Kelly Jie Seafood Restaurant

Coconut Pudding with theatrics that aptly put us on cloud 9

This restaurant has been around for years, it was formerly known as TPY Mellben. For a seafood restaurant, their price is reasonable. We paid about S$40 each pax; without having alcohol. 

Kelly Jie is famous for the crab dishes. Instead of the usual crab curry, we ordered the crab beehoon this round. The crab beehoon's milky broth was flavorful. The prawn paste chicken wings were juicy. The boneless 排骨王 and venison were very tender and the coconut pudding flew us to cloud 9!

I am thankful that we sat outdoor to enjoy dining under the stars, cool evening breeze and music from the singing basker nearby. My family and I had a wonderful bonding feasting outdoor for the first time in 2 years since Covid. Looking forward to more family dining time here!

Venue: Block 211 Toa Payoh Lorong 8 #01-11/15 Singapore 310211.

Ambience: 9 out of 10

Cleanliness: 9 out of 10

Remarks:

• Warm helpful waiters and waitresses. 
• Street parking at public carpark, enter from Toa Payoh Lorong 8 market.
• Chinese restaurant with tables suitable for 4, 6, 8 or 10pax. 
• Equipped with ecommerce website, which offers delivery and pick-up services.

Miyazaki steak

Takujo Fine Dining at Emporium Shokuhin

I have been to Emporium Shokuhin at Marina Square a few times, super like the variety of dinning styles to cater to our moods and needs. I especially enjoy the high quality fresh seafood. The crew are attentive, friendly and helpful! They have exclusive corners for dating couples who are dining. It is also a great place for family with kids, you get to enjoy our meal or groceries shopping while the kids watch TV or play with the toys at the indoor play area.

Another factor that impresses me about this place is it is owned by a Singaporean who supports local first, 90% of his work force are made up of Singaporeans. It goes to show that Singapore has talents! And these gems will only grow brighter the longer they stay with you.

Today I had a lunch appointment at Takujo Fine Dining. I ordered the A5 Miyazaki wagyu steak set instead Sashimi. Turn out to be one of the best steak I ever had! Juicy, tender and well-seared, topped with pepper sauce. My taste bud on cloud 10! I will be back! Real soon!!!


Takujo Fine Dining

Address: 6 Raffles Boulevard #01-18 Marina Square Singapore 039594
Opening Hours: 11.30am – 3pm, 6pm – 10pm

Creamy rich tea ice-cream, flambe.

Recommends:

1. A5 Miyazaki wagyu steak set - choice of potato salad or rice. Lunch set at only $38.

2. Rice Tea Ice-cream - creamy and crusty on top!


Ambience: 10 out of 10.
The ambience is quiet and delightful. Suitable for business meetings and dating.

Cleanliness: 10 out of 10


Remarks: For those who are driving, park at the red zone, as it is fastest way to get to Emporium Shokuhin.

Prawn Mee 2

Naturally Addictive without MSG! At S$5 or $7, you get a healthy bowl of prawn mee without feeling thirsty or numbness on the mouth. Prawns are fresh! 

The Old Stall - Hokkien Street Famous Prawn Mee

(Hong Lim Food Centre)

Soup is naturally sweet!

Address: 

Hong Lim Complex 531A Upper Cross Street, #02-67, Singapore 051531

Opening hours: 8.30am - 3pm. Closed on Thursday.

Blk 120 Bukit Merah Lane 1 #01-58 Alexandra Village Singapore 150120.

Opening hours: 8am - 8pm

Traditional local recipe since 1943.

Recommends: 

1. Prawn Mee Soup –   The gold is in the soup! 

2. Curry powder –  They fried and grind the curry powder. Just right without being too peppery.

Ambience: 6 out of 10

Cleanliness: 7 out of 10

Remarks: 

They only serve with thick yellow noodles, kway teow or mee hoon. No mee kia or mee poh.

