-Menu showing the prices per 100g- My personalised mala hot pot

This stall at the level 2 foodcourt (The Kitchen) of Star Vista offers a rather interesting concept. Like a yong tau foo stall, you get to choose from an array of ingredients. Besides several types of vegetables and mushrooms, they also have different types of meat and seafood (mainly fish) available, much like the fresh choices you get for steamboats. Once you have picked your items into a big metal bowl, a lady there will separate out the different types of ingredients, weigh them separately, then add up all the prices on a calculator. If you are a meat or seafood lover, you can unwittingly chalk up quite a bill, as they are the most expensive items. You might be surprised at how little 100g of meat is. I chose all vegetables and mushrooms, yet my dish came up to be almost $5.

A chef at the back will then fry up your chosen ingredients with a mala sauce - you can indicate how spicy you want. I chose the lowest level of spiciness and it's already very spicy! The mala sauce is appetising but it can be quite salty and oily towards the end of your meal.

$4.80

This nasi padang stall is newly opened at this holland drive coffeeshop. The fried egg looks more special because of the spring onions and cut chilli added to it while frying the egg. Indeed, it does add a little kick to the taste. The curry vegetables were tasty and quite spicy too. The beef rendang, while well-marinated, could be a bit more tender. The rendang sauce was good though and very spicy too.

I have read about this place quite a couple of times before and noticed the good reviews. Hence I jumped at the chance to visit this place for dinner with my family. Luckily I called the day before to book a table because during our course of dinner, a few customers had to be turned away. They had no reservation and the place is fully booked till 9.30 pm. And that's for a thursday night.Even though the place was busy, service was still good and prompt. The wait staff was very happy to top up any of the side dishes (complimentary). The side dishes were all pretty tasty, especially the glass noodles and the kimchi, which is the more fiery type. - The side dishes

The seafood pancake was crispy and delicious dipped in the accompanying chilli-sesame sauce. There wasn't much seafood given, just a few prawns.- Seafood pancake

The beef short ribs which came sizzling on a hotplate was tender, juicy and well-marinated with a delicious sauce. Do remember to eat them first else the last remaining pieces might start getting charred - unless that's your intention - Beef short ribs

We ordered one of the signature dishes, the Suyuk. It is basically pork belly slices with a few vegetables on the side. The waiter enquired if this is the first time we are trying the dish. When we said yes, he proceeded to patiently explain the three different ways you can eat it. Basically there are different combinations of the types of vegetables/dips to go with the pork belly. Interesting. Quite a tasty dish. But since I'm not a particular fan of pork belly, this is not more favourite dish here.- Suyuk

Another signature dish, the dakgalbi (spicy grilled chicken) was really spicy but tasty. Tender chicken chunks are cooked in a special chilli sauce with rice cake and assorted vegetables. We opted to have the chef use the remaining sauce/vegetables in the hot pot to cook up a special fried rice (see photo below). Usually the chef cooks it on the spot by the side of your table. But because my young nephew was there, they cooked it in a further corner of the restaurant in consideration of safety. - Dakgalbi

The fried rice absorbed the delicious sauces and was very tasty. A highly recommended add-on option to your dakgalbi.- Fried rice

The korean food here is pretty good, I'll say. Definitely will be back for repeat visits.

A good friend kindly gave me some RWS food vouchers that she couldn't use in time and recommended me to try Palio. I'm glad that I had a chance to try the food here, as I truly enjoyed my dining experience.

Service was excellent all the way, from all the various staff who greeted and served us with a warm smile.

The toasted bread came early thankfully, while we waited for our main dishes to come. It sure helped to stave off our hunger for a while. The bread was served with a simple tomato-based olive oil dip. Quite good.- Complimentary bread

The serving size of the ravioli was very small and I admit I was a bit disappointed at first. But on the first bite..wow, it's excellent! The flavours were intensely rich with every bite. One of the best ravioli dishes I've had. The ravioli pasta was not too thick and you could really taste the stuffing within. The truffle cream sauce was also very yummy.- Ravioli stuffed with mushroom & cheese in a truffle cream sauce

The signature pizza had a lot of fresh seafood like mussels, scallops, prawns and squid. The crust was thin and crispy. A tad on the salty side for the seasoning of the seafood but generally great-tasting. - signature Pizza Michael

Will definitely be back again

I came to this outlet at Nex as I had two meal vouchers to redeem - a choice of chicken salad or aglio olio sphaghetti, plus a scoop of ice cream.

Once I sat down (I was earlier than my hubby), the wait staff served me promptly and asked if I wanted iced or warm water without any prompting or indication from my part - good service

The chicken salad came in a large bowl with a good mix of fresh vegetables. I especially liked the pine nuts given. The chicken slices were rather tasty too. The salad fork they gave was very huge though, I find it too unwieldy. It's good that the thousand island sauce was given on the side so you can choose how much you want to put inside your salad. Definitely a healthy meal. You'll be pretty full too if you finish the whole bowl of salad.- Chicken salad

The aglio olio looked simple but it tasted really good. The spaghetti was cooked till al dente and plenty of olive oil and garlic was used to sautee the noodles with the mushrooms. The flavoring was also done well. I enjoyed this simple but well-cooked dish.- Aglio Olio

The sticky chewy chocolate was quite nice although it seemed to be a bit different based on what I tasted a long time ago. The chocolate seemed slightly more "artificial". Or perhaps my taste buds are now more stringent...LOL
I do not particularly like the color of the lime ice cream but taste-wise, it's still alright. It's quite tangy and refreshing.- Sticky chewy chocolate and lime ice cream