My family and I chanced upon an interesting stall at Old Airport Road Hawker Centre on a Sunday afternoon. The stark and minimalistic signboard caught our attention as it was a refreshing change from the usual garish-looking ones. The stall occupies 2 units and is called Cilantro Modern Asia.comMee Siam @ S$3Mee Siam is one of my parent's favourite noodle dishes. My mum had to order some to try. Me...

I'm on a constant quest to find good Sichuan food in Singapore. My Sichuan buddies and I have a crazy plan to try all (ok, most) of the Sichuan restaurants in Singapore.Andrew had read a review by Wong Ah Yoke on Ba Yu Ren Jia at North Bridge Road. The Chef-Owner used to work for Si Chuan Dou Hua Restaurant @ Plaza Parkroyal. It sounded interesting so we decided to give it a try. It's a good thing...

My family has been buying takeaway meals from Big Eater Restaurant for a while now but didn't dine there till recently. Part of the reason for this is because the restaurant can get very packed on weekends and there isn't much parking space available.To beat the weekend crowds and to avoid a stressful parking situation, we decided to have an early dinner.Crispy Beancurd Skin Roll @ S$12This is one...

I like to take a day's leave from work once in a while to relax and to run errands. On 2 such occasions, I found myself at the Baroque-style The Cookie Museum in Esplanade Mall spending a quiet afternoon reading, listening to operatic pop and enjoying a good pot of tea. Incidentally, the Esplanade is referred to by many Singaporeans as "The Durian Building" or "Twin Durians" because of the prickly-...

I was away in the Middle East for a week's vacation and fell ill after I returned. A few concerned friends asked if I had drunk camel's milk while I was there. Apparently, 2 Singaporeans were struck with a rare illness, brucellosis, which was attributed to the fresh camel's milk that they had consumed while they were in Saudi Arabia.I didn't drink any fresh camel's milk while I was in Jordan becaus...