Warm and comforting, this vermicelli broth spiked with Chinese wine and generously loaded with plump clams is just the sort of thing I crave on a rainy day. Okay, I'll take it any day, actually.

I'm not fond of the sweet, tomato-ish chilli crabs we get here, but this eggy one is PERFECT - it packs so much more heat with copious amounts of chilli padi, yet leaves a bittersweet coolness with juicy pomelo sacs.

It's hard not to love the hearty, rustic French fare that Chef Stephane Istel puts up at Bar-Roque. This hotplate here has crumbed garlic pork sausage and mushrooms in a beautiful white wine sauce, infused with the natural flavour of the clams.

How to have your chilli crab and eat it without getting your hands dirty: have it neatly stuffed in a crispy-on-the-outside, soft-on-the-inside pan-seared bun. Major yum!

Little Hiro is so new - it was previously known as Burger Shack - that I can't geotag it. But now you know where to go for a smashing burger that's out of the norm - this one has imported Japanese noodles cooked in a broth of pork, chicken and shio before being shaped with the help of egg yolk. Smooshed between the chewy "buns" are impeccably crispy, breadcrumbed chicken and a generous emollient of homemade egg mayo. It's darn filling, so please share.