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Those of us who have ermmm crossed the BIG 30 will find Old School Delights located at Upper Thomson Road a warm & fuzzy reminder of our childhood days at Nursery, Kindergarten & Primary School.

The cafe seeks to transport it's diners back in time to the retro 80's classrooms where teachers are still using chalkboards and school canteen aka tuckshop serves the traditional local delights.

Both traditional & 'not so traditional' Dessert Cakes served are freshly baked to satisfy our lust for sweet endings.

Popular biscuits & snacks of yesteryears were also sighted! But I am not sure if these were made inhouse.

Besides edible stuffs, Enid Blyton story books, Erasers aka rubbers, Tikam Tikam, Paper Aeroplanes, Chatek, Five Stones,

Snakes & Ladders Chess, Cutesy Stickers, Toy Guns and other childhood items from the good old days were also made available for purchase. Great place to show your kids the toys Mommy & Daddy used to play before electronic devices were invented.

With limited recess time, my colleagues and I quickly settled down at one of the many seats available during weekdays lunch.

I have to order from Lawrence Khoong from Class 4A Sexology Assignment Book. Who is this naughty Lawrence?

I bet he must be one of the boys in the Detention Room. Serves him right!

His assignment book did reveal 8 delicious main course options for us to chose from. We ordered the Mee Siam, Macaroni Soup, Nasi Lemak Besar as well as the Hainanese Chicken Cutlet and Fish & Chips.

Once the orders were taken, our busy tuckshop auntie quickly delivers our eating utensils with napkins in a vintage kopitiam metal mug.

While waiting for our food to arrive, we explored the content of our table's toy box.

There are Five Stones, Old Maid Card Games and Erasers for us to entertain ourselves!

Our Barley Lime Juice came first. All my female colleagues loves this 'refreshing tangy' concoction. I just think it tasted weird - Barley mixed directly with Lime hmmm... This is the last time I am ever going to order this.

The Old School Heritage Mee Siam ($5.50) brought me back instantly back to the days when I was a kid taking swimming lessons at Hougang Swimming Pool. This Mee Siam tasted exactly the same as what I had at the pool canteen. To be honest, the Mee Siam tasted really normal. There was nothing amazingly impressive but it does has the capability to invoke memories.

Chicken Macaroni Soup ($5.90) was rather plain and boring. Order it only if you are not feeling well or if you like your meals light.

The Hainanese Chicken Cutlet ($8.90) smothered with homemade zesty sweet sour sauce was accompanied with fried rice. The chicken cutlet was crispy on the outside but the meat was a little tough. The sweet & sour sauce was pretty good, wished they can be more generous with it. It would have come in handy for the lukewarm and rather mild flavoured fried rice.

Nasi Lemak Besar ($6.90) was delivered on Pandan Leaves with a chicken wing, slice of egg, otak, fried peanuts and ikan billies. This cafe adopt a rather healthy cooking style - there was only faint hints of coconut in the rice. Thankfully there was the chilli sambal and tasty chicken wing to go with it.

The Otak was not exactly 'jumbo' as described in the menu. However, it makes up for size with it's smooth texture and taste.

The Fish & Chips ($13.90) came in a considerable helping. The pinkish home made tartar sauce has a unique sweetness which goes really well with the hot, crispy fish fillets and fries. This dish however looks a little too modern to be part of the whole old school package.

The Cakes, Dessert and Drinks Menu can be easily read off the walls for 'kids' who want to end of their recess meal with something sweet.

We opted for the Chocolate Banana Fudge Cake ($5.80). It was just the right combination of fluffiness & sticky sweet fudge. The fudge was given way in excess for diners to indulge in its sweetness alone.

Lovely place to spend the afternoon with close childhood friends to catch up over familiar food, drinks and games.

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It's really hard to get to eat at Fat Boy's. It is usually closed during office lunch hours and my close friends are super anti having burgers for dinner. You can imagine how thrilled I was when me & my colleagues saw it in operation during a weekday lunch.

True to its name, the burger joint adopted a rather clean, musculine, bar concept with options for a quick munch & go or a decent sit down meal. That's my other colleague from another department waving across a few tables away.

They have a comprehensive range of Speciality Burgers, chill out finger foods as well as sweet desserts for your selection.

If non of the speciality burgers suit your palate, you can also choose to create your own burger in just 4 simple steps!

