JPot Chilli Crab Steamboat: Food Review

I eat at JPOT a lot and 90% of the time I'll order their special JPOT broth as my soup base which is basically the plain old chicken broth. When I heard about the new Chilli Crab soup I was a bit tempted to try it but decided not to, until we came across their new set menu.

I was still a little skeptical but the meal looked pretty worth it so why not.

OK so here's the thing. My first thoughts about it before ordering was 'is it the sticky sticky kind of gravy that Jumbo uses for their chili crab or is it the legit watery kind of normal soup' and to my delight it was BOTH.

You start off with the normal kind of soup which tastes pretty damn good. And how they recommend eating it is to place the crab in the soup and cook it all the way till the end (trust me the soup will taste so much better and the crab was so so sweet at the end). When you're done steamboating, the staff will turn the soup into the thick chili crab sauce by adding corn starch and a raw egg. Actually now that I'm typing this out it sounds kinda sketchy and gross but trust me it tastes a lot better than it sounds!!

I thought that the crab tasted really sweet and honestly preferred it to the ones sold at Jumbo Seafood although the one there would obviously be fresher. Maybe it's because it was due to its sweetness from being brutally boiled for over an hour. It was also really easy to eat because the shell softened so much that it was possible to bite through it easily.

And here comes the best part of the set, the fried mantous!! It's been so long since I've had FRESH HOT STEAMING fried mantous and I've never been more satisfied after that meal! I know a lot of people like to dip their mantous into the sauce but that's the boring way of eating it. How I do it is that I dig a hole into the bun with my chopsticks and fill up with the chili crab so that all the savory goodness explodes in your mouth once I take a bite. You should try it too, all the cool kids are doing it (-;

Looks really trash but it is the BOMB

I highly recommend trying this out if you're going to eat at JPOT and remember to jio your friends because the more people try it, the higher the chances of this being part of their main menu so go go go!!


Ratings:
Food: 9/10
Ambiance: 8/10
Service: 10/10

https://www.jpot.com.sg/en/home

FatBoy, Make Your Own Burger: Food Review

Yo i'm back with another irregular blog post. Recently i went to FatBoy at Serangoon Gardens for lunch and before that I had no idea what FatBoy offered. Besides the usual burgers for sale, they have a make your own burger section for greedy fat boys (pun intended) like me.

It's pretty obvious why the restaurant is called FatBoy because there are no just vegetables on the menu. So if you're accompanying your friends thinking you can order a bowl of salad then you'll be disappointed to hear that the only vegetables given is a small piece of lettuce and a slice of tomato that comes with every plate of burger. Guess it's time to break that diet that you're gonna break eventually right.

There were so many things I wanted to try on the menu like the beef chilli fries but no one wanted to share it with me. The burgers on their menu looked really good but I felt like the DIY burger was the main attraction of the bar so I settled for a huge DIY burger.

For the DIY burger, you get the choose the type of buns, meat, sides and sauce. I chose honey oats as my bun, but tbh I think all the buns taste the same. For the meat, they offered the usual beef and chicken and I was delighted to see that they offered lamb too. I was a little skeptical at first because I've never even heard of a lamb burger, let alone taste it but I was so glad I got over it and ordered it because it was so so amazing. For the sides I ordered spam, jalapenos, caramelized onions, guacamole and chilli queso and blue cheese dressing as the sauce. This totaled up to about $21.

My friend ordered this really weird (but I shall not judge) burger which had a slice of pineapple and peanut butter and she kept on telling me how good it was and how the bread tasted like chocolate with the peanut butter. But I guess that's what's so good about the place because they have a huge variety of sides and sauces that you can mix and match to concoct a burger of your liking!

I really liked the overall ambiance of the place. It was dimly lit and it wasn't crowded at all even though it was during lunch time on a Sunday. The only downside to this place is that it's kinda inconvenient to go to but I guess if it was at a mall the cozy atmosphere that FatBoy has would be really different.

Ratings:
Food: 9/10
Ambiance: 9/10
Service: 9/10

https://www.fatboys.sg/

TCC Christmas Menu (2016): Food Review

Back again with another TCC review. TCC has never failed to impress me with their regular menu updates and since Christmas is around the corner, they've came up with a course set menu.

I ordered the 3 course meal, with the turkey ballotine as my main course

Roasted Cauliflower Soup
The soup was pretty nice. I like the additional flavor from the miso pesto and also the texture from the croutons and vegetables. Also the soup was very flavorful but not salty which is a good thing (yay healthy food)

Turkey Ballotine
I was obviously gonna order this because I don't usually get to eat turkey. The turkey is stuffed with a chestnut and cranberry paste and drizzled with some brown sauce and jam. I don't recommend eating it with too much of the sauce because i find it really salty and it masks the taste of the turkey.

White Chocolate Reindeer
Ooh this is a must try in their Christmas menu. It's a white chocolate moose+ green tea spongecake desert with a biscuit base so there's a very good mix of texture.

