Banana Leaf Apollo @ Little India Arcade

Went with a few friends to this place a few years back, and have been craving for it ever since..

Awesome huge $4 fresh coconut drink

Chickn biryani set at $9.90, if you wanna save money, then that's the set for you, otherwise their food are served in 1 person portions, and can be pretty pricey depending on what you order...

Otherwise you can order ala carte like what I did to share with my friend, Biryani rice with veg at $3.50 and it is free flow! yes you heard me right, guys sure like it one, endless refill of rice and their two types of vegs, usually cabbage and brinjals...

Left side is prawn masala, look at the gorgeous prawn below, and right side is butter chicken masala.

Well, if you guys don't mind their pretty lousy service due to the fact that you can only place a order with a few specific waiters, as some waiters just serve and do not take orders from you... we called the waiters for nearly 10 times till we managed to get them to take our orders... otherwise the food served here has pretty good quality and taste..

They are located in between tekka market and the verge, at the shophouses at;
Little India Arcade, 48 Serangoon Road #01-32 s217959

XOXO,
CheryL

MEDZ @ Orchard Central

Most recently, I was at MEDZ with the bf... look at their pretty ornamental lightings, got a booth seat! :)

Got pretty ambitious with my ordering... XD

Bf ordered spaghetti beef bolognese, which was al dente, he finished them..

What most people would usually order at medz or marche.. I got the plain rosti, and how i eat it is usually spam chilli sauce and mix with the sour cream to accompany my every bite... Awesome texture..

Spanish omelette was really just one pax portion, so was the wings... Omelette was so-so, prefer the one i whipped up years back during IS classes at NP.. Wings wise, tasted like the bedok 85 wings, so for the price i paid, it was not worth?

Desserts galore!!! XD

Light and fluffy texture, not too sweet, not too jelat with the cream, but still can't fight au chocolat's fluffiness...

Earl Grey creme brulee! Like i love earl grey ttvm! This was okok? Partially cause the sugar on top was too burnt for my liking, plus the dish was so shallow, the portion of earl grey creme was so meagre...

This meal cost us $80, will only come back for their rosti though, heard service during peak hours is mad bad, cause they are pretty shorthanded... And i recently gotten a taste of their bad service last week... Though their beef kebab was not bad, tender and tasty! I dont think u guys nd address for this place, just located at B2 of orchard central... U guys shld go during non-peak hrs, as their svc was not that bad then...

Lim soup @ Bukit Merah

Lim Soup
Block 161 Bukit Merah Central, Dong Fong Fatt coffee shop
Open: 11.30am to 8pm or till sold out (Mondays to Saturdays), closed on Sundays and public holidays

I've been staying at redhill for the longest of time, and I didn't even know this shop opened till I started my new job in the vicinity in June... Apparently, a handful of bloggers as well as online news have been publicizing about how nourishing and awesome their soup are...

Their soup has no MSG, and they always serve a portion of lightly flavoured cabbage with their rice... and you can choose the rice as well, of course brown rice is always better then white rice, keeps you more filled as well... One of their signature soup is their double boiled old coconut chicken soup, and i reckon it is the best, though slightly pricier than the rest of their soups, sweet and light soup with tender chicken meat at $7.50 it was very worth, and honestly my favourite among all the soups that I've tried at their store...

Then they have a few variants of their steamed chicken patties, either with salted egg, with mushrooms, or with salted fish, costing $3.50 on its own, or the storeowner will drain the gravy into your porcelain bowl of rice then place the patty on top for an additional 50cent for white rice and 80cent for brown rice.. I've tried all of their patties and love it, not too salty, sweet and tender...

Definitely a must try! but if you're comparing to those chain food court soup stores or hawker centre stores, of course their price will be 50 cent cheaper, their soups are tasty as well and sometimes you get refills of soup with them... But well at Lim Soup, all I can is, you're paying every cent worth, from their rice to their patties to their no msg soups!

