Do you like Peranakan food(Nyonya cuisine)? It combines Chinese, Malay and other influences into a unique blend. Nyonya cooking is the result of blending Chinese ingredients with spices and cooking technique used by the Malay/ Indonesian community.

Dulukala Peranakan restaurant is located at level 4, beauty world shopping centre. A very old building. I work at this building and always have no chance to come for a try. Compared to the few shops nearby, Dulukala is the one that remain there for the longest year. I heard good reputation of this place and it is always crowded during peak hours.

Finally, I am free to come here for dinner. Looking at the attractive menu, I feel like ordering many dishes, but I'm alone, so worry that I may not be able to finish the food. So I choose only two dishes from the chef's recommendation page.

1. The Ayam Buah Keluak ( the staple Peranakan dish)
Made with chicken pieces combined with "Keluak" nuts (Indonesian nuts with a very tough shell which gave a unique taste), mixed with other spices and ingredients, the gravy taste superb. It is not spicy at all, but somehow I can taste a bit of sourish taste, like very very mild Asam.

2. Lady finger with ikan bilis.
A simple vege dish that stir fried with red chili and ikan bilis. Cooked perfectly nice.

I order steamed rice to go with the two dishes. And pick the Chendol ice for my dessert. The gula Melaka that used in the chendol is thick and smells very good.

Overall, it is a very satisfying dinner. And will definately return to try other signature dish like Curry fish head.

Japanese and western cuisine in Ma Maison! What caught my eyes was the interior of this shop, very cosy! Floral table cloth and floral plates were used!

Came here for the set lunch! As usual, I chose the set A which was a daily set, so please check with the staff what they serve on that day! Well, there were different choices too. The set A was at a reasonable price $12.90++. All sets came with soup and salad, main course and tea/coffee. As for the main course, they will ask you if you would like to go with bread or rice. You will not want to miss the starchy delicious Japanese rice! Even eating plain rice or just ate with some gravy from main course was appetizing!

I think the set lunch is at a reasonable price!

Recommended by my Korean friends as the best BBQ, so went for a try. There are always long queue so it's best to call for reservation if you have more than 2 person. They do not allow reservation if is only 2 person.

Me and friend reached quite early, like 7.15pm and guess what?? The restaurant was already packed with customer and saw people waiting outside. So we went in to leave our name and phone for reservation. (Waiting time could be 15mins-an hour) But we were lucky enough that only waited for 15 minutes and got our seat! Most of the customer are Koreans, so you know that this place must be really good and authentic.

We ordered beef and pork jowl for the BBQ and a kimchi soup! All the side dishes were served very fast. There were 6 complimentary side dishes such as kimchi, bean sprouts, mashed potatoes and so on! There was another free steamed egg! ( most of the Korean restaurant will serve that) That was the best egg I've tried so far! It might not look attractive, but try it! The egg has all its taste! But too bad, the restaurant only allow ONE free refill for the side dishes. When you refill for the second time, you have to pay $6. Same thing for the lettuce. Since there was only 2 of us, we didn't need to go for the second time refill, so we saved on it!

The workers helped us barbecued our meat. So it was quiet convenient. Each person was given a set of sauce for dipping, as well as raw garlics. The meat was fresh and every bite melted on your tongue! Thumbs up for the pork jowl! If you want it to me crispy, stay longer on the barbecue net! You can order the Korean soju ( vodka like made from rice, very popular alcohol drink for Korean)!

Everyone talked loudly here, and that's the way to eat Korean BBQ! A very satisfying dinner indeed!

Please don't be mistaken! There are 2 ramen shop in Orchid hotel and this is facing the main road, Menya Sanji! This 18 seater ramen shop served special ramen , like Black sesame ramen, as well as Bukkake ramen ( some kind of dry ramen, dip with sauce while eating, like eating soba).

I am a fans of black sesame and without hesitation, I order it and try! Strong sesame taste blend well in the broth! Unlike others ramen soup, the soup base is made from chicken and pork, so can you imagine the perfect match just simply make the ramen tastier! Everything taste strong and good! The price varied depends on your choice of topping. The char siew is good as you can really feel that it melts in your mouth! I wish my ramen portion can be a little bigger ><. By the way, there are raw garlics, pickles for free on the table. You can add it in to enhance the taste of your ramen!

As for the Bukkake ramen, it's my first time seeing it after trying so many ramen shop in Singapore! I will definitely return for it!

The 45 minutes of waiting time was really worth it!

Unlike the ordinary bak chor mee that came along with sliced mushroom, lettuce, mince meat ...this place served bak chor me in SOUP only. So do not fool yourself by ordering a dry bak chor mee here. I am a soup person, and love noodle in soup. Upon hearing raving about this place, I finally travelled all the way here to try the signature dish.

The soup made from pork bone was superb! I guess it must have cooked for hours to achieve such taste! There were minced meat, meatballs and slices of red chili in it. Meatballs were bouncy and minced pork were soft! The minced meat came in a generous portion. And the best was the noodle that has its QQ texture that made it a perfect bowl! Guess what, it cost $2.50 only for a regular size!

It was the best bak chor mee that I ever tried! Will definitely return again!