Instagram is a great place to find new trends and discover new places to eat. But does it always live up to the hype of drool-worthy pictures? We were curious to find out when we saw Makan Lah, (In Singaporean, ‘makan’ means eat, while ‘lah’ is a suffix to add emphasis in a sentence), on our feed.

We request two friends, who have loitered the streets of Singapore tucking into its fare, to be our guinea pigs for the anonymous mission. A small space, we settle into a table in the indoor section and start off with a cold kopi with condensed milk (Rs 220) and cold kopi with evaporated milk and sugar. The first one has an indulgent sweetness that balances the caffeine, waking us out of our Sunday stupor. We prefer it over the version with evaporated milk.