This year's creamy mushroom triple cheeseburger from McD

Unlike the one from last year which had a peppery sauce, this year's rendition had a spicy sauce. Still puny. Still think half of what they're charging would be fair. But I enjoyed it. 😬

Takagi Ramen, Redhill

Takagi Ramen has been around for about a decade. 24 hour ramen shop with a Japanese-y name but they're local. They first sprung up after a site which shares the same initials was taken down 10 years ago...for reasons. 😏 Over the years, I've heard mentions of them which have been a mixed bag of opinions. Was never curious until recently. Anyways, this one was the branch at Redhill (#01-11 ARTRA, 12 Alexandra View).

That's the tantanmen. 担担面 inspired obviously. It's not bad. It's edible. 🌶️ The sweet spicy nuttiness was unmistakeable. But it's also not great. Broth would benefit with better flavouring. They're obviously not seeped deep enough in ramen culture to even provide a noodle doneness option. Would have been nice if the noodles were firmer. Eating here reminded me what I'm paying for going to shops like Keisuke, Brothers Ramen and...maybe not Ippudo. Ippudo is just expensive.

The lower cost here is commensurated by the quality. They are available all hours for a quick fix though.

Kaedama is free apparently. It's something I normally don't do but I guess I was hungry enough to today. The cake of noodles held its form in entirety as I stabbed my chopsticks into it to move them into the broth. 😲

The marking on the box and the yellow sign was sending mixed signals. Ramen soup in a box?! Noodles aside, room for improvement could definitely include more conscientiousness with the cleanliness of the shop. Seriously. 

L’Senna Bakery Cafe, Jalan Bukit Merah

Came across L’Senna Bakery Cafe (#01-1526, 133 Jalan Bukit Merah, tel : +65 8897 2639) by chance in this sleepy part of the island. What caught our eye was their setup with a sit in space and coffee on the menu. And they're a local-ish old school-ish kind of bakery. With a few bakes that the local old school bakeries don't have.

Like this nut cheese bread studded with pumpkin seeds, walnut bits, cranberries and raisins.

Fruits & nuts only on the outside. Cream inside. Bread's dry-ish and soft. Couldn't make out what's that cream because it didn't taste like whipped cream or cream cheese.

Translation's funny but it's a piece of fried chicken with cheese in between the bread. And more toasted cheese outside. What the name didn't mention was meat floss which was also inside. Don't know if the floss was chicken or pork.

Sky Sky Fried Chicken, Great World

Hmmmm.....pretty good fried chicken from Sky Sky Fried Chicken (#B1-K124 Great World, 1 Kim Seng Promenade). The batter was adequately salted with loads of crunch on the outside and the meat was moist and tender. Not to mention that these were pretty sizeable as well. There's also deep fried chicken livers which were freshly fried on order. Getting the 3 piece here was also cheaper than....all the other fast food fried chicken.

Shenton Way Golden Bridge Roasted Chicken Rice (珊頓道金橋燒臘雞飯), Jalan Bukit Merah

I've been recommended to try Shenton Way Golden Bridge Roasted Chicken Rice (Fu Zhu 132 Coffee Shop, 132 Jalan Bukit Merah) from back in the era when they were popular at Phillip Street. Never got around to trying their roast meats until now.

I don't remember the last time I ordered 鸡腿 and was served the entire leg with the thigh (鸡尾). This and char siew and an egg for $5.50 at that. The meaty bird was reasonably tender, tasty and I believe is roasted and not fried. Char siew was nicely flavoured with red fermented bean curd paste, not the red tasteless dye of the old school variety. Rice was adequately flavoured and works pretty well with their chilli.

Not the top of my list for great chicken rice but not being at the top doesn't diminish the quality already there. No qualms coming back for more.

The stall also serves a variety of zhi char styled gravy-ed noodles. Wanted to get ee mian but the proprietor convinced me that their hor fun was worth giving a go. This was it with a duck leg (鸭腿 - the whole leg like the chicken) at a reasonable $6. Light smokiness in the rice noodles in light savoury sauce and was good with their pickled green chilli. Enjoyed it more than I thought I would.

Pizza Par-tay in plain bagel from Two Men Bagel House

Pizza Par-tay is April's flavour of the month at 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, 二十五, 二十六, 二十七), also a collaboration with Forged By Vow, following up from last month's Foie King. This bagel features the Forged Parfait - parfait made from Forged Gras.

Bagel's kinda small-ish today. I was caught up with the feature ingredient that something obvious never occured to me; that the 'pizza' in the name was part of the flavour profile. Which succeeded because pizza was the thing that came to mind when I was eating it and I attribute the key to that flavour to the sun-dried tomato. 

Speaking of which, was pretty dominant as a flavour. I tasted the Forged Parfait (just like chicken liver parfait if anyone was wondering) in only about 3 bites. The rest of it was largely the sun-dried tomato and/or a mixture of the rest. Don't think this is Foie King good.