The amount of chilli looks scary but it is actually not spicy. Quite shiok to have with plain rice!

CQGF Lorong 27 Geylang

重庆烤鱼 - 阿裕尼芽笼27巷分店

No 45 Lorong 27 Geylang

Nearest MRT: Aljunied

Other outlets:

CQGF Mosque Street

重庆烤鱼 - 摩士街总店

18 Mosque Street #01-01

CQGF Liang Seah

重庆烤鱼 - 连城街分店

1 Liang Seah Street #01-05/06

It is the same for me. I am fairly new to hair dyeing. I just wish to share with you what I did so far to prolong my hair color. Maintaining your red/purple/bright hair color is actually not as difficult as I thought it will be.

Tips to protect your hair color

You probably have heard about the 8 tips I am going to share with you. They are nothing new and there is most likely a lot more well-written articles out there for your reference. However, I will include how I do it as well as what products I am using for you to have a better idea as this is the two biggest questions I have in many posts I have come across. Hence, I hope I can address them all at once. 

Please note that everything mentioned here is solely done to prevent your hair color from fading so quickly, not to treat chemically-damaged hair. I will talk about treating damaged hair next time. 

1. Don't wash your hair for 48(2days) hours after your dye

The longer you leave the fresh dye on your hair, the more lasting the color will be. I left it for a day before washing because I really cannot stand how dirty my hair feels. If you are not able to follow the stylist's recommendation (i.e. 48h), I think you should at least try to go a day without shampooing. The salon probably did a good job cleaning your hair so don't worry~

2. Temperature is important

Hot/warm water will open up the cuticles of your hair strands. Thus, you can lose your color pigments more easily. To reduce the amount of colored particles washing off, use cold water when you are rinsing, both before and after shampoo/conditioner. Plus, cold water can close the cuticles and this will make your hair appear more shiny and smooth.

3. Less washes = More color 

This is rather commonsensical right? The more frequent you wash your hair, the faster the colour molecules wash out. I do it minimally, around once every two days. 

4. Less water = More color

Here is yet another less-more formulae. Number of washes are easily tracked but amount of water used? Not so easy to take note. How I do it is I will fill a normal plastic container to wet my hair and scalp. Then I will apply my conditioner, massage it into my hair for a bit before using some shampoo to get rid of the junk or oil on my scalp.

I will use another 3/4 - full container of water to rinse out the hair products. Start from the top of your head and rub the back of your scalp/rest of your hair when the water flow through. This is how I wash my hair with ONE container of water. Seems impossible but it is actually quite alright. Just make sure you remove everything!

Can't find a more accurate representation but it is just a normal plastic container many people have in their bathroom. Mine is around the size of the darkest blue portion.

5. Shampoo only your scalp

Shampoo with less product

You do not need a palmful of shampoo for your hair. Shampoos usually have better cleansing power than conditioners/treatments. Thus, using it on your hair ends will strip the color off more quickly than expected.

Squeeze around 20-cent coin size of product in the centre of your palm, add water and lather it up. This will reduce the amount of shampoo you need. Plus, foams are less harsh to your scalp and hair. The additional air incorporated will help to clean more efficiently.

Remember, try to limit the cleaning to your scalp area (the only alive part) only. The stock photo is a bad demonstration lol.

6. Go easy on treatment products

Color protecting treatments/conditioners are 'anti-color loss'; that means they prevent, not stop. They will inevitably strip away some coloured pigments as they wash out. I am not asking you to skip treating your hair completely (because hair dyeing is a very damaging process) but use less of it. 

I will use a pea-size color care conditioner and mix in a tiny amount of any deep treatment to nourish my hair. I typically leave them on for around 1-2 mins before rinsing. 

7. Use color care products

L'oreal Sulfate-free Color Care System

Any brands that work for you is fine. Colour care products are tailored for chemically dyed hair so it will help slow down the fading process. I am using L'oreal sulfate-free color care shampoo and conditioner. Mentioned both of them in my favourites before so click their respective links to find out more if you are keen. 

8. Dry shampoo is your new best friend

To be honest I am not a fan of dry shampoos at all. However, since I only wash my hair once every two days, I have to freshen up before I sleep/head out.

Batiste Dry Shampoo

I am using the one from Batiste (Fresh). This is my first bottle so I don't think I have tried enough to comment much. The smell is pretty good though. One important thing when using dry shampoo is that you have to rub the product out if not it will look like you have disgusting dandruff (big pieces of them!). Speaking from experience :o

These are what I did for my purple hair.

It lasted me for a week or so before fading to a really nice purple red > bright red > red > brown red. 

Selfies in chronological order!

Chemigalzzzz :3

@ SPKEN GALA NIGHT

One more!

Reddish Brown

Brownish red

It has been a while since I spammed so many selfies on this space. Even my Instagram now is flooded with food pics hahaa.

I thought the result is not too bad (correct me if I am wrong) thus this post. I literally went from bright red > brown red in 3-4 days for my previous hair color because I was too lazy to care. My purple didn't last very long but it's a good experience. 

Should you have any tips or tricks, please share them here with me!!

