S$4 pork porridge

my brother invited us for a concert at lee foundation theatre, NAFA campus 3, where he is the conductor & arranged most for the songs & music pieces on 8.10.2016. ^^

we turned left into princep street from middle road & managed to park atNAFA campus 3 itself.

it was free seating. my sis & bil also attending. she went early & managed to get some seats in the front row.

it was a enjoyable concert with many old songs & several from the xin yao era新谣…

after the concert, we thought of getting a bite (we both did not take dinner). it was quite late, many places were closed including smith street roadside stalls (past 10.30pm).

anyway, we already parked at temple street so walked to keong saik & of course tiong shian porridge 长城粥品中心coffeeshop is open.

tiong shian porridge coffeeshop @ keong saik street

tiong shian porridge coffeeshop @ keong saik street

tiong shian porridge coffeeshop @ keong saik street

place was full but not crowded. sometimes there were queues to order food.

S$4 pork porridge

we ordered a S$4 porridge.

it still took 15mins to arrive.

S$4 pork porridge

we shared the S$4 porridge

porridge was ok, quite passable, but this the still broken rice, NOT the hong kong totally smooth style which we like.

so not as tasty as the plain (conpoy) porridge at royal london duck @ mandarin gallery i had recently.

or any of the crystal jade porridge & of course the hong kong street porridge.

about the standard of hong kee porridge at commonwealth crescent food centre i had recently.

ingredients good, like 5 tiny meat balls, quite a bit of sliced lean pork, 4 to 5 small pieces of liver & 3 small intestines – quite good for S$4.

this the kind of porridge that can be quite nice if you add a bit more fish sauce & pepper.

S$4 pork porridge

the crowd obviously like this place.

for me, for a S$4 pork porridge when other places are mostly closed, quite a ok place to come.

c.h.e.f andy

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Tiong Shian Porridge 长城粥品中心 Coffeeshop

garlic steamed seabass – S$21.90

a chinese friend bought lunch today at formosa delights 清香馆 along clementi road today on 6.10.2016. ^^

seldom come to this stretch of shophouses. it is next to the cheese prata shop & fei fei wanton noodles.

this place is at the junction with pasir panjang road & we all parked at the public barrier carpark across the road & walked back.

清香馆

place had a good crowd at 12.30pm.

service by a vietnamese girl who spoke ok english & mandarin was quite ok. 🙂

garlic steamed seabass – S$21.90

this place seems to be good with its seabass dishes, similar to the 重庆烤鱼type dishes.

& only uses seabass, no 鲶鱼, no snakehead fish.

don’t really understand the pricing, the hk steamed 港蒸is like S$25.90, the i think mala style is S$28.90. don’t make sense to me that garlic steamed should be cheaper than 港蒸, so i told my friend to order the garlic steamed. seabass has a bit of mud taste & more mushy meat not so good 清蒸w/o stronger condiments.

garlic steamed seabass – S$21.90

this was good. i expected it to be like you can do garlic or minced ginger with pating fish.

fish was sweet & nice with the garlic. think i will try this myself at home.

锅贴 guo tie – S$5

锅贴 guo tie – S$5

锅贴 guo tie was good too, much better than i expected. tasty fillings, good dough & nicely crisp.

fried asparagus – S$11.40

asparagus was quite a good serving.

fried asparagus – S$11.40

& done very competently. good wok hae, nice garlic flavour, sweet asparagus.

lunch for 3pax

lunch for 3pax was S$40. GST but no service charge.

this a place i will come back again.

c.h.e.f andy

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清香馆

Address:

20 Clementi Rd, Singapore 129749

Contact:

+65 67787398

Opening Hours:

Daily: 11:00 – 00:00