Teochew Chilled Mullet on 16.3.2016

#5 teochew chilled mullet

teochew chilled mullet 16.3.2016

bought some mullet when my china relatives were in singapore, and had leftovers in the freezer.

took one out today & made a chilled mullet for dinner on 16.3.2016. ^^

it was in the freezer for >1month but the gills were still red when i cleaned the fish today.

mullet is one of the fishes you do not ask the fish monger to prepare the fish. he would remove the scale & also the precious things in the belly.

chilled mullet 16.3.2016

teochew chilled mullet 16.3.2016

chilled mullet is too fishy for many…though teochews like myself swear by it…

chilled mullet2 16.3.2016

teochew chilled mullet 16.3.2016

steamed 11mins in the steam oven (any steamer will do the same) with scale on, when cool put in the fridge for 1 hr..

the scales came out easily with the skin…if you remove the scales before steaming, you have hard time removing the skin when eating. it’s very difficult to tear with a pair of chopsticks.

the meat is indeed fishy but very sweet with the tau jeon 豆酱.

chilled mullet3 16.3.2016

teochew chilled mullet 16.3.2016

the precious fish lungs, liver, fat etc, tasty, omega 3 ya??

chilled mullet4 16.3.2016

teochew chilled mullet 16.3.2016

i removed the skin on the other side & turn over for the photo. 🙂

simple, easy to make, effortless really. & really enjoy leh!

c.h.e.f andy

Just Passable Pork Rib Prawn Noodles @ Hokkien Street Prawn Noodles Alexandra Village Food Centre on 16Mar2016

S$5 pork rib prawn noodles

S$5 pork rib prawn noodles

my fridge threatening to fail on me so went to alexandra village (AV) to recce on a replacement if required.

hokkien street prawn noodles

hokkien street prawn noodles

walked through AV food centre & decided to give the hokkien street prawn noodles a try on 16.3.2016.

S$5 pork rib prawn noodles

S$5 pork rib prawn noodles

it’s passable but must say it was really very so so la.. nothing really to come back for…

the best was the soup, very tasty & intense & smooth, quite similar to the soup at why eat har which maybe a bit more lingering.

just the soup only maybe it’s better or equal to adam road noo cheng.

S$5 pork rib prawn noodles

S$5 pork rib prawn noodles

for the noodles, the chilli was quite poor, no comparison with why eat har or even adam road noo cheng.

the chilli given (2 photos up) was totally inadequate. i asked for more chilli & was given another scoop, so basically double the amount, and i had to add a little fish sauce (which i never do), then there was some live in the chilli.

there were 3 pork ribs. texture wise very good, taste wise maybe why eat har’s still better.

for S$5, in addition to the pork ribs, there were 3 miserable super tiny 1/2 prawns. just look at the prawns for adam road noo cheng $5 pork rib prawn noodles

S$5 pork rib prawn noodles

S$5 pork rib prawn noodles

i left 2/3 of the noodles uneaten, partly because i usually go on low carbs if i can help it.

but in the case of why eat har & adam road noo cheng, i alway finished all the noodles, or it’s a question of whether worthwhile carbs???

S$5 pork rib prawn noodles

S$5 pork rib prawn noodles

though the noodles were not downright poor, there’s really no much attraction to come back again.

c.h.e.f andy