Best Fish Soup: 标记 Piao Ji Fish Porridge @ Amoy Street Hawker Centre

The locals called it 'heer-hey-teng' (Fish and Prawn Soup in Hokkien), serve in large oval bowls have been their style all this years... fresh chunky fish slices and succulent prawns in well-brew soup with several ornaments...

Best Lor Mee @ Amoy Street Hawker Centre

大可以 (Boon Tong Kee) @ Prome Road

Fruity Flavoury Tea aka 日东红茶

TomTon @ The Central

A newly opened Katsu Specialty Shop by Tampopo @ Liang Court Basement, maintaining the same excellent Katsu standards, coupled with nice and cosy dining experience, as well as amazing panoramic Singapore river view... what more could you ask for? It is so good, in fact, you can save the trip to Katsukura @ Roppongi Hills for now ;)

Here goes the Sugoi (Great) Katsu Checku Listo:

High Quality Kurobuta (Black Pig) Porku ~ Hai...!
Super Crunchy on the outside ~ Hai...!
Thin and even Crust in-between ~ Hai...!
Soft and Juicy on the inside ~ Hai...!
Porku melts in your mouth ~ Hai...!
Lemon Squeeze ~ Hai...!

Gourmet Mayonnaise Dip ~ Hai...!

Sugoi Na!!! Oiishi ne!!! ;P

Order their value for money 'TomTon Mix' as shown above, if there are duo or trio pax.

Go there once and get hooked viva forever ne! ;)

Got sore throat dei-sho? nevermind ne, try their sumptuous Shabu Shabu ne! ;)

Note: In case someone is not sure where is 'The Central', it is by the Singapore River, and juz beside Swissotel Merchant Court Hotel.

Best Nasi Lemak: Selera Rasa Nasi Lemak @ Adam Road Hawker Centre

By far the best Nasi Lemak of all times, previous best holder, the famous Nasi Lemak stall @ Changi Village Hawker Centre is history, as the orginal stall owner and family have migrated to Melbourne, Australia ( those lucky Aussies ;) ); and relatives taking over the stall are not doing a good job, the used to be heavenly delicious crispy fried chicken wings, turn out to be crapped 'goreng pisang' battered chicken wings...

The stall have just got a new 'steady-bom-pee-pee' menu sign, with light-up 'sold out' sign, if a certain meal is sold out, steady leh ;P...

The star of the show gotta be the ultra crispy chicken wing, follows by the coconut fragrant and soft textured nasi lemak rice; not forgetting the spot-on chilli and the perfectly deep-fried eggs... and don't forget to ask for free acha or cuttlefish, while stock lasts only!

It so good, in fact, the Sultan of Brunei, 'ta-pau' from here, every now and then... it is definitely the benchmark standard for Nasi Lemak!

And what's better to complete the meal with a good old cup of superb Teh Tarik (hot or cold) from the Adam Drink Stall, life could not get better than this ;)

Chinese COTY (Claypot rice of the Year) 2007 Awards

1st place: '靓女瓦煲饭' aka 本记瓦煲饭 @ Chinatown Hawket Centre
2nd place: New Lucky Claypot Rice aka 新鸿运瓦煲饭 @ Clementi Blk 328

3rd place: Claypot Rice @ Maxell Hawker Centre (located centrally within the centre)

2nd Best Ramen: Mei-Tei @ Robinson Centre

This Tonkotsu (pork-bone based) Ramen not only looks great, with a nice little layer of oil on the top surface of the rich Tonkotsu broth; good old traditional taste, properly cooked hot spring egg aka 味付玉子; noodles is a little on the soft side (not firm enough, at least for me), otherwise it'll be a bowl of excellent Ramen, a try is highly recommended ;)

2nd Best Claypot Rice: New Lucky Claypot Rice @ Clementi Blk 328

'Five Tastes' Claypot Rice cooked to perfection, with tender chicken pieces and delicious chinese pork and liver sliced sausages; salted fish missing though, but won't be crucial as it is pretty yummy already. Good old traditional self-serving of oil and dark soya sauce... Generous portions and other varieties available, two thumbs up! ;)

Best Claypot Rice remains to be Chinatown's '靓女瓦煲饭', no doubt about that!

Note: Queues may be up to half an hour, depends on your luck, but definitely worth the wait; meanwhile you can get some delicious 'Big' (caution: berri berri 'big') Chicken Buns from the nearby Blk 325, if you are too hungry, like me ;P better still 'ta-pau' back, excellent for next day's breakfast! =)

Ultimate Katsu: Nadai Tonkatsu Kyoto Sanjo KATSUKURA 名代とんかつ 京都三条かつくら六本木ヒルズ @ Roppongi Hills, Tokyo

Best Hong Kong Style 茶餐厅 Food @ Kimgary Restaurant, Vivo City

Best Burger Steak @ Zion Road Hawker Centre

Spicy Italian Sausage Spaghetti

Spicy Italian Sausage from Espirito Santo @ Great World City Basement 2

Best Cold Soba: Shimbashi Soba @ Paragon Basement

Don't bother to hunt for good Cold Soba in town, this remains to be the best. Freshly made daily to perfection by their Soba Master. Excellent Tempura Cold Soba is a muz try, every mouthful is heavenly ;P and forget about the Warm Soba (Soba in Soup), as it is not as good. Plain Cold Soba with Tempura Combo Set is not bad too!

Best ('TomTon' Black Pig) Pork Tonkatsu: Tampopo @ Liang Court Basement

Special Airflown TomTon (Black Pig) Pork Katsu, crispy on the outside, juicy and tender on the inside ;P The best ultimate Pork Katsu yet! Try it with the Katsu Combo Set, which is enough for three persons, there's some unique Katsu Roll, basically Kurobuta Ham sandwiched with Sweet Plum Roll too; Tempura is not too bad either; look out for those 'Little Fish' Katsu (Seasonal only) too, berri berri tasty. Chicken Katsu wise, Romankan Yokohama's one still better though. The Kurobuta Ham Salad is a definite muz try too! Certain special menu are seasonal, and only available for a discerning period of time, make sure you try those; and don't forget their wonderful dessert selection, like the Scoop Short Cake, bit on the pricy side, but is well worth it.

Best Ramen: Ichibantei ( 熱烈 一番亭 ) @ Quay Side

Still the best ramen in town! die die muz try their famous and fragrant Tan Tan Ramen, even better, try it with their combo meal set, which includes the Stoneware Crispy and Savoury Fried Rice, and tasty Chicken Karaage Salad, super value for money, juz beware of the large portions though, two petite ladies is probably sufficient to share a combo meal!

Important Note: Ask for the superbly cooked hot spring egg aka 味付玉子 if your Ramen don't have it

Okinawa at it's best! ;)

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Romankan Yokohama @ Takashimaya Basement

Forget about their "Homemade Katsu-Sandwich", and go straight for the Chicken Katsu Kare (Curry Rice), choose the salad side, rather than the miso soup, enjoy ;)

Important Note: Only go for the Chicken Katsu, rather than the pork one (Tampopo's TomTon one is much better, and still the best). Also, only go during dinner time, as the Kare (Curry) is at it's best then; be warned! the Kare (Curry) during lunch time is a little too 'diluted', and not cooked to perfection yet!

Japanese COTY (Cuisine of the year) 2007

Best Chicken Katsu Kare (Curry) Rice: Romankan Yokohama @ Takashimaya Basement

Best Ramen: Ichibantei @ Quay Side

Best ('TomTon' Black Pig) Pork Tonkatsu: Tampopo @ Liang Court Basement

Best Soba: Shimbashi Soba @ Paragon Basement