baguette & olive oil

my RI friend bought an exquisite lunch at la ventana @ dempsey today on 12jan2017. ^^

this friend not easy to meet up. i enjoyed his company & looked forward to the lunch.

the outside looked a bit untended outside. inside ambience was great. 🙂

breadstick & hummus

there was the crispy breadstick & hummus.

& they also served the warm bread basket – some baguette & olive oil. baguette was good.

tapas – anchovy bruschetta, croquette, a marinated panfried mackarel etc

my friend recommended the S$48 3-course set lunch.

for appetizer, there was a gaspacho, tapas & something else i cannot remember.

friend recommended tapas & we both ordered that.

it was very good! ^^

nice anchovy bruschetta, a marinated pangrilled mackarel??, a nice croquette (or both were croquette?), a potato dish? & grilled jalapeno pepper.

one thing about the service – for a place like this, strange that the server did not explain the dishes they served.

iberico pork & crayfish

for the main course we both had iberico pork & crayfish. i think there was a salmon main option.

this was a really delectable dish. the iberico steak was served slightly pink which i liked.

my friend cannot take pork medium rare, so the restaurant took back & made it well done & served to him nicely presented again. that was good, commendable!

iberico pork & crayfish

i enjoyed this dish! as i did the tapas appetizer.

the inerico pork steak was excellent & not as fatty as the iberico collar that i do.

the crayfish was quite a fair size helping. it was not overwhelming but was more than competent, so overall it was quite a great pairing.

cheesecake tart with strawberry sorbet

server recommended creme brulee, said it’s most popular.

creme caramel stuff really not my preferred dessert. if it was a good pannacotta i meight take.

friend recommended cheese cake, and it was very good. it was done the japanese cheese cake way – very light cheese. it was good!

fruit sorbet

my friend took the fruit sorbet. so nice! i am sure great too, refreshing.

we had a wonderful time, nice food & conversation, great company. something to look back & reminiscence.

my car was in the garage for maintenance, and my friend did not have a car at his disposal last minute so he cabbed to my place to fetch me for lunch. after lunch we cabbed back.

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La Ventana @ Dempsey

roast london duck – S$25 

went with my OPs friend to royal london duck @ manadarin gallery for 4pax dinner this evening on 10.1.2017. ^^

it was also my OPS friend who bought dinner last time & introduced me to this place on 4.10.2016.

some dishes 

the 4 of us were meeting to discuss our upcoming trip to hong kong.

we already booked our airtickets & looking to confirm the hotel & the location to book. 🙂

roast london duck – S$25

for the dinner, i ordered the roast london duck, must order item.

didn’t disappoint, good as before, though my friend thought duck has shrunk, not as ig serving as the previous time.

haha! it is the “duck of the draw” la…^^

duck was as good as ya wang in JB

& maybe better than canton paradise,

but having tried it second time, clearly it was NOT as good as Tunglok signatures at orchade parade hotel.

crispy charcoal pepper duck meat buns 

the crispy charcoal pepper duck buns we did not tried before.

it’s like crispy char siew pao is a new take on char siew pao, and this one added charcoal & pepper duck to the inventiveness.

crispy charcoal pepper duck meat buns 

& this was very good! banyak bagus la! 🙂

pepper duck filling very tasty & crispy bun was great as texture enhancement to the dish.

char siew – S$16.80

my friends thought the char siew NOT so great this time.

not flavourful, some parts no charring, overall just didn’t taste that great.

& the pricing is totally out of whack! most places would serve char siew like S$9-S$12.

so we refused to order the siew yoke – roast pork because of the price.

