Pakistani Dum Biryani Sg, Maxwell Food Centre

The eponymous Pakistani Dum Biryani Sg (#01-69 Maxwell Food Centre, 1 Kadayanallur Street) is relatively new at Maxwell Food Centre. The chef's from Pakistan from what I read and their take on the popular spiced rice dish is apparently Pakistani styled - which has some differences from the spices that are used in comparison to the local Indian rendition. Don't know the details though. We've eaten there twice and hadn't any luck with their pulao. This was their mutton briyani which we've had on both occasions.

I wasn't able to discern the subtleties of the differences in spices. I could tell that there's more heat than what I'm used to for biryani. Bottom line was that it was delicious with great flavouring and had sufficient salt to bring forth all those spices infused into the rice. Bone in mutton was scratch off the fork tender and the dal on the side which was made with 4 types of lentils packed a nice bit of heat. Loving those. Also strangely reeled in by that chilled raita they have on the side even though I tasted coriander. 

L'antica Pizzeria Da Michele, Club Street

While I've been looking forward to L'antica Pizzeria Da Michele (#01-08, 8 Club Street), I also reminded myself not to be caught up by what's been written about it. There're two camps of writeups generally on this topic. The first are the hype train who're paid or given free food to do so. The second are the "frogs in the well" that are swept by the hype train attempting to convince the world that they've also had a gastronomical moment worth mentioning. We told ourselves that we'd be our own judges.

Okay tasting fritto di mare. Baby squids, a couple of prawns, white bait and zucchini. Not of fan of thick batter in general. While I cannot put a finger to from whence, I'm getting this feeling that we've had better. Not something I would get again.

Not bad tasting margherita. We topped up with extra cheese for $5. Noted the emphasis placed on the Agerola fior di latte which was pretty good tasting. Loved that the tomatoes weren't too tart. Leopard spots are no longer charming when they transcend beyond the thin boundary into too much burnt parts - which was what we got. It's not bad pizza. Just over priced. Not something I see myself waiting in line for.

Sri Aachi Aappakadai Pte Ltd, Tekka Food Centre

Sri Aachi Aappakadai Pte Ltd (#01-219 Tekka Market & Food Centre, 665 Buffalo Road) is located along the inner rows of stalls at Tekka where the Indian food stalls cluster - just a couple of units from where Zham Zham Muslim Food is. We were spoilt for choice from the variety of things they were offering. 

Ended up with a delicious 'crisp on the edges' egg appam that had a jiggly centre and an onion uttapam. Former's griddled on order and served with sweet coconut milk and orange sugar. Egg in the centre had molten yolk. Nicely done. 👍🏼 The latter was also moreish with the scorched sweet bits of onions on the sour pancake that paired with their array of savoury and spicy chutneys. Will definitely come back. Spied a bunch of colourful rice on their display which was intriguing.