Hokkaido aburi cheese katsu from Tonkatsu by Ma Maison

I was initially thinking that the aburi cheese katsu had made a return but I realised that they called it Hokkaido aburi cheese katsu this time round. I'm not sure what was the difference between this and last year's version but the cheese topping beneath the torched surface was a lot creamier than the last time. Heart cloggingly delicious. The actual katsu looked better than their product shot.

Ghee onion rava masala dosa from Saravanaa Bhavan and......

More breakfasting at Saravanaa Bhavan. Pretty good ghee onion rava masala dosa. There's coriander in it which had its flavour cooked out so woohoo! Loads of crunch and nice flavour from the black peppercorn in the dosa.

The yummy uppuma of theirs was as yummy as before.

Roast duck with roast pork rice from 威胜碳烤烧腊

More roast meat rice from 威胜碳烤烧腊. Today's roast pork was really fatty. $9 in Feburary 2026 for posterity.

Hvala, Ngee Ann City/Takashimaya

First time at Hvala (#B2-28, 391 Orchard Road).

I'm not sure how I feel about the yuzu warabi mochi. I didn't dislike it but I'm also not sure that I did like it. Maybe it's because I've never had it citrus fruit flavoured. The yuzu flavour was pretty prominent. One also doesn't get the same consistency as those from Warabimochi Kamakura which I like better.

This was....probiotic apple matcha. Apple juice and green tea. Not bad.

Junior Kuppanna, Kitchener Road

I remember seeing the long queues outside Junior Kuppanna at Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur the last time I was there. This was the local branch at Little India (161 Kitchener Road, tel : +65 9235 5116)

Mutton briyani. Full portion. Seeraga Samba rice is used here.

Not bad tasting. Ample warm flavour from the spices in the rice. Mutton was tender but dry-ish. Half of mine were bones. 

Chicken briyani. Half portion. Also not bad tasting. Flavour's a little different because of the meat. Like the other briyani, the protein was tender but dry-ish.

Note to self: Raita has coriander hidden inside.

A couple of curries came with the briyani. The chicken one was spicy, coconut-y and delicious.

Their gobi 65 was nice. Cauliflower florets were coated in a deliciously savoury crisp batter.

Eisbein and seabream from Brotzeit

There's a North Sea menu at Brotzeit which caught our attention recently. 

But first affensaft mango. Affensaft, I venture, is a German equivalent of shandy. Came across the mention of it being called monkey juice. No monkeys were used as far as I could tell. So this was weissbier with mango juice. No monkeys.

The mango flavour was initially faint and got stronger close to the end because the juice ended up mostly at the bottom of the glass.

What intrigued me was their eisbein - or boiled pork knuckles. Tasted kinda like how I imagined. Tender, easily off the bone and still very meaty with some bite to them. Those sauerkraut definitely helped. Potatoes were nice.

The menu mentioned grilled seabream but this appeared to be fried. Anyways, fish was pretty good tasting with firm and flaky meat. Potato salad was nice and tangy.