eating that bowl of mee pok you buy from the hawker center. I ate every single strand!

Ingredients - 4.8/5.0 - I simply loveee the char siew (Pork Slices), they are sliced quite thick, yet it is so soft! The added bamboo shoots adds some crunchiness to the occasion bites.

*Tip*: There's a bottle of white sesames, ground some into the broth while its hot and you are into some great broth!

Kimuchi Ramen @ $12

Almost similar to char siew ramen, just that the soup is a tat spicier, but fret not... it ain't as spicy as you think it is. The noodles and ingredients are almost the same as the charsiew ramen, just that there are additional kimchi.

Soup - 4.0/5.0 - The kimchi spoils the taste of the 8 hours double boiled broth. But it is still better than most kimchi soup which uses powder to make the soup base.


Verdict: I will defintely go back again for more!!! Anyway there is a 10% service charge... but do not expect great service.

Noodle House Ken is located @
150 Orchard Road
#01-17/18 Orchard Plaza

Operating hours:

Weekdays: 12 noon to 2 pm, 6 pm to 2 am
Sunday: 12 noon to 10 pm
Closed: 3rd Sunday every month