Fook Kin at Killiney Road

Fook Kin, a collaboration between Class 95 DJs The Muttons, Roast Paradise and Fat Boys offers delicious Cantonese roast meat delicacies deserving 2 thumbs up, especially for their caramelized char siew. The restaurant is decorated with pink neon lightings and marble top tables. A nostalgic yet modern HK feel restaurant located along the popular Killiney Road. 

Fortunately we made a reservation via Chope to secure a table as the restaurant was very crowded with customers even late in the evening. Orders are made via tablet and food was very promptly serve within 5mins after ordering.

1. Roasted Treasures Noodle ($9.80) - a choice between mee pok or mee Kia topped with caramelized char siew and roasted sio bak. The char siew literally melted in my mouth and it was awesome. Similarly, for a non sio bak eater, I must admit that the sio bak was equally good, very even distribution of meat and fats. The mee pok was cooked to the right texture with bak chor and onsen egg. 2 thumbs up! Rating: 4.2/5

2. Two way kailan ($9.80) - crispily fried kailan leaves with chicken floss and poached kailan with oyster sauce. Loved the fried kailan with the noodle dish. Serves as a good topping. Rating: 3.8/5

3. Sweet and sour fish ($12) - generous portion of crispy fish fillet fried in sweet and sour sauce. Like any tze char dish and would go well with a bowl of white rice. Rating: 3.9/5

4. Golden Lotus Roots chips ($7.80) - thinly fried lotus roots drizzled with salted egg sauce. Serves as a super good snack with beer. Rating: 4.1/5

The roasted pork are absolutely delicious and definitely worth a try. So do come visit Fook Kin for the awesome meat dishes.

A summary of what we had:

Roasted Treasures Noodle

Two way kailan

Sweet and sour fish

Golden Lotus Roots chips

My overall ratings:

Food: 4/5

Price: 4/5

Service: 3.9/5

Ambience: 4/5

You can locate them here:

Fook Kin

111 Killiney Rd, Singapore 239553

Restaurant - Chinese

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Ichikokido Hokkaido Ramen at Paya Lebar Quarter

Ichikokido Hokkaido Ramen is the 1st Halal certified ramen in Singapore and ramen lovers do not have to fly all the way to Hokkaido to enjoy a bowl of authentic Hokkaido noodles. The 1st branch was at Suntec City and now it has its 3rd branch at Paya Lebar Quarter. 

Ichikokido not only serves delicious ramen but other choices like donburi, sides and desserts. The restaurant uses Hokkaido wheat and butter for their ramen, keeping the soup bases rich and noodles very springy as well. Orders are placed via the tablet and dishes are promptly served within 10mins.

1. Ichi-veggies ramen aka hokkai butter ramen ($12.90) - Hokkaido butter, stir fried vegetables with marinated chicken and spring onions. Love the springy thin noodles and it's very generous in terms of ingredients. Rating: 4/5

2. Jigoku ramen ($13.90) - this ramen is served with thick noodles. The spicy miso soup was obviously addictive and delicious. Ingredients include buttered corn, shredded fungus, chicken char siew slices. Rating: 4.2/5

3. Tartar sauce karaage ($6.90) - we love the specially made tartar sauce. The chicken karaage is nothing too special to shout at and it's a little cold. Rating: 3.5/5

Overall for ramen dishes, Ichikokido definitely deserves a thumbs up review. We should be back to try their donburis so do stay tuned.

A summary of what we had:

Ichi-veggies ramen aka hokkai butter ramen

Jigoku ramen

Tartar sauce karaage

My overall ratings:

Food: 4/5 (for their ramen)

Price: 4/5

Service: 3.8/5

Ambience: 4/5

You can locate them here:

Ichikokido Hokkaido Ramen

10 Paya Lebar Road, PLQ Mall, #B1-15/16, Singapore 409057

Restaurant - Japanese

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Bebek Goreng Pak Ndut at Westgate Jurong East

Bebek Goreng Pak Ndut serves authentic Indonesian food with the freshest ingredients directly imported from Indonesia. Bebek Goreng is so popular for their crispy fried duck, which has been marinated for 24hrs and the taste is awesomely delicious. 

Their very first outlet was at Lucky Plaza and drawing huge crowds. They recently opened their 2nd outlet at Westgate B1, taking over the previous Hot Tomato. All orders are self service with payment to be made upfront before food is served. We ordered 3 of their recommended dishes.

1. Original crispy fried duck with rice ($9.90) - flavourful marinated duck leg fried crispily to the right texture, topped with crumbs accompanied with rice and some sides like cabbage and tempeh. The crispy duck deserves the 2 thumbs up as it was indeed flavourful, especially with their homemade spicy chilli. Rating: 4.2/5

2. Grilled chicken with rice ($7.90) - the chicken was slightly drier but nevertheless still tender. I love the tempeh with dark sauce and goes so well with their special black chilli. Sedap! Rating: 4/5

3. Gado gado ($6.90) - Indonesian mixed vegetables with satay sauce. The keropok wasn't as flavourful but the satay sauce was just right with the generous portion. We love it and it's a must try side dish to go with the rice. Rating: 4.2/5

Food was served very promptly and overall tasted great! We would be back the next time to try their oxtail soup and many other sides, so do stay tuned!

