Cafe → Lowercase

Lowercase  
(located at Laselle, College of the Arts)

Address: 1 McNally Road,
Block D #01-01
Singapore, 187940 

Click-To-Call: 63375581 

Operating Hours: Monday - Thursday 0900 - 2130
Friday 0900 - 2230
Saturday 1100 - 2230

Is a cafe-bar where people, food & art come together. Offering western, Asian fusion, pizza, pasta, sandwiches, juices, desserts & beers. I love the ambience - tall glass panels let in natural light, high ceilings made the space feel open and relaxing, dual floors segmented the spaces for smaller and larger groups, long tables for larger groups and collaborative activities.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dishes that we ordered were recommended as the popular ones by Lowercase.

 

Salmon Salad

healthy choice - generous chunks of salmon and lots of fresh leaves

 Mushroom Truffles Pizza
love the thin crispy crust with truffle oil drizzled over

Prawn Aglio Olio

The pasta is so al dente. Lowercase had put a dash of spice using chilli padi and made this so appetizing. I added a few drops of tabasco and made it even more awesome !

Dessert

 

Chocolate Pecan Cake with English Breakfast Tea

Lowercase recommended their signature choc pecan ! It was heavenly yummy. Covered with frosting chocolate and roasted pecans, the mild sweetness paired so well with the tea. This is a happy ending for our entire meal.

 

The cost of our 3 dishes - pasta, pizza and salad and our two fruit juices came to $42. I thought this was very reasonably priced for the quality and ambience offered.

Thanks for reading. Love Jia Jia

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Food → NamNam Noodles Bar

NamNam Noodle Bar 
Suntec City (this is the outlet featured in my blog)

Opening Hours: 8am to 9.30pm (last order)

Raffles City
252 North Bridge Road, #B1-46/47,
Raffles City Shopping Centre, Singapore 179103
Click-To-Call: 63360500

Wheelock Place
501 Orchard Road
#B2-02, Wheelock Place,
Singapore 238880
Click-To-Call: 67351488

Suntec City
#B1-131, Temasek Boulevard
Singapore 038983
Click-To-Call: 68845677

Is an eatery featuring iconic Vietnamese food such as Pho and Baguettes (known as Banh Mi).

Suntec City Outlet

 

Banh Mi Bar

 

Ambience

I love the play of colors - reddish pink lanterns and greenish / wood deco.

Self Service

(Patrons queue up and the usher assigns a table number to your order form. Order & payment are taken at the counter after patrons submit their forms.)

Various Sauces for Pho

I love the Viet chilli sauce (the bottle at the extreme left hand side)

 

Beverages

Vietnamese coffee: Served in mini nostalgic enamel cup. Frothy and has an awesome aroma.

Lotus Tea: Hmmm ~~~ there is light hint of lotus.

Lime Soda: Taste like 7-up topped with soda water. A little 'gassy' but I like it. 

Snacks

Fresh southern rolls with sweet shrimps, eggs and fresh herbs. Is absolutely gorgeous when paired with the peanut sauce. Coating your viet rolls with a generous serving of the sauce certainly brings out the flavour.

Dry Sautéed Lemongrass Pork Noodles

Dry Sautéed Lemongrass Pork Noodles with fresh herbs, bean sprout and peanuts.
 If u want something dry and also with strong lemongrass flavour, I suggest the dry sautéed lemongrass pork noodle. The sweet and salty combination is awesome. The crunch of bean sprouts, cabbage & chopped peanuts releases some really fresh flavours. 

You can order an "add on soup" to your dry noodle dishes that will really complement any Viet meal !


Dry Yellow Curry Duck Noodle

This is bee hoon served in a dry curry together with bamboo shoots. It is quite mild, not too spicy ! Duck lovers can try this !

Hanoi Pho

Pho Chicken 

Pho Beef Steak Slices

The broth looks clear but the taste is pretty addictive ! I saw the chef sneak in a little piece of bacon into the mix. No wonder it tastes so good.

 

I love the generous servings of spring onions which makes the soup such a memorable experience. 

Desserts

Deep fried banana served with warm coconut sauce (topped with sesame)
Hot and crispy on the outside and soft / piping hot on the inside. Best paired with the accompanying coconut sauce.

Enjoy! Bon Appétit

Thanks for reading. Love Jia Jia

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Food → Akanoya Robatayaki

Akanoya Robatayaki

1 Tanglin Road #01-01

Orchard Parade Hotel Singapore

Click-To-Call: 67321866

 

Operating Hours: Daily 18:30 - 01:30

 

Price: Expensive – like 150$ each pax (but is those kind of place that people should go to – at least once in a life time). All ingredients are freshly imported from Japan – and I am so excited to be here as this is really the first date that my bf is taking me out on …

 

What is robatayaki? In Japanese cuisine, robatayaki (炉端焼き, literally "fireside-cooking"), often shortened to just robata (ろばた in hiragana), refers to a method of cooking, similar to barbecue, in which items of food on skewers are slow-grilled over hot charcoal. Many Japanese restaurants, both in Japan and abroad, specialize in this style of food preparation. Traditionally, the food consists of a combination of morsels of seafood and vegetables, but other kinds of food that are suitable for grilling over charcoal may also be offered.

 

Most Japanese restaurants in Singapore have a quiet, peaceful, zen-like ambience. If you like quiet and tranquil, then go to those, because Akanoya is an immersive Japanese experience. Imagine it as a noisy market place. The waiter welcomes you in loud cheery exuberant Japanese announcements the moment you enter. The other waiters repeat the announcements in unison. In addition, for every item that you order, your waiter shouts it out loud with approving echoes from the others in tandem. You really feel you are in Japan.

Another word that seems to appear a lot in conjunction with these types of restaurants is "Inakaya". Before you continue reading, take a quick look at these videos of Inakaya restaurants around the world. Your experience at Singapore's Akanoya Robatayaki will be similar.

• Inakaya (New York Times Square)
• Inakaya Robatayaki (Tokyo Roppongi)



Sauces & Starters

Three chef stations - where the fireside cooking is done.

You would have thought the food is fake. BUT NO NO, is all fresh food in vibrant colors. To order, you point to the food, following which the chef will collect the the fresh ingredients from before your very eyes and proceed to cook them.

BBQ right in front of you !

My chef of the day ! *damn handsome* hahaha

Chefs deliver the food using these long wooden paddles. Every dish is such a surprise.

Grilled veges (egg plants & bell peppers)

Chef is preparing a fish and skewering it for grilling

All kind of mushrooms

Grilled garlic in a miso paste

This is our all time favourite. Tastes yummy.

The best dish of the day ! Scallops ! (you can taste the ocean, heavenly OYISHII~) 

A nicely presented sweet potato dish.

Grilled onions



Kobe beef ! This is awesomely tender & juicy. It just melts in your mouth. Is damn expensive but for once in a life time, this is a must try.

The highlight of the night is around 830pm, when all the chefs and waiters stop serving for a moment, and break out into a traditional Japanese song and chorus ! Everyone follows along and claps and cheers. If you are coming to Akanoya, time your dinner to start around 7-730pm, then by 830pm or so - you will get to enjoy this traditional chorus ! An example of the ritual is found in this video from Inakaya Tokyo Roppongi.