Food Republic at Somerset 313 Orchard

Piao Xiang Mala is located at one corner of Food Republic on the 5th floor of Somerset 313. With lots of seating capacity available, many flocked to Piao Xiang Mala to enjoy their delicious food in comfortable environment. Prices at Piao Xiang is above average, ranging from $1.50 per 100g for vegetables to $3.20 per 100g for meat and mushroom. 

We opted for the slightly spicy version. 1 ingredient that we enjoyed most was their springy maggi noodles. Very well good to the right texture. The base pot was very fragrantly fried and tossed in fried nuts and spices. Average price per pax is about $10 to $12. Rating: 4/5

Another stall to mention is Yoshinoya. Yoshinoya is usually known for their sliced beef and salmon dons but this stall offers Yaki soba and hot plate dishes. They even offer hot plate soba dishes with rice set. Prices range from $6.90 onwards. The black pepper chicken hot plate is rather delicious and goes very well with a bowl of plain rice. For different Japanese dinner concept, try Yoshinoya at Food Republic Somerset 313. Rating: 3.8/5

A summary of what we had:

Mala

Black pepper chicken hot plate

My overall rating:

Food: 3.9/5

Price: 3.6/5

Service: NA

Ambience: 3.5/5

Food court/stalls

You can locate them here:

05-01/03 FOOD REPUBLIC @ 313@SOMERSET, 313 ORCHARD ROAD, Singapore 238895

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Ban Heng Teochew Porridge

Located beside Kopitiam, Ban Heng Teochew Porridge is a new addition to the wide variety of food offerable at Northpoint. The dishes offered at Ban Heng looks very very attractive under the spotlights and they all look extremely delicious with a wide variety of choices. There are 2 types of porridge to choose from, sweet potato porridge or plain porridge. 

For dinner today, we ordered 2 types of porridge to accompany the dishes. We ordered 5 dishes in all: sweet and sour fish, sauteed mushrooms, braised cabbage, braised eggplant and fried taukwa with minced meat. 

The food are all very tasty and with very homecook feel, especially for the fried taukwa with minced meat. Tasted so much like how my granny would cook it. The sweet and sour fish is also very fresh and soft. All so good with the chilli accompanying with it. 

These 5 dishes with the 2 porridges cost $16.60 in total. A little pricey but more worthwhile than the teochew porridge at Havelock. We enjoyed the dishes here much more. Do come Ban Heng to try but must come early to avoid the crowd as seats are limited. 

A summary of items Ordered:

sweet and sour fish

Sauteed mushrooms

Braised cabbage

Braised eggplant

Fried taukwa with minced meat

My Overall Ratings:

Food: 4/5

Price: 3.5/5

Service: 3/5

Ambience: 3/5

You can locate them here:

Ban Heng Teochew Porridge

930 Yishun Ave 2, Singapore 769098

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Mellben Signature Seafood Restaurant at Tanjong Pagar Plaza

Mellben Signature has moved from its previous location at Prince Edward Road to current Tanjong Pagar district. Located at Tanjong Pagar Plaza, this seafood tze char is more than just the normal tze char stall. The menu booklet looks very much from a restaurant and it is very much focus on their crab dishes.

Most of the tables are filled with buzzling working class customers and most of them ordered the stall's signature crab dishes. However, being not crab lovers, we decided to try and review other dishes. Ordering was done by the server and we had the following:

1. HK style fried tanghoon ($11) - we thought the dishes were small so we ordered medium for this. We were taken aback by the huge portion and it could easily feed 3 to 4 persons. There were lots of ingredients like crabmeat etc and very fragrantly fried. Thumbs up! Rating: 4.2/5



2. Shanghai vegetables with fried beancurd skin and gingko nuts ($11) - one of their signature vegetable dish which was prettily arranged and cooked with thick seafood sauce. Rating: 3.8/5


3. Prawn rolls ($9) - crispily fried juicy prawn rolls served with plum sauce. Very delicious indeed and simply love the crunchiness of every bite. Rating: 4/5


Overall we felt that the food quality is above the normal tze char though price range is rather pricey. Don't expect to find the normal sweet and sour fish slices at $12 but will be double the price.


