2014 Tripadvisor Travellers' Choice World Top 25 Restaurants

The results are out! Here are the World Top 25 most favourite restaurants:

1. El Celler de Can Roca - Girona, Spain
2. Midsummer House - Cambridge, United Kingdom
3. Maison Lameloise - Chagny, France
4. The French Cafe - Auckland, New Zealand
5. Alinea - Chicago, Illinois
6. El Club Allard - Madrid, Spain
7. Epicure - Paris, France
8. Le Manoir Aux Quat' Saisons - Great Milton, United Kingdom
9. Le Gavroche - London, United Kingdom
10. Martin Berasategui - San Sebastian - Donostia, Spain
11. Europea - Montreal, Quebec
12. I Latina - Buenos Aires, Argentina
13. Voila Bistrot - Paraty, Brazil
14. Geranium - Copenhagen, Denmark
15. Diverxo - Madrid, Spain
16. Kokkeriet - Copenhagen, Denmark
17. Restaurant Guy Savoy - Paris, France
18. Eleven Madison Park - New York City, New York
19. Funky Gourmet - Athens, Greece
20. The Test Kitchen - Cape Town Central, South Africa
21. TRB - Beijing, China
22. Arambru - Buenos Aires, Argentina
23. Restaurant Gary Danko - San Francisco, California
24. Vue de monde - Melbourne, Australia
25. Costes - Budapest, Hungary

More than half of these top 25 restaurants come from Europe, with Spain leading (4). However, the results are overall quite spread out across the global, given 14 countries making into the list.

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HongKong Soya Sauce Chicken Rice & Noodle - Chinatown

Looking at the length of the queue, this stall needs no further publicity. Crowds flock here to enjoy the tasty and yet very affordable priced soya sauce chicken.

WHAT TO ORDER: 
Go for the Soya Sauce Chicken noodles ($2.50). Buying of the whole chicken ($14) is also very common here. You may also consider adding char siew and/or roasted meat to your order

WHAT SO GOOD:
The chickens are stewed with sweetish soya sauce-based marinade, which permeates through the skin into the tender and juicy meat. The serving of the chicken meat is generous, considering the relatively low price

NOT SO GOOD:
It is no surprise that cheap + good = long queue. Also I find the sauce of the noodles is slightly on the salty side, but having said that, I still like it a lot.

MY RATING:
8.5 / 10

Hill Street Tai Hwa Pork Noodle - Lavender

Best in Singapore or not, it is highly debatable, but Tai Hwa certainly sets the golden standard for Bak Chor Mee.

WHAT TO ORDER: 
Minced meat noodles; dry; choices of $5, 6, 8 or 10

WHAT SO GOOD:
Al dente and springy noodles, tasty sauce rich in vinegar but not overwhelming, liver cooked to perfect timing and the accompanying robust soup (often neglected elsewhere) full of pork flavours

NOT SO GOOD:
Be prepared to queue, but definitely worth the wait... and this makes you more hungry!

MY RATING:
9 / 10

Great partnership; both know exactly their respective roles

Photo from 1980!

UFM 100.3 Survey: Best Curry Fish Head

Results of this week 美食大PK on the best Curry Fish Head:

1. Ocean Curry Fish Head at 92 Lorong 4 Toa Payoh, Singapore 310092
2. Muthu's Curry at 138 Race Course Rd, Singapore 218591
3. Chye Lye Curry Fish Head at 1 Jalan Legundi, Singapore 759263

What are your favourite stalls? Vote for your ones next Tuesday before 7.45am!

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UFM 100.3 Survey: Best Lor Mee

Results of this week 美食大PK on the best Lor Mee:

1. Xin Mei Xiang at 51 Old Airport Road, #01-116, Old Airport Road Food Centre, Singapore 390051
2. Lor Mee 178 at 30 Seng Poh Road #02-58 Tiong Bahru Market & Food Centre Singapore 168898
3. 137 Lor Mee Prawn Mee at 137A Tampines Street 11 #01-09 Tampines Round Market & Food Centre Singapore 522137

What are your favourite stalls? Vote for your ones next Tuesday before 7.45am!

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UFM 100.3 Survey: Best Fried Hokkien Mee

Results of this week 美食大PK on the best Fried Hokkien Mee:

1. Nam Sing Hokkien Fried Mee at 51 Old Airport Road, #01-32, Old Airport Road Food Centre, Singapore 390051
2. Tian Tian Lai Fried Hokkien Prawn Mee at 127 Toa Payoh Lorong 1, #02-27, Toa Payoh West Market & Food Centre, Singapore 310127
3. Geylang Lorong 29 Fried Hokkien Mee at 396 East Coast Road, Singapore 428994

Don't forget to vote for your favourite stalls before 7.45am every Tuesday!

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UFM 100.3 Survey: Best Hawker Western Food

Results of this week 美食大PK on the best Hawker Western Food:

1. Wow Wow West Grill at #01-133, ABC Brickworks Food Centre
2. Tanglin Halt at #01-11, Clementi 448 Food Centre
3. Western Barbeque at #01-53 Old Airport Road Food Centre

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