The Hungry Bunny

I was invited to a tasting at AdstraGold Microbrewery sometime back by the good people of HungryGoWhere. The young-ish microbrewery used to be at Chijmes until it moved its teeny tiny premises to a bigger premises in the east, and expanded its microbrewery pub to house a proper gastropub. It's decorated in that messy, haphazard style, with a million framed memorabilia, adverts and photos. Add that to the loud cheesy music blaring out of its stereos, competing with the sports channels showing on several TV screens, the casual gastropub wouldn't look out of place at Patong Beach in Phuket, or Kuta Beach in Bali. One thing that struck me about this place is that unlike most eateries with an on-site brewery, AdstraGold is free of the headache-inducing yeast scent.   At the tasting, the food impressed me, even if service was a little sluggish. It was so good that I was left salivating over their fish & chips days after the tasting. I was actually looking forward to revisiti...

CC, Beeps and I drove out for lunch to have some German food at Paulaner Brauhaus, one of the more well known German restaurants in Singapore. We ordered classic Germain mainstays to share communally. The portions are huge so there was no way we could have finished them on our own anyways. The first dish on the menu that caught CC's eye was the Crispy Pork Knuckle ($29.50) with Sauerkraut and Bread Dumpling. I generally try not to eat the feet of animals, but this was not bad. Even I, who doesn't eat the typical Chinese delicacies such as chicken feet or pig's trotters, had a  small piece of the fleshy, succulent meat. There was none of the "feet-taste" that I so detest. The thick wad of crispy skin crackled when biting into it. The Paulaner Sausage Pan ($25), with 5 different sausages, Nurnberger, Cheese Sausage, Debreziner, Pork Sausage and the Spicy Kolbaz Sausage was my favourite main. I love sausages (I once told a friend that I love eating sausag...