A summary of items Ordered:
HK style fried tanghoon
Shanghai vegetables with fried beancurd skin and gingko nuts
Prawn rolls


My Overall Ratings:
Food: 4/5
Price: 3/5
Service: 3/5
Ambience: 3/5

You can locate them here:
Mellben Signature
Blk 7, Tanjong Pagar Plaza, #01-105, Singapore 081007
Tel: +65 62205512

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Marine Parade Food Center and Parkway Parade

Our first food exploration on the east of SG. We realized that we were actually missing lots of delicious food and fun! 

We started off at marine parade food center. The food center houses lots of delicious food,with many stalls winning awards. Among these stalls are four seasons cendol ($2) and katong chicken curry puff ($1.30). The cendol's shaved ice looks course but when mixed together, it melted so nicely with the coconut and gula melaka. The coconut taste was thick and flavourful and with the fresh ingredients, it was an awesome dessert for a hot sunny afternoon. Rating: 4/5

The curry puff was crispy on the outside with sumptuous chicken potato filling on the inside. This was the kind of traditional puffs that once we were a kid would look for. Rating: 4/5

From traditional food center to modern foodcourt, we tried Chinatown's tutu cake (or TuTu Kueh) ($3 for 5) at food republic parkway parade. The filling was delicious but skin tad dry and hard. Rating: 3.5/5

The Hokkaido baked cheese tarts ($2.60) however is a must try. The tart crust is slightly more buttery than that of ibake's and filling is comparably rich. We could go for more than 2 tarts per pax for this. 3 ways of eating it: hot, warm, cold for the different cheese constituency. Different flavours like durian and chocolate are available too. Rating: 4/5

We will be back to explore more food around the area, so do stay tuned! 

You can locate them here:

Marine parade food center

84 Marine Parade Central, Singapore 440084

You can locate them here:

Parkway Parade

80 Marine Parade Rd, Singapore 449269

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小蛮牛麻辣香锅 at Kopitiam Hillion Mall

In continuation of our 麻辣香锅 exploration, we were at Hillion Mall's Kopitiam to try 小蛮牛. This ma la stall is the first stall of Kopitiam and unlike other ma la stalls, it is Halal certified. This means that it does not offer pork as their choices and even the luncheon meat and taiwan sausages are chicken.


The price range is comparable to that of Food Republic. The meat is priced at $3.20 per 100g and the vegetable ranges from $2.20 per 100g onwards. We requested to be cooked in the least spicy level.



Fortunately, it was indeed less spicy but yet very delicious. The dish looks red and hot but the taste wasn't spicy at all. Very fragrantly fried and addictive in taste!

Why not drop by this stall for a visit for a pot of fragrant ma la these few days??


My Overall Ratings:
Food: 4/5
Price: 3.5/5
Service: NA
Ambience: 3/5

You can locate them here:
Kopitiam
#02-15/16/18/19/20 Hillion Mall,17 Petir Rd, Singapore 678278

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Korean Cuisine & Lao Bao Tang at Kopitiam Tiong Bahru Plaza

It was our first time visiting the new renovated Kopitiam at Tiong Bahru Plaza.

The foodcourt was slightly more spacious as compared previously and it was decorated with a slight nostalgic feel. 

We were there for a quick dinner today and ordered the following dishes for dinner: 

1. Saba fish and chicken hotplate set for me - the dish wasn't sizzling hot when served to me. The saba fish was crispy on the outside and meat very fresh but overall a little dry as there weren't any gravy from the fish or chicken. Definitely prefered the stall at Clementi coffeeshop (http://paulinmunchies.blogspot.com/2016/11/korean-food-varinice-eating-house.html). Rating: 3/5

2. Old cucumber soup from Lao Bao Tang - the soup was very rich and full of ingredients. Soup was boiled for long hours and the ingredients were fresher than the ones served by 老火汤 (Lao Bao Tang). The pumpkin rice however was hard and not as good. Rating: 3.1/5

There are many other choices to choose from and we should be back to try the frangrant hotpot next. So stay tuned! 

