Ming Chung at Jln Besar

Ming Chung, since 1933, has been a very popular restaurant for its Heng Hua cuisine. Many customers will flock here for their all-time favorite Putien Lor Mee. 

At 6:15pm, there was already a queue building up. But we were glad that we were shown to our seats within 15mins. Ordering is self-served and with the 5 of us, we managed to try many of their recommended dishes. Large size serves 4 to 5 people

1. Fried beehoon ($12) - very fine rice vermicilli fried fragrantly with seafood and spring onions. Goes so well with the chili sauce and green chili. Rating: 4/5

2. Lor mee ($12) - a must order dish. Lovely putien lor mee with lots of seafood. The starchiness and taste of the gravy is just right. Rating: 4.2/5

3. Fried tanghoon ($12) - tanghoon fried in black sauce. It’s the same ingredients used across all staples. Rating: 4/5

4. Sweet and sour fish slices ($18) - not the best and thought that the batang fish was a little fishy. Rating: 3.5/5

5. Pork ribs with bitter gourd ($18) - nicely braised black bean sauce with bitter gourd slices and nicely chopped pork ribs. Another must order dish. Rating: 4/5

6. Sambal kangkong ($16) - very fragrantly fried kangkong with homemade sambal. Very well done in terms of taste. Rating: 4.2/5

7. Stir fried kailan with beancurd skin ($14) - a little bland in taste. Had to go with lots of chilli. Rating: 3.5/5

8. Prawn roll ($22) - rather pricey and was a little mushy in texture. Not the best. Rating: 3.8/5

9. Fried Chicken Wings.

Overall, Ming Chung serves a great family restaurant for Heng Hua cuisine.

A summary of what we had:

Fried beehoon

Lor mee

Fried tanghoon

Sweet and sour fish slices

Pork ribs with bitter gourd

Sambal kangkong

Stir fried kailan with beancurd skin

Prawn roll

Fried Chicken Wings

My overall ratings:

Food: 4/5

Price: 3.8/5

Service: 3.6/5

Ambience: 3.8/5

You can locate them here:

Ming Chung

67 Maude Rd, Singapore 208348

Restaurant - Chinese

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Smooy at JEM

Smooy is a Spanish franchise that manufactures and sells the first functional frozen yogurt on the market in 2010. With very similar concept to its competitor llaollao, it offers an even wider range of sauces and toppings to go with the yogurt. Besides yogurt, they offer soft serve ice cream as well. 

This newly open yogurt franchise at JEM attracted customers with its bright red shop name and white and clean interior. There are a few seats available for customers to rest their feet to enjoy a cup of delicious cold yogurt or ice cream. 

In terms of sauce toppings, there are about 10 of them. From peanut butter crunch to chocolate. Thick delicious toppings to go with the plain yogurt. Besides sauces, there are the usual fruit toppings and crunches. The customers are definitely spoilt for choices. We went for their medium size yogurt with 2 toppings at $5.80. We chose peanut crunch and hazelnut crunch sauce. The yogurt is thicker and much more sourish than llaollao and the sauce accompanying neutralizes the sourness. A very good combination. 


Instead of joining the queue at llaollao, customers can really consider Smooy. Yummilicious!


My overall Ratings:
Food: 4/5
Price: 3.8/5
Service: 3.8/5
Ambience: 4/5

You can locate them here:
Smooy 
JEM, 50 Jurong Gateway Rd, #03-07, Singapore 608549

Deserts - Frozen Yoghurt

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Tae Woo Korean Restaurant at The Central

Tae Woo Korean Restaurant has finally re-opened after several months of renovation. The traditional Korean wooden house feel still remains except the furnitures are much newer. Being recommended for their jajangmyeon, we definitely won't give it miss.

The restaurant is quiet, warm and filled with korean music. We ordered two dishes in all which is enough to burst our tummy. We had jajangmyeon ($12) and fried chicken with garlic ($35). The dishes are rather pricey but we definitely enjoyed them. The servers are pretty looking Koreans and they look so much like sisters. 


The jajangmyeon noodle is so springy and cooked to the right texture and covered with the thick black bean sauce. The sauce was less thick as compared to Obba jajangmyeon. I personally prefer the sauce from Obba. Nevertheless still a very good dish. Rating: 4/5






The fried chicken with garlic is a must order dish. Though pricey, the dish was very well done. Juicy big chicken chunks deep fried and cooked with spicy garlic sauce. Finger lickin' good and goes very well with a glass of cold beer. Rating: 4.2/5

Tae Woo Korean restaurant not only serves the Koreans but allow one to taste authentic Korean food without having to visit Korea.


