ah heng curry chicken noodles S$6.50

Never tired of curry chicken noodle! ^^

last time i succumbed to curry chicken cravings on 31.3.2015? eh..more likely i makan but did not blog…

but this time had good excuse. had 11am e-appointment at singtel comcentre to get iPhone 6s.

went early at 10.45am but my queue number estimate was 45mins.

do what at comcentre 45mins? might as well drive out before 10mins parking grace period for a quickie (of the curry chicken kind!)

& i manage to tapao 2 packets some more. .so btw smart move! 

ah heng curry chicken noodles S$6.50

luckily curry chicken noodles were good!

ah heng curry chicken noodles S$6.50

price creeping up now large = S$6.50.

well its 1/3 to 1/2 the price of a ramen & infinitely more enjoyable, so just a matter of perspective! anyhow, a cure for the frustrations at singtel.

my own curry chicken noodles

i actually tried making my own curry chicken noodles, not too bad (above photo) but it was not so easy.

my own poached chicken 白斩鸡

my own poached chicken 白斩鸡 is certainly as good. the curry gravy though pretty good as well is still not quite comparable.

so! cannot complain about S$6.50!

c.h.e.f andy

prawns + yabbies

went with a friend, who is an accomplished peranakan home chef himself, to ellenborough market cafe for lunch today on 8.10.2015. ^^

this my second time here this year, after a hiatus of probably 8 or 10 years. never get to use the FAR (feed at raffles) 50% vouchers for many years at this or other FAR restaurants either.

ellenborough markets cafe

ellenborough markets cafe

ambience was pretty nice. friend who is more familiar with this place thought it’s usually quite packed & was surprised that it wasn’t.

appetizer section

there was a cold appetizer section with prawns, yabbies, mussels.

prawns + yabbies

prawns was good, i guess quite standard.

yabbies

yabbies nice to look at & admire. as we know, not much meat & also meat is rougher than prawns, not as fine & sweet.

salad section

there was a salad section, soup & bread.

there were 2 soup – a chinese lie tong type, pork ribs i think & a cream of tomato with basil. i wasn’t too interested so did not take photos.

lady fingers – salad section

i tried the lady fingers. pretty ok.

prawn mushroom salad

the prawn mushrooms. ok too.

salmon sashimi

there was only salmon sashimi & some maki sushi.

sashimi, cold appetiser & salad

i started with sashimi, cold appetiser & salad.

salmon sashimi

didn’t look particularly great, but the salmon sashimi was quite excellent. fresh & sweet & i like the oily belly cuts. ^^

kueh pie tee (top hats)

friend made 6 kueh pie tee (you have to add the ingredients onto the hat yourself).

kueh pie tee (top hats)

they were nice, good standard.

ramen noodles..this really nice!

i think the chinese ramen was the bestest dish!^^

chef ramen live demo

ramen chef made a live demo, whacking the marble top with the flour noodles.

chef ramen

freshly made & rather thick.

but it was super nice! excellent texture, wholesome taste, a super broth to rival any tonkotsu & very tasty meatballs.

babi pongteh

i liked the babi pongteh too. just perfect texture & so flavourful.

ayam buah keluak

liked the chicken too.

ayam buah keluak

very nice curry, some very fragrant galangal taste & ginger fibre texture.

hk steamed garoupa

hk steamed garoupa

the hong kong steamed garoupa was also very well done.

plateful of food

plateful of food

problem with buffet – you take a tiny morsel here, and there & your plate & stomach are full.

sea cucumber duck

the sea sumcumber duck was also very good.

second helping of sea cucumber duck

duck was very tender, very lightly & nicely flavoured. i had a second helping.

second helping of babi pongteh & ayam

did too for the babi pongteh & ayam buah keluak.

fruits

din take the fruits nor the ahborling (sesame dumplings) & most other dessert.

durian pengat

basically took some durian pengat.

durian pengat

they were very good.

durian pengat

i generally not keen on main courses on food warmers in buffet, so usually go for semi buffet where the main course is an ala carte order like at one ninety @ four seasons hotel or equinox or basilico, like a fine dining main course.

so in other buffets like the edge or carousel or olive tree (all i mostly don’t really like) or 10 at claymore with ala carte buffet items (which i like), i go for the appetizer & skips most of the main course.

here at EMC, there is very little appetizer to talk about (say c/w one ninety or equinox), and the main courses did not look all that great. fortunately they tasted quite well, though they were robust dishes, and rightly so for peranakan dishes. it’s the grandma comfort food sorts.

i guess the best thing was the price. at S$38pax for weekday lunch & 50% off for FAR discounts, it was just S$19++pax, nothing to complain about, and the best thing was that the dishes were really quite good.

& the great ambience, good company & conversation. 🙂

c.h.e.f andy

24 plates for 7pax

a good friend organised a 9pax lunch at ye shanghai teochew muay today on 7.10.2015. ^^

the stall is located at kim san leng (金山领 in teochew) coffeeshop at bukit merah view. 🙂

my last visit here=like it everytime teochew muay!

there were 9 of us. 1 came late due to work after we had finished lunch so he took cha kway teow for himself. another tried the teochew muay but it was not his cup of tea so he went to get a dry fishball noodles for himself.

we ordered a total of 24 plates (generally 2 plates for each dish) for the 7pax. ^^

cost was S$68.80, so about S$10 each. i think it was rather expensive reference the usual prices here but it was a very enjoyable lunch & everyone was happy & satisfied with the food & of course the great company! 🙂

ye shangha teochew porride

we were there around 11.30am. the proprietor helped us placed a larger table top & arranged a table big enuf for 9pax. 🙂

we started queueing for the food when everyone arrived, i figured about 1150am, and one friend said we waited about 20mins in a 8pax queue (did not feel that long to me). it became quite a long L-shaped queue maybe about 15+pax round about 12.30pm.

24 plates for 7pax

we ordered a total of 24 plates, mostly 2 plates for each dish. the proprietor said we over ordered (maybe that’s why a bit more than the usual say about S$7pax). looking at the empty plates afterwards, we certainly did not share her sentiments.

the dishes = salted fish minced pork balls 咸鱼饼，kong bak/pig skin, tau kee, chicken feet, brinjal (best!), bittergurd, spinach, cabbage, long beans, sotong, 1 rabbit fish, 1 selar fish, chilli shark meat, there about… ^^

the dishes

we filled up the serving/sauce table.

风扫落叶

& what is too much? 风扫落叶 debris after the hurricane. 🙂

but this time we did not add any dishes. so it was quite enuf.

was really good fun. getting together & enjoying the food. ^^

c.h.e.f andy

S$5 roast chicken rice @ 6th avenue

had a nice roast chicken rice (+ roast pork) at the stall at kopitown coffeeshop 10E 6th avenue. ^^

wife had some evening appointment & children were eating out. 🙂

roast chicken rice @ 6th avenue

this a stall i like though i don’t eat chicken rice outside that often. it is next to Sunny fishball noodles (which i like too!). & 2 stalls from the roti prata stall.

S$5 roast chicken rice @ 6th avenue

i do chicken rice chicken白斩鸡 very well now, so i usually take roast chicken outside since that i cannot do.

S$5 roast chicken rice @ 6th avenue

the roast chicken is very flavourful, nice roast taste, meat was moist & tender, and rice too was excellent!

i added S$1 roast pork so the meal was S$5. roast pork was good too, may not be better than other similar stalls, but again roast pork is something i cannot do myself.

a simple S$5 meal, but i enjoyed it very much. now i want to ta pao 1/2chicken liao! ^^

c.h.e.f andy