It was lunch period and it was hot in the outside. I was finding a comfortable indoor spot to dine in. I came across this Korean restaurant. The dishes there are offered at affordable prices. Hence, I decided to choose the restaurant as the place for my lunch. When I stepped in, I had the feeling that I was in some Korean countryside. I had one of the chef recommended dishes the restaurant offers, mul naengmyeon, a Korean cold noodle dish.

The cold noodles are buckwheat noodles drenched in cold soup and topped with pickled radishes, sliced cucumbers, a piece of beef, a slice of Asian pear and a slice of hard boiled egg. The buckwheat noodles are springy. They taste like chewing gum because they are hard to be bitten. The soup is watery, refreshing and has the numbing spiciness of wasabi. The pickled radishes are crunchy and taste sweet and sour. The cucumber slices are crunchy and refreshing. The beef is tender and chewy. The slice of pear is crunchy and refreshing likewise. It gives the dish some sweetness. The hard boiled egg adds flavour to the dish. The bowl of cold noodles is accompanied with a bottle of sesame sauce and a bottle of vinegar. The savouriness of the sesame sauce and the sourness of the vinegar quench the spiciness of the soup. There are four side dishes to go with the cold noodles - kimchi, stewed potatoes, stir-fried bean sprouts and fried anchovies with chilli. There are people who say that the taste of kimchi is a medley of all five tastes - sweet, sour, bitter, salty and spicy hot. To me, the kimchi is strongly sweet and sour and mildly bitter and spicy. The stewed potatoes are soft and savoury. The stir-fried bean sprouts are crunchy. The dried anchovies are soft and meaty. The chilli gives the dried anchovies a spicy flavour.

The cold noodles was acceptable in my opinion. The environment of the restaurant is cool and calm. There are other good Korean dishes such as dolsot bibimbap and samgyetang and canned drinks imported from South Korea available in the restaurant. Well, if I have the free time, I'll come there the next time.

I have finally went through all my final year exams. I decided to find a place to have a good lunch and relax. It led me to Strictly Pancakes at Prinsep Place. On stepping into the cafe, I was immediately immersed in the cool and calm environment with soothing music played. I was served a glass of water right away while looking at the menu. Often, I had pancakes with honey or maple syrup. This time, I had pancakes in a different manner. I had Strawberries & Co., pancakes served with strawberries and blueberries. The pancakes are drenched in cream and garnished with icing sugar. The number of pancakes are just enough for lunch. The berries are put on the side of the pancakes drenched in strawberry coulis. Furthermore, a scoop of vanilla ice cream is served beside the pancakes and the berries. The pancakes are soft, fluffy and a bit salty. They are a bit thicker than McDonald's Hotcakes. The cream is runny and tastes milky and sugary. The berries are fresh and a bit sweet. The coulis seems to be thick and makes the dish taste fruitier, sweeter and sourer. The ice cream appears to have small black bits on the surface. It has not only the fragrance of vanilla but also the taste of spices.

This dish of pancakes with berries is hearty and healthy. I can come there next time for other dishes. The cafe also provides wireless service. Maybe I can bring a laptop to surf the Net or chat with friends online before dining the next time I make a tour to the cafe.

I had passed this cafe before. It is not like any other HK cafe in the sense that the décor inside and outside the cafe is very retro. That makes one think that this cafe can serve the very traditional HK dishes. I find the cafe special, so I decided to go in. I ordered the French toast, one of the chef recommended dishes the cafe offers. The toast is thick and golden brown with a slice of butter on top. It is crispy on the outside but soft on the inside. The butter adds a salty milky taste to the toast. Inside the toast, there is a layer of egg between the crisp and the bread. The egg is bouncy but can be thicker to give the toast a more eggy flavour. A bottle of syrup is provided for the toast. The syrup makes the toast sugary.

Well, this is one dish served by the cafe that I had. I find it acceptable. I can come there for other dishes next time.

I was preparing to go to school and had nothing to eat at home for breakfast, so I decided to buy some morning snacks on the way. I happened to come across this stall selling peanut pancakes. There are good reviews outside the stall regarding the pancakes. I believe there is something special about the pancakes from this stall. Hence, I bought two peanut pancakes from this stall to try out. The pancakes are served on paper tart cups which can be used to hold any peanut bits coming out from the pancake to be scooped into the mouth. They appear brown with bits of peanuts falling out from the pancake. The pancake is soft and spongy. The side of the pancake is crispy and crunchy. The bits of peanuts are gritty and add to the the pancake its sweet nutty flavour. The pancake appears and tastes like mua chee.

The pancakes are very tasty and they are not like any other peanut pancake I have seen and tasted in Singapore. The next time I want to but the pancakes, I have to be early at the right day because they open and close early and the stall is closed at Mondays and Fridays.

I was at Tiong Bahru Plaza after doing an NS checkup for over four hours. I was so hungry that I was there to search for what to eat. Then, I came across this stall selling Sichuan food. It was the only stall of such kind in Singapore. Sounds special, so I went in to take a look. There are many kinds of meats, vegetables and other foodstuffs for making Sichuan salad on display inside the stall. I ordered the braised meat rice set meal the stall sells. The dish is served in a paper box like Taiwanese bento. The caixin and the slice of hard-boiled egg is beside the rice. The meat and the raw vegetables are on top of the rice. The rice is drenched in red savoury braised meat gravy. The pieces of lotus root are crunchy, juicy, sweet and refreshing. The kombu is springy. The raw vegetables add a bit of spiciness to the dish. The braised meat comes in bite-sized pieces and are chewy. The caixin is soft yet a bit crunchy. The egg is bouncy and adds flavour to the dish. The only thing I do not like is the rice. While most of it is soft and moist, some rice grains are a bit hard and dry. The set meal also has a cup of iced lemon tea in case the dish is so hot.

Well, I am quite fine with the braised meat rice but I like the raw veggies so much. I do not mind coming for Sichuan salad next time I make a tour to this stall.