I do not know what this is called

This is my favourite dish of all. It's a scoop of vanilla ice cream topped with caramel popcorn and whip cream with a cookie base. The espresso drizzle is optional but i highly recommend adding just enough coffee to cover the cookie base. The ice cream is probably made with vanilla pod (meaning it's good stuff) and the taste of the espresso, melted whip cream and ice cream with the soggy biscuits is just divine!

https://www.theconnoisseurconcerto.com/

Christmas menu: http://www.theconnoisseurconcerto.com/images/pdfs/tcc-xmas-menu.pdf

The Connoisseur Concerto (TCC) (Vivo City): Food Review

On Sunday, my parents and I decided to head down to vivo's tcc for breakfast. It states on their website that they open at 10 am so we arrived at 10 because we had stuff to do afterwards. But they opened the shop about 15 minutes later and the kitchen was only ready at about 10:40. So either their opening time on the website is wrong or they just opened late.

Moving on to the delicious breakfasts-

Benny's Breakfast $16.8

I highly do not recommend ordering their poached eggs because it's overcooked most of the time, but my dad still orders it for some reason.

My mom and I shared the next two dish.

Oozy Coffee Pancake $15.5

I really love how they managed to put the coffee cream into the pancake. The cream kinda tastes like coffee milk, which has a hint of bitter, which balances perfectly with the caramel drizzle. Also just in case you were thinking that this two pancakes isn't enough to fill you up like what I thought, it is extremely filling.

Morning Mix & Match $20.0

Ok this is part of their new menu as well and I highly recommend this because it's worth the price. For $20, you get to choose one kind of egg, two proteins and two sides which is extremely valuable and it tastes good as well. Again, do not order the poached eggs because it'll most likely be overcooked. I ordered the poached eggs though, because I thought it was something else, along with wagyu beef patty and smoked salmon as my proteins, and avocado salsa and greek yogurt as my sides. So what I did was I took a little bit of everything, layer it on top of my bread and ate it in one bite and surprisingly the tastes blend together really well. Out of all their sides, I suggest that you order the avocado salsa and greek yogurt because they're both really really nice.

Soy Hazelnut Heaven $8.0

Another new item on their menu under the healthy and organic drinks section. It's a little pricey but hey it is an organic drink. This is the first time I've drank soy lattes before and I'm not disappointed because this one has a really strong hazelnut taste. With the addition of chocolate chips and hazelnut crumbs, it kinda reminds me of kinder bueno and nutella. But halfway through the drink I found it a bit too sweet.

My Ratings

Service: 8/10

Food: 8/10

Ambience: 8/10

Total: 8/10

 http://www.theconnoisseurconcerto.com/

Marche (Somerset 313): Food Review

Before going to Marche I thought that it was an international restaurant but it turns out that it's a FULL Swiss restaurant. (I still find that pretty funny) So yeah the first thing you should know before going to Marche is that it's a Swiss restaurant.

ROSTI
The night before going to Marche, I was talking to a few friends and I casually told them that I'd be going to Marche the next day and I swear everyone told me to try the Rosti and so it was the first dish I bought with my friend. It was kinda disappointed because I expected it to be super super super good because my friends were all so hyped up about it. I mean it was delicious but I wouldn't consider it as mouth-watering-I'd-kill-people-to-eat-it food. 

SALMON & BABY SPINACH PASTA GRATIN
We were contemplating between seafood and pasta and we knew that this was the dish to choose as it had both and we did not regret it. And it was really funny when we were eating this because I thought that there was meat in the cheese. Like I swear the cheese tasted and felt like ham but I couldn't find any. It was only after finishing my portion when I realized that it was probably just that the layer of cheese was quite thick.

TODAY'S TEA
A little something to wash the first two dishes down. Being a super indecisive person, I went for Today's Tea which had four ingredients which I could not remember.  I recommend going for Today's Tea rather than whatever tea you plan to get because the combination of tea is like a special Marche thing that you probably can't get at other places

SMOKED SALMON CREPE
I'm not really a savoury crepe kind of person but when I saw this on the menu, I went 'dude we're getting the salmon crepe ok.' It was tasty but halfway through my portion, I was filling kinda stuffed which made me regret not getting the Caesar Salad instead. 

TRUFFLE CAKE
No matter how full I was, there's always room in my stomach for dessert. This cake was chocolate paradise melting in my mouth. The texture and taste and everything in the cake was just MMMmmMMmmmM. However, I feel like the chef should've made the cocoa powder bitter so that there'll be a balance of sweet and bitter. 

My Ratings

Service: nil (it's self service)

Food: 8/10

Ambience: 8/10

Total: 8/10

Chun Cui He (Latte and Milk Tea): Food Review

NOTE: I've started another blog (notcolman.wordpress.com) and I won't be updating this blog anymore



A little late but I'm sure that most of you know that the week before everyone started hunting for pokemons, they were hunting for something else more absurd. Yes that's right. They were hunting for bottles of milk tea and latte.

And like Pokemon GO, Chun Cui He drinkers are segregated into different teams- the Latte lovers and MilkTea lovers. 

