Welcome to Joo Chiat.

I had heard positive things about this shop. The basic ingredients were decent and the baguette was well toasted, but the unusual meat floss affected the experience.

Wild mushrooms, crispy kale, shoyu butter sauce, Parmigiano Reggiano and togarashi. This is vegetarian. The idea is fantastic and the sauce was tasty, but the noodles were overcooked.

Another sando joint. This uses 12-hour sous vide Kurobuta pork collar, shredded cabbage, tonkatsu sauce, Japanese mayo and Japanese milk bread. The meat had everything good Japanese pork has - flavour, texture and fats. Although it's enjoyable, I still find it overpriced.

We were strolling in Joo Chiat and saw them open. It was a surprise but we just ordered two slices. Still very good to me, but the fiancee felt the standard has dropped since Mr Mohgan passed away.

You know your food is going to be good when the Vietnamese servers start taking your orders quite angrily 😂 and true enough the food here we had was very decent and definitely above average! It was an authentic experience as well as there were Vietnamese people dining around us!

To me, the Vietnamese Spring Rolls ($10) are a must order, as the crispy outer shell is just so inviting. The ones here are quite huge, and I'm glad they were stuffed with quite abit of pork meat. Pair them with the sweet chilli sauce and you got yourself a wonderful side 😍

The Rare Beef Noodle Soup ($9.50) was really comforting and the broth flavour was quite deep! Noodles were cooked just right and beef slices were tender. This is one hearty soup to have on rainy days! The portion was big as well.

Their Beef Stew with Baguette ($10) is also a must order. The beef cubes were really tender, and it was SO flavourful. It was both sweet and savoury and it was such a good stew to just dip the bread in. Speaking of which, the baguette or banh mi was perfectly baked; crispy on the outside and fluffy within. Give me that and the stew and I will be a happy man.

Dishes mentioned above are recommended! The rest were okay. I'm definitely coming back here if I'm around in the joo chiat region!

𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐛 𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐰𝐢𝐜𝐡 (4⭐️; $23) - Crisp on the outside and pillowy soft toast packed full of flower crab with sweet mayo, tangy pickled-shallots, juicy umami pops of ikura, and refreshing herb salad.

𝐓𝐨𝐦 𝐲𝐮𝐦 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐬 (4⭐️; $24) - Delicious sharing plate of fresh, plump, and juicy @ahhuakelong mussels. The homemade Tom yum rempah hit all the right sweet, tangy, savory, and spicy notes. If nitpicking, did wish for the mussels to be better cleaned as several had the beard still attached.

𝐁𝐮𝐚𝐡 𝐤𝐞𝐥𝐮𝐚𝐤 𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐚𝐨 (3.5⭐️; $18) - Distinct earthiness and deep buah keluak notes with well-rendered pork belly sandwiched in a crisp bao. Did find it to lean on the richer side and would have preferred for pairing of tangier achar (over the current nuttier rendition) for better balance.

𝐃𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐟𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐬 (4⭐️; $15) - Delectable sharing bites of moist and buttery financiers paired with creamy and umami chicken liver mousse. Personally found the zesty orange peel to be polarizing, adding a refreshing touch yet detracting from the richer stars.

Big prawns were quite good.

The broth itself tastes the same as the ones with the normal prawns. It's not extra briny from the big prawns

The broth is very strong. It's quite intense, but quite salty. It's kind of like if you stewed the normal soup down. In which case it's not as creamy from pork or briny from prawn as I rmbed

Overall a decent bowl, definitely not worth the travel

The sauce is sublime. It's quite sweet, very intense, and there's a strong fruitiness to it. Not sure how they achieved it, but it's miles ahead of your average tomato sauce

Worth a try if you're nearby

The oxtail is extremely tender. The sauce is meh tho, it's not umami enough nor thick enough, abit too sweet

Overall a good version, but the place is damn ulu so it's really not worth the journey under the sun at all

Prawns were very good. Pasta had a pretty decent texture. But bottarga sucked. Bitter with terrible flavour, I couldn't bring myself to even finish half of it

Not to mention they charge the same as a CBD pasta wth

Ew

Also I saw the pizzas, the dough looks limp so definitely no reason to visit