St Marc Café @ Marina Square

What's beat a hot weather? Definitely a cold dessert! 

Decided to head to Marina Square as, in our humble opinion, a quiet getaway place in town area. So, the early-comers managed to find seats in St Marc Cafe and there we stayed for hours, chitchatting, taking photos, and of course, eating!

Okay, a little about St Marc - it is a Japanese chain that serves pastry, coffee, parfaits and more. They also serve sandwich which make it a place for you to have a proper meal as well. 

At 3plus in the day, desserts become a great choice for me. Ordered the Classic Fuji - very nice! What can go wrong with ice cream and pastry. They took around 5 minutes to prepare the order - so when the buzzer buzzed, the freshly toasted buttery flavour croissant is served hot, topped with cold ice-cream with caramel sauce, red bean and macha. The croissant is pipping hot and crispy. I like!

Classic Fuji

St Marc Café Marina Square
6 Raffles Boulevard, Marina Square
#02-105/184/185, Singapore 039594

Chicken Up @ Tanjong Pagar

I have to say first, my photos do not justify for the good food and presentation of the food! So here we go:

Chicken Up is a Korean restaurant in Tanjong Pagar, along the stretch where there are many Korean steamboat eateries. As for Chicken Up, they specialise in chicken dishes especially Fried Chicken and many different types of soju. 

So we ordered the famous watermelon soju. It is served in half a watermelon fruit. They only poured in the soju at the table. Well, for this soju, it is sweet and does not really taste like alcohol. The fresh watermelon juice really takes over the soju taste and well, if you are not careful, you will sure to get drunk!

Watermelon Soju

As for the food part, we do not really know what's good. All in the menu were 90% chicken dishes. In the end, we went with our gut feeling and ordered 4 types of chicken dishes, truffle fries and seafood pancake. But into the night, I forget to take photos of the food. I guess it is more important to eat! And well, as for you, it is best that you try out the food to see it for yourself! :)

First up the table was the Andong Chicken Stew (it comes in either Full or half chicken). Together with the chicken, the stew is cooked with glass noodle, rice cakes, potato, carrot, onions and chilies, in spicy soy-based sauce. For those who do not take spicy food, this dish might pose a threat to you. For me, I thought a bowl of rice to accompany the dish will indeed be heavenly!

We also tried the Soya chicken which was savory and nice! The crispy up chicken was really indeed KFC - Korean Fried Chicken. 

Variety of the chicken dishes

Okay, for the seafood pancake, it was unlike the crispy kind that I normally had. It was rather thick and it's spicy. They also served green and red chilies at the side to top up the flavour. An unique way to have the pancake. 

On each table is a small thrash can meant for the chicken bones. A good way not to dirty the table and easy for the customers to keep the place clean. The service crew also emptied the thrash when it was full! Thumbs up!

Did I mentioned, they have the All-You-Can-Eat Chicken Buffet costs $25 (before tax) per person. Top up and you could have free flow beer!

Will I be back? Maybe I have strong cravings for many variety of chicken!

Chicken Up
48 Tanjong Pagar Road #01-01,
Singapore 088469

Pan Delights @ Bukit Merah Central

A small and quiet place situated at the corner of Bukit Merah Central. Not a very convenient place to eat but well, good food is worth the inconvenience. Pan Delights is located near Bukit Merah Public Library and just next to the pet shop - a cosy place with simple decorations.

Regular item on the table is TRUFFLE Fries - as usual, it is a comfort food and you will never go wrong with ordering this item. 

Next up is the chili crab pasta - a western item topped with a local taste. This is how I was drawn to ordering this item. The chili crab paste is really authentic - If you love crab and does not want to dirty your hand, this dish is definitely for you. That's also provided that you like the garlic taste. Good if they give me more crab meat! For price of $16.90, you can really give this a  try. 

Left: Truffle Fries
Right: Chili Crab Pasta

There are many other items that I would like to try. Will be back!

Pan Delights
Blk 161 Bukit Merah Central
#01-3725
Singapore 150161