& at this price, i won’t order this again if i come back.

xo carrot cake – S$5.80

the xo carrot cake was competent, not my favourite but ok. 🙂

kek tai (innards) porridge 状元及第粥 – S$8.80

the kek tai (innards) porridge 状元及第粥 ok. price ok too.

the porridge not as smooth & tasty as i expected, since the last time the plain porridge was very tasty.

also like quite small bowl although ingredients were quite ok, maybe that’s what counted.

hk poached kailan – S$9.80

took the hk poached kailan.

already knew that poached treatment don’t have wok hae like the simple garlic fried, but it can be very nice, crunchy, tasty.

this time it was quite mediocre, which i guess means poor. my helper can do this dish a lot better la…

dinner 4pax was S$95. other than the char siew price & the mediocre kailan, nothing much to compain actually.

D13 durians from sin kian choon 

a friend bought D13 durians from sin kian choon @ tiong bahru at S$12/kg.

so after dinner we went to bukit merah view food centre & eat durians.

D13 durians from sin kian choon 

it was quite good, but not anywhere near the best D13 i had previously, mostly bought by this friend from sin kian choon, and couple times from ah seng.

had a great time with close friends this evening.

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$5 weiyi laksa 唯一辣沙 @tanglin halt food centre

went to sheng shiong at tanglin halt to get something.

last time i made a post on weiyi laksa 唯一辣沙 was on 22.6.2016.

weiyi laksa 唯一辣沙 @tanglin halt food centre

saw a shorter queue atweiyi laksa 唯一辣沙@tanglin halt food centre, so decided to get in line.

started queue at 11.21am. today queued 13mins only on tuesday 10.1.2017. ^^

S$5 weiyi laksa 唯一辣沙 @tanglin halt food centre

i ordered menu No 6 (chicken, cockles, taupok) S$5, thick beehoon mee.

the stall holder gave me 2 slices 1/2prawns. that should be N05. i think he made mistake.

anyway it looked like no difference. i got a lot of cockles & chicken still PLUS the prawn, maybe a little less taupok?? anyway not complaining.

S$5 weiyi laksa 唯一辣沙 @tanglin halt food centre

S$5 weiyi laksa 唯一辣沙 @tanglin halt food centre

i think weiyi laksa 唯一辣沙 is still my favourite laksa.

recently i had sungei road laksa on 1.12.2016.

still good i guess, but really this weiyi laksa 唯一辣沙 much more savoury & intense gravy, very much my liking.

& i like curry chicken noodles better. but i guess they are just different food. i like both.

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Weiyi Laksa 唯一辣沙 @ Tanglin Halt Food Centre

4 dishes for 3pax lunch

went recently to a-one claypot house at starvista with 2 friends for lunch on 29.12.2016.

ok food & price ok with the groupon vouchers.

i had one more S$50 groupon expiring shortly on 13.1.2017.

so today went again with sis & bil on 9.1.2017. ^^

we ordered 4 dishes. lunch was S$61, so S$11 after S$50 groupon which i paid S$26. so lunch 4 dishes for 3pax was S$37. ok la…

sliced fish porridge – S$14.90

sliced fish porridge – S$14.90

sis decided on the dried scallop sliced fish porridge. healthy!

unfortunately it was NOT nice. the cuttlefish porridge 艇仔粥last time very much better, but bil cannot take cuttlefish or squid.

sliced fish porridge – S$14.90

porridge not sweet despite dried scallops, unlike the  艇仔粥, and this porridge wrong texture so w/o the sweetness it is quite poor porridge.

my helper & i can do porridge much better than this.

lotus roots vegetables – S$12.90

the lotus roots vegetarian dish was good. very tasty.

fried kailan S$11.90

so was the fried kailan topped with fried silver fish.

fried kailan S$11.90

an excellent vegetable dish really, even better that fragrant garden’s fried kai lan in temrs of wok hae & taste.

claypot pork rib rice – S$12.90

claypot pork rib rice – S$12.90

claypot rice was good, flavourful.

claypot pork rib rice – S$12.90

claypot pork rib rice – S$12.90

& the soft bones pork ribs were excellent, very tasty.

it may not be a special dish, but immensely edible. goof stuff!

the worst dish for me was the sliced fish porridge. rest were ok. S$37 for 4dishes boleh da!

