Next Shikaku

 Located at the basement of Westgate Mall, Next Shikaku is taking Singapore’s ramen scene to the next level.

Hailing from Osaka, their unique concept revolves around oysters, the soul of their broth. The clear soup is made from 100% pure oyster broth, carrying a natural richness with a subtle, pleasant bitterness.

To complete the experience, the noodles are hand-kneaded with a 45% hydration ratio, giving each strand a perfect, satisfying bite.

Menu

The eatery greets diners with a futuristic illuminated screen right at the entrance, a bold contrast from the usual Japanese ramen shop vibe. The restaurant itself is long and narrow, with limited seating, making the experience feel a little more exclusive.

Dining

Their broiled meat sushi strikes a perfect balance, searing just enough to unlock the umami of raw meat, making it comparable to speciality sushi houses.

Meat Sushi - $4.90

Plump, large oysters are freshly fried to golden perfection and served simply with lemon and salt for a clean, briny indulgence.

Fried Oysters - $11.90

The Oyster Tsukemen “Asobu” is another standout on the menu, crafted in collaboration with the renowned Kyoto noodle maker Teigaku. Instead of the usual slender strands, this version features wider, rectangular flat noodles that deliver a more satisfying, chewy bite, almost reminiscent of mee hoon kueh.

Oyster Tsukemen (Asobu) - $22.90

These noodles are designed to soak up the full-bodied dipping broth, which is made from a blend of shrimp kombu water and oysters. The result is a rich, ocean-sweet umami that clings to every strand, making each dip an indulgent, slurp-worthy experience.

Hand Kneaded Flat Noodles

The Oyster Broth “Koeru”, a creation that redefines the ramen experience. Unlike conventional bases, Koeru is built on the pure essence of oysters, blended seamlessly with pork and chicken to achieve a broth that is both bold and refined.

Slow-cooked Oyster Broth (Koeru) - $20.90

The result is a soup with natural oceanic richness, layered with savory depth and a gentle, lingering umami. Paired with hand-kneaded, low-hydration noodles, every mouthful balances silky broth and perfect bite.

The chashu comes as a generous thick-cut slice, thoughtfully balanced with both lean and fatty sections. The lean part is juicy and firm, while the fatty portion ranges from a delicate, jelly-like texture to fully melt-in-your-mouth richness. Lightly seasoned, it allows the natural pork flavor to shine, making each bite deeply satisfying without overpowering the ramen.

Chashu

Next Shikaku
Location: Westgate, 3 Gateway Dr, #B1-28 Singapore 608532

Bingz Singapore 西少爷肉夹馍

When there are new eateries in Singapore, there are bound to have long queues and yes we were one of them in the queue. Bingz's had opened their first outlet in Singapore at Westgate, Jurong East. Its a fast food concept but serving Chinese food, popular with their Crispy Burger aka Rou Jia Mo 肉夹馍

Bingz

Having patronised the place during its early stages of operations, we observed some discrepancies in how the staff managed the crowd but nonetheless, as usual, we will be patient. 

Make your own combo by choosing one item from A, B and C each to get $3 off the classic combo.

A - Choose a Crispy Entree
B - 1 Perfect Match 
C - 1 Beverage

Menu

A Crispy Entrees

Calorie watchers will be happy as Bingz's menu indicates the calories for their items. The shredded pork meat from The Signature Pork looks tempting and we ordered one to try. The "Chinese Burger" deserves a mention with its crispy and flaky bun. However, the shredded pork that had the moist and juicy look was lacklustre in taste. Bland.

178g | 525Cal

The Signature Pork 经典腊汁肉夹馍

We Ordered the Black Pepper Beef and mushroom too. There were chunks of Beef mixed with mushroom and black pepper. I guess likewise, only their Bun deserves a mentioned as the fillings were indeed lacking of savoury taste.