A summary of what we had:

Original crispy fried duck with rice

Grilled chicken with rice

Gado gado

My overall ratings:

Food: 4.1/5

Price: 4/5

Service: 3.8/5

Ambience: 3.5/5

You can locate them here:

Bebek Goreng Pak Ndut

Westgate, 3 Gateway Drive, #B1-11, Singapore 608532

Restaurant - Indonesian

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The Refinery at King George Ave (Lavender)

About 15mins walk from Lavender MRT exit B, The Refinery is a modern 3 story restaurant cum cafe cum pub that serves modern Fusion Japanese Western cuisine depending on the time of the day. There are 3 different time menus, brunch/lunch/dinner. 

On a cool Fri evening today, we made a reservation via Chope for 2. The restaurant was decorated with modern wooden furniture and I love the black sliding door with the empty oil barrels as decoration outside. At 630pm, there were already quite a no of people chilling out and eating dinner. Signature bowls are highly recommended during dinner time with many of their popular sides. We opted for the following:

1. Refinery Gyudon ($14) - truffle hon shimeiji mushrooms, tare marinated beef, garlic chips, takwan and Onsen egg. Awesome combination and highly recommended for truffle lovers. The bowl was generously topped with ingredients as well. Super yummy! Rating: 4.3/5

2. Wakame salad ($4) - Refreshing cucumber slices with seaweed in Japanese dressing. Super good side with the don. Rating: 4.2/5

3. Salted egg onion rings ($10) - battered onion rings with salted egg custard sauce. Goes tremendously well with a cup of cool beer. Loving it totally and it's a must order side dish to share. Rating: 4.3/5

4. Chicken nanban ($9) - salt and pepper karaage chunks with sweet vinegar dip and tartar sauce. Very tender and juicy and not overly fried. Has those eggy crumbs as well. Rating: 4/5

5. Macadamia coffee baller ($8.50) - signature coffee drink that is a must order. Iced coffee ball served in glass and hot milk is poured over it, melting it totally to become iced coffee. Rating: 4.5/5

All prices are subjected to GST and service charge. The ambience is awesome for friends gathering for dinner and drinks as well. We love this place and will definitely come back for more of their drinks and other food. So do stay tuned!

A summary of what we had:

Refinery Gyudon

Wakame salad

Salted egg onion rings

Chicken nanban

Macadamia coffee baller

My overall ratings:

Food: 4.3/5

Price: 4/5

Service: 4/5

Ambience: 4.2/5

You can locate them here:

The Refinery

115 King George Ave, Singapore 208561

Restaurant - Japanese

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ICG Chicken & Burger at Westmall Bukit Batok

ICG Chicken & Burger is selling Korean fried chicken and had its first stall established at Balestier Food Center. It is now opened in West Mall, right at the entrance of the mall. There aren't many seating space available as most people usually do takeaways. 

Specializing in Korean fried chicken, there is a wide variety of different flavoured fried chicken to choose from.  From the original crispy fried to the saucy sour cream chicken. There are 3 sizes available for the chicken tenders: small, medium and large. Small consists of 6 tenders to the large size of 16 tenders.

We opted to try their highly recommended sour cream or rather creamy onion tenders at $7.90 for small. The chicken batter is lightly fried and it does not give a heavy oil taste. Topped with onions and homemade sour cream, these chicken tenders are addictive! We love them. Besides these lovely chicken, there are burgers and other small sides.

We will definitely be back to try the other flavours and items, thus do stay tuned for more of our reviews.

My overall ratings:

Food: 4/5

Price: 3.8/5

Service: 3.5/5

Ambience: 3/5

You can locate them here:

ICG Chicken & Burger

1 Bukit Batok Central Link, #01-42, West Mall, Singapore 658713

Food Stall - Korean

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Cafe Mama by M.O.F at Clementi Mall

We did a review 3 years ago in 2017 on the cafe when they first opened. See review below. https://paulinmunchies.blogspot.com/2017/07/cafe-mama-by-mof-clementi-mall.html?m=1

Rating wasn't fantastic as there was much to be improved. 3 years later and we were glad that we are back to give this cafe a 2nd try. All areas have improved tremendously, be it in terms of menu choices or food standard. 

We ordered their slightly newer menu, 6pcs wing with cheese dip @ $16.80. You can choose either original/soy/spicy. We remembered that the chicken used to be hard but it was now very tender and succulent. The wings come with fried tteokpokki, onion rings, fries. We love it with the hot cheese dip. Would be better if the chicken is dipped with more soy and spicy sauce. Rating: 3.8/5.

