Mom's Touch, 18 Cross

Mom's Touch disappeared from our shores some time back and have made a return. The last time we've had anything from them was their spicy chocolate chicken years ago. They're currently located at 18 Cross (#01-03, 18 Cross, 181 South Bridge Road), the building formerly known as Cross Street Exchange.

One of the Singapore exclusives is their Angus beef burger. This was the double. Pretty sure the beef was not salted because I could detect all the locked it beefiness in there that was begging to be released. If only they had salted the meat.

Then again, I got this sauceless and maybe that wasn't how they rolled. I'd classify this as edible but I'm not likely to get it again.

White garlic chicken burger's not bad. Chunky fried chicken thigh meat, ham, onions, pickles, lettuce, cheddar and some garlic sauce. Though pretty similar to that Incredible Burger I had from them years back, I enjoyed this more. Pretty sure it wasn't just because of that garlic sauce.

These were the least Cajun Cajun fries I've had.

Their banana milk coffee was nicer than the recent one from McD. More banana flavour and better tasting coffee. Shame on McD. What I did not like though was that even though I had opted for less ice, there was still a lot of ice. Like half a cup of it.

Durian kaya pandan toast from Ya Kun

Durian kaya pandan toast from Ya Kun. They were sufficiently light handed with the durian paste so some of the kaya flavours still came through. Personally, I thought they should've just forgone the kaya and stuck with just the durian paste but I appreciate that they're desperately trying to get something "local" out for this year's ND. What's obviously gimmicky was the pandan toast. Why bother when you cannot even taste it?

Hail to the King

Some stuff from BK.

Buttermilk beef burger. I'm not even sure how to describe the buttermilk sauce in this one. Burger's kinda small. Will not be getting again.

Their long chicken sandwich which is the overpriced McChicken that I feel tastes better than McChicken.

Some smoky maple mayo fries which I'm guessing is not a permanent item. It's actually kinda addictive with that smoky maple flavour. Left my fingers smelling like the syrup from McD's hotcakes.

Was curious about their cempedak mochi bites.

Chewy mochi clad in light crunchy shell that's stuffed with....I'm not sure what to call them but it tasted like cempedak paste. A load of flavour from the fruit in it. Not a bad one.

Look at how thin their fried pies are.

Chrysanthemum cream cheese pie. Pretty noticeable chrysanthemum flavouring there.

Kayago and Popeye's Fav. from Two Men Bagel House

Back at Two Men Bagel House ( 一, 二, 三, 四, 五, 六, 七, 八, 九, 十, 十一, 十二, 十三, 十四, 十五, 十六, 十七, 十八, 十九, 二十, 二十一, 二十二, 二十三, 二十四, 二十五, 二十六, 二十七, 二十八, 二十九, 三十, 三十一, 三十二).

Kayago in sesame bagel. According to the menu, it's smoked chicken ham, chicken floss, TMBH kaya, smoked Kewpie mayo, buttermilk scrambled eggs. Most of that kaya was lost amongst the other stuff in the bagel. Most, not all. Not bad tasting.

This was Popeye's Fav. in plain bagel. A smoked salmon and creamed spinach thingy. Also not bad tasting.

Pazonia Italian Street Food, Amoy Street

Pazonia Italian Street Food (49 Amoy Street) has been mentioned a bit in the chatters lately. Mostly about their panuozzo. We walked past them on the way to Sodeng recently and I kinda decided that I wanted to check them out and made a mental note to come back.

I liked their burrata & Parma Ham panuozzo. Got this with extra balsamic glaze.

Burrata was chilled with creamy oozy innards of stracciatella like a luxuriant frosting over the salty Parma ham and peppery rockets. Not bad pizza bread. Gripes? Not tasting any of the pesto or olive oil they claim to be in there. That usually means it's either not enough or not good enough.

Their carbonara was "alla Romana". Just enough of the emulsified egg and cheese coating al dente rigatoni. Nicely done but could be improved with better quality black pepper. Love those chunks of salty/fatty/porky guanciale in there.

