Don Your Personal Pie Club
20 Cross Street
#01-34 China Square Central

1 Raffles Place
#B1-06 One Raffles Place

1 Kim Seng Promenade
#B1-12A Great World City

1 Harbourfront Walk
#B2-K4 VivoCity

6A Shenton Way
#03-29 OUE Downtown Gallery

https://www.donpieclub.com.sg/

Disclaimer: The founder of Don Your Personal Pie Club, Don Lim, completely sold off the business in November 2014, and since then, is no longer involved. While the brand remains the same, the recipe has since changed, resulting in the taste, and quality, being different, from when I reviewed it.


Excellent Pies

(Ratings: On a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 = Worst and 10 = Best)
Overall: 8
Ambience & Setting: 7
Food & Beverage: 9
Service: 6
Value for Money: 9
Spent about SGD $15 per person.


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Even though Don Your Personal Pie Club isn't very accessible for me, I have made the effort to travel here time and again. The reason? Their excellent Chicken Pies and Shepherd's Pies.

Don Your Personal Pie Club's pies are chock full of hearty ingredients, and baked in light fluffy pastry, each mouthful is a delight to savor. It's enough to be a meal on its own.

As a testament to the taste packed within, eating the pies when cold is still pretty good. Of course, the best would be to consume them when hot and fresh! Do try Don Your Personal Pie Club's cakes as well!


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The signature dish at Don Your Personal Pie Club, the Chicken Pie Quarter (SGD $6.90) features a crisp, flaky pie crust, generously stuffed with boneless chicken chunks, shiitake mushrooms, peas, potatoes, carrots, white pepper, and a hard-boiled egg slice. Bite in, and you get the tender, warm, moist texture, followed by the bold earthy savoury sweet eggy peppery spice flavour. Highly recommended!

Chicken Pie Quarter (SGD $6.90)

Chicken Pie Quarter

The Shepherd's Pie Chicken (SGD $7.50) has a generously filling of minced chicken, peas, carrots, and white pepper, all covered with creamy smooth mashed potatoes. Bite in, and you get the creamy, warm, juicy texture, followed by the bold savoury sweet meaty peppery spice flavour. Highly recommended!

Shepherd's Pie Chicken (SGD $7.50) - Outside

Shepherd's Pie Chicken - Outside

Shepherd's Pie Chicken - Inside

Shepherd's Pie Chicken - Inside

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Killiney Kopitiam


3 Temasek Boulevard
#01-29 Suntec City

50 Tanah Merah Ferry Road
#01-02 Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal

11 Lorong Telok


1 Turf Club Avenue


304 Orchard Road
#01-10 Lucky Plaza

6 Raffles Boulevard
#02-230A Marina Square

Airport Boulevard
#021-59C Changi Airport Terminal 1
#026-018 Changi Airport Terminal 2
#01-25 Changi Airport Terminal 3

1 Selegie Road
#01-03 Paradiz Centre

20 Pasir Panjang Road
#02-17 Mapletree Business City

799 New Upper Changi Road
#01-04 Bedok Point

2 Orchard Turn
#B4-85 Ion Orchard

http://www.killiney-kopitiam.com/
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Simple coffeeshop breakfast, aromatic coffee, tasty kaya butter toast, and hot runny soft boiled eggs. Mornings can't any better than breakfast at Killiney!

Killiney Coffee

French Toast

Kaya Butter Toast

Soft Boiled Eggs

Killiney Tea

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Fig & Olive


http://www.figolive.com/
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With Fig & Olive, now I have another option when I'm looking for a decent cafe that serves Halal food...


Food is above average, nothing too great, but it's value for money and has good taste. More importantly, Fig & Olive is Halal, which means I can dine here with Muslim friends.


Their steak is well cooked to your specifications, and their seafood is fresh and well seasoned.


Fig & Olive service is passable at best... But on busy days, it can be terrible. My suggestion is to go when there are less crowds.

Cinnamon Tea

Zafira Zaytoon Steak 01

Zafira Zaytoon Steak 02

Figo Grill Seafood

Figo Melba

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With A Pinch Of Salt


http://www.withapinchofsalt.com.sg/
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I've been to With A Pinch Of Salt thrice for various occasions... This is a really cute cafe, and as it says, "Don't take it too seriously". The decor is quirky and bright, and gives the feeling you stepped into a childcare centre. Names of menu items are quirky as well, with prefixes like "Mr." or "Mrs.".


Still, the food at With A Pinch Of Salt is pretty good... and the portion sizes are decent. What stands out though, is the below average prices.


