Burger & Lobster

Serving just Burger & Lobster as suggested by its business name is may be very straight forward but this simple formula has been a hit in London where you can see people queuing around even though the weather was cold. It was such popular that even our local Dee Jays mentioned that it was one of the stop to visit when you are in London.

Burger & Lobster - London, Mayfair

We visited Burger & Lobster quite early and were readily prepared to wait in the cold after hearing so much raves online about them. Luckily, we were the first few on queue and there was space in the waiting area where we get some warmth from the heater while waiting for customers to finished their meal from the jammed pack eating place.

Interior

The environment was fun and lively with friendly servers around. They will take your name down in the queue and call for you when your table is ready. Not only that, their service is quick and prompt.

Recommendations

Concept is rather simple with only 3 items on the food menu, either burgers, lobster or lobster roll.

Dining Bib

Condiments and Wipes

The whole lobster weighed 1.5lb served with the moreish chips and salad. It can be served steamed, grilled or both. We are not talking about skinny meatless lobster here and instead they were all fresh, plump and juicy, welled cook, totally worth the wait. They are best eaten with the given lemon and butter garlic sauce.

1 Lobster - 20 GBP

Lobster

Half side of a lobster

With all mains served with chips and salad, the lobster roll dish made no difference except for the this starring toasted brioche bun that cradled he cool lobster that was dressed lightly in Japanese mayonnaise and served warm.

1 Lobster Roll - 20 GBP

Zooming Into the Roll

Washing down the dinner, we shared over a glass of beer, Asahi and also 2 cups of tap water (Free of Charge). In case you were thinking why Japanese Beer in Europe, I guess the man who has ordered has just touched down missing Asia already. :)

1 Asahi - 3.80 GBP

Tap Water - FOC

In fact in the area of Mayfair and London's living standard, it is unlikely to have seen such a well-priced meal. You would probably get half a lobster or not even half at such a rate that we are paying. Burger & Lobster takes no reservations, just walk in and enjoy the atmosphere. Do note that there are a number of BUrger & Lobster at parts of London too.

Rating: 3.5 / 5

Burger & Lobster
Location: 29 Clarges Street Mayfair, London W1J 7EF
Operating Hours: Mon - Sat 12pm - 10.30pm
                              Sun 12pm - 5.30pm
Nearest Station: Green Park

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Stirling

A recent rave about Thai Milk Tea infused waffles had lured me to Stirling. Unfortunately, I was way too early for their kaffles as Kaffles is only available on Saturdays, 6pm - 1pm. By the way, it was not a total disappointment as they do also offer Churros on a weekday night.

Stirling

Stirling is located along the stretch of shop-houses at Cheong Chin Nam Road, opposite Beauty World Centre.

Table

Interior was modernly designed with wine racks hanging from the ceiling. Tone of the in the indoor dining area was cozy and comfortable with purple plush chairs to the tables.

Interior

Menu

With Churros at Holland Village closed down, it was hard to see such snacks again in my vicinity. Churros serving comes in 4 or 7 at $6 and $8 respectively. Every serving of Churros is accompanied by chocolate drizzle. I was rather surprised by how it was served when I was presented with a folded box made of grease paper containing the 7 sticks of Churros but I guess this has been the common practice for Churros Factory.

7 Churros - $8

Churros was great with thick and with creamy chocolate sauce coated tasted coupled with hints of cinnamon powder, also sugar dusted yet not overpowering the taste as an overall. These deep fried dough stick were delightfully crunchy and chewy.

Churros

In their "# All About Charcoal" Section in their menu, we ordered their Ultimate Grilled Chicken as well as their Sirloin Steak Burger from Stirling's recommendation. It's kind of rare to chance upon restaurant serving charcoal prepared food and the thought of it made us happy.

Burger and fries made a meal. Simple and sweet. 

With Charcoal grilled Sirloin Steak prepared to medium well done, coupled with romaine lettuce, roma tomatoes with Jack Daniels infused shitake mushrooms, the sight of it was simply mouth-watering and I could not resist to place my fork on it. What I like about the burger was that Steak was used here instead of meat patty, with such, you can really feel the difference here.

Jack's Daniels Infused Shitake Mushrooms

Paprika fries was a letdown on the plate with its dry texture and hard bites. What had gone wrong?

