The show Timeless Treats (老字号) had brought to my attention this traditional steamboat place hidden at the basement of Golden Mile Tower. It was quite challenging locating the place. I went to Golden Mile Complex initially and couldn't find the place. I have to seek a shopkeeper's help in direction and she directed me to the restaurant. Actually Thien Kee Steamboat is located at Golden Mile Tower another building beside Golden Mile Complex and they are linked by a basement walkway which you need to walk pass some discotheque.

The restaurant was already crowded with people when I reached there around 6pm. Ordering is pretty simple as the steamboat set is standard. Basically you just need to provide 3 details to the waiter/waitress, number of people, whether you eat beef and you want boiled white chicken.

The ingredients for the steamboat were fresh but portion a bit small. The beef was fresh and tender but not of the best quality. For people who are used to flavored soup based may find the traditional steamboat soup base a bit too bland for their liking. I also tried their boiled white chicken. I personally find it average only.

Met my friends at Bugis and we decided to go for steamboat. There are quite a number of steamboat restaurants in Bugis area and we settled with this restaurant. We ordered the yin yang soup base (tom yam and chicken). It has a wide variety of food. They even have scallops, clams and crabs. You can also create your own sauce. The food is not fantastic but definitely value for money.

If you are on a tight budget and looking for a meal below $10, you may want to check out Olive Vine. Their mains are under $10 and there are no GST, service charge and MSG in their food. For an additional $4, you can upgrade to a Deluxe Set Meal which comes with a soup, drink and dessert.

The soup of the day was creamy and of decent portion. The drinks were unfortunately very sweet. The mains at below $10 each were definitely value for money with the huge serving. For dessert my favourite was the Tapioca cake. It had a nice balance of sweetness and I enjoyed biting into the grated tapioca texture with each bite of the cake. The pastry of the Coconut Pie was nicely cooked and crispy but lacked of coconut flavour. Overall Olive Vine served value for money food. Food wise I think there are still rooms for improvement.

Flavvors The Oriental Cafe is one of the 3 restaurants owned by the Febulous Group. All the 3 restaurants are housed under the same roof at the Orangetee Building at Toa Payoh Hub. Flavvors serves a combination of Peranakan and Chinese cuisines.

The first thing I wanted to try was the Deep Fried Century Egg on the menu. The breaded crust was crispy and nice. Unfortunately, the deep fried probably dried up the century egg and became rubbery, losing that distinct century egg taste.

I liked the crab meat and egg white gravy that was drenched onto the broccoli. It was light and flavourful. It also helped to enhance the taste, texture and appearance. For people that do not like their greens, this probably will help to change their opinion.I ordered the Deep Fried Chicken with Marmite Spicy Sauce to round off my dinner with a protein. The Marmite flavour was distinct and rich. I was delighted as usually it turned out quite mild in flavour.

The stall not only sells cold & hot drinks. It also sells a tradition dessert call the ice ball. I ended the food trail with a dessert from the memory lane, the 1960's ice ball. Shaved ice was shaped into a ball with cooked read beans and atap seeds stuffed inside. Finally coloured syrup and evaporated milk are poured over the ice ball to give it the sweetness taste.