A very chill cafe that serves all day breakfast. Total damage including coffee $36. Not the cheapest but hey! this is Bukit Timah area.
Ordered the signature breakfast. Portion is definitely big enough for two to share. Loved the sausage and the sautéed mushrooms! Coffee was robust too!
Years ago when I visited Wuhan, I had the opportunity to try Wuhan’s ubiquitous dish Hot Dry Noodles at Cai Lin Ji’s flagship store. It is such a staple in Wuhan, practically every one eats that for breakfast. And now they are here in Singapore.
Ordered their Beef and Tripe Hot Dry Noodles, Three Delicacies Dou Pi and Glutinous Rice Shao Mai. I must say that the taste is very very close to what I had in Wuhan. This is normally not the case when you transfer a recipe to a new outlet. Especially when the new outlet is overseas.
Recommend that you ask for extra pickled vegetables and add that to your noodles, give it a good stir and dig in. Thank me later.
Michelin Braised Duck stall at Ghim Moh Food Center. Really good braised duck and offals.
Arrived at 12.30 and the queue was about 18 pax ahead of me. Ordered duck meat for two and added other stuff. Total damage was $18.80 for two persons and the plate came with liver, gizzard. Tau Pok, braised egg and braise pork belly.
Rice was drenched with braise sauce and really so delicious that you can have it on its own. The duck meat, boneless, was very tender and when paired with their special chilli sauce, you can’t stop. Unlike others, their soup had no herbal taste but yet it was refreshing to drink.
Well deserving their Michelin Bib Gourmand.
Ordered half chicken, 2 braised eggs and 1 braised tofu. Total $22.00. Not too expensive in the scheme of things today.
The chicken was poached perfectly. No red parts, no pinkish meat but still very tender and juicy. The rice, although not the best, was fluffy enough and not at all greasy. Soup had a hint of ginger and lots of umami of chicken broth. Braised egg and tofu was quite normal though and I wished they had chicken gizzard and liver to offer. The chilli sauce packed quite a bit of heat and it was on point. Wished they provided Ginger purée as well.
All in all, a very good place for boneless Hainanese Chicken Rice. Strongly recommended.
A bowl of very good laksa, full of flavours and decent portion, unlike other laksa stalls. I noticed that this stall blanches the noodles first before adding the laksa gravy whereas other blanch their noodles using the laksa gravy. Apparent there is no loss in flavours using the former process.
Cockles and prawns were fresh and the tau pok fully soaks up the laksa gravy.
Well deserving their Bib Gourmand.
Reportedly the new darling of the chicken rice realm in Bukit Merah so I came to for taste test.
At lunch time, the queue was 8 long when I arrived. Ordered quarter chicken (lower half) for $10, two braised eggs and one chicken gizzard. Total damage $13.80.
First the rice. It was very dense and slightly wet. Taste was okay but not fantastic. The chicken itself was good with clear layer of jelly between skin and meat. Chilli sauce could be a tad more spicy and less sweet. Braised egg was normal but I liked the chicken soup very much. It was full of umami and sweet from the cabbage added. Nice.
So overall, an above average chicken rice but let down by the rice itself and the chilli.
At $7.50 for a plate of grilled chicken chop, this has got to be one of the cheapest in Singapore. No wonder there was already a long queue ahead of me when I arrived at 12.10pm.
Plate comes with a more than decent sized piece of chicken chop, fries and scoop of coleslaw. The chicken was tender and the skin still crispy.
Strongly recommended for its value for money.
One of the best Fried Hokkien Prawn Noodles I had this year!
We arrived at 6.30pm and the place was packed. Ordered the $15 Fried Hokkien Prawn Noodles (for two) and Prawn Paste Chicken Wings.
Noodle was full of umami from the prawn broth. Came with three large Tiger prawns, scallops, sliced pork belly, fish cakes and sotong. The chilli sauce was placed at the side and it packed quite a bit of heat. I wish the chilli sauce was less sweet and the noodles were less chopped up from the frying. Still it was nice and smoky from the wok heat, even if we had to get at it with our spoons.
Strongly recommended for Hokkien mee lovers.
Normally not a big fan of roasted chicken, nonetheless I ordered roasted chicken drumstick rice after learning steamed drumsticks ran out. Added chicken gizzards and a braised egg for $5.50.
Portion is more than enough for the average appetite. Chicken is tender and the gizzards crunchy. The MVP was the chilli sauce. Whilst it wasn’t as piquant as I would have preferred, it packed quite a bit of heat. With ginger purée and dark soya sauce, it was fantastic with the rice, the chicken and the gizzards. Special mention also for their soup which had cabbage added to add sweetness to the umami of the chicken soup.
Overall an above average chicken rice.
Arrived at 5.56am, before this stall’s opening time of 6am as stated by Google but was informed that there’s already a queue and that the wait will be 20 mins.
Ordered Mee Kia Soup, $6.00, which is the large portion. The word large is misleading because in terms of noodles, it is quite normal but you get extra ingredients.
After ordering, you take a seat first and wait. When you receive your chopsticks spoon and chilli sauce, this signals that your order will be prepared soon. You make your way back to the stall and collect your noodles. Really respect the memory of the uncle manning the stall. He remembers your face, where you are sitting and what is your order. And there are so many in the queue!
In my bowl of noodles there’s a lot of stuff. Fishballs, fish dumplings, sliced pork, sliced fish cake and sliced pork liver. Both the fish balls and the fish dumplings were factory made but quite delicious. The soup is quite normal and I wish the noodles was a little more al dente but overall, it was a bowl of very traditional Teochew fishball noodles.
In spite of the prospect of another long wait, I am keen to come try their dry version with chilli. Soon.
Arrived at 12.30pm at the peak of lunch time. Although it took a while to get a table at this popular food center, surprisingly there was no queue at this stall.
In spite of what’s stated on their signboard and menu, there was no sign of BBQ chicken wings nor satay (see video). Just duck rice, Kway Chap and Pork Trotters Noodles.
So I ordered their pork trotters noodle and added a braised egg and a piece of tau pok. Total $6.00.
The noodles was of the thick yellow type. By itself it was virtually tasteless even with the braised sauce. Fortunately I did add their chilli paste which had a lot of flavours and packed quite a bit of heat.
I did like their pork trotters. The skin was very chewy and the collagen plentiful. Meat was fall off the bone tender. But the soup was hopeless. Just salty.
In summary, not fantastic pork trotters noodle. Maybe just go for the pork trotters if you are in the mood.
Good traditional Hainanese Beef Noodles. Soup is not your average clear beef broth but thickened and yet not starchy. Lots of beef flavour. Good chilli sauce provided. Suggest you add some into your noodles if you are into spicy food and keep a small saucer for dipping.