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A-0ne Claypot @ Starvista

ter kar ton – trotter jelly S$16

had 11pax family dinner with brother, sil & family, and sis & bil at fragrant garden this evening on 8.1.2017. ^^

was introduced to this place recently by my OPS classmate who bought 9pax dinner on 30.12.2016.

very enjoyable & cost S$240 for 9pax.

this evening we came at 6pm on a sunday. this a good timing. traffic is horrendous on weekdays. & 6pm is perfect! there were already few tables but basically, everything went smoothly. in fact the food was served just too fast! we were done like in 50mins!

ter kar ton – trotter jelly good as usual.

hae chor – S$18

so was the hae chor. very competent.

these 2 dishes though not like the favourites for my family.

braised duck – S$20

braised duck – S$20

braised duck was quite good here.

lor was “pang” – fragrant, and duck was tender.

no better than my own braised duck though!

oyster omelette – S$20

oyster omelette was good, great wok hae, nice flavour & had good oyster flavour, fresh large plump oysters.

steamed halibut – S$59.50

steamed halibut – S$59.50

fell in love with the steamed halibut during last dinner.

ordered. a bit smaller fish this evening. in any case it goes by weight, so this was S$59.50 whereas the dinner my OPS friend bought it was S$70.

it was enough anyway. everyone loved it & my brother & others had several helpings.

claypot pomfret soup – S$76

claypot pomfret soup – S$76

the claypot fish soup also very good.

i will order it again next time.

soup was very sweet & fish was fresh & large, excellent this!

between the 2 great dishes, i still like the halibut more.

& this claypot pomfret soup i cam make easily la…the halibut? not sure where to buy yet???

crab tofu with brocoli – S$20

crab tofu dish very good. very tasty this!

crab tofu with brocoli – S$20

the stock, flavours, texture of tofu all excellent.

my own tofu prawns

maybe i will do my tofu prawn this way, use egg tofu & do it in large portions.

fried kailan – S$15

fried kai lan was good. good wok hae, but i had even better kailan next day at A-one claypot house at starvista.

teochew stewed vegetables – S$20

the teochew stewed vegetables was very good.

my family, wife, 2 daughters etc all loved it.

teochew chai poh fried kuay teow – S$12

teochew chai poh fried kuay teow – S$12

& so the teochew chai poh kuay teow.

excellent wok hae.

maybe i will try to cook this.

orh nee – S$20

my niece immediately kee chiu for orh nee.

this time i ordered S$20 orh nee. looked great with pumpkin, ginkyo nuts & fried shallots but not like normal orh nee.

orh nee – S$20

until you mixed it.

very “pang” flavourful not too sweet, very smooth, the perfect orh nee la…maybe got lard???

very enjoyable dinner for my family. everyone very happy with the dishes & enjoyed a great makan & get together.

dinner was S$334 for 11pax.

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$6 kambing soup – ribs 

went to adam road food centre to take char kuay teow but stall was closed.

so took kabing soup instead at bahrakath mutton soup on 5.1.2017. ^^

bahrakath mutton soup 

the dishes & prices now clearly displayed. the mutton leg with tulang most popular. the tripe looked good too. anyhow i opted for the ribs, which i like also.

$6 kambing soup – ribs 

S$6?S$10 for ribs, which i guess also around the prices for chinese mutton soup.

i ordered S$6. there’s about 10 pieces.

i think the ribs really good, very tender, excellent texture.

$6 kambing soup – ribs  

the soup, at its best, is very good too.

but never quite comparable to good chinese herbal mutton soup like at chai chuan tou chinese mutton soup 柴船头羊肉汤 at bukit merah view food centre.

this evening, soup not as intense as what i had before. still good but not near the best.

