The GreaThai Restaurant - The Thai Styled Steamed Fish Specialist

These days, we have so many restaurants selling Thai food. One of the common dishes of a thai cuisine is non-other than Tom Yum. I have eaten tom yum on many occassions but it was only recently I learnt that there are two types of tom yum...

I went to the GreaThai restaurant for lunch and I realised that there are two types of tom yum soup; red and white. I asked the waitress and according to the waitress, the red variety contains coconut milk and both are just as spicy.

Kookie Krumbz - Freshly Baked Cookies That Is Simply Worth The Wait!!

I love cookies, especially if it fresh from the oven. I love the sweet aroma that is lingering in the air once that oven is opened. It really teases the tastebuds. One of the common place we get cookies from is Famous Amos. Recently, I have found another cookie bakery that, to me, serves better cookies.

Seafood By The Sea Revisited - Rasa Istimewa Woodlands Waterfront Restaurant

In Singapore, we are really blessed with tonnes of good food. Having a small local market did not seem to stop budding foodpreneurs from whipping their specialty to the market. However, one of the main issues that bug customers big time is drop in standard; service standard, quality of food, taste and the list goes one.

So it is important that food bloggers make a return visit just to see where the standards lie.

This week, my wife and I decided to dine at Rasa Istimewa Woodlands Waterfront Restaurant. While we were walking on the jetty, my eldest daughter said she wanted to eat Chilli Crab. Since there were so few of us, we decided to drop the steamed fish (which my wife wanted) and go for chilli crab instead.

So we ordered the following;
1. Fried rice with seafood and salted fish
2. Sweet and Sour Fish slices
3. Chilli Crab.

Potluck Restaurant in IMM

Have you been to IMM in Jurong East? Right at level 1 is a very unique restaurant that offers affordable and home-style dishes in claypots. The restaurant settings were set in a nostalgic old Chinatown design that will bring you back to the 60s.

As I entered the restaurant, I was attended to a young, Chinese lady who handed me a 'newspaper' which turned out to be the menu. I thought it was a creative move, to make your menu into a newspaper and let your customer bring back and even pass it around to others.

Title of the newspaper.. lolz

Seafood By The Sea - Rasa Istimewa Woodlands Waterfront Restaurant

Whenever I think about dining seafood by the sea, my thoughts will bring me back to the early 90s where I had my seafood dining at a restaurant in Kukup, Malaysia. Today, that memory is overtaken by a brand new experience right on the shores of Singapore!

Right on the shores of Woodlands Waterfront is a jetty which leads you to this restaurant, Rasa Istimewa Woodlands Waterfront Restaurant.

Sumptuous And Super Filling Nasi Ambeng at Ambeng Cafe by Ummi Abdullah

It was a very humid Tuesday afternoon, my wife and I had a meeting with one of the renovation contractors for our new home. It was a long meeting and it ended about after 2pm. By that time, I was famished.

Since my wife said she wanted to drop by East Village to buy her favourite red velvet cookies, I thought it would be a great idea to drop by the famous Ambeng Cafe. 

Ambeng Cafe is well known for sumptuous Malay food and of course, its long queues. Every single time I visited East Village, I would see a long winding queue at the entrance of this eatery.

Assam Pedas Melaka in Singapore

After collecting the cakes from Sucre Delices, I received a text from my wife, informing me to get lunch. I drove over to Changi Village as it has been many years since I've been there and getting some of their well-known nasi lemak for lunch is definitely not a bad idea.

Unfortunately, parking was tough. I could not get parking at all and there were lines of cars anxiously waiting to pounce on any available space. I drove over the Pasir Ris Downtown East and I headed over to the food court.

The food court is known as Asli Village. 'Asli' means natural or original. Asli Village has a large number of stalls with local cuisines, western food, east indian food and of course, Satay.

One particular stall attracted my attention;

Melaka is a well known province in Malaysia, full of culture and history, birthplace of some of the region's finest warriors and silat practitioners. One of the dishes I will always have when I go to Melaka is Asam Pedas.

