Lâp Vietnamese Restaurant

This is my first time visiting this Viet Restaurant in Joo Chiat as most of my friends would probably want to try the so-called popular ones learnt from the media.

Lap

The Shrimp & Pork Fresh Spring Roll was decently plain. I'm still missing the savoury ones I had from one of the defunct Vietnamese Restaurants.

Shrimp & Pork Fresh Spring Roll (3 pcs) - $6.50

While most of my Viet Food Revolves around Banh Mi & Pho, my friend suggested we had their shell food instead. 

It's been a long time since we had this! It gave me good memories during the younger days when the mum would start to boil the cockles and we would enjoy this together.

Boiled Cockles - $8

First time enjoying Lala with in lemongrass and it was extraordinary. Besides the natural sweetness from the Lala, the light fragrance of lemongrass gave the soup a refreshing taste.

Lemongrass Clam (La La) Soup - $8.50

We had a glass of lime juice to pair with our meal.  I'm glad that they are using the refreshing Thai Lime instead of the usual ones we had from the drinks stall. Simply love the citrusy and refreshing flavours of the drinks.

Lime Juice - $3 Each

Rating: 3 / 5

Lâp Vietnamese Restaurant
Location: 169 Joo Chiat Rd, #01-01, Singapore 427729

Taste Good 好味小厨

A revisit to Taste Good in Sim Lim Square for more food! In fact, this hidden gem has close to 15 years of history, renowned as the home of the original salted egg. This family-friendly Cze Char place offers a warm and inviting atmosphere. From savoury classics to innovative creations, their menu is sure to delight every palate. 

Let's check out our orders below.

Taste Good

Every serving of rice comes with a fried egg. The spicy Lemongrass fish sauce with fried fish was nicely done with hints of the fish head curry dish with spices. It was a tad spicy but on an addictive side. Fish came in fried nuggets and was generously coated in the gooey sauce.

Spicy Lemongrass Fish Rice - $7.50

We visited Taste Good the last round with the craving to try this.  Salted Egg Chicken with Rice was creamy and packed with savoury Salted Egg Yolk taste. Pairing the luscious sauce and runny egg onto the white rice was simply heavenly. 

Salted Egg Chicken With Rice - $7

Buttermilk Pork Ribs with Rice was creamy too and tasted savoury. The pieces of pork ribs were fried and had the buttermilk sauce together with curry leaves and bird eye chilli in it, giving a little spicy kick to it. 

Buttermilk Pork Ribs with Rice - $7

If you are a Cereal Dish Lover, you will definitely enjoy this dish for its fragrance and the Cereal Floss in there. Unlike the 3 other dishes ordered, this is a crispy option without having any sauce on it. 

Cereal Fish With Rice - $7

The price of the dishes seems pretty reasonable compared its portion and taste. Orders came in promptly to our table without much delay. We also have a comforting bowl of soup to share. It was a nostalgic taste of seaweed soup with lean meat and egg, simple and straight forward. Indeed good to go light on our tastebuds after the "heavy" taste of the rice dishes. 

Our Rice Orders

As overall, their dishes still stand out above average and perhaps I will be visiting this place every time instead of the food court whenever I need to have a meal in Sim Lim Square.

Taste Good 好味小厨
Location: 1 Rochor Canal Rd, #02-04 Sim Lim Square, Singapore 188504

Mookata Waterloo

Time for Mookata again. We simply love the joy selecting our ingredients from the wide varieties of them from the row of chiller that feature some Thai food items.  

We had a buffet meal and it came with unlimited freeflow of Thai Milk Tea.

Stall for Mookata

Likewise compared to other Mookata eateries, we were not only spoilt for choices with the varieties of their ingredients but as well as their condiments. They have spring onions, Thai Seafood Chilli, Nachos Etc. 

Condiments

Let's start warming up the pots with frying the pork lards and adding in the stock base.

