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Kamal's specialty is fried chicken biryani. They don't do dum biryani, which is what most of us know biryani to be. As with most restaurants along Telok Ayer, Amoy and Stanley Street, Kamal is small and cramped. And non-air-conditioned. Ceiling fans keep the muggy air moving though, so you don't sweat. Much. But, try to get seats outside if possible. It's a lot less like a convection oven on a cool-ish day. That said, portions are substantial (I don't know about you but we ALL had trouble keeping awake after lunch), food is relatively delicious, and prices are low.

The best part about Kamal's Fried Chicken Biryani ($6) is the crispy fried flour bits flavoured with tumeric and other awesomely aromatic Indian spices. The chicken, crusted with that orangey-red delicious spiced batter, is succulent and deeply flavoured, while the rice is fluffy and delicious. If this is still too dry, a plate of chicken curry provides libation

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We had brunch last week at House, and on cool-ish mornings like that, we've noticed that it's really nice to sit outside on the patio with a cup of coffee and just listen to the crickets. It's nothing like the crazy busy city that we've gotten so accustomed to and such a refreshing change to have some peace and quiet.

While the ambience is indeed awesome (sitting outside makes you feel like you're on holiday without actually being on holiday), the food was a mixed bag of hits and misses. Service, whilst chirpy and smiley, wasn't super organised either.

We had:

1) Barracks Freeform Eggs ($21): a medley of scrambled eggs, chipolata sausages, mushroom ragout and cheesed up rose tomatoes . The sausages were the star attraction here, they were textured, juicy, spicy and totally delicious. We loved it. Practically fought over the last chunk. The eggs were fairly well done, light and fluffy. We liked the use of shimeiji mushrooms in the ragout but it could do with a smidge more salt.

2) Roast Chicken ($26), spice-rubbed, was unimpressive. It would have been tonnes better if marinated longer. Apart from the sinfully tasty chicken skin, the flesh was disappointingly lacking in flavour. The potato mash was good, whipped smooth and creamy but the fondant carrots could have also stayed longer on the grill. I could have chipped a tooth on them hard babies.

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The Connoisseur Concerto, or TCC for short, has steadily grown in the coffee bistro/cafe scene with its consistently above average food and full-bodied drip coffee zingers. The portions here are generous, and price range considered fairly value-for-money, so you can count on being satisfactorily stuffed to the gills for as little as $20.

The Tuna Tataki Salad ($14.50) was pretty alright, if it's a little forgettable. The fairly fresh tuna slices were quick seared for a charred finish and dressed in a blended carrot emulsion. Mesclun leaves were topped with deep fried flour strips for a little extra flavour.

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For restaurants at Terminal 3, this is considered the most "fine-dining" restaurant that's open to the general public. The food's alright, but not great. Compared to our amazing dinner at the Golden Palace branch of their Crystal Jade Group a few nights ago, this was a little disappointing. But just a teensy weensy little bit.

We had:

1) Minced Pork and Vegetable Wanton La Mian ($8.50) broth was a bit of a MSG bomb, but the wantons were nicely plump and juicy.

2) Seafood Thick Soup with Corn ($9) was lusciously thick and starchy with loads of egg drop and sweet corn kernels

3) Sweet & Sour Pork ($14) with capsicum. I thought this had a very amateurish, straight-from-ketchup-bottle taste to it. That said, the pork was fresh and tender

4) Sauteed French Beans ($12.50) with minced meat and mei cai was another standout dish. Well-fried so it had a smoky char with a good crunch, seasoned simply with salty mei cai and chilli-accented porky mince

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Kintamani is one of the longest standing Indonesian restaurants in Singapore. The restaurant's wrinkled, dated facade is a testament to its origins back in the 80's. I don't think it's been renovated since the disco era. The food here is like what you'd get at your nenek's (read: Malay for grandmother) home for Sunday dinners. Nothing too fancy, just good old familiar comforting favourites.

Kintamani offers a buffet spread or ala carte dining. The buffet usually costs $45 per pax but if you have a UOB credit card, the buffet morphs into a much more value-for-money meal at only $30 per person. The buffet isn't very extensive but what they lack in variety, they make up for it in above-average quality. There are about 6 hot food stations, a dessert corner with Malay kuehs and ice-cream, a salad, gado-gado, and soto ayam soup station and a make-your-own-noodle station as well. All relatively decent.