WhatSub 'Slurp' Sandwiches

Ever since the article on 'plastic' made rice appeared on my facebook home page, I seemed to lost the appetite for rice. Maybe its temporary, maybe its permanent, I do not know. But I think the human race really has taken innovation too far. Just a few years ago, I saw a picture of a sea turtle chewing a piece of 'seaweed' which in fact was a plastic bag. And if no authority steps in, we will be no different from that sea turtle soon enough.

So last weekend, I so wanted to avoid eating rice. My wife wanted to try a new 'subway' style sandwich shop in the eastern part of Singapore. So off we go.

It was about 4pm on a hot Sunday afternoon. Next to the Salty Peanut Gelato outlet, stands a packed sandwich shop called WhatSub Sandwich Cafe.

I think we all love sandwiches. Subway seems like a good choice but there is one problem, it is not Halal. A few local Muslim entrepreneurs tried to bring a Halal version to cater for the muslim community. Unfortunately, these outlets had to shut down. Many years later, at a place called East Village, WhatSub Sandwich Cafe was founded.

Flavoured Kek Lapis(Layered Cake) From Sucre Delices

Over the weekend, I had to be in the east area of Singapore for some errands. One of the errands was to collect 4 kek lapis from a home in Pasir Ris Street 11. My wife and I are ardent supporters of home-based and home-made goodies.

With Ramadhan and Hari Raya around the corner, it is a good time to test some of these home-made goodies and make an order for the ones we liked.

About a week ago, I transferred a deposit of about $10 to them and they dropped a message to my wife, informing us that our orders were ready.

It was a fast and easy pick up. Collected 4 small boxes of kek lapis, paid the balance $15 to the resident and left. I can't help but wondered what were the flavours. So I decided to take a quick peek.

This is how each box is packed. It's a small box with nice labels on it and each box is releasing its unique aroma.

Japanese Udon With A Local Twist - Studio Cafe

I am a big fan of Udon. And most of the Udon noodles that I had were from halal certified Japanese restaurants such as Hei Sushi and it mostly comes in a soup. I've tried Ramen and I think my taste buds are designed for Udon.

 Today, I went to Studio Cafe Sg for lunch. When I first looked at the menu, I had the feeling of "it's another one of those eating places".

Assam Pedas Lunch - Nur Fah Muslim Corner

One of my favourite dish has always been Assam Pedas. Assam Pedas(directly translated to Sour Spicy) is a  dish which gets that special tasty blend from tamarind and chilli. It is usually cooked with fish and my favourite fish is sting ray.

In this post, I am going to talk about a stall that I always frequent; Nur Fah Muslim Corner.

 I arrived at Nur Fah Muslim Corner at about 11.15am.
Unfortunately, when I was placing the order, the Sting Ray Assam Pedas was still brewing, so I had to make do with what's available.

Sweet Deserts at Salty Peanut Gelato Cafe

It was hot and humid afternoon and my wife wanted to eat ice-cream. I thought "let's go and buy a tub of Magnolia's ice-cream, some wafers and chocolate fudge". What can I say, Sometimes, I can be a terribly simple person.

She suggested Salty Peanut Gelato Cafe.

I have never heard of Salty Peanut Gelato Cafe and from my own knowledge, the only Gelato-like cafe that is halal is Gelare Cafe.

Welcome To The Makan Maniac

hey, hey, hey there everyone!

Welcome to The Makan Maniac where you will get some reviews of the well known as well as underground cuisines from different parts of the world.

The word 'Makan' in the title simply means 'eat'. So this is a blog that shares my experiences of my own dining experience. For those who knows me, you will know why I use the word Maniac. I am a maniac especially when it comes to food. No, I'm not a glutton. I'm just someone who wants to enjoy one of the simple things in life; eat.

How to use this website?

You can choose to read the posts or you can simply click the tabs on the right hand side of this blog. So if you're in the east and you want to look for some good options to eat, just click on 'East' tab on the right and you will be led to some eating venues located in the east. 

So feel free to search and browse. If you do have any queries or suggested collaborations, feel free to leave me a comment.

Last but not least, May The Food Be With You!