Sweetest little things ❤: Food in Singapore

Flee Away Cafe

11:00 PM

It hasn't been long since I've returned from Vietnam so there's a lot of catching up to do

A little discrete cafe located along Dunlup Street, we had to walk a little distance before we finally found the shop but it was definitely worth the walk.

Flee Away furnished with its really adorable and unique interior was was the perfect place for my friend Alicia and I to do a little catch up after papers.

We fell in love with the place upon entering cause it was such a cozy place.

What tops it off is the little "flee market" available in the form of boxes where people could sell their stuffs there.

We were recommended to try the Le Char Kuay ($12.50 - $15.50) which is something like a baguette with a good twist to it.

It's sandwich is in the form of you tiao and they offer a good variety of unique fillings topped with some salad and papadum chips which is definitely worth the try.

Alicia and I chose the curry chicken and dry laksa Le Char Kuay to share which was amazing.

Personally, I preferred the Dry Laksa Le Char Kuay. The taste of both really came well together and it wasn't too oily like how I thought it might have been.

We then finished up our meal with dessert.

For dessert, we went for the Waffle with Gula Melaka Pudding ($8.50) which seemed to be the most interesting item on the dessert menu.

The dish is made up of a waffle with pudding made of sago seeds with some sprinkles.

Topped off with some sugar syrup and coconut available at the side along with some whipped cream.

This taste best with both avail syrups poured over and eaten together.

I think I would have preferred if there was some syrup which wasn't too thick so that it would be more smoothing and put together.

Overall I would say that it is quite an innovative and interesting place to visit.

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Flee Away
70 Dunlop Street Singapore 209398 (Little India MRT)

Tel: +65 63417843

Opening Hours: 11am to 9pm (Tues-Thurs),

11am to 11pm (Fri-Sat), 10am-5pm (Sun),

Closed Mon

Beauty World

Joo Mak Korean Restaurant 주막

12:59 AM

Got to know about this place awhile back after seeing how delicious the food looks on a friend's instagram and..

Tadah! This place was immediately placed in the list of "I have to try it out!"

In a matter of days, Alicia and I decided to head down after school for early dinner.

Never would I have thought of going into Beauty World for food since I was always only in the area for Prata or Dim Sum.

Truly a good new food place found now within the area, yay!

The stall is run entirely by a Korean family

and don't be surprise if a group of Korean businessman/ladies just walk into the place.

They know English so all's fine when it comes to the ordering of dishes.

The place might look small but considering it's location, it wasn't really packed even though we were down on a Friday night.

Since there were only the 2 of us, we couldn't order much and thank goodness we didn't.

They serve quite a large portion! (not that I'm complaining) that we couldn't finish.

Every meal came with 3 side dishes so this was pretty much how packed our table for 4 was just for the 2 of us fun-sized people.

After doing a tinge of research on the place, many reviewed saying that the 자장면 (Soybean Paste Noodle) was a must to order.

Since that was the case, we had to order and taste how good it was.

Can I tell you how much I love the sauce of this?!

We wiped the sauce clean off the bowl.

The onion taste wasn't too strong (which is a plus point for me) and the cucumber just slightly freshens and sweetens the taste of it.

Its the kind of taste where I wanted to have more even though my tummy tells me not to.

The next dish we ordered was bbq beef (I think it was beef).

I wouldn't say it is extraordinary or anything but the portion was worth the price.

You know how those in kopitiams just dump a whole lot of vegetables below and cover the top with meat just to make it look really worth?

This was the opposite, the hotplate was just filled with meat. Most of it.

Kimchi, Omelette and Beansprout.

Honestly speaking, I didn't know what was in the rest of the side dishes but happily had them anyway.

There's so much more on the menu that I would really love to try such as the pancake (which I saw was humongous), the BBQ stuff (the portion I saw too was super generous) and so much more but blame my small tummy and the fact that I'm not rich.

I can't wait to find a time to head down again.

