Because Miss XS is now working at NUH, I've been spending some time around the mall below the hospital. Naturally, I gravitated to the eatery section, and spent several lunches with Miss XS. (Her treat. The joy of working.) Wrap & Roll is a casual Vietnamese eatery there, and their Rice Vermicelli ($11.90), is mighty impressive. Add the clear sweet chilli sauce to the noodles (pro tip: ask for two!), mix well and chow down. There's something...

Châteraisé  I am in love with their Double Cream Puff ($1.90), with an extremely addictive cream puff filling that surpasses Beard Papa. Move over, old man. There's a new player in town.  Miss XS introduced this delight to me. The choux pastry isn't particularly remarkable on its own, a little flat and chewy, like of the supermarket variety. I hear that their pastries are flown from Japan into this store every couple...

Ah, Hong Lim Food Centre. My favourite food haunt, and usually the first place I go to whenever I come back to Singapore for the holidays. I come every other day during my holidays, even though I have to travel half the country away to get here. With so many renowned hawkers all under one roof, how can I stay away? Well, one (minute) reason is the queue, from all the commercial buildings surrounding this hawker centre. Lunch hour is 11-1.30, so...

Paradise Dynasty is famed for their colourful Xiao Long Baos and La Mians. We went to Paradise Dynasty a couple of weeks back to sooth our Chinese food cravings. We got what we wanted; a hot, hearty, filling dinner. The Yang Zhou Fried Rice is just the best, Miss XS assured. She loved it so much, she's been to this branch at least a dozen times this year alone. It tasted pretty decent, with a hint of wok hei. I think I like the fried...

My Chinatown journey continues into the adjourning Telok Ayer area. Recently, we braved The Rotisserie during lunch hours, and had delicious Thai Milk Tea from Cha Thai.  My original plan to check out the brew at coffee roastery Sarnies was foiled when we stood in front of the darkened store and realised it was closed. My sister suggested Pantler, an cafe serving exquisite desserts and coffee further down the street. DanielFoodDiary...

Every holiday, one of the first things I do is to make a trip to a library and riff through their cookbook section. This usually ends with me lugging all sorts of cookbooks back home, where I peruse them at my own leisure, and pick out recipes that look interesting and do-able. (Sometimes, I leave Singapore in a hurry without returning the books. My dad was non-too-pleased about having to return them the last time around, especially since...

I used to use David Lebovitz's crème anglaise recipe, which has a high egg yolk-milk ratio. It was fine for a while, but the taste of egg yolks was too prominent for my taste, and had a yellow tinge. This recipe uses less egg yolks, and makes up for the richness through cream instead. The original crème anglaise recipe uses milk only, but many chefs substitute part of the milk with cream. The more cream that is used,...

The Rotisserie is highly popular with the office crowd, and not just with Singaporeans. I see expats virtually on every other chair, and I feel like I'm back in Melbourne all over again. I'm really excited to eat here, because my sister hyped it up so much. We got a table with some difficulty and got two orders of Half a Chicken ($19), which came with a side.   Top: A combination of potato salad/coleslaw. Bottom: Fries. ...

Thai Iced Tea is an acquired taste; I never understood the obsession that my sister had for them until I had a really nice one in Phuket next to our apartment. Now, I get the munchies for them every so often. A place which my sister highly recommended was Cha Thai, and we'll frequently drop by the store every time I'm in the area just to get my fix. The Thai Iced Milk Tea (above - $3.90) is the reason why we come. It's a tad expensive at $3.90,...