The sandwiches at Folk Yard are as impressive as their pizzas. I ordered Pesto & Mozzarella ($15) and it is soooo good. The pistachio pesto is rich, nutty and savoury. It is served on a slice of toasted sourdough with thick mozzarella slices and juicy roasted tomatoes. An absolute flavour bomb - 5/5⭐️!
I thought their specialty lies in their meat rice bowls but the Original Chirashi ($20.90) was surprisingly delicious as well. The generous serving of sashimi cubes (eg. salmon, tuna, octopus) and ikura is fresh and well seasoned.
Original Wagyu Beef ($22.90) comes with seared Wagyu beef pieces that are juicy and smokey. The flavour of the beef really comes through and served with a poached egg, tobiko and pickles, this is one satisfying rice bowl.
Hokkaido Butadon ($16) comes with tender pieces of Iberico Secreto (note: for that lack of a better description, that refers to the armpit of a pig😂) glazed in Nikiri sauce (sweet soy sauce) and grilled to perfection. The rice bowl comes with onsen egg, mushrooms and pickles. I like that this is not too sweet and the pork has a really nice texture.
Mama Wee Hainanese “Kou Rou” Set ($11.80) comes with braised pork belly, your choice of vegetables (Hainanese Stewed Vegetables or Heavenly Four), your choice of egg (Fried Egg or Long Bean Omelette) and rice.
The pork belly is soft and savoury, and it goes very well with the rice drenched in a rich curry. The Heavenly Four consists of eggplant, long bean, lotus root and tofu stir fried in a fragrant and slightly spicy sauce - this is surprisingly tasty!
Overall, the portion is generous and I enjoyed this more than I expected - what a hearty meal!
Visited Ma Maison for their Weekday Lunch Set and the Hamburg Steak Lunch ($17.80) comes with soup, mini salad, hamburg steak, choice of rice or bread, and a drink of your choice (or ice cream). As usual, their hamburg steak was juicy and delicious and it goes well with the rice and sunny side up. Can’t get enough of this!
The Supreme Meal ($12.80) comes with your choice of 2 meats, 2 vegetables and rice. The concept is similar to Cai Fan, except that the dishes are served in bowls for diners to pick and choose, and they are mainly Sichuan dishes.
There is a variety of cold and hot dishes, and the food is generally flavourful and tasty, such as the eggplant with minced beef, Mapo tofu and pigs tongue. The portion is very generous as well - had this for lunch and it was a straight train to food coma🤪 Enjoyed this!
For desserts, we tried the Flan ($12), which was Spanish cream caramel with spiced pestinos pastries, and Arroz Con Leche ($14), which comprised of Spanish rice pudding, roasted pineapple and rose rice ice cream. The desserts are rich and comforting - I like the jiggly flan!
We also ordered Fideos Negro ($32), which was pasta cooked in squid ink with clams, tiger prawns and garlicky aioli. The seafood was fresh and the squid ink sauce was full of umami. However, for some reason, the pasta was broken into short pieces - not sure if that was intentional but I would have preferred the noodles to remain long. Nonetheless, this was still very tasty.
We tried a total of 6 tapas and they were all sooo good:
▪️CANGREJO - Warm crumpet with spanner crab, saffron emulsion and finger lime ($9)
▪️PEZ REAL - Cold-smoked kingfish with pine nut sorbet and gazpacho ($12)
▪️CROQUETA - Creamy leek and lobster croquette with piquillo pepper ($9)
▪️ABALÓN - Slow-cooked abalone, finished over charcoal, Iberico pork lardo, butter emulsion ($16)
▪️PULPO - Spanish octopus cooked over coals with pork sobrasada sauce and potato ($16)
▪️PINCHO - Angus beef skirt, aged 150 days, grilled over charcoal on a skewer, onion and sherry sauce ($20)
Each tapas was an explosion of flavours and textures, and the execution was flawless. The crab tart was creamy and delicious, the grilled abalone was succulent and buttery, and the Angus beef skirt was so soft it almost melted in one’s mouth. Glad that I was sharing these with just 1 other person as I would not want to share these with a 3rd person😂
I have eaten at Hundred Grains 百米香 a couple of times and I always over-order without fail😂 It’s hard to resist when you have a spread to choose from - this is literally cai png heaven. You can help yourself to the dishes which are charged by weight ($3.18/100g). There is also free flow drinks and carbs (rice, brown rice or porridge).
Personally, I prefer the non-meat dishes to the meat dishes - the mapo tofu, tomato omelette, cabbage and various mushroom and beancurd dishes are quite good. Meat wise, the braised pork belly is quite tough and some of the items are pretty salty. The braised chicken feet and pig ears are not bad though.
Overall, there are hits and misses but kudos to the variety, free flow items and fast service!
Tried the Grilled Cheese with Cod Roe Mazesoba ($18.30) and surprisingly, it is not jelak at all👍🏻The aromatic cheese and savoury cod roe go well together - together with a slice of soft chashu, bamboo shoots, spring onion and springy noodles, this is one hearty bowl of mazesoba. Added an extra piece of chicken karaage for extra indulgence - yums!
