Roberta's Pizza, Marina Bay Sands

Newly opened pizzeria hailing from Brooklyn that's taken over the space left by Pizzeria Mozza (#B1-45/46, The Shoppes @ Marina Bay Sands, 2 Bayfront Avenue).

Menu's pretty straight forward. It's mostly pizza with a small handful of salads.

The Cheesus Christ pie was not bad. Just cheese and pepper. We asked for some honey and it definitely extended the flavour by introducing sweetness to the savoury pepperiness.

On hindsight, we preferred the Spring Of Doom which included toppings like broccolini, some fennel-y pork sausage, garlic, chilli and lemon on top of the cheeses. This one had a more complex savouriness with more varied texture compared to the previous pie. 

Hock Prawn Mee (福蝦麵), Jalan Besar

Came across this 24hr prawn noodle stall (43 Jalan Besar) in the coffeeshop at the junction of Dickson Road and Jalan Besar. Yes, it's the same one that used to house the Hainanese chicken rice ball stall but they don't seem to be around anymore. Anyways, here's a dry bowl with prawns and pig intestines.

There was a lot more chilli saucing than I imagined and fortunately, their concoction was also delicious with a flavour which was intense. What made this more agreeable was that the noodles and a good bite to them. Soup was a little oily but definitely had a solid pre-requisite crustacean sweetness and a healthy dose of pepper. Noticed some bitterness coming from those intestines.

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Let's admit it, these guys aren't good at everything they have on menu. This chicken hariyali briyani was one of them. For something that was flavoured with coriander, mint and yoghurt, it was just salty and smoky. The latter not in a way I might have enjoyed because it was burnt and if you could believe it, had parts that were almost leathery. A far cry from their chicken tikka briyani I had previously.

The mutton kothu prata was on the other hand pretty good though. The prata was chopped up into small bits and I liked that they didn't over do the onions. We specifically request for mutton keema so that we wouldn't get mutton chunks from their mutton masala but I think we ended up with the minced mutton they used for their murtabak anyway. They weren't very generous with them but it was enough that one could tell and ultimately, we kinda liked it.

Ordered their banana salt lassi out of curiosity. Not very salty or even yoghurt-y for a lassi. Flavour was a little thin. Won't be getting this again.

Sakunthala's Restaurant, Dunlop Street

I've heard about the pepper mutton from Sakunthala's Restaurant (151 Dunlop Street, te; : +65 6293 4431) being a signature dish but haven't tried it until today. This came as part of the pepper mutton meal which was served with vegetables and rice. Man this was good. Salty, spicy and rendang-esque with a sharp infusion of pepper. Great with both the rice and the papadam. 

Siti Rodiah Nasi Padang, Tekka Food Centre

Needed a quick lunch in the vicinity and thought I'd try something other than briyani. Pretty good nasi padang from Siti Rodiah Nasi Padang (#01-261 Tekka Market & Food Centre, 665 Buffalo Road). I went for some predictable options; paru goreng, sayur lodeh, sambal goreng with some serunding and sambal belacan on the side. A pretty failsafe combination of savoury, sweet and spiciness. There was actually something I didn't like about this. Those flimsy plastic utensils.

Ganga thali from Madras Woodlands Ganga

We were trying to get a seat for lunch at Madras New Woodlands. With the tables completely filled, the restaurant suggested that we could eat at another location of theirs that would have seats and walked us over. That other location turned out to be Madras Woodlands Ganga a street away (1 Cuff Road, tel : +65 6295 3750). This was their Ganga thali which didn't seem very different from the VIP thali I had at Madras New Woodlands. With a couple of poori instead of a bhattura.

How was it? I loved it. Loved the rich and creamy paneer butter masala. Enjoyed their star anise flavoured korma. Couldn't get enough of those savoury vegetable sides and the briyani was delicious. Did I forget to mention the refreshing raita and hold up...... I even finished the gulab jamun. It's been a while since I've had one of these rice meals and I had almost forgotten how yummy these carb heavy and rich vegetarian meals could be.