All in all, the combination of good food, low price, good service and great ambience will make me come back to With A Pinch Of Salt for more.

Old Uncle Mac's Favourite

Mr Bangers & Mrs Mash

Mrs Snapper Pesto

Mr Fish Corden-Bleu

Say Hawaii

Chicken Wings

Choco Lava

Oreo Cheesecake

Irish Cream Steamer

Almond Latte

Wall Mural

Free Wireless Broadband... A Laptop Cost $2500

Mouse

Lamb Monsieur

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Villa Di Parma (Formerly Ristorante De Parma)


http://www.villadiparma.com/
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I was really impressed with this hidden gem of a restaurant in Serangoon Gardens. Located at the corner of a row of shophouses, Villa Di Parma (Formerly Ristorante De Parma) looks nondescript from the outside. But step inside and good quality Italian food and excellent service await you...


I understand that Villa Di Parma (Formerly Ristorante De Parma) make a lot of the sauces and stock in their dishes by hand, fresh everyday. Thumbs up for the effort!


The pizza is really good, you can taste the freshness of the sauce, and they're not stingy on toppings either.


Pasta portions are large, and very filling too. Again, the sauce shines through.


I particularly liked their Italian Sausages with Potato Dip. The potato is smooth and almost creamy. And biting into the sausages releases a burst of flavor.


Service is personal as well, as Villa Di Parma (Formerly Ristorante De Parma) is a small family-run operation. They take the time to patiently explain menu items, and also ask for feedback on their food and service.

Sugar Cubes

Pizza Di Menzo

Pasta Penne Al Pollo

Italian Sausages With Potato Dip

Focaccia With Dip

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Jack's Place
1 Kim Seng Promenade
#03-16 Great World City


Blk 231 Bain Street
#01-01 Bras Basah Complex


101 Thomson Road
#B1-54/55 United Square


80 Marine Parade Road
#01-30 Parkway Parade


http://www.jacksplace.com.sg/
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Everytime I eat at Jack's Place, it's because I had no choice... My other restaurants / cafes of choice were crowded / closed.


I have good reason too... The only food passable at Jack's Place is the Beef, Lamb or Veal. And even then, it's overpriced. Any other meat / seafood is either not cooked well, or not fresh, and with these prices, you could get better quality elsewhere.


Jack's Place service is poor as well... Most times, you'll have to wait quite long to be served, and it gets worse during festive seasons.


If you must eat here, go for the Beef, Lamb or Veal. At least they get those right.

N.Z. Silver Fern Farm Venison Medallions

N.Z. T-Bone Steak

Potato Skins

Buffalo Wings

Fire Steak

Lamb Chops & Fish Combo

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Swensen's 2011, 2018, 2020, 2022
301 Upper Thomson Road
#03-23 Thomson Plaza

60 Airport Boulevard
#L1 Changi Airport Terminal 2

9 Bishan Place
#01-39 Junction 8

Various Other Outlets Islandwide


http://www.swensens.com.sg/

Sticky Chewy Chocolate Sundae (SGD $11.50)

Everything With Fries
458 Joo Chiat Road

181 Orchard Road
#01-24 Orchard Central

40 Lorong Mambong

200 Victoria Street
#04-05 Bugis Junction

http://www.everythingwithfries.com/


Love the soup and desserts
(Ratings: On a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 = Worst and 10 = Best)
Overall: 8
Ambience & Setting: 8
Food & Beverage: 8
Service: 6
Value for Money: 7
Spent about SGD $20 per person.


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Really love Everything With Fries One Egg Soup, it's quite unique and tastes great... The texture of the fried egg is a nice contrast with the creamy soup. Also quite satisfying... Plus, it's fun to eat and look at!

Everything With Fries mains are average... Standard of your average cafe, but nothing really stood out for me. Of course, seasoned fries are currently trendy, but Everything With Fries doesn't really have a lot of options for seasonings.

But I really like their Banana Butterscotch Pudding With Ice-Cream... The hot caramelized banana went well with the cool vanilla ice-cream and butterscotch sauce. Loves!


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One Egg Soup

Lemonade

Hot Banana Butterscotch Pudding With Ice Cream

Breaded NZ King Salmon With Garlic & Herb Shoestring Fries And Coleslaw

Breaded NZ King Salmon With Garlic & Herb Straight Cut Fries And Coleslaw

Butterscotch Milk Shake

Lamb Burger With Sour Cream & Onion Straight Cut Fries And Coleslaw

Grilled Miso Pork Chop With Curry Straight Cut Fries And Caesar Salad

Reserve a table now @ Everything With Fries - Holland Village

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