Wen Dao Shi (126) Dim Sum @ Sims Avenue, Singapore.

Dim sum galore, this place is opened 24 hours. Went over for brunch.

Loh ma kai, chicken with glutinous rice.

Prawn crispy roll, heaven on earth, light and crispy.

The usual dim sum must order, chee cheong fun, siu mai, ok not sure what's the others are called. Basically was a prawn prawn and prawns. Top left is the chicken feet, now that's a bit exotic, I can't eat it.

Seafood noodle, surprisingly this was good. Really nice to end our brunch. This place is packed during lunch time, do try avoid the peak hours. Food is good, and friendly on the wallet too.

Wen Dao Shi
126 Sims Avenue,
Geylang, Singapore.

Opened 24 hours.

Izakaya Nijumaru @ Cuppage Plaza, Singapore.

Been having some cravings for japanese food, affordable ones that is. Decided to check out Izakaya Nijumaru at Cuppage Plaza.

Some warm sake to lighten up the palate (just an excuse to cure my hangover).

Moriawase sashimi for starters, honestly one of those comfort foods after a late nights out.

And for the main ordered a gindara set, grilled cod fish with teriyaki sauce, some greens for the colouring, a bowl of rice and miso soup. Food is decent, price wise very reasonable for the sets.


Izakaya Nijumaru,
5 Koek Road,
#02-10/12 Cuppage Plaza,
Singapore, 228796.

Tel +65 6235 6693

ChaiWalla & Co @ Johor Bahru, Malaysia.

Saturday night on Jalan Tan Hiok Nee, there's a night bazaar. Not bad, place was packed will all walks of people and window shopping through the numerous of stalls.

We saw this coffee joint and decided to check it out.

Quirky concept, they using two recycled shipping containers for their makeshift coffee stand.  Prices are decent(giving a run to those big coffee chains). I ordered a chai latte.

Not bad at all, I like it. Simple table and plastic stools, basking under lamp post lights with a group of friends chit chatting. I miss this kinda lepak (chilling out) atmosphere chit chatting with friends over teh tarik, but in this case, went up market a bit with a chai latte.

If your ever in this part of town, do stop by here, relax, have a coffee and just enjoy the view.

ChaiWalla @ Co,
Lot 2810, Jalan Tan Hiok Nee,
80000 Johor Bahru,
Malaysia.

Restoran Sup Tulang ZZ @ Johor Bahru, Malaysia.

Tulang sup (bone marrow soup) on its own is simply one of my favourite dish. Now add mee rebus coupled with the tulang, absolutely heaven on earth. This restaurant has perfected the recipe, I don't think so I've tasted something like this concoction anywhere else.

Black sambal (soya sauce chilli), totally awesome spicy as hell! Add this fiery sambal to add an extra kick to the mee rebus.

This is the laksa johor, quintessential dish you must have at least once if your in Johor. The Johor version is totally different from the other laksas, from the gravy/soup to the noodles. You can wiki for types of laksa, and I can honestly say, all the laksa version from Malaysia and Singapore I love. Each has their own styles, taste and merits. I have yet to try from other countries, soon on my bucket list:)

Mee rebus tulang, their star dish. It's good, ample amount of meat, soft, noodles is normal, gravy is excellent. Just add the black sambal for an extra fiery kick.

The straw is there for you to suck the bone marrow from the bones, yummy. Nice.

Ordered some fried beancurd to share, a bit oily but dipped it with the sambal belacan, good stuff. The restaurant ambience has a nice malay kampung style to it. Nice laid back setting while enjoying good food.

Restoran Sup Tulang ZZ,
Jalan Petri 5/1,
Johor Bahru,
Malaysia.

Opened daily.

Restoran Todak @ Johor Bahru, Malaysia.

Seafood dinner with a bunch of people, whats not to love. This place have a rustic feeling, on the stilts by the seaside facing Singapore's Sembawang shipyard.

Yups, they open for lunch as well, will check it out next time!

All the fresh seafood with price labels.

Check that out, mussels! I actually called for reservation for dinner (seriously pls call, because our table was just next to the sea view, the place is huge, and if you got a table smack in the centre, too noisy!), so when I did the reservation I ordered my dishes in advance, I totally forgot ordering mussels.

