Indulge at RedHouse Upper Thomson

Indulge, a fusion western stall at the corner of RedHouse in Upper Thomson, offers a wide range of western food at affordable prices. Ordering is done at the stall and food is to be self collected upon buzzer sounds. 

Our buddies and us were there to try out their highly recommended bowls. We had the below:

1. Chicken cutlet bowl ($6) - there is a small bowl version at $4. The nacho cheese on the fried juicy cutlet deserves thumbs up. There is tasty popcorn as sides but strangely made a good combo. Rating: 3.8/5

2. Teriyaki salmon bowl ($11) - 2 salmon fillet on rice with popcorn side. The salmon is a little dry and tasted rather ordinary. Rating: 3.2/5

3. Hae bee hiam pasta with chicken chop ($7) - generous portion of chicken chop with pasta fragrantly fried with garlic and hae bee. Not spicy but a tad salty. Quite tasty for a fusion pasta. Rating: 3.5/5

4. BBQ Sauce Chicken chop ($7) - typical western food with coleslaw and fries. The bbq sauce and fries are salty and would be better with teriyaki or mushroom sauce.

5. Sweet potato fries ($3) - shoestring sweet potato deep fried in oil. Would have tasted better if the fries were cut slightly more evenly.

Overall, food's portion from Indulge is not too bad and tasted ok as well. There seems to be some inconsistency in cooking and would be good if the standard maintains the same throughout.

A summary of what we had:

Chicken cutlet bowl

Teriyaki salmon bowl

Hae bee hiam pasta with chicken chop

BBQ Sauce Chicken chop

Sweet potato fries

My overall ratings:

Food: 3.5/5

Price: 4/5

Service: NA

Ambience: 3/5

You can locate them here:

Indulge

236 Upper Thomson Road, Red House Kopitiam, Singapore 574367

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Collin's Grill. Bento at 431 Clementi

We were here at 431 Clementi Food Loft coffeeshop previously to review on the tze char. As promised, we are back here today to try out the popular Collin's Grill.Bento. 

Collin's Grill.Bento was founded by chef Collin Ho, who had 17yrs of culinary experience in western food. With his creative creations offered, he believes in providing to his customers restaurant quality western food at affordable prices.

There was a wide range of food to choose from. From the usual western grills and pasta, Collin's also offer japanese bento sets. We decided to give both their grill and bento a try. We ordered the following:

1. Pork chop with chicken chipolata ($9.80) - large slab of tenderly grilled pork chop with black pepper sauce and 2 small pcs of chicken chipolata accompanied with fresh salad, spaghetti and corn cob. The food tasted great and could see the enjoyment on Kevin's face. Rating: 4/5


2. Salmon teriyaki and tori karaage bento ($8.90) - large flat pc of salmon grilled and drizzled with teriyaki sauce. Portion was huge. The tori karaage was deliciously fried on the outside and so tender on the inside. Salmon was a little fishy and fortunately there was the teriyaki sauce to cover. Rating: 3.5/5


3. Smoked duck salad ($5.90) - we simply loved this dish! The tanginess of the sauce was so appetizing and we enjoyed the freshness of the salad so much. The smoked duck combination was simply heavenly with the fruity tangy sauce. Rating: 4.2/5


For an affordable, good quality western meal, Collin's Grill.Bento is one stall to be visited. We personally prefer it over Char-Grill Bar.




A summary of items ordered:
Pork chop with chicken chipolata
Salmon teriyaki and tori karaage bento
Smoked duck salad

My Overall Ratings:
Food: 3.8/5
Price: 3.8/5
Service: N.A
Ambience: 3/5

You can locate them here:
Collin's Grill. Bento
BLK 431, CLEMENTI AVE 3, #01-296, Singapore 120431
Opening hour: 11:00am
Last order: 9:45pm
Closing hour: 10:00pm

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Char-Grill Bar (at FoodClique) & Dofu at Jurong East

Char-Grill Bar, a wallet friendly western food stall, offers value for money and delicious western food at affordable prices. Found in several coffee shops across Singapore, customers can choose from chicken, fish, ribeye steaks, pastas and many other sides from the menu. 

We were at their Jurong East stall for dinner this evening. Char-Grill Bar is located within FoodClique coffee shop by Kimly. We had cajun chicken, fish and chips and topped up $1.50 for their shitake mushroom soup. 


The soup was pure ordinary. Just cream of mushroom with some shitake mushroom bits in it. For their main course, the fish and chips ($6.90, rating: 3.8/5) was more value for money and delicious as compared to the cajun chicken ($7.90, rating: 3/5). 




The breaded fish fillet was deep fried till crispy on the outside while maintaining the softness of the fish within. The tartare sauce accompanying it was awesome. There are 2 sides that one could choose from and Kevin opted for chips and coleslaw. 

My cajun chicken was tender but failed to have the cajun taste. It tasted more like ordinary melted cheese grilled chicken. The onion rings accompanying the main was good and could be comparable to that of Burger King. 

Nothing beats a wonderful dessert after meal. We explored Dofu at basement of Jcube. Dofu is a small dessert stall offering black soya soft serve and pudding. For $5.60 per cup, one cam choose either pure soya soft serve or mixture of soft serve and pudding with 5 toppings. 


We opted for lychee popballs, peaches, peanut, coconut flakes and oreo biscuits. The initial mouth tasted weird but the flavor grows with u after a while. Could taste the soya taste and richness of it. Not too sweet at all. A dessert to try other than froyo. 

A summary of items Ordered:

Cajun chicken

Fish (Breaded) and chips

Shitake mushroom soup

My Overall Ratings:

Char-Grill Bar

Food: 3.2/5

Price: 3.8/5

Service: NA

Ambience: NA

You can locate them here:

Char-Grill Bar (at FoodClique)

Blk 132, Jurong Gateway Road, #01-273, Singapore 600132

A summary of items Ordered:

Black soya soft serve

My Overall Ratings:

Dofu

Food: 3.8/5

Price: 3.5/5

Service: NA

Ambience: NA

You can locate them here:

Dofu 

2 Jurong East Central 1, Jcube, Basement, Singapore 609731

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Big Bern & Wong Kee Wanton Noodle at Depot Road

Big Bern, owned by previous Botak Jones owner, is back in action. Located at Depot Road industrial coffee shop, it serves as a good American stall for the workers and office staff working ard. HP staff are entitled 10% off all food menu. 

Just beside it is the famous Wong Kee wanton noodle which is popular for their spinach and tomato char siew dumpling noodles. With our usual lunch gang, we decided to give these stalls a try.

We ordered Cajun chicken and BBQ chicken with mushroom soup from Big Bern. Portion shown is the small size version but definitely very filling. Verdict: food is spicy, including the soup. Good for adults but not for kids. Chicken is flavoufully marinated and tender. 

The char siew dumpling noodles were good as well. Nothing too special abt the spinach noodles as it tasted like normal mee pok except for its color. The tomato one was better. Could taste the tomato. Dumplings are big and juicy. 2 thumbs up for that. 

Both stalls are worth a try so do drop by early during lunch as the queue can be quite long on normal lunch hours.


Items Ordered:
Spinach Char Siew Noodles
Tomato Char Siew Noodles
Dumpling soup
BBQ Chicken with mushroom soup (Big Bern)
Cajun Chicken (Big Bern)

My Overall Ratings:
Food: 4/5
Price: 4/5
Service: NA
Ambience: 2/5

You can locate them here:

Big Bern & Wong Kee Noodles
118 Depot Lane, Singapore 109754

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