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Wholesome goodness for a song Smile Dec 13, 2013   
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Categories : Desserts and Cakes

It is easy to miss this tiny cafe as it is licated in an obscure, isolated corner of Bedok Mall. We thought a short narrow escalator would lead to the car park but it led us to a long makeshift wall which faces a row of several tiny F&B outlets, among them Mr Bean Cafe. Good to know that their original soya bean curd - smooth melt-in-the-mouth texture and freshly prepared from imported non-GMO soybeans, can still be had for only $1.30 a tub. Thumbs up.

 
 
Recommended Dish(es):  Soya Milk,Soya Curd,Soya Ice Cream,Soya Curd with Glutinous Rice Balls
 
Date of Visit: Dec 08, 2013 

Spending per head: Approximately $2(Supper)

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Tsukemen Ramen & More OK Dec 13, 2013   
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Categories : Japanese | Ramen

Menya @ Bedok Mall is having a week-long store opening promotion. It is one of the first restaurants in sight when we walked into Bedok Mall on a busy Wednesday evening & the waitress was outside cheerfully coaxing usto try their special freshly made ramen. Basic ramen portion is 120gm and the restaurant allows diners to upsize up to 5x. Sharing or takeaway of ramen is not allowed to curb abuse of the free upsize policy. Diners can choose from three types of soup base - original or white soup, black garlic soup.or red spicy soup. Two main styles of ramen with three types of soup and different types of toppings result in many permutations of a simple recipe/formula. At this new store Menya has implemented a DIY ordering process wherby diners can view the menu on iPad Mini which is placed at every table and tap on its screen to pick the itens they want. This is cool and efficient for the customer, and the restaurant saves in manpower too.

Menya does brisk business even during weekday dinner hours. When the food is ready kitchen staff will cheerfully and loudly yell out from the kitchen and the waitresses will go in with trays to bring the bowls of ramen to the tcustomers. This adds buzz and noise to the compact restaurant where tiny square tables for two a re arranged closely together with elbow room only. For bigger groups the staff will just push the tabbles together.

Despite the fast turnover, Menya @ Bedok Mall manages to maintain the quality of its food. Soups were concentrated and served hot, ramen kept its springy texture and their famous marbled chashu was tasty and melt-in-the-mouth soft. Only one long strip of chashu in each bowl of ramen, though one can order more meat. I liked this outlet's practice of serving freshly fried light and crispy vegetarian 'mock goose' or zhai er for diners to dip into the soup. The tonkotsu ramen souo was better than the tsukemen or dipping ramen. The latter had not enough soup which cooled off too quickly when wecwere half way thru our ramen due to the blast from the aircon.

Our side dish of panfried gyoza was nice too. Tasty filling wrapped in paper thin dough that was moist inside but evenly panfried to an appetizing brown colour at its base. The crispy enoki tempura was light as aur without being too greasy. It was a filling meal and we had no room left for their small selection of desserts.
Menya's Tsukemen Ramen

Menya's Tsukemen Ramen

 
 
Recommended Dish(es):  Tonkotsu Ramen,Tsukemen Ramen,Gyoza,Yuzu Drink
 
Date of Visit: Dec 11, 2013 

Spending per head: Approximately $12(Dinner)

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Cheerful Cosy Cafe Smile Dec 12, 2013   
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Categories : Indian | Halal

Prata Wala Cafe in Bedok Mall reminds me of an Ikea show kitchen with cheerful orange walls, wood panels and white formica topped tables. It was decked out for Christmas and we could discern popular festive jingles at the Cafe's entrance, beckoning us to step inside and rest our weary feet (after queuing one whole hour for our drinks at Starbucks).

If you order a set meal, you need to pay only $1 for your coffee or teh tarik and you can choose to have it hot or iced. Well, we were holding our wait-long-long frappucinos and all we wanted was to sit down and chat so we skipped the set meals today and ordered a la carte - paper prata and paper thosai - for our afternoon tea/coffee break.

We were given a palm sized timer so we could be seated comfortably while our food was prepared. Cool. About 7mins later, the timer flashed and we went to pick up our orders from the counter. Wow, the prata and thosai were HUGE - we prolly won't need dinner tonight. The paper prata $2.80 was a delectable brown colour and delightfully crispy. Good enough on its own but the rich chicken curry gravy that was served on the side was too good to waste.

The paper thosai $4.00 was light as air and very crispy too. It was served with three condiments - a vegetable curry that had kentils, carrots and eggplant, a tomato chutney and a chilled white sauce containing grated ciconut. My favourite was the tomato chutney which had palate-pleasing traces of black peppercorn and cilantro.

