Taaizi Polo

I recently tried the 菠萝包 from this small and new bakery at Toa Payoh Central and it's so good! 

They serve a variety of polo bao and egg tart (both damn good)

Check out the butter polo bao... 

That slab of butter is just waving and smiling to me! Omg damn good!

And interestingly today, I saw a century egg puff 

Curious about how it taste like, I bought 3! Bunny liked it quite a bit! It has got ginger and lotus paste inside...

Rice and fries

If there's something I always order when I'm at rice and fries (aside from the Tom yam pasta), it's their escargots and risotto!

It's been awhile since I found a decent escargot and rice and fries one is great! Drizzled with olive oil ...

And I actually had dinner before heading down yet I couldn't resist ordering their squid ink risotto!

To me, squid ink isn't just serving a black coloured dish that doesn't have squid ink taste. A lot of places are doing it these days but not here at rice and fries. I love their squid ink! It's flavorful and just so tasty (if u like squid ink). I personally am a more 重口味 person and their risotto hits my spot!

And for Geor, their crab risotto is her favourite...

She is another one, also already had dinner but also couldn't resist. Their crab risotto is generous with crab meat and again flavorful with crab bisque like sauce. Love it!

De Burg

I have long heard about de burg (easily more than a year back) but they were previously located around bukit merah and now shifted to CT Hub.

I finally made the trip down today to check out their burgers. 

And being the usual greedy foodie as I am, we ordered 3 burgers! The warm chef gave us a free one and it was burgers glorious burgers!

The information that lead me to want to visit de burg in the first place was that they serve burgers with Nutella and peanut butter AND it's apparently yummy! So I zoomed it first to look out for such a burger. Apparently, my source was wrong or maybe it's just been too long ago, the burger was either with Nutella OR peanut butter. The Nutella one was with lamb patty and the beef one with peanut butter. Well, I don't take lamb so the beef one was an easy choice to make. Of course, it helped greatly that the burger is called Richmond, named after Don Richmond (I'm a big fan, he is so cute!).

And here's the Richmond 

The peanut butter was nicely spread over the bun and toasted. The patty was so good! It was juicy and beefy! They definitely nailed it! 

Geor had the Joe burg...

Comes with garlic mayo but aside from that we found it pretty similar to the Richmond.

And the chef strongly recommended his pork burger. He even took a side bet with us saying if we didn't like it, he won't charge us but if we did, we will have to buy him a drink. That's how confident he was - how could we not try it ya?

I actually can't rem the name of this burger but it came with cheese and chorizo. The pork patty was pretty good! Let's just say that I eventually did have to pay for my pork burger. Hahaha 

Overall a nice burger joint with a friendly chef. CT Hub is damn quiet thou, feels too quiet for businesses to sustain. Do head down to give ur support!

Jpot Steamboat

recently developed a craving for steamboat and Jpot is one of those that i really like! Especially their laksa!

was craving for sashimi and the only sashimi they kind of have is the geoduck...



i really like geoduck for its crunchy texture.

as for why Jpot, love their laksa soup base. goes very well with the fried beancurd skin!

their variety of meat is also good. i also really like one of their pork balls with cheese!

Fart Tartz

Geor came with a special delivery!

Because i highlighted not to waste money on bouquets, she seeked alternatives and get me flower pots of desserts instead! and they look oh so lovely!






aren't they pretty??? She got them from Fart Tartz!

1 Expo Drive, #02-04
Singapore 486150
enquiry@farttartz.com



my little box here attracted lots of envy which i also shared the love...

















there are apparently different flavours. I think there's nutella oreo, matcha and a few other flavours. I didn't know until i gave out a few so i only got to try the nutella oreo.

They were so good. Smooth layers of cake, oreo bits, cream and nutella. Yummy! and pretty!

Rouse

Quick lunch at Rouse!

Address: 36 Dunlop Street, 209364
Phone:6292 2642



the whole place was a rustic feel with the walls with peeled paint and all...












as there were a few of us, we ordered a few items to share...

Krusty Kari Burger.....



its soft shell crab burger with a curry sauce. comes with sweet potato fries. i liked the soft shell crab and the curry sauce.



everyone can't wait to tuck in while i went.. " wait! i haven't take pictures!! " #woesofafoodblogger #woesofdiningwithafoodblogger hahahaha



and the Quinoa Quake...



i would say this is Yang Ling's favourite. I like it too. The quinoa patty was good and went very well with the smoked salmon... in between is a poached egg! The sauce was really good too.

we had another crab item, the Crabby Patty...



a yummy crab cake. and of coz, because i don't like mango, i can't comment on the sauce because its a mango sauce. but i will say its a good crab cake!



and this was what got me to head down - the open faced beef sandwich...



unfortunately, i wasn't wow or won by this. The beef felt rather dry. I very much preferred the crabby patty and quinoa quake.

we also share a cake, ondeh ondeh in flavour..



which was moist but lacking in gula melaka.

but overall a delightful meal! Service was also thumbs up!

Por Kee

Dinner with Geor, Bri, Mel and Cat at Por Kee!

we shared a cereal prawn...



which was decent.

i super love the homemade beancurd! it has this egg taste in it and very smooth!



and a essence of chicken frog leg...



which i super like! to begin with, i like essence of chicken! the frog legs were also tender. yummy!

and of coz, the MUST ORDER is the champagne pork rib!



the meat is tender and succulent!



you have a choice of long or short ribs. the long ribs are usually my choice. each piece is almost like  a big piece of pork chop! the sauce is not overly sweet like some pieces. i reallly like it!

Symmetry

Brunch at Symmetry!








ordered my favourite lychee mint! they have upsized on their portion! I love this drink and they do it so well! so much so that despite the upsize i just had to have another serving of it! haha



and geor ordered the infamous truffle fries with truffle mayo...



i really like their truffle mayo, smells so good! but oh well, anything with truffle tastes great! in my opinion!



and there's the crispy squid with squid ink aioli...



the squid ink aioli was tasty as usual. i really like them for their creativity. Creative and still taste good! The squids were of a good texture as well!

for mains, we had the beef cheek which came with foie gras...



it was soooo good!



we also had the truffle scrambled egg with smoked salmon.