We went to Lau Pa Sat to have our lunch. After wandering around the market pondering what to eat as there were simply too much options to choose from, I decided to settle down for a simple dish of Char Kway Teow from Lai Heng Char Kway Teow stall.

The chef, a old man who is in his 70s, was very friendly when he took my order. By the way, his Char Kway Teow is priced at $5, $6, $7. As I am only ordering it for myself, I chose the $5 option, although in my mind, I thought that $5 was a little pricier for a plate of Char Kway Teow.

Here's a photo of his stall:His stall was quite huge as it occupied two stall size. This photo depicted the place where the chef cooked his food. On the left side is the 2nd half of his stall, which I didn't take photo. Its a pity I didn't take the photo as he had pasted numerous newspaper clippings containing accolades for his food. Also, there were some nice decorations that adored this part of the stall.

I also liked the ambience of Lau Pa Sat. It's set in a unique and vintage setting where you can see street signposts in the market itself, that pointed to different alley of Lau Pa Sat, where stalls lined up both side of the alley. Right smack in the centre of Lau Pa Sat is a stall selling drinks, desserts and fruits. Also, the ventilation had improved as it's more windy and airy now and there were many fans mounted at the top.

When the chef passed me the plate of Char Kway Teow, the first thing that wafted to my nose is the sweet and nice smell of the Char Kway Teow, that simply made my mouth salivated as I walked back to my table with my food. Another thing that struck me was that for the price of $5, which is the cheapest option available for Char Kway Teow, the serving portion for $5 was simply huge and I felt it's meant for 2 persons to share.

Here's a photo of my yummy Char Kway Teow.Each mouthful of the Char Kway Teow was simply heavenly. The nice blend of the guo tiao, mee, the ingredients and the dark soy sauce made the Char Kway Teow tasted great. Also, although the chef used small little cockles, but he generously gave plenty of them and they go well with the guo tiao.

If you were to ask me what is the one thing that I dislike, I really can't find any to find fault with. But I would prefer if the chef uses larger size cockles instead of the small little cockles. As I am a fan of cockles and I think cockles go hand in hand with Char Kway Teow, hence bigger cockles will definitely improve my dining experience by another notch. Nonetheless, I still like the Char Kway Teow and I felt that I have a pleasant dining experience and would recommend my friends to try out his stall. On a scale of 1 to 10 with 1 as mediocre and 10 as very yummy, I would give the overall dining experience as a rating of 8.

As I had a craving for Beef Hor Fun, I decided to stop by Greenview Cafe for a quick dinner before heading back to office to do some overtime work. The cafe is located at a corner of Far East Plaza. It is a very plain and simple looking cafe with little decoration. Although the cafe has 2 outlets, but both outlets are small and can only accommodate a maximum of 7 tables each or lesser.

The plate of Beef Hor Fun cost me $5 and my Coke soft drink cost $1.40. In total my dinner cost $6.40. Here's a photo of my Beef Hor Fun:The Beef Hor Fun was prepared well by the chef. It's a nice fusion of the guo tiao hor fun together with the Hor Fun gravy and the beef. Each tasted equally nice. The guo tiao hor fun has a distinct nice wok smell to it. The gravy tasted superb and wasn't that salty. Each slice of beef was evenly cooked and tasted great. Overall, I had a pleasant dining experience eating the delicious Beef Hor Fun and I had a can of Coke to go along with.

What I don't really like is the vegetables. Some of it tasted slightly raw and I don't like to eat raw vegetables. Perhaps the chef didn't want to overcook the vegetables so that he can preserve the goodness that are found in the vegetables but personally I don't like the slightly raw taste. Also it will be better if they can give more guo tiao hor fun as I felt the portion was slightly little and not filling for my stomach.

I noticed that each table has separate container to contain the green chili, red chili, chili sauce. However all the 3 containers are left exposed to the surrounding and there were no cover on each container. I felt that it is not that hygienic to leave the chili exposed to the surrounding. I would suggest or recommend the cafe owners to place a cover on each of the container so that the chili won't be exposed to the surrounding air.

