FAB Singapore Day 5 & 6 | Maccas to Michelin

Our last two days in Singapore - we cover food ranging from Maccas, Muji and Michelin.

FAB Singapore Day 5 & 6 | Maccas to Michelin
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FAB is our travel blog series where we cover everything food and beyond during our travels.

Our last two days of our Singapore trip, condensed into a post! We catch up with a fellow foodie in Perth, check out everything from Maccas, Muji and Michelin Bib Gourmand.


Day 4

Pre-lunch "snack"

Eye level shot showing a dining table with chairs surrounding it, in a furniture showroom
Muji - the "Japanese" minimalist version of IKEA

We spent the morning doing a bit of shopping - particularly at Muji, one of our favourite places to go to shop at. Muji also has their own cafe, Cafe&Meal, which serves up Western and Asian inspired food - kind of like a gourmet deli.

We couldn't resist grabbing something to share, even if it was nearly lunch time!

Wide shot of Cafe&Meal Muji interior
Cafe&Meal @ Muji
Cafe&Meal's dining room

Cafe&Meal, or "Muji cafe" has a unique seating system. Before going up to order, you reserve a table by taking one of the signs and placing it on a free table.

Wide shot of people lining up to order
Line up to order - the queue usually gets long during lunch time

Muji cafe primarily serves up "deli sets" - where you get to choose a number of dishes from the cabinet for a set price.

Birds eye shot of a tray with a plate of food on it, a bowl of rice and a bowl of miso soup
🍱 4 deli set - 2 hot deli + 2 cold deli + rice or bread + miso soup or cumin carrot soup

We opted for the 4 deli set with:

16 grain rice
Golden sesame crusted salmon
Ratatouille au gratin
Peach and apple salad
Prawn couscous salad with yuzu-sesame dressing
Miso soup
Chocolate cake on a plate with a glass of tea in the background
🍰 Earl grey chocolate cake & iced sunset tea $9.85

Muji cafe also had a promotion where you get 50% off desserts when you purchase a drink.

Interior shot of Muji showing a large, circular wooden desk and tables around it
Notice the cool lighting fixtures which are made from plastic containers

With our stomachs primed and ready for more eating, we headed back to Orchard to meet up with a fellow foodie from Perth.


Lunch with Alexsingaporefoodie

We caught up with fellow foodie friend from Perth, Β @alexperthfoodie who was in town. Be sure to check out Alex over on Instagram or via his website.

Wide shot of guests dining in restaurant
πŸ“ Far East Plaza 14 Scotts Road #05-95 Singapore, Singapore 228213

Lunch #1 was at New Station Snack Bar. Rumour had it they served up some delicious salted egg pork ribs. Between the three of us, we shared the pork ribs and a serving of the marmite chicken.

Birds eye shot of a plate with salted pork ribs, rice and a tried egg
πŸ₯š Salted egg pork ribs and rice

The place was packed at around 1 pm, a good sign! Our favourite for us was the buttery salted pork ribs 🀀

Close up of marmite chicken, rice, a leaf of lettuce and two cucumbers
πŸ— Marmite chicken and rice
A la carte menu for New Station Snack Bar
New Station Snack Bar's menu (as of April 2022)

We didn't note down the prices of the pork ribs or marmite chicken. We'd expect them to be < $7 or $8 each.

Wide shot of guests lining up to go inside a restaurant
πŸ“ #05-116 Far East Plaza, 14 Scotts Rd, Singapore 228213

Lunch #2 was down the hall, at Hainanese Delicacy which served up... you guessed it - chicken rice.

Black and white photo of staff in a kitchen chopping up chicken
A close up shot of a plate of Hainanese chicken
🍚 Chicken Rice $5.5

Unfortunately breast meat was only available which made the chicken rice a little less enjoyable for Paige (drumstick or thigh meat is arguably the more desirable cuts). I didn't mind though!

Close up of braised beancurd on a green plate
βΎ– $1.2 Braised Beancurd
Photo of menu
Hainanese Delicacy's menu (as of April 2022)

With lunch over, we had another gander at Isetan's Foodmarket before saying our goodbyes.

Close up of butcher fridge with a number of Japanese signs showing different brands of wagyu
A number of wagyu brands!
Thinly sliced wagyu with lots of marbling
Beautifully marbled wagyu
Selfie of two Asian men and an Asian woman, all wearing black face masks

Playing with expensive camera equipment

Extreme wide shot of store shelving with lots of camera gear
A super wide lens often used for real estate, architectural, landscape or astro photography (12-24mm f2.8)

We did a bit more shopping at 313@Somerset. I got to play around with some expensive camera equipment! It was fun being able to try all this gear, as it's normally locked behind cabinets in Australia. There was even a $20k lens - I didn't dare (2nd shelf from the top, all the way to the right)!

