Hogga hogga!

I stayed off this place for a bit and now am back again. Don't have much to say about the prime rib at Hog's Breath that I've not already said before. In comparison to my previous visit which was a disappointment, the prime rib seemed to have gotten back to their regular standards. I did notice that their medium rare seemed to have gotten a bit more cooked than the "standard" medium rare and was dryer than before. Still I like this enough to make this place a meat fix. It's not Lawry's or Mortons, but these guys aren't as hard on the wallet. And good enough that out of all my visits here, I've never actually ordered anything else in the main course. At least I think so.

YY Ka Fei Dian, Beach Road

I think this place was called YY Ka Fei Dian. That's what it said on the signboard. They were one of the Hainanese chicken rice coffeeshops ($3.50 a plate here) in the locale; located at the junction where Purvis Street meets Beach Road which makes it a minute's walk away from Yet Con and Chin Chin Eating House. There was one thing that differentiated them from other chicken rice stalls in the vicinity. I was also told that they sold good donuts. I've seen people buy them by the bag loads so it might be true. Strange pairings indeed.

I've lunched here on a few occasions. Even though this coffee shop serves cze char, I've never gotten interested enough to try them. The chicken rice here was pretty decent. The chilli and the dark soy sauce helped with the rice. The condiments weren't too bad.



The colour of the rice was a little more yellowed than usual. It tasted a bit more heavy too. At $3.50 a plate, it was also a little costlier than the usual ranges between $2.50 to $3.00 in the most coffee shops. Then again, one gets non flattened chicken meat and the portions were anything but stingy.


There's Hainanese pork chop to be had here but it was sadly mediocre. Would recommend to avoid. Unless overly greasy over fried breaded pork is your kind of thing. $6 felt a little expensive for the portions. No? I was thinking that since this was a Hainanese coffeeshop, the pork chops might have been something that were good at. That was just not true. If you're looking for Hainanese chicken rice and pork chop together in the vicinity, stick to Chin Chin. Nicer pork chops there.

Lunch @ Paulaners

Paulaners Bräuhaus at Millenia Walk has lunch at $18++ that comes with a appetizer, a main course and a drink. At an optional top up of another $8, you get 2 mugs of 0.3l of their beer instead of the regular soft drink. A good deal since it costs about $11 normally. Since it was close to where I work, I'll came by to try the lunch.- which by the way is a different thing from their other speedy lunch that is being offered down at the bar. I had the option with the beer.

Avoiding the boring salads, I picked the Bavarian Cheese Soup with sliced Bratwurst and fresh majoram.


Nothing special from what I expected out of something that was called cheese soup. It was more like onion soup with melted shreds of cheese. Would've done better with more of the cheese since it was suppose to be a cheese soup? Portions of the bratwurst were pathetic as well. Why wasn't bread served with this? Are you guys from Paulaners reading this?


That's the grilled Gammon ham steak with onion sauce and cheese spätzle. Spatzle kinda like mac and cheese. Sadly, none of the cheese was browned. Ham steak wasn't bad but the onion sauce was really bland.

Awesome maw-some at myyyy.....McDonalds!

Nope, this is not the Big Mac indeed! This is ze quadruple cheese burger, special order without pickles and ketchup that ruins (IMO) the beefy cheesy flavour which cheeseburgers should just taste of. And no, it's not on the menu. One can simply order 2 double cheese burgers and request for all the meat to be in one bread and there you go, $4 worth of gut satisfaction that'll put a smile on your face ten mile wide.

Out of the Fox River into the Gap

After a meticulously planned breakout of Lincoln Burrows and himself from Fox River Penitentiary and eluding authorities on a nationwide manhunt, Michael Scofield ends up modeling for Gap. Lol. I took this at Vivocity.

The fried rice from Pasta Mania

I got this packed for lunch just out of curiosity. I'm not picking on a low cost pasta place and  then complaining excessively because I prefer the original dish, but this was definitely fried rice. I don't know how I could have been convinced that it wasn't, unless in the context of Pasta Mania, Riso = fried rice. The name attempts to suggest risotto, but this doesn't look or taste remotely like it. For fried rice, it's actually not too bad. Lol. There's a fair bit of mixed mushrooms and wow, even pine nuts. And the rice tasted garlicky enough. If it had been a tad less oily with fluffier rice, Crystal Jade should watch out.