Sweet Sixteen in cheddar & jalapeño bagel from Two Men Bagel House

Two Men Bagel House ( 一, 二, 三, 四, 五, 六, 七, 八, 九, 十, 十一, 十二, 十三, 十四, 十五, 十六, 十七, 十八, 十九, 二十, 二十一, 二十二, 二十三, 二十四) recently refreshed their menu. Sweet Sixteen is part of the line up in the current outlet signatures. Speaking of which, shouldn't those be more appropriately called outlet exclusives? Signatures should be a permanent thing by virtue of being a signature item. The classics then ought to be the signatures. Anyways, the word has been wildly abused in the past decade. A signature is, at least in the context of menus, mostly meaningless.

Alrighty, back to the bagel. This one was slow roasted pork, Cheddar, Emmental with greens, fried egg and jalapeño. What got me curious was the lychee & longan tartar which was kinda lost in all the flavour. Sadly.

Paik’s Noodle, Tiong Bahru Plaza

Finally visited Paik’s Noodle (#02-136 Tiong Bahru Plaza, 302 Tiong Bahru Road) after telling ourselves "maybe next time" on multiple occasions.

Pickles and a dollop of fermented bean sauce?

Got the jjajang bap instead of jjajangmyeon. Jjajang sauce was smoky with a sweetness from onions. Strips of pork in it. Not bad.

Jjajang bap came with a spicy soup on the side which was...

...the same broth as the one for their jjamppong.

I also kinda dug this. Broth was savoury spicy and the mussels were delicious. Now I have an alternative hot & spicy soup noodle to Gong Yuan Ma La Tang in this vicinity on the days I want one.

Apple cheesecake from Queic by Olivia

This apple cheesecake from Queic was much lighter and less sweet than the look suggested. Love the tart from the apple layering over the lightweight but still rich tasting cream cheese.

La Pizzaiola, Bukit Timah

Have heard of these guys for a while but for some reasons they've always fallen off the radar. This was the branch at Bukit Timah (881 Bukit Timah Road, tel : +65 9176 8180).

One of the current specials was their zucca prosciutto pizza. Pumpkin puree, Gorgonzola and prosciutto. Would have rated this higher if they were more generous with those prosciutto. Couldn't really taste the pumpkin so that's one out of three of the featured toppings that's non existent for me. Not a bad tasting pizza but I was really looking forward to tasting pumpkin.

Greenland fried prawns - another item from their specials. When we asked about them, we were told that their prawns were from Greenland. No shit Sherlock. I am enlightened much. These were actually pretty good eating. Nice flavour and the shells weren't hard or chewy. The tartar sauce felt like a half hearted effort because it was just mayo with some diced dill pickles. Very sparse quantities of diced dill pickles.

Orecchiette with swordfish and white wine sauce. Flavour came from the capers, olives, basil and fish.

Tiramisu was pleasant and pretty safe tasting. The mascarpone cream tasted like there was more cream than mascarpone.

Decent affogato. Coffee's thick and bitter though not as aromatic as I would have preferred.

1030 Breakfast Shop (一零三零早餐店), Chinatown Food Centre

New-ish Taiwanese breakfast shop at Chinatown's food centre (Blue Zone, #02-215 Chinatown Complex Market and Food Centre, 335 Smith Street).

They're not dissimilar to shops like True Breakfast or Breakfast Hola. Menu consists of omelette rolls, toasts/sandwiches, millet porridge and braised pork rice/lu rou fan/卤肉饭.

We went all out and got a their signature toast which has a bunch of fillings inside - like cheese, pork chop, omelette, spam, cucumber and peanut butter. Not bad. Pork chop was unexpectedly tender.

Omelette rolls with bacon and hash brown. Reminded me a little of McD's breakfast wrap. Minus the sausage. Bacon was strangely not salty.

Light tasting and peppery millet porridge with minced pork. $1 with purchase of any toast or omelette rolls I think. I kinda like this.

Got the chocolate toast out of curiosity. I'm not sure if it's Nutella but it kinda tasted like that. They're not as generous with the spread as how I usually make them at home so it was forgettable.

Jing Shu Shi (京熟食), Margaret Drive Hawker Centre

Noticed Jing Shu Shi (#02-31, 38A Margaret Drive) and their snaking queue the past times we were here at Margaret Drive Hawker Centre so we decided to joined the queue this time to find out what it was all about. They're a curry rice stall, food's pretty homely and tastier looking than the run of the mill cai png chains. The crispy pork chop was savoury, much like the defunct Blk 38 Curry Rice rather than the Beo Crescent stall that was sweeter. Not a fan of the curry here but the food was not bad tasting. Will do curry-less the next time. Only open from 5.30pm.