I would definitely return to Greenview Cafe to eat again. On a scale of 1 to 10 with 1 as mediocre and 10 as very yummy, I would give the overall dining experience as a rating of 8 and would highly recommend my friends to try out their food as it's delicious and the price is reasonable.

I have been hearing good comments about Boon Tong Kee chicken rice, hence decided to try it out for myself. Headed to one of their branch at MacPherson as I was around that area and decided to order the set meal for 1 person for my lunch.Here's a photo of the restaurant shop front. This side of the restaurant is the non-air conditioned area. Although it's non-air conditioned for this section, you get to see the chef preparing your meal.Here's another photo of the restaurant shop front. This side of the restaurant is the air-conditioned area. I decided to sit in the air-conditioned area as the weather was simply scorching hot.

I also felt the restaurant concept was interesting as they divided their restaurant into 2 sections, the air-conditioned and the non air-conditioned area. I reckon it is purposely done to cater to their restaurant patrons preference as some may not like to eat in the air conditioned environment.

Here are some more photos to share with you.My yummy chicken rice set meal for 1 person which cost $5 in total, inclusive of 1 can of soft drink. A close up view of the white chicken. Don't you think it looks yummy? This outlet comes with a LCD television. Pity the television wasn't placed in a location where majority of the diners can view it. I believe only those tables that are in front of the television can watch it whereas those who are sat near the entrance or those who sat at the back of the restaurant can't really watch it due to the odd angle. I certainly can't view it properly.There are some nice decorations hung on the wall, which coupled with the nice light balls hanging on the roof, helps to beautify the place and provide a nice dining ambiance for diners.This is a shot of the restaurant interior. Looking at the way this restaurant was being decorated and also the choice of the tablecloth design, my first impression was that this restaurant could be selling western food. You wouldn't guess that it is selling chicken rice. Kudos to the owner who had adopted this design style. I love it. Simple and classy. Look at the wall furnishing. It certainly looks posh and the wall also has a nice colour combination.

Overall, my experience at Boon Tong Kee was great. Although each item in my set meal looks simple enough, such as the bowl of rice, white chicken, chilli sauce & dark soy sauce, but they tasted great. I felt that even though none of the items stood out, they were all equally good and worked well in harmony to provide a satisfying chicken rice experience for me. The bowl of rice was fragrant and cooked just right for my liking. The white chicken was also prepared nicely and the meat tasted tender and goes very well with the light soy sauce. I love the feeling of the mixture of the light soy sauce and the chicken juice when I bite into the chicken meat. The experience was heavenly when you mix a little bit of the chilli and dark soy sauce to the chicken meat. For the chilli sauce, the spiciness was just nice and it has a very traditional "chicken rice" taste to it.

I am sure Boon Tong Kee would have many supporters and detractors but one thing I am sure of is if you have overseas friends who are in Singapore and they want to try out some unique Singapore dishes such as chicken rice, Boon Tong Kee is one good choice to consider as you can get to eat good chicken rice in a modern, clean and classy environment. I forgot to mention that while I was eating, soothing classical music played in the background and made my dining experience pleasant. From the restaurant setting to the soothing music, it almost made me forgot that I am not having a western meal but I am indeed having a uniquely Singapore dish, the chicken rice. On a scale of 1 to 10 with 1 as mediocre and 10 as very yummy, I would give the overall dining experience as a rating of 9.5.

We decided to head together to Star Vista Mall as we have a craving to try out PORN'S restaurant. On top of that it was also our once a month celebration, where we would indulged ourselves in yummy food and in each other's company.

We arrived at about 8.45pm and waited for at least 15 minutes before we were being shown to our seats, with the restaurant at full capacity. The staffs were generally friendly and I noticed that most of them are Thais.

