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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Baro Baro & Hattendo Cafe at Tanjong Pagar

Still on our Korean food craze, we are back at Tanjong Pagar to try more today. Groupon is having promotion for Baro Baro, a popular Korean street food chain recommended for its egg bread and kimbap. 

Also they are good at their attractive and cute looking light bulb drinks. For $24, we are entitled to buy $40 worth of food. 

Ordering of food is self service at the counter. There is not much seats for dining so one advice is gotta be early or avoid the usual dining time to avoid waiting. We ordered a sumptuous spread of food as follow:

1. Jajangmyeon with bulgogi kimbap - jajangmyeon wasn't as delicious as the one we had last week at O'bba. The taste was a little blend. The bulgogi kimbap on their hand was very very good. Generous in their ingredients and the rice had the chewy springy texture. 

2. Tokpokki with assorted tweekim - disappointing dishes as the tokpokki gravy was watery. Fortunately the taste was still acceptable. The assorted tweekim consisted of 6 fried side food like dumpling, tempura prawn and fried vermicilli roll. This dish was cold and could taste the oil taste.

3. Dupbap - its marinated bulgogi or spicy chicken on top of rice. Supposedly to be like bibimbap but not as good and tasty. 

4. Drinks - the lightbulb drinks are good especially the lime one. Refreshing taste. The blueberry smoothies was a tad sweet. 

Overall, for a simple Korean meal, Baro Baro can be considered. 

Items Ordered:

Bulgogi Kimbab
Jajiangmyeon

Teokpokki

Assorted Tweekim

LightBlub Bottled Brinks

Dupbap

My Overall Ratings:

Food: 3.2/5

Price: 3.5/5

Service: N.A

Ambience: 2.8/5

You can locate them here:

Baro Baro

120 Maxwell Road,

Tanjong Pagar MRT, B1-29/49,Singapore 069119.

We weren't too satisfied after dinner. So we visited Hattendo cafe at Tanjong Pagar Center for desserts. This lovely cream buns are definitely worth the try. Tasted so soft, creamy and not sweet. 

The bun had a very sweet bread taste which reminded me of those bread at the old school bakery during my childhood days. 

Awesome buns worth the try!

Items Ordered:

Cream Buns

Food: 4.5/5

Price: 4/5

Service: N.A

Ambience: 4/5

You can find them here:

Hattendo cafe 

7 Wallich Street, Tanjong Pagar Centre #01-05, Singapore 078884

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Men Don Express & Sun Korean Food at The Kitchen Star Vista

The Kitchen is another foodcourt concept owned by Koufu at Star Vista. We are here for a quick dinner with our buddies before heading home for another round of work again. 

Walking around the foodcourt, we realised that there has been quite a bit of changes. Many new stalls pop up and mostly are Japanese stalls. I was craving for Korean food, so I had hotplate Saba fish with chicken set. Kevin ordered the same as me. 

The usual Korean food is always served on oval hotplate but this stall serves theirs on a round plate. 




The hotplate was real heavy. There were lots of vegetables as side dish. Overall taste was ok but very much preferred the one from Clementi. 

Eunice ordered chicken egg don from the newly open Men Don Express stall managed by 2 young gals. They took quite a while to prepare her don. Verdict of food: Salty and there are quite a few egg shells in the don. Guess they are lack of experience and could do much better. 

There are many other choices to choose from at The Kitchen and we will be back to review on the rest. Do stay tuned! 

Items Ordered:
Hotplate Chicken and saba
Chicken egg don

My Overall Ratings:

Food: 3/5

Price: 3/5

Service: NA

Ambience: 3/5

You can locate them here:

The Kitchen

1 Vista Exchange Green, 02-25/26 The Star Vista, Singapore 138617

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