Nobuya @ Fortune Centre, Singapore.

I follow a few food blogs, and recently one really caught my attention. I never been to Japan, but i somehow love the concept of small japanese eatery(good food) and loads of sake. I had to check this out. So there was four of us in the party, yeah can order loads.

A mate of mine suggested snails, i was like heck yeah why not escargots. When the thing arrived, i was like ooops, u meant this snails? had to eat it right, a bit gross but i just imagined it to be small sea snails. texture was the same except in a bigger portion.

Two types of squid, one in soya sauce, and the other not sure what marination, both was superb, but my preference i love the soya sauce style.

3 types of sashimi, and today the star was the pink sword fish. Excellent, taste like a steak to me, very very nice indeed.

And the sakes in between.

Some vege dish not bad.

Pumpkin, this is actually nice as well. I don't normally eat pumpkin.

I loved this, goes excellent with the sake, it's a seeweed dish with a bit of tofu skins. Nice!

The beef sashimi was excellent, i loved it, two of my friends find it so so.

Somehow this tempura was good, as i don't normally eat tempura. The batter was just crispy and not empowering.

3 bottles so far.

Forgot was fish dish was this, i can slightly recall it was good.

I'm a fan of fish, but not sure whether it was the sake, or this grilled fish was so so.

Now, i really wanna know what dish was this my friend ordered, some beef tendon thingy soup. This was freaking good to end the meal. Very comforting to end the palate.

This place is good, it has its few hit and misses on the dishes. Sake choices i can't complain. Small and cosy, it's good to have a good meal over sakes with good friends. But i can't shake the feeling the place is a bit uptight on the timing, like rushing over my meal or something. Or maybe it's because i was seated at the bar, and a few were turned away as they did not have any reservations. Please call in advance for reservations.

Nobuya,
#01-05, Fortune Centre,
Singapore.
Tel 6338 3450

Rickshaw Noodle @ Maxwell Food Centre, Singapore.

Haven't been to Maxwell quite some time, love to come here for breakfast, always something new to try. And this particular time, this stall caught my eye, there's always a few people queuing for it.

I decided to take away, basically choose your sides, they'll fry it on the spot, took a squid fillet and this funky round thingy stuffed dumplings plus bee hoon and mee mix.

For 2.50sgd this is damn good for a breakfast. Love the funky round thingy, dunno what's it called. The fried bee hoon and mee was nice. Squid fillet, well, as usual taste pretty normal.

Rickshaw Noodle,
#01-87 Maxwell Food Centre,
1 Kadanallayur Street,
Singapore.

Mr and Mrs Moghan's Super Crispy Roti Prata @ Joo Chiat, Singapore.

Was in the neighbourhood after runnin errands. Been here once, prata was good, and I dare say, it still is.

Ordered one plain prata, and the other onion with egg prata. They gave me dhall, i forgot they have curry as well, first time i had it was with fish curry, curry is good. But surprisingly, the dhall was equally good, and boy when u add the sambal chilli, heaven on earth. The prata is crispy, really good. One of my favourite stalls for prata.

Mr and Mrs Moghan's Super Crispy Prata,
Poh Ho Restaurant,
Corner of Crane Road and Onan Road,
Singapore.

Ramen Matsuri @ Boat Quay, Singapore.

Still on my ramen cravings, the next night after Menya Musashi, i headed over to Boat Quay for dinner. Colleague of mine mentioned this place, did some online search, they serve chicken based soup ramen, called Sakura Chicken Ramen. They claim that the chicken they used are not fed with antibiotics and hormones, nice!

I ordered a rich soup base with tamago, portions are decent, the eggs was runny but I have to say the broth is super duper delicious.

Added fried garlic for the zing, and yes this bowl satisfied my ramen cravings. The shop is small and cosy, staff is courteous and friendly. I'll definitely be back again. They have other soup base as well, which I shall try!

Ramen Matsuri,
7 North Canal Road,
Singapore.
Tel 6533 0845

Menya Musashi @ VivoCity, Singapore.

I think Menya by now has 4 branches in Singapore. The first being in Raffles City. This round i tried the Aburi Black Chicken Ramen.

The broth is excellent, toppings are abundant. Everything was perfectly executed except the egg, wasn't runny that much. One of those days i guess. Now, the chicken is delicious, and the skin yummy! Next time i shall try the tsukemen. I'll be back.

Menya Musashi,
1 Harbourfront Walk,
#01-104/105 VivoCity,
Singapore.

Wah Lok Cantonese Restaurant @ Carlton Hotel, Singapore.

Dim sum for brunch at Wah Lok Cantonese Restaurant with good friends.

Chicken feet, sorry i'm not to hardcore to try this. Friends told me it was good.

Chee cheong fun was excellent, we ordered two portions one with prawns and the other with scallops, nicely done. Texture was silky, and the light soya sauce wasn't empowering. Carrot cake with xo sauce was good.

My bowl of hot and sour soup, spicy enough to cure my hangover aha.

 Ribs another good dish. Simple but yummy.

The pork bun/char siew pau was awesome, meat was nicely marinated. Not sure what the other dish is called, some sort of prawn dumpling, i find this my personal favourite, as you bite into it, you get the normal taste of prawn dumpling,  but there was something refreshing about it, might be the turnip or something.

Suckling pig and roast duck, duck was succulent.

Shark fin dumpling soup, had a taste of it, not bad.

Prawns in crispy tofu skin, another dish excellently executed.

And a bad picture of siu mai, friends was like trying to attack the dish before i can get a picture. All in all, a good dim sum restaurant so far i've tasted in Singapore(haven't been to a lot fyg). A bit pricey but you pay for the quality. I shall keep this venue for special occasions. I highly recommend this place, make sure call to get reservation.

Wah Lok Cantonese Restaurant,
Level 2, Carlton Hotel,
76 Bras Basah Road,
Singapore.

Tel 6311 8188

Hwa Heng Beef Noodles @ Bendemeer Market, Singapore.

Beef noodles, simple dish yet comfort to the stomach. Again, I've heard so much about this stall, never set foot yet, but boy oh boy, my colleagues will tapau(takeaway) this once in a while for my lunch. Oh what wise colleagues i have:)

 Add a generous portion of the chilli,  on the dry noodles with thick gravy. A bit of soup with beef balls. The soup is wholesome, the broth is actually super awesome.

Now this is what it looks like after mixing the whole lot, thick bee hoon, beef slices, beef spare parts which consists of tendon and tripe. The dry gravy is a bit starchy coupled with the chilli, just pure goodness. I can literally eat this everyday. This beef noodles reminds me of the old school style which the newer hawkers seem to be missing an ingredient or two. I guess there's no shortcut to cooking a good dish.

Toa Payoh Hwa Heng Beef Noodles,
Bendemeer Market,
Block 29 Bendemeer Road,
#01-01 Singapore.