Items Ordered:

Old Cucumber sop with pumpkin rice (老火汤 (Lao Bao Tang))

Saba fish with chicken set (Korean Cuisine)

My Overall Ratings:

Food: 3/5

Price: 3.5/5

Service: NA

Ambience: 3/5

You can locate them here:

Tiong Bahru Plaza

Kopitiam, 302 Tiong Bahru Road, Level 3, Singapore 168732

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Ipoh Lou Yao Bean Sprouts Chicken at IMM

At Lou Yau, their Hor Fun are directly imported from Ipoh. Their hor fun is popular for its smooth and silky texture. 

This is because they are produced using the abundance of mineral-rich underground spring water from the mountainous region of Ipoh. The Hor Fun goes complimentary well with their kampong chicken and bean sprouts. 

Kevin ordered their signature set which comes with a small serving of chicken and bean sprouts with hor fun. The hor fun is indeed very good, smooth and silky. With the fried pork lard, it was an awesome staple. 

The chicken was a little skinny with meat and there are chicken hair on the skin. We didn't really like the chicken. The bean sprouts were crunchy and fresh, boiled to the right texture. 

I had their signature hor fun with fried meatballs, sliced meat and fermented minced meat. I love this dish. The sauce with the meat and silky horfun combination was very good! A dish so satisfying... As sides, we ordered their oyster sauce xiao bai cai and thai style fried fish cake beancurd. 

The fried fishcake beancurd is another must try dish. Freshly fried crunchy and bouncy beancurd drizzled with thai sauce. 

Overall, Lou Yao is an economically friendly restaurant for those who wants to have a satisfying ipoh meal other than in the foodcourt.

Items ordered:

1. Signature set

2. Signature horfun with fried meatball, sliced meat and fermented minced meat.

3. Oyster sauce xiao bai cai

4. Thai style fried fish cake beancurd

My Overall Ratings:

Food: 3.8/5

Price: 4/5

Service: NA (self service)

Ambience: 3.2/5


You can locate them here:

Ipoh Lou Yao Bean Sprouts Chicken

IMM Building, 2 Jurong East Street 21, #01-K09, Singapore 609601

Opening Hours:

11.00AM – 10.00PM

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Mala Xiang Guo at Food Pavilion Clementi Central

This is one of the best mala xiang guo stall that we have tried so far. Located at Food Pavilion coffee shop behind Clementi Mall, the stall offers a wide and fresh variety of vegetables, seafood and meat choices. 

Seafood ranges from prawns, fish maw to sotong etc. Really spoilt for choices. 

We picked a great variety of different vegetables from mushrooms to fungus to vegetables. 

The plate feels heavy but surprisingly the bowl of food with 2 huge bowls of rice cost $16.80 only! For this portion at other places, it could easily cost us $25 or more. No wonder this stall is so popular among the students. 

We loved their mala taste. At the least spiciness level, we could still taste the mala kick from the food. Simply awesome! 

For mala lovers, pls do give this stall a try for cheap and delicious mala xiang guo! For non spicy eaters, they have the ingredients fried with oyster sauce that tasted equally good. 


Items Ordered:
Mala Xiang Guo

My Overall Ratings:

Food: 4.5/5

Price: 4.5/5

Service: NA

Ambience: 2.5/5

You can locate them here:

Food Pavilion

443 Clementi Ave 3, Singapore 120443

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Jing House Yong Tau Foo and Lao Huo Tang at Cookhouse JEM

We are back at Cookhouse foodcourt JEM to explore the rest of the stalls. Today we decided to go for Jing House Yong tau fu and Lao Huo Tang. I ordered 7pcs of yong tau foo soup and the cost starts at $4.90 for min. 7 pcs. 

The soup was very very tasty and overall choice of ingredients was a lot. Though very tasty, I didn't feel thirsty thereafter so it proves that there wasn't much msg in it.

Kevin went for claypot chicken rice from Lao Huo Tang stall. The dish cost $6 but there wasn't much chicken in the rice. Taste wise was not too bad. Has a little burnt taste and there was enough dark sauce to cover the rice evenly. Not too bad for foodcourt standard.

Another 2 stalls down from our list at Cookhouse. So far we have introduced rojak, korean, mala hotpot, yong tau fu, claypot chicken rice, la mian and fish soup. 