A summary of items Ordered:
Fried chicken with garlic
Jajangmyeon


My Overall Ratings:
Food: 4/5
Price: 3.5/5
Service: 4/5
Ambience: 4.2/5

You can locate them here:
Tae Woo Korean Restaurant
#03-84/103/104, The Central, 6 Eu Tong Sen Street,Singapore 059817

Restaurant - Korean

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Wonderful Bap Sang at Suntec City

Located at the new East wing of Suntec City, Wonderful Bap Sang is an authentic Korean restaurant in the midst of the Korean Lee supermarket. The interior of the restaurant is warm and cosy and if you are early, you could enjoy a beautiful scenary near the glass window while eating these wonderful Korean dishes. 

Via Eatigo, we made a reservation at 6.30pm at 10% discount. Even without the discount, the price range is very reasonable. Ordering is self done via the tablet.

We ordered their recommended Bunsik Hanpan ($20.80) which is a mixture of tteokpokki, fried dumpling, gimbap and other fried food which includes vegetable pancake.

This dish serves 2 to 3 person and is good for one who wants to try the tteokpokki and fried dumpling and gimbap at one go. The tteokpokki sauce is seriously addictive and we love the fried dumpling which is a must try! Overall rating is a 4/5.

Sides are free flow and there is a great variety which deserves our 2 thumbs up just for the sides alone. 4.3/5 for their sides!

We will definitely be back to try the rest of their delicious dishes, so do stay tuned.

My overall ratings:

Food: 4.1/5

Price: 4/5

Service: 3.6/5

Ambience: 3.8/5

You can locate them here:

Wonderful Bap Sang

SUNTEC CITY TOWER 3 East Wing, #02-609,610, Singapore 038983

Restaurant - Korean

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9pm Kkochi at Causeway Point Woodlands

9pm Kkochi, a Seoul street food stall from Myeongdong, has setup its debut stall at Causeway Point Woodlands selling a variety of meat and balls in skewers and of course not forgetting the all popular tteokpokki. 

There are 4 standard sets that one can choose from and prices range from $5.90 to $8.90. We opted to try their Set C which comes with regular chicken, chicken ball, pork zigzag and dumplings. 

The staple can be either ramyeon or rice. We opted for their spicy ramyeon. We love their chicken balls which are juicy and crunchy. The rest of the skewers are average tasting but thr ramyeon was good. Love its springiness. Overall would rate the set 3.5/5.

We would probably try their tteokpokki the next round as they look simmering hot and delicious in the pot. As for the meat skewers would prefer the japanese yakitori over it. There is no place to sit and eat so rem to find seats first before da baoing.

My overall ratings:

Food: 3.5/5

Price: 3.3/5

Service: 3.5/5

Ambience: NA

  

You can locate them here:

9pm Kkochi

1 Woodlands Square, Causeway Point, #B1-K11, Singapore 738099

Food Stall - Korean

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Tunglok Tea House at Novena Square 2

Tunglok Tea House at Novena Square 2 has adopted a new and modern dim sum and food concept where by dishes are delivered to the individual customer table via conveyor belts. This concept is not new to sushi restaurant but definitely something new for a dim sum restaurant. 

Food is ordered through their electronic tablet and dishes are served readily on the trays on the belt to your table. Customers will just need to press the blinking button to return the tray. We ordered a mixture of dim sum and ala-carte dishes for dinner today, starting with the following:

1. Mini piglet bbq pork buns ($5.80) - cute piping hot piglet buns with bbq pork filling. I personally do not like it as the filling was sweet and sticky. Rating: 3.2/5

2. Teahouse signature rice rolls ($7.80) - freshly and thinly made rice rolls with shrimps and fried mesh crisp as filling. Tasted good and will recommend it to try. Rating: 3.9/5

3. Deep fried yam puffs ($5.30) - nothing special. Just fried yam puffs with char siew filling. Don't taste much of the yam. Rating: 3.2/5

4. Siew mai ($5.80) - one of the more decent dim sum. The prawn pcs were fresh and crunchy. Rating: 3.6/5

5. Curry chicken noodles ($8) - love this dish best. No ghee taste in the yellow noodles and gravy was thick enough. Rating: 3.9/5

6. Kurobuta char siew ($15) - black pig char siew with bbq sauce. A little fatty but roasted quite well and do not have the porky taste. Rating: 3.8/5

7. French beans with shrimps ($12) - fried long french beans with dried shrimps and bonito flakes. Crunchy and tasty. Rating: 3.9/5

Overall, despite the new concept, Tunglok Teahouse food standard seems to have dropped a little. Maybe the branch at Far East Square would be better. Hopefully their food standard can keep up with the overhaul of the restaurant.

