29
Jun
Posted by auntielucia in food prices. Tagged: ayam buah kualak, Binjai Park, bo-bo cha-cha, Ivins, leaves, nyonya food, peranakan food, peranakan restaurant, pomfret, singapore girl, sweet potato, tau suan. 2 Comments
Was taken there by sis Daffy n BIL last week. Quite a disaster at first as mum threw a tantrum over the noise level and almost bit off Siti’s head for trying to comfort her.
Ivins has seen better days, despite a recent renovation. Seemed to have lowered the ceiling and, which coupled with bare floors [...]
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22
Jun
Posted by auntielucia in food prices. Tagged: 12 X 12 cafe, Bauhaus, Browhaus, brown rice, Convention Centre, Dempsey, food court, Galleria, Great World City, Mrs Seow, muzak, Paragon, pricey food, rice balls, singapore girl, soups, Spa Espirit, Suntec City, Tea Shake Hut. 2 Comments
I had heard about this 12 X 12 thingie a few months but never made a huge effort to locate it till last Friday, as I knew it would be a pricey place, judging by the fact it was Mrs Seow who told me about it.
Moreover, I’ve also read somewhere that the people behind 12 X [...]
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18
Jun
Posted by auntielucia in food prices, organic food, value meals, vegetarian food. Tagged: brown rice, concoctions, Fortune Centre, Good Life, Hakkas, hindu temple, macrobiotic, Middle Road, New Green Pasture Cafe, organic food, Richard Seah, salads, sesame oil, singapore girl, Singapore Vegetarian Society, Sophie, sushi, Thunder Tea Rice, vegetarian food, Waterloo Street Kwan Yin Temple. 3 Comments
Talk about making money hand over fist. That’s what Sophie’s “New Green Pasture Cafe” on the 4th floor of Fortune Centre seems to be doing.
It’s a tiny little place with a wall of shelves, a counter behind which Sophie n helpers do the cooking and about three tables. The room is smaller than a HDB [...]
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10
Jun
Posted by auntielucia in food prices, value meals. Tagged: BBQ chicken wings, bubble green tea, Bugis Junction, fried rice, hard boiled egg, hot and tangy, mee siam, nasi lemak, peramakan, reasonable price, Siam, singapore girl, sitting room, sliced boiled prawns, Tea Shake Hut, Thailand. 4 Comments
It’s got the most unpreposessing of names. Tea Shake Hut, for goodness sake! Yet, it’s the place I go back to time and agian, whenever I need lip-smacking good food and drink, at a reasonable price, in a clean environment while I eat and generally feel at home.
It’s a really small place — no bigger than a [...]
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5
Jun
Posted by auntielucia in food prices. Tagged: beef, carrots, Goddess of Mercy, Jalan Besar, Kwan Yin, London.Tanglin Club, mashed potatoes, peas and onions, rump steak, Sam Leong Road, slaughter house, stew, Yorkshire pudding. 4 Comments
My mother grew up in a house in Sam Leong Road, just off Jalan Besar. On more occasions than she cares to remember, she had to pass near an abattoir, situated off the other side of Jalan Besar.
What she chanced to see when passing near the slaughter-house were cattle being driven there to be turned [...]
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