Matcha warabimochi parfait from Nana's Green Tea

Hmmm...nice one from Nana's Green Tea - like a lux version of the one we've been getting from Sushiro. Apart from the larger size, there's also better layering to get ingredients like the cream spread out and there's some tea jelly inside as well. That's a matcha soda at the back there...refreshing for the hot weather that came with a bonus razor burn down the throat. 😬

Celebrities Big Prawn Noodles (明星大虾面), Tanjong Pagar Food Centre

Not bad tasting basic bowl of big prawn noodles (大虾面) from Celebrities Big Prawn Noodles (#02-30 Tanjong Pagar Food Centre, 6 Tanjong Pagar Plaza). Kuey teow soup this was. The stall is next door to Blue Star Fish Ball Mushroom Minced Meat Noodles.

The only thing that bothered me was the sweetness in the broth which I thought was a little bit unnatural excessive. But that was easily rectified by the sliced chilli light soya sauce which adjusted the savoury to sweet ratio to a spectrum I much prefer and added a light spiky heat to the broth. Don't mind coming back.

Lobster broth ramen & mentai gyoza from Ramen Hitoyoshi

Saw this at Ramen Hitoyoshi and got a bowl thinking that we'd be getting something similar to Keisuke's lobster broth ramen. We were sadly mistaken. While we didn't expect an actual lobster bisque, this was just a tonkotsu broth accented with some prawny flavour. Which would have been fine if described as such. Sticking a 'lobster broth' to the name raises expectations and this one hadn't the depth that Keisuke's has for sure. Quite disappointing.

Due to some cosmic oddity, their mentai gyoza which looked like it had pretty generous portions of mentaiko did not taste much of mentaiko at all. 🤔 It was salty, sure. Not flavoured anywhere close to what the strip of red roe suggested. Also disappointing.

Lad & Co, Tanglin Singpost

This fish & chips shop originated from Lad & Dad which started off at Maxwell Food Centre. They've subsequently moved out of Maxwell, set up shop at Tanjong Pagar and later expanded with this outpost Lad & Co (B1-02, 56 Tanglin Road) at Tanglin Singpost. We haven't eaten any of their stuff since the Maxwell days.

Had a beer battered haddock & chips. Not a bad tasting crispy crust but this was nothing like the one we liked back in Maxwell with a batter that clung to the fish. The current version was too much fried flour for our liking. Don't think we'll get their fish & chips again. Ever.

Their oyster nuggets was covered with a similar if not the same fried surface. No beef with the oysters inside but at this point, there was way too much batter and surfeit had definitely planted its flag.

Posh slaw's not bad. Just slaw with raisins.

Love their scotch eggs. Tasted hearty with the sausage shell. Expensive but pretty tasty.

Pasta Brava, Tras Street

This is the current location of Pasta Brava (81 Tras Street, tel +65 6222 0879). The last time we ate at the restaurant, they were at The Scarlet.

First time trying their gamberi. Not bad tasting. There was slice of garlic bread soaking up the sauce underneath the prawns which I kinda liked.

Haven't had their Gorgonzola cheese cream sauced ravioli for ages. Not bad mostly on the account of the blue cheese sauce which appear to be a rarity these days. Was there less Gorgonzola in the sauce today than in the past? I thought so but I will never know.

One of the things we came back for was their tenderloin with chocolate and red wine sauce. The last time we had it was a few years back. It's also no longer called filetto di manzo al vino rosso e cioccolato; just 'beef tenderloin' and 'choco red wine sauce'. Little changes. I'm inclined to believe the composite of the sauce has changed because it tasted more chocolate than red wine today but I cannot be sure.

Another chicken rice from Jin Fa Traditional Hainanese Chicken Rice (金发传统海南鸡饭)

I remember liking Jin Fa Traditional Hainanese Chicken Rice from the last time but couldn't put my finger to what exactly about it that I liked when I walked past them. So here's for remembrance. Great flavouring from the rice and saucing. Nice lime-y chilli and the chicken soup on the side. The've dropped their prices by 50 cents and the portion of rice appeared to be smaller to commensurate, but I couldn't argue against the overall quality of their plate. While I didn't specify any specific parts today, they gave me thigh meat (鸡尾). Nice. 👍🏼