Managed to get there before the queue! They ran out of crayfish so we ordered the $6 prawn, $7 mackeral and $8 red groupa with 2 bowls of rice and 1 kway teow. The soup was robust and flavourful, with good quality ingredients and even tofu and handmade meatballs (apparently it's a mixture of flounder and pork meat) with mushrooms. Do note the prawn bowl also contains fish as well. Each bowl contains two large prawns as well. The kway teow ('crystal kwayteow') was really delicious as well, tossed lightly in a sauce and topped with crispy shallots.
DIY bowl which is quite value-for-money given the variety. Topped it with salmon sashimi, cherry tomatoes, broccolli, corn, avacado and onsen egg. The sashimi wasn't the freshest, as it was pre-cut. The avacado was generous, and the other toppings were fine. Not the best, but still a healthy fix.
First time trying orzo pasta and it tasted great, with bacon bits mixed in. However, it was a tad too oily, and I need to complain about the chicken itself. It was juicy and tender, but they stuffed the inside with too strong a seasoning (?) filling(tasted like rosemary) and the bacon kinda fell apart instead of wrapping nicely round the chicken. My cheese was also served downwards, with the heat of the orzo melting it before I could properly cut into it. Poor execution and lack of consistency, as my friend's chicken bleu had melted cheese atop the chicken. Concept of the dish is good, but still quite a few misses, especially with the cheese.
Such a beautiful garden on a plate, with more than 10 ingredients. There're crisp lotus roots, asparagus, cherry tomatoes, carrot, and even a poached egg atop a crisp, perfectly-seared duck breast. The duck breast was pink in the middle and still very moist.
Such a unique pasta stuffed with a delicious ricotta cheese filling, and tossed with wagyu beef ragout and in a tomato base.
Mini cast-iron skillet corn bread with corn, jalepenos and savoury bacon bits within. Plus some cheese. I like the fluffy texture of corn bread with the dollop of honey-whipped butter atop. Affordable for $10, and nice ambience too!
This carrot and beetroot soup was so flavourful-the colour was very pretty as well. It was a thin soup and served with a slice of homemade bread and sour cream (?Not sure what it is as it tasted sourish like yogurt) on the side. Unique flavours that blended well and made it a refreshing, light choice. (They served it in a cauldron-style pot to make it extra wicked)
The red and blue waffles sandwiched a hidden sticky surprise of gooey marshmallow. However, I felt the waffles lacked taste and were too chewy (maybe due to the marshmallow). The salted caramel and caramel biscuit ice-cream flavours were meh. Caramel biscuit was nice but the more I ate it the less caramel I could taste.
Can never stomach all 4 but can't resist ordering the exotic flavours such as matcha and red bean! Each bowl costs $2, I chose matcha, redbean, sesame and peanut tangyuan. The sesame and peanut reign supreme, with the fillings smooth. The matcha and redbean are a tad bit too sticky. But matcha flavour's real cool. The peanut soup was delish, not too sweet. Don't take away as they give you a very small container with little soup.
The whoaffles with gula melaka sauce($6)were really woah😍 The sauce requires $0.50 top-up. It was a huge, slightly crisp yet soft, aromatic waffle with a cute angular shape. We also ordered the brownie which comes with a scoop of cookies and cream ice-cream. The brownie was meh, tad bit dry and also not so much a brownie but rather a dry cake texture. The ice-cream paired really well with the brownie. Super cosy place to chill and catch-up!
$5 for these 2 plates. Kaya is very different, no preservatives I think? The toast is crisp and fragrant, but tbh the service sucked and I won't wish to travel all the way here for toast. The service was terrible-they acted as if their toast was the best and were just plain rude to us. So what if we are teenagers? I think they should relook into their service sector...
7 wonders ($7.80)
Decent bowl of ramen at an affordable price! The 7 wonders came with 7 ingredients: the shrimp was juicy and large, minced chicken, corn, black fungus, bamboo shoots, half an onsen egg and their homemade green chilli. I didn't enjoy the chilli so I left it out(supposed to mix in the soup). Onsen egg was great-the yolk was half-cooked and you can taste the soya. The chicken-pork broth was flavourful, and ramen noodles were 'qq' aka springy. Their menu also has smoked duck, beef, pork belly ramen as well.