Latte

I'm gonna start with the latte first because I'm definitely on Team Latte! My first impression of the drink was 'wait is this coffee?' as the sweetened water flowed down my throat. But after a second sip, I knew for sure that the latte was my cup of tea. The fragrant coffee flavour came in with the second sip and what made it different from other coffee drinks I've tried before was that the coffee had a really distinct taste to it.

MILKTEA

I only have three words to describe the milktea- tastes like bubbletea. And it wasn't even like super good bubbletea.

But I'm really glad that I only drank two bottles of Chun Cui He because just the milktea drink has recently been recalled by some authority due to the addition of unapproved food additive. Even though the latte is still on sale, I don't think I'm going to drink anymore of it just to be safe.

  

Geylang Bazaar 2016 YES's and NO's

Because of the construction work beside the train station, there is a need to walk one big round to get to the bazaar. So what my friend and I did was, we turned right after walking out of Exit A and walked around the construction. The walk is about 5 minutes long so just see it as a way of burning some fats before your sinful indulgence at the bazaar! After walking around, there is a traffic light to cross to get there. It's pretty obvious where the bazaar is because of all the colorful street lights. The first thing you should see when you cross the road is a henna shop and that was where we started our food trip!

1) NO to hennas

My friend decided to get a henna at the start and I should have stopped her. Because it got really messy; she kept on smudging the pigment on her food and hands. It was extremely inconvenient especially when the bazaar was crowded. However, if you really do want a henna, it is recommended to get it at the end of the day.

2) YES to Ramly Burgers

Ok so there are numerous Ramly burger stalls at the bazaar, which isn't surprising. So which one sells the best Ramly Burger, you ask? I've only tried the burgers at two stalls so I'll compare on those. The first Ramly burger stall is just a stone's throw away from the henna shop (face the henna shop and turn right). The sauce in the burger wasn't very strong but the beef was 10/10! At first, we were hesitant about consuming it because it looked like rare beef (it was our first ramly burger) but there were no regrets after taking a bite.

The second shop is up ahead. This time we tried the chicken burger. I preferred the beef patty over chicken but the sauce in this stall was the bomb. I think it was concocted with mayonnaise and chilli sauce but whatever it was, it was delicious! If I were to come here again, I'd go for the beef burger at the second stall. 

3) YES to BackAlley

BackAlley is no doubt my favourite stop of the night as they sold churros and thai iced tea! Who would say no to churros and thai iced tea like seriously. The churros were freshly fried and tasted so good. It was crispy and hot on the outside while soft on the inside. The amount of cinnamon icing and oreo powder used was really generous too.

4) NO to Cotton Candy Ice Cream

Before going to the bazaar, I saw a blogpost that gives shout outs to the nicest foods in the bazaar and this little devil here was one of the top ten. But take my word for it and do not buy this. It was such a mess eating it. The whole of my left hand got sticky just from holding the cup and what made it worse was the melting of the cotton candy. There was sugar all over my pants, shoes and worst of all my camera. Trying to devour the entire thing quickly was just insane. 

5) NO to bags

I mean like, what's there to even bring to a bazaar? Moreover, it gets in the way because of how insanely crowded the place is. There's also the risk of other people or yourself spilling food all over your bag, so really there isn't a point in bringing one. 

I'd definitely go back to eat more :-)

Thanks for reading!

Hungry Heroes: Food Review

I'm not really a fan of superheroes but that's not stopping me from visiting a superhero themed cafe! The atmosphere there was great- really vintage, collectable kind of feel and it was quite spacious as well. 

The interior designs and decorations really scream SUPERHERO!

And I really really loved their table mats like omg they put so much effort into everything. I wonder if they update it once in a while because it is a newspaper after all.

I thought that the price was reasonable for a character cafe and the food was quite delicious too. 

Ribeye $30

The quality of the fries were inconsistent as my dad's fries were gritty and dry compared to mine and I didn't really like the steak because it was too chewy. 

Johnny's Inferno Spicy Pork Ribs $21/39

I really loved this dish. The spiciness was just right and I can tell because I cry whenever I eat too spicy. The texture of the ribs were amazing- tender but not too soft. I remember eating ribs at this other restaurant which was too soft. It felt like I was eating chinese-styled boiled pork ribs.

The Roost $21

The fried chicken wasn't too oily or fried, just the way I like it because I'm health conscious. Also, the sauce in the burger really matched the taste of the chicken.

Sesame Cheesecake $7.50

Okay this dish is a must try if you're going to Hungry Heroes. It has the texture of Japanese tofu cheesecake. However, the texture wasn't the only thing that made this dish so unforgettable. There's a perfect balance of bitterness and sweetness between the sesame flavoured cream cheese and the chocolate drizzle on the plate. I think I'll just order cheesecake after cheesecake instead of the main course on my next visit.

I really liked the cafe because it wasn't crowded at all. It was on a Sunday night but still there were empty seats, thus it wasn't noisy.

My Ratings

Service: 10/10

Food: 8/10

Ambience: 10/10

Total: 9/10