Met an old friend who lives in Melbourne and just back in Singapore for a short stint. This friend who is in his 70s told me this place has the best porridge in the whole of Chinatown and when he was younger, he ate there a lot, so you bet my expectations were set very high.

Ordered fish belly porridge at $12 per bowl. I got about 4 pieces of fish and yes they were belly cuts with long bones easily removed. Those were nice. But the porridge was not silky smooth like most Cantonese porridge is, more like grainy Teochew style porridge and what killed it for me was the use of factory supplied fried shallots.

Lots of porridge better than this and maybe cheaper. In the end my elderly friend had to admit times have changed since he migrated.