Aesthetically, the restaurant is very nicely decorated and I love the design and layout of it. Picture tells a thousand words. Here are some photos that will show why I think it's nice.Don't you think the interior of the restaurant is nice and unique. The great visuals and colors will certainly brighten up any diners day. I am simply impressed and awed by the ingenuity and creativity of the interior designs.

The first dish of the day is Stir Fried Minced Pork with Basil Leaves, that cost me $8.50. Stir Fried Minced Pork with Basil Leaves presentation was nice, with a slice of cucumber and a slice of tomato with a few slices of carrot to serve as its decoration. I highly recommend this dish for the great fusion of the minced pork, chili and basil leaves, which made this dish greatly aromatic and not forgetting that it tasted awesome when you placed the first spoon into your mouth. Simply heavenly. So far, this is the only time I don't get sick and tired of eating Stir Fried Minced Pork with Basil Leaves, compared to those from other restaurants where the first mouth tasted nice but I would get sick and tired after a few mouthful of it. Also, the food portion was just nice for the both of us. Out of a scale of 1 to 10 with 1 as mediocre and 10 as very yummy, I would rate this dish on a rating of 9. I would definitely order this dish again on my next visit.

Our next dish is the Prawn Tom Yum soup that cost $12.90. The Tom Yum soup was clear and filled with lots of spices and prawn. It is indeed sour and very spicy and I think this will appeal more to spicy food lovers. For those non-chili people, I would suggest you to avoid eating this dish as it's simply too spicy. But I simply love the taste of the prawn tom yum soup, where the sourness and spiciness of this dish are just right and the prawns are succulent, though there weren't many prawns as we had expected. Also, the food serving portion was quite huge as it can be sufficient for even 3 to 4 people although the serving size was stated for 2 person. I would rate this dish on a rating of 7. Although the soup tasted great and the portion is a lot, but on a side-note, both of our stomach couldn't take the spiciness of this dish, which caused us to visit the toilet 2 hours later. I would think this dish would be better if they reduce the amount of spiciness or perhaps it's because both of our stomachs are not yet conditioned to take this amount of spiciness. Would I order this dish again on our next visit? Maybe, maybe not? I certainly do not wish to upset my stomach again due to the spiciness of the soup.

Our next dish was the Seafood Pad Thai, which costed us $10.90. I think that our Seafood Pad Thai dish serving size was slightly small and for a price of $10.90, we certainly expected it to be of a bigger portion. Nevertheless, our disappointment in the serving size were quickly appeased when we tasted this dish. It was very nice and the noodles were silky smooth and sweet. Although the color of this dish looked plain and it only had a couple of prawn and egg, but I think it's worthwhile to order this dish again on our next visit. I would rate this dish on a rating of 8. A highly recommended must try dish for any diners who eat at PORN's at Star Vista mall.

However I think that this outlet was understaffed. As most of the service staff are too engrossed in serving the dishes to the various tables that they not only forgot my initial order for ice water, but it also took me very long before I can get one of their attention to bring me the ice water, which took a while before it arrived at our table, in 2 small cute silver looking cups, which is cold to the touch. Yes the cups looked nice but on a practicality note, I would rather prefer the service staff to give me a normal glass of ice water instead of a small cup which requires constant refills, especially when the Prawn Tom Yum soup was so spicy.

Here's a copy of our receipt, which added up to the total cost of $36.65, inclusive of 10% service charge. Reasonable price for a meal for 2 persons, but I think the portion was slightly small as we still feel a little hungry after our meal.Interior design decorations ratings = 7 out of 10

Service staff ratings = 5 out of 10 (due to the experience we faced in obtaining ice water)

Food = 8 out of 10

Overall Satisfaction = 8 out of 10

I would visit this restaurant again and if my friends wants me to recommend any nice Thai food, PORN'S restaurant would certainly be in my list of recommendations. But do take note to make reservations in advance if you are going in a big group as it will be packed. Do try out their Stir Fried Minced Pork with Basil Leaves and Seafood Pad Thai. I won't recommend you to try their Tom Yum soup as it was simply too spicy for both our stomachs to take. But should you wish to try out this fiery dish, be warned. Don't attempt to drink too much of the soup. Take in moderation!

