After dinner one day at 313@Somerset, my friend and i settled for ice cream at this ice cream parlour with a very interesting name and colourful decor.

I was quite at a loss about which flavour to get because they have so many interesting flavours i wanted to try! But i end up getting the cotton candy flavour which contained A LOT of toppings in it. By that it means i wasn't too thrilled about the ice cream.

The initial bites was like "this is awesome! It has the cotton candy taste with M&Ms, marshmallows and whatnots in it". But after a while i was kinda sick of the ice cream. Its nice and all but maybe it was too much to chew. (or i happened to be too full  from my previous meal) overall it was a very different experience given the type of ice cream i usually have. If i remember correctly they even have gummy bears in it.

Still i had return for their ice cream. Given the amount of toppings in it, i had say its a good deal for ice cream and i would make sure to share it with someone else.

I like how Mr Bean Singapore has always come up with new menu items and promotions.

The most recent one is the Turkey Ham and Mashed Potato pancake ($1.80). Seeing as how its the festive season, Mr Bean has come up with an interesting flavour different from their usual ones.

I had the pancake and at first bite, the filling shows up almost immediately. True to its name, there is a combination of turkey ham and mashed potato. But the latter is not like the KFC kind but more of real potato bites and with a slight peppery taste.

It doesnt quite look as good as the one shown on the picture but the taste is still good, though a little heavy for a pancake. Unusual.

There has been quite a lot of hype about this shop that sells Bear Paw Buns from Taiwan. I saw an advertorial on Openrice plus a television programme which recently promoted the restaurant. Thus adding to the curiosity.Anyway so I visited last Thursday with my sister during a particularly long break. We picked up the “menu” and decided that I will be getting the OISHI Fish Fillet, Milk bun, with Golden Cheese sauce. My sister chose the Karaage Crispy Chicken, Oat bun and Honey Mustard Sauce. But sadly the milk bun is not available so I went for the curry bun. (Sounds like a funky flavour) We ordered the sets which comes with drinks and fries as well.

Chicken combo - $7.80 (Depending on the sauce, you may have to add $0.20 and to upgrade your fries to cheese fries, that would be another $1)

Fish Combo - $8.80We were handed a laminated tag and went back to our seats when it started drizzling before it transformed to an all-out shower. So we changed our seats to near the counter which afforded some form of shade against the rain. Meanwhile the staff also shifted the tables and chairs to the sheltered area along the Scape* building. We didn’t have to wait long for the food. Around 5-10 minutes. After taking some pictures we started digging in and in the process of doing so, the fish fillet in my burger did slipped out a few times and almost landed on the table. It was quite a messy affair trying to eat the burger. The sauce was all over the wrapper in no time and I started dispensing a lot of tissue to clean up after myself.

The curry bun has a slight hint of curry in it which is great but I am not too pleased with the fish fillet. It was quite tough biting into the fillet and I felt that even with the sauce, it was quite dry trying to finish the whole burger. It is as if the cheese is non-existent.

I tried the chicken karaage one and I felt it tasted better than the fish though my sister commented it was quite hard to bite off bits of the chicken at the time. Overall adding to the difficultly level of eating the burger.

We had normal fries and cheese fries but the latter is a better option. Gave it some flavour.The restaurant is decorated with little lamps and fake potted plants at the side and since it is an alfresco dining area, the decorations sit in well with the overall atmosphere. Only downside is when it rains, there will be limited seats.

I won’t say I will return for the meat burgers but I may come back and try their paw buns that are paired with ice-cream. I do think the buns are quite nice.

Manhattan Fish Market (MFM) is a good place to go if you are looking for nice and affordable seafood! I was there one evening with my friends and after walking 1 round around Bugis +, we decided to head to MFM for dinner.I ordered the Chicken of Liberty and Manhanttan Fish and Chips to share with my friend. I also ordered a potato salad for appetizer.

The Chicken of Liberty came strongly recommended and thus holding high expectations, I bite into the chicken with bright eyes (and a hungry belly). To my dismay, it’s not as nice as I thought. The meat is quite hard to chew on. The sauce that came with it is a nice complement for the chicken.

Needless to say, the fish and chips were tasty. Nothing can go wrong if you use fresh fish and fry it at the right time and heat. The same goes for the potato salad. Awesome.

The staffs were also quite attentive. When a waiter noticed that we just about used up all the paper napkins, he suddenly passed us another wad of serviettes. Thumbs up for attentiveness!

The total meal came up to about $17 per person which is pretty affordable in my opinion.

Beer Market is another pub I had like to hang out in and this time I brought my drinking buddy here for dinner. Having tried their fried carrot cake, I decide to try their western cuisine and ordered the Spaghetti Carbonara and my favourite Strawberry Fruli Beer.

My friend ordered some hamburger steak, but I didn’t get to try it as it’s beef. Besides the mains, we also had ordered the nacho chips with cheese as an appetizer while waiting for the food (which normally takes quite a while).Anyway it’s hard to find good carbonara pasta in Singapore but I still held a teeny weeny bit of expectation that the ones served at BM will surprise me but it didn’t. It came with some bacon bits but didn’t add much flavour to it.

The nacho chips were served warm, as if it was just baked and when paired with the cheese (which is equally served hot) were so hot. The chips came with a tinge of salt so it’s good on itself too.
As usual there is a live band playing so we got to enjoy good music while having dinner. Though at the time of my visit, there was a mini-party to the side of the pub and so it got increasingly noisy and difficult to hear the band playing.