Stirling Sirloin Burger - $19

Ultimate Grilled Chicken made up of chicken thigh, the same paprika fries as the former dish and mixed greens with vinaigrette.

Ultimate Grilled Chicken - $16

Charcoal grilled chicken thigh meat was beautifully done smothered with a good coat of tomato sauce and herbs. Meat was tender and you can even smell the trace of charcoal flavored taste throughout the munch. Not only that, I do like the diced capsicums which went well along with the thick savoury sauce over here.

Grilled Chicken Thigh

Tiramisu did not score well and was not within the expectation. It was served in a Martini glass with soaked ladyfinger / sponge finger surrounded by the mixture of Mascarpone cheese and egg whites. No doubt that it was soaked in Espresso, it was only half soaked, the aromatic beverage did not permeates into the sponge and did not have a coffee infused flavour. Skipping of alcohol in the dessert is fine for me but the surrounding cheese were simply harder than pudding and totally wipe off my kind soft and melts in your mouth Tiramisu.

Tantalising Tiramisu - $8

Hits and misses, the charcoal grilling food served was really unique to their own and it's well worth the experience even though quite an amount of time was required for the wait. For those who are making payment by credit card, do note that Stirling accepts NETS and Cash only.

I will be back again soon but for their Kaffles, STAY TUNE!

Rating: 3 / 5

Stirling
Location: 15 Cheong Chin Nam Road Singapore 599739

Peperoni Pizzaria

There is a number of Peperoni Pizzaria outlets in Singapore and this outlet that is open in the cozy environment of Binjai Park happens to be their 2nd outlet and also their largest outlet that offers alfresco dining.

Menu

Having passed through this area for uncountable times, I have never noticed their existence till my pal who gave us a treat in the closing of her joyous event (Her Wedding) also appreciating the efforts for our assistance on her big day. There then, I start to realize such stylish Italian chic environment exists somewhere in Bukit Timah Estate.

Into the Restaurant

With mainly Italian food served, they are also serving alcoholic beverages . For those who enjoy having beverages over the bar counter, Peperoni Pizzaria do have such in place.

At the Bar Counter

Antipasti (Appetizers) 

Before welcoming the lunch, these deep fried squid rings were served. The flaky, rough textural and crispy exterior of the deep fried squid rings were simply delicious in its lemon mayo and arrabbiata sauce.

Calamari Fritti - $14

In addition to the start off, we had delicious fried chicken wings too. These finger food were good as we chat along while waiting for the mains to come. Wings were crispy and you could even feel the deep fried batter at its exterior. Do be careful as you bite on it as the piping hot juice was seen oozing out.

Deep Fried Chicken Wings - $8

Salad 

With fried food in place, it would be very much self convincing for the girls to order a dish that was deemed not as sinful as the rest. Mixed greens was dressed with mayo and topped with parmesan cheese, not forgetting the sauteed chicken fillets were the special highlights of in the bowl.

Chicken Salad - $15

Pasta

The Carbonara was that yummy that even though the portion was to share among the ourselves, the gentlemen had finished them up before passing them to the ladies, thus the host has to order once more and we got 2 choices of pasta here, spaghetti and penne.

Carbonara - $24 (Spaghetti)

They used light creamy sauce in pasta with sauteed bacon. In this case, their pasta standards were uniform, both Spaghetti and Penne were cooked to excellent texture.

Carbonara - $24 (Penne)

Choice of pasta was limited to Spaghetti, Tagliatelle, Linguine, Penne, Fusilli, Capellini.  For Alle Vongole, we had Linguine with venus clams in white wine sauce. Taste was elevated with the used of chilli and garlic to eliminate the seafood smell if any. 

Alle Vongole - $25

Pizza

I had the largest pizza in my life, finally! A 21" (XXL) Pizza out of choices of 9"(Medium) & 12" (Large). And seriously their range of choices for pizza had spoilt us.

Spin & Select Pizza Flavours

We had Hawaiana with Suprema & Prosciutto Crudo Di Parma with Pancetta on 2 XXL Pizza. The names of the Pizza sounded so foreign to me that I only understand Hawaiana which is the common Hawaiian Pizza we had.

