Tag: Eating to death

  • The ground is not sweet

    The coffee shop auntie and her colleagues at the Imperial Cafe & Pub on McCallum Street were busy trying to entice pedestrians to sit down under one of the makeshift umbrellas and have a cup of coffee or a nasi lemak. Her frown unwavering, one of the coffee shop aunties mutters in a monotone, “Hallo…

  • Very good to go: Pizza from a hole in the wall

    An Italian fella told me once, “Da topping issa da meansa by which you eata da crust”. Donato Mazzola’s doing something right. He’s got newspaper clippings calling his pizza joint ‘the attack of the killer pizzas’, and his pizza crusts don’t need any means to eat except your hands and mouth, really. But while we’re…

  • Land of shrink-wrapped cereal boxes

    Extreme tamper proofing I wouldn’t have minded so much if I wasn’t so hungry. How ah? Eat what ah? iTunes is playing an illegal copy of Radio City feat. Bajka – The Hop from the podcast “aurgasm :: your favorite music you’ve never heard (#2)” by Radio City. Surf stop: Singapore Official Porn Site Technorati…

  • Curse the cursive

    You shouldn’t use stylo-mylo cursive writing on a lunch menu chalkboard. You know why? Because cannot read! Especially while you’re waiting in line! I nearly ordered a Jack Russell salad. iTunes is playing an illegal copy of Sidney Bechet – Summertime from the podcast “aurgasm :: your favorite music you’ve never heard (#2)” by Sidney…

  • Eat until become Michelin Man

    I used to think Michelin-rated chefs were cooks who worked for racing teams. If you were to dine at The French Stall, you might still think so. Not that the food’s bad, but the cars along Serangoon Road compete with the nearby condo construction site for noise. Actually, Edith Piaf playing on the restaurant’s stereo…