178g | 527Cal

Black Pepper Beef & Mushroom 黑胡牛霖肉夹馍 - $6.99

B - Perfect Matches

Sesame 360g | 568Cal
Chili Oil 360g | 450Cal

For the cold noodles, one can choose either with Sesame or Chilli sauce. This dish is suitable for vegetarians. The bowl of noodles was rather filling and the ingredients included Mocked Meat and shredded cucumber topped with Sesame Seed. It tasted good for me but it became "jelat" having more than half a bowl of it. 

Cold Noodles (Liang Pi - Sesame / Chili Oil) 凉皮系列 （麻酱/红油 ) - $6.59 / $5.99

The bowl of Wonton Soup looks eye catching with seaweed, shredded egg as well as chopped spring onions. The Pork Wontons were bite-size and we were kind of disappointed as both the soup and Wonton were not tasty.

10pc | 362 Cal

Wanton Soup (Pork) 金牌鲜肉小馄饨 - $6.99

If you prefer the chili oil version of Wonton, you can choose to order this. The good thing is that they were not overly oily and had a lot of vinegar within, topped with chopped peanuts, coriander, spring onions and sesame seeds as garnish.

10PC | 629 Cal

Chili Oil Wonton (Pork) 红油金牌鲜肉小馄饨 - $6.99

C - Beverages

The Ice Jelly can be added on when you purchase their combo at $1.99 each. 

The Brown Sugar Ice Jelly was too healthy and tasted bland. It was not cold enough too.

Brown Sugar Ice Jelly (with nuts) - $3.89

Likewise for Coconut Ice Jelly. Its a layer of coconut milk with sesame seed and too bad it was not cooling enough.

Coconut Ice Jelly (with nuts) - $3.89

We had the chicken Nuggets as add-on on and chili powder was given separately. There were no chili sauce available when asked. These bite-size chicken nuggets were decent and good for sharing.

Smokin' Hot Chicken Nuggets 黄金鸡块- $5.49 

Overall, their cuisine does not really suit our tastebuds for this visit. Perhaps I should visit the popular Chinese Burger in the West before I come back here again.

Rating: 3 / 5 

Bingz Singapore 西少爷肉夹馍
Location: Westgate, 3 Gateway Drive, Mall, #B1-27, Singapore 608532

Fong Sheng Hao 豐盛號 (Westgate)

The pal has casually talked about our next meet-up at Fong Sheng Hao 豐盛號 but we only actualized this many months later and Taiwanese Snacks here we go!

Fong Sheng Hao 豐盛號 

The place was quite packed in the morning and we had to sit somewhere near the kitchen.

Interior

The perk of sitting right next to the kitchen opening is we get to see our order immediately on the waiting area before the buzzer rings.

Grab your food here

The classic dish features seasoned pork belly served over steamed rice, coupled with braised egg and preserved vegetables. It was slow braised in soy sauce and imparts a savoury taste to the dish.

Soy Stewed Pork Rice 台湾焢肉饭 - $9.30

Their Toast had undergone the heating of charcoal fire thus the black burnt marks on it. We had a pork floss Condensed milk egg set. It was yummy and filling. 

Pork Floss, Condense Milk Egg Set - $7.10

These are not those packet sausages that we can buy off our usual supermarkets' shelves. This popular street food in Taiwan has a distinctive sweet and savoury taste, it is plump and juicy. I'm glad that it fixed my Taiwan Sausage craving.

Taiwan Sausage 台湾香肠 - $4.90

While we wanted to order Crepe for instance but it was sold out. We ordered their Taiwan Turnip Cake and shared it between us. It was soft and pretty ordinary.

Taiwan Turnip Cake - $3.90

The Taiwanese Pork Chop is a popular and delicious dish. I love its comforting and satisfying breaded fried pork chop served over a bed of steamed rice with pickled cucumber. The combination of textures are to die for, the crispy exterior of the pork chop against the softness of rice and the seasonings of the Pork Chop made the dish so yummy.

Taiwanese Pork Chop Rice - $11.20

The beverages are priced better if you are ordering their mains. 

Kopi O & Signature Milk Tea- $2.20 & $5.40

The place is not well-ventilated. After having a meal there, I'm reek of the food smell. 