After a long day at work, my friend and I decided to settle for a simple dinner at Jurong Point. As she has a craving for Thai food, hence we ended up at Thai Express. Luckily there wasn't a queue for tonight, so we managed to find a table for 2 easily.

This Thai Express outlet was located in the basement of Jurong Point 2, where people can literally see and stare at you from above floors while you dine as all the restaurants located along that row doesn't have any "roof".

As I have a slight craving for green curry and crayfish, I ordered their green curry noodle with crayfish. Their green curry is my all-time favourite and I would never fail to order on each of my visits.

Here's the photo of my Green Curry Noodle with Crayfish:When my Green Curry noodle with crayfish was served, I felt the food presentation could be further improved as you can only see the crayfish and if we only judge the food based on its appearance, in my own opinion, this dish certainly doesn't counts as attractive. But I am definitely impressed when I had my first taste of the green curry. The Green Curry broth was certainly thick and aromatic. It tasted great, but albeit a little too salty, which we didn't really like. The mee tasted normal while the potato tasted mediocre. The potato cubes were hard, tasteless and I think it would have been better if they had boiled longer and make it softer. As for the crayfish, it tasted normal. All in all, the only saving factor would be the yummy green curry as the rest of the items for this dish tasted mediocre.

Here's the photo of her Tom Yum Seafood noodle:Similar to the Green Curry, the Tom Yum Seafood noodle tasted a little too salty too. For the first taste, the Tom Yum tasted good but on subsequent tastes, the effects wore off and I felt the taste became normal and stagnating. As for the potato cubes, as usual they were hard and tasteless, hence she totally didn't eat the potato cubes at all. Seafood portion wasn't a lot too. There were only a handful mixture of small prawn, squid but we think it was slightly too little.

Here's the photo of our first side dish: Otah ($8.90)For the price of $8.90, the otah certainly seems pricey upon first impression. But as we bite into the otah meat, we were surprised to find that it consist of pure fish meat that is soft and tender and tasted good. Also, there were a few prawns scattered in the otah too. I ordered the otah out of curiosity. Although it tasted good, but if you ask me, I won't re-order on my next visit as there's nothing special about the otah, for the $8.90 price that was charged for that 1 piece of otah. If I top up an additional $2, I could have gotten a bowl of noodle at around $10+.

Here's the photo of our second side dish: Fried PancakeI would say this Fried Pancake tasted good but other than that, I also won't re-order on my next visit as there's no compelling reason for me to eat it again. The sweet chilli sauce that accompanied the Fried Pancake was nice.

Here's another angle taken of the Fried Pancake, showing what the pancake itself contains.Before I forgot, the waitress served us a mini starter complimentary dish, with the following photo:We were pleased with the service level of the waitresses as they were very prompt when we waved for one of them to take our orders. Also, they were very friendly and polite during the order-taking. However one thing they could have improve on is the refilling of our glass of ice-water. Although they walked past us a few times, they didn't help us to refill our ice-water until I signaled for them to do so.

Our orders are:
1) Green curry Crayfish Laksa = $14.90
2) Red Tom Yum Seafood Laksa = $9.90
3) Thai Seafood Otah = $7.90
4) Crispy Pancake = $7.90
Total = $47.80 (includes 10% Service Charge + 7% GST)

I think the total cost of our meal is still reasonable, given the serving of our food portions are reasonable and both the broth of the Green Curry and Tom Yum were very yummy! However our dining experience could have further improved if they make both the Green Curry and Tom Yum less salty. Would I re-visit this Thai Express outlet again? Yes I would but I would definitely want to try out their other dishes on my next visit.