'Joey's Blog'

17th July 2015

Its another weekend spent with Boyfriend and we went to explore one of the dim sum place in Chinatown. Chinatown, a Chinese district area packed with elderly is not an unfamiliar place to us. i'm pretty sure many of us purchased their Chinese New Year goodies and Costumes from there. 

Talking about Dim Sum, im not a pro in searching for it. I have eaten Famous Dim sum restaurant like Swee Choon, 126 搵到食, Tim Ho Wan and I found that all the food taste the same. I do lovre to compare each restaurant Custard Lava bun and personally love Swee choon custard bun. I remembered I had one in JB where they purposely fried the custard bun so this custard bun has the most crispier skin and the lava flowing out. I do hope that they have one in Singapore too! ( Still searching for the best Custard Egg Yolk Bun)

Dim sum can never run away from me. I love to eat Dim sum because of the small portion they served which means we can have more orders and try a little bit of their dishes from the menu. Let me tell you what are the usual dishes that i will order whenever I patron a dim sum stall. 

No matter what, you will see me ordering Siew Mai, Carrot Cake, Char Siew Bun and definitely Custard Lava Bun. Yes, it was all laid on the table when I went in to Tak Po but set aside that we ordered their Chee Cheong Fun and Boyfriend's favourite fried Beancurd skin with prawns to share. 

Verdict of their food:

I still prefer Swee Choon for their Custard Bun as I mentioned it earlier because of the hot piping lava flowing out from my mouth. Tak Po Custard bun came in a little special because of their Pandan flavour. However, it wasn't serve hot and therefore the lava didn't flow out really well! So disappointed with the size.

Carrot Cake was good but Tim Ho Wan still serve the best carrot cake! Boyfriend personally love the beancurd skin as you know every beancurd skin is like a new girlfriend of his. He will gab hold of the whole plate for himself.

Despite the comparing of each restaurant, I would still go back to Tak Po if I'm in Chinatown area. I have yet to try the rest of the dishes ( just the usual one  that I usually order). The dim sum served here are pocket-friendly and the air condition room made me feel quite comfortable and cosy. 

TAK POK DIM SUM RESTAURANT

42 Smith Street

(opposite Chinatown Market carpark entrance)

Singapore 058954

Telephone: (65) 6225 0302

Opening Hours:

~ Monday - Friday: 12.00pm - 10.30pm

~ Saturday, Sunday And Public Holiday: 8.00am - 10.30pm

What's next? Both of us went off with what we are best in and that was to walk around Chinatown area. We walked from Chinatown to Tanjong pagar then to Dhoby Ghaut and our last stop at Bugis. Don't be shocked that we spent most of the routes by foot! A good walk accompanied with your loved ones spending all the time talking and laughing at silly things. As happier as our date is, we always make the best out of it, to insert more memories line with each other (: I guess I have never love somebody so much and in my eyes, all I can see is YOU.

By the time we reached Bugis, it was near to dinner time so food starts rolling into our tummy.

Korean for dinner because of my sudden crave for Tteokbokki and just nice they have Seoul Yummy outlet over at lluma. I was so tempted and greedy to go for that $50+ Army Stew set meal but Boyfriend stopped me because he knows that we will end up getting ourselves food coma. In the end, we went for a simple 1 set meal and a plate of rice cake to share. 

Korean food is always my top favourite cuisine but it always feel not worth having it especially when you are dining with two person. We paid for a price, approximately $40 for the whole dinner but in fact we could simply spent $10 at food court centre which sells Korean cuisine too. 

No complain because I asked for it and he obliged my request (:

So yeah, that ends off our dating journey (:

Till then