Chinatown

The Peranakan food stall has long gone, which I still miss it so much till these days.

And just very recently, the formers stall has been taken over by this new Nasi Padang stall.

Nasi Padang Beach Road said to have another stall along Beach Road, which I couldn’t identify which one of it.

But their new stall here serves pretty decent dishes with their Nasi Padang.

Love their Ayam Rempah here with the prawn cracker.

Decided to try something new again at this food centre, from this stall called the 中華面莊 Zhong Hua Mian Zhuang. Specialise with their Chinese style of noodle dishes.

Lots of options here and I went for their sliced noodles, which you can choose to go with either beef, pork ribs or chicken.

Simple and tasty soup with great texture of hand sliced noodles.

If this is your first time here looking for the menu, you could find this dish featured on top of their signage.

Yes, don’t hesitate to order it. The baby squid are fried yet retain their original texture. So enjoyable eating them.

Good portion for sharing with people, I find their fried chicken crispy and with a hint of wine flavour in it.

Hong Lim Food Centre usually very quiet at night, but this particular zi char stall at the corner on level 2 would be constantly cooking dishes upon orders.

They only open in the evening, which making it a perfect quiet place to grab some decent Cantonese style of zi char dishes.

Their individual menu of noodles are also very popular here, and I love the wok hei taste of this.

Topped with generous gravy that made from black bean sauce, which I find their’s so fragrant and tasty. Pieces of tender fish accompanied by hor fun and veggie.

This would be the best place in town to grab some decent pasta, from their extensive pasta menu focus on aglio olio.

Lots of options to choose from with what you want to go with the pasta, such as the seafood option like mine.

Simple but packed with aglio olio taste, accompanied by prawn, sliced fish and clam.

Top up a few dollars to complete your meal with a bowl of soup and drink.

If you walk around the Chinatown Complex food stalls, you probably found this Taiwanese food stalls at the another side of this food centre.

Zhu Zhu Zai is one that serves affordable Taiwanese foods. Their braised pork rice comes with delicious and tasty braised pork that tastes more locally, as compared to those you find in Taiwan.

A new Hong Kong style cha chang teng restaurant recently opened along Upper across Street in Chinatown.

Taking over a former expanded unit of the next door soy sauce chicken noodle shop.

Very vibrantly red with bright signage inside the shop that mimic the Hong Kong style tea house.

Currently offering their early stage opening menu, which they will introduce a much wider menu sometime in future.

I tried their Curry Tornado Egg Wrapped Chicken Balls Rice, which they served in big portion with generous pieces of chicken meat.

However, it was salty to me which made the taste bland. Thankfully the curry and egg managed to kick in the taste.

This Korean restaurant has been in Chinatown along Temple Street for many years and this is actually my first time coming in here, after finding out that they offered valuable lunch set during weekdays.

For now, it is only $9.90+ and there’s many choices to choose from.

I went for the Jja Jang Myeon, where you find generous portion of the thick sauce made of chunjang and diced pork on the top of the noodles.

You will need to mix everything together with the vegetables also. The taste wasn’t too overwhelmed and I pretty much enjoy the taste.

Found this interesting Appam stall at Maxwell Food Centre that the owner is a Vietnamese lady. This is because of the stall location that required to offer certain kind of cuisine.

The Vietnamese lady is very kind here and patiently making pieces and pieces of appam upon order.

It has the crunchy outer layer, but firm texture at the middle. Which I went for the egg option that she will place it at the center. You can request the egg to be half or fully cooked.

A warm and comforting bowl of pho with beef brisket. Don’t forget to add in some spice, lime and chili that provided separately to enhance the taste of the soup.

This Vietnamese restaurant is hidden at the side of Fook Hai Building facing Upper Hokien Street. Yet it doesn’t stop many people who work around coming here for their lunch.

The waiting time gets a bit longer during this lunch peak period, considering they have only a few people working at the kitchen.

The fresh hand roll was served first, which is good enough to fill our tummy while waiting for our pho.

Stuffed with veggie, shrimp and beef. Dipping it to the sauce and you will enjoy much of it.