Probably being thick skin enough this time round to step a bit and speak that pathetic tinge of Korean greetings I learned last semester (and return most to the teacher) :P

144 Upper Bukit Timah Road, 04-01 Beauty World Centre
Singapore 588177

Daily: 11.30am - 3pm, 5pm - 2am

Closed on Mondays: 11.30am - 3pm

For dinner, I suggest a time after 530pm would be better as it wasn't open at 5 when I was there.

Calton Hotel

Wah Lok Cantonese Restaurant

5:01 PM

A month back, we visited this restaurant to celebrate my Mum's birthday.

Since my Mum's side is canto and my grandparents were joining us, we settled for this place that we've heard about but have never tried:

This might sound exaggerated but I can't express how much I LOVEEE the food at this restaurant.

We took what we were recommended (they were so professional and patient) and whatever was ordered didn't disappoint us!

APPETIZERS:

First up was the Fried Squid.

Unlike others that I've tried, their's was crispy on the outside yet retaining the right amount of 弹性

("springy" is it? pardon my mix of languages and poor use of vocab)

Up next, we were served with Fried Century Egg.

I've always only had this in my porridge (I don't favour porridge) and I would never have thought of eating it this way.

I would say that it didn't taste much of a difference from the usual just that it's more chewy.

But I would still say it was worth a try since it was something different after all.

MAIN DISHES:

After we were done, we were each served with a Salted Egg Scallop on lettuce.

We only had 1 each but it was more than enough to make me fall in love with it.

It wasn't too oily and had the right amount of crisp and yet soft on the inside.

Paired with the fresh cool lettuce, it was simply perfection.

(I want 1 soo badly now as I type).

The 2nd dish was Stone Fish (?) Herbal Soup.

Didn't manage to get a photo of it but I liked it cause of it's herbal taste.

I've this thing for herbal tasting soup but for those who don't like those taste, I would say not to order it.

Our 3rd dish - Garlic Fried Broccoli.

Honest confession: I have never tasted broccoli in my life and this was my first.

I still wouldn't say that I like it and I will never order this if I'm given a choice.

(I'm so sorry to all who thinks broccoli is nice, it's just not my type of greens.)

Next is this pot of Fish which I sadly do not remember what fish it is.

It's not some fish you can easily find outside at normal stores and I'll say it's worth a try.

Its really tender yet with a slight crisp on the exterior.

Our last main dish was Braised Pig Trotters.

I cannot explain how tender this is with the right amount of fats in it.

Although this might be a commonly found dish, the one at Wah Lok has been by far one of the best I've tasted.

DESSERT:

For myself, as usual, I ordered a Mango Pomelo Sago.

I would say that it's quite average tasting and I won't exactly say recommend ordering it.

If you're a fan of this, I would say to visit those shops that solely sell desserts.

I'm sure you'll find those better tasting.

My Dad and Sis ordered Osmanthus Cake & Pastry.

They said that the Osmanthus Cake was not bad but it's still not that comparable to the next dessert that I would be talking about which is also the best

They always say "keep the best for the last" therefore..

the best among all the dessert we've tried Fried Durian Ice Cream.

My Dad and Sis are huge fans of Durian, not me but apparently this won me over.

The ice cream is really freshly made and there's bits of durian in it.

If you're looking for a after meal dessert, I would recommend this.

If you're not a fan of durian, I would suggest you head over to a nearby store for some.

And soo, that's the end of what we had the other day.

Do share with me what other food you thought was good if you've eaten here before.

If you'll like to try this place out, here are the details you'll like to know:

Level 2 Carlton Hotel Singapore
76 Bras Basah Road
Tel: +65 6311 8188
Mon to Sat: 11.30am – 2.30pm, 6.30pm – 10.30pm
Sun & PH: 11am – 2.30pm, 6.30pm – 10.30pm
Nearest Station: City Hall

www.carltonhotel.sg/wahlok.html
www.facebook.com/CarltonHotelSG

Do try to make a booking prior to going down cause it's usually quite full.

Lucky us managed to get the last table even though we reached at quite a considerably early timing.

