Sourbombe Bakery, One Holland Village

I've been wanting to try the bombolinis from Sourbombe Bakery since I've heard about them. Finally happened at their new shop at One Holland Village (7 Holland Village Way, #01-27). This one was lavender lime mascarpone. I liked that both the floral accents and the lime came through the creamy fillings. Will come back another time.

Super Ultra Spicy Burger from Shihlin Taiwan Street Snacks

It did not occured to me while I was getting this Super Ultra Spicy Burger - not until I had gotten my first bite that I noticed this was pretty similar to McSpicy. Obviously, there were differences. The meat in the McSpicy was juicier and thicker and the actual spicing was not the same. This sandwich felt like it had a bit more heft to it as well. But otherwise, it's a bunch of similarities as a spicy fried chicken burger and I enjoyed this.

While I liked it for what it was, it was also difficult to eat as a sandwich with what's between the bread slipping out easily. Burger was falling apart as I went through it. Messy it did get. Could taste every component except the cheese. But otherwise no complains. 

Another Wonderful Bapsang

Back at the Thomson Plaza branch of Wonderful Bapsang.

Got ourselves a yukhoe bibimbap. I remember wondering if there was another place that served this and here it was.

The beef was dressed with sesame oil and bit of salt. We threw in the bean sprouts and kimchi from their banchan before tossing it up. I liked this better than the one from The Gogijip.

Chiizu donkkaseu. Only half of it was covered with torched mozzarella. Did not expect the shower of nuts on top but I'm not complaining. Meat was thin and had a nice crunch from the breading.

Because I remember enjoying their kimchi jjigae previously, here's another. These would be one of those things which can conceivably be considered "perfect pairing" with their steamed rice.

Bombay Dining, Pasir Panjang Road

Have never noticed Bombay Dining (89 Pasir Panjang Road, tel : +65 6475 5855) before along this stretch of the road. Good thing we took this leap of faith.

Got a drink called thandai. According to Wiki, "Thandai is an Indian cold drink prepared with a mixture of almonds, fennel seeds, watermelon kernels, rose petals, pepper, poppy seeds, cardamom, saffron, milk and sugar". Figures. Tasted like a refreshing chilled badam milk. Pretty sure we don't have poppy seeds in this one. I liked it.

Seekh kebab was delicious. The minced lamb was moist crossing over to juicy and the spices packed a bit more heat than I had expected. Gotta have them with those crisp sharp onions.

Did not expect fish head curry on their menu. This one was different from the common local Indian rendition we're used to from say Muthu's Curry, Banana Leaf Apolo or Samy's Curry. This fish head was fried prior. Meat was much dryer.

While curry was in its own way addictive with a strong hit of assam (tamarind), I'm also pretty sure it didn't have so much in common with the regular rendition. Tasted like it was some sort of assam curry that's been mixed with butter chicken gravy. It was rich with an underlying sweetness.

Loved their Kashmiri pulao. Aside from raisins and chopped maraschino cherry, there's pineapple and some other fruit which looked like papaya. And some cashews. All of which were rounded up nicely with ghee in the rice. Good enough to eat on its own or with raita.

This was for the fish head curry.

Kashmiri naan has nuts in it. Decent but not memorable.

Got a vegetable raita which was great pairing with the Kashmiri pulao. The vegetable component included diced onions and cucumber which added crunch to the refreshing yoghurt.

Stuffed as we were from the food, their halwa served piping hot went down with surprising ease. Haven't had a lot of these but this one was really good. Herein lies a pronounced cardamom-y sweetness punctuated by bursts of tanginess from raisins.

宫源麻辣烫, 麻辣汤, 中辣

I don't know if it was because this was 中辣 this time round compared to the 小辣 which we had previously, the broth didn't feel as thin. It was more rounded and I liked it much better. 中辣 was very manageable heat here so I'm gonna stick to this level for the time being.

Revisiting Al Borgo

It's been about 10 years since the last time we were at Al Borgo. Of all the trattoria-esque Italian restaurants we've been to, they look the part the most. The setup looked like it was from another era. Even their olive oil tasted like it came from another era. 😂

We had sardines stuffed with buffalo mozzarella.

Pairing sweetness from the caramelized onions and balsamic vinegar with the saltiness from the fish and the cheese. 👍🏼

Got curious about their Kobe beef fettuccine even though we understood it was never gonna be Kobe beef. Tasted like regular beef. The creamy sauce was garlicky. Not a bad one but it also didn't feel like it was worth what they were charging. But now we know.

The menu mentioned white truffle tagliolini. This was the amount of white truffle shavings that came with the basic plate and additional would have costed $12 per gram. The noodle wasn't tagliolini but the buttery sauce and truffles sorta made us forget it wasn't the correct pasta. Thinking back, I still would have preferred tagliolini.

Special dessert was panettone. First time having them. It's just bread with some dried fruit. Pretty expensive for some bread with dried fruit.