Summer is here, summer is now, we hope that you have been doing well! This post is for all of you who are still headed back to school during the holidays. You may be doing summer school, you may be involved in camps and the likes; but fear not because we have your ravenous tummies covered! This week, the NUS Res Life team consolidated our list of lesser-known food places near NUS to share with everyone. All the places are a short bus/train ride away, and won’t take more than 30 minutes to reach. Read on to find out more!
#1 Kanshoku Ramen
Located at The Metropolis, this ramen restaurant offers the perfect piping hot bowl for a rainy day. Their thin, straight and springy noodles, flavourful broth, and decadent cha-shu make a good old bowl of comfort food. Definitely worth a try!
Kanshoku Ramen
9 North Buona Vista Drive #01-18 The Metropolis Singapore 138588
Tel: +65 66844033
https://www.facebook.com/kanshokuramen
Opening Hours: 11am – 9pm (Mon-Fri)
#2 Nosh
If you have ever wandered around Rochester Park, you would have seen Nosh. This quaint alfresco restaurant serves a wide range of international dishes, as well as a selection of desserts! If you need a quiet afternoon away from the busy life at NUS, Nosh is the place to go, if you don’t mind the humidity.
Nosh
9 Rochester Park, Singapore 139220
Tel: +65 97555015
http://nosh.com.sg/
Opening Hours: 11.30am-10.30pm (Wed-Fri), 10.30am-3pm, 6pm-10.30pm (Sat-Sun)
#3 Bread Yard
How often do you get a café that also pays homage to bread making? Bread Yard serves up a range of delightful sandwiches – a healthier, but still tasty, option for lunch. They also have the usual range of brunch options, so take your pick! As it is located in Fusionopolis, this café tends to get crowded during lunch time. If your schedule is flexible, you can get your bread fix here, before or after peak lunch hours!
Bread Yard
1 Fusionopolis Place, #01-23/24, Galaxis, Singapore 138522
Tel: +65 97735318
http://breadyard.com.sg/
Opening Hours: 8am-7.30pm (Mon-Fri), 9am-2.30pm (Sat)
#4 Colbar
Colbar stands for colonial bar. This eatery is rustic and resembles a rundown kopitiam straight out from the 80s – you’ll feel as though you’ve entered a time warp upon arriving. Fun fact: the eatery used to be a British army barracks site! Surrounded by lush foliage, Colbar serves up both local and western dishes for under $15 – a quirky and tranquil place to visit at least once.
Colbar
9A Whitchurch Road, Wessex Estate, Singapore 138839
Tel: +65 67794859
https://www.facebook.com/pages/ColBar/179635178727085
Opening Hours: 11.30am-10pm (Tue-Sun)
#5 Paddy Hills
This is probably the most Instagrammable eatery in this list (in our opinion)! The food is good, the ambience is good, the service is good, the location is good (i.e. near NUS) – you get the idea. Just check out their location tag on Instagram to get an idea of how Instagram-worthy their food really is! So if you and your friends are ever stumped for places to grab a café brunch, you can definitely check out Paddy Hills.
Paddy Hills
38 South Buona Vista Road, Singapore 118164
Tel: +65 64790800
https://www.facebook.com/paddyhills.sg/
Opening Hours: 10.30am-10pm (Mon-Fri), 9am-5pm, 6pm-10pm (Sat-Sun)
We hope that you’ve enjoy this new list of food places to go near NUS. Let us know if you do check any of these out, and we hope it’ll last you till our next list! Have a great summer and remember to treat yourself to a good meal every now and again – to eat well is to live well!
