328 Katong Laksa

Chomp Venue:
328 Katong Laksa
Opposite Roxy Square

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The laksa ($3) and homemade lime juice ($1.80).

There are so many versions of Katong laksa down the street that you never know which is the authentic one. This is my personal favourite stall. I don't know the exact street but it is opposite Roxy Square (50 East Coast Road S428769 ). It is a coffeeshop which sells nasi lemak as well and is full of photos the lady boss took with various local and overseas artistes. I can't explain why but this brand of laksa is what I always stick to. Spicy chilli paste (refillable aka there's a small container of chilli at every table), fresh cockles + prawns, thick gravy, clean and cool surroundings, what more can you ask for? :). It has another stall along the same street, which has more seats and is air-conditioned.

Gelare

reaChomp Venue:
Gelare Cafe
#01-01
9 Upper East Coast Road

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It was a fine HUMID tuesday, so C and I decided to have waffles before Katong laksa. Okay it actually had nothing to do with the humid bit and the laksa was a random thing, but the point was it was a tuesday. Half price waffles!



Large waffles with chocolate overload and rum&raisin ice cream at about $9. Both ice cream flavours are my personal favourites. Chocolate overload is rather self-explanatory, chocolatey and sticky to perfection. Rum & raisin as well, with the distinct rum taste and dried raisins in the ice cream. The waffles were great too. Fat and fluffy and hot and crispy (at the ends). My favourite waffles are still gelare's :).

P.S. Regarding ice cream flavours, I recommend strawberry cheesecake (other than aforesaid two flavours)! Soy chocolate obsession is quite weird, but it may differ from person to person ba. Pistachio is quite horrid=S. Cookies and cream is sadly normal. Other flavours like mango, wild strawberry, mint etcc are nothing special/ spectacular ba.

IKEA

Chomp Venue:
IKEA restaurant
Level 4
60 Tampines North Drive 2
(S)528764

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Visits to IKEA are always fun:). Food plays an important part too^^ Furthermore, IKEA opened a branch in the East. Perfect location for lazy but hungry eastenders like me:).



The nondescript soup of the day: Broccoli.



The Swedish meatballs at $6.50 which I never fail to order. 10 supple beef meatballs with savoury gravy and cranberry jam [oh I just realised it's specifically lingonberry jam hehe] and steamed potatoes.



Poached salmon at $6.90 served with dollops of mustard sauce and steam potatoes and broccoli at the side. This is a very filling dish, with the thick serving of salmon and potatoes. The potatoes look boring but they actually complement both meatballs and salmon very well:), and they weren't not too soft or mushy, nor were they bland or tasteless.



Fried chicken wings at $1 each. The chicken wings were tender and succulent but I got a little bit turned off by the amount of oil. But most people love it still:D. Fried chicken wings are never meant to be sinful anyway=p. My personal favourite is still the ones at Bedok Central Blk 216's Nasi Lemak Stall (紅泥小廚). More about the nasi lemak next time(;.

Needless to say, I'll definitely be back for more! (meatballs!!) Yummms.