Who says we only can enjoy our dim sum during tea time? Operating from 6pm-6am, Swee Choon Dim Sum Restaurant is the ideal place you can go when you want to satisfy your dim sum cravings at night/morning. 

For the past few years, whenever I wanted some decent & affordable Chinese food, this place will always come to my mind. 

There's always a queue whenever I go, which says a lot about its popularity, but definitely worth the wait! Ordered a non-dim sum dish first, this Fried Hor Fun with Shrimps in Creamy Egg Sauce ($5.50) was fried to perfection with delicious savory egg gravy. 

Another non-dim sum dish is the Zha Jiang La Mian ($4.50), it was yummy in the beginning but you may want to share it with your party because you may get tired of the taste after awhile. 

A must-order dish at any dim sum restaurants is the Xiao Long Bao, this Shanghai Xiao Long Bao -4pc ($3.50) is totally awesome & I do personally think that it's better than some other higher class Chinese restaurants in town because this is just so authentic. Wished that I've ordered more. 

Another popular dish this restaurant serves is the Sichuan Chili Oil Wanton -4pc ($3.50). Possibly the best I've had in Singapore because it's so flawlessly smooth with good explosion of flavours. 

The other things we ordered includes the must-try Steamed Salted Egg Yolk Custard Bun -3pc ($2.40). Take my advice, don't ever leave this place without getting this or you may possibly regret your chance of tasting some awesome luscious golden custard. 

There was also an awesome Beancurd Prawn Roll -2pc ($2.80) alongside some decent Siew Mai -2pc ($1.60), Har Kow -2pc ($2), Carrot Cake -2pc ($1.80) and Red Bean Paste Pancake ($4.80). All of which tasted okay at pretty reasonable prices. 

And since it's always good to occasionally complete your meals with desserts, my friend and I got the Longan Doufu ($2.20) and Mango Pudding ($2.20). Though the prices are low, I wish the restaurant could make some improvements on their desserts because even though they aren't bad, there aren't any wow factors either. 

Overall, the food were enjoyable and service were relatively efficient too, possibly because they have these buttons on their tables/walls for you to call for any assistance without raising your arms, very convenient! Besides, their menu selection is always a plus point! So this is definitely a recommended place for good tasting Hong Kong & Shanghai dim sum or simply any late night supper!

So on Monday night I've visited a place called The Marmalade Pantry that's pretty divine; serving really great food. It has adopted a modern open dining concept at Ion Orchard level 3 alongside many delicious looking dishes on their brilliant one-page menu. 


My friend has ordered the Crabmeat Linguine ($24) which comes with pinenuts, tomatoes and chili. It was a really distinctive taste because you can tastw savory, spicy and sweet in a mouthful, it's really good. 

As for me, I've ordered the Classic Snapper Pie ($26) with fennel and mash. The pie was served hot, the fish was fresh and the top crust was golden, crispy and thin to my liking too. 

You know when a restaurant is good when food you ordered with your companion were served hot together at the same time. Overall this is good place to go anytime you want to get good things to eat. Although the price may be on the higher side, the portion and taste that comes with it could easily change your mindset. Definitely worth many more visits!

One of my all-time favourite cuisines is Indian cuisine, being a Chinese, is it ironic that I say I don't mind eating Indian food everyday? 

Kinara is a restaurant located at Holland Village serving creative and contemporary North Indian cuisine. The operating hours are from 11.30am - 2.30pm for Lunch and 6pm - 11pm for dinner. It was humid outside on that day so we opted to dine inside. Although it's a pretty small space and seatings are limited, the inside of the restaurant remains elegant and gives you the atas yet warm feel of home. They also play some gentle Indian cultural music in the background and it's those kind that would make you feel culturally at peace, if you know what I mean. Their POS system is pretty awesome. The touchscreen pad allows you to order whatever you like and you just have to click "send order" to place your orders, which is really convenient. You can also choose the level of spicyness you want your dishes to be.  The free appetizer comes minutes later with fresh apple jam and a green sauce that taste like curried cilantro chili pepper sauce. For the best taste, apply both sauce on the cracker to enjoy mix of complimentary flavours and textures.  We started off by ordering some Jeera Pulao ($5), which is simply just basmati rice dotted with cumin seeds, it's light and fluffy and compliments other dishes really well! This is one of my favourite as there! This Herb Naan ($4.50) is topped with fresh mint and herbs  and may be possibly the best naan I've ever had in Singapore! I've tried a couple from different shops in Little India but none of them tasted as good as this. This Indian flatbread may be the most typical food for them to cook but then again simple things are hard to perfect to get the "wow" factor, but at this place, I've got it. We then got another awesome dish called the Murgh Tikka Masala ($22), which is made up of boneless tandoori chicken cooked with the chef's special spices. It's basically a creamy tomato-based curry with really flavourful spices. Indians are known to be the world's best user for spices and hence this dish deserves all the stars I have! My buddy and I also shared the Murgh Pashtoom, Butter Chicken ($22.50). This is a classic Indian dish especially meant for people who can't take any level of spiciness at all! Many versions of this dish exists in the market but this chicken right here has been marinated really long over night with good yogurt and spices, top it over some naan or rice and you'll be in heaven! 
So these basically sums up my amazing experience there at Kinara! The service may be alright and prices may be on the higher end, but nevertheless it's still a highly recommended place! The quality and taste of food along with the warm cozy ambience will always keep me going back for more. Thumbs up!

The girls and I wandered around Orchard road on a weekend afternoon just to wait for high tea! & Paris Baguette was the place that's worth all the time and and wait! We kind of waited for a time when the crowd started to cease because otherwise it's really difficult to find seats. They do provide takeaways, but having their awesome offerings at their nice environment will be more pleasing. Whenever I pass by this place, I would always be taken aback by their gorgeous cakes offerings, like how pretty can they be! They're hard to resist. Their savoury selection also looks really appetizing in these container boxes, easy for rush hour people to takeaway back to their offices. Their bread selection, freshly baked on that day with aromatic smell of perfection from afar. Ordering can be difficult sometimes because you don't know which to try. Anyway, one of the many things I've ordered was the Italian Chicken Calzone ($3.60). This tasted relatively okay, filled with fillings of chicken in marinara sauce and Italian dressing with hint of cheese, I wouldn't say it's a must try but it would definitely be so much better if it's served warm. For the sweet, I've ordered the Oh~ My Baby Crepe ($8). Staying true to its name, this precious one didn't have that heavy taste which allows you to actually crave for another one. The crepe is light and airy but holds a good ratio of whipped cream and strawberries in between, topped with simple icing and raspberry which makes an overall perfect delicate dessert. The other great stuff we got ourselves were the Perfect New York Cheesecake ($8), Condensed Milk Cream Baguette ($2.20) and the Royal Mango Pudding ($4.50). The cheesecake was fragrant but tasted fine, but the pudding is always a must try! If you don't then you probably haven't tasted the true star of this place. The baguette was soft and fluffy with light and sweetened condensed milk, definitely an on-the-go snack that can cheer you up easily, it is also one of the cheapest item there. Overall, this place have always been leaving me with good impressions so much so that if it were to have an outlet near where I stay, I may end up going there everyday! I'm already looking forward to my next visit!

Visited this place some time ago and have tried their Chicken Kaki Fuyong ($3.50) which comes with rice and soup. It's basically a Japanese omelette bathed in oyster sauce and then topped with nice tender thick chicken cuts. I've tried this in other schools but this stall just serves it better for some reasons. May return for more if I happen to pass by this place again.