There are many food outlets along Balestier Road, few famous outlets include Bak Ku Teh, Chicken Rice and also the fish head steamboat eatery I went toady. You will find yourself greeded by walls of pictures of outlet's boss took with celebrityies.

We ordered their signature steamboat, Red Garoupa Steamboat at $50 for 5 paxs, pretty reasonable price, with chuck of red garoupa meat and veggie. Prawn fritter is another traditional hokkien dish, I am not a mince meat lover, so this does not appeal to me at all.

Overall, give a chance to pop into the restaurant if you are balestier.

Fourty Hands

Recently, more hip & trending shops sprucing up at this pre war housing estate area - Tiong Bahru, thus, injected vibes and vibrant to this once old and boring estate .

There is an artisan cafe well known for the brew, nestled at the area. Opened by Aussie , serves limited breakfast menu . My first time to the cafe surprised me by the overly-crowded yuppies sitting inside the cafe. As usual, I had my Latte , which gave strong aroma of coffee. Egg benedict served on traditional metal plate was a surprise too, the taste met my expectation.

I would highly recommend Salmon Hash and Gula Melaka Swiss Roll. Salmon hash was tasty and flavourful, salmon without fishy smelt and not over cooked. Gula Melaka Swiss Roll is rather unusual that I could only find it here, the sponge is soft, not too sweet , and rolled with shredded coconut.

If you are this area, pop into this cafe .

Another Hokkaido Japanese Ramen hid at emtreme undiscoverd level 2 at The Central. This restaurant was introduced by my friend Xuan, otherwise, I would not find it. A must try is the Ramen with flavourful soup, noodle is springy, best combination with the half boiled egg.