chinatown braised duck

my OPS bro WM dropped by at teban gardens today but i left already.

he went to visit an aunty who had a fall & now warded at st lukes hospital.

after he dropped by my place & we went to commonwealth crescent food centre.

WM ordered his favourite hong kee porridge.

i had my jian kan wanton noodles.

chinatown braised duck

WM was watching the queue, and he went to buy the duck. he said lower quarter S$18, really overly expensive, but it was a huge portion could pass as 1/2 duck.

we had this here on 5.9.2016.

duck was just as good, very tender & tasty, good lor flavours & not salty. a really very good duck, as good as or almost the standard of hup seng braised duck in sin ming. 

c.h.e.f andy

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Hong Kee Porridge

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牛车水阿婆卤鸭

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31 Commonwealth Crescent S149644, Commonwealth Crescent Market & Food Centre

盐水鸭 whole duck S$32

surprise package today. 9 RI bros turned up for 盐水鸭 at benson duck toa payoh lor 1.

just yesterday i was buying some msw to share after the lunch today & checking on the numbers. it was like 4 or 5.

as it turned out, this one of the highest attendance out our birthday get togethers, which mostly had full attendance, all 14 bros.

benson duck

this my best 盐水鸭 in singapore, not in a restaurant. well the only one i know. lol!

whole duck is S$32. it is tender, sweet, tasty, not salty, quite perfect actually.

we were seated on adjoining tables, seating 4 & 5, so we ordered a portion for each table.

pig innards soup 猪杂汤 S$8

the fish maw pig innard soup was very good, very tasty soup & the liver, pork balls & sliced pork were good too.

braised pork & chicken liver, gizzards S$8

duck liver was ok. the braised belly pork & gizzard not so good.

the 金龙菜 here just S$3. c/w S$15 for the same thing we had few days back at sum kee on 18.5.2018! 

lunch came to S$106 for 9pax about S$12 each…nice lunch. food was wiped clean…

msw durians

after lunch, we went to toa payoh lor 8 & took four seasons chendol.

after that we shared the durians. i bought 2 msw about S$40 expecting 4-5pax lol!

anyway it was enough, no need to eat too much.

盐水鸭

i do a good 盐水鸭 myself, but not for a long time, maybe should try it again.

c.h.e.f andy

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Benson Salted Duck 盐水鸭

2 x干香 crabs for $30 promotion

my OPS buddy PK bought 4pax lunch today at diamond kitchen on 22.5.2018. ^^

there was a crab promotion 2 crabs for S$30 he ordered the 干香 style. 🙂

fish head curry

there was also another promotion like 4 dishes including fish head curry for S$76.

PK ordered that too.

fish head curry was good, though i thought the one at sum kee we had last friday on 18.5.2018 was better!

breaded chicken

the breaded chicken quite good too. chicken was tender tasty, breadcrumbs good too, not oily & nice sauce…

lala

lala also good…plain but fresh & plump & sweet. 🙂

fried veg

vegetables were ordinary…

2 x干香 crabs for $30 promotion

the best deal had to be the 2 crabs promotion = 2x500g crabs for S$30.

干香 style not very flavourful though & not spicy. PK went back again & had pepper crab…he said that was better.

i think lunch would be like S$125..the crab was good deal…the S$76 set so so i think…maybe order ala carte the fish head curry & some other dishes.

c.h.e.f andy

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laksa

my OPS bro WT went to sin kian choon & bought 3 msw for me…today cheapest at S$12/kg

I went to meet him at bukit merah view food centre..

we had S$3 laksa & chendol.

bukit merah view fish ball minced meat noodles

the laksa was good, nice lemak savoury gravy, and quite good serving of plump cockles, better than i expected from a fishball noodles stall.

not weiyi laksa, but i didn’t mind it, will do for me la… 🙂

chendol

the chendol was pretty good too!

coconut milk was thick, no kidney beans just ordinary red beans & gula melaka not thick enough but otherwise ok.

i took ice kachang here last couple times but this standard of chendol ok for me.

