We had crab at Mellben the very next day we reached Singapore from Melbourne, Australia. Local food still taste better and much more friendlier on our pockets.
Ordered the same type of crab again, their famous "Jin Sha Xie" since this is their specialty and it never fails us. The meat was fresh and sweet. 1kg cost $40 and this one costed us around $38, just right to feed 2 of us Some buns to go with the cheesy sauce.Sambal clams went well with rice.By the way, this Mellben branch is much less crowded than the other 2 main branches.

After having our waffles and ice-cream at LICK, my friends and I decided to adjourn to "Pies and Coffee" for some coffee and relax. The whole place looked very clean and the pies on display looked very tempting. I would definitely like to try out their pies some other time. I ordered the flat white but a pity, it didn't come with any coffee art. However, it was very nicely layered as you could see from the photo. I enjoyed the simple moment here with good company.

We travelled from the far East to Upper Thomson for prata! Had not been to this place for quite a while, and now they also had kept up with technology, using iPad to take orders.

I ordered a mushroom prata ($2.80) and a plain prata ($1). Hubby ordered a milky prata ($3) and mutton curry ($5). The pratas were really very nice and crispy. The plain prata came in a round shape whereas the other two pratas, were quite big, rectangular pieces.The place was very crowded and we decided to lunch at the outdoor seats.

My friend and I had wanted to order their waffles as there was a "50% off the 2nd waffles" promotion every Wednesday. However, to our disappointment, the waffles were not served at Au Chocolat bistro! We were told that the waffles were only served at Au Chocolat Confiserie which is located just next to the bistro. Thus, we decided to only the Kalamansi Meringue Tart ($9) and a Brownie ($5) to share amongst us instead in order to enjoy the comfortable seats at the bistro. The seats at the confiserie side are mostly high seats and we couldn't find a table big enough to accomodate 7 pax.

I love the tart but the crust was as hard as rock. No joke! Haha... Took me quite a lot of effort to break the crust! But overall, the taste of the sweet egg whites (meringue) went well with the tangy and sourish kalamansi curd. For more photos and full review, please check out: http://www.ylyn-journal.blogspot.sg/2013/08/au-chocolat-marina-bay-sands.html

I need to make a trip down to Tiong Bahru during one of the weekdays to do some admin work. As the Tiong Bahru Market was closed for cleaning up on the same day, I then decided to have my brunch at Tiong Bahru Bakery. This was my first time dining in here, but on my own.Push open the heavy wooden door to get entry to the cafe.These buns were so pretty to look at! The front three buns reminded me of "Pac-Man", with the mouth open. Haha... Which buns caught your attention the most?Pretty tarts..I had a cup of flat white ($5.50) and was very pleased with the very defined coffee art that they had for me. The heart shape was very nicely done.Some of my friends who saw this said it was gross! The Squid Ink Bun! There's lots of greens in the bun, together with smoked salmon and ham. It was quite nice but of course, the saltiness of the smoked salmon overwhelmed the taste of the squid ink bun. How does squid ink taste like? I Dunno! LOL! My nice brunch of the day in a very comfortable setting. For more photos and detailed review, please visit: http://www.ylyn-journal.blogspot.sg/2013/09/tiong-bahru-bakery.html