Yet Con @ Purvis Street

Yet Con (逸群) Hainanese Restaurant at 25 Purvis Street has been around since 1940. My hubby is half a Hainanese and his family has been patroning this place since he was a small boy. I can't say they have the best Hainanese food in town, but the authentic taste, the old decor that has been around for years, the wooden tables and chairs are difficult to find nowsaday, and sure help to bring back some old memories for the customers.

Yet Con is famous for their chicken rice, steamboat and Hainanese pork chop. They also serve zhi char. I like the chilli sauce and grind ginger here, they go well with the chicken rice and chicken. The Hainanese pork chop is a must try, its has the ma ma taste

The steamboat here is very simple, chicken soup base, with standard selection of ingredient as shown below. Top right is a mixed plate of pork slices, pork liver, fish ball, fish slices, cockles, prawns and sea cumcumber. Bottom left is beef slices.

Ohsho @ Cuppage Plaza

I visited Japan during their winter, so having a bowl of piping hot Japanese ramen was really shiok and warm my body. I had tasted different varieties of ramen when I was there. The broth there have a stronger taste and more saltish compare to the one we had in Singapore.

After I came back to Singapore I really miss the taste and started searching for that familiar taste. Most of the places I tried, its either the broth is too bland or the ramen texture is not right. Until I found this eatery outlet Ohsho (餃子の王将) at one of the entrance to Cuppage Plaza, which is operated by a Japanese boss and the chef himself. I always see Japanese and Korean customers when I was there. Believe they are also here the taste I was missing.


I believe the boss took long hours to boil the broth for the ramen. You can taste the richness of the ingredient from the broth. They have a wide selection of ramen you can choose from. For those who can't go without chilli, there is ramen with spicy soup base. Other than the ramen, the japanese fried rice (Chahan) is also a must try, simple ingredient, yet tasty and full of fragrance.

Notice the food here seem to be a combination of Chinese-Japanese style. They also serve dishes like ma-poh tofu and stir fried pork slices. Like the ramen on the right below, spicy soup base with long white cabbage and pork slices are added, very Chinese style.

Gyoza No Ohsho (餃子の王将)

5 Koek Rd#01-10 Cuppage Plaza

Mon-Sat: 11.30am-2am
Sun: 12pm-12am