XOXO,

CheryL

To-gather cafe @ Bedok

Patronize a new cafe, but just for their desserts, as I was too full after lunch at bedok 85 hawker centre, just within 5 minutes walking distance, located at Blk 84 Bedok North Street 4... Such a pretty shop front! :)

Lotsa people on a saturday late afternoon, mostly families, and it was pretty 热闹 with lotsa kids..

Self-server water, cutleries, sauces corner..

The bartop table that I chose to seat at... pretty lightings pretty decors, family friendly with baby chairs provided..

Pretty wall decor and menu holder..

I ordered two of my most favourite kind of desserts, Matcha Lava Cake, and Early Gray Mousse cake... and get the best part? NETT PRICE CAFE!!! XD

Look at this awesome hot piece of circular cake...

Once I sliced it, it all flowed out, like liu sha bao... The matcha they use here wasn't like tsujiri's kind, kinda like those you get a bakery shops like phoon huat, the lower grade ones... I tasted condensed milk for the lava centre, so it was a tad too sweet since the cake exterior outside was sweet as well... they had a variation with ice-cream, but i'm glad I didn't order the ice-cream, otherwise sweet die me... the ice cream will probably match their chocolate lava cake better... nonetheless don't mind eating this again...

Earl grey mousse cake, those earl grey jelly in the middle layers were a first for me... Rather nice flavour and texture, but could use a stronger tea taste, as I'm a person that 注重 口味 和 味道 so every single essence in a dish has to be flavourful enough for me... Nonetheless, definitely will have this again next time...

That's about it for this post, when I come back here for their food, I'll post more about them again, otherwise you guys can google them and you'll find many other reviews...

XOXO,

CheryL

136 HK fishhead steamboat @ maxwell

I got to know of this place 4 years ago, when I was working at a job after my polytechnic diploma... Superb awesome food that I don't mind eating every week/month, and so far I've recommended a whole lot of friends there to try their awesome food... though sometimes when they are mad crowded, food takes crazily long to come like 0.5-1hour, which just makes hungry people really mad... other than that, they are quite fast when come to serving food during normal non-peak hours...

The dish that got me hooked, and bf hooked when i brought him there to try their food! Black bean sauce beef horfun, they have a fish variation of this dish if you are not beef-friendly... either way, i love the beef variation, though the sauce maybe a little salty due to the black bean sauce, but then again, without it, the taste would be so much diffrerent! you could suggest for the chef to make it less salty by putting lesser black beans... silky horfun, and tender beef meat, just the perfect match! cost $4 for a 2 person portion...

The next dish that got my bro and me hooked! Claypot mee tai mak! a dish even kids would love! minced meat, and prawns, and kailan veggies chopped finely, this dish is just so awesome... and it was my first to taste such a dish, i don't usually see claypot mee tai mak selling everywhere, cost $4 as well for a 2 person portion... when i say 2 person means 2 ladies la, guys prolly can eat whole bowl by himself...

And the highlights, what they are really famous for, other than their fish steamboat... is their salted egg pork ribs! they best ever that my family and I have eaten... soft and tender, not too salty, crisp outside, tender inside... $8 for their small portion...

Was just trying out their 3 egg spinach, as we never had this before, and it is mediocre, other places served better versions of this and cheaper, there is one store at Mei Chin Hawker centre that sells a small portion at i think $6 or $8? this was $10 i think...

Another new dish we decided to try, as we usually don't order this, usually is just horfun, mee tai mak, salted pork ribs, and a simple vegetable, or slice fish soup... this was meh... prefer the hainan tze char store near alexandra food village hawker...

My family usually not keen on fish head, so we went for the slice fish version, $20 for a small pot that can feed 4, they do refill the soup for you if you request... so its a really huge portion, lotsa yams and vegetables in this soup, and its light and fragrant... 

And if you do look for reviews, I've also personally tried their mongolian beancurd before, and its pretty awesome.. Oh and they have a fried baby crispy squid that i find it nice as well... Another must try is their deep fried oyster egg, its so fluffy I could die, oyster are relatively huge and fresh, goes so well with the sweet and sour chilli sauce they have(pardon me but i did not keep the pictures)..

