Boreks @ Victoria Market, Melbourne.

Next morning and I'm back at vic mart for breakfast. I saw this stall previously and decided to give it a try.

Seems like a turkish bread filled up with minced meat or some other fillings.

They sell other stuffs as well. But I'm here for my borek!

Ordered a chai latte from the same borek shop, lovely.

And this is it, spicy lamb bored.

My first time trying this, and absolutely delicious, piping hot, thick bread, generous portion of minced meat. Reminds me of a kebab, but slightly different. It's actually a hearty breakfast.

Boreks,
Stall 95-96, Deli Hall,
Queen Victoria Market,
Melbourne, VIC,
Australia.

San Telmo @ CBD, Melbourne.

I was asking a friend the other day, any good steak joints in Melbourne, and this came highly recommended. And me being me, kiasu, booked this place like 1 month in advance, and nope this place did not disappoint me. Argentinian steak house.

Ordered a few starters to share, this is ceviche, peruvian style lemon cured white fish. Lovely to start the meal. Do let the servers help to recommend some wines.

This is the Palmitos, some jamon, preserved pear and buffalo mozarella. Was good, loved how the pear blends in harmony with the jamon.

The grilled sardines was equally good. It might look it doesn't pack a punch, but trust me, one of my favourite dishes for the night.

Wagyu steak medium rare with a marbling of 7+. This was executed beautifully. 300gms of pure heaven. The marbling was a bit too rich for me, luckily we shared between the two of us.

By this time, the wine had kicked in nicely, and I forgot what dish was this, and definitely some salads below:)

Open kitchen where they do all the magic.

I really loved this place, the ambience, decor, should be a good romantic place to bring your date next time and enjoy a good steak, sipping some wines while sharing some starters.


San Telmo,
14 Meyers Pl,
Melbourne, 3000
Between Burke and Lt Collins St.

Bratwurst Shop & Co @ Victoria Market, Melbourne.

Got in to Melbourne on a morning, took a bus to CBD, drop off my bags at the hotel as I still can't check in, straight went to Vic Mart for my favourite breakfast. Bratwurst! My my my it's been few years since I had this, and boy do they still taste good.

Types of sausages on the menu.

Check out those little gems.

Ordered a spicy bratwurst, with onions, sauerkraut, relish, mustard.

The portion is huge, as you can see, I had to bite of the buns first before I can actually grab a bite into the bratwurst. Absolutely delicious.

Had a latte from the same shop. There's one thing I can admit, anywhere in Melbourne, the coffee's are decent. You can't go wrong with coffee in Melbourne.

Second round of this bratwurst was the day I'm flying out. Had to do it again. This round I ordered a mild bratwurst, relish, mustard with onions. Gotta take it easy, as I still haven't had my oysters before flying out.

The Bratwurst Shop is located inside the Dairy Produce section of Victoria Market.


Bratwurst Shop & Co,
Stall 99-100, Deli Hall,
Queen Victoria Market,
Melbourne, Victoria,
Australia.

Jewel Coffee @ Shenton Way, Singapore.

Brunch in cbd on a weekend, this ought a bit hard as most of the good places are outside the cbd. And thanks to good old google, managed to find this gem. Jewel Coffee.

I have to admit, this place serves decent coffee, one of the best I find in the cbd so far.

My usual favourite brunch menu, some eggs, toast, bacons, sausages and beans. A perfect cure for a hangover on a weekend.

This place is a bit quiet on a weekend, but hey good coffee and food, minus the queueing, and to sit in the cbd on a weekend watching not much human traffic. I like it, very chilled out indeed.

Jewel Coffee,
1 Shenton Way,
#01-07 Singapore.

Closed on Sunday.

Tonkatsu by Ma Maison @ Mandarin Gallery, Singapore.

Was introduced to this joint by a good friend of mine, and I occasionally come back. Love the unlimited refill of the salad/shredded cabbage and rice.

A complimentary radish(correct me if i'm wrong) with a dazzle of ponzu sauce. I'm not sure why, but after eating this, it builds up my appetite. Maybe that's why it's complimentary :)

This visit I opted for an Aji set, if I'm not mistaken horse mackerel fish. Beautifully done, crispy on the crumbs and tender in the inside. Salty, but not too salty the flesh, pair it with the rice, nice. The set comes with a starter and a soup on the side.

Stole a piece of ebi/prawn from my friend, good stuff. I strongly suggest go for the mix set, as you'll have a mixture of flavors.

Comfy place, good food, will definitely come back again.

Tonkatsu by Ma Maison,
Mandarin Gallery,
#02-35/36,
333A Orchard Road,
Singapore.

Restoran Yong Mui Beef Noodles @ Johor Bahru, Malaysia.

During my previous visit for the asam pedas at Jalan Lumba Kuda (asam pedas botak), after the lunch as we were walking back to the car, my grandaunt was like hey look at the signboard of this restaurant, a cow. Thanks to www.johorkaki.blogspot.sg, I was like hmmm I've seen this picture before, and truth behold it's the same shop/stall that was reviewed before on the blogspot. I had to run some errands in JB and as the place opened at 730am, was just nice for me to try it for breakfast.

Ordered a medium bowl of mixed beef (spare parts galore!), with white noodle, think it's called lai fun.  See the gravy, lovely.

Make sure you add the chilli. It's a bit different but same same with the Singapore style of beef noodles. The soup on the side was robust, chilli was excellent, and the cuts, loved the tendon. The ground nuts add an extra dimension, balancing the taste, ie chewy beefy suddenly crunchy. This dude is not shy on his portions, generous beef cuts, tender and lovely. Now I have two favourite places at this corner in JB, one being this and the latter the asam pedas.

Ah Yong Beef Noodles,
Restoran Yong Mui,
Jalan Lumba Kuda (as u turn in left into the road, look at your right, 1st corner coffee shop),
Johor Bahru,
Malaysia.

Opening hours, 730am till 230 pm closed on wed.

Lao You Ji Fish Head Steamboat @ Tiong Bahru, Singapore.

Lazy sunday and a bunch of us headed to Tiong Bahru for some steamboat. And boy was I surprised they served an awesome steamboat. Oh and the ambience reminds me back to the good old days having a meal by the roadside.

 We opted for the clear soup broth. Yes one of the better clear soup ones I've tasted, very good.

Ordered some dumplings and beef slices.

Add home made fishballs, yes very good, the fish balls were bouncy. The beef was equally good.

Crispy tofu skins and deep fried tofu.Very nice, all tasted good when put inside the the steamboat.

Some greens for the picture, as you know I'm not a vege person but I could use the balance.

The star dish, fried bee hoon with cockles. They are very generous with the portions, this is how I like my bee hoon for dinner, not too dry, wet and juicy cockles. The steamboat is equally good, I was surprised the clear broth actually make me salivate and wanna go again for a second round. Good hangout place for supper, or dinner.

Lao You Ji Fish Head Steamboat,
245 Outram Road,
Singapore 169046.

Opened 5pm to 5am daily.