Supper 3

After Midnight Supper Place
This Chinese restaurant offers a wide selection of traditional food. There are about 130 items on the menu. The prices are very affordable. Pu Tien Lor Mee is S$3.50 and Horfun is S$3 per plate. 

Too many choices for our limited tummy space.

Pu Tien Chor Huat Seafood Restaurant
Address: 389 Changi Road Singapore 419838 (near Kembangan MRT)
Opening hours: 10.30am – 12.30am

Fuzhou fishball in Henghua restaurant.

Recommends:
1. Handmade Fuzhou fish ball soup – Bouncy with fried meat fillings!
2. Song fish head in bean sauce – Steam fish with a spicy and sour twist.
3. German style pig trotters – Foreign flavour out to encourage sinning...
4. Salted egg crabs – What this shop is famous for!
5. Salted egg pork ribs - Ok I admit, I love salted eggs!
6. Chilli spiral shells – For seafood suckers. Really have to suck it out.
7. Fried Clams with Bittergourd – Exotic combination!

Fish head camouflaged in spicy bean sauce.

Ambience: 7 out of 10

Cleanliness: 9 out of 10

Remarks:
Clean and affordable zhicha restaurant with indoor (air-conditioned) and outdoor sitting. A few parking spaces available outside the restaurant.

Hokkien Mee

The dish that made Singaporean Hokkiens proud

The Hokkien in me craves for this awesome local dish! If you like your noodles non-soggy, this is the Hokkien Mee you will rave! For those who appreciate spicy food, the Sambal chilli has a Nonya kick!

Kim's Fried Hokkien Prawn Mee is one local hawker that has my respect. They are established with about 50 years of history, evolved with times by creating new products and business acumen to expand their business. Tucked at the corner of private estate along busy Jalan Eunos, it is hard to miss this shop with huge sign board!

Singapore's Fried Hokkien Prawn Mee

Kim's Fried Hokkien Prawn Mee
正宗六十年代炒福建虾面
Address: 62B Jalan Eunos Singapore 419510 (near Eunos MRT)
Opening hours: 11am - 1am

Other branches:
23 Serangoon Central, NEX Food Junction #04-36/37 Singapore 556083 (10am - 10pm)

Branch at NEX
After tasting the Hokkien Mee of both branches,
the standard of original branch at Jalan Eunos is so much better.

Recommends:
1. Original Fried Hokkien Prawn Mee - This is the way noodles should be fried to retain the chewy texture!
2. X.O. (Extra Oyster) Fried Hokkien Prawn Mee - for Oyster lovers!

Ambience: 7 out of 10

Cleanliness: 7 out of 10

Remarks:
Generous with crispy fried pork lard! Simply love the kopitiam al fresco sitting.

Cooking Lobster

Grilled cod fish at Cornerstone. Must try!!!

Cornerstone is a new restaurant in tranquil Bishan Park. The garden concept makes it an ideal place to chill out and dine with loved ones. What impresses me is the owners put an extra effort to make this place elderly, kids and pets friendly. As such it is an ideal place for gatherings.

Successful, young and diligent chef Yeo Kian Tong

Owner, chef Yeo Kian Tong, graduated from Le Cordon Bleu Culinary Arts and is a winner of Gourmand World Cookbook Award (Best Chinese Cookbook Singapore). He is the pride of Singapore and believes in serving quality western food at affordable price. We have known each other for years and always wanted to run a cooking class together. Hence Clique Wise had a Lobster Bisque cooking class at Cornerstone today.

I am a soup person and hopes to cook Lobster bisque. Lobster bisque is a complicated and delicate dish to prepare. The thought of handling the lobster is enough to scare most of us. But chef Albert Ryan of Cornerstone made it easy for novices like us to learn.

In this video, he demostrated how to cut the lobster with great ease. By cutting the lobster across, we could retrieve the flesh for frying, or just grill, bake and steam it like this.

Chef Albert Ryan taught us how to cut lobster.

Chef Albert Ryan has appeared in many cooking programmes,
he shares his knowledge generously.