Dickson Nasi Lemak, Icon Village

 

We've seen Dickson Nasi Lemak at Joo Chiat when we were in the vicinity. Was curious and never got the chance to try their nasi lemak. Not too far back, they've opened up a branch at Tanjong Pagar (#01-89/90 Icon Village, 12 Gopeng Street). While they open at 8am, the nasi lemak doesn't start selling until about an hour and a half later.

Not bad. Rice was adequately salted with a hint of lemongrass. Sambal was onion-y with some heat and a sweetness which wasn't excessive. Ayam berempah pretty decent, had arguable tenderness and a nice turmeric crust. The meat on the inside didn't have much flavour it seemed. Not a deal breaker. Don't mind coming back.

Muah chee from The White Tiffin

We were drawn to the muah chee at The White Tiffin (B1-06/45 Esplanade Xchange, 90 Bras Basah Road) because of the scorched shallots on top of them.

Sadly, not every bite had the fried shallot flavour. For those that did, it also wasn't very prominent. What was enjoyable was how warm the muah chee were when it was served. The temperature had them tender. Crushed peanut powder was pretty good - non-uniformed sizes of the crushed nuts provided varied texture.

Tag Espresso, Ngee Ann City

Trying some flavoured coffee at Tag Espresso (#02-11 Ngee Ann City, 391 Orchard Road). The one on the right is Nutty Cucumber. There's something that tasted like peanut butter in it. Was trying to discern the cucumber flavour. I figured that if I'm trying that much, it has already failed as a flavour.

The other one was something called Pineapple Black. Sweet citrus of pineapple with black coffee, pretty good. There's even a ring of canned pineapple in it.

Ah Kee Beef Noodle (阿祺牛肉面), Commonwealth Crescent Food Centre

Ah Kee Beef Noodle (#02-72 Commonwealth Crescent Food Centre, 31 Commonwealth Crescent) sorta happened by the way of recommendation. They're just next door to (New) MacPherson Minced Meat Noodles.

This was the dry kuey teow bowl with tripe and tendon. I'm picking up a strong hit of cinnamon and star anise from the deep brown gravy which shouldn't be mistaken for the run of the mill starchy brown gloop with no identity. Chilli sauce has vinegar, garlic and a little bit of coriander - pretty good with the gravy/noodles. Together with the the kiam chye, it was definitely an appealing melange of flavours and texture. Will come back.

White Pepper Burger from Shake Shack

We were quite willing to give the recent Shake Shack X KEK collab a miss because it didn't sound appealing. As things went, we still ended up getting the White Pepper Burger because we happened to be here. I'm glad we did because this one unlike most of their limited edition burgers, was actually nice. This was at Suntec (#01-357 Suntec City, West Wing, 3 Temasek Boulevard).

Sarawak white pepper sauce, sautéed onions, fresh scallions and Monterey Jack. The white pepper sauce was present but not in your face. I liked that through the discernible white pepper, the meat and onions weren't muted and the aroma from the scallions/spring onions turned out to be good pairing. Now I wished I had tried this earlier.

Revisiting Relish

The blue cheese and Williams pear burger at Relish appears to have been removed from their regular menu. It's available currently as a special. Came here for that before it disappears.

Mulberry lemonade I think. Not sweet so it's actually refreshing from the sour.

Photos for posterity. Peanut butter and blue cheese in it. Meat would benefit from a bit more salt methinks.

There's a fish collagen broth udon on the menu. Not bad tasting. Fish portion wasn't much but broth's nice and savoury.

Ondeh ondeh cake was pretty good. We felt that it had a good balance between the pandan, gula melaka and coconut without being overly sweet.