Their pizza was amazingly big and stunning (almost the length of the table size), thin crust and filled generously with ingredients. Hawaiana ingredients were the standards, topped with bell peppers, pineapples and ham (pork) while Suprema consists of Shitake, chicken sausage, onions & red chilli. However the spicy level from the chilli was not too hard to handle, for those who want additional kick, toppings like chilli flakes and cheese are readily available on every table.

2 XXL Pizza - $55

With such a spacious environment, Peperoni Pizzaria is actually a good place for gathering if you wish to stay away from the bustling area. Moreover, the food were better than the average fare.

All prices stated on Peperoni's menu is inclusive of GST and also there are no additional service charge require which I find is a plus point for visiting them.

Rating: 3.5 / 5

Peperoni Pizzaria
Location: 7 Binjai Park Singapore 589821
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Super Chicken

It was one of the Saturday nights that we went for supper after our concert as all of us still had not taken our dinner. As we were not party goers, thinking about a place in town that serve late night food was nearly impossible for us.

We drove along Tanjong Pagar and gradually we had kind of attracted to the rows of Korean Eateries. Subsequently, we parked our car and headed into Super Chicken.

Super chicken is a Sister outlet of the popular korean BBQ Restaurant, Super Star K. To me, both Super Star K and Super Chicken sells the same kind of food.

Interior was comfortable with round tables. Black is the main theme color of the restaurant and with many Korean Stars advertisement pasted on the wall. The restaurant is very opened with the sharing of WIFI and stated the keys to the access. I thought it is a very good move to let tourists connected to the world.

Super Star K

Since it was rather late for dinner, we decided to have Army stew for a table of 3 with additional items like ramen and tteokbokki (rice cakes) added. As the usual practise in a korean restaurant, we were so blessed to have the different kinds of appetisers / sides served shortly after ordering.

Kimchi, the most well associated side dish to represent Korean Cuisine. This traditional fermented Korean side dish is made of vegetables with a variety of seasonings.

Sides - Kimchi

Eomuk Bokkeum which is also known as stirred fried fish cake is a comfort side dish at home. The fish cake was different from the chinese ones and were stirred fried with chilli as well as sesame seeds.

Fish Cake

Seaweed

Gamja Salad also known as Potato Salad is quite similar to the Japanese style mashed potato that incorporates diced carrots. Texture is creamy and together with hard boiled egg used, I would not mind having repeated servings but these carbo fills up the stomach space fast, so be wise on your choice for dinner.

Sides - Potato Salad

Kongnamul-muchim is also one of the most common seen side dishes eaten by korean. Economical and healthy, this dish is very popular among them and you get it in almost every meal.

Bean Sprout

Nothing beats the hot pipping serving of steam egg that looks like a custard-liked egg casserole. Gayeranjjim is simple yet attracting the most attention out of the rest of the side dishes as it always had the sizzling hot noise while serving in its hot stone pot.

Korean Steam Egg

Friend suggested that we should have some Korean Wine and Makgeoli is served in a traditional kettle instead of its original packaging. Wine is chill and tasted not too bad. It is good to give it a stirred first so that the taste is more even, else you will get to taste something powdery, giving a bitter aftertaste.

Makgeoli - $20

The Army Stew, also known as Budae Jjigae was an awesome dish to share among us. Guys are guys as they deemed to have bigger stomach space than the females. Just for this army stew, we had added additional ramen and rice cake to ensure that portion is good enough to stuff into the guys' stomach without living much empty space in them.

The stew is good enough for 3 pax and includes spam, hot dogs, baked bean and cheese. Seasonal ingredients such as mushroom, tofu, kimchi and pork are also added.

Budae Jjigae - $38 with additional Army Ramenat $6 & additional Rice Cake at $8

Having been to their sister's company, Super Star K, I will say that service are of not much difference in Super Chicken. Also, if you are looking for late night supper, just head along Tanjong Pagar Road and have some Army Stew.

Rating: 3 / 5

Super Chicken
Location: 98 Tanjong Pagar Road Singapore 088519

Famous Sungei Road Trishaw Laksa

I have been craving for Famous Sungei Road Trishaw Laksa but have not got the chance to visit them in Jalan Berseh. Thanks to my colleague who brought me down to Jurong East and enjoy similar bowl of Sungei Road Trishaw Laksa without travelling too far.