Rating: 3.25 / 5

Fong Sheng Hao 豐盛號 (Westgate)
Location: Westgate, 3 Gateway Dr, #01-08, Singapore 608532

Yun Nans (Westgate)

Yun Nans is one of the largest causal chain restaurants in China with over 200 outlets with a record of more than 1 million of chicken soup sold world wide.

Ever since the opening of Yun Nans and the viral posts on line about them, I have been wanting to give it a try but no one around me are in the mood for oriental food. Luckily during one of the recent impromptu meetups with my friend, we agreed on trying Yun Nans in Westgate.

Interior Environment

The Raspberry Juice with Tamarind is Yun Nans' popular signature drink in China. It is a refreshing mixed of blended raspberry and tamarind water. While the Golden Buckwheat tea is imported from Yunnan and was said to have a meat floss taste by my friend.

Raspberry Juice with Tamarind 野生酸角树梅汁 & Golden Buckwheat Tea 黄金苦茶 - $5.80, $3

The sweet aromatic of flaky pastry encases the sweet rose petal jam. This is a favourite Yunnan classic and for what you know, rose petals are nutritious. They were said to be good for the liver and spleen.

Traditional Baked Rose Pastry 现烤玫瑰鲜花饼 - $6.80 (3 Pcs)

Fresh seafood was cooked together with Yun Nans's signature prawn broth and crispy rice pops were given separately in a bowl.  The seafood such as prawns and clams was fresh and you can taste the sweetness. 

Poached Seafood Rice in Prawn Broth 海鲜虾汤泡饭- $20.80

The meatball was bouncy and the texture was great.

Ingredients

Crispy Rice Pop

Surprisingly the taste of Charcoal Grilled Pork Belly was to my liking. It tasted like the BBQ skewers from the China Restaurant with seasonings heavily used.

Charcoal Grilled Pork Belly 泰味烤五花肉 - $9.90

The thickness of each piece of Charcoal Grilled Pork Belly is uniform, likewise for its taste.

A piece of Charcoal Grilled Pork Belly

The Signature Cross-bridge Rice Noodles is a traditional homecooked meal. The soup base is made by boiling pork bones for a number of hours.

Signature Cross-bridge Rice Noodles 云南过桥米线 - $18.90

Besides the rich in flavour and collagen broth. There are other ingredients like shredded carrots, shrimp, chives, spring onions, sliced fish, chicken, pork and Chinese ham, served separately. 

Ingredients of Signature Cross-Bridge Rice Noodles

These rice noodles were made purely with rice and water with a recipe calling for 14 steps process.

Rice Noodle

The bowl of noodles was unique with the number of ingredients in it. It was stomach-warming and reminds me of a home-cooked bowl of handmade noodle soup.

My Serving

Our oriental Chinese meal ended happily with a refreshing bowl of iced dessert. There was a rose fragrance and brown sugar jelly served with watermelon, lychee and rock melon.

Brown Sugar Jelly Served with Rose Puree 玫瑰红糖冰粉 - $6.90

While my impression of Yunan delicacies were more towards the oily side,  Yun Nans has totally change this. I'm pretty impress by the unique dishes served apart from the mainstream dishes we had from the shopping malls. I will definitely like to make a return visit for other dishes that I have not tried.

Rating: 3.25 / 5 

Yun Nans (Westgate)
Location: 3 Gateway Dr, #03-07, Singapore 608532
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Fong Sheng Hao 豐盛號

Fong Sheng Hao is a Taiwanese Cafe known for its Charcoal Grilled Toasts in Shilin Night Market. There are already 2 outlets in Singapore and Westgate is their 3rd.

Feng Sheng Hao

The menu was quite limited and perhaps it also explained why there was no dinner crowd for quite a number of items were sold out, leaving mostly sandwiches.

Menu

Our beverages come with disposable cups. The signature Milk Tea does have a fragrance but the strongness of Milk Tea taste was absent. While most of the diners here go for their Signature Milk Tea and Cane Flavour Black Tea, I guessed these orders won't go wrong. It was said that they use 12 hours of boiled syrup for the cane flavoured black tea. 

