Bratwurst is a good place to go if you want a light meal before or after your movie. But be warned, its not necessarily a fast meal because it takes time for your sausage buns and fries to be heated up. Eating it is also a messy affair if you prefer to eat with your hands like me. The sausages and sandwiches can be converted to meals (at additional cost of course) and these would include fries and a drink that you choose from the fridge at the entrance to the seating area. The seating area is rather small and might get crowded in the evenings so be prepare to take away if theres no seats available.

Between sandwiches and sausages, i would recommend the sausages. So far i've tried most of their sausages already and theres none i don't like. The sandwiches can get a little too filling as well.

To get to Jones the Grocer @ Dempsey, its better to drive. Unless you aren't wearing high heels and dressed up and willing to sweat it out to walk the distance from the busstop in. Parking is also not an easy affair especially on weekdays during lunch time. Alternatively you can take the shuttle bus from orchard mrt in, though the frequency of the bus depends on the number of passengers because the bus only leaves dempsey when its filled.

As for the outlet itself, remember to bring a jacket because it gets quite cold here, especially when it rains. Also do go early to avoid having to wait for your table because people here sit around and enjoy their coffee after meals so you might have to wait for some time. In the meanwhile, you can always go shopping around the dining area, Jones sells pasta, biscuits, rows of sauces and drinks and wines. There's even a cheese room at the back - its really smelly though, so try not to choose a table near it.

As for the food, i really like their apple crumble, its $7.50 if i'm not wrong and its really to die for. In fact, you might not want to share this one with your dining companion.

We tried the Chicken curry cheese set at ichiban. Chicken curry cheese is basically a hot plate dish made up of fried chicken swimming in thick curry gravy with carrots and a slice of cheese ontop. When served, the gravy is already boiling hot, but the fire is still lit so that your cheese can melt. I suggest not stiring the melted cheese in because it tastes better that way. Once the cheese is melted, you should blow out the fire (takes a few tries) to avoid having smoke in your face. The set consists of miso soup, rice, tempura and2 small pieces of watermelon. Overall i think the curry version is nicer than the chicken curry. The chicken somehow still manages to retain its crispiness, which is great! And also because theres a promotion for Japanese Fish Cake ($4 for 4 pieces, takeaway), we bought all 4 different flavours of fish cake. The flavours are: Ebi, vegetable tempura, octopus and squid. I liked the ebi ones best. However, you should eat them soon after purchase as they don't taste as nice cold.

Pu Tien can never go wrong in my book. It always achieves consistency in all my favourite dishes, regardless of visit or outlet. This time round i was at Putien @ Marina Square for a gathering with my old school mates. I must say this outlet is not very suitable for gatherings because firstly its a very small place. Secondly, they only have a couple of big round tables which are usually already reserved (do reserve because then you can skip the inevitable queues, especially if you are coming in a group of more than 4). The best they could do was squeeze 6 of us into one seating and the rest at another part of the restaurant.

Food wise my favourite dish this time was the sweet and sour pork - it wasn't too soggy or too fatty and the sauce was marvelous. The dry meesua was up to standards as usual, though if you have 6 people like us then you might want to order more to feed everybody.

In my opinion, the 2 dishes that you cannot go without trying while dining at FIsh and Co. are:

(1) Their fish and chips - any of the versions. Though my personal favourite is, quite literally,"The Best Fish and Chips in Town!" The fish had just a thin layer of batter over it, which was certainly much better than having fish coated in too much batter such that you taste more batter than fish

(2) Their Seafood Platter (see below). We ordered a seafood platter for 2 which consists of a bed of rice (not sure what they did to their rice but its very fragrant) topped with a variety of seafood such as prawns, fish, mussels, calamari. Everything we ate was very fresh and the portions were enough for 3 of us. We shared fish and chips and the platter and there wasn't enough space left for dessert after that.