Morganfield's, Star Vista

 Morganfield's did not make in our coin flip the last time the four legged foodies couldn't decide where to go for dinner at the Star Vista. But it was a Friday night out with friends this time, and we knew for certain ribs and beer were in order!

 All the F&B outlets seemed to be very busy that night, maybe there was a gig at the theatre. Glad we had a reservation for the 5 of us.

{ Chilli Cheese Fries ($12.90) }

Fries baked with cheese, topped with pork bacon bits and served with chilli con carne

 While the lovely married couple were battling with parking issues, the 3 of us decided to first order some munchables while waiting. The chilli cheese fries was oh so cheeseeyy! So tasty, we were diligently scraping it off the plate to make sure we got every single molecule. The mince is good too - wish there was more of it! We tried our best to save a few bites for the absent party.. but really it is best eaten warm and gooey.

{ Tuscan Baked Spicy Spare Ribs (Full Slab $36.90) }

Oven roasted with spicy tomato sauce. Served with red skin mashed potatoes & garden veggies

 The stars of the show arrived just in time when all of us were finally at the table. We ordered 2 flavours of the full rack of ribs. And boy, a full slab is full on! This Tuscan spicy style was a bit more spice-d than piquant. It has sort of a sweet tomato-ey flavour which was pretty interesting. The meat itself was amazing - soft, easily falling off the bone. The mashed taters was good too.

 Just looking at this now is making my stomache rumble. The waiter casually mentioned that he thought two full slabs would not be enough for five. Er. No. It is enough - the full slab is no joke!

{ Hickory Wood-Smoked Ribs (Full Slab $36.90) }

 This was my favourite, and probably what most people are used to. The smokey bbq sauce is really tasty and again the meat is just wonderful. It went well with the beer too (their happy hour promo is pretty good - get a half pint free with every pint).

 Beautiful char and glaze on those ribs - meat tender and full of flavour with every bite ... you just can't go wrong with these.

{ Chocolate Lava Cake ($13.90) }

Moist, warm chocolate cake filled with rich chocolate cream, served with vanilla ice cream & caramel sauce

 We simply had to try dessert. Not just one but two kinds! First up, the chocolate lava cake - it turned out bigger than I thought (no bad thing!) which is perfect for sharing. I really liked this - not too sweet at all, which is balanced out by the caramel drizzle. I am slightly salivating now thinking about how the warm gooey lava burst forth. The vanilla ice cream is really nice too.

{ Home-made Apple Pie ($9.90) }

Served warm with vanilla ice cream & drizzled with caramel sauce

 This apple pie was good as well - good sized, flavourful apple & cinnamon, lovely crust.. although I'd pick the chocolate if I really had to only choose one!

 The lava cake definitely stole the show compared to the apple pie, though the cinnamon flavour in this was one was surprisingly strong. I thought they went overboard with the caramel on both desserts because honestly it's not needed., they were good enough as is.

No qualms, no contest, hands down the best (and best value) ribs I've had locally. Service was good, Kronenberg 1664 Blanc was just sooooooooooo awesome with the ribs ... I would love to try more on another visit.

Morganfield's

1 Vista Exchange Green

#02-23 The Star Vista

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HGW Link (75% recommended at time of posting) : http://www.hungrygowhere.com/singapore/morganfields-the-star-vista-buona-vista/
Rating (out of 4) : 

Wheels & Wieners, 25A Perak Road

What better way to end a long and shitty day in the office, than hot dogs and alcohol???

If not for   chancing upon this place in a night out at little India, we would have missed quite a find! Tucked away at Perak Road (somewhat between Little India Arcade and Sim Lim Tower), this classy deli place is a popular spot for bikers, hence the name.

 The decor of the place is reminiscent of old-school American diners, with the polka dot tablecloth, vintage posters and chalkboards (kinda like Billy Bomber's, just done correctly).

Serving up 10-ish varieties of hot dogs, they also do other classic American favourites like southern fried chicken - no doubt that'll be on my next to-eat list! We each ordered a dog and decided upon a spiked milkshake to share.

{ Key Lime Pie Milkshake $14) }

Gin, lime juice, Graham crackers, vanilla ice cream, topped with whipped cream

 Man, if you ever thought a mixture of gin, lime juice, biscuits and ice cream would taste strange, don't, cos this was AWESOME. Admittedly a lil' pricey - given I could only taste a faint whiff of gin, the combination really did, indeed, taste of key lime pie, with the right amount of sweet and sour. Add whipped cream for added sin (we gave it a pass).