We'll return another day on an empty stomach to try the naan and briyani.
paper prata

paper prata

 
paper thosai

paper thosai

 
 
Recommended Dish(es):  Prata,Naan,Samosa,Thosai,Vadai,Teh Tarek,Iced Teh Cino,Milo Dinosaur
 
Date of Visit: Dec 12, 2013 

Spending per head: Approximately $4(Tea)

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Family Friendly Restaurant Smile Dec 11, 2013   
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Categories : Shanghainese | Restaurant | Dim Sum | Noodles

Paradise Dynasty Restaurant needs no introduction. From its flagship restaurant in ION set up a couple years ago, its pocket friendly prices and well executed xiaolongbao and lamian have seen Paradise Dynasty outlets sprouting up in the heartlands to serve uo their signature fare to families. So it was at their newest restaurant at an isolated corner on level 2 of the Westgate Mall. Loyal customers manage to find the place and we had to await our turn though our family arrived well ahead of dinner hour.

As other family restaurants like Crystal Jade and Swensens hiked their prices this year, it was reassuring that Paradise Dynasty has maintained their prices at 2012 levels, while Parafise Gourmet members continue to get 10% of their bill expense credited into their accounts for their next visit. We ordered the egg loaf $6.00++, original xiaolongbao $9.80++ per basket of 10pcs, their signature rainbow xiaolongbaio $13.80++ ,the lamian in pork bone soup $8.00++ and fried rice with egg $7.00++ for sharing. The appetizer of chilled egg loaf never fails to please kids and adults alike. The xiaolongbao lived up to their reputation of being the juciest and having the thinnest dough among restaurants of the same genre. The handpulled noodles were done just right and was served in a deep bowl of hearty pork bone soup with lots of lean pork strips and shredded pickled veg or xue cai. Fried rice also passed the taste test so there was no need to brave the Orchard Road traffic and crowds and dengue risk to go all the way to ION for our regular xiaolongbao fix. Thumbs up for this new restaurant too.

 

 

 
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Recommended Dish(es):  Egg loaf,Lamian,Xiaolongbao
 
Date of Visit: Dec 08, 2013 

Spending per head: Approximately $16(Dinner)

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Satisfying Dinner Smile Dec 11, 2013   
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Categories : Japanese

Osaka Ohsho is located in level 3 of Westgate Mall, along the same corridor as the Mall Conceirge cum SISTIC Counter. It is the third outlet of the Catalist Group's gyoza specialty restaurant. - which indisputably serves the tastiest and cheapest gyozas on the island. My dining companion and I simply love the juicy minced pork and shredded filling encased in the thinnest dough and panfried till crispy on the outside but noust and flavourful inside.

Isaka Ohsho is a cheerful casual dinung restaurant with a mix of booth seats and rows of tables arranged neatly against the walls. We liked the ambuent lighting and the cheerful chorus of warm and friendly staff who greet customers as they step into the restaurant and heartily thank those exiting the place after their meal. There is an interactive tablet at each table featuring the selectiin of appetizers, a la carte main courses, set meals, beverage list and a small selection of desserts. A printed placemat type menu us also thoughtfully provided for diners who are less IT savvy and staff are on hand to lend a hand to customers who need help placing orders on the tablet.

Cool concept, speedy service and a hearty dinner.
Gyoza & Meatballs Set Meal

Gyoza & Meatballs Set Meal

 
We ordered the set meals which were great value as they came with Osaka Ohsho's signature gyoza, choice of main course, rice and a small bowl of egg drop soup. It was nice having our food served piping hot and in a jiffy during peak dinner hour. I had the sauteed sliced pork with bell pepperset meal (usual $14.90++ store opening special price of $12.90++ for limited time only) whilemy companion had the meatball set meal (usual $15.90++, promo price $13.90++). Both main courses were tasty and reminded us of Chinese stir fries rather than typical Japanese dishes.
Between the two, I prefer the pork with bell pepper as it came with veg and went well with rice. The meatballs were juicy and had been sauteed with sliced tomatoes and onions in worcestershire sauce but my partner felt this dish had MSG as he felt thirsty after the meal.

Overall, we enjoyed our dinner and will revisit this restaurant again to try other stuff on its fairly extensive menu. Service is good and the restaurant left us with positive vibes.
Sauteed Pork & Bell Pepper Set Meal

Sauteed Pork & Bell Pepper Set Meal

 
 
Recommended Dish(es):  Gyoza,Fried Rice,Ramen,Set Meals
 
Date of Visit: Dec 10, 2013 

Spending per head: Approximately $17(Dinner)

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