My Top 3 Fave Cheap Eats

Once a cheapskate, always a cheapskate. Here are my top choices to satisfy my cravings without burning a hole in my pocket.

My fave list may change from time to time, but for this season, below will be my top 3 favorite comfort food / places.

3rd place: Saizerya Ristorante
If I'm craving for cheap italian eats like pasta, gratin, risotto, steaks, salads etc, the best place to go is Saizerya Ristorante located in City Square (Farrer Park mrt). I've tried the Asari Clam Pasta, Bacon & Mushroom Risotto and their signature Doria (cheese-baked rice with chicken or seafood). Each dish costs as low as 3.90sgd and probably max at 5sgd. Food court-priced food at resto ambiance.

Below pix: first is the Risotto.
I dont have a pic of the Doria, grabbed a pic from net, source indicated in the pic as well.

2nd place: Seafood 21 @ Kovan
If I'm craving for my favorite creamy butter crab, the best place to go is Seafood 21 @ Kovan (Kovan mrt). So far this is the cheapest crab place I know, 3 small crabs for just 18sgd! (max at 21sgd)  The taste is pretty much decent, tasty! The crabs are small yet the crab meat is firm. And for the fact that it's an enclosed place with aircon, the price is really a steal. (A big 1kg crab served in a resto would normally cost 35sgd at the very least, and you have to pay GST).

I'm actually tempted to put this as 1st place, just that crab is not something you can eat frequently (high cholesterol!). The sauce for creamy butter crab is made from: milk, butter, curry leaves, few red chilli. Best to order mantou (fried steamed buns) to dip into the sauce.

It's best to go with companions for hawker fare food like this so that you can order different dishes and share. After having a taste of creamy butter crab / salted egg creamy butter crab, you'd give pepper crab and chilli crab a break. I have already created successful converts who are now fan of this dish like me. :)  I guess I will have to blog separately for all the nice places for trying creamy butter crab.

1st place: I Love Taimei
This year I've discovered my new cheer-up food at I Love Taimei at Bugis Junction (Bugis mrt), fell in love again with milk tea with pearls, and the taiwanese inspired fried crispy breaded chicken fillet. A lot of places selling this fried chicken fillet, just that the I personally prefer the aromatic flavor from Taimei. I've also found a new favorite side dish from them, their Tofu fries in seaweed flavor - very fresh concept for me, never imagined you can use tofu to make fries!  A set meal of chicken+milktea+fries is roughly 8sgd. Yummy.