Revisiting Kreta Lembu

Breakfast at Kreta Lembu with a side of rock tunes from the 90s. This was their soto ayam. Egg's an add on.

The broth got pretty spicy after the sambal was swished into it. Nice heat in the cinnamon-y spicy broth which was awesomeness if not for the haze. There were generous shreds of chicken-y chicken along with bean sprouts and ketupat in it.

Came across some French toast thingy which they mentioned contained curry beef.

It's actually beef rendang inside. Pretty solid beefy one. IIRC, this was just a buck. 👍🏼

Pretty decent teh tarik here.

Blue Label Tavern, Stamford Place

Blue Label Tavern (#01-01 Stamford Place, 61 Stamford Road, tel : +65 9821 9362) is by Blue Label Pizza which is in turn a pizza branch out from Luke's Oyster Bar & Chop House. What appeared to be different from Blue Label Pizza are the cheaper prices which is corresponded by smaller sized pizzas and a smaller selection of them. And some.

Beers and wine by glass benefit from a happy hour here. It's $10 a for a glass of their Blue Label Ale. Profile's much like a white beer/weissbier.

It's also a little pricey considering that it looked like it was just a little more than their drinking glasses and it's definitely not a pint.

They've a BLP X SMU smash burger. Cheaper, smaller and less sides than the Travis Burger which one can find at Luke's during lunch. This one has a choice of one side and we went with their tangy chicken fat potatoes.

While I typically don't like too many things stuffed into my burgers, Luke's has somehow managed that by their balance of ingredients that didn't drown out the meat and cheese for their Travis Burger. Same applied for this BLP X SMU smash burger. Small, but I liked it with their salty crusty smashed patties.

First time trying their The Original Famous. Apparently a blend of 5 cheese which I couldn't tell but the pizza's pretty decent.

Haven't had their cookies and stout shake for a really long time. Cookies were nice but I'm not getting that stout from the shake today.

Joo Chiat Bánh Mì Cà Phê, Joo Chiat Road

I've noticed that this Vietnamese coffee shop (263 Joo Chiat Road, tel : +65 6568 8529) has been around for some time. Never visited until now.

Tried their Dalat strawberry pressed bánh mì. In between the pressed buns were supposedly conserve made with strawberries from Vietnam's Da Lat region - the oldest strawberry growing region in the country. I was hoping that they would come with some butter but there weren't any. Couldn't tell if they were any different from regular strawberries.

Egg coffee or cà phê trứng. Not particularly outstanding with that egg froth or the coffee which wasn't very strong. I've previously had them at Red Sparrow and 123 ZÔ. Both of them were better tasting with eggier froth and richer coffee.

Their regular drip coffee was likewise a little weak in my opinion. Lacked punch from the aroma and intensity.

Park Bäckerei, Icon Village

I've been wanting to try Park Bäckerei (#01-41/42 Icon Village, 12 Gopeng Street, tel : +65 8421 0866) since they setup shop. They're mostly handmade German pretzel, stuffed bagels, sausage rolls, sandwiches and some confectionary.

Came across a limited time Easter special. Pulled beef cheese steak sandwich. Looked kinda small.

It was delicious though. That piping hot pulled beef was properly tender and tangy with a likeable barbecue sauce, cheese, pickles and greens. The pretzel bread was crusty on the surface, tender and dense on the insides. Don't mind coming back.

Recent Shakings and Shackings

Recent eat at Shake Shack. Wanted to catch the Greek Shack before it rotated out. We got the single patty thinking that we'd get more tzatziki out of each bite but it seemed like there were less of them in the single patty configuration. Sad.

Double meat hamburger still isn't adequately salted if you added just one slice of cheese. I wished they'd salt the meat more.

Temptation's the one thing we'll never resist. Maybe.

A&W, Jewel

We haven't eaten from A&W (#B2-209 Jewel, 8 Airport Boulevard) for a long time. Stopped by for some food after our late night arrival back to Singapore. 

The root beer tasted weird. The first thought that instinctively came to mind after the first sip was if it was made from tap water. Pretty sure I tasted something like a mild chlorine flavour in it.

That's their cream cheese burger. Not sure what cream cheese was it that they used but it tasted more like mayo/cream than cream cheese to me. Will not get it again. Not good.

Curly fries be curly fries.

Operator Diner, Lonsdale Street, Melbourne CBD

Operator Diner (Shop 2/130 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, tel : +61 3 8395 6341) is an American styled diner in the CBD.

Long black's sour. Flat white was......ok.

Got ourselves a breakfast muffin call Usual Suspect. Went big with the bacon and sausage combo which is topped with poached egg, cheese, their BBQ bacon chutney and a hash brown on the side.

Muffin was too wobbly to eat by hand. Not bad tasting. The sausage was pretty tasty.

Had an order of their Love Me Tender (chicken tenders) because they mentioned blue cheese sauce. Sauce was cheesy but we didn't get any blue cheese flavour and it was pre-mixed. How did we know it was pre-mixed? We asked if they could have it with more blue cheese and they told us so. Pretty disappointing. The tenders and fries were nicely done though.

Some drink called The Big Apple - single origin coffee (not that I could tell), apple juice, spiced chai, brown sugar foam and cinnamon. Not bad.

Pecan pie was too sweet. Didn't think much of it.

Apparently, Zac Efron was here. Filming. Pretty sure they marked the seat he was at just like what was done when Harry met Sally at Katz's Deli. I just never found out which one was it.

Hosted home BBQ

BBQ from friends that hosted us in this trip. There were drumlets and lamb t-bones and duck fat potatoes.

And also the obligatory salad, beans, corn and hotdogs. Those dogs were good.

Picklecore Meal from KFC (Australia)

Came across a limited time pickle-y promotion from KFC. Got the Picklecore Meal.

Which came with a fried chicken sandwich that had pickles and pickle mayo in it.

I liked it. Had a nice tang and wet crunch which mayo in regular chicken sandwiches wouldn't have. Would have been great if there were a few more slices of pickles in it to pickle things up even more.

Their pickled loaded chips came with fried pickles, pickle sauce and popcorn chicken. Not bad but these pickles here appear dehydrated. I was thinking that they'd be fried and crispy.

More popcorn chicken.

More pickle sauce as well. There appeared to be quite a bit of dill in it which I liked.

Their Pickle Pepsi Max came "deconstructed". Basically it was just Pepsi with a container of pickle juice and a couple of slices of pickles.

I wanted to say that one shouldn't knock it before trying it but I think I will withhold that. I liked this. Pepsi with extra tang. Nice. I can make this myself at home too.

This one piece Original was an add on. I haven't had it in years, I don't remember if it was the same as the last time I had one. It's okay.