I went to Swensen's with my colleagues for lunch just yesterday. I saw another customer having the bread bowl which looks very warming to the stomach so I decided to order that as well. The bread bowl is made using sourdough bread which is much healthier and tastier than normal white bread. I opted for the clam chowder soup for my bread bowl. The clam chowder has clams, bits of carrots, potatos in it. The soup is quite delicious. It is not too thick or diluted and the soup is also not too overly creamy such that you get sick of the taste after a few mouthfuls. I had no difficulty in finishing the soup as the sourdough bread bowl is a good pairing to the taste of the creamy soup. It is very filling, so I would advise ladies to share if they do not have a large appetite.

This stall always had perpetual long queues during lunch time. The good thing is that the queues move quite fast so the waiting time is not as long. I ordered a grilled chicken set. The set comes with a serving of grilled chicken thigh, egg, cabbage and soup. The chicken thigh is always the highlight of the dish with its tender and moist flesh. The seasoning used was perfect, resulting in the meat being very flavourful. Normally, I will request for curry to be poured over my rice as their curry is also very good - not too thick and it is very fragrant. Their chili is also very good and I will normally dip the egg into the chili.

I have never been to Yoshinoya before and my colleague recommended that I order their beef bowl which he said was quite good. The beef bowl had very thinly sliced beef and besides beef, there is also a serving of vegetables together with the beef on the bowl. I must say the beef is tender because it is sliced very thinly. It is also very tasty and I love the onions as well! I normally do not like onions but I find the onions here to be very nice as it had absorbed the seasoning of the beef and it is now very soft and without the stinging taste. The beef bowl is rather filling because of the rice and I wasn't hungry all the way from lunch until dinner.

I was visiting one of my brother who is staying in Punggol and I decided to have lunch here first before going up his house. The dishes here are quite nice and it looks very attractive. I ordered three dishes, french beans, fried tau kwa and black pepper beef. The total cost is $4 if I am not wrong because of the beef. I find that the beef is quite flavourful, there is no beef stench and the beef is rather tender. The black pepper taste compliments the beef cubes very well. The french beans are quite oily but otherwise ok. The tau kwa is quite normal, but the sourish sweet sauce was rather appetising. It is a very satisfying lunch.

I have heard about a stall selling xiao long bao for only $5 in Chinatown but have not gotten down to trying it until today. The xiao long bao costs $5 for 10 pieces which I think is one of the cheapest xiao long bao that you can find. The xiao long bao are made fresh on the spot and the xiao long bao is actually quite large. The xiao long bao skin thickness is just right, thick enough to hold all the soup of the xiao long bao and yet not too thick until it affect the taste of the xiao long bao. The soup is very tasty and although it does not rival that of din tai fung, it is still worth coming here for a cheaper xiao long bao craving. There are also vinegar and shredded ginger available which you can add to your xiao long bao.