About 5 to 7 more stalls to go and we are done! So do stay tuned.



Items Ordered:
Claypot Chicken Rice
Yong Tau Fu Soup

My Overall Ratings:

Food: 3.5/5
Price: 3.5/5
Service: NA
Ambience: 3/5

You can locate them here:

Cookhouse by Koufu
Jem, 50 Jurong Gateway Road, #05-01, Singapore 608549

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RedRing Treasures & Formosa Ban Mian at Food Republic Wisma Atria

Today afternoon is another Food Republic foodcourt exploration for us. We were at Food Republic Wisma Atria for lunch after church. My mum recommended us to try the ban mian there so decided to give it a try.

We ordered ban mian and guo tie from the Formosa ban mian stall. The guo tie took a long time to prepare. We had to wait for abt 10 to 15mins before the guo tie was ready. 

The ban mian soup base was good. Tasty and minced pork very fresh. No strong porky taste. Guo tie was crispy and delicious as well, so the wait was still worth it. I had chicken cutlet horfun from RedRing treasures. 

The chicken was well marinated with spice taste and gravy for the horfun was good. The horfun texture could be better as they slightly stick together in lumps. But overall taste and portion was still worth a try.

More foodcourt exploration coming up from us so do stay tuned.

Items Ordered:
Chicken Cutlet horfun
Ban Mian
Guo Tie

My Overall Ratings:

Food: 4/5
Price: 4/5
Service: NA
Ambience: 3/5

You can locate them here:

Food Republic
Wisma Atria, 435 Orchard Road, Level 4, Singapore 238877

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Fu Lin Yong Tau Foo & Maru Ten Udon at Food Republic Suntec City

Today's another day of food court exploration. Food Republic at Suntec City offers a wide range of famous food stalls like Formosa Ban Mian etc. Fu Lin Yong Tau Foo is another attraction that most people would try when they visit the food court. 

The usual dry yong tau foo is usually served with sweet sauce but for Fu Lin, the yong tau foo pcs are fried and drizzled with their special thick and gooey sauce. The noodles are also served in a separate bowl with the same gooey sauce. 

It tasted very much like the dry beef noodles but with less spice taste and with minced meat in them. A very special yong tau foo worth trying. The chilli sauce serves as a very good dip to go with it.

Maru Ten Udon is the stall located just beside Fu Lin. 

As the stall is named, they are good for their soup udon. 


The udon is served to you dry and you can pour the soup on your own to your desired level. There are different tempura dishes for you to choose from to go along with the udon. 

Free flow of seaweed is available as well. The udon is cooked to the right texture and springy. Very nice udon to be served in a food court. 

The tempura dishes on the other hand are ordinary and could even do better.

For special yong tau foo, do consider Fu Lin at Food Republic Suntec City.


Items Ordered:
Fried Tempura Mix
Udon soup
Yong Tau Fu dry
Dry Hor Fun

My Overall Ratings:

Food: 3.5/5
Price: 3.5/5
Service: NA
Ambience: 2.5/5

You can locate them here:

Food Republic
Suntec, 3 Temasek Blvd, 115-120, Singapore 038983

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Qiu Lian Ban Mian at Food Republic Westgate

Qiu Lian ban mian is an old time popular ban mian stall with Singaporeans. They have quite a number of branches and they are usually located inside Food Republic. Food Republic at Vivo City is one of them and Westgate is another. 

Since I am down on a soupy diet these few days, we decided to go for ban mian from this old time stall. We ordered fried fish ban mian for both of us. Generous with their serving, they gave 4 huge pcs of fried fish on the ban mian. 

The noodle texture was just right. Not too hard or soggy. There were lots of vegetable and ikan billies in the soup. This branch at Westgate is good and has always been consistent in their serving quality.

Go give this stall a try for a bowl of hot piping ban mian in a cold weather.


Items Ordered:
Fried fish ban main

My Overall Ratings:

Food: 3.5/5
Price: 3.5/5
Service: NA
Ambience: 3/5

You can locate them here:

Food Republic
Vivocity, 3 Gateway Drive, B1-28/29, Singapore 608532

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