Founder Bak Kut Teh 发起人肉骨茶餐馆 @Rangoon Road

After indulging on irresistible waffles at The Cold Pantry (yep, we ate waffles first before dinner!), we walked down the Rangoon road to Founder Bak Kut Teh 发起人肉骨茶餐馆 for a proper meal.

News alert - [ieatishootipost] Founder Bak Kut Teh has started franchising its restaurants. All except the one at Rangoon Road which is run by the daughter Chui Chui and her daughter Catherine. They will still be running it as a family business rather than a franchise. Its name will be changed soon.

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We ordered a table full of food for sharing. The signature Bak Kut Teh, Braised pig organs and eggs, Preserved veggies and stir fried Pea sprouts. There was a choice of steam rice or soupy mee sua to go with the dishes, I chose to have the mee sua.

Food here was so so tasting mostly, my sistas commented that the Balestier outlet had better tasting food. I guess we probably won't be coming back anytime soon...

Founder Bak Kut Teh 发起人肉骨茶餐馆

154 Rangoon Road, Singapore 218431

Tel: 6292 0938

Hours: 

Sun - Tue:  9am – 11pm

Wed:  11am – 11pm

Thu - Sat:  9am – 11pm

Waffles with Unique Flavors at The Cold Pantry

I've been bugging my sistas to go try the delish looking waffles at The Cold Pantry ever since I saw photos of the waffles with towering charcoal ice cream sitting on a cookie. Finally we decided to meet up just before they start getting busy with CNY preps.

The tiny waffle & ice cream eatery is located about 5-6mins on foot from the Farrer Park MRT on NEL.

Simple menu with Waffles and Ice cream on one side and Coffee and tea on the other. Nothing fancy, but they do create their own unique flavors of waffles and homemade ice cream. All prices are NETT, no GST and service charge.

We ordered their best seller Iced Thai Milk Tea $5.00 per bottle. This drink was really nice with pretty authentic Thai milk tea flavor and yet not overly sweet. Recommended.

Our party of 3 ladies and 2 kids ordered 2 specialty waffles for adults to share, and 1 regular flavored one for the kids.

Chocolate Root Beer $12.50, chocolate waffles served with Charcoal vanilla ice cream and homemade chocolate Root beer sauce. The waffle tasted heavenly with light crisp on the exterior and airy fluffy soft center. The root beer sauce was really unique and matches perfectly with the waffle and the charcoal ice cream. We were very impressed!

Pink Velvet $14.00, rose flavored waffles served with Lychee ice cream and sprinkled with lychee bits & fruit loops. The waffle again surprises with its lovely rose fragrance and heavenly texture. The lychee flavored ice cream was also an excellent pairing to the rose waffle. Thumbs up.

Chocolate Indulgence $14.00, waffle served with Chocolate ice cream and Hershey's chocolate sauce, and topped with a variety of chocolaty confectioneries. The ice cream and sauce was very well received too.

All the ice cream towers are sitting on a chocolate chip cookie, a brilliant way to support the weight, and also to prevent the crispy and warm waffle from getting soggy and melting away the ice cream prematurely.

We really love the waffles and ice cream here and would definitely be back to try more flavors in the future!


The Cold Pantry
131 Rangoon Road, Singapore 218409

Opening hours:
4pm - 10pm (Mon, Wed-Thurs)
12pm - 10pm (Fri-Sun)
Closed on Tue

HK Honeymoon Dessert 滿記甜品

After a satisfying dinner at Gyoza-ya, my friend suggested to have dessert at HK Honeymoon Dessert, a popular chain from HK. The smallish eatery wasn't busy yet at around 8pm on a weekday.

The dessert selection here was pretty extensive, many of the mango and fruits items are similar to 許留山, it took me quite a while to narrow down what I wanna eat.

I finally picked a chilled dessert, Mango with Black glutinous rice and Vanilla snow ice. It was really good, mango slices were sweet and the sticky rice was chewy and flavorful. Recommended.

My friend had the Signature Mango Sago Pomelo dessert which tasted great as well.

Sorry, I didn't take note of the prices coz my friend picked up the tab. But majority of the items are priced below $10, so it shouldn't break the bank for most people. If you can't go to HK, it is the best you can get to authentic Cantonese desserts.


HK Honeymoon Dessert 滿記甜品
Paragon, #B1-09, 290 Orchard Road
Singapore 238859

TEL: 67359267

WEBSITE: http://www.honeymoon-dessert.com/

OPENING HOURS:
Daily: 10:00 - 22:00

Dinner at Gyoza-Ya 餃子屋 @Paragon

Meeting up with a friend who doesn't have a huge appetite, so I picked this Izakaya style Jap eatery as our casual dinner place. This is the 3rd and newest outlet by the Akashi Group. The restaurant was almost empty at 7pm on a weekday.

We browsed the online menu on the ordering tablet and picked 4 kinds of their specialty gyoza dishes for sharing, and a couple of sides and carbo dishes to add variety.

To start things off, some refreshing drinks, Kuri Lemonade $4.80++ a nice soda with shredded cucumbers, and Earl Grey Ice Lemon Tea $4.80++ which tasted like regular Ice Tea.

Food came pretty quickly from the kitchen after order was sent. The gyoza dishes we had were the original Yaki Pork Gyoza $4.80++, Yaki Mentaiko Gyoza $7.80++, Yaki Ebi Tamago Gyoza $6.80++ and Sui Pork Gyoza $4.80++. Each dish has 5pcs gyoza, great for sharing among friends.

The best gyoza dish in my opinion is still the original pan fried pork gyoza. The crispy base was perfectly executed and pork fillings were moist and flavorful...nice! The mentaiko ones were pretty good too coz I'm a fan of anything topped with mentaiko. The boiled pork gyoza and shrimp gyoza were more light in flavors but still quite decent in terms of taste.

We also tried the popular Jya Jya Men $6.50++, a handmade noodle dish that can be eaten two ways. It was first served dry with minced pork and a special black miso sauce with shredded veggies. We were advised to add some white vinegar and chilli oil and mixed well before consumption.

The dry version tasted good, noodles were al dente and sauce was delicious. Then we saved a small portion for part 2 (as per instructions). Requested the waiting staffs for an egg and boiling noodle water to make it into a soupy dish.

The soup version didn't make an impression though, but it was definitely an interesting dish to try.

Our second carbo dish, Ninniku Yaki Meshi (Garlic Fried Rice) $5.80++, unexpectedly blew us away with its fragrant wok hei and good chewy bite. Love this dish!

Some sides we had were Aburi Burokkori $4.80++, torched broccoli with interesting crisp and smokey aroma, Morokyu $3.80++ crunchy cucumbers with savory miso paste, and Asari Sakamushi $6.80++ steam fresh clams in sake broth. All were rather decent.

Overall, we really enjoyed our dinner at Gyoza-ya. Food quality was very good and prices are pocket friendly. Service was prompt and friendly. I would gladly return again to try other dishes.


Gyoza-ya Paragon
The Paragon, #B1-43, 290 Orchard Road
Singapore 238859
Tel: 62350383

Operating Hours
Mondays - Sundays: 11:30am - 10pm


Other Outlets

Gyoza-ya Heeren
260 Orchard Road, B1-02A Robinsons Orchard
Singapore 238855
Tel: 6737 5581

Operating Hours
Mondays - Sundays: 11:30am - 10pm

Gyoza-ya ION
2 Orchard Turn, #B4-56 ION Orchard
Singapore 238801
Tel: 6509 4647

Operating Hours
Mondays - Sundays: 11am - 10pm