Crabs, it's one of those seafood dish you just have to order. A mate of mine actually said you can find better chilli crabs in Singapore, and he recommended the other styles to order. So we opted for 2 types of crabs, salted egg yolk (pic above and below) and black pepper crab.

And boy was he right, both styles was equally good. This place knows how to do their crabs.

One of the member in our party that night was allergic to shellfish. Luckily there was a guy on the side selling satay. Not bad to line up our palate.

Some vegetables to balance our dinner. Was good.

Prawns cooked in Indonesian curry claypot style. I had my doubts when I did the reservation and the lady on the other end recommended this. But she knows best, one of the best dishes for the night, prawns was fresh, and coupled with the man tous (steamed bun) to soak up the gravy, just excellent.

Siakap fish cooked in thai style, receipt stated its a seabass, I'm not good with fishes name, hence I normally tell them to bring out/recommend a fish. Another killer dish. Good stuff.

Some kerang/see hams/cockles. Huge, and when I meant huge, it's HUGE for one piece.

Some lalas.

The sotong (squids) was another star dish for the night.

They stock up lobsters and oysters as well.

The view from our table facing the Sembawang shipyard. Personally, I find all the food pretty good. I would expect a bit hit and misses, but I was surprised they did a good job. For a big restaurant with so many tables, I was pretty impressed they can manage to maintain a good standard for the seafood they serve, or was it maybe the products are fresh? Next time I'm in town, this place will definitely be on my radar.


Restoran Todak (Orang Asli),
No 1 Kampung Orang Asli,
Telok Jawa, Masai,
81750 Johor Bahru, Malaysia.

Tel +607 386 3696.

Asam Pedas @ Kedai Makan Jadi Baru Botak, Johor Bahru, Malaysia.

My my my, asam pedas (sweet sour spicy fish) I only came to enjoyed it when I first started in the workforce. I'm glad I had good old ex colleagues that make me an addict to this dish. Was in Johor Bahru for an overnighter and this restaurant came up tops on the food blogs. And boy were they correct.

I was very happy this round as there was a big bunch of us, more food to order and sample. We ordered ikan merah(not sure what's the english name for the fish) asam pedas two claypots one spicy and one normal.

An otak-otak,  I find it so so. Worth to fix your otak2 cravings though.

Yups, the star of the lunch, asam pedas, I can literally slurp the gravy, it's so good!

Egg omelette, it goes well with the rice and asam pedas.

 Now this is the sotong dish, which I forgot which styled they cooked, But this sotong dish was one of the favourites with my family.

And this fried fish, I think it was a fried senangin fish. Fresh and tasted good on its own. Highly recommended.

Taugeh (bean sprouts) with salted fish. Simple and healthy for my vege daily dosage intake.

Another greens just to make my lunch balanced. Not bad heh.

And as you can see from the pic above, now you know why I need some greens in my diet. I can, sorry rather eat a simple meal of rice, asam pedas fillet fish with gravy, egg omelette and dark soya sauce. It's just one of those simple comfort food. Absolutely lovely, and I can't wait to visit this restaurant again.

Kedai Makan Jadi Baru Botak,
No 145, Jalan Lumba Kuda,
80300 Johor Bahru, Johor,
Malaysia.

Tel +607 2249225
Closed Sundays.

Taiwan Railway Bento @ Kallang Avenue, Singapore.

I haven't been to Taiwan yet, so I can't really compare the quality of the food. But when a colleague of mine suggested this for take away for lunch in the office, why not? I'm always gamed for new cuisine.

Real wooden bento box, honestly just by looking at it was appealing. They have two outlets one being in International Plaza and the second at CT hub at Kallang Avenue which my colleague did a take away.

Chicken cutlet bento rice set. The bento looked small before I opened it, but boy oh boy, the cutlet was humongous, comes with a bit of lap cheong(chinese sausages), half egg, gravy and some vegetables. Chicken cutlet was awesome, its damn good and the other thing I loved was the pickled vegetables.This bento was just right, they managed to captured all the taste in one small box.

Another side view of the bento. Although it looks small from the outside, it really stuffed me up.

Taiwan Railway Bento,
CT Hub,
2 Kallang Avenue,
#02-16 Singapore, 339407.


www.railwaybento.com