 I made a face when  ordered this, but hot damn was this good! It's key lime pie in liquid form! What witchcraft is this?

{ Warpig ($18) }

Grilled spicy pork sausage, pulled pork with Texan mayo and candied pork belly bits

 Spicy pork sausage, pulled pork, AND candied pork belly BITS??? Sign me up. And wow, this was easily ... the porkiest hot dog I've ever tasted. The sausage was really great, good quality meat in the sausage with that little chilli-ed kick. Pulled pork sweet and chewy and that pork belly bits ... out of this world. Add to all that, the lovely mayo and you're got yourself a winner (  wiener? ha!). My only gripe was that bun was so fried, and piping hot and oily I couldn't hold it in my hands.

We heard so much about the sweet potato fries - sadly we forgot to get them swapped when we ordered! So both of us ended up with regular fries, which were still good.

{ The Junkie ($16) }

Grilled jumbo beef dog, grilled portobello mushrooms, onions and melted swiss cheese

 Argh choices! I settled for the Junkie simply because mushrooms and cheese. I enjoyed this hefty and tasty beef dog (with lashings of mustard and ketchup) but then thought I should have gone for something a bit more exciting/different. Eating was a challenge - but a fun one! I generally struggle with things on buns (burgers, hotdogs namely) and had to maneuver a fork and knife in the basket (the basket by the way is too cute) How I managed to finish everything, including half a shake, is quite a miracle.

 The drinks are good, beer isn't too expensive, but the hot dogs are where it's at. They serve mega-jumbo sized hot dogs as well, pay them a visit to see for yourself!

 Come for the big bikes display as well :)

Wheels & Wieners

25A Perak Road

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HGW Link (100% recommended at time of posting) : http://www.hungrygowhere.com/singapore/Wheels_and_Wieners/
Rating (out of 4) : 

Poulet, Bugis+

 With quite a number of 'specialty' chicken places already available, I was still pretty curious about Poulet's promise of 'amazing french roast chicken'. There seems to be a leaning towards affordable french food these days..

We went to the Bugis+ outlet after a movie one weekend (believe there's another one at Great World City).

 No queue around 7pm, although most tables were occupied.

{ Sauté Wild Mushrooms ($7.80) }

Sautéed button mushrooms, Shimeji mushrooms and King Oyster mushrooms

served with poached egg

 Hungry and needing nibbles, we ordered the mushrooms to start. I thought these were succulent, earthy and quite nicely sauteed. Yum. The poached egg was a bit of a fail though - it was closer to hard boiled! Someone in the kitchen needs to watch this video.

 Yeah the poached egg was completely non-runny ... which was a shame, but the mushrooms were great.

{ Poulét Roti ($28.80 for whole) }

Slow roast rotisserie chicken with home-made mushroom Chardonnay sauce

 Decided to order a whole bird for both of us - somehow I expected it to be smaller and without any accompanying leaves/gravy - so hey good news all around! The chicken was moist and tender and the creamy, tasty sauce at the bottom gives a nice flavour. The mushrooms paired excellently with the chicken as well and at one point we were deliberating on ordering some warm crusty baguette to soak up the sauce (we restrained ourselves!).

 Dare I venture to say Poulet lives up to its promise? I do think so!

 The portion didn't look like much when we saw other peeps eating it ... but that whole chicken for  two people was really than enough. More mushrooms underneath, in that lovely earthy, creamy and sweet mushroom chardonnay sauce AND rocket on the side ... it's a complete meal by itself! And at under $30 for this quantity and quality, it really is a steal (and reminds me of why Nando's is kind of a ripoff). I would definitely recommend going for some crusty bread to lap up the sauce, instead of more mushrooms which was overdosey for us.

{ Profiteroles ($6.80) }

Choux puffs with vanilla ice-cream, warm chocolate sauce and almond flakes

 Now onto dessert (of course) and all around us we could see the tiramisu on (almost) every table. On hindsight we should have gone with the crowd favourite but we wanted to be 'different' and got the profiteroles instead. This was a bit disappointing.. the choux puffs were clearly of the frozen variety. Although quite generous with the chocolate sauce. We lapped everything up but wished the dish had a bit more soul.

 Great pricing, great food, great location, and not even a queue on a Sunday night.

Poulet

201 Victoria Street, Level 4 Bugis+

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HGW Link (87% recommended at time of posting) : http://www.hungrygowhere.com/singapore/poulet/
Rating (out of 4) :