Whenever you are in the area this is a die die must eat dish. The wait is well worth it, expect to wait up till 40mins for a bowl of noodle. Was there around 10 am and most the good stuff had almost been sold out. Either you call early to order or be prepared to wait as was told by one of the regulars. I would prefer to wait as I may not know when I will drop by.

The dry version taste just right,noodle very springy. The sauce taste sweetish and not too salty. It mixed well with the noodles. I find the chilli a little too spicy for my liking. Those who prefer extra hot they also have extra serving of chilli for you. Overall I find it nice and filling for a brunch.

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Conveniently located near Bugis, you can see this dessert shop fully occupied with patrons in the evening till the closing (11pm). So in order to avoid the crowd, I went over for dessert right after lunch in the afternoon.

My friend, Nicholas and I want some durian so the dessert we ordered are all durian desserts. So if you HATE durian.. I'm sorry this food review is definitely not for you!Here's their menu! Durian with Pomelo Sago (Cold)
$6.50

First we ordered Durian with Pomelo Sago (Cold).
I thought it was supposed to be watery, but I have no idea why it ended up to become something like durian puree. So I was kind of disappointed! I think I'll try out Ah Chew's durian dessert the next time round.

And I really have to say this, the puree taste like those durian placed for a very long time. It gives out those gas-y taste and I dislike it L

The ball in the middle is made of real durian.
It was normal durian only, not as good as the one I tried few months ago. I still remember the last time I had this, it was much better. Durian rice roll
$5.80

This was slightly better. However, it was retrieved from the fridge, so the rice roll skin was a tad hard. So you probably want to leave it warm up to the room temperature for a while before putting it into your mouth.

The rice roll is generously filled with real durian puree. I thought the skin was a little thick though, but it could be because like I said, the skin was frozen in the refrigerator. Nonetheless, it was pretty good! To sum up:

For dessert like this to cost more than $5, nope I don't say it's very worth it. The other dessert shop few shops down the same street named Ah Chew's is probably slightly cheaper. But if you want something new and modern, you probably want to come here. Then again, I won't say the food is worth the price because it's quite expensive. Share a few dishes with a group of friends will be more economically smart!

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!

Date : 20121218
Time of visit : 7.50pm
What/Where : Pie & Coffee @ Rochester Park
What we had : Chocolate tart,Apple Pie,NY Cheesecake, Chai Latte
Average cost/pax : $40
Ambience : Clean, spacious,limited in & outdoor seats.
Service : Friendly and chatty servers
Portion : Rich and smooth choco tart coated with crunchy almond bits; Creamy NY cheesecake
Location : Walking distance from Buona Vista MRT, next to star vista mall. Good place for group outing.
What's good in particular : Chai Tea Latte was smooth, creamy and luscious!
What's bad in particular : Uncooked crust for the apple pie.

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I went to Fika with the introduction by my friend to head over there for my Birthday lunch! I was scared at first because I have not tasted anything Sweedish exept ikea's sweedish meatballs. lol. So I was glad that I had this opportunity. The place was very cozy and it is not a big restaurant since it's located at millenia walk But the food items were definitely worth every cent of it. And Did I mention that Fika is HALAL! Means all our malay friends could head over there and try it out! Read here http://michhysaurous.blogspot.sg/2012/09/fika-x-birthday-celebration.html to find out more!