Famous Sungei Road Trishaw Laksa

Unlike the original stall in Jalan Berseh, this stall offers other food items like Mee Siam & Mee Rebus. Not only that, healthy choice option is adopted here with whole grain noodles used.

Laksa comes in 2 sizes, $3 and $3.50. The $3 portion is already quite good enough for a meal as ingredients like fishcakes & fresh cockles together with the noodles were rather filling. However if I were to compare them to the one I used to have, I will comment that Laksa gravy spelled the differences. Their gravy was diluted and lack of the usual fragrance even though the taste was rather distinct. For additional spicy kick, do remember to add in their sambal chilli.

Laksa - $3

Taste in overall was close and it was really good that at such a price without travelling too far, I still can enjoy a stomach warming bowl of Trishaw Laksa like this in Jurong.

Rating: 3 / 5

Famous Sungei Road Trishaw Laksa 
Location: Yuhua Market & Hawker Centre, Blk 347 Jurong East Ave 1 #01-225 Singapore 600347

Sherwood Snack Bar

We chanced upon Sherwood Snack Bar when we visited the Supermarket in Bukit Timah Plaza sometimes back. Usually in the evenings when we were there for grocery shopping, Sherwood Snack bar would have their food sold out and we could still see the helpers are still busying in the kitchen washing up, marinating the meat, preparing for the next day.

Sherwood Snack Bar

The snack bar sells more than just snacks. In fact, it is a family style cafe (kind of Hong Kong Style to me), where diners can get to sit at the counter for food and the dining area perhaps can only cater up to 10 customers.

They offer food ranging from Economical Rice to noodles and a one stop coffeeshop where you can enjoy your traditional cup of Kopi-O too.

Having ordered their dumplings noodle, I was stunned by the kind of standard that I'm receiving. Texture of the noodles were springy and what's more, the kind of noodles were thinner.

Dumplings Noodle with Mushroom Add Ons - $4

Adding $1 of mushrooms to the delicious plate of home taste noodles was not a bad choice either. Slices of mushrooms were fragrant and from its rich taste, it told us that the mushrooms had been braised for a long time and had well absorbed the gravy. Besides having good impression on the noodles and mushrooms, the shrimp dumplings are also another noteworthy items to talk about. Shrimps were fresh and generous too!

Shrimp Dumplings were good!

Chicken Cutlet Noodle on the other hand was scrumptious! Deep Fried Cutlet may not be piping hot from the oil wok but its crispy texture had my appetite! Really hope to revisit them again!

Chicken Cutlet Noodle - $4

Rating: 3.5 / 5

Sherwood Snack Bar

Location: Bukit Timah Plaza, 1 Jalan Anak Bukit #B2-14 Singapore 588996

Hwa Kee Barbeque Pork Noodle 華記雲吞麵

Hwa Kee Barbeque Pork Noodles has always been my pal's favourite hangout whenever he is back in Singapore. He would request a trip to East Coast Lagoon Food Village just for a plate of Wanton Mee even if it requires him to queue for about 15 minutes.

What makes the plate of Wanton Mee so addictive when the noodles they served was just run of the mill? Well, the starring ingredient on the plate is none other than their Char Siew meat that was generously served on the plate.

Wanton Mee - $4

Yes! You did not read wrongly, instead of having the wantons as the scene stealer, the Char Siew had claimed all credits here and you can forget all about their Wantons as they are pretty ordinary.

Presentation of Char Siew is special as it was not the uniform slices we would have on a plate of Wanton Mee, instead they were served in elongated / shredded forms. Sweet tender Char Siew are addictive, not to mentioned such richly glazed, slightly charred and caramelized portion on plate. Together with the usual Char Siew red sauce mixed in, it kind of gave a special old school taste that stirred my childhood memories where I can finish anything ~ a bowl of plain porridge alone with just the red sauce.

Wanton Noodle

For sure, this style of Wanton Noodle is rather unique in Singapore. For those who prefer spicy noodles may want to add in more of their chilli than the red sauce. Though it may be spicy, it taste just as good in exchange for a comfort plate of food.

BBQ Pork Version

Rating: 3.25 / 5

Hwa Kee Barbeque Pork Noodle 華記雲吞麵
Location: East Coast Lagoon Food Village, 1220 East Coast Parkway #01-45 Singapore 468960