The superlative Super Brekkie Burrito comes crammed with pork chorizo, free-range scrambled eggs, sweet corn, quinoa, refried black beans, pickled onion, hash brown, cheese, chipotle mayo, jalapeño, and guacamole. Amazingly savoury, this beast will sate even the largest of appetites.
Probably a hiccup in the menu translation, as I didn’t taste or see any tempeh. What’s more likely is this is a well-known fermented black bean and pork dish. The tender meat fell off the bone easily and the funky, garlicky seasoning was moreishly addictive.
One of the most popular dishes here, the Fish Fillet In Spicy Chilli Oil is visuallly striking with the white on red contrast making it very appealing. The fish is soft and tender and the oil imparts a tongue tingling spice and numbness, but other than that it was rather plain in my opinion.
Arriving bubbling hot in a claypot was the hearty Stone Grilled Beef With Tofu. The fatty slices of tender beef and silken tofu absorbed the rich and aromatic flavours of the umami and mild sauce. This begs for a bowl of rice.
Who hasn't made a game of digging for crisp cubes of battered chicken buried under a mound of chillies and peppercorns? Try hard not to polish off a whole plate of this addictively lip-numbing, spicy goodness on your own.
For quality authentic Sichuan dishes such as 辣子鸡 to 沸腾鱼you can’t go wrong with Shu Yan. The Singapore branch of the famed Chengdu original has been in operation for quite a few years in Chinatown Point now. Expect big, bold, fiery flavours and come with friends because the servings are HUGE.
Originally from Golden Mile, Mum Beer Thai House is now...housed in an obscure coffeeshop just next to Tampines Round Market. According to some Google Map reviews, this place serves the most authentic Thai food in Tampines. At the very least, it's as spicy as anything you'd get in Bangkok. My basil pork rice was studded with loads of chilli padi, which also made me break out into a coughing fit on the first bite. Besides that, the portion was generous and very well-seasoned, with the delightfully forward aroma of holy basil. The rice itself was however a little clumpier and softer than I normally prefer.
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138 Tampines St. 11
It's been a few years since I've had Roast Paradise, and I'm happy to report it's still as good as ever, even at their new branches. Give the well seasoned mee pok a good toss together with the minced pork, spring onion and smokey chilli paste before combining it with a mouthful of fatty, charred Brazilian pork belly. I guarantee it’ll make your day.
The broken rice with pork chop at @langnuongvietnam18fochroad Is really one of the better ones I’ve tried. Obviously the star is the lush bone-in piece of pork, glazed in a savoury sauce that accentuates its meaty goodness. The rest of the key components were executed flawlessly too, from the mushroom and egg cake, to the chewy yet crunchy shredded pork skin and crumbly, delicate rice.
Authentic Vietnamese BBQ restaurant @langnuongvietnam18fochroad lives up to its name. The grilled black pork collar here is scrumptiously smoky and succulent, the glistening pieces piled high upon a bed of eggplant and lady fingers, and served with 3 types of dipping sauce which complement the meat perfectly.
A massive portion of piping hot and extra crispy chicken cutlet crowns Dan Lao's signature scrambled eggs over rice. Don't forget to spoon a heapful of their addictive dry chilli oil over your rice, it really adds to the dish. In this case though, there can be too much of a good thing. It's always undoubtedly highly satisfying whilst in the midst of the meal, but by the end of it I was feeling slightly sick from the overwhelming richness of the food sitting heavy in my belly.
Mediocre by any standards, the chilli sauce is underwhelming, the fishballs and fishcake bland and the stinginess of ingredients as well as overuse of fried shallots is just further salt in the wound. Get your fishball noodle fix elsewhere.
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Ming Fu Fishball Noodles
509 Food Court
829 Tampines Street 81
