The cafe was pretty spacious and there were quite a few kind of seats available - there was a big round communal table, normal square tables and bar seats. I had the Organic Eggs Benedict $25, which comprises of chive hollandaise, 2 organic poached eggs and pulled braised ox cheeks on sourdough toast, with rocket leaves on the side.
The eggs were EXCELLENT, yolk was runny and even the egg white was just slightly runny. I also loved the hollandaise which was a little different from the usual ones you get from other places because of the addition of chives. The pulled ox cheeks were also lovely, moist and tender and flavourful. However I still do feel that the price is a bit much, definitely not for the common man.

Their service was also pretty good - the staff were prompt and friendly and they refilled our cups on their own accord, something that I don't really notice in many brunch places in Singapore.

Had some time to while away and I had a free $10 Starbucks card, so I decided to pop by to get a drink.

I'm not really a coffee drinker so I got the Green Tea Frappucino (Tall) $6.40, with whip cream. The drink was nice and the matcha taste was just right, sweetness was also okay for me which was good, as I don't have a sweet tooth. I took the bar seat which overlooked the lower floors of the mall. Nice place to just stone/people-watch or read a book

This outlet of Auntie Kim's Restaurant is located at Alexandra Retail Centre, and I liked how it was a rather quiet mall compared to all the super crowded malls in town etc. However, there were quite a number of people in the mall on a Saturday night so it's not like it's a ghost town! The deco of the restaurant was very Korean like, with muted colours and the staff in traditional Korean costume.


There were quite a number of food that looked really tempting, but we decided on the army stew in the end. The army stew has a history to it (just google 'army stew') and it consists of "American food" like sausages and luncheon meat, with mushrooms, sliced carrot, sliced rice cakes, tofu, zuchinni slices, leeks, kimchi and some Korean ramen. The ramen included in the pot wasn't much, so we ordered another bowl of rice and another portion of ramen. The stew base was quite spicy, but sharing the army stew with your loved one and slurping up the spicy noodles and ingredients felt very shiok Just thinking about it is making me salivate!

There was also ban chan/side dishes which was complimentary. The ban chan is refillable at some places but sadly, it's not the case here. I really loved their ban chan so I would really love for them to make it refillable. There were 6 side dishes.


This was cabbage kimchi. It was nice and juicy and crunchy, but really spicy!


Bean sprouts which were nice and crunchy too. Korean bean sprouts are always somehow juicier and fatter than the normal ones you eat in Singapore.


This was kelp, which I really really love! It was kinda crunchy and savoury which tasted like seaweed.


Spinach that's cooked with sesame oil I think. It was still fresh and wasn't overcooked with a hint of sesame.


I'm not too sure what this was, but they were like noodle strands in mayo which were really crunchy. I really liked it but I've no idea what they were.


This was pretty interesting and can easily replicated at home. What you see are actually zuchinni slices coated in egg then pan fried. This is probably a good way to disguise vegetables to feed them to fussy kids !

The Korean food here is of good quality, and I also really liked the ambience and deco of the restaurant. Will be returning again and again in the future

I originally wanted to go over to Zion Food Centre for dinner but their menu looked really tempting and I'm always game for Japanese food so we ended up in Ichiban instead

Their seasonal set menu had an assorted seafood set, consisting of assorted seafood in garlic teriyaki sauce, chawanmushi, snow crab miso soup, salmon sashimi, cold tofu with sesame dressing, rice and 2 slices of watermelon for $27.90. I ordered this as I liked every item in the set


The assorted seafood consisted of 2 pieces of salmon, 2 pieces of dory, 2 prawns and a scallop in garlic teriyaki sauce. I thought the portion was really generous! I gave 1 piece of salmon and dory each to my boyfriend and was still full after the whole meal. This says a lot since I'm usually a big eater. The sauce was a little salty. The salmon could also be more moist. My favourite was the dory fish.


The chawanmushi was nice and soft with the lovely eggy taste . There were ginko, mushroom, and a big chicken chunk inside.


Included in the set were also 4 slices salmon sashimi, which were fresh and yummy. They didn't stinge on the thickness and size of the slices which I was really happy about

I was expecting to taste some of the crab's sweetness and freshness in the miso soup but I couldn't. I was a little sad that it tasted like normal miso soup. Anyway, there was a good amount of tofu cubes and seaweed in the soup. There was a pincer and part of the crab leg in the soup, but the snow crab meat was difficult to eat, with the meat stuck to the shell and it comes apart easily/disintegrates when you try to pull the meat out. Not sure if this is how the meat of snow crab normally is. But taste-wise, the crab meat was nice and sweet.

I thought this set was pretty worth it considering there were so much food included! The food quality was also good. Ichiban never disappoints

We were here for lunch on a Friday and it was full house. Saw quite a number of Caucasians in this outlet as it's at a tourist attraction. I ordered a Lamian with Doubled Boiled Chicken Soup for myself, and also some other side dishes to share.




La Mian with Double Boiled Chicken Soup: I like to order Double Boiled Chicken Soup whenever I go to Chinese restaurants. The one at Din Tai Fung had quite a few big chicken pieces in the soup. The meat was really tender and came off the bones really easily even when using just chopsticks to pull the meat off. The soup itself was nice but still can have a stronger chicken essence flavour.




Prawn Paste Chicken Wings: This was good, the batter was thin and crispy. I could also taste the prawn paste. 




Green Chilli Stuffed with Minced Pork: This dish didn't look appetizing at all due to the colour but it was yummy and I really liked it! This was nice with a subtle sweetness from the chilli and savouriness from the minced pork. The chilli wasn't spicy too.




Pickled Cucumber: I liked this cold dish too, the cucumbers were nice and crunchy and really refreshing. Great as an appetizer. Not too sure what's in the sauce but I really liked it too.