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We've recently learnt why Fatboy's is so popular. They serve all-American comfort food at teenager-friendly prices. Seriously, with such generous portions (you can totally expect to get totally stuffed here) and amazing food (they do really delicious burgers with the most mouthwateringly juicy beef patties), it's astounding how they keep prices so low! Oh, Fatboy's caters to you as well if you're the picky and fussy type. You can to customise your very own burger!

The Fat Basterd ($18) is perfect for big eaters. Double beef chuck patties are layered with chewy bacon, cheddar cheese, and a fried egg, while homemade BBQ sauce help stick them all together between toasted sesame buns.All burgers arrive with a side of thick cut chips, and a couple of crisp lettuce and tomato slices thrown in for good measure (and less guilt!).

The Swiss Shroom ($13) consists of a single beef chuck patty, sauteed shitake mushrooms, melted delicate swiss cheese and garlic aioli sandwiched between wholemeal buns.It's great that Fatboys caters to non-red meat lovers.

The Breakfast Fry Up ($12.50), with a couple of chicken sausages, crisp bacon, 2 sunny side up eggs, sauteed shitake mushrooms, hashbrowns and crisp waffles, is perfect for people who want breakfast food in the middle of the night.

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I'd heard good stuff about Bangkok Jam, and thought I'd get reasonably decent stuff. Like Thai Express, which serves similar stuff at the same price points, I'd expected simple Thai fare, no-fuss and homestyled. I thought it was a good sign that it was a full-house on a Friday night, with a seemingly never-ending queue outside. But that turned out to be a fake-out. The food was lackluster, with very few barely passable dishes, and the price tag not commiserate with the quality and value. Maybe we ordered the wrong dishes. Maybe the chef was having a very off day, but it was one of the most unforgettable meals I've ever had. Because it was just so bad.

Service that night was also frantic and frazzled. The staff were clearly stressed to their limits and unable to handle the full-house. They were nice enough, once they stopped zipping around to take orders, but their ragged harried mannerisms made it obvious that they were so understaffed. In comparison with Thai Express, which serves similar stuff, my take is that you're much better off at Thai Express instead.

We had:

1) Por Pia Tod ($7.90) deep fried spring rolls with Vietnamese dip were unimpressive and generic, like those frozen ones that you get from the supermarket. The spring roll skin was too thick and the fillings too stingy.

2) Khao Tang Na Tang ($7.50) rice cracker crisps with mild chicken pate. One look at the dip and I wasn't impressed. It looked dull and insipid, like it'd been sitting out for waaaay too long. True enough, it tasted just as bad, if not worse. It had a sour rancid taste, and smell, and I spit it out and had to rinse my mouth out after a mouthful. Not very ladylike, I know, but it was just awful. This alone would have made the entire dining experience horrible. The rice crisps were hard enough to chip a tooth, it had been re-fried to a solid rock-hard finish.

3) Goong Pun Tak Rai ($9.90): lemongrass prawn cake skewers was the only passable dish. The prawn cakes were juicy and fresh, not the best around but it was alright. I liked the unusual addition of sweet corn nibblets.

4) Kai Jiow Poo ($10.50), fried omelette with crab meat, while flavoursome, was a wee bit too salty. That said, if paired with plain white rice, this would have been half-way decent

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We finally found a brunch place that's a worthy contender to Wild Honey! To be honest, it's not because the eggs here are of Wild Honey's impossibly high standards, but really, because the appetizers here are just awesome. Of course, it helps that the eggs are not far off Wild Honey's mark.

Symmetry is a new-ish cafe specializing in modern French cuisine, but on weekends, serves up a separate brunch menu as well. I liked it the second I walked in. It's charming and homey and whimsical at the same time, a perfect fit to the indie bohemian vibe of its Kampong Glam/Arab Street locale. In line with its Tim Burton-esqe digs, the ambience here is kept casual and relaxed.

Beware though, Symmetry may be a little difficult to find, since it's tucked away in an obscure tip of Jalan Kubor. The nondescript facade doesn't quite assist, but the 2 life-sized 'Nightmare Before Christmas' dolls sitting on stools in front should be large enough landmarkers. By the way, Jln Kubor is the one-way street flanked by Victoria Street and North Bridge Road (on the end that's closer to the Kampong Glam area).

Due to the extremely limited seating, reservations are strongly encouraged, and an absolute must if you're dining with a big group. Also, parking is a nightmare, so slot your car in anywhere and turn on the Summons Auntie app.

We had:

1) Truffle Potato Fries ($14): MUST-TRY. Black truffle salt is evenly sprinkled onto thick-ish chips (so the bottom fries get to play truffle dressup as well) and highlighted with fine wisps of sharp cheddar. This was both sinful yet heavenly at the same time.

2) Wild Mushroom Duxelle Beignet ($15) with a light smear of parsley coulis is a cleverly disguised and oh-so-delicious snack as well. What was originally thought to be battered and fried whole white button mushrooms turned out to be a variety of oyster, button and portobello mushrooms diced and rolled into a ball, battered, then fried. It was dripping with aromatic earthy juices

3) Eggs Mushroom ($21) with scrambled eggs separately served alongside sauteed wild mushrooms and drizzled with fragrant truffle oil is hearty and rustic. The eggs could be a tad fluffier but the dish was an overall winner. The generous portions here ensure no one goes away hungry. The fruity butter, with its citrusy elements, slides on the thick white bread toast like a dream

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The ice-cream sundaes are still good, but the food pales in comparison with the main attraction of this old-school American-styled diner.

The Meatballs in Pepper Sauce ($8.90) was the only passable dish of lunch, even if it was a bit generic. Meatballs were chunkily textured and the pepper gravy was smooth and spicy but the potato mash was reminscent of the instant powdered mix variety.

Prawn & Fruit Salad ($11.90) with lettuce, prawns, raisins and a mango yoghurt dressing - the prawns tasted a little too crunchy and alkaline

Fish & Chips ($14.80): so sub-par. According to the menu, Swensen's supposedly sells 1 plate of this every minute in Singapore. I can't see how this could be true. The fish was dry and tasteless, the tartar sauce thin and watery, and the coleslaw tepid

Sirloin Steak ($21.20): the steak was dry and required a bit of chewing to get through

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We'd stopped by for supper and sat indoors because of the muggy heat outdoors. Unfortunately, the air-conditioning that night had broken down. Instead, there were a couple of air coolants placed strategically around the cafe for ventilation. Consequently, the indoors was barely cooler than the outdoors. We saw a few people trying to covertly shift the coolants to face their tables, only to have the wait staff tell them that they had to turn it back to its original positioning so there's some kind of air flow around the stuffy cafe.

But for the ridiculous lack of air-conditioning and stifling warmth of the indoors, supper would have been really quite pleasant because the food was surprisingly good.

We shared the Oven Roasted White Fish ($24.30) with yuzu sauce, roasted potatoes, cherry tomatoes and baby French beans. This was really quite good. The fresh fish, charred with a smoky accent, was moist and flaky. A piquant citrusy yuzu cream interplayed nicely with the creamy mildness of the fish