Nomu Nomu Cafe @ Westgate

Nomu Nomu Cafe located at the fourth floor of Westgate shopping mall offers modern Japanese inspired cuisine bringing a different dining experience to the heartland mall.

Seaweed Chikin Wings 3/5

The Seaweed Chikin Wings ($7.90) is deep fried and served with seaweed mayonnaise. Yes it is spelt as chikin and not chicken in the menu. Appearance wise it definitely didn't look anything like it and it looked dry. The crispy chicken wings actuall tasted quite nice but then I still prefer my wings that is plump and juicy.

Winter Soba 3.5/5

This is quite an refreshing and interesting dish. The Winter Soba ($12.90) comes with thin slices of grilled pork, cabbage, soft boiled egg and shiitake mushroom. If you prefer something light, this will be perfect for the day with the shoyu based broth.

Spicy Goma Soba 3/5

Another modern take is the Spicy Goma Soba ($12.90) served with grilled chicken. I like goma sauce with salad but I have yet to try it with soba. It actually tasted quite nice with hints of spiciness. The goma sauce gave the noodles a nice sesame aroma too.

Charcoal Roasted Coffee 3.5/5

Lastly I ended my lunch with the Charcoal Roasted Coffee ($5). A delicious dark roasted coffee with a strong bold character, a unique result from roasting with Japanese binchotan or white charcoal. Smooth finish with hints of citrus fruit notes.

Overall I think Nomu Nomu Cafe brought some interesting modern Japanese inspired dishes to the locals. However I thought the food was decent but lacking the wow factor. A place for a quick and affordable meal if you want to beat the long queues at other more popular restaurants.


Westgate
3 Gateway Drive
#04-37
Singapore 608532
Tel: +65 68442298
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nomunomu
Nearest MRT: Jurong East (EW Line, NS Line)

Opening Hours:
Daily: 10am - 10pm

Direction
1) Alight at Jurong East MRT Station. Take Exit A. Walk to Westgate Mall. Journey time about 3 minutes. [Map]

Seriously Ice Cream @ Everton Park

Located just a very doors away from Nylon Coffee Roasters is the newly opened Seriously Ice Cream. Owner Daniel Teo churns out small batches of his innovative flavour combinations at the shop. Each day there are about 12 different flavours available. Some of the interesting ice cream flavours available during my visit were Miso Gula Melaka, Collagen, Honey Rosemary etc

Waffles with 2 scoops 3/5

After trying out the different flavours, we decided to go for the Waffles with 2 scoops ($9.60) of ice cream. For the ice cream, we had the Lychee Rise and Orange Crush. The waffle itself was decent but with rooms for improvement. The ice cream itself seriously needs more adjustments in our opinion. The group of five of felt that the ice cream textures were too icy. It lacked the smooth creamy texture in a real ice cream. It felt more like we are having ice shave rather than ice cream.

Miso Gula Melaka 2.5/5

As mentioned earlier, Seriously Ice Cream has a lot of interesting flavour combinations. Accordingly to the owner one of the most popular flavour is the Miso Gula Melaka ($4.30 for premium 1 scoop). The ice cream palour will usually rotates the 12 flavours periodically but decided to have this as permanent due to popular demand. While I applauded the bold creativity, this did not impress me at home. Bluntly, this tasted bland with a confused taste and the icy texture did not help.

The 20 plus seaters ice palour not only sells ice cream and waffles. It also has a retail corner selling stuff like accessories, sunglasses and bags etc.

Seriously Ice Cream seriously needs to make some immediate adjustment to their ice cream. I like their bold ice cream flavours which is half of the winning formula, once they manage to get the other half right I am sure it will be a hit. I look forward to their improvement before the ice cream dream melted.


Seriously Ice Cream
Blk 4 Everton Park
#01-44
Singapore 080004
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/seriouslyicecream
Nearest MRT: Outram Park (EW Line, NE Line)

Opening Hours:
Mon, Wed-Thu: 1230pm - 9pm
Fri-Sat: 11am - 11pm
Sun: 11am - 9pm

Direction:
1) Alight at Outram Park MRT station. Take Exit G. Walk down Cantonment Road towards the direction of Pinnacle. At the junction of Cantonment Road and Neil Road, cross the junction walk to towards the block of flats. Walk to destination. Journey time about 6 minutes. [Map]