Once Upon A Milkshake

A friend of the girl's recently introduced us to this quaint little ice cream parlor that serves a delightful selection of ice creams and milkshakes! Despite being in a hard-to-find location at Tanjong Pagar, its hard to miss the place with their bright purple walls and warm lights.


On every table is a marker that reads "Taken" on one side and "Avaliable" on the other - quirky, huh? Pick a choice of milkshakes or ice cream from the creatively designed menu. For that day, we picked Cerious Maple and Chocolate Truffle Castle. Milkshakes are priced at $3.30 for the mini and $5.50 for the regular. Ice creams are between $2.80 - $7.20 depending on how many scoops you pick. Ouam (pronounced ohm) also sells Chocolate Cheesecake at $1.50/stick and Chocolate Chip Cookies at $2.50/cup.


Ouam lives up to their motto of serving "premium ice-cream milkshakes at non-premium prices"! Their milkshakes are satisfyingly thick (you can opt for a thinner shake!) and the mini serves well enough for one as an after dinner treat. Come on a Saturday night between 8-9pm with your loved ones to enjoy milkshakes and ice creams by candlelight. Very, very fairytale indeed.

Once Upon a Milkshake
Maxwell Chambers
32 Maxwell Road #01-08
Opens: Mon-Sun, 11am-11pm
http://www.onceuponamilkshake.com.sg/

Everything With Fries

Spent a short but nice Sunday evening with the girl at Joo Chiat. Was there to check out Obolo Cheescakes but stumbled by this cafe. The simple decor and white-washed wall caught my eye but also, the quirky name made me glance back. Everything With Fries! We suspect it's a newly opened cafe, the place still has the faint, lingering smell of paint.

Garlic and Herbs Fries - $3.50

Not bad for a decent portion of straight-cut fries. You get to choose between straight-cut and shoestring-cut. They had an assortment of fries flavors like Sour Cream and Onion, Curry, Salt & Pepper.. just to name a few. Ours came with a few cloves of garlic and the fries wasn't too oily! I wished they gave more seasonings though, couldn't get enough of it!

Nutella Tart - $3.90

Couldn't resist trying this since I have a soft spot for Nutella. This was really surprisingly good. The filling was soft and level of sweetness was just right, the crust was crunchy and the generous drizzle of nutella was delicious! Definitely going to go back for this!

Service there wasn't too bad albeit the fumbling of a male wait-staff who tried to take our order without writing it down and promptly forgot my choice of fries when I ordered a second item! But overall, it was good and they asked for feedback - I told them, more seasonings for the fries! We'll definitely be back!

Everything With Fries
(Exact address unclear)
Joo Chiat Road
2 shops away from Obolo Cheescake

Nasi Goreng Belachan

Personally, I think fried rice is a master of deception.
The humble dish looks seemingly simple to cook.
But trust me, SEDAP fried rice does not come by easily.
I could go on and on about the dish but hey, you gotta try the Nasi Goreng Belachan at Danga Bay, Johor Bahru.

Its spicy, cheap and downright shoik!

Costing only 4 Ringgits !!

Melaka

Hello and Happy 2009! Very Hungry People went on a long hiatus to deal with the reality of life and the ups and downs that came with it. Nevertheless, we've learnt the best weapon to combat bad times: FOOD. Here is a small teaser from our recent trip to Melaka (psst, we went there just to eat!).

Sunset.. just before a downpour.


Brought my favourite rempah udang back (handmade nyonya kuehs!) and couldn't resist getting the old-school coffee cup as well..

Keep looking back for more! :)