Starting the Pot

In no time, our Mookata pot was filled with food items for grilling as well as in the soup. We took the Thai Mama Noodles, Thai Fish Cakes for the Mookata Pot. The cooked food that was available was Nuggets and Fried Mantou.

Our Mookata

It was a good experience enjoying our food over the hot fire with friends chit-chatting.
Their flagship stall is located in Yishun town while other outlets include Jalan Besar (Arc 380) and Telok Blangah BGain Eating House.

Mookata Waterloo
Location: BGain Eating House, 261 Waterloo St, Singapore 180261
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Ye Tang Chendol - Dessert

A quick fix to beat the scorching hot weather will be none other be a bowl of ice-chilled Chendol. On top of the classic bowl of Chendol, I had it topped up with Attap Seed as well as Grass Jelly. It was definitely satisfying to enjoy a bowl of dessert from the extreme corner of Beauty World Centre. 

The lady looked meticulous in her job as she carefully placed every item on the bowl neatly, topping up the shaved iceberg with green pandan "jelly worms", Attap seeds and cooling grass jelly. The decoration of this dessert was finished off with a ladle of Gula Melaka adding a coconutty fragrance and natural sweetness to my bowl of ice-cool dessert.

Classic Bowl with Attap Seed and Grass Jelly

Rating: 3.25 / 5

Ye Tang Chendol - Dessert
Location:  Beauty World Centre, 144 Upper Bukit Timah Road, #04-26 Singapore 588177

Thai Boat Noodles Waterfall

Thai Boat Noodles Waterfall is a relatively new addition to the hawker scenes in Golden Mile Food Center as they had just opened this May 2024. 

If you have been to Thailand, their boat noodles serving comes in a mouthful portion but over here, they are serving them in a big bowl. Keeping the originality of Boat Noodles, they only serve pork, no beef or other.

Stall of Thai Boat Noodles Waterfall

For every bowl of Boat Noodles, we get to choose our noodles from Bee Hoon, Instant Noodles, Mee Kia & Thai White Noodles. I love soup noodles and this bowl of Boat Noodles Soup can never be missing in my order. The soup base was impressive, tasty and addictive, featuring authentic flavours.  Ingredients were generous with meatballs, vegetables, lean meat and pork livers, topped with fried pork lards.

Boat Noodles (Soup) - $5.50

We had the Thai White Noodle and the texture of the liver was just right and not overcooked. They do provide condiments like self made thai chili, chili flakes and sugar too.

Boat Noodle

If you love to have it dry and enjoy the soup separately on other bowl, you can order their boat noodles dry too. The soup likewise, is packed with sweetness from the pork. 

Boat Noodles (Dry) - $5.50

Apart from the Boat Noodles that I'm missing very much from Thailand, we ordered their boiled pork with dipping sauce. The Boiled Pork Consists of meatballs and pieces of lean meat stacked on a bed of vegetables like beansprouts and kang gong. The taste was then elevated by the use of fried minced garlic. Dipped them into the black dipping sauce and enjoy. 

Boiled Pork With Dipping Sauce - $6

We love how the food was executed, reflecting the traditional dish of Thai Boat Noodles. It was an enjoyable experience to know that we have another good dining option for Boat Noodles.

Thai Boat Noodles Waterfall
Location: Golden Mile Food Centre, 505 Beach Rd, #01-71 Singapore 199583

Yellow Cab Pizza Co. Singapore

Yellow Cab Pizza is a huge chain that serves New York Style Pizzas, pastas, and wings. Their pizzas have thin,, crispy crusts and this style definitely floats my boat. It is strategically located at the end corner of Raffles Link, heading to esplanade Station from City Hall Station.

The furnishings were quite interesting with Traffic lights and Road Signage from New York. If you notice the alfresco dining, their chairs were made up of bicycle handle bar.

Pasta servings are 300g per dish.

The Pesto Chicken Pasta was served with Spaghetti covered in Homemade Pesto Sauce. Fresh Chicken strips, onions, fresh tomatoes and cashew nuts were the ingredients found. Pasta was topped with some sun-dried tomato as well as shredded cheese.

