2nd Kitchen @ Balestier Rd

Emilia and I ran into Wei Zheng during that Sunday service at Faith Methodist Church and we had lunch together at 2nd Kitchen 二廚 where Alex joined also.

Having lunch there is of course not earlier planned, but we're mistakenly asked by Alex to take bus to Thomson Medical Centre to wait for him first, since we still have to wait for him, we walked around that district and found this restaurant.

From the outside we can see that the dishes inside are those expensive Chinese-cuisine-styled delicacies.

If you know Chinese, try to read "躉". (Walao, so many strokes...)
All four of us didn't know the reading of this character, after looking up dictionary, we realized that it's read as "dǔn".

We ordered three dishes and four bowls of rice, then took photos while waiting for Alex.

Why do they put so many fish inside one aquarium? Isn't that suffocating?





Pork Ribs in Champagne & Stout 香檳排骨 ($12)


Crispy Cereal Prawns 麥片蝦 ($18)


Hong Kong Kai Lan with Bean Curd Skin 豆筋扒香港芥蘭 ($12)


They look tasty right? Well, they really did.
After filling our stomachs with delicious food, we then headed for Singapore Botanic Garden.

2nd Kitchen
592 Balestier Rd #01-03
Singapore 329901

Gurney Drive Café @ Suntec City

Ok, a lot of you, especially those who're from Penang will be thinking the wrong thing after seeing the blog title.

Gurney Drive Café is actually a restaurant in Singapore featuring famous Penang street food, as Penang serves its role as the street food capital of Malaysia (my goodness, I made myself so proud of being a Penangite. Haha...). It has currently 2 outlets, one at Jubilee Entertainment Complex, Ang Mo Kio and the other here, Suntec City.

Alex and I who're going to visit the PC Show 2011 later, found this restaurant while we're scouting for place to take our dinner near the Fountain of Wealth. I've not been back to Penang for about 4 months, let's make it an excuse for taking dinner here - to taste Penang.

As noticed, there're familiar images of certain locations of Penang on the walls in the restaurant. Ah... my longing for home was once again triggered...

Penang Cendol 檳城煎蕊 ($2.50)


Penang Koay Teow Soup 檳城粿條湯 ($5.50)


Gurney Special Fried Rice 檳城特式炒飯 ($6.90)


Penang Fried Koay Teow 檳城炒粿條 ($6.90)


By the way, coincidentally both of us are Penangites, and we'll meet another Penangite later during PC Show.

Gurney Drive Café
Suntec City Mall,
3 Temasek Boulevard,
#B1-058 Fountain Terrace,
Singapore 038983

Xin Wang Hong Kong Café @ Anchorpoint

Finally I succeeded in dragging Chu Luei along this Sunday to Faith Methodist Church, where I used to go with Emilia.
After the service, we took bus 195 from Commonwealth Station to Anchorpoint for lunch, which was randomly decided. And again, randomly decided to take our lunch at Xin Wang Hong Kong Café （新旺香港茶餐廳）, where I've never been to before.

For your information, so far there's only one outlet in Malaysia, and it's in Sabah. Therefore, it's kinda like having meal somewhere which my home country doesn't have, non-literally.

Compared to Kim Gary, I think Xin Wang has less variation on food.
I'm still a fan of Kim Gary. :)

Ice Macau Coffee 澳門咖啡 ($3.00)


Seafood Hot Pot Congee 鰻魚泡飯 ($11.50)


HK Famous Cheese Baked Pork Chop Spaghetti 香港著名芝士烘豬扒意大利麵 ($10.50)


HK Steamed Pork Rib with Salted Fish 港式咸魚排骨竹筒飯 ($7.90)

I would consider this restaurant as an affordable one only if the currency unit is in RM. Hehe...

Xin Wang Hong Kong Café
Anchorpoint #01-13/14
370 Alexandra Road
Singapore 159953

Javier's Rotisserie & Salad @ Cathay Cineleisure Orchard

A dinner outside for Sunday, keep workaholic's stresses way.

On one of the Sundays, Emilia and I somehow decided to go Orchard for dinner to spend her Fruit Frolic 54% discount voucher and my Frolick 1 for 1 voucher. Of course those are not dinner, just some appetizers and desserts.

While walking around at Cathay Cineleisure Orchard, we found this.

Javier's Rotisserie & Salad

At first we din't understand what does "Fil-é-Plate" mean. After we decided to share (we are not rich) on a 1/2 chicken set, we realized, the idea is "Fill the rest of your plate with salad and hot sides". Therefore, skillful people outside, this would be a plus to all of you, worth dining here.

I let Emilia do the filling job and I filled the cream soup to 101% full. Muakaka...

1/2 Javier's Roast Chicken with black pepper sauce ($18.90)
With Broccolis, Button mushrooms, Coleslaw, Corns, Garlic breads, Hash browns, Mashed potato, Onion rings, Pasta, Potato salad, Potato wedges



I think the side dishes have taken all the fame. Poor chicken.

Actually... we felt quite full even for sharing. So, it's definitely an affordable and recommendable dinner.

Javier’s Rotisserie & Salad Bar
#B1-03/04/05, Cathay Cineleisure Orchard
8 Grange Rd, Singapore 239695

Fig & Olive @ Jurong Point

It was the Sunday after my second week of internship.
After church, Emilia and I by random decision went to Jurong Point for lunch.
We called Alex to come along and wandered around while waiting for him.
We then found a 1-for-1 lunch promotion at Fig & Olive (only for main courses under "Gourmet Galore" section in the menu), and since there're only 3 of us, we shall make it 2 for 2 and the share the extra one. Smart huh? Haha...

Fig & Olive is a restaurant based and operated in Singapore, currently with 3 outlets in Singapore and one in Malaysia.

My Margribi Chicken Olive Rice ($16.10)


Alex's Fish Melted Cheese ($14.80 - FOC Item)


Emilia's Chicken Pesto Carbonara ($16.10)


Shared Figo Fish Oglio ($15.90 - FOC Item)

Fig & Olive
63 Jurong West Central 3 #B1-62/63
Jurong Point Shopping Centre
Singapore 648331