Our most recent meal at Paradise Dynasty was a couple of months ago, together with The Old Folks. It’s Chinese comfort food done well, at a reasonable price.
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Curating a seven course dinner using memorable dishes from 2022
On this last day of 2022, I wanted to spend some time revisiting the memorable dishes that we had over the course of the year.
Continue readingElotes, Sisig and other Mexican x Filipino dishes at Alegria
Uniquely Mexican items were featured prominently in the interior décor, including colourful sombreros and vivid Día de los Muertos masks.
Continue readingLunch at Beirut Grill has made us fans of Lebanese cuisine
The blobs of chickpea Hummus and mashed eggplant Baba Ghanoush were familiar sights, but there was also the cheese yoghurt Labneh, red pepper Muhamarra, Cucumber Yoghurt and eggplant Moutabal.
Continue readingPoisson should have let their seafood take centre stage
Overall, it was a decent meal. But compared with those that we’ve had at other Restaurant Week places, it was somewhat disappointing.
Continue readingThe intriguing and inventive Bengali flavours of Aapon
I know nothing about Bengali cuisine. But half the fun of dining out is trying out brand new flavours and expanding taste boundaries.
Continue readingHearty and robust Peranakan flavours at Straits Chinese Signatures
Of all the dishes we had, across two separate visits, the Udang Asam Goreng was easily our favourite. Followed by the Bakwan Kepiting, Ayam Buah Keluak and Babi Pongteh.
Continue readingOur search for samgyetang in Singapore led us to Jang Won
We weren’t expecting it to be as good as the one we had in Seoul, but it was still very good. The soup was cloyingly rich, but in a good way, and the chicken was tender and not at all overcooked.
Continue readingThere’s more to Chong Qing Grilled Fish than just spicy seafood
CQGF is famous for their mala grilled fish, but make sure to try their other dishes. Especially the “concubine lychee pork”, which could be the best sweet and sour pork we’ve ever had.
Continue readingBack again at Niningashi for uni, sake and oishii izakaya food
We liked our first meal there so much that we made a return visit soon after. This time, with reinforcements so that we could order a lot more food, and also open a few bottles of sake.
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