Local delights

The famous Sungei Road Trishaw Laksa stall at Yuhua market sells only 3 dishes: Traditional laksa, mee rebus and meesiam, and they do it right! If you prefer your noodles slightly sweet, you'll love their meesiam here! Priced at only $2.50, they serve you a generous amount of noodles and ingredients! My personal favourite is the mee rebus, also priced at $2.50. The gravy is thick and slightly sweet. The sourness from the lime and green chilli made the dish so appetizing that I finished all that gravy. 😋 Btw, they use only whole-grain noodles... but then again, when I'm already eating laksa, it doesn't really matter to me. 😂

It has been quite some time since I've had breakfast at a hawker center. Got off my lazy butt on Labour day morning to queue for the ever-popular feifei roasted wanton mee! Reached at 10am and queued for over 40 minutes!! $3 for a plate of fresh and springy egg noodles tossed in their special marinate. Thick cuts of sweet and fatty Char Siew and 2 juicy wanton balls! I decided to add roast pork ($4.50 in total) to justify me waking up and queuing 40 minutes for it! And yes I'm glad I made that decision. The auntie queuing behind me said that their Char Siew normally gets sold out by lunch! But if I do this too often, I will really become feifei. 😂

Customizable meal for $3.50?? Choose from the meat main toppings, the style (curry, spicy dry toss, or a kick of spicy assam sauce) and lastly your choice of carbs. The serving of both my crispy pork belly main and spicy dry toss noodles were humongous!! It was not just about the quantity, it was delicious! It definitely did not taste of MSG, the fried onions and spicy sauce-coated noodles were so appetizing! I just couldn't stop eating the noodles even on its own. The stall next door selling traditional radish cakes was a bomb!! Soft and fluffy cakes that are deep fried to perfection upon order. They have yam, carrot and pumpkin cakes to choose from but the stall owner allowed for a combination of all! 6 big pieces of "cham-cham" cakes at only $2!! Where to find?? Very passionate and friendly stall owners who will not hesitate to recommend you a dish that you will love. Now I know that the rave reviews about this place were not exaggerated!

Also located on level 3, a huge plate of lamb rack for $7 with salad and fries sides. Asked for less fries because I was already quite full after the stingray. Very value for money and I think it tastes better than astons express. It was very popular and I had to wait 45 minutes for this.

At level 3 of the food market, the Sambal crayfish was already sold out at 6pm! Shiok sambal stingray $12 and sambal kang kong $5, sweating like crazy from the spiciness of both dishes.

One of my favourite restaurants to go to in town when on a budget. No service charge or GST for a cheap, quick and fuss-free meal. The BBQ pork set ($7) here is consistently tender and the sauce is not overly sweet. But it was a little too fatty for me.

A healthier choice since I didnt feel like having carbs. Simple comfort food for the evening.

My favourite indian restaurant that serves authentic vegetarian indian cuisine at affordable prices. Ordered both chapati and naan to dip in different creamy gravy. My favourite was the chicken kurma (vegetarian chicken cooked in cream), rich flavours but not to the point where it gets too creamy towards the end.

Really heart attack inducing but super tasty. Steak was cooked to the doneness as I requested so it was a satisfying but sinful dinner

The "premium" ribs were tender and come off easily from the bone! Not too salty and peppery too. Must try the salted vegetables because they taste really different from other BKT stalls.