My Little Tapas Bar
The Bukit Timah offshoot opens on the party street with traditional Spanish tapas with an emphasized bar (read: booze) element.
Boon Keng Food Centre
There are some pretty great options here like the chee cheong fun or carrot cake from Yong Xiang stall. It gets pretty crowded during the weekdays when working-types congregate for lunch, but otherwise it’s a pretty idyllic place to get breakfast during the weekends.
Ban Heng Restaurant
The original branch of this legendary Teochew restaurant serves up classics like Cold Crab and Buddha Jumps over the Wall. It recently underwent a renovation but has retained its signature dishes. They also do set menus for large groups.
Chin Sin Huan Eating House
Commonly referred to as the Tanjong Rhu bao, this place’s red bean and char siew fillings have a fan following. They also have pretty legit lotus buns, siew mai and lor mai ga on top of that.
Ng Ah Sio Pork Ribs Soup Eating House
This popular stall has specialized in Teochew style bak kut teh since 1988. The soup base here is very peppery—just the way we like it. The tender ribs are served with various accompaniments like braised peanuts, fried dough fritters, kidneys and intestines.
Chabuton
Michelin-starred chef, Yasuji Morizumi has inspired the first Chabuton ramen restaurant in Singapore after making waves in Japan, America and Thailand. Using these award-winning recipes, expect classic tonkotsu broth creations topped with chashu and springy noodles starting at $8.30. We hear the karaage is killer, too. ♥ ramen? These get our loudest slurps.
The Bravery
It’s all minimalistic décor and unvarnished plywood tables at this café. But that just makes the pancake stack ($15), smoked salmon sandwich ($14), and beef steak ciabatta ($13.50) more delicious. Also, try the unique lavender latte ($5.50).
IKKI Izakaya
Modern and casual izakaya melds yakitori, mmofles and infused Chu-hi alongside an extensive sake selection. Featuring dishes like enoki mushroom wrapped with pork belly ($3.50), salmon sashimi and fish roe don ($16), chicken breast fillet filled with spicy cod roe ($4) and your classic sushis and sashimis from $1.80 for sushi and $8 for sashimi.
Doubleshots Cafe
This postage stamp-sized café does some interesting options like the Tiramisu Espresso ($4) and teapressos ($2.80 upwards), a heady mix of coffee and tea. Eats include sandwiches and thin crust pizzas ($6.95 upwards).
Leopold
This Tanjong Pagar restaurant is a tapas bistro, cocktail and wine bar rolled into one.