Purple sweet potato latte from Japan Rail Cafe

November's drink of the month at JR Cafe is a purple sweet potato latte. Like the previous drink of the month, it's a caffeine free beverage and unsurprisingly, it was delicious with the flavour of the sweet potato that it was made with. Topped with some cream for a touch of richness. Yum!

Hong Kong Jin Tian (香港錦田), Jalan Bukit Ho Swee

I recall eating from this stall years ago when they were located closer to the Tiong Bahru Market. It seemed they've relocated to this current location (#01-858, Blk 34 Jalan Bukit Ho Swee) after disappearing for a while so I thought they might be worth checking out. The liver sausage, which was the only thing I thought was enjoyable doesn't seem to be available anymore.

I'm partially at fault for asking for the burnt ends. Some of them were over burnt bits of bitter pieces. I had erroneously assumed that they would just include the edible burnt ends, leaving out the inedible pieces. Apparently, no such consideration was given. The meat was chewy and hard. Maybe I should be just asking for the fattier parts instead.  

More food from Nalan

We were in the vicinity and ended up at Nalan for dinner. I was originally thinking something light. Light became some dahi puri and a rava ghee masala dosai. 

The puri as usual were a party of flavours from the yoghurt, tamarind chutney, those green coriander tasting sauce and the spices. Chaat is generally not so much cooking than assembly skills and the quality of the ingredients. I thought the ones here weren't too bad.

Dosai was nicely flavoured with cumin, curry leaves and black peppercorn. Those, gossamer if you would, parts of the batter at the edges were thin, crisp and greasy from the ghee. Delicious. Very tasty with those chutney on the side and the little bowl of warm sambar and creamy masala potato filling.

The Red Spicy from Keisuke's Tonkotsu King

I've finally gotten myself a bowl of the red spicy from Keisuke's after that black spicy years ago. After all these years, the queue at the Tonkotsu King still hasn't relented much. We managed to get a seat in about 10 minutes during off peak hours.

I quite enjoyed the heat from this bowl. I'm thinking that I should give the black spicy another go to see if my opinion has changed since the last time.

Tomato pound cake from Pullman Bakery at Havelock Road

Pullman Bakery has for some reasons set up a shop in this area (741 Havelock Road). Unusual because they've only had that Millenia Walk shop for years and have never expanded. From out of the blue, this particular spot of the island? There's another shop at 100AM which is on the way if anyone is interested.

Anyway, we walked in one evening and I came across the tomato pound cake. I got a slice out of curiosity. I couldn't taste tomato in the cake so I was a little disappointed. But I enjoyed the dense crumbly texture of the slice which even had a bit of heft. I liked that it wasn't too sweet as well. 

Caffe Beviamo, Tanglin Mall

We must have passed by Caffe Beviamo (#02-K1 Tanglin Mall, 163 Tanglin Road, tel : +65 6738 7906) countless times and never thought of eating here until now. The food was grounded and not bad at all without trying to be fancy. Not big on their coffee though.

We had toast, scramble eggs and ham which were pretty much what they were.

A surprisingly delicious pasta, aglio olio styled, of peas, pine nuts and broccoli with spinach that reminded me of another vegetable pasta from P.S. Cafe that was equally good.

There was a vanilla and cinnamon risotto that was kinda nice too. It reminded me of a sweet dry porridge. The green stuff was stewed apple, not kaya.