Anyway hope you find this helpful :)

PS, the points mentioned should work for bleached hair/granny hair color (the trend now yo~) but don't hold me responsible if they don't ok :p

My previous experience was good so I decided to go back again to try the dishes I have not tried during my previous visit. I will include my personal trip to Montana at the end of the post.

Montana Brew Bar

If you do a quick search on the Internet, you will see it saturated with good reviews of this place. Is it worth all the hype? Yes. Montana Brew Bar is led by a team of very passionate individuals. They are constantly experimenting and very willing to listen to customers' feedback. Feel free to tell them how you feel after trying!



Let me start with the drinks we have tasted that night.
The drink menu is not extensive but interesting. The team has come up with possibly the first cold brew coffee with coconut water.

Coconut Cold Brews

Yuzu is a new flavour to have in the coffee. It is refreshing and I believe it will win many hearts.

Gula Melaka Cold Brew Coffee ($6.80) Coconut cold brew with Gula Melaka. Lush notes of caramel, toasted nuts.

This is the drink I ordered because I thought Gula Melaka will be sweet. However, Gula Melaka in coffee doesn't do any of that. Instead, it made the coffee sharper and more acidic. The caramel/toasted nuts is not obvious to my tongue.

Do you want a cup of this too?

If you like your coffee stronger, this might be your new obsession.

Regular Coconut Cold Brew Coffee ($6.50)

In a conical flask. I mean, how cute is that?! Sorry I find things like test tube/conical flasks cute.
The coffee is surprisingly smooth and it leaves a sweet after-taste. This is my favourite cold brew out of all we have sampled.

How photogenic

Montana serves a wide selection of waffles for you to choose from. They offer both sweet and savoury waffles. Now it is already hard enough to find savoury waffles, and even harder to find good ones. Glad I managed to try a couple of good dishes here.

Bulgogi Beef Waffles ($18)

Bulgogi waffles were first bake then pan-fried to crispiness. The fragrant fried flavour makes this dish very unique. Fret not, it is not oily at all.

One more!

The team reformulated the waffle blend and soggy waffles is something in the past. Can you imagine the waffles are still crispy and tasty after all the food photographing hahaa. The beef was cooked to tenderness and it worked really well with the waffle and the poached egg.

Best of the night

This is basically my favourite savoury dish. Must try!

Assam Crab Waffles ($18)

Western food with a local touch. Well, not exactly Singapore-local but close enough! I know it sounds a little too innovative (aka weird) but the assam and crab went exceptionally well with Montana's waffles. It is good on its own or with the special gula melaka mayo sauce.
This is one of the more popular dishes they serve.

Southern Fried Chicken Waffles ($14)

I actually tried this before and the chicken/salad was really spicy. However, this time round it is alright. The chicken is tender and juicy. Fried chicken waffles was quite good but it was outshone by the two more popular dishes.

Jalapeno Mac & Cheese Waffles ($12.50)

This is actually a very interesting combination. You will smell the delightful scent of truffle oil even before seeing this on the table. Jalapeño Mac & Cheese waffles is two comfort food in one. And when Montana says Mac & Cheese, you get REAL Mac & Cheese in the batter.

Spicy Bacon Pasta ($14)

Al-dente spaghetti pasta infused with spicy sauce/dressing. There is also a generous amount of sautéed bacon stirred into the pasta. I find the spiciness alright but some people may find it overwhelming. If you are have certain level of tolerance to spicy food, do give this a try.





We ended our night with two desserts, to be exact, two sweet waffles.

Black Velvet Waffles ($14)

Don't misunderstand, this is not your typical black charcoal waffles. Black Velvet Waffles is made of black sesame. The black sesame gives a very subtle burnt, nutty taste. However, the taste is covered it is taken with the match (green tea) ice cream.


PS, you can choose to have fluffy or crispy waffles for this! I thought it is quite a nice idea.

Red Velvet Waffles ($14.50)

The texture of the red velvet waffles is satisfactory, what's new? :) Coupled with strawberry shortcake ice-cream, this is one good dessert to have to end a meal. I am known to be anti-strawberry but I managed to wolf down quite a bit of strawberry shortcake ice-cream because.. it tasted so good.

What I loved most is the aromatic rose flavour that greeted me. I am quite a big fan of rose/rose flavoured food and scent (Chloe!) so this stole my heart. Highly recommend everyone to give this a try.






Menu for reference!

Drinks from Montana Brew Bar

Food Menu!

Southern Fried Chicken Waffles ($14)

Truffle Egg Pasta ($16)

Though this is cream-based, it is still very light to me. The egg is a tad out of shape but the taste/overall is not too bad. In fact, I like this dish the most out of everything we have ordered on my personal trip. It may feel a little oily near the end of the meal.

Pesto Chicken Pasta ($14)

Quite good, especially the fact that the pesto sauce is made from scratch. Not many places do that. But I figure I am not a pesto person; the flavour did not resonate with me that well.

Jalapeno Mac & Cheese Waffles ($12.50)

As mentioned above.




We ordered Smoked Salmon Pasta as well but I don't know what happened to the photo. From what I can remember it was alright, nothing super exciting about this cream-based pasta. That being said, nothing too bad about it too.

Pepper & Salt Test Tubes

Montana Brew Bar

PS: This is actually the third time I am writing this. I hope the write up is alright because I got bored repeating it 3 times.