Jones the Grocer

Went to Jones the Grocer at Mandarin Gallery for lunch. Ordered a side walnut salad, one of their artisan breads - a brioche(? can't remember which one) and their sandwich. Lovely flavour. The bread that I got was very light and not too sweet. It was bursting with flavour and the texture was just right. The sandwich was great too, with generous fillings. The bill came up to $40 including a coffee. Not too bad for some gourmet-ish food I guess. 

Will be back again :)

Pique Nique @ Taka

Decided to check out Pique Nique at Ngee Ann City for tea. Have walked past it a few times but never had a chance to really check it out till today. As my lunch buddy and I already had our lunch, we came here for dessert. Ordered the Mango mouse and choco-mint cupcake. 

I wanted something savory and ordered the beef chili fries (can't remember the exact name - around $15). The beef chilli had chunky beef pieces in it, unlike the standard minced beef. Very hearty. We didn't throw all the gravy on top of the fries, instead we used the chilli as a dip. I found that letting the fries soak up the chilli for a while gave a new dimension to the fries.

I also ordered another peppermint tea. The total bill came up to be about $36? A little bit pricey but I guess coming from a branch of Antoinette's (yeah same group), the price range is quite there.

Interesting place, might be back, only for the beef chilli fries :)

Selfish Gene Cafe

Went to Selfish Gene Cafe at 40 Craig Road. Nice quaint little cafe that serve brunch and sandwich food. I ordered the poached eggs ($15?) and was very happy. The eggs were poached perfectly and they used large eggs unlike Group Therapy. I'm an egg-fanatic so I can tell haha. They served the poached eggs on top of salmon and a toast with a side of creme fraiche. 

Had to take a pic of this as the perfect yolk just oozed out from the eggs. Super duper happy. Worth every single calorie. Will definitely be back again :) 

Full House @ Central Clarke Quay

Went to have a light meal at Central Clarke Quay. They have converted most of the basement into a food place. I tried this lil HongKongesque eating corner called Full House and ordered their "Braised Meat Rice". $5.50 gave me a bowl of rice, with wonderfully braised meat, a side of vegs, 1 tofu and 1 egg + 1 soup. Not too bad.

The pork was well marinated and not overly greasy, rice was a large portion. I ate most of it up (ok maybe 25% of the rice). Good comfort and cheap food in a mall. 

Will go back again :) *burp*

Roast Pork @ Vintry Clarke Quay

Love going to Vintry @ Clarke Quay for yummy wine and roast pork with my friends. Their roast pork is very very crispy and worth every single calorie. They usually go at $12, but if you can go during their happy  hours on weekdays, before 8pm, you can get it at $6. 

Not too oily and yet very flavourful. You must eat with their special chilli, super nice! Go try it!

Brotzeit @ Vivocity

Went to Brotzeit@Vivocity to celebrate the boyfriend's birthday. We wanted a light dinner as it was already 11pm and so we ordered just a mozzarella salad and smoked pork sausages. We had this beer with cola (can't remember the name) and it was very delicious. This meal was enough to fill both of us up as the salad was massive. All in all the bill total came up to only $50 and it was pretty alright, considering we were at a semi-classy place.

We chose this place initially cause I wanted somewhere that was a sit-down restaurant and they still served food until 12 midnight as we had a movie at 12. Brotzeit came to mind and it was conveniently located at Vivocity where we can catch our movie.

Very pleased with the food, will definitely be back!