Kaya toast and drinks from Roast & Coffee - Retro Garden 1968's

Ducked into Roast & Coffee - Retro Garden 1968's for some drinks and sanctuary from the sweltering heat.

Ice lemon tea was suitably astringent, robust and lemony. I don't know if anything else here can top this for the weather.

Carrot milk's not bad. Got this sans ice. Creamy, carrot-y and cooling.

Not a fan of their kaya toast. Felt flimsy. Not using pandan kaya aside, the thin strip of butter was just sad.

Greek Shack stuff from Shake Shack

The current limited time them from Shake Shack is the Greek Shack. It basically involves using things like tzatziki, za'atar and mediterranean-esque ingredients like parsley, fresh onions, cucumber and tomatoes.

It's actually much better than their usual limited time menu items. This one had a layer of crisp freshness layered over their meat and the tanginess from the tzatziki to cut through. 

For some reasons, they were still "making" the tzatziki for the fries when they served so we ended up eating them with the cream from their summer peach shake. Fries + cream = 👍🏼

A summer peach shake that was a little bit more sweet than that we're comfortable with. Didn't taste peachy like what we're used to in peach teas. There's peach folded into it but it mostly tasted of vanilla.

Tzatziki was ready after a while.

Pretty refreshing with the fries. I seem to taste mint in it.

Getting pretty pricey eating at Shake Shack.

KFC Curry x Sambal Zinger

So there...the curry sambal Zinger that uses instant/frozen prata as buns from KFC. Fried chicken's fine. Prata was a tad greasy. Curry's actually not bad tasting. That being said, one would taste mostly just curry which presumably serves as a dip. Couldn't taste much else; was almost done with this before I remembered that there was supposed to be sambal in the sandwich because I didn't notice it through the curry. It was also a mess to eat.

Pan's Kopi, Amoy Street Food Centre

Came across Pan's Kopi (#02-98 Amoy Street Food Centre, 7 Maxwell Road, tel : +65 8598 8182) recently and decided to try their taro toast set.

Taro paste was slightly sweetened, thick and had bits of yam/taro in them. Tasted mostly like how I imagined. If I had a gripe, it would be that it could have been improved with more butter. 😬 Portion was substantial. Love that the soft boiled eggs were served cracked.

Butter kopi's drinkable stuff - it's not bad but I prefer a roast/bean that has more aroma/body. I thought it was great that they kept the sweetness level lower than most.

Le Bon Funk, Holland Village

The last time we ate at Le Bon Funk was at their original branch at Club Street. This one at Holland Village (277 Holland Avenue, tel : +65 9833 9867) is at where Fosters Steakhouse used to be.

The decor had a 60s-ish vibe which contrasted against the intersperse of more modern appliances/furniture. Lighting was a warm with hues of yellows and browns with the exception of areas at the front and back with tinted blue by the sunlight filtering through the window panes. I'm not sure if I'm getting this across.

Shaken iced tea with hibiscus, orange and sage - tasted fruity, couldn't tell that there was tea in it.

This was their foie gras toast. The fluffy stuff on the top was shaven foie gras. Beneath them was some roselle jam/jelly; the previous time we had it, it was cedar jelly which I couldn't tell. Roselle came across much more discernible. Nice.

Couldn't resist their beef tongue and gribiche sandwich. As good as we remembered it.

Cast iron pancake with maple syrup topped with caramelised bacon and banana. Nice. Served piping hot with crusty edges. Pretty sweet. Bacon was smoky sweet like bak kwa. Bananas tasted like they have cumin in it.

Smash Street, Amoy Street

Finally got to try Smash Street (50 Amoy Street). Space is narrow and the ventilation here isn't great so be prepared to smell like burgers when you step out.

There's a Classic and the House. The former has 2 patties and the latter has 3. This was a House which I requested for sauce on the side but there was still some sauce in it. Thankfully it wasn't overdone.

I like this. With some sauce and pickles, the meat and cheese came through like how I like them. Buns were soft but held up. May try with other toppings another time.

They forgot my pickles so I had to get some later and stuff them in myself.

Fries are good here.

Cornflakes flavoured milkshake. Pretty sweet.