Hatched @ Evans Road

Hatched @ Evans Road

A friend, Gerald, opened a restaurant recently after completing his bond with the Singapore army. Gerald has always been an avid foodie and his new job certainly suits him well.

Located at Evans Road, Hatched is an egg-themed restaurant where all the dishes in the menu are centered around eggs.

Coincidentally, the interior decor for the restaurant is done by an old friend, Gabriel who now operates his own award-winning design firm – Outofstock Design.  Small world.

Rachel, Leon, Ding An and I swing by the place a few weeks back to try out the food and also to support Gerald.

I love the design of the menu and the wide selection of egg dishes on offering. The decor is great too. The food is pretty average though. The sandwich I ordered was tough to chew. Tried the other dishes that Rachel, Ding An and Leon ordered too, but none of us had that “explode in your mouth” feeling when you taste great food. It wasn’t bad, but we were probably expecting more, after being wowed by the snazzy menu and chic decor. There’s probably still much room for improvement, given that the restaurant is pretty new.

Restaurant interior

Bar counter

I like this menu cover

Rachel going through the menu

Menu interior

My sandwich which was a bit too tough to chew for me

Rachel's egg dish

Ding An's egg dish

Leon's egg dish

Pizza which came with the beer package

Here’s the restaurant’s details if you are interested to visit:

26 Evans Road
#01-06 Evans Lodge

Tel: +65 6735 0012

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Tung Lok Seafood @ Marine Cove (East Coast Park)

Marine Cove

Tung Lok Seafood @ Marine Cove is a great place for a reasonably priced, seafood and dim sum buffet. Lunch a-la-carte buffet is around S$20 to 30, while dinner a-la-carte buffet is around S$40.

I had buffet there thrice already! The menu is extensive, covering a wide range of dim sums and seafood dishes. There’s also a complementary shark’s fin for each diner. This is the only item that is capped at one order per pax, the rest of the items are all free flow.

Here’s their address if your interested to visit:

1000 East Coast Parkway
2F Marine Cove
Tel: +65 6246 0555

It’s advisable to call and make reservation for weekends as the place can get quite packed.

The pictures below are just some of the stuff we ate. There’s more on the menu, but we were unable to try everything as we were already too full.

For the price, the food is pretty good and the service staff are prompt and friendly. Will definitely visit again.

Seafood + Dim Sum buffet menu

Shark's fin soup for everyone

We really eat a lot for five people

Custard buns

Shrimp dumplings

Chili cuttlefish

Siew Mai

Egg tarts

Brinjal with pork floss

Rost meat platter

Chee Chong Fun

Banana and prawn fritter

Salmon sashimi

Fried fish

Steamed tilapia fish with chili sauce

Oatmeal prawn

Fried silver bait

Kangkong

Roast chicken

Desert balls

Chrysanthemum apple jelly - I can eat ten bowls of this

Gui Lin Gao

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Hong Kong Kim Gary Restaurant (香港金加利茶餐) @ Tampines 1

Rachel and I have tried the Kim Gary at VivoCity and found it pretty average. When we passed by the Tampines 1 outlet, we couldn’t resist the colourful menu and decided to give it a try again. Given that they have such a wide variety of food, we may chance on something better this time round.

They were having a tea-time promo when we stepped in. Strangely, for some of the items we wanted to order, it actually cost more to order them a-la-carte than to go with their tea-time set meal that comes with a drink.

That’s how we ended with with four food items and four drinks.

Four cups of beverages for two person!

As per the experience we had with their VivoCity branch, the price is great, but the food is pretty average.

Couldn’t complain much about the pineapple hotdog and the two soup noodle dishes as they are really simple to cook and you can’t really go horribly wrong with them.

The beef burger was really bad though.  The beef was as tough as leather and we had problem chewing through it.

Super tough Hong Kong styled beef burger

Beef soup noodle

Mini hotdogs with pineapple and corns

Instant noodle with luncheon meat

We enjoyed the drinks, but four cups of tea between two person is really too much. We both suffered from caffeine overdose after the meal and were feeling giddy for a while.

Rachel sipping her hot yuan yuang tea

The conclusion we came to is that Kim Gary is a restaurant that’s good for social gatherings where the extensive menu should be able to cater  to everyone’s taste bud, without hurting the pocket too much. It’s not the place to go to for a quality meal.

Here’s the address of their Tampines 1 outlet:

10 Tampines Central 1
#B1-07 Tampines 1
Tel: +65 6786 1418

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The Hand Burger @ Raffles City

A few weeks back, Rachel was working on a story on the gourmet burger trend in Singapore with chic burger joints, sprouting out one after another. You can read her article HERE.

One of the burger joints which she particularly enjoyed the food was The Hand Burger, located at Raffles City, basement level. Hence we went there for a snack, ordering a burger set and two drinks to share.

The patty at this joint are hand-crafted (hence the name) and the ingredients are fresh and unique. The fries are hand-sliced such that you can taste bits of the potato skin.

They serve rather unique beverages too. We ordered a peanut butter banana milkshake and a lychee mint to share.

Rachel's order

Close-up of the burger

Our drinks

However, note that the burgers are on the pricey side, costing upwards of S$10 a piece, excluding GST and service charge.  Then again, that’s a reasonable price to pay, considering that they handmade all their ingredients.

The service was a bit wanting though. Maybe it’s because we went during the off-peak period at around 3pm – the staff can be seen sleeping on the chairs and lazing around.

We like the modern decor at The Hand Burger whereby you can see that the furniture were custom-designed, right down to the menu, plates and utensils to fit the overall theme.

Unique menu design

Chic decor

Here’s The Hand Burger‘s address if you are interested to visit:

#B1-77/78 Raffles City Shopping Centre
252 North Bridge Road

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Auntie Kim’s Korean Restaurant @ Upper Thomson Road

Shop front

I am not a big fan of Korea food, but for some inexplicable reason, Rachel and I both had a sudden craving for Korean food one day and we decided to check out Auntie Kim’s Korean Restaurant, located at Upper Thomson Road.

Rachel said that this one of our friend, Melvin Ryan Tan’s favourite restaurant. Hence our expectations were high when we stepped in.

We ordered rice, beef bulgogi and ginseng chicken soup. The portions were quite large and we figured that what we ordered was actually enough to serve up to four people.

As per traditional Korean restaurants, pickled veggies, including the ubiquitous kimchi was served as complementary starters while we waited for our food to arrive.

The pickled stuff was pretty good and the two of us actually gobbled up all that was served.

We enjoyed the ginseng chicken soup. The chicken was stewed so soft that the bones melt in your mouth (really) when you pop in it. You can literally eat up the entire chicken, bones and all. The ginseng was also soft and soggy – Rachel and I divided it and gobbled it up too.

The only disappointment was the beef bulgogi which was served cold. The meat was tough and lacks texture.

Restaurant interior

Complementary pickled veggies

Rachel portioning the ginseng chicken soup

The chicken has been brewed so soft that you can chew up the bones

Beef bulgogi

The service was very good. The staff work fast and are very attentive, refilling our drinks, wiping the table at every instances.

The total bill came to around S$50. It’s actually reasonably priced, but more appropriate to dine in with upwards of four people instead of two as the portions  are quite large.

Here’s the restaurant’s address:

265 Upper Thomson Road
Tel: +65 6452 2112

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