This time round at Putien i tried out their cold dishes such as cold jelly fish head, drunken chicken and braised salted duck.

The cold jelly fish head was crunchy and sweet, unlike other restaurants whereby the jelly fish slices then to me slimy and tasteless. The drunken chicken had a very strong herbal taste to it - which is an acquired taste so its not suitable for everybody. The braised salted duck was thinly sliced and well marinated, but it could have been a little more juicy. Other dishes we had were the putien style century egg which is basically fried century egg spammed sweet sauce. I don't normally like century egg but this one was great, i loved the sweet sauce on the batter.

Ichiban sushi at Jurong Point's basement japanese food street perpetually has a very long que outside, even on weekdays. We arrived at 6pm hoping to beat the evening crowd on a thursday and ended up waiting for more than half an hour.

I ordered a beef sukiyaki and my friend ordered a chicken sukiyaki. i found the beef sukiyaki better because the soup was sweeter and tastier. The set comes with vegetables, tofu, mushrooms, rice, egg and thin beef slices, all of which you will cook for yourself over the fire. Try to cook the beef slices soon because once the fire extinguises, its a hassle to get the staff to bring the tray back in to light the fire again.

This outlet is very small with few tables and really long que that tends to slow down human traffic along the narrow stretch outside Forever 21 at Wisma Atria's basement. I wanted to have a coffee in the afternoon on saturday but despite hopes that i might be able to avoid the lunch crowd, i still had to stand in the que for about 15 minutes. The coffee was served within a short while after ordering. We did not stay long at Toast Box in the end because the outlet was rather noisy not just because there were many patrons but because its location, there were many passerbys. The long que outside also pricked our guilty conscience and made us hurry up.

Chuan yi pin is located opposite bugis junction, along the road side. It offers grill and steamboat and can acommodate large groups (We had 20). Its really a DIY steamboat and grill because they don't marinate the meat but they provide you with a variety of sauces for you to mix and then marinate your meat before grilling it. We tried mixing all types of chilli and garlic and then grilling fish and mushrooms with the mix on top - not a bad combination. As for drinks - they offer many types of soft drinks though we weren't sure root beer came out as water! Service was generally prompt, our gas went out twice during the dinner and the waiter was very helpful and efficient. HOwever, the chef at the buffet counter slicing the meat for us was very bad tempered and while i was at the counter, he scolded almost everybody around us!

I've always heard raving reviews about Wee Nam Kee Chicken Rice - and when i went to try it, it did not disappoint me. Wee Nam Kee is small open air chicken rice establishment opposite velocity in novena. Its normally crowded in the evenings but food is served very fast so you need not wait too long. The chicken rice is the best part, very fragrant and when eaten with chilli, garlic and black sauce, its so good you can eat it on its own. The chicken was good because it was tender, but bad because it could have been a little less fatty.