Think $5 will get you merely a glass of beer if you actually make it to happy hour?

Perfect for the perpertual late comers - FIVE Izakaya is where you can find your tipple served at only $5 throughout the night and where you do not have to rush your socks off to make it to Happy Hour.

Although they were open since May 2010, my mates and I only stumbled upon this watering hole sometime last week. We were pleasantly surprised when our half pints of Asahi cost us only $6 (yup gst) at 1030pm. We asked the waitress at the bar and found out they open till midnight daily, with the exceptions on Sat where they open till 6pm and sundays where they are closed.The bottled beers too were cheap and marketed in buckets or 4 or 5 bottles for $40.

Appreciate music? Well, a life band performs several sets from Mondays to Fridays and when the band isn't on . The good music is a draw too, think Radiohead and some soft rock.

Check out fivebar.sg for more. It's a great place to unwind over music and drinks with a bunch of friends. Better still if you work just nearby.

Conveniently located at 16 Collyer Quay, #01-05B Singapore 049318 (formerly Hitachi Towers) Directly opposite Fullerton Bay Hotel (Clifford Pier) and One on the Bund Carparking at Hitachi Towers is $3.21 per entry after 5pm Raffles Place MRT station is a short 3 minute walk away and the taxi stand is right outside the bar!

Michelangelo's was one of the first few dining outfits to line the then holland village back in 1995. Spotting a new look since last October, the restaurant which used to resemble an Italian tavern had its frontage knocked. The newly decked up walls feature framed black and white stills of famous Italian personalities, the restaurants soft lights are also perfect for dates. For starters, I had a warm spinach salad tossed with bacon, walnut, vinaigrette and crumbled Greek feta which felt a little too acidic on my tongue.

How about some seafood spiked with a famous tipple? The crowd pleaser, Michelangelo's Penne Sambuca came with generous servings of fresh, plump, tiger prawns sauteed with chilli and sun-dried tomatoes left to Simmering in light tomato based cream and an indulgent shot of 50cl Sambuca. To round of this indulgent Italian dinner,I made a beeline for the sticky date pudding complete with toffee sauce that made my taste bud sing. So I say make a date and saunter by.

A chic Mediterranean restaurant, Original Sin shows diners there's alot more to vegetarian that just mock meats, beancurd wraps or girly salads. Did you know the mosiac tables at the al-fesco area were designed and made by owner, Marisa Bertochi? An artist turn restaurateur, Marisa's Savory Tart and Bruchetta breads are my favourites. Individually made, the Savory Tart has seasonal ingredients baked into the light yet buttery shortcrust pastry that tastes like home. Their menu is also kid-friendly and can cater to strict vegetarians who are on dairy/egg/onion/garlic restrictions. Comprehensive and varied, it's easy to forget about having meat once you open your eyes to a smorgasbord of hearty healthy foods such as pan-fried Haloumi cheese, an aptly named "Marisa's magic mushroom" which is a whole portobello mushroom topped with mozzarella, tomato basil sauce and mozzarella cheese. All in all, a great place to start your man on something healthy without compromising on hearty.

i've been to Bakerzin many times and the service here is often immaculate with attentive staff greeting diners with smiles. They are patient, polite and ready to offer diners suggestions when quizzed.

I'm not sure when they started having this promotion but there happened to be a free flow of artisan breads this evening where you can help yourself to a basket of pre sliced breads, pop it into a mobile oven they have, and help yourself to the balsamic vinegar and olive oil. Not the highlight of our meal but definitely a nice thing to have.

My boyfriend and I were back tonight to have their pasta, perhaps it's because some of the dishes were concocted by the chef that helms the tampines branch, the pasta here was nicely done and toppings were more generous than the time we had the same dishes at the Jurong Point Mall.

Overall, tasty pasta, with generous servings of bacon in the carbonara, and lots and lots of mushrooms in my al fungi pasta. Topped with nicely fried garlic .

We also had the mushroom soup that come with chunks of bread as a topping. The soup tasted vaguely like it had spice in it. It was hot and goes down smoothly on the throat. However I'm not sure what's in it that made it taste out of the ordinary. I had the soup twice and the taste was reminiscent of curry powder. Have a taste yourself to find out what I mean.

I'm also a huge fan of their Mochi . Available on the dessert menu/ dessert counter displays. I bought an entire box during Chinese New Year, and love to have it because the skin is thin yet chewy, it also wasn't overly sweeten.

I have been to Old Town Coffee at ECP some 2-3 times. The food is great, I have no complaints. But the drinks could really do better.

Perhaps it's a personal taste issue, however I felt like their signature white coffee (HOT) and the stocking filtered Tea were both infused with way too much condensed milk that the taste had turned a little flat, and even a little sour. if you get what I mean.

I'm however a big fan of the kaya toast! Thin, crisp, and covered in just the right amount of aromatic Kaya and lovely melty sticks of butter. Their's was fantasic. Something about the kaya, perhaps the used of gula melaka, made it really fragrant. To be honest, I actually had popped by for coffee right after dinner at another establishment nearby. A full tummy was not a good enough deterrence for their lovely Kaya Toast.

The service was lacking however when we were chided by the store manager who said his priority were for dining guest as they were paying GST and said if we were only going to other take aways we needed to give up our seats. His argument was fine, we totally understand but it was his attitude that was a total put off. he could have spoken to us nicely but he did not.