A friend introduced this place to me back in 2011 and I've been back since.

This was probably my 5th or 6th time here and this time I had the set menu. I think it's about $30++ for one savoury crepe, one dessert crepe, the soup of the day, plus a drink. Not too shabby, eh?Soup of the day: clam chowder. This was awesome and this is coming from someone who is NOT a fan of clam chowder. Too many times have I tried fishy-tasting, weird clam chowder. This on the other hand, was not the case. For my savoury crepe, I chose the La Groix - camenbert cheese with potatoes and bacon bits. I usually would go for Geraldine's Cheese (different kinds of cheese in one crepe), but I wanted to try something different and was very happy with my choice. The addition of bacon bits was great!Lastly, the dessert crepe. I had to try the Entre-Nous (homemade salted butter caramel) crepe. Actually I was quite surprised I hadn't tried it till now. This creation was da bombbbbb. It's salted caramel done right - not too sweet and not at all hard on the throat! I'm craving for this right now, sigh. A must-try!

I'd heard a lot about De Burg but always thought the place was very out of the way. So when my friend offered to drive here I was more than happy to go along.The big boss is very hands-on and does a lot of the work here. He's friendly and nice so thumbs up to that! I ordered the Bacon Cheeseburger with a $5 add-on of portobello mushroom. That's right.. $5 for that add-on. Pretty pricey but I guess it was worth it because the burger was absolutely incredible.

The patty was perfect, none of that artificial tasting crap and the ingredients just came together beautifully. One gripe I had: the burger buns were actually cold. Like they came fresh out of the chiller. Not cool. At least warm it up, guys!

Other than that, no complaints and will definitely be returning to try other creations like their unique lamb and nutella burger!

For a tze char store, Star Young Kwang does pretty solid dishes. Don't be deceived by this humble-looking eatery at Alexandra Village Food Centre!I've been here several times but this time I was just "snacking" so my friend and I ordered a medium sambal stingray and 12 pcs of prawn paste chicken to share. I can't remember how much was the stingray but the chicken was $14 for 12 pcs. Pretty cheap I think?

The stingray was really good, one of the better ones I've had in a long while. It's not too spicy with just the right amount of sweetness. Lots of meat too.

As for the prawn paste chicken, it was also quite impressive. Most places don't have that strong prawn paste flavour to the chicken, but this one was good enough (although I've tried even stronger-tasting ones). Definitely coming back for more!

Liu sha bao is one of those things I can eat anytime, any day. I've tried many, many versions from different restaurants, but the one at Victor's Kitchen will forever be #1 to me.It's 3 pieces for I think $4+. The reason why I like it? It's boasts an additional layer of pure butter. If you slowly open the bun up, you will see the layer of butter just floating there, together with the custard paste. So good! Also, because there's this additional layer, it's more flow-y than usual and it can get messy so beware - pack wet tissue when you try the liu sha bao here!

I was craving for French food and I decided to come to Brasserie Gavroche for dinner one evening. Walking down Tras Street, you'd probably miss this eatery because of the lack of obvious signage.

When we entered we were shown to our tables very promptly. Service, needless to say, was excellent. We started off with the bone marrow on toasted Poilane bread with garlic confit ($19). This was Chef Frédéric Colin's grandfather's recipe (one of many actually) and it was super delicious. Loved the bone marrow and garlic confit combo - I think I could've easily polished off two plates of these!The French onion soup ($15) was another thing we had to share. Unfortunately, their version is disappointing. I've had better elsewhere (Au Chocolat & Antoinette to be exact). The soup lacked punch and wasn't flavourful enough. By the way, this is also another of Chef's grandfather's recipes. My boyfriend ordered the pan-roasted Angus sirloin with Béarnaise sauce and French fries ($48). It may look plain and ordinary but this was really phenomenal. Without any sauce, it was still great. My main course for the evening: Grandpa Henri’s fish quenelle with crayfish sauce ($35). Served with bechamel sauce and prawns, the little white dumpling-like things are actually made of fish meat. This dish was quite nice as well, but it was really a little too gelad for me (the bechamel sauce must be to blame, although it was nice - not saying it wasn't)Finally, dessert. We had the vanilla mille-feuille and wild strawberry sorbet ($14). This was the best mille-feuille I'd ever tasted. No competition here. The strawberry ice cream was SUPER well done too.

Overall, I had a lovely time at Brasserie Gavroche. However, I think this is good enough for a one-time experience and I think my wallet feels the same as well. Total damage (plus 2 glasses of wine): $181.