Signature Milk Tea and Cane Flavour Black Tea

The chair has a rustic feel that brings us back to the times to the 60s / 70s.

Chair

Popcorn chickens were fragrant and while we expect the outer layer to be crispy and hard, it turned out to be another way round, soft and tender. The texture is addictive and to be honest, I could not stop popping them into my mouth continuously. 

Taiwan Popcorn Chicken - $6.90

The icon Taiwanese Dish, Braised Pork Rice aka Lu Rou Fan was above average taste. I love the intensity of how the braised permeates into the pork loin as well as the strips of pork belly. 

Fong Sheng Hao Braised Pork Rice with Black Tea Set - $11.50

The taste and smell of spice used are present, indicating that it had been braised in dark soy sauce for some hours. Besides the pork, the bowl comprises pearl white rice as well as a braised hard-boiled egg with slices of cucumber. Braised items were savoury and went well with the bowl of plain white rice.

Spoon of Braised Pork Rice

The Frosting Toast Sticks come together with Fong Sheng Hao Braised Pork Rice Set. It is a grainy crisp light snack that reminds me of some baby teething breadstick. It has a pleasant sweet buttery smoky flavour.

Frosting Toast Sticks

The bread is toasted upon ordering. It was then sandwiched by marinated pork cutlet that is grilled perfectly, retaining its juiciness and chewy texture. The fluffy egg and the gooey cheese added some salty flavour to the sandwich and makes the toast yummy.

Taiwan Special Pork Patty Set with Signature Milk Tea - $9.90

I seldom get to order Toasts on my trips to Taiwan and having them over dinner was kind of inappropriate for me. Nevertheless, the vibes of Taiwan is quite familiar once we stepped into Fong Sheng Hao as we observed the Taiwanese ways of greetings and the lingo they use in the Menu.

I guess we have to make do with all these since we are restricted to travel nowadays.

Rating: 3.25 / 5

Fong Sheng Hao 豐盛號
Location: Westgate, 3 Gateway Dr, #01-08, Singapore 608532

Bebek Goreng Pak Ndut

Ever since "Tomato" eatery closed down, we were wondering what will be the next stall coming up in Westgate from Capitaland. Not long after, we realized that the usual place has been converted into Halal dining space, Bebek Goreng Pak Ndut which claimed that they serve authentic Indonesian food and all their sauces were imported directly from Indonesia.

Gado-Gado is one of my favourite Indonesian dishes. This Indonesian Salad is mixed of slightly boiled, blanched or steamed vegetables, tomatoes, potatoes and hard-boiled eggs drenched with sweet and savoury peanut sauce. A handful of crackers were added too.

Mixed Vegetable (Gado-gado) - $6.50

Ayam Penyet Original is marinated in a savoury blend of secret spices and deep-fried. Though it was said that its juiciness was well maintained. I find that it tasted quite dry after a few months. The dish was served with tofu, tempeh and a side salad, not forgetting their powerful chilli that gave an extreme fiery kick to the chicken.

Original Smash Fried Chicken + Rice - $7.90

For the healthy goers, you may want to order the grilled chicken rice (Ayam Bakar). The chicken was grilled with Indonesian sweet soya sauce. It's juicy without being too oily and had a pleasant smoky flavour. This dish is served with tofu, tempeh and a side salad.

Grilled Chicken + Rice - $7.90

Luckily we ordered some drinks to pair along with the rice. The drinks were definitely not the usual taste we would get from stalls. Lime Juice as well as Ice Lemon Tea were not too sweet and had a subtle fragrance in them.

Iced Lemon Tea and Lime Juice Cold - $2.20 Each

If I happen to visit them again, I will like to try their fried duck.

Rating: 3 / 5

Bebak Gorent Pak Ndut
Location: Westgate, 3 Gateway Dr #B1-11, Singapore 608532
Nearest Station: Jurong East (NS1 / EW24 / JE5 )
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