3 msw $54

sin kian choon msw $12 per kg

durian was S$12, so the $54 would be like 3.5kg.

i brought to my brother’s home next day but actually it was not that great. still nice msw flavours, not near the best, and large seeds also not so many pieces for 3 durians c/w with the 2 durians we shared for 4pax last friday.

c.h.e.f andy

crispy eel

had a 3rd mother’s day 8pax family dinner @ silk sicc island on 19.5.2018. ^^

i did a first on 12.5.2018, just a simple home hotpot dinner for 3pax inc SL.

then SL bought 5pax tapas dinner at sabio on 13.5.2018.

SM & JH were not available both times so we had again this evening 8pax mother’s day dinner. 🙂

deepfried eggplant

i ordered the crispy eel (S$8) & deepfried eggplants with pork floss (S$6).everyone like the appetisers, more the eggplants as the eel was slightly sweet. for me both were ok, good. 🙂

tea infused roast duck S$52

the tea infused roast duck was excellent. so flavourful & tasty. the best dish this evening & a dish wife & i like a lot here. 🙂

crispy perch in thai sauce

crispy perch in thai sauce 4x$13.90

crispy perch in thai sauce another lovely dish everyone enjoyed.

i ordered 4 portions to share among 8 & the restaurant cut for us before deepfrying with batter so effectively we had 8 pieces, perfect!

a really lovely dish – great batter, a good tasty perch, and a bit tangy thai sauce.

braised belly pork 3x$6

also ordered the braised belly pork. ordered 3 pieces for 8pax, and quite enough.

this a really nice dish – excellent pork, great veg & sauce & buns as well. 🙂

truffle minced pork tofu S$16

i ordered the truffle minced pork tofu, another wonderful dish with very nice deepfried tofu & truffle minced pork sauce.

in fact all the dishes here, except the dessert which was pedestrian, were really great..

claypot frog legs S$24

i ordered a medium claypot frog leg, very good too.

claypot frog legs

tender, delicious & great scallion, ginger sauce.

spinach in 3 eggs

and a spinach in 3 eggs…SL love it, me too, but not particularly wife’s favourite.

braised prawn meepok S$27

braised prawn meepok

i ordered a medium prawn meepok. we usually take beehoon but decided to try meepok as that was the original menu dish

the braise was very tasty as usual. meepok was done well, al dente ie qq & not mushy. still beehoon infused/absorbed the braise far better so beehoon still the better dish.

guilinggao 龟苓膏

i ordered 6 dessert, a guilinggao 龟苓膏 & 5 bowls of mango sago…very average dessert.

dinner for 8pax was about S$290, quite ok & very good food that all enjoyed.

c.h.e.f andy

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curry fish head S$26 

WT bought nice 3pax lunch today at sum kee, telok blangah street 31 on 18.5.2018. ^^

sum kee 

the place quite filled up at lunch time. parking is free.

curry fish head S$26 

fish head curry was good, both lemak & savoury.

i like the fish head curry here…drank up most of the curry…not the best i had but it would do…

S$26 not cheap, also not ex..S$25 the going rate most zi char places though one can certainly find cheaper ones & promotion prices etc…

spanish ribs S$28

the spanish ribs was to me quite ex for zi char place, but then these days many zi char more ex than restaurants, so just need to look out for deals…

this a half rack maybe 6 ribs, and more ex than tony romas (just checked $26.90 for babyback 1/2 rack and S$24.90 for st louis 1/2 rack).

spanish ribs S$28 

ribs were well done fork tender. no better than tony romas or anybeach cafe or roasters i guess.

bbq ribs are not particularly my favourite though i don’t ind also. spanish ribs in fact a bit chinese style with sticky too much honey kind of sauce. i prefer the st louis kind more savoury meaty sauce & bbq flavours…my friends loved it though.

金龙菜 S$15

金龙菜 was good but a bit ridiculously price at S$15 for small. most other veg on the menu are S$8 or S$10 for small. and as i remembered & had it shortly the week after, the one sold at benson duck was just S$3.

S$78 for 3pax

S$78 for 3pax for 3 dishes & drinks, a bit high side for me for the place & food.

the place was crowded at lunch time, so most people i guess finds it ok.

msw $12 per kg at sin kian choon

msw $12 per kg at sin kian choon

msw $12 per kg at sin kian choon

we decided to go sin kian choon in one after lunch & bought msw at S$12/kg.

then we stopped over at telok blangah & another OPS buddy PK joined us for durians.

after that we returned to our parked cars at sum kee.

a wonderful lunch & durians afterwards.

c.h.e.f andy

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