D & I were in the Tiong Bahru vicinity to racee food places. Original plan was to try the beef hor fun at another eatery but it was full house! Alas! So as we walked around, we saw Sin Hoi San eating house & there were ample seats! We ordered a large size Beef Hor Fun to share, which cost $9.

Being an ardent fan of beef hor fun, both of us quickly dug into the hor fun right after i took a few food shots! It was disappointing as I felt that the hor fun lack of 'wok hei' in cantonese terms ~ meaning it's not being fried for a sufficient duration. The beef amount was considered rather generous thou, with big slices.

D's verdict was she didn't like the beef hor fun here & gave up finishing her portion & I ended up having to eat the bulk of it!

I came across Platypus Kitchen on OpenRice and saw pretty good reviews, hence I decided to try out for myself! It was a weekday dinner with my friend and the restaurant was relatively quiet. Their menu offer a wide selection of pasta and if you pay for the set meals, will cost around $19.90 (bef gst). For the set meals, you get to pick a Pasta, Tea/Coffee & Soup or Salad. My friend chose the 'Black & White, Scallop & Crab', while I opted for the 'Spicy Diablo Crab & Prawn'. We got a Soup of the Day ~ Wild Mushroom Soup + Salad together. When our pasta arrived at our table, i realised that the portions were quite substantial! The Wild Mushroom Soup contained lots of garlic & I found it overpowering! The salad was refreshing. For the 'Black & White, Scallop & Crab', it's Interwoven Egg and Squid-Ink Tagliolini with crabs and scallops in white wine consomme. If it is squid-ink pasta alone, i probably won't dare to try. But this is rather interesting & the taste was good! The Spicy Diablo Crab & Prawn is Egg Tagliolini with prawns and crab claw tossed in a spicy egg sauce. The presentation of the dish is nice as you see the whole chunk of crab meat piled up! It's slightly spicy but not over spicy, it may be too mild for those who love their chilli! When i compared these two main dish, i prefer the first one. We also had Illy's Coffee and a Lychee Ice Tea to wrap up our meals.

Being cantonese, we of course love dim sum! My brother picked Yan Ting @ St.Regis for his birthday lunch. Since our family have not try this restaurant before, we gamely went ahead to sample the dim sum.

The table set-up was exquisite with its golden cutlery set laid out & the attentive wait staff who helped to pull our chairs & laid the napkins on our laps. The whole ambience was quiet and not many diners. To kick-start, we had a pot of 香片chinese tea. We selected 10 different dim sum dishes to try. The first to arrive was our Century Egg with Lean Pork Congee. It cost $9 per bowl and the portion was meant for one! I felt that the congee was ok only & when I tried to bite the deep fried 'you tiao' bits, it was extremely hard that i had to give up on the bigger chunks! All their dim sum items comes in 3s, so we topped up to 4 pieces for every one. The Liu Sha Bao aka Salted Egg Yolk Bun was nice! I count that as my favourite as the yolk was oozing once you bite into the bun. It is also just right, not too sweet. I chose the Fried Beancurd Skin with Prawn & Seaweed ~ it was crispy & succulent indeed. The Siew Mai & Har Gao were quite big but pretty normal. I noticed a unique item on the menu, which states 草莓芋泥角 (Yam Croquette with Strawberry). The outlook seems good but I find that the yam is abit dry, it will be perfect if it is more moist. Oh ya, the strawberry topping was sour! When the Xiao Long Bao 小龍包 (pork dumpling) was served individually, i admit i like its presentation & it is also easier to eat. I love Xiao Long Bao & these were pretty juicy as i drank up its soup! We also ordered the Chicken Claws & Pork Ribs but I couldn't comment as I do not eat these two items.To end off our meal, we ordered four types of desserts. My mum had the Hot Almond Tea with Papaya; dad had the Honey Custard, bro chose the Aloe Vera with fruits & lastly I had the Pomelo with Mango ice-cream （芒果雪糕加楊枝甘露）. The dark brownish honey custard was moist & soft, but I would prefer it to be more sweet (not my ideal kind of dessert). The Pomelo with Mango ice-cream was nice but I wish they can be more generous with the pomelo bits!

In a nutshell, we are unlikely to return again as it is really much more expensive & I only like 3 out of 10 items. Just a note, Citibank normal credit cards get 10%, while Citibank Platinum get 15% off the bill.

Finally got a chance to try this 1-star Michelin HK dim sum eatery at Plaza Singapura! It's a long waiting time of over an hour during dinner time.

The 3 of us being foodies happily check the order form & ended up with 9 items, with some double portions! Very soon, the table was filled with all the items. We first tucked into its pan-fried carrot cake. If you like your carrot cake filled with lots of radish bits, this will be a not bad choice. Next, we had the Chicken Mushroom steamed rice with lup cheong. My fren, S who loves to cook commented that the rice is fragrant. All of us like this. When the Char Siew buns were served, I was the first the try it! It's really scrumptious! I like the savoury taste of the sauce & the milky crust of the bun. So glad that we had ordered 2 servings, as each only have 3 buns. After whacking 2 buns, started to fill abit full...

We went on to try the other items such as siew mai, har gow, prawn cheong fun & liver cheong fun. None of these wow us The steamed beef balls were the ultimatium as there is a strong beef taste! Really regretted ordering that. Finally, we tried the Malay Cake which is one of the Four Heavenly King - their signature dishes. I like its Malay Cake, which is soft & fluffy, yet the sweetness is just nice. Overall, we were disappointed at the standard of the dim sum. The only reason we would return will definitely be the char siew buns! I wish that Tim Ho Wan set up a take-away counter just to sell this hot favourite!

I noticed more & more of Menya Musashi outlets expanding & I'm really curious how good is their ramen. Finally, today I passed by an outlet at VivoCity and decided to lunch with my friend. We got a table pretty fast and we ordered the same type of ramen ~ White Tora Cha Shu Ramen. Their set meals allow you to pick from a selection of sides, hence I opted for the Bokuto Gyoza while my friend ordered the Fried Chicken (Tori Karrage). When our ramen arrived, it's quite a big serving! I'm glad to see that as I was really famished at that point in time! The first thing i noticed was the nice & runny Tamago ~ oh, looks oishii! The Cha Shu were rather big & thick slices as well; my only lament would be the Cha Shu were not tender enough. The White Tora soup base was not bad as well. As for the side dishes, the Bokuto Gyoza were not the crispy kind but ok in taste. The Fried Chicken was surprisingly good, tender & not oily! Overall, I find that their set meals are a good deal and comes in a sizable portion! (If not enough, you could also top up the ramen!)