my OPS primary school friend bought 5pax lunch at sik bao sin, geylang lor 34 today on 5.7.2016. ^^

food was better than i expected actually.

we were originally supposed to go to sik wai sin, but there was a sign on the door saying temporarily closed. so we called sik bao sin (which my friend said is run by the brother) & they said “just come over, got table”.

when we got there, there was a queue of like 8pax. 3 large tables looked like occupied by tour group. my friend spoke with the lady that we called & we got a table.

only 1 time i been to sik wai sin was a dinner organised by my RI friend like 5 yrs ago. the proprietor was well known as nazi chef – they say “no menu, no air con, no service”. not sure how it is now.

sik bao sin is quite the opposite. looked like a typical totally efficiently-run, orderly place. high ceiling, air con, not warm nor cluttered. 2 servers, but efficient, food came 5-10 mins after.

menu very short, limited. we ordered 5 dishes, which is like 1/2 the menu items.

bittergourd pork ribs was good.

tasty, nice sauce, pork ribs were tender, bittergourd not bitter, very soft, which was not my preferred texture but most people would like it this way. very good, i didn’t think outstanding.

the lar pok, deep-fried pork lard or chee yao char cost $1, came with oil.

i didn’t think much of it at all. i think even some bakchormee lar pok are better. think pork lard should come dry & not in oil.

all the dishes were good except their steamed song fish head.

this came with tau jeon. i am not familiar with this style as i thought the common styles are spicy black bean sauce, hk steam, sichuan chilli (剁椒), and maybe minced ginger (which is more common on pating fish).

i myself have never taken a tau jeon steamed song fish head. i can see though that tau jeon is ok with such a dish. my cantonese friends said this is called “meen see”.

whatever the style, basically this dish was underwhelming. still nice dish so not poor la, just underwhelming.

any stalls in chinatown, hk street chun kee, even hawker centres (like dunman) would serve equal (many better) fish head than this & at 1/2 the price.

steamed minced pork with salted fish was competent.

quite nice. i enjoyed it. always like salted fish minced pork.

this reminded me of the scrumptious meal we had at alan’s place. i think alan’s rendition was better than this.

alan is my good friend’s brother who is the proprietor of WEH (why eat har). 

the tofu prawn was the standout dish here today.

prawns were huge & really excellent.

& the tofu, sauce with egg was just fabulous la…

kai lan also very good. good wok hae, just slight salty. the standard of a good zi char!

lunch was S$107 for 5pax, pretty ok for the food we had.

after lunch we went to the friend’s place & had karaoke with his internet TV. ^^

had a swell time with these old friends.

c.h.e.f andy

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