This was my first time trying mala hotpot. There was always a long queue especially during peak hours (Lunch and dinner) 

To order, you will pick a minimum of 6 ingredients and decide what level of spicyness you desire. There are a wide range of ingredients to choose from: vegetables, fish, pork, tofu etc I shared this with my friend. We picked 6 ingredients: lotus, vegetables, luncheon meat, chicken breast, broccoli and we chose spicy level to be medium. The bill was around $18.

Basically, the food was great but not as spicy as i expected. It was quite fragrant based on the oil and marinade used. The lotus was fried and crispy, one of my favourite! The chicken breast was delicious too, quite tender without being too dry. 

However, the food was incredibly oily as the base was filled with lots of chili oil.  

Overall, i feel that this dish was abit overated and not really worth it. 

Everything With Fries has several outlets In singapore: orchard central, bugis and holland village. The menu at orchard central is different from the other two, it specialises more on burger sets (fries and drink) than main dishes. 

I ordered a Slider meal with garlic fries and ice lemon tea @$11.90. 
An ala carte burger is $8.90 and since an add on is additional $3, why not?  

The slider burger consists of beef(minced beef), bacon, mushroom and cheese between two buns. The ingredients in it reminds me of Burger king swiss burger, perhaps due to the combination of all the ingredients. 

The burger looks more like a hot dog bun compared to the typical round buns. 
The burger is nice and they are quite generous with the fillings. However, it will be better if they included tomatos or lettuce in the burger. 

The garlic fries are nice but quite soggy which was quite disappointing, considering their fries should be their specialty. 

Din Tai Fung is one of the world's famous Chinese restaurant, specializing in Chinese dishes and of course xiao long bao! Din tai fung always has a long queue especially during dinner time where you may expect to wait up to 1 hour. It is common to see many people standing outside the restaurant with a paper and pencil, filling up their orders while waiting for their seats. Many hoping that the waitress will call out their numbers so that they can finally get to have a meal in the restaurant.

I ordered the fried rice with shrimp and eggs. This is an extremely popular dish, whereby it only consists of  rice, shrimps, eggs, and spring onions. This fried rice is really delicious, tasty up till the very last grain. The rice is soft and moist, definitely not dry. The shrimps are very fresh and succulent, not those small shrimps you usually find in other fried rice dishes. The rice is fried with lots of eggs which make it extremely fragrant and all the ingredients complement well together. In addition, the dish is not very oily! the steamed pork dumplings which contains minced pork wrapped in a delicate dough skin, which is then pleated, twisted at the top and steamed. The xiao long bao itself consists of a minimum of 18 exquisite folds which requires extremely great techniques and skills to master it well.

The xiao long bao skin is soft and delicate, the interior is filled with the broth which is flavourful but quite oily. The meat which makes up the filling is tender and delicious! The way to eat the xiao long bao is to dip it in soya sauce with vinegar and put the whole piece in your mouth, to savour the taste and enjoy every bite of it smile

This is indeed a delicacy and a must to order at din tai fung! One will never fails to notice this dish at every table.

Decided to go cafe hopping and saw this cafe along duxton road! Duxton road has alot of cafes popping out recently and its interesting to try out all these cafes food! I ordered a cuban pretzel dog. It consists of tender pulled pork in a pretzel bun, pickles, cheese and mustard. It is also served with side salad and potato crisps. 

The bun a typical hot dog bun and it is super soft. The tender pulled pork is abit tough, not as soft as i thought it was. However, when it is eaten together with the melted cheese, it tastes quite decent. 

Overall, i feel this dish is so-so. Perhaps you should skip this and go for their waffles instead!

Group therapy is a small cafe specialises in all day breakfast, desserts and coffee! Poached eggs on thick toast, salmon and hollandaise sauce.

I ordered this All day breakfast item which is like a typical egg benedict dish. Its poached eggs are cooked to perfection, soft and runny. When eaten with the toast, salmon, drenched with the hollandaise sauce, it is extremely delicious!

Although this dish is relatively simple, to be able to execute this dish well requires a great deal of skill and technique. Overall, this is a great dish and I would come back to try their dishes again!