I have always wanted to try The Basil Inn as I've heard that they have good thai food. It seems like they expanded, and the small kitchen is unable to cope with the never ending crowd. We were there on a sunday night and saw many customers complaining about the waiting time for their food. We waited for more than 20 mins as well. I tried their prawn cakes ($6) - well breaded and fried, good as a starter but is a little oily. The kangkong was very spicy (do request for less spicy), and I think priced at around $7. We also tried their honey chicken and garlic pork, which were both good and not overly salty or oily, but the portions were quite little. Overall quite decent thai food.

This place has a variety of zi char dishes. I tried their tofu with prawns, mushrooms and vegetables, their tofu comes in a large slab, and is quite soft but not the best i've tried; a pleasant dish though and not too oily. I also had their vegetables with 3 kinds of eggs - the broth was disappointing and not as flavourful as many others I have tried before, and it's quite diluted as well.

I walked past NYDC and their new selection of cakes caught my eye, and I decided to get 3 slices of cakes home. I got the Ode to My Cheesecake ($6.80) - chocolate mousse and cheesecake with an oreo base: this was pretty alright, although I preferred the other cheesecake they have with a smooth velvety layer of chocolate on top. I also had the 24 Carrot Gold ($6.80) - your typical carrot cake, nothing unique. Lastly, I had grasp rasp, some raspberry cake, which was a little too sweet.

I was craving for some sushi so I decided to stop by Sakae Sushi at Heartland Mall to get some takeaways. I waited for more than 15 mins before my food was ready, although they weren't much customers as it wasn't peak lunch or dinner hours. The tempura prawn handroll ($2.30) wasn't good as the batter was very soggy when I got home; the mini don with scallops ($4.50) was disappointing as well as the scallops weren't fresh. I liked the fried oysters sushi ($4.20) though, crispy and I loved the roe.

This might be a good place to have an inexpensive and fuss free meal in clarke quay. I decided to try their noodles, which is somewhat like ban mian, with lots of dark soy sauce added. It's a little too oily for my liking, but apart from that it's your average noodles. The fried beancurd skin was good and went well with the noodles. However, they could do with more veggies.