NAKED FINN - UMAMI OVERLOAD

When one hankers for the sweet taste of seafood in Singapore, you would usually head to the favourite seafood joint for a quick fix.

That's what happened on a rainy weekday lunch at the Naked Finn.

The flavours are rich tasting, especially the hae mee tng and grilled sotong. If you are sharing, the prawn noodles can be separated into two portions for easy consumption.

Pretty good grilled baby squids 4/5

The mayo version's better I think 4/5

The grand soup, best paired with Jap somen 4.25/5

PHO STOP

I had Vietnamese food over the weekend. Pho Stop at Tanjong Pagar.

It was quiet on a Saturday lunch time, with perhaps another 2-3 tables filled.

Service was prompt. We had grilled chicken and pork chops dry noodles, a sliced beef/ball soup, fried spring rolls and an iced coffee.

The chicken was better than the pork. You can dump the whole bowl of fish sauce thingy into the dry noodles to add some oomph. The beef broth was a tad mild. But the sliced beef was good. The spring rolls were rather meaty too, but a bit on the salty side. The coffee was way too sweet.

Overall, a good effort. I heard it's pretty packed on weekday lunches. So get down to the place earlier.

FIRST BLOG POST OF 2015 IS DEDICATED TO...MEE GORENG

There is an excellent mee goreng lying in wait at one of the kopitiams in 203 Toa Payoh North. However, its taste is an acquired one. neither red and fiery like the usual mamak style, it borders on the Chinese version with a hint of sweetness and less redness.

It costs around $3 and has bits of chicken embedded within the heady mush of yellow noodles.

P.S. The sambal chilli is kickass.