Cliff(y) Goes Dining

Too lazy to queue at Hong Kong Soya Sauce Chicken Rice and Noodle~ Is everyone ready for 2019? To end off this year, I shall write about Hawker Chan, which is listed under the Bib Gourmand category of the 2018 Michelin Guide. Its original stall at the nearby Chinatown Food Complex has been awarded One Michelin Star since 2016.

Blue rice, sticky rice, mocktail and everything nice! Blue Jasmine is a Halal -certified restaurant at Park Hotel Farrer Park that serves dishes from Southern Thailand and the Esarn region, making use of spices imported directly from the country. I've got to know about the restaurant from corporate offer e-mail messages that I've been receiving lately.

Interested to try a miso-flavoured soufflé dessert? Typhoon Café is a modern Taiwanese eatery at Plaza Singapura, born out of the "obsession for artisan fruit teas and larger-than-life desserts". In Chinese, the name of the café is 台風 (lit. typhoon), which is actually a blending of the words 台灣 (lit. Taiwan) and 風味 (lit. flavour).

Surprisingly delicious curried lamb shank! Harry's started as an intimate jazz bar in Boat Quay back in August 1992. Over the years, it has transformed into a neighbourhood bar. It prides itself in being Singapore's largest chain of bars with 20 branches, along with a few others in Myanmar and India at the point of writing.

Serving delicious Hainanese chicken rice since 1992! Welcome back! Today's review is on Jew Kit, a brand founded by Mr Teo Jew Kit from Hainan, China. From its humble beginning in 1992, it has grown to four restaurants and three stalls serving at the point of writing. I had lunch at one of its branches at Far East Plaza.

Row, row, row your potato boat again~ We've finally reached the last post of my overseas food adventure last June. While my BFF and I flew to Helsinki, Finland in the Business Class cabin of Finnair AY132 , we flew back to Singapore in the Economy Class cabin with the same aircraft. Read further to find out about the supper and the light meal that we had onboard.

Taking pride in being a "110% Finnish restaurant"~ Before leaving Helsinki, Finland, my BFF and I had our last dinner at Ravintola Zetor near Helsinki Central Station. Serving classic Finnish dishes, the restaurant was declared open on the country's 74th anniversary on 6 December 1991. I suspect it's the only restaurant in the world with its menu written in 21 different languages.

My taste buds were jolted by preserved strawberries! Hotel Anna (3*) was the last hotel that my BFF and I stayed at during our June trip. When the hotel first began its operation in 1985, breakfast used to be served in a small room on the 5th floor. As business began picking up, it had to dedicate a bigger space for guests to enjoy their buffet breakfast.

Delicious herring steak, but salty Scandinavian hash... Ravintola Sea Horse is a well-known restaurant in Helsinki, Finland that has been in operation since 1934. Famous for its Baltic herring steak and other traditional dishes, the restaurant is colloquially known as  Sikala (lit. The Pigsty), though I'm not sure why is that so.

Does elk meat taste different from reindeer meat? A day trip to Tallinn, Estonia from Helsinki, Finland proved to be rewarding. For lunch, we'd wanted to dine at the highly popular Rataskaevu 16. However, since it was way too crowded, we decided to head to another famous restaurant that serves Estonian cuisine called Kuldse Notsu Korts (lit. Golden Piglet Inn).

Have some snacks and drinks with your favourite Moomin characters! I was so sad when I got to know that Moomin Café at Harbour City in HK closed down. During our visit to Helsinki, Finland, my BFF and I made it a point to drop by one of such establishments. It turned out that we went to the original branch, which isn't that far from Kaisaniemi Botanical Garden and Helsinki Cathedral.