The last few weeks in Singapore came as a welcome reprieve from the chilly autumn-winter intersection in Melbourne, where I was spending my days trying to figure out how to keep my butt warm. It was nice to put life in Melbourne on hold and return home and hang out with family for a bit. I revisited some of my favourite zichar hunts in Singapore: the ever-impressive West Coz Cafe and the Star Yong Kwang BBQ in...

Pictures by R.  Avocado ice cream may be one of my favourite ice cream flavours of all time. This recipe has been floating around my head for the better part of a year (I filed it haphazardly in the vague recesses of my brain labelled "Potential Recipes"), but I never quite managed to work up the mental fortitude to give this a whirl.  That changed when R and I were wandering around Dandenong Market and saw a display of huge overripe...

This popular Latin American cafe has been serving up plates upon plates of hearty traditional South American cuisine for over a decade in Southern Fitzroy. Aside from wowing Melbournians, they have also won a following from the Latin American expat community as well.    The interior of the busy cafe has all the charm of a Miyazaki film; everything was slightly mismatched, and yet, nothing seems out of place. From the dented tin...

The first time I came across macaron batter, I was over at a friend's place and her mom was putting together trays of macarons in their kitchen. As I walked by, I tried to sneak in a cheeky bite, but the cookie was surprisingly sticky... and oh. It hadn't been in the oven yet, and I just ruined one of the shells. Oops. Can't bring me anywhere.  It's been several years since that incident, but it marked the start of my fixation with macaron-making...

What a great find! I must have walked by this coffee-shop a dozen times without noticing this acclaimed rojak stall, until I finally came by around lunch time, and stared at the snaking queue from its stall-front. And stared. And stared. We joined the line, but 10 minutes passed and we literally did not get to move an inch forward - is everybody buying in bulk since they are already queuing up? We didn't manage to try, but I knew then...

We've covered some of the restaurants that's good when you are traveling to JB via Woodsland here. (Legoland anyone?) If you are traveling via Tuas, we've got your back too. Here is our list of all things wonderful to eat (and what you can do to occupy your time between meals.)  Restoran Tian Lai  It doesn't look like much from the outside, and being in the middle of nowhere didn't helped its case. My friends were unusually hesitant...