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Singapore

Fro Roll Review: Dark Chocolate Volcano And Strawberry Ice-Cream Pot At Potong Pasir

Fro Roll serves flower pots and volcanoes for dessert Update: Fro Roll is now permanently ceased trading. Ever since I was a kid, I’ve always been in awe of nature because of how b

Fro Roll Review: Dark Chocolate Volcano And Strawberry Ice-Cream Pot At Potong Pasir
Singapore

10 Affordable Vegetarian Restaurants With Mains Below $10 For #MeatlessMondays

Those in the West have another vegetarian joint to head to for #meatlessmondays. Newly opened in June this year, Time’s Vege is a double-storey restaurant that’s a stone’s throw aw

10 Affordable Vegetarian Restaurants With Mains Below $10 For #MeatlessMondays
Singapore

Crackerjack Review: Weekend Brunch At Tanjong Pagar With Nothing More Than $20++

Crackerjack’s new brunch menu balances healthy and sinful Update (5 April 2019): Crackerjack has permanently ceased trading.

Crackerjack Review: Weekend Brunch At Tanjong Pagar With Nothing More Than $20++
Australia

Swan Valley: Food Haven Near Perth With Loads Of Cheap Wine and Good Food

Swan Valley in Perth is a wine and cheese lover’s Disneyland After months of draining, sometimes hair-wrenchingly stressful days stuck in front of a desk, it’s only human to want a

Swan Valley: Food Haven Near Perth With Loads Of Cheap Wine and Good Food
Singapore

10 Popular Cafes That Open At Night So You Can Have Brunch Food For Dinner

Wild Honey specialises in breakfast, and features breakfast sets representative of cuisines across the world. Their breakfast menu runs all day, every day, so it ’ s probably one o

10 Popular Cafes That Open At Night So You Can Have Brunch Food For Dinner
Singapore

King’s Laksa Steamboat Review: Laksa Steamboat Buffet With Free-Flow Fried Chicken Wings

King’s Laksa Steamboat offers laksa soup and har cheong gai Update: King’s Laksa Steamboat is permanently ceased trading. Whenever my family visits a zi char restaurant, I always k

King’s Laksa Steamboat Review: Laksa Steamboat Buffet With Free-Flow Fried Chicken Wings
Japan

Tachinomiya Review: First Japanese Izakaya To Open At A HDB Block

Tachinomiya – a Japanese bar at a HDB block Whenever “ izakaya ” is mentioned, I tend to think of swanky Japanese bars found at the edges of the CBD.

Tachinomiya Review: First Japanese Izakaya To Open At A HDB Block
Singapore

10 Concept-Dining Restaurants That Don’t Feel Anything Like Dining In Singapore

Aeroplane food – you either love it or hate it. If you fall into the latter category, there’s finally something that might change your mind. Sushi Airways is an airplane-themed Jap

10 Concept-Dining Restaurants That Don’t Feel Anything Like Dining In Singapore
Singapore

Mr Prawnie Review: Giant Hokkien Mee On A Secret Menu At A Kopitiam In Ang Mo Kio

Giant Hokkien mee with crayfish and lobster Update : Mr Prawnie’s address from 18 July 2017 onwards is Blk 304 Ubi Avenue 1, #01-95, L32 Coffee Shop, Singapore 400304. From fried c

Mr Prawnie Review: Giant Hokkien Mee On A Secret Menu At A Kopitiam In Ang Mo Kio
Singapore

Ivan’s Carbina Review: Get Rosti And Cheap Steaks From This Kopitiam Stall

Ivan’s Carbina offers rosti at a kopitiam Despite tonnes of Western dining options popping up all over the place, those serving affordable rosti are hard to find.

Ivan’s Carbina Review: Get Rosti And Cheap Steaks From This Kopitiam Stall
United States

The Diner By The Travelling C.O.W Review: Famous Food Truck With Ramen Burgers

Ramen burgers by The Travelling C.O.W My first trip to the United States two years back landed me right smack in Los Angeles – home to Hollywood and a host of trendy restaurants.

The Diner By The Travelling C.O.W Review: Famous Food Truck With Ramen Burgers
Singapore

Car Born Cafe Review: Car-Themed Cafe With Cute Animal Lava Choux Puffs In JB

Get cute lava choux puffs at Car Born Cafe Update: Car Born Cafe has closed down.

