Gyoza no Ohsho is a nondescript eatery tucked away in one of the less traversed corners of town. Popular among the working crowd looking for an affordable meal, Gyoza no Ohsho serves an excellent gyoza.

We went for a serving of pan fried gyoza ($5) and deep fried gyoza ($5). Was contemplating between this or the gyoza + ramen set ($17), but seeing that it was meant for tea break (we had a curry puff earlier), we decided to settle for a lighter meal.

Look at how perfect these deep fried gyozas are. Eating these golden brown treats can be quite an addictive affair. Unlike other gyoza places where there's black vinegar or some kind of special dipping sauce, over here you have to concoct your own sauce because the 'pre-mix' is kind of bland. We went for everything -- white vinegar, soy sauce, chilli paste and chili oil!

The minced pork filling was very juicy and flavorful. Could have given us more filling though. The Tenshinhan (Crab meat and egg with thickened sauce on rice) looks quite good though, we need to try that next time!

Even so long after opening, popularity hasn't waned. We arrived 15mins before opening and the queue was already insane. Couldn't make it for the first seating ):

Tendon only has two items on their menu. We went for the special ($13.90) which comes which 2 prawns, 2 chickens, 2 long beans, 1 mushroom, 1 corn and 1 pumpkin tempura. It's so much more worth it than the all vegetable set!

Served with the tendon is a bowl of miso soup and chawanmushi. This was silky smooth and had a lot of ingredients.

Not too long later, our tendon was served. The perfectly crisp tempura was stacked on top of the rice and nestled somewhere in between was the runny egg (which was also lightly coated in tempura batter). Even though the tempura already had some 'tendon' sauce on it, it wasn't enough for us so we had to drizzle more on! The portion was so huge, Sher couldn't even touch her rice.

S had the spicy crab broth ramen ($14.90) -- strong taste, more oil, hard noodles. Sounds like a horrid combination. The wait staff warned that the strong taste would be more salty, but he went ahead anyway. The spicy crab ramen also came with the rich broth, but with an added serving of spicy minced pork which gave the soup more body. The hard noodles didn't taste all that different from the normal noodles. Both were springy and had some bite to them.

Kani King is worth a first try. The broth is rich and unique, however, it didn't grow on us. We wished there was some crab meat ($$$) to make the dish more luxurious. We'll probably be heading down to the Lobster King outlet next. It's supposed to be even richer and we can't wait to try (:

If you thought the day you come across a chirashi don under $11 is the day pigs can fly, then you haven't been to PigsFly. The Kazoku Don ($10.90) comes complete with salmon, swordfish, tuna, octopus, scallop and ikura. Granted that the sashimi is half as thick and not as fresh as the one's you pay a premium for, honestly, at such prices, set no expectations and you won't be disappointed. The chirashi don at PigsFly will satisfy your immediate cravings without busting a hole in your (boyfriend's) wallet.

The Beef Don ($8.90) is also excellent. It may not be wagyu, but the sirloin steak slices are done medium-rare, still juicy and flavorful. Oh and we forgot to mention, each don also comes with a bowl of miso soup. Now that's some good value.

There's always a long queue for grilled fish at Nakajima, no matter what time of the day it is. On average, we had to wait for about 30- 45 mins to get a seat during dinner time and another 15mins for the food to arrive. It is well worth the wait though. The bentos (consisting of the mains, rice, salad, pickles and miso soup) are probably some of the tastiest and most value for money you can find at Takashimaya. Oh and by the way, don't stupidly join the back of the queue, you have to order at the counter first, collect your table number then join the queue!

We highly recommend the Akauo Kasuzuke (red snapper pickled in sake lees, above, $13.50), which had chunky, firm flesh. The salad that came on the side was refreshingly good. Think this was on promo for the day, so is cheaper than the what's stated on the ala carte menu, so it was a good deal!

We also tried the Akauo Saikyo (red snapper with saikyo miso, $13.50). We preferred the other style because it was smokier and saltier. This one had a cleaner, more fishy (but not in bad way) taste.

Can't really remember what this one was already, could have been the Saba Mirin ($11.50). In any case, you can't go wrong with almost any fish at Nakajima (:

We also recommend the Mero Saikyo (Grilled cod fish in Saikyo miso sauce). Its slightly more pricely at $16.50 but definitely worth every single penny.

Btw they debone most of the fish so its really convenient!

Nakajima also does a very decent grilled squid ($11.50). Usually, S refuses to eat any kind of squid because they taste like 'rubber bands'. This one, however, even S eats. It's tender, with a nice char and delightfully marinated in some kind of teriyaki sauce.

We plan to visit Nakajima again this month as they are having some major December festive season promotion!

S is on an instagram giveaway winning steak -- 3 in a month! With a $10 Kokomama voucher in hand, we headed down to the cafe at SOTA for lunch. To be honest, we weren't expecting much of Kokomama, having read some rather unflattering reviews of this place.

For some reason, Bingsu is so darn expensive in Singapore. It's just shaved ice and syrup for goodness sake. There's something cheaper called ice kachang out there. Kokomama's Bingsu is priced about mid-range, a notch cheaper than the more popular chains. They also serve a baby version, which is cute, but probably not worth your money because the prices don't seem to have scaled down proportionately with the size (on the poster).

There is a decent array of korean fushion dishes on the menu. Prices, we felt it were a little on the high side, considering the clientele. Perhaps there's a student meal deal somewhere that we missed out on. Wanted to try the highly raved chilli crab (black) bread bowl but decided against it due to the 2 chillis (need to train Sher to eat spicy food).

S had the Jumping Prawn Aglio Olio ($12.90), which was quite a huge & generous portion and looked photogenic. Probably one of the least korean dishes on the menu, it tasted decent enough.

For just $2, you can add on a drink. It's a huge drink though, and perfectly shareable between two people. The weather was a little on the hot side, so we had the refreshing honey lemon drink.