Close up of a Sony 90mm f2.8 macro lens
Likely the next lens I get!

My favourite lens to play with was Sony's macro lens (90mm f2.8). These types of lenses are often used in food photography or product photography, but can also double as a portrait lens.

Close up shot of a watch that has "San Martin" on the dial.
The macro lens lets you get super close to your subject
Screen displaying a man taking a photo
Trying out an expensive but not as expensive zoom lens! (70-200 f2.8)
Portrait of a lady looking left, wearing a black mask and blue dress
Sony's beautiful 85mm f1.4 portrait lens

Michelin Bib Gourmand

I caught up with a friend for dinner. Her parents used to run Emperor's Kitchen back in the 2000's. We visited Kok Sen, a A Michelin Bib Gourmand restaurant which has served up Cantonese Zi Char food* for over 50 years.

*Zi char is Hokkien term that means cooked food, or food made to order.

πŸ“ 30 Keong Saik Rd., Singapore 089137
Close up to Michelin guide stickers that has been awarded to Kok Sen
Kok Sen consistently features in the Singapore Michelin Guide with a Bib Gourmand

Michelin Bib Gourmand is an award given by the Michelin Guide for good quality and good value cooking. The food was delicious, reminding me of some of the dishes my Dad cooks (he works as a chef in the Cantonese food scene).

Birds eye view of big prawns in a ho-fun noodle
🍀 Prawn Hor Fun $23.35 (small)

Even though we ordered small, all the dishes were massive. We somehow managed to finish all three dishes between two people.

Note prices shown are from online ordering service, Oddle and may vary to pricing in-store.

Close up of fried chicken pieces and a calamansi, cucumber and tomato as garnish
πŸ— Prawn paste chicken $15.3 (small)
Close up shot of a claypot with eggplant, tofu and green garnish
🫘 Claypot yong tau foo $17.6 (small)

Following dinner, my friend and I strolled to No Sleep Club for a couple 🍻.

Maccas run

I ended up getting back to our hotel at around 1 am. A bit peckish, I decided to try a couple of seasonal Maccas items. Nothing else around Yotel was open at the time.

McDonalds' McSpicy burger placed no-top of a McDonalds box
πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡¬ McSpicy

A must try is the McSpicy, which was introduced in Singapore in 1999 and made its way to our Aussie menu in 2020. This burger is apparently the Maccas' best selling burger in Singapore.

Burger placed above a box that says "Hokkaido"
πŸ‡―πŸ‡΅ Hokkaido salmon burger

I also tried a seasonal item - the Hokkaido salmon burger, which was alright.

Close up of hand holding McDonalds' chocolate pie
🍫 Chocolate Pie

The favourite was the chocolate pudding - which had a nice balance of chocolately goodness and saltiness. It somewhat reminded me of Nobu's bento box (chocolate lava cake).


Day 5

Wide angle shot of "The Tube" in Singapore's curved beams
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Our last day in Singapore would be spent shopping and grabbing any last minute things for friends. The morning was spent at 313@Somerset where we picked up a couple pieces here and there.

Having too much (again) for lunch

We returned to Donki to pick up a couple things including a cute Shiba Inu tote (I have a couple different ones) and lunch. Like Isetan's Foodmarket, they have a range of pre-made meals.

A green tote bag with a Shiba inu manga on it
One of my favourite purchases to date - a Shiba inu bag

We'll let the food photos do the talking.

A spread of Japanese food on a pink bench
The spread of food we had for lunch
🍣 Assorted salmon nigiri and sashimi
A hand holding a bento box fulled of colourful sashimi cut into cubes
🍚 Chirashi
A hand holding a plate of omurice with a fried pork cutlet on the side
πŸ₯š Omurice and tonkatsu
🐟 White taiyaki custard

Given it was only lunch time, we struggled hard to finish all the food! The food seemed fresh, given the massive turnover of produce. The white taiyaki custard was probably our least favourite of the lot.

The last meal in Singapore

It wasn't long until we returned to the hotel, packed and got dinner. Our last meal was at Food Republic, in Ion Orchard. To read more about it, check out our Instagram post here.

When we're in Singapore, we always grab char kuey teow from this stall. We love the wok hei! Β 

Paige's pick for the night was fishball noodles - given she had the char kuey teow the evening before.

And of course, it wouldn't be your last meal in Singapore unless you have chicken rice!


Bye Singapore!

Portrait shot of skyscrapers

With our stomachs reasonably full, we grabbed our bags, said farewell to our hotel and made our way back to Perth.

Selfie of an Asian couple wearing black face masks
It's us!

Until next time, Singapore!