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Bahrakath Mutton Soup King

Address:

#01-10 ADAM ROAD FOOD CENTRE, 2 ADAM ROAD, 289876

Opening Hours:

Daily: 13:00 – 03:00

yong tau foo – S$3.50

went to sheng shiong to get something on 6.1.2017.

just 1 item to buy so out immediately. i compliantly parked & put 1/2hr parking oupon.

jing house yong tau foo 

weiyi laksa at tanglin halt food centre not opened.

decided to look in on the yong tau foo stall at koufy tanglin halt.

jing house yong tau foo 

they are selling 6 pieces + noodles for S$3.50.

jing house yong tau foo 

i had 7 pieces, no noodles, so still S$3.50.

yong tau foo – $3.50 

there is yellow beans provided on the side you can add yourself to the soup or ytf bowl.

all items, plus chilli & sweet sauce, nice, except kang kong/othe veg small servings.

have been eating more ytf recently-

1. best for me = hillview ytf at meiling food centre.
2. meixi’s kitchen yong tau foo 美茜酿豆腐 at commonwealth drive blk 115B also very good, more fried stuff, somewhat different items.
3. a poor one at SGH kopitiam, &
4. a real bad one, hakka yong tau foo at holland drive food centre.

this one here would be on par wiht meixi’s kitchen just somewhat different items.

going back a bit earlier, the best i had so far (partly because of the nice mined pork noodles) is at u hakka at circuit road food centre.

i am quite happy with jing house overall,

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Jin House @ koufu tanglin halt

Address:

88 Tanglin Halt Rd, Singapore 141088

siew yoke roast pork – S$12

had a nice lunch with my running buddy at tunglok signatures today on 3.1.2017. ^^

food here always nice, but parking is expensive, & now they refused to give free parking. so my friend piked me up & we went in one car. go green anyway!

the siew yoke – roast pork always good here. it’s amazing all these good restaurants, they can render out the fat layer almost completely, so it’s like a crispy skin plus fairly lean meat below! 🙂

lie tong 例汤with arrow roots – 1/2 pot for S$16

i ordered the lie tong 例汤 everytime.

they are always good, and often better than many sharksfin soup la…

1/2 pot = S$16 serves 4 bowls, so good for 2-3pax.

today it’s arrowroots, still good but not the best. the best include 鸡骨草 & green papaya etc…

salted egg prawns & wasabi prawns – S$10

the prawns in 2 ways also my frequent order.

it looked nice, and came with a 2 large prawns – wasabi & salted egg, very well matched with a sweet water melon. today it was done very well. sometimes the deep-fry not light & just right.

salted egg prawns & wasabi prawns 

all these are 1 person portion. but really the meal would be too heavy if you order a few course, so we took 1 portion to share, and for my friend, for him to taste more dishes.

so shared by 2, still a very welcoming portion. 🙂

pepper sauce lamb rack – S$12

tunglok does one of the best chinese (maybe fusion??) lamb rack.

maybe all good chinese restaurants do that these days.

pepper sauce lamb rack – S$12

lamb was nicely medium rare, tender & no strong gamey taste, just like any western preparation.

& the pepper sauce was just nice, not overly stickly sweet, overpoweringly pepperish like they used to do in older time chinese restaurants.

fried kailan – S$18

this kailan must be among their worst dishes!

quite edible, but neither presentation, look nor taste belongs to the dish quality in this restaurant.

it’s more like from a quite mediocre zi char. most zi char will do better than this. & i would do too myself la…lol!^^

lobster noodles – S$28

the lobster noodles here always good.

i order 1 portion each. the lobster steak was done very well, as always, very good grilled flavours & excellent bite texture.

the  yellow sauce was ok. today the dish came early while we were working on the kailan & we took it a bit later, so the yellow sauce not as great when cold. noodles remained al dente & good. 🙂

this the dish i emulated & rehashed 2+yrs back = king prawn noodles (黄焖大虾面)

noodles & sauce-wise, mine wasn’t too bad too. of course cannot compare with the lobster steak.

