What do you do on weekends?

For many, weekends are a time for family, bringing the kids out to the park, going shopping and running errands. For the busy corporate warrior, it could be spending time whipping their bodies into shape, or out of shape if they go drinking with friends.

For me, I eat. With a tightened belt and satisfactory shopping on my holiday last month, I find myself with nothing to do on a weekend out with the husband. The weather's been scorching lately and we inevitably find ourselves in the mall walking around aimlessly and working up an appetite. And being Singaporean, I do love my food so, and sometimes, searching out the best food around town can be an enjoyable experience.

My theme or motto for food now would be "budget conscious and value for money". I found this in the Famous Sungei Rd Laksa at Kelantan Lane, only $2 with cockles and fishcake (no prawns unfortunately for me as I do not eat cockles). The gravy was delicious, much better than Katong Laksa and its numerous copycats. See photo here.

After that, i went for teabreak at Ramen Ten. Strange place for teabreak I reckon, but it wasn't crowded and had seats, and it had a $4.90 waffle promotion that comes with free hot coffee or tea. Pretty good value as you get a huge scoop of vanilla/choc ice cream and 2 pieces of (skinny) waffles.

In an hour, I was heading for dinner. I wasn't hungry but since kimmy was, we decided to go to Urban Pantry at Novena Square. Urban Pantry is opened by Donut Factory and it serves up simple western and asian meals at low low prices (pictures shown here). Portions are generous too. Kimmy had the UP Burger which is $5.50 with fries and coleslaw. The beef was suitably tasty and did not feel like frozen patties from the supermarket. I had a mushroom soup ($3.50) and potato salad ($3) as I wasn't up for a main. Surprise surprise, the portions were so big I could not finish them, and they were all homemade goodness, no watered down canned soup. To add to all that, they have combo meals where you can have a main and soup at only $7. No taxes too!

A friend's Facebook post about eating her way through Singapore on her holiday here had no less than 10 replies on food, food and more food. Needless to say, I am sure I won't be the only one eating my way through the weekend.