Pesto Chicken Pasta - $19.90

The Chicken Alfredo was creamy, served with chicken strips, olive and basil. The pasta texture was cooked to Al Dente perfection.

Chicken Alfredo - $17.80

Here we are featuring their new pasta on the menu, Cream Black Pepper Chicken Pasta. It's similar to the chicken alfredo but a less creamy version with hints of black pepper taste.

Cream Black Pepper Chicken Pasta

They have a good selection of New York-style pizzas, freshly prepared and handmade. Thin or Regular Crust is available on request. 

The Roasted Garlic and Shrimp is a gourmet-style pizza with shrimp, onions, roasted garlic in wine-butter sauce. The sauce was a perfect base for the mild garlic and succulent shrimps.

Roasted Garlic and Shrimp

The taste was delightful and the pulling cheese effect was great.

Close up of Roasted Garlic and Shrimp Pizza

Here's a new addition to their pizza menu with Mutton. We were surprised to have mutton on the pizza as it was a rare sight on a pizza menu. It had a hint of curry with minced lamb meat that was not gamey at all. Coupled with onions, diced jalapenos and cheese, I thought this was a good flavour too.

Mutton Pizza

The Chicken Tikka Pizza will be another new item on their Pizza Menu. It was a flavour explosion with sprinkled with herbs and spices that gave pizza flavours to another level.

Chicken Tikka Pizza

We also had the Twice Baked Potato Skins that came with 3 kinds of cheese being stuffed into the potato skin and topped with bacon bits.

Twice Baked Potato Skin - $12.80

The serving was so piping hot that we had to wait for it to cool down before handling it with bare hands. 

With Baked Potato 

Pairing the Bake Potato with Sour Cream was not only refreshing but also heavenly. Yums!

With Sour Cream

Always leave a corner of the stomach space for desserts. We had their Handmade Lava Cake which is made fresh daily. It was served with whipped cream topping and chocolate drizzle. The cake was moist. Nonetheless, the flow of the chocolate was different than expected.

Homemade Lava Cake with Whipped Cream - $6.50

Simply love its strategic location and its of a good spot if we are looking for a gathering within or near the MRT station. I will be back again for more!

Yellow Cab Pizza Co. Singapore
Location: Raffles Link, B1-01/02 One,  1, Singapore 039393

Restaurant Aisyah

We were pretty excited about The first time trying Xinjiang Food as we head down to Arab Street. 

Due to their Geographical Location, Uyghur people majority consume beef and mutton. The grilled meat skewers were seasoned with salt, black pepper, chilli powder, and cumin. Thus we ordered their mutton skewers, it was marinated and did not have strong gamey taste. The mutton chunks were considered tender, marinated with authentic spices then char grilled.

5 pcs Mutton Skewers 烤羊肉五串 - $19

The cooked to perfection tenderness of the mutton told us that it went through a slow-cooked process, not only achieving the kind of soft texture but also in the aromatic broth, infused with a medley of herbs and spices.

Melt-Off-The Bone Mutton Noodles 黄焖羊面 - $16.90

The broth was simple and delightful with hints of sweetness from the radish. Boiled egg was also included as one of its ingredients.  

Boiled Egg

Succulent prawns and wok-tossed fried rice. It was a tad on the spicier side. Enjoy the flavours of the fried rice with their oceanic prawn fried rice.

Oceanic Prawn Fried Rice 孜然虾炒饭 - $15.90

Oceanic Prawns

We have common Chinese beverages like sour plum and sweet herbal tea to wash down the food.

Sour Plum & Sweet Herbal Tea - $2.80 Each

Overall it was quite an experience to have tried Xin Jiang Cuisine. 

Restaurant Aisyah Halal Chinese XinJiang Cuisine 西北香 中国新疆餐厅
Location: 25 Arab Street Singapore 199724