I'm surprised how well this recipe turned out. I had a recent spate of bad luck with recipes taken from casual baking blogs: two recipes which I googled for and baked on a whim (green tea tuiles and milo lava cakes) were downright unappetizing, despite the bloggers' convictions on how delicious their adaptations are. ...

Sigh. So much promise, but so disappointing.  I wasn't full from my lunch at Rollie Olie, and I was (as per normal) craving chocolate. We were wandering around the un-airconditioned section of Star Vista and because it was a hot day, I thought it'll be nice to get something cold. Cocoa Colony's Iced Cocoa Shakerato ($7), which sits at number 2 on their Favourites menu, seems like a good idea as we walked past, so I stopped and...

I had my first taste of American style sushi rolls in you-guess-it! America, Unlike traditional Japanese sushi that pay homage the freshness of their ingredients by keeping their sushi simple, the American way highlights their sushi with chunks of cream cheese, avocado, mango slices, melted cheese and anything else you could think of. Everything under the sun is fair game.  My favourite dish from Sushi Tei is their Dragon Roll, which...

Gula Melaka ice cream served atop a charcoal waffle biscuit base  When J texted me about Sunday Folks, sister chain of Creamier, I was still on the fence about it. Then she sent me pictures of her waffles, and I had no further qualms.  Miss XS was angling for their pistachio ice cream, but pistachio was sold out when we arrived mid-afternoon. Based on Hungrygowhere's top recommendations, Miss XS and I shared Waffles with Seasalt...

Walking along East Coast Road after lunch at Boon Tong Kee, we chanced upon Awfully Chocolate, which makes one of the most impressive chocolate ice cream I ever had. They come in the most adorable boxes that are shaped like Chinese takeout boxes, and it's joyous to walk around while scraping every last bit of ice cream out of the box.  So what else would I order, if not their chocolate ice cream? We individually ordered the Single Scoop,...

Recently, I made plans to meet a friend for lunch at the famous hawker centre on Old Airport Road, but after traveling cross-country to the East, it seems that fate - and Murphy's Law - has other plans... Damnit! The sinking feeling when you reach the carpark of a famous hawker centre during lunch hours and it's suspiciously empty...  Because he has lived in the area for  little over a year now, he recommended several other...

When I came back to Singapore a couple of months ago, I was informed that bingsu is the new hip food craze that every man and his brother is going nuts over. Bingsu has its origins in Korea: like shaved ice, but made from frozen milk. Unlike the Taiwanese predecessors, bingsu is shaved so finely, they have a powder-like consistency.  Everybody has their favourite brand, but I was assured that Nunsongyee 눈송이 Korean Dessert...

The name 'cafe' is a little misleading: West Coz Cafe sells zichar-style food like curry fish head, oyster omelette, sambal kangkong and ma bo beancurd. But zichar by any name tastes just as sweet, and this store has a huge number of loyal customers. We walked in for lunch on Christmas day, and the joint was packed. But the kitchen and wait staf are so efficient, once you get a table, get ready to feast within 10 minutes of ordering. All of...

Whew. Another year has come and go. Is it 2016 already! It barely seems like a month ago when I wrote about my trip to Taiwan. And the year before that, when I wrote about going to Melbourne's Les Misérables. When people ask me how old I am, I instinctively blurt out 19! before reality strikes me: 19 is almost half a decade past. Time is a funny thing, when the hours are so long but the months and years seem to fly.  I...