Car Born Cafe Review: Car-Themed Cafe With Cute Animal Lava Choux Puffs In JB
Japan

Ninja Cut Review: Hipster Japanese Cafe For Mentaiko And Matcha Lovers

Ninja Cut has brunch for you and your Insta-feed When it comes to food nowadays, you’re not the only one that needs feeding. In fact, at most places, you’ll find smartphones and ca

Ninja Cut Review: Hipster Japanese Cafe For Mentaiko And Matcha Lovers
Singapore

10 Child-Friendly Restaurants To Brunch At While Watching Your Kids Play

With a Kid’s Corner that comprises of a bouncy castle, balloon sculpting activities, bowling and an archery lane, weekends at Vineyard is truly a kid’s paradise. As you watch your

10 Child-Friendly Restaurants To Brunch At While Watching Your Kids Play
Singapore

Hook On Steamboat Review: Cheese Fondue Steamboat Near Kembangan MRT

Get your cheese fix for $20 Update (4 April 2019): Hook On Steamboat has permanently shut down.

Hook On Steamboat Review: Cheese Fondue Steamboat Near Kembangan MRT
Singapore

Skyve Wine Bistro Review: Uni Pasta And Soft Shell Crab Udon That’ll Reignite Your Love For Seafood

Breaking my uni v-card at Skyve Update: Skyve now has a new menu and the dishes mentioned in this review are no longer available. When it comes to seafood, I always stick to the us

Skyve Wine Bistro Review: Uni Pasta And Soft Shell Crab Udon That’ll Reignite Your Love For Seafood
Singapore

Xiao Ya Tou Review: Wacky East-Meets-West Fusion Brunch At A Retro-Chic Bistro

Cafe Brunch with A Crazy Asian Twist Tucked away on quiet Duxton Hill, Xiao Ya Tou is a modern fusion restaurant and bar that boldly revolts against convention.

Xiao Ya Tou Review: Wacky East-Meets-West Fusion Brunch At A Retro-Chic Bistro
Japan

Matchaya Review: A Dessert Cafe Serving Everything Made Of Matcha

Matcha and houjicha fit for Japanese royalty Update: Matchaya has a new outlet at The Cathay, #01-08.

Matchaya Review: A Dessert Cafe Serving Everything Made Of Matcha
Singapore

Full of Luck Club Review: Contemporary Cantonese Cuisine At A Hip Location

Filled with good food, full of good luck Picture a chill restaurant with a large mural of a Chinese dragon on one side, and a bar with purple neon lights shining bright above it tu

Full of Luck Club Review: Contemporary Cantonese Cuisine At A Hip Location
Singapore

Sin Lee Foods Review: Celebrating Their 2nd Anniversary With All-New Calrose Bowls

A new take on the traditional brunch fare Update (4th April 2019): Sin Lee Foods has permanently ceased trading.

Sin Lee Foods Review: Celebrating Their 2nd Anniversary With All-New Calrose Bowls
Singapore

Populus Review: New Hipster Cafe At Duxton That’s About To Get Really Popular

Populus Will Have The Cool Kids Coming To Their Yard It’s hard for cafes to stand out as the hipster cafe scene gets increasingly saturated.

Populus Review: New Hipster Cafe At Duxton That’s About To Get Really Popular
Italy

Erwin’s Gastrobar Review: Your Favourite New Chill Spot 10 Minutes From Orchard

Bar food with Italian pizzaz In a world where gastro bars are popping up around every corner like the annoying critters in your favourite whack-a-mole machine, Erwin’s Gastrobar se

Erwin’s Gastrobar Review: Your Favourite New Chill Spot 10 Minutes From Orchard
Singapore

FYR Cycene Onc Drinc Review: Unpretentious Modern European Brunch

I typically avoid pretentious-sounding joints like the plague, but I couldn’t help but to be intrigued by FYR’s new brunch menu. The food they serve deviates from the usual eggs be

FYR Cycene Onc Drinc Review: Unpretentious Modern European Brunch
Singapore

Bridge New Menu Review – Modernist Inspired Bistro Fare At Fantastic Prices

Bridge is a bistro that is more than meets the eye. You’ve heard of all the components before, but their application might just prove to be a riveting and wondrous dining experienc

Bridge New Menu Review – Modernist Inspired Bistro Fare At Fantastic Prices