North
1) Carpenter and Cook
19 Lorong Kilat, #01-06, 598120
Carpenter & Cook is a vintage home store and artisan bakery café, located in Upper
Bukit Timah, Singapore. We have a range of carefully curated vintage furniture,
home decor, as well as fresh home-made baked goods and confectionery. Since its opening in 2009, the place have been regularly packed to the brim everyday. Their signature dish is the Passionfruit Meringue Tart. ($6.20 per piece)
These tarts are the most popular thing in this cafe that it sells out by 4PM usually everyday, so if you are lucky, eat this tart ASAP, it contains a toothsome and flavorful rendition.
Besides the food, its the experience that would keep u coming back for more, when you enter Carpenter and Cook, you would feel a sense of warmth and vintage when you arrive here.
As you can see, it is decorated very nicely, most of their furniture has been brought over from the United Kingdom. They also sell these furniture to the public as well. They also make their own jams, spreads etc. to keep the authenticity going.
Carpenter and Cook is opened from 12PM to 10AM for most days, DIE DIE MUST TRY!
2) Karu's Indian Banana Leaf Restaurant
Karu's Indian Banana Leaf Restaurant
808/810, Upper Bukit Timah Road
Singapore 678145
10.30am to 10pm daily
Closed on Monday
67627284, 83859511
This Curry Fish Head is probably the best in Singapore, period, never mind what you hear from people that Muthu's Curry in Little India, that is overrated. Foodies from all over the island would drive far to Upper Bukit Timah Road just to have a Shiok Fish Head Curry in Singapore. This restaurant has already been thriving for 17 years already and its always packed with people buzzing around enjoying the aroma of the Curry Fish Head.
The Fish Head Curry here is reasonably priced, at only $28.
Wow! This Fish Head Curry looks delicious!!
Come and challenge me who has eaten better Indian Fish Head Curry than this?
10:30AM TO 10PM DAILY
South
1) Wild Honey

Grilled Vine Ripened Tomatoes and Brioche.
This is the Mexican Breakfast Set above!
Wild Honey has recently voted by Singaporeans as the best brunch outlet in Singapore, die die must try!
333A Orchard Road
#03-02 Mandarin Gallery
9Am to 10.30pM
2) Nasi Padang River Valley
55 Zion Rd Singapore 247780 |
This is one of the best Nasi Padang ever! It is located in Zion Road. This is one of the former's Malaysian Prime Ministers favorite places to eat.
This Nasi Padang is always packed with people everyday, parking is a MAJOR problem here so those with cars should watch out. Their recipes are so good, but this place has full of secret recipes, there has been even a case where a rival Nasi Padang tried to steal the secret recipe, and than this Newspaper finally created justice for it.
To be perfectly honest, all their dishes is very nice, making you forget about your future health and diet plans, resisting to temptation to savour fantastic Nasi Padang.
11AM TO 9PM Tuesday to Sunday
East
Everyone says that the East is a true foodie paradise, which is TRUE!!! There are so many places to see and visit, we had a hard time choosing the best of the best
1)The Coastal Settlement
It is known as the "lepak"(chilling out) place of the East.
200 Netheravon Road
(Near Changi Village)Tel: 64750200
Tuesday to Sunday: 10.30am – 12pm
This place, like Carpenter and Cook, simply has a laid-back location that people can literally stop and stare for the whole day.
The popular brunch menu is available on Weekends and Public Holidays, the signature dish is Big Breakfast $24. OOOH! So appetizing!
2) Kong Kee Seafood Restaurant
611 Geylang Rd Singapore 389550
Geylang, not only well-known as a red-light district but a Foodie's paradise too. This Kong Kee
Seafood Restaurant has set many people happy as there is fantastic KL Fried Hokkien Mee
which is already visibly different from the Singaporean style. Many friends of mine do prefer the KL
iteration of the Hokkien Mee, but beware of your health! Please try this ASAP.
West
1) Tiong Bahru Bakery
Mon: 08:00 - 20:00
Wed - Sun: 08:00 - 20:00
56 Eng Hoon St
This Bakery is only about a year's old, but it has gained a huge reputation for their fine bread and coffee.
This bakery was started by a famous French baker called Gontrain Cherrier.
It has been getting a lot of attention recently due to its croissants ($3.20)
This place have been experience waiting times now for up to 25 minutes, and they have opened
another outlet in Raffles City already, its just going to get better for them
2) Selamat Datang Mee Soto
This small stall in the popular Adam Road Food Center serves one of the best Mee Sotos in Singapore,
if not the world. This Mee Soto is reasonably priced at only $3. It has gained a lot of popularity among
Singaporeans.
The soup in the Mee Soto contains a lot of punch.The soup is so flavourful to the fact that you cant stop drinking and drinking and drinking.
So, there u have it. Food is one of the ways that people bond with each other. So,besides studying and working, spend more time with your family and friends in these unique places of Singapore today!
WILLIAM TANG
Author