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On a completely random spur-of-the-moment move, we swung out to Lim Chu Kang where Singapore has its own goat farm (3 Lim Chu Kang Lane 4,...

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Fun Toast isn't exactly a place that I patronize very often. But we were at an outlet this morning for breakfast and the only thing on...

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On a completely random visit to Tomi Sushi , I noticed something called tochioage on the menu. What the heck was it? It was a dish from T...

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It might seem odd to go to Ootoya to order a salad, but I was delighted with this, including not just the tender and delicately seasoned ...

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I didn't even realize it until today, but some outlets of Din Tai Fung in Singapore have a non-spicy version of their hot and sour so...

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I was rather shocked when they brought this to our table. One look at the batter and clearly it could not compare to Rang Mang Shokudo . G...

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So this is a famous shop from Bangkok has opened an outlet in Singapore (290 Orchard Road #01-25, 6235-4078). As the name suggests, it...

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I didn't even know this until it was mentioned to me the other day: McDonald's has replaced its Create Your Taste offering with s...

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I never had any huge desire to come here, largely because these guys came from that weird MOF chain (176 Orchard Road #B1-20, 6733-0449). ...

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This is that other Bib Gourmand stall at Tiong Bahru Market that I didn't get to try last time (30 Seng Poh Road #02-82). Just as wit...

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I didn't even realize that this was a chain until I saw a news story posted on its glass casing (presumably it's the same as this ...

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I randomly came across this place this afternoon (5 Wallich Street #01-20) and was a bit puzzled by the name. It turns out that I should h...

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When I first read about this place (7 Wallich Street #B2-21), I had very little interest in it. Apparently the guy tried the dish in Phuke...

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All of that talk about chendol this past week somehow brought us back to The Coconut Club , which incidentally is open for lunch on Satur...

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I don't know how long this cha yen shop has been in Singapore (outlets at Far East Square and Tanjong Pagar MRT station), nor how rea...

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When we first saw this stall, we thought it was an outlet of Kin Kin from Kuala Lumpur. But when I looked it up, this instead was a shop f...

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No, I wasn't hunting for ramen. I just happened to be walking through Queensbay Mall in Penang when I saw this shop. I nearly dismiss...

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We pressed on on foot this morning, walking down Lebuh Kimberley which was adorned with food carts and restaurants up and down the street...

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We went on a walk around George Town this morning, stopping at this collection of stalls (179 Lebuh Carnarvon) in part because Google Maps...

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This is a chain restaurant that we went to out of sheer convenience, but it's a local chain from Penang. I got this curry mee because ...

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Kway chap isn't usually a dish that I would get on my own. But this place in George Town (Lebuh Kimberley, +60-4-432-5326) is appare...

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So I guess ice balls are a thing here in Penang . I had no idea what it was, but it turned out to be like a snow cone, complete with a swe...

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That was some of the best food I've ever eaten in Penang (18 Lebuh Carnarvon, +60-12-981-5117). Everything that we ordered was delicio...

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I was still pretty hungry after that dinner tonight. So I came to this Yemeni place (1-394B Lot 333 Mk 7, +60-4-8813376), especially since...

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I suppose that such places are inevitable in a resort-strewn neighborhood like this (34 Jalan Batu Ferringhi, +60-4-881-1193): a full-serv...

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Yep, it's char koay teow time once again (it is Penang after all). This time, it's from a random little shack on Jalan Batu Ferri...

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I'm not even sure if this is the way this is supposed to be assembled. It was a self-service nasi lemak stall, but somehow the though...

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I've never been to Batu Ferringhi Night Market before, so I went exploring tonight. I walked all the way up and back down the main dra...

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I'm not sure how we ended up at this Chinese banquet place (341 Jalan Dato Keramat, +60-4-226-6544), but the good thing was that the h...

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So apparently this hawker center on the way up to George Town is famous for one particular chee cheong fun stall (Lorong Delima 3). It c...

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I still needed a little more food after that soba, so I hopped on over to that sushi shop here at 100 AM's new PARCO Itadakumasu in T...

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The folks at PARCO have resuscitated their old Itadakimasu food cluster from Millenia Walk, placing it now at 100 AM Mall in Tanjong Paga...

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United launched its new Polaris service in the past week. It's still a partial deployment; my flight from San Francisco still used th...

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I was running errands this afternoon when I saw this place, figuring that a single taco was small enough for just a quick taste without ru...

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This is a local chain of gyro shops that I've never tried before, so we had their food delivered for lunch today. At first, I was qui...

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For whatever reason, an outlet of this Philly cheesesteak chain from Ohio (Ohio??) has opened up on the West Coast. They had a small size...

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I'd heard about this chain from Santa Barbara for a while now (especially after Consumer Reports rated them the best fast food burger...

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I had a meeting down in the Valley this afternoon, so I grabbed some lunch here beforehand (1135 Tasman Drive, 408-752-0866). It was your ...

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Our hosts took us to this Japanese fusion restaurant from Los Angeles (132 The Embarcadero, 777-8688). The cod above was of high quality ...

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I can't remember how I found this place (786 Bush Street, 829-2737), but it was nearby and a fitting place for a quick bite before a d...

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Man, I haven't been here in years ! I wasn't planning on coming here today either, but after that last meal , I was still hungry. ...

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I came here (754 Post Street, 415-300-5652) as a result of a Google Maps search, a decent Zagat rating, and - I'll confess - the name....

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You wouldn't be able to tell by the name nor decor, but this place is from the owners of a coffee chain in Chengdu (115 Amoy Street, 6...

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This hotpot chain from China has opened up on the former grounds of Wine Garage (30 Merchant Road #01-07, 6493-7213). I can only assume ...

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When Portico first opened a couple of years ago, I heard mixed reviews, which is probably why I never made any effort to go there. Indeed,...

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The first time I was on a Hello Kitty flight, I was fortunate enough to have been upgraded to business class. The second time I was on a...

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The thought of filling my belly with some hot salty spicy broth sounded pretty good this morning. So after checking in at Terminal 2, I lo...