Herbs and Spices

In a tiny, little Hawker Centre near where we are living at the moment, Joo Chat Place, there is Indian Italian fusion stall. Random as it sounds, it is fantastic. I have eaten Curry, Pizza, Naan, Okra and this Slow Cooked Beef Risotto. Great value too. They won't be there long though, they are moving to the Arab quarter in the New Year. Definitely one to watch as they move out of their little hawker centre into a restaurant.

Brunch at Melt, Mandarin Oriental

The best brunch I have ever been too!

The variety was awesome, the quality was exceptional and the Champagne and cocktails was free flowing!

Japanese Supermarket

Stumbled across this in Clarke Quay. A Japanese supermarket stocking a wide variety of weird and wonderful Japanese brands. I particularly like Collon and Pocky!

Satay Street

At night fall, the street behind Lau Pat Sat Hawker Centre comes to life with dozens of Satay Stalls, all claiming they do "the best Satay in Singapore" if not the world! So once you get over the hustle of every stall wanting you to sample their Satay, and take a seat on a table in the busy closed off street, you realise they all do exactly the same. Choose from 5 or 6 set menus, varying from enough Satay for 1 person, up to enough for a small country. We chose Set C, between 3 of us, which was about 60 pieces, plus, compacted rice, cucumber and of course the sweet nutty Satay sauce.

Black Pepper Crab

Another Singaporean Classic. I preferred it to the Chili Crab, mainly because there is less sauce so you can really get stuck in! The sauce resembles a peppercorn sauce that you would traditionally have with a steak. Also, this crab was particularly meaty, so I recommend a visit to Jumbo Seafood, East coast Park, for any of their Crab dishes.

Halia Restaurant - Botanical Gardens

Excellent quality Food and a beautiful setting. Nestled in the Ginger Gardens of Singapores Botanical Gardens.

Seafood Chimichangas, Pork and Portobello Burger and a glass or two of Prosecco to wash it down.

the garden slug

We visited The Garden Slug, eat drink don't think, 55 Lorong L Telok Kurau.

Amazing dessert! Poached Pear, Cinnamon ice cream, Chocolate Brownie (on a stick!), and Tiramisu. Don't worry I shared it!

Main was Chicken Kebabs, Salad with a Lemon infused olive oil dressing and a mashed jacket potato, (Bit random, but tasted great).

Singaporean Chinese Wedding

It was an honour to be invited to a Singaporean Chinese wedding, we were warmly welcomed into their family home, encouraged to indulge in a huge spread of food from all walks of Singaporean origins from curry, to Duck, to Sushi, plus several desserts. We were even lucky enough to witness the traditional Tea Drinking Ceremony.

Mushroom Dumplings and Fried Green Spaghetti

LivinGreens, Beach Road, is a Vegan café offering a delicious variety of innovative, vegan dishes. You can choose from a menu of Asian and Western favourites.

I had Fried Green Curry Spaghetti, "Semolina Spaghetti stir-fried with fragrant, mildly spicy green curry sauce", plus Mushroom Dumplings, which are described as "Succulent Mushrooms enclosed in beetroot-flavoured whole wheat flour wraps"

I highly recommend the dumplings!

Tom Yum Noodles

Thai Dish.

Out of a choice of 3 types, I chose Mee Noodles.

Prawns and Squid in a red curry coconut soup, with a delicate balance of sugar and fish sauce.

Fish Head Curry

Yes, it's the head, not the body, what do you need that for when you can eat the head!?

I was a bit of a cynic before trying this, but it was actually really good. The curry was full of fresh ingredients, like Tomatoes and Okra, with just the faintest fish flavour. The fish head itself was a Red Mullet, which has a lot of meat on the neck area and the flesh was very meaty and tender. I even tucked into the head, to pull out the cheek meat, apparently it's the second best bit... after the eyes!

Chilli Padi Nonya Restaurant

Peranakan Beef Noodle and Lime Juice

This was my first Peranakan cuisine. Peranakan is the term used for descendants of Chinese immigrants to the Indonesian area in the 15th and 16th Century Colonial era. Locals in Singapore seem to describe Peranakan as a cross between Malay and Chinese. Perankan people were traditionally the middlemen for trades between British and the Chinese, so it seems apt that was taken there by a Chinese friend!

The Beef Noodles were fantastic, the Beef was very tender, slow cooked stewing steak, which I was not expecting.

Add to that 1 Egg! Every local dish has an Egg! Poached this time, for a change.

Lifestyle Nyonya Bar, Pahang Street

Moules and Frites

A fantastic meal, Mussels and fries, at Brussel Sprouts, Robertson's Quay, Singapore.

The Mussels were cooked in Black Pepper, Butter, Celery, Onion and Parsley. There was that many flavours to choose from I could not decide! I had to just go for the House Special in the end. I am sure I will be back to sample the rest.

They also stock 120 different beers, whilst we were there a friend had a Rose Beer.

Korma Vegetable Roti Mariyam

Went for lunch in an Islamic Restaurant on North Bridge Road. Stubbled across it really on the way to another place. Great find though. Downstairs was full so we were taken upstairs to a very quaint, traditional room, heavily decorated with elaborately embroidered material draped over the walls, that also homed some oil paints of Islamic figures, it even had cheesy Indian Music!

I had the Roti Mariyam Set Menu, with Chicken Korma and curried Potato.

A Roti is another form of flat bread, in-between a Naan and a chapatti in terms of thickness and density, but it has a slightly flaker structure to it. I think this one had been fried too.

Curry Puff

Curry Puffs come a variety of forms. This one is the most traditional one that I have found, the most common ones resemble cornish pasties. They originate from Malaysia, but they are a typical breakfast or afternoon snack for Singaporeans and Taiwanese . They are pastry parcels filled with curried potato, chicken and vegetable.

Lebanese

Good falafel, really light and crispy with a lot of sesame seeds.

Gulf Beach, Arab Street.