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Tunglok Signatures @ Orchard Parad

Address :
Orchard Parade Hotel #02-18
1 Tanglin Road
Singapore 247905

Contact :
Tel : +65 6834 0660
Fax : +65 6834 0550

Opening Hours :

Lunch :11.30am – 3.00pm (Daily)
Dinner :6.00pm -10.30pm (Daily)

S$3 fried kuay teow

6 of us including our helper went for a family out, a walk up bukit timah hill, on 2.1.2017. ^^

we parked at jalan bingka along rifle range road, and walked along the rail corridor, passed (under) the PIE then the anak bukit flyovers, about 10mins to hindhede road.

we were fast “walkers”. we started at 8.22am up the south view path to the summit, then down along the road at arrived back at the visitors’ centre at 9.16am, about 54mins all in.

we decided to walk over to the courts side.

it was early, so joo seng teochew muay & many stalls were not opened yet, so we decided to walk over to bukit timah food centre.

xin heng fried kuay teow

i wanted to try the char kuay teow. no queue, no so popular?

S$3 fried kuay teow

anyhow the S$3 fried kuay teow was pretty ok.

quite tasty, good wok hae, not many cockles, overall experience quite nice.

nothing special but quite competent. i am ok with it.

138 kueh chap

there was a long queue for the kueh chap.

kueh chap

the best thing here for me was the braised belly pork.

did not look that great, but it was tasty, and the texture was great, good bite, so dry.

kueh chap

the small intestines, pig skin, taupok were all ok.

i did not think it was quite average, nothing particularly good other than the belly pork.

very bad kueh

the kueh was very poor. thick, not good texture, and the braise sauce also not great.

i would say 康乐stall at HL43 Food House was much better. the kueh there was very good.

hong wen mutton soup

the mutton soup opens at 10am.

i decided to try when it starts serving.

S$5 mutton innard soup

ordered a S$5 羊杂汤, mutton innards soup.

S$5 mutton innard soup

i didn’t like the soup. it was too herbal & unnaturally sweet for me.

i think very poor c/w chai chuan tou chinese mutton soup 柴船头羊肉汤 at bukit merah view food centre.

no comparison la…

he zhong fried carrot cake

there was this very long queue at he zhong fried carrot cake stall. you can see it from the road.

the children managed to order a plate, the wait was 1/2hr & they bring to the table, then pay.

he zhong fried carrot cake

it was good, great wok hae, tasty carrot cake.

i can see why people queue though i would not queue myself.

after makan, we walked back along the road back to jln bingka.

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freshly shucked oysters=6xS$5

wife wanted to relax & have a good dinner. it’s public holiday so some amex lovedining places like tunglok do not offer discounts.

i called up portico prime @ dempsey & they had the usual discount so we went on 2.1.2017.

portico prime

portico prime is the previous prime society.

we liked the wagyu steaks & oysters here & came here when it was prime society, on 28.4.2015.

warm bread so so butter

bread was warm & soft, not flavourful so very average & better was frozen hard like those at cafeteria.

freshly shucked oysters=6xS$5

oysters were ok, the “gee?” was creamier than the “ocean”.

oysters

i don’t know much about oysters, but looking back at the photos on 28.4.2015, the oysters then looked a lot creamier.

oysters

memory then was that oysters were good, while these were average.

caviar truffle capellini with sakura ebi S$30

the caviar truffle capellini with sakura ebi dish was very flavourful.

with 50% discounts it was S$15.

at first it still looked expensive c/w say saveur or concetto.

portion was actually small for main but larger than the S$6, S$7 appetizer at saveur or concetto.

caviar truffle capellini with sakura ebi

the taste though was awesome!

this a popular dish here, & i would order it again.

the truffle flavour was endearing with the al dente pasta, and the sakura ebi very tasty, crunchy and added some saltiness to the dish, combined perfectly. i think taste wise better than saveur & concetto which were also good.