As usual, I had my beer to go with lunch

My Swiss Shrooms was a sight to behold! Beautifully displayed with a proud Fat Boy's flag onto of the bun. They are not shy about their sesames, its all over the bun crown and bottom. The fries are of generous cuts, you will like them if you like wedges.

The interior of the buns are coated with butter and slightly toasted. Melted emmenthal cheese with garlic aioli hold the shitake mushrooms in place above the thick beef patty. The beef patty is a little dry for me but my 2 colleagues seem perfectly fine with theirs.

My colleague's Jamaican Me Hungry consist of jerk seasoned bacon stuffed pork patty with sundried tomatoes & chewy bacon. Sounds really sinful .... and delicious!

The final burger was an innovative 'Build Your Own Burger' not too sure what's the ingredients. But you will always love what your own creation, no matter what.

The waffles here is not too shabby but doubt one will have space for desserts after their main burger course. Unless... they are FAT BOYs.

Decent giant gourmet burgers, great for bros hangout. Definitely worth a visit if you are around the area.

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We order the small portions versions of 4 dishes. The first to arrive was Crisp-fried crystal prawns in wasabi mayo sauce. The prawns were fresh and crunchy. Wasabi mayo offers just the right amount of kick, not too much to make you reel. Great dish, only complain was the quantity of prawns. Cost around $14 bucks and just a few prawns.

Next came Sauteed baby kailan with oyster sauce. Loved the crisp sound the fresh veg produce with every bite.

Chicken with honey & young ginger came in small bite size drumlets for easy sharing. Sweet, savory coating on the fried surface with tender meat underneath make this a really suitable finger food.

Pan fried egg omelette with preserved turnip. The dish is rather ordinary, can give it a miss.

I ended my meal with Red Bean Soup with Glutinous Rice Ball (Peanut filling). The rice ball looks as though it has been cooked or soaked for a long time. Bloated & slimy, should not have ordered this.

Overall the main courses are ok, rather pricey for the portions that’s served. My friends liked their desserts, guessed its just bad rice ball day for them.

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Being a non clubber, I have not visited St James Power Station for over 2 years. Food Republic Beer Garden was a totally unfamiliar name for me. Apparently, some 929 sq ft of St James carpark space was craved out to create a 400 seater open-air hawker enclave a year ago.

With St James Power Station in the backdrop, this hawker joint offers a nostalgic 60s street hawker theme concept to both local and tourist diners with 18 rustic-style pushcarts, truck stalls and kiosks selling all time Singapore favorites which I was about to taste in a while. Slurp!

You know they definitely did their homework when the great grand ancestor of world renowned 'Tiger Beer' by Malayan Breweries was showcased at their Street Bar. Operating behind an disused Tiger Beer Truck, this bar can conjures up 6 different beers on tap, international wines, champagnes and even Singapore's most beloved cocktail - The Singapore Sling to go with your meals!

The sweet ending for my evening there was Kueh Tutu ($0.60 each) from Chinatown Tan's Tutu Kueh. For non Singaporean readers, Kueh Tutu is a steamed coconut cake made with finely ground rice flour. The cake is filled with grated coconut cooked with palm sugar or peanuts sprinked with sugar. I am not a fan of Kueh Tutu but it tasted decent.

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Being a non clubber, I have not visited St James Power Station for over 2 years. Food Republic Beer Garden was a totally unfamiliar name for me. Apparently, some 929 sq ft of St James carpark space was craved out to create a 400 seater open-air hawker enclave a year ago.

With St James Power Station in the backdrop, this hawker joint offers a nostalgic 60s street hawker theme concept to both local and tourist diners with 18 rustic-style pushcarts, truck stalls and kiosks selling all time Singapore favorites which I was about to taste in a while. Slurp!

You know they definitely did their homework when the great grand ancestor of world renowned 'Tiger Beer' by Malayan Breweries was showcased at their Street Bar. Operating behind an disused Tiger Beer Truck, this bar can conjures up 6 different beers on tap, international wines, champagnes and even Singapore's most beloved cocktail - The Singapore Sling to go with your meals!

White Rojak ($7, Large Portion) from Aunty Jessie Rojak was the first to come on the dining table. This supposely healthier version of rojak was pleasing to the eye with the inclusion of strawberries. Innovation & aesthetics aside, I did not really find it amazing.

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