They are located at;
291 South bridge road (just beside maxwell food centre, the shop house that houses tong heng egg tarts)
Singapore 058836.
Tel: (+65) 9437 8260

XOXO,
CheryL

126 dimsum @ Geylang

Wanted to bring my m'sia girfie to swee choon to try out some awesome dim sum, plus it was air conditioned, end up they were so full, we just decided to hop over to wan dou sek dim sum to try.. imagine 4 girls walking along the streets of geylang, that's just so ew...

The spread that the four of us ordered to share, basically not alot... but prices were pretty up there, on average, every piece of dim sum cost us at least a dollar, which one bamboo long will cost about $4-5... plus the menu look so meh... at 11+ when we went there, there wasn't even much tables occupied, it was practically like 10% store occupancy including us...



Siew Mai was averagely fine..

Didn't touched the Har Gows, cause they are not my kind of thing...

The highlights should be the XLBs if they had done it properly, but then they didn't! So it tasted like the mediocre steam dumplings, no soup one lor, so dry..

Then this was the highlights! Signature Beancurd Mango Salad, they made the tofu and it was fried, so it was cripsy on the outside and soft on the inside, with all that mango salad sauce, this was the awesomest, but i think this plate of 4 pieces cost us $6, but ok la, worth every bite, can't hiam..

Then was scammed by this dish, it says steam egg with birdnest... so initially every one thought it was either the birdnest has been incorporated into the egg and steamed together, or they steam the egg then birdnest on top, which is the one that it looks like in the picture, i forgot the price but at least got $3, but the portion is those foodcourt $1 chawanmushi portion, and everyone thought it was supposed to be a dessert, so we expected it to be sweet... to my disgust, it was salty! like =.=, will never order this dish ever again, rather go JB eat my xu liu shan, the birdnest coconut so yummy there... :)

Don't why when i went there on their menu got no liu sha bao, so didn't order :( Anyways, won't come here again, don't even know what the rave was about in the past, either I order wrong dishes, or the dropped their standards, still I rather go my swee choon to eat, no wonder there the queue epic long, and here like hauntedly quiet, almost thought we went wrong location... If you guys wanna try, they are located at;

126 Eating House  

126, Sims Avenue. （Between Geylang Lorong 15 & 17)Tel: 67464757/67454869Open 24 hours daily, close on alternate Tuesday.

XOXO,

CheryL

Special Shanghai Timsum @ Maxwell

Hi guys! Today im here to blog about my childhood favourite since i had them at margaret drive hawker centre in my primary school days... Till i went to the secondary school that was situated near this hawker.. Up till now when its demolished and has moved to maxwell food centre... They never once fail to disappoint me in terms of taste..

Back then at the old hawker, they always serve you refillable hot tea, for just the price of 10cent for that styrofoam cup that you use... And guoties were larger than... Now its smaller, but nonetheless quality and price pretty much same! All they ever serve and have ever served are their fried/steam dumplings, fried nian gao, hor fun, beijing noodles and sweet and sour soup...

Tada! The ever famous guo tie, $4 for 8 pcs and $5 for 10pcs, u do the math if you guys wanna order more...

Look at the yummy meat juicyness, and crispy exterior... Taste never once changed till now..

And if you do want a healthier version, you guys can always get the steamed ones at the same price... Direct translated from its chinese name, they call it "scholar dumplings"... I guess they meant to give you gd luck before ur big exams... XD same juicyness same taste, i usually just doused the dumplings with vinegar and ginger and some of their chilli...

I ate their beijing noodles since young, and it was always $3 for a huge plate that 2 girls can share with heap lots of eggy gravy and generous among of seafood, veggies and meat.. But my bro usually prefers the hor fun version, silky and awesome..

And then i'll sometimes get their sweet and sour soup when im in the mood for it... I reckon same gravy as what they use for the noodles, just with the added vinegar and spicky kick... Though it wasn't spicy at all to me... Same generous portions of seafood and meat, $3 for a huge bowl that can be shared by 2-3 girls... 

That's all for now..

Xoxo,

CheryL