Coastal Settlement

It's been a while since I brought 83 year old Mum out for a date. Her idea of eating out is the standard Chinese round table restaurant or Zhi-char. Once in a while, I will bring her out for something unusual for her. I love to expose her to theme restaurants and see her expression. Hehee... As she puzzled why this queer restaurant owner picks up junks she looked around fondingly at the stuffs we used to have. Mum and I had an incredible time basking in the peace, greens and nostalgia of this unassuming house.

The Coastal Settlement 

Address:
200 Netheravon Rd, Singapore 508529 (Changi)
Opening hours: 10.30am - 12 midnight, closed on Monday.

The Charm of Karung-Guni Randomness

Green & Serene

Retro Cheeky Contrast

Hung Up Oldies

Almost every household used to have this TV

Mayo Dip, Luncheon Meat

Crispy without the oil. Addictive!

Portobello Mushroom Fries

Prawn Bisque
Would be much better if served warmer

Half  + Half = Double the fun! 
Prawn + Mushroom Beef Pizza

Yuzu Tart
Burst of freshness and textures...The ultimate finale of every ideal meal 

Ambience: 9 out of 10

Cleanliness: 9 out of 10

Remarks:
Uber-friendly to humans, pets and wheelchairs.
Warm helpful staffs (from the waiters to the valet drivers). The waiter volunteered to wheelchair my Mum to the handicap restroom with me. The valet driver offered to help me carry the wheelchair into my car. Excellent service!
Free private parking in the restaurant or public carpark at Turn House road.

Taiwan Spicy Beef Noodles

 

Fabilicious supper for NUS students and night owls!

 

Formosa Delights 清香馆- 台湾清粥小菜

Addres: 20 Clementi Road, Singapore 129749 (near Kentridge bus interchange and Fong Seng Nasi Lemak)
Opening Hours: 10 am - 5am
Tel: 6778 7398

Recommends:
1. Spicy Beef Hand-made Noodles 牛肉水煮面 –  Right balance of sourness, spice and garlic! $8 a bowl. As light eaters, my boyfriend and I have to share a bowl .

2. Dumplings –   Bitesize comfort food ideal for light supper.

They have individual dishes on display for customers to chose and complement with plain porridge, very suitable for vegetarians.

Remarks:
Street parking. Air-conditioned. Delivery service provided.
Their soy milk taste like its made from powder.

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.

Sichuan Hot Pot

This Decemeber was a cold one for me, I was sneezing until a sweet lady suggested to wear socks to bed. Socks keep my feet warm throughout the night and works very well for me. 

Besides wearing socks, boyfriend has been setting up steamboat dates to prevent me from catching a chill. This is one of interesting restaurant which provides 3 types of soup within a pot. Customers can chose between single, duel or triple soup base pot. And the best is variety! From appetizers, seafood, meat, vegetables, there are 80 items on their steamboat buffet menu!

Shu Nince Sichuan Steamboat 新一蜀九香四川麻辣火鍋

Address: 25 Teck Chye Terrace, Singapore 545728 (shophouse along Teck Chye Food Street)

Tri-steam boat party
 

Recommends: 

1. Mala (Spicy) soup base –   Peppery and flavorful. Especially matching for luncheon meat, enoki sprouts and beef! 

2. Herbal Soup –  For those who prefers a healthier choice without the tears and numbness.

3. Condiments –  Variety of sauces to dip in. We love the sesame peanut sauce, ultra creamy, rich and fragrant. I mix this sauce with the cold noodles too.

Ambience: 8 out of 10

Cleanliness: 8 out of 10

Remarks: 

Clean, neat environment. Good variety of items to chose from. They have Potong ice-cream as desserts too.

The stove is running from piped gas, the heat can be volcano hot! Be careful not to leave the scoops in the pot for long. My boyfriend scaled his fingers! The clams can be more fresh. Laksa soup base is too thin to my liking. 

Limited public parking lots along the street in front of the restaurant. Valet parking available.

Prawn Noodles & Rojak

This is the 2nd time I visited this local restaurant. Excited to be here. I shall be back again!

 

Geylang Prawn Noodles

Address: 325 Upper Paya Lebar Road, Singapore 534946 (shophouse)

 

Other branches:

Blk 682 Hougang Street 61 Singapore 530682 (inside Coffee Express)

 

 

Prawn Noodles, Dried and Soup Version

 

 

Recommends:

1. Dried Prawn Noodles –  Sweet tasty soup, not too prawny. They serve yellow thick noodles, kway teow or beehoon. I prefer to mix yellow noodles together with beehoon. You get to chose between pig's tail, pork ribs or just prawns alone.

 

2. Rojak –  Fresh ingredients was used to make variety of Wu-xiang, po-pia and prawn biscuits. Crunchy crispy good!

 

 

Crispy Chinese Rojak

Ambience: 8 out of 10

Cleanliness: 9 out of 10

Remarks:
Clean, neat environment with wooden interiors.
Parking lots available in front of the restaurant at Upper Paya Lebar Branch.
Open air public carpark besides Block 682.

Prata

After Midnight Supper Place
Prata Paradise is a sparkling clean and new restaurant that serves authentic Indian food like Prata and Kamping soup. Situated near town, it is a perfect chill out place for after-party/work.

Prata Paradise
Address: 55 Tiong Bahru Road #01-37 Singapore 160055 (junction of Tiong Poh Road)
Opening hours: 11am - 4am

Halia tea & Kamping soup with toasted bread

Recommends:
1. Kamping Soup (mutton soup) - Power!!! No Oily.
2. Tosai - Light and fresh. Ideal for supper.
3. Prata - Crispy and a little chewy. Complimentary curry is thick, spicy and fragrant.
4. Halia (Ginger)tea - This restaurant serves their hot drinks in generous beer mug!

Ambience: 9 out of 10

Cleanliness: 8 out of 10

Prata & Tosai

Remarks:
The cleanest Prata restaurant I've been!
Both indoor air-conditioned and outdoor sitting available. Since it closes at 4am, it is a great place for  supper!

Chinese Soup

To stay slim, I like to keep my dinner light. Very happy to find a place which serves traditional chinese herbal soup with home-cooked feel. Their black bean pork soup taste exactly like my mum's. Boyfriend and I ordered a soup, a fried dou-miao and 2 rice. Total about S$10. Definately a gem for the gourmets who are health and cost consious!

Chinese comfort food

They serve variety of tasty nourishing soup. Benefits of the soups are explained.

Earth Jar Treasure
Address: 77 Eating House, Blk 22 Sin Ming Road Singapore 570022
Opening hours: Mon - Sat, 10am - 9.30pm
                       Sun, 10am - 3pm

Recommends:
1. Duck Soup - Rare find!
2. Black bean pig tail's soup - Source of protein, especial good for kids.
3. Fried Dou-miao - Healthy, crunchy. Goes well with the soups.
4. Mushroom rice -  Perfect compliment to their soups.

Giant Soup Jars

Ambience: 8 out of 10

Cleanliness: 8 out of 10

Remarks:
Must try for chinese soup lovers!
Spacious kopitiam well-equipped with ceiling fans to cool the guests. Do go early to enjoy more choices. Yesterday when we were there, business is so good, only 1 type of soup left.

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.