200g usda choice grain-fed ribeye S$46

they did not have 2 dishes we wanted to order this evening – the kagoshima A5 wagyu, and mussels.

200g usda choice grain-fed ribeye S$46

we ordered the usda choice ribeye first.

it was really good, and the brown sauce was great too. done medium rare quite perfectly, very sweet, tender, flavourful steak. pencil asparagus was the cheaper variety, but it was good.

labrezza’s 300g angus ribeye with salsa & rockets was cheaper though & equally good.

200g australian grass-fed sirloin S$42

we were not particularly hungry but we decided to try another steak, though it was grass-fed & sirloin, altogether poorer cut & price not much different.

200g australian grass-fed sirloin S$42

steak was not as tender, still sweet but not as.

200g australian grass-fed sirloin

& medium rare doneness a bit over, not ideal overall. i won’t order this next time.

& i will call up first to ask if the jap A5 wagyu available.

portico prime inherited the largely same arresting ambience of prime society. the restaurant seems to be priced a bit lower end than prime society, and a bit more variety. portico group is helmed by nixon low who was with petite menu, and before that andre & saint pierre.

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S$3 fish ball noodles

went with wife to meiling street food centre this morning on 1.1.2017.

we wanted to take the hill view yong tau foo 山景酿豆腐 , but the stall was closed.

since we were already there & parked we decided to take the xinlu 新路 S$3 teochew fish ball noodles.

S$3 fish ball noodles

we both had the meepok tar, less noodles.

6 fish balls

usually it comes with 5 fish balls.

but as we asked for less meepok, they gave 1 extra fishball, so 6 fishballs.

S$3 fish ball noodles

fishballs were bouncy & sweet. noodles qq, done well, and the chilli today was quite good. sometimes they gave too little chilli.

this used to be our favourite fish ball noodles >20yrs ago when it was at margaret drive when children were small. cheap & good then, still now.

the standard has not changed. it was as good as before. i guess there’s a lot good quality hawker food now & tastebuds have changed.

i still don’t mind this noodles. not the best now for me, & i would prefer jln tua kong meepok tar at 6th avenue. it’s different style…i just prefer that over this.

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ter kar ton – trotter jelly bagus!

my OPS primary school friend bought 9pax dinner at fragrant garden this evening on 30.12.2016. ^^

fragrant garden upper serangoon

this place is quite popular, filled up in the course of the evening.

ter kar ton – trotter jelly bagus!

the ter kar ton – trotter jelly was good!

the lor jelly is “pang” – fragrant. texture was great.

ter kar ton – trotter jelly bagus!

i prefer a bit more skin less lean meat or use the more fatty pig head meat instead of trotters which have quite chunky lean meat, but the taste was good!

hae chor

hae chor

hae chor was good too, crispy, and nice fillings.

pai guat wong 排骨王

pai guat wong 排骨王 not my favourite & not a dish i usually order.

this one looked impressive with the fire around the foil, and a friend took a video. they called it fragrant’s flaming pork.

pai guat wong 排骨王

it was quite inventive & good for zi char stalls to improvise.

don’t think it added anything to the taste though..but keeping it warm & moist, rather than cold & dry, i guess improves the taste.

pai guat wong 排骨王

a very competent dish, just not my dish.

teochew steamed halibut – the best!

the sour plum teochew steamed halibut my favourite. first time i taking this teochew style in a teochew restaurant.