A summary of what we had:

Mini piglet bbq pork buns

Teahouse signature rice rolls

Deep fried yam puffs

Siew mai

Curry chicken noodles

Kurobuta char siew

French beans with shrimps

Rice Roll

My overall ratings:

Food: 3.5/5

Price: 3/5

Service: 3.5/5

Ambience: 3.9/5

You can locate them here:

Tunglok Tea House

10 Sinaran Drive, Novena Square 2, 01-73, Singapore 307506

Restaurant - Chinese

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Coffee Tribe at Ang Mo Kio

Managed by a group of 3 young ladies, Coffee Tribe is a modern coffee chain serving toasts and many other local dishes as early as 8am in the morning till night. Its located beside S11 coffee shop in AMK central. 

Prices are on par like Ya Kun and many other kopi chains. What stands out is the way their kopi is made. Served in transparant mugs, the kopi is very well stirred and tasted very much like kopi tahrik instead of the usual kopi. We love its smooth kopi taste. Rating: 4.2/5

As for their food, a little on the average side. The nonya mee siam tasted ok with the siew mai add ons. A combo set like this with kopi costs $6.90. I ordered their tuna toast which turned out rather flat. Price is a little steep at $4.50 for the portion. Ya kun will be a better option for such tuna toast. Rating: 3.5/5

For a young startup, they deserve the encouragement. Hopefully food standard will get better and be as good as their drinks.

A summary of what we had:

Kopi ST

Nonya mee siam

Siew Mai

Tuna Toastie

My overall ratings:

Food: 3.7/5

Price: 3.5/5

Service: 3.5/5

Ambience: 3.7/5

You can locate them here:

Coffee Tribe

51 Ang Mo Kio Ave 3, #01-01A, Singapore 569922

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Switch by TimbreX at Bras Basah Road

Located at the entrance of NTUC Income building at Bras Basah Road, Switch offers a great place for food, drinks and live music. 

The bands are of different groups on different days and the place is very well received with many young and working adults. 

Reservations via Chope has to be done early, at least 1 week in advance to secure a table. 

We were there with our group of lovely lunchies as usual with our Taiwan fren. We ordered many mains and a few sides to share. Laksa shrimp pizza, duck pizza, seafood aglio oglio, XO sauce seafood pasta, seabass rice as mains.

Among the mains, the must order is the duck pizza and XO sauce seafood pasta. Portion is huge enough for sharing.

For sides, we had truffle fries, tuna salad, chicken wings in hot sauce and normal chicken wings.

The truffle fries and chicken wings in hot sauce are the sides that must order.

There are happy hour promos at different times of the day and Switch is definitely a great place to be able to listen live band and enjoy great food at the same time!

A summary of items we had:

Chicken Wings

Seafood aglio oglio

XO sauce seafood pasta

Tuna Salad

Roasted Pork

Seabass rice

Chicken Wings with hot sauce

Duck Pizza

Laksa shrimp pizza

Truffle fries

My overall ratings:

Food: 3.9/5

Price: 3.5/5

Service: 3.5/5

Ambience: 4/5

You can locate them here:

Switch by TimbreX

73 Bras Basah Rd, #01-02/03, Singapore 189556

Restaurant - Western

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Lor Duck at Clementi Mall

Lor Duck originated from the famous Uncle Tan Lor Duck Rice and Noodles stall in Redhill and whom has won 2017 Michelin 1 star award. The 1st shop was at Simei in the East and they have finally set up another branch in the West at the basement of Clementi Mall. 

The restaurant wasn't too crowded during dinner time and we didn't had to wait very long for the food upon ordering. Ordering is self served on the paper. We had the following:

1. Dry duck horfun ($8.80) - thinly sliced duck meat with egg and tau kwa on silky smooth horfun tossed in their homemade duck sauce. Its so yummy with its sour and spicy chilli sauce. Rating: 4/5

2. One portion duck ($8) - we ordered an extra portion of braised duck to go with the horfun. The meat is much more tender as compared to the breast meat on the horfun and very nicely braised. Rating: 4.2/5

3. Silky egg seafood horfun ($8.80) - huge portion of cantonese style horfun cooked in lots of egg gravy with fresh seafood. Goes really well with the green chilli and can be shared between 2 persons. Rating: 4/5

4. Luo han vegetables ($8) - lightly stir fried lotus, snow peas, black fungus, carrots and gingko nuts. Very refreshing in taste amidst the rest of the food. Rating: 3.9/5

For a good and delicious portion of braised duck, Lor Duck is indeed the place to come. We would definitely be back if we suddenly crave for braised duck rice.

A summary of items we had:

Dry duck horfun

One portion duck

Silky egg seafood horfun

Luo han vegetables

My overall ratings:

Food: 4/5

Price: 3.8/5

Service: 3.8/5

Ambience: 3.9/5

You can locate them here:

Lor Duck
3155 Commonwealth Ave W, Clementi Mall, #B1-08/09, Singapore 129588

Restaurant - Chinese

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