Timbre – Pizza

Every Wednesday night, EIC (a popular local cover band) performs at Timbre. Listening to them with a nice cold beer is already a fantastic experience. But add on Timbre’s specialty food - their thin-crust pizza and you are having a thoroughly enjoyable Wednesday evening.

The place is outdoors so no use going there if it rains, and is situated in a very ooloo part of Coleman street so also no use going if you don’t drive. The surrounding trees, wooden tables and soft lighting may give you the feeling of being in a little native restaurant in some jungle island. And just like a jungle, it may get a little stuffy if the wind ain’t blowing nicely.

The pizza comes on this big wooden square of a plate and they have about 10 different toppings. You can also combine 2 half pizzas with different toppings for the price of 1, which I presume is what most people do as most of the toppings are great. Cost is about $16 for a pizza which can comfortably feed 2.

Overall, but largely dependant on the weather, a great place to go if you drive and have a 11pm craving for pizza and live music.

Name: Timbre
Serves: Late at night only pizza & alcoholic drinks
Located: Armenian Street (Off Coleman Street)
Rating: 8 / 10

Yet Con – Chicken Rice

Over another weekend where the weather blew hot and cold, or actually just hot and wet, my friend introduced me to this dingy little shop along Purvis Street. That dingy little shop is Yet Con, home of the biggest, fattest and meatiest steamed chicken for Singapore’s favourite dish – ji fan a.k.a. chicken rice.

The interior is really old fashioned and gives a nice feeling of traditionalism. Too bad I couldn’t take any photos cause I left my phone in my friends house so I was without a phone over the long weekend. The food however did not quite live up to the hype which my friend set me up for. The chicken is damn big la, but not very tasty as they use very little sauce, which does mean it’s a healthier option. The rice is also not very fragrant. However I would go again just for the Kai lan which seems to be quite a hit as every other table had a plate.

So $34 something split amongst 3 hungry NSFs for a humongous half chicken and a small plate of kai lan, a little pricey but worth a try.

Name: Yet Con
Serves: Chicken rice
Located: Purvis Street (connecting North Bridge Road and Beach Road)
Rating: 7 / 10