Super Dario Lasagna, City Square Mall

I've seen this shop (#04-17 City Square Mall, 180 Kitchener Road, tel : +65 9151 2196) around for quite a while, never gotten really interested until I realized that they had a lasagna with Gorgonzola. Like phototaxis a moth to a flame, wings fluttered and we came by.

The Gorgonzola variety used in their lasagna is the younger dolce variety - less sharp and creamier. I could taste some of that but it's not as dominant as the cheese and tomato combination. What the lasagna also needed was more cheese on the top and a longer time in the oven for that nice crusty exterior. 

Bellymen from Brothers Ramen

Wanted to try the tsukemen from Brothers Ramen but it was not available. They mentioned having ingredients for limited bowls per day and it might not be a daily thing. So I ended up with the next item I didn't mind having. Their Bellymen. Nothing very different from their other tori paitan configuration except the focus on their tender shoyu infused pork belly with fat that crumbled in your mouth. It seems that they're also no longer offering their chicken wantons and those have been replaced by menma.

I like the tori paitan. It's good when they bowl is fresh and the broth is piping hot with the chicken flavour and velvety texture. It's also good when I'm halfway through and decided to dump crushed garlic for that little edge to it. Guess an emptied bowl is as good testimony as any to that.

Janggut Laksa, Chinatown Point

We like Janggut Laksa. Have had it a number of times at their stall in Queensway and Food Republic at Wisma. There's a relatively new outpost at Chinatown Point (#B1-49A, 133 New Bridge Road). Pretty pricy for laksa as I've always felt, but they deliver every time we've had them. From the aroma of the hae bi in the gravy when the bowl lands on the table till the last drop of that heart clogging liquid that trickles down your throat.

I'm normally torn between their laksa, chicken cutlet or curry chicken. Obviously, we got the chicken cutlet today. They asked if I wanted curry and I said yes. Didn't realize that the rice that they used was chicken rice rather than plain rice so it was a little greasy there. The chicken cutlets were serviceable. Not fantastic. With the curry on rice, it's a homely kind of tasty. I'm of the opinion that the Queensway shop has a nicer batter for the cutlet than this one. But this one edges over with the chicken rice and achar.

Thailicious Boat Noodles (泰好吃), Liang Seah Street

Came over to try the boat noodles and other food after reading about them (#01-01, 8 Liang Seah Street, tel : +65 6917 9857) online.

We were prepared that this would never be as flavourful and rich as the ones we've had in Bangkok because of the lack of a particular ingredient that cannot be imported here. True enough, this wasn't as robustly flavoured those. This one had pork and beef. Flavour was not bad. A little sweet, a little herbal and beefy. I suppose it's the closest we can get to the real thing here. 

The sliced beef shank was tender, unlike the cold ones that one normally gets for appetizers in Chinese restaurants.

Tried their tom yum egg noodles which we were told wasn't spicy. Which was odd. But it turned out to be spicy. The flavour was somewhat nutty and sweet as well, not like tom yum as we were used to. They were generous with the minced pork. Noodle texture was nice.

We ordered a less spicy mango salad. Quite spicy still. I'm seeing a pattern there. Not bad. But too bad they didn't have crushed peanuts lying around to make it better. Loved those cashews.

This was cabbage stir fried with fish sauce, eggs and crab meat. We've had something similar previously at Nhong Rim Klong in Bangkok so I wanted to see if this was also good. It wasn't. Eggs were more mushy and the crab meat was very minced. Not chunky like those in Nhong Rim Klong which were more enjoyable.  

TWG, Swissôtel The Stamford

Have had tea at TWG a few times. This one's from Hotel Swissôtel The Stamford (Lobby, 2 Stamford Road, tel : +65 6538 1837). By tea, I also refer to tea infused drinks. Which I order more often than their actual pots of tea. Like the Dulcet Rose which is lychee juice and Bain de Roses tea. Yeap - it's a combination of lychee and roses. Pretty good. Even the foam is well flavoured.

We have had small bites of food over here before. Tried their club sandwich previously. Today's their Manhattan sandwich. Not Manhattan sized of course. There's a bunch of stuff inside - what I mostly tasted was the pastrami, curried coleslaw and smoked cheddar. Plus the raisins in the coleslaw which was nice. Not getting the veal bacon though. The sandwich was not bad. Just expensive.

I gave up something that could go with their whipped cream and tea jelly for their rum baba this time round. This was so good with the cream. Rum soaked cake with rum jelly. That vanilla bourbon tea ice cream had a good tea flavour as well.

Hui Lau Shan (許留山), Chinatown Point

I bought something from Hui Lau Shan a couple of times years ago in Hong Kong. Don't remember what it was or what was the outcome but I registered a positive impression. They have a shop at Chinatown Point (#B1-48, 133 New Bridge Road) now. What I liked about them so far were the mangoes they used. I read it's the Carabao variety - sweet, sufficient citrus and had a nice mango-y aroma.

This Triple Delight one had mango pudding underneath. The pudding wasn't great for the mango flavour compared to the actual fruit. Had been expecting better since these guys were the mango dessert people.

Those white pearls from their Pop Pop were described as yoghurt balls. Tasted like spherified Calpis. I liked those. It added tang to the mango puree which also wasn't very mango-y. The mango flavoured ice cream that came with their desserts was not bad though.