So yupps~

P/s: I'll likely be posting about my Hong Kong trip next so stay tune~~ ^^

Chendol

Ultimate Hawker Fest 2013

8:09 PM

It's been super busy for me the past few days but I've finally found a bit of time to blog about Ultimate Hawker Fest!

This is the second year Touch Community Services is organizing this event

I have to say it was probably one of the best day everrrr and I can't wait for next year's already.

Just imagine, TONS of well known delicious food ALL gathered at ONE PLACE!

It was heaven. Food heaven

What's best about it is that you're doing charity as you indulge yourself in all the awesome food and of course get fat. But it's definitely all worth.

I visited this food heaven with Cynthia, come to think of it we should have gotten more people to go along with us so that we can try more food.

Of course, if you're planning on going next year, do be prepared to queue. Non stop. For long.

The sky was this bright when we were almost done, so you can imagine how early people came for the food. You have been warned.

The first we lined up for was:

Langoustine Kueh Pie Tee & Durian Pengat - by Executive Chef Paul Then, Orchard Hotel Singapore

Look at the chef at work (;

For $15, we had 4 Crispy homemade kueh pie tee shells filled with sweet & exquisite Iceland langoustines and topped with Buah Keluak (Nonya Caviar). This treat is accompanied by 2 shot glasses of chilled and creamy Durian Pengat.

P/s: Lucky us received 3 of the Durian Pengat, yay! ^^

This was soooo good, the moment the both of us took a bite, our eyes literally lit up and stared at each other (like you see in those commercials) and I'm not even exaggerating.

Next, we got ourselves some:

Chendol - by Dove Desserts

For $10, we got an old-time favourite dessert with Gula Melaka sourced from Malacca and freshly squeezed coconut milk drizzled over finely shaved ice and topped with Udders creamy coconut ice-cream. The treat can't get any sweeter and better served in young coconuts.

I'm not a fan of chendol usually cause I don't fancy the beans in it but this really caught me.

The coconut is extremely fresh and we found ourselves scraping the coconut till the bottom.

Typing this makes me crave for one now so bad...

Lastly, we couldn't decide what to get cause we were quite full actually.

We ended up walking 2 rounds around the place before we finally settled down with

Satay Bee Hoon - by Centre Satay Bee Hoon

For $15, we shared a plate of satay bee hoon with slices of shabu shabu pork belly and springy cuttlefish, topped with the lady boss' signature nutty Satay sauce.

Never have I loved bee hoon or satay sauce so much (I usually don't take these too).

Even though I was full, Cynthia and I wiped the entire plate clean.

I spent the remaining $10 on

Mao Shan Wang Durian Puffs - by 818 Durian & Pastries

for my family as my dad and sis are like huge fans (this is an understatement) of durian.

There were a lot more stores I wished I could try but I guess I can only resort going down to their physical stores itself.

Here are some of the things we missed:

Duet of Homemade Fine Beancurd with Bird's Nest & Soy Bean Milk with Gingko Nuts - by Si Chuan Dou Hua Restaurant

Ultimate Pork Belly Satay - by City Satay

Oyster Omelette - by Chef William Soh, Saltwater Café

Pumpkin Prawns - by Siang Hee Seafood

Big Pau - by DBUN

MurtaBurger - by Springleaf Prata Place

Singapore Chilli Alaskan King Crab Noodle - by Chef Eric Teo

and the list goes on. You can check out what other treats were available that day (here)

The above was only the second half of my day out with Cynthia though.

Stay tune to see what we did in the earlier half of our day as tourists (;

Flee Away Cafe

Joo Mak Korean Restaurant 주막

Wah Lok Cantonese Restaurant

APPETIZERS:

MAIN DISHES:

DESSERT:

Ultimate Hawker Fest 2013

Langoustine Kueh Pie Tee & Durian Pengat - by Executive Chef Paul Then, Orchard Hotel Singapore

Chendol - by Dove Desserts

Satay Bee Hoon - by Centre Satay Bee Hoon

Mao Shan Wang Durian Puffs - by 818 Durian & Pastries

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