Besides this, we ordered their previous Tuna gimbap @ $8.90. The gimbap is nicely rolled with refreshing tuna and vegetables. Loving it as compared to the hard rice roll 3 years ago. Rating: 3.8/5

Food was served much faster and in an orderly manner. Cafe Mama will be introducing even more new menu in the upcoming months and we will be back to give these new dishes a try. So do stay tuned!

A summary of what we had:

6pcs wing with cheese dip

Tuna gimbap

My overall ratings:

Food: 3.8/5

Price: 3.8/5

Service: 3.5/5

Ambience: 3.5/5

You can locate them here:

Cafe MaMa by M.O.F
3155 Commonwealth Avenue West, 5th floor, The Clementi Mall, Singapore 129588 (opp community library)

Restaurant - Korean

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Go Noodle House at Somerset 313 Orchard

Go Noodle House, a famous Malaysian noodle chain restaurant has opened its first outlet in Singapore at the basement of Somerset 313. 

The soup is made of fish stock with more than 40 types of fish bones, giving the soup base an awesome sweetness accompanying with the bursting juiciness of the meatballs. We were there earlier today to avoid the dinner crowd. The restaurant was decorated like a old kungfu inn with many old wine bottles used as wall decoration.

We ordered 2 of their main signature dishes and 2 sides.

1. Signature bursting meatball ($10.90) - the bursting meatballs are made of pork with minced meat inside, resembling very much like Fuzhou yuyuan. Super duper yummy and with the awesome fish soup and huatiao wine poured in, a very delicious soup. Rating: 4.2/5

2. Special dark sauce thick noodle with onsen egg ($8.90) - comes in spicy and non spicy version. The basic comes with a generous portion of spinach, ikan bilis, black fungus, fried shallots and onsen eggs. You can opt for additional ingredient like fishball etc etc. We added in their golden pillow at $2.50 which is their homemade tau kua. You can choose between thick or thin noodles. We opted for their standard ban mee. The texture was great but the dark sauce lacks saltiness. Rating: 3.8/5

3. Five spice meat roll ($4.90) - 1 roll of freshly made fish meat meat roll. Not too bad in taste. Rating: 3.8/5

4. Crispy fuchuk ($4.90) - basically its fried beancurd skin that is crispily fried. I like it with chilli sauce but would be better with mayo. Rating: 3.9/5

All food is subjected to 7% gst and 10% service charge. For the decent bowl of meatball noodle, Go Noodle House can definitely be considered. We should be back to try the rest of their dishes.

A summary of what we had:

Signature bursting meatball

Special dark sauce thick noodle with onsen egg

Five spice meat roll

Crispy fuchuk

My overall ratings:

Food: 3.9/5

Price: 4/5

Service: 3.8/5

Ambience: 4/5

You can locate them here:

Go Noodle House

313 Orchard Road, #B3-37/38, 313@ Somerset, Singapore 238895

Restaurant - Chinese

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Crystal Jade La Mian Xiao Long Bao at Takashimaya Orchard

As the restaurant name mentions, this Crystal Jade outlet focuses mainly on Chinese la mian and xiao long bao dishes with many items similar to Din Tai Fung and Paradise Dynasty. We were at their Takashimaya branch for New Year Eve dinner. The restaurant isn't big, only housing at most 40 to 50 customers. Ordering is done manually on the order paper. 

We ordered 2 appetizers and 4 mains.

1. Jellyfish with vinegar chilli ($9.80) - springy jellyfish so delicious and appetizing. We love the crunchiness of the jellyfish. Rating: 4.2/5

2. Chilli crab xiao long bao ($13.80) - 6pcs of extremely juicy baos very much to our taste. The soup has a chilli crab gravy taste and its indeed one of the best. Rating: 4.2/5

3. Stir fried kailan with mushrooms ($14.80) - nothing too special about this dish. Rating: 3.8/5

4. Eggplant with shredded pork ($14.80) - piping hot claypot with generous portion of braised eggplant and shredded pork. The gravy is just nice in taste and goes awesomely well with a bowl of rice.

5. Gongbao chicken ($13.80) - a dish not for non spicy eaters. Very fragrantly fried but portion is smal. Rating: 4/5

6. Sweet and sour grouper slice ($16.80) - 6pcs of freshly cut grouper slices well tossed in their in-house sauce. Awesome! Rating: 4.2/5

Indeed Crystal Jade dishes has won us over with their dishes. We will definitely be back for more.

A summary of what we had:

Jellyfish with vinegar chilli

Chilli crab xiao long bao

Stir fried kailan with mushrooms

Eggplant with shredded pork

Gongbao chicken

Sweet and sour grouper slice

My overall ratings:

Food: 4/5

Price: 3.8/5

Service: 4/5

Ambience: 4/5

You can locate them here:

Crystal Jade La Mian Xiao Long Bao

391 Orchard Rd, #B2 - 36A, Singapore 238872

Restaurant - Chinese

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