Pork Buri Don Have heard some mention over Liu Kou Shui 劉口水; a stall that has first set up shop at Bukit Canberra Hawker Centre when the said hawker centre had just opened its doors. Fast forward to a few months later, it seems that they had expanded their operations, operating alongside *maknomnom at International Plaza by taking up a space around the perimeters of the stall which *maknomnom used to serve up their desserts at. With this at mind, Liu Kou Shui’s second outlet can be described as a kiosk-like set-up; considering the space that it occupies, the entire operation can also be described as one that is more takeaway-like — one would also not be wrong to expect a smaller menu to be served at their International Plaza outlet as compared to their original location at Bukit Canberra Hawker Centre. Interestingly, missing from the menu at their International Plaza outlet included their signature Mala Char Siew Don — in fact, the International Plaza outlet seemed to have carried more of their Japanese-inspired rice bowls such as that of the Beef Sukiyaki Don and Mentaiko Chicken Katsu Don, amongst others. Apart from their Rice Bowl offerings, Liu Kou Shui also does offer patrons with choice of sides, such as Ngoh Hiang, Cold Tofu, Spam Fries etc. for those whom are looking for something to share around the table.
There is apparently a choice to opt for a set to go with the Rice Bowls that they have to offer — by topping up $4 to the price of the rice bowl, one would be entitled to a side and a drink of their choice; one can also top up $1 just to opt for the drink of their choice to go with their choice of rice bowl as well. We didn’t feel like we were in particularly need for the side nor drink; we also weren’t a fan of the Edamame that is being served with quite a number of their items — this also meant that we could probably only opt between the Beef Sukiyaki Don and the Pork Buri Don. We found ourselves going for the latter, which turns out to be something which is fairly similar to that of what could be described as a “Pork Sukiyaki Don”. It seems that the folks have decided to use pork Shabu-Shabu slices for their Pork Buri Don, considering how thin the pork slices seem to be; all that stir-fried with strips of onions and a sauce that gave a sweet-ish and savoury note. This made the pork slices especially easy to have, and there was also sufficient sauce to go along with the bed of short-grain Japanese pearl rice beneath. Meanwhile, the sous-vide egg comes with a jiggly egg white and a creamy, molten egg yolk; helps to provide a silkier texture to the entire bowl as one mixes all of the components together. Overall, quite a decent offering though there isn’t quite anything too outstanding about it — the price at $8 does seem a little steep for the portion size for some, though would still be what one might find rather reasonable still given the market these days. Looking forward to give their Mala Char Siew Don from their Bukit Canberra Hawker Centre location a go some other time — have an inkling that it might be a more promising offering than what we had tried thus far!
