Revisiting John's Pizzeria & Bakery

 

Been years since we've last eaten at John's Pizzeria. The menu has gotten more variety over those years. Maybe it's because of the re-runs of POI but the John that popped up in my head was a very different John who might own the joint. The one I see is Mr Reese. 😂 Anyways......

House lemonade. Pretty sour. Not fantastic.

That's their NY styled sourdough cheeseburger pizza. I had initially thought that their burger sauce on top of the pie was mustard but it turned out to be a "Big Mac sauce" with dill. Not bad. Crust has improved since the last time we've had them. Wished that there was more ground beef with what they're charging but it was what it was.

They do Detroit style as well apparently. This was burrata, hot honey and pepperoni. Also not bad. Crust was nicely crispy on the edges and cheesy. The toppings here were more standard variety as compared to Artichoke which to their form tends to be more exotic cross cultural.

This was a much better pizza experience compared to the first time we've had them.

Ru Fa Bao Dian (如發包點), Holland Drive Food Centre

Have been wanting to try the baos from Ru Fa Bao Dian (#02-09 Holland Drive Market & Food Centre, 44 Holland Drive) for some time.

There're a couple of flavours not commonly found for baos around that they do here.

Like curry chicken bao which has chunks of curried potato and chicken. Closest thing were those steamed curry baos from Old Chang Kee. Not bad though.

There's also one with chicken and cheese. The stuffings tasted like sesame chicken with cheese and it's actually kinda nice.

Char siew bao was...ordinary. Skin's a bit thick.

Their har gow's not my thing. While I might have been unfairly comparing these with those from restaurants, I'm not sure what's inside these even. Siew mai tasted like a minced pork ball.

Adam's Delights, Adam Road Food Centre

Prata rolls from Adam's Delights (#01-11 Adam Road Food Centre, 2 Adam Road). Basically prata rolled into....well, rolls.

Insides were stuffed with stir fried mutton keema, cabbage, onions egg and some chilli. It's strangely also slightly sweet.

Durian kaya pandan toast from Ya Kun

Durian kaya pandan toast from Ya Kun. They were sufficiently light handed with the durian paste so some of the kaya flavours still came through. Personally, I thought they should've just forgone the kaya and stuck with just the durian paste but I appreciate that they're desperately trying to get something "local" out for this year's ND. What's obviously gimmicky was the pandan toast. Why bother when you cannot even taste it?

Master Nan Hainanese Chicken Rice (南北海南鸡饭), Happy Hawkers @ Kim Tian

This stall's (201 Kim Tian Road) right next door to Tian Tian Chi Mian. I normally don't comment on service from coffee shop stalls but the guy with slicked back hair here appeared to have problem processing my orders. I paid thrice because he kept forgetting to charge for things and still got my orders wrong.

This was poached chicken and char siew. Nothing particularly special about the chicken but the nicely caramelized fatty char siew was pretty good tasting.

Perhaps this gives a better picture of that caramelized fatty char siew

Decent light but adequate flavouring of their beady rice. Nice with their spicy/sweet/lime-y/garlicky chilli.

Liver and egg on the side.

 

Hail to the King

Some stuff from BK.

Buttermilk beef burger. I'm not even sure how to describe the buttermilk sauce in this one. Burger's kinda small. Will not be getting again.

Their long chicken sandwich which is the overpriced McChicken that I feel tastes better than McChicken.

Some smoky maple mayo fries which I'm guessing is not a permanent item. It's actually kinda addictive with that smoky maple flavour. Left my fingers smelling like the syrup from McD's hotcakes.

Was curious about their cempedak mochi bites.

Chewy mochi clad in light crunchy shell that's stuffed with....I'm not sure what to call them but it tasted like cempedak paste. A load of flavour from the fruit in it. Not a bad one.

Look at how thin their fried pies are.

Chrysanthemum cream cheese pie. Pretty noticeable chrysanthemum flavouring there.