富记大排档 Tai Wai steamed turbot with 陈皮

i had a nice hk steamed whole turbot 港蒸多宝鱼 at富记大排档 in tai wai, hong kong 5.6.2015.

teochew steamed halibut – the best!

that was HK$98. this one S$70.

but i think worth every cent. this a much larger fish & very thick, tasty, tender fillet.

teochew steamed halibut – the best!

for me, a quite wonderful dish.

oyster omelette

the oyster omelette was quite good. just nothing out of the ordinary.

beng thin’s oyster egg sheets = S$28 for medium

though not the same preparation, i think beng thin’s thin sheet oyster egg is better in overall taste experience.

oyster omelette

but you know that was S$28 for medium, this probably S$18 for large, 1/2 the price. so i would have more of this, and sparingly of that.

teochew fried kuay teow

teochew fried kuay teow

the teochew fried kuay teow with chye poh was quite excellent, very flavourful.

one of the better ones i had.

teochew fried kuay teow

though recently we had a better teochew fried kuay teow at crab at bay in macpherson.

& the dish there even better than this. the kuay teow was more burnt PLUS there were sliced fish like in sanlo horfun. 🙂

kongbak pao

kongbak

the kongbak pao was mediocre for me.

kongbak pao

the belly pork was actually tender & great texture, the taste of the braise though not the best i had.

orh nee

the orh nee was quite impressive.

the right side was the look when it as served. the server demo-ed the whisking & the left was the result.

it was good, the yam paste was very smooth, it was not too sweet & the taste was great!

the dinner for 9pax cost S$240, quite a good price & very enjoyable evening together, good food & fun.

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kueh chap

my RI friend came by my place this morning. we decided to go to HL43 Food House at holland drive to have some kueh chap on 30.12.2016. ^^

S$4 kueh chap

i had some nice kueh chap here the other day, so didn’t mind having it again.

S$3.50 big intestines head 大肠头－very ex

i added the big intestines head 大肠头S$3.50 very ex leh..

the stall holder explained that there is a lot of big intestines, but very few big intestines head 大肠头, so it is relatively quite expensive. next time i will just order big intesties.

S$4.50 pig trotters

S$4.50 pig trotters

the pig trotters was just ok i think.

my friend thought it was not good, some parts not so tender, and the lean meat a bit chunky..

for me, most of the gelatinous parts were quite ok, just not the best i had.

kueh

the kueh here one of the best i had. texture was perfect & the soup also, among the better ones.

S$3.50 pig innards soup

the pig innards soup i agree with my friend not so great.

soup sweetness a bit artificial, not as good as the recent one we had at aik kee, geyland east central food centre.

the lunch was quite ok for me, just the big intestine head was ex.

anyway great time together with this friend…

c.h.e.f andy

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康乐kueh chap

beef horfun & pig innards soup

hand itchy bought 2 groupons for a-one claypot the other day, S$26 for S$50 voucher, expiring soon.

starvista quite convenient for me, so when a friend suggested 3pax lunch, we decided to go a-one claypot at starvista on 29.12.2016. ^^

groupon S$26 for S$50 voucher

saw some online reviews, quite ok.

beef horfun

there was a carb eater young man among us, so i ordered a beef horfun.

it was quite well done actually. good wok hae for hor fun. beef was tender not too artificial & dish was tasty. 🙂

pig innards soup

they sell bakuteh here, so the pig innard soup base is the quite light, tasty, fragrant bkt soup, not the ter huan kiam chai soup. this was good too.

pig innards soup

i quite like this dish. 🙂

cuttlefish & sliced fish congee 艇仔粥

& we had the cuttlefish & pig innards soup 艇仔粥, another carb dish that i don’t mind.

cuttlefish & sliced fish congee 艇仔粥

it’s not the usual hong kong congee preparation, which is totally smooth.

a mix of teochew which is grainy but not much taste, and the hk style. so this was grainy but very sweet & tasty. not bad though i prefer the hk smooth style.

ikan bilis heng chai

the 3 dishes made up only S$44, so we ordered a heng chai. this came with ikan bilis, a good tasty dish.

lunch 4 dishes for 3pax was like S$58nett, so i topped up S$8, plus S$26 for voucher, that’s S$34nett, not bad la….

c.h.e.f andy

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A-0ne Claypot @ Starvista