Small White Rabbit Fruit Bowl from Jane Deer

I like this more than the Claw Taro Bowl because there're more fruits and none of those chewy ball thingies. Both were otherwise pretty similar tasting.

Santapan Padang by Tina Indulgence, Ubi

Read about Santapan Padang (#01-03 Frontier, 50 Ubi Ave 3) which is run by a Tina Amin, a season 4 runner-up in MasterChef Singapore. They're just next door to Fook Kee Ipoh Famous Claypot Noodle. We were expecting nasi padang but there weren't much dishes to be had so I ended up with nasi lemak. Which was edible. Nothing was particularly outstanding or bad about it. I guess hearing about the stall being helmed by a late stage MasterChef participant raises expectations.

A recent bowl of Janggut laksa

Haven't had one of these in a while. They looked a little less curdled today. Which worried me a little.

Fortunately the taste stood up. Still delicious. Makes me want to get another bowl as I'm typing this.

Back at Ricciotti

I ate at Ricciotti an age ago. Yup, that's right. All the way back when this blog began. Never been back since and it's different from what I remember. The grocer section is gone and there's a bar at the front now. The seats indoors were nice and shady. The place was quiet on a weekend afternoon.

The menu described the Polpo to be octopus braised in red wine with confit tomatoes and pine nuts. This tasted like tomato and cream, not red wine. Didn't detect any pine nuts. Octopus was not bad tasting. Kinda overpriced for the tiny portions and ingredients but since it's in that part of town, I shouldn't expect otherwise.

Tagliatelle alla norcina was nice. This rendition was creamless compared to the creamy one from Etna. Sausage was chunky and the quality of the house made tagliatelle was great. One could just tell from those firm textures. Nice one.

Got ourselves pizza with Paleta Iberica de Bellota. The draw to this one was actually Gorgonzola and pear. The jamon tasted stale. Ironic since the process of making the ham required air drying and aging for at least 18 months. Just one step from turning bad. Which I thought was sad because I kinda liked the whole pizza with the Gorgonzola and pear.

The walnuts were definitely expired. We told them. The wait staff looked like she didn't know how to react to the feedback. 😔 This restaurant has obvious quality issues. Maybe that's why they're quiet on a weekend afternoon.

Chicken rice from Seng Kee Chicken Rice (新奇鸡饭)

I mentioned I'd be back to try the chicken rice at Seng Kee Chicken Rice so here's it. 白鸡尾 with roast pork and egg. Pretty decent. Chicken thigh was quite meaty. Rice was flavoured lightly but sufficiently so and was good pairing with the garlicky chilli sauce; works with or without the chilli if you asked me. Roast pork was also decent - just don't expect melty fat and crunchy crackling here. These guys are old school and competent. Not S ranked but definitely something one could go to with regularity. This stall good for both this and their laksa.

Toasts and coffee from Great Nanyang Heritage Cafe (大南洋)

Tea break at Great Nanyang Heritage Cafe. The hot hor ka sai (gao and less sweet) here was thick and pretty good drinking.

I learnt today that the coconut in their coconut coffee included the the fruit's milk and juice. Might be my first and it's actually pretty good - a much lighter tasting alternative to regular milk. 

Sugar butter toast was disappointing. The peanut butter from the peanut butter toast at Oriental Kopi was more buttery than this. That said, I'm also over 99% sure this pitiable yellow stain wasn't butter. Sure did not taste like it. 👎🏼

Peanut butter toast here was passable though it's a pale shadow of the one we had at Oriental Kopi.