SG Food on Foot's Monthly Grub Recommendation: December 2016

From the month of December 2016, I will start a monthly round up of my best eats in a monthly grub recommendation that are worth for my readers to check out. For the month of December 2016, I would like to recommend 6 new establishments that has opened recently, 2 cafes/restaurants that has introduced a new menu and lastly a hawker stall that has relocated.

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New Cafe / Eatery / Restaurant

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Birds of A Feather
113 Amoy Street
Singapore 069935

Birds of A Feather is opened by the folk behind the Good Wood Cafe, a successful cafe chain in Chengdu, China. The new establishment offers contemporary Western cuisine with a pronounced Sichuan influence. Diners will also be impressed with the interior design, with its lush greenery. It felt like dining in a garden especially in the day.

Recommend items: Find the Chicken in The Chillies, Oriental Bolognaise, Hot & Sour Chazuke.

Fat Lulu's Asian BBQ & Dessert
297 River Valley Road
Singapore 238338

Replacing the now defunct Five & Dime is Fat LuLu's Asian BBQ & Dessert. The new concept by the same folks behind Five & Dime, sees two different chefs with two contrasting personalities coming together, offering Asian barbecue and dessert. Chef Sam is the BBQ dude while Chef Song is the dessert prince.

Recommend items: Ikan Bakar, Open Beef Ravioli, Childhood, Banana Bread in Brandy Butterscotch Sauce

Kam's Roast
Pacific Plaza
9 Scotts Road
#01-04/05/06/07
Singapore 228210

Three times Michelin starred restaurant for 2015, 2016 and 2017 editions of Michelin Guide Hong Kong & Macua, Kam's Roast has chosen Singapore to open its very first oversea outlet in Singapore. Unfortunately for a start, they will not be selling their famous roasted goose due to AVA regulation. However their other roasted meat is still worth a visit.

Recommend items: Roasted Duck, Toro Char Siew, Steamed Rice with Homemade Sauce.

Ninja Cut
32 Seah Street
Singapore 188388

Ninja Cut is the sister outlet of the popular Ninja Bowl. The difference here is that the menu features more premium ingredients such as roast ribeye crackling pork belly, cod etc. Similar to the concept of Ninja Bowl, diners have the option to add a base of choice to the bowl such as soba noodles, quinoa, ninja rice and garden greens at an additional cost

Recommend items: Squid Fix, Polenta Mash, Cheeky Cheese

Tai Cheong Bakery
31 Lorong Liput
Singapore 277742

After a year of selling their famous Hong Kong egg tart at a food kiosk in Takasimaya, Tai Cheong Bakery has finally decided to open its first overseas dine-in concept at Holland Village, Singapore. Besides their popular egg tart, bakes and cakes, the 42 seater cafe also offers Hong Kong "Cha Chaan Teng" dishes.

Recommend items: Three Egg Macaroni Soup with Luncheon Meat, Three Coloured Silky Eggs with Rice, Egg Tart

Yentafo Kruengsonge
Cathay Cineleisure Orchard
8 Grange Road
#02-06A/B
Singapore 239695

Yentafo Kruengsonge by Madam A. Mallikaun is a renown Bangkok ‘yen ta fo’ (as the Thais knows it) noodle chain, with 28 outlets in Bangkok and 2 in Laos. It has set up its first Singapore outpost at Cineleisure Orchard.

Recommend items: Dry Yentafo Kruengsonge (spicy), Original Tom Ym Noodles

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New Menu

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Cheek by Jowl
21 Boon Tat Street
Singapore 069620

Opened 11 months ago, Cheek by Jowl has been in my radar for a while. I finally get the chance to visit the modern Australian restaurant lead by the husband and wife team - Head Chef Rishi Naleendra and GM Manuela Toniolo, known for their original creations imbued with multi-cultural influences and the use of natural, sustainable ingredients. I tried the Chef's dinner menu ($88) which consists of snacks and 5 courses.

Recommend items: Chicken Liver Parfait Cigar and Date Jam, Coffin Bay Oyster with Somoked Tomato Granita, Smoked Mackerel, Honeydew Melon

Revolution Coffee
Infinite Studios
21 Media Circle
#01-03A
Singapore 138562

Revolution Coffee welcomes back Chef Shen Tan with a new menu that features her signature Mod-Sin cuisine. Since her day at Wok & Barrel, I have been missing her signature nasi lemak and innovative pasta dishes.

Recommend items: Nasi Lemak Crispy Pork, Buah Keluak Pasta, Shedol Delights

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Relocation

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Roxy Laksa
Timbre+
73A Ayer Rajah Crescent
Singapore 139957

Roxy Laksa is probably one of the oldest laksa stall in Singapore dated back to 1952 when it operated as a push cart stall outside the now demolished Roxy cinema. The recipe has since passed down to Mr Mike Lim, the grandson of Mr Lim Kiok Seng. Mr Mike Lim who used to run a hawker stall at East Coast Lagoon Food Village selling the heritage dish, has recently moved to Timbre+.

Recommend items: Laksa

Hai Nan Hometown Curry @ Ghim Moh Food Centre - Old School Curry With A Queue

After the re-opening of Ghim Moh Food Centre in March 2016, a couple of new stalls sprang up at the newly renovated food centre. One fo these stalls is Hai Nan Hometown Curry. The stall is run by husband and wife team who has been selling curry for the past 30 years, moving from Woodland to Jurong West before settling at their new place.

Assam Curry Stingray 4/5

The stall is like a curry speciality stall selling a variety of curry dishes. What caught my attention is the Assam Curry Stingray ($6/$8/$10). A dish that is not commonly served in hawker centre. The assam curry has a subtle balanced of spiceiness and sourish, making it very appetising. It also comes with brinjal and ladyfinger.

Curry Chicken 3.5/5

A favourite among the crowd is the Curry Chicken ($4.50/$6.50). I like the fact that the chicken is served in huge chunky pieces. The curry is not overly spicy, actually quite mild. If you like those curry that will make you perspire then this is not for you.  In fact, it tasted very homely, reminding me of my grandma's cooking. Bluntly put it, it tasted old school.

The stall also offers a choice of Bread ($1) or Rice ($0.50/$0.80) to go with the variety of curry dishes. I would recommend having the bread with to soak up the thick and gloopy curry.

For a compelet meal, you may add a dollar for a small bowl of Curry Vegetable when you order one of the 6 main curry dishes. The vegetable is cooked to a delectable soft texture and you still can taste the sweetness of the vegetables.

Besides the Curry Chicken and Assam Curry Stingray, the other dishes on the menu are Curry Mutton, Curry Pork Ribs, Curry Pork Chop and Curry Chicken Chop Rice.


Hai Nan Hometown Curry
Ghim Moh Food Centre
Blk 20 Ghim Moh Road
#01-49
Singapore 270020
Nearest MRT: Buona Vista (CC Line, EW Line)

Opening Hours:
Daily: 11am - 9pm

Direction: 
1) Alight at Buona Vista MRT station. Walk to bus stop along Buona Vista Road (Stop ID 11361). Take bus no. 92. Alight 1 stops later. Journey time about 3 mins. [Map]

2) Alight at Buona Vista MRT station. Cross the underpass towards Ghim Moh Estate Blk 12A. Cut across the open air carpark towards Ghim Moh Road. Cross the road and walk towards Blk 20. Journey time about 8 mins. [Map]