song fish head 松鱼头 

after a good variety of best hawker food (char kuay teow, bak chor mee, curry chicken noodles & bee chiam kueh) at hong lim hawker centre,

the RI makan gang moved on to chinatown complex for the next food adventure on 15.9.2017. ^^

BT joined us at chinatown complex, though like 1 hr later. lol! 🙂

KY & LCM went to order the dishes from seng kee 119 成记

 

I did not eat as today is the start of my 14days vegetarian/fruit diet challenge with DP。

this stall seems to be quite fanous & written about…i must say just by the look of the dish & the sauce, it looks ok but not great…it is individual preferences of course, quite subjective…

for me my favourite is hong kong street chun kee at leel 2 of commonwealth crescent food centre (it is more ex at S$16 whereas at chinatown complex it is very competitive & every stall is selling at S$13)…

 

pai kwat wong排骨王

pai kwat wong排骨王 

pai kwat wong排骨王 looked the right colours & presentation.

i don’t mind this dish, but not my favourite..

black bean sauce bittergourd pork rib 

the black bean sauce bittergourd pork rib was competent.

i took 2 pieces of bittergourd. they were ok…but really compared with the S$0.80 bittergourd dish at 夜上海 teochew muay at lengkok bahru,  夜上海’s dish a lot better for me la…

gong bao chicken 宫保鸡丁

gong bao chicken 宫保鸡丁 looked the right colours & presentation, should be good.

the dishes were like S$47 for 5pax, quite ok.

yigu peanut paste & black sesame paste 二姑花生糊/黑芝麻糊 

115 tong swee  一一五糖水was closed today,

so we tried yigu tong swee二姑糖水.

i had yun yong 鸳鸯 peanut paste & black sesame paste 二姑花生糊/黑芝麻糊。the peanut paste was distinctly inferior to 115 tong swee, and in this case in fact the black sesame paste tasted better, whereas at 115 tong swee, the peanut paste beats all other dishes.

the 1950s coffee 五十年代& toast

& then good coffee & toast from 五十年代.

for me the coffee here is the best kopitiam kopi i had. ^^

c.h.e.f andy

outram road char kuay teow – S$5

at the 11pax homecooked dinner at my place for WCM & my RI friends last friday on 8.9.2017,

GCG initiated the RI Makan Group & suggested we go round singapore eating places for food adventures. 🙂

so this morning KY organised the first makan at hong lim food centre, a good place to start on 15.9.2017.^^

outram road char kuay teow

i arrived 10.10am and 2 friends, KY & WCM already there & in the queue for outram road char kueh teow & tai wah bakchormee. 🙂

we were joined by doc & CW. CW had to leave earlier. & LKH & LCM joined us nearer 12pm. so we had 7pax including CW who left after first round.

conspicuously absent was the makan group initiator GCG, lol! 🙂

outram road char kuay teow – S$5

the queue continued to lunch (we stayed till 12pm), and got longer, maybe 15-20pax.

outram road char kuay teow – S$5

outram road char kuay teow was voted the best by my friends here.

kopi o

my friends knew that today is Day 1 of my 14day vegetarian/fruit diet challenge with DP. i start 2 days earlier on 15sep while DP starts on 17sep & we both end on 30sep (as at the time we agreed on the challenge, i had 2 prior committed days on 19sep & 25sep, whereas DP will have unbroken 14days).

so i was not eating & just came to join the fun & fellowhip la…

dong sheng coffee

kopi was good, but nothing like the 1950s coffee at chinatown complex.

beechiamkueh

KY bought beechiamkueh. later he showed me the shop at the other side near the ipoh horfun stall.

beechiamkueh not my favourite. anyhow though ok for vegetarian diet, since i am making an effort on the diet, might as well skip this too…

tai wah bakchormee – S$5

tai wah bakchormee cannot go wrong too la…

good ingredients, and i am sure chili was excellent as usual..

tai wah bakchormee

tai wah bakchormee

constant queue too, though not as long as outram road CKT.

ah heng curry chicken noodles – S$6.50

i went to get ah heng curry chicken noodles for my friends, and a second time when LCM & LKH came. my choice always large, thick beehoon & yellow noodles, and chicken thigh 鸡尾。

luckily for me both times no queue, though doc said there was a queue after i bought the first bowl. doc prefers heng kee curry chicken noodles at level 1.

this my favourite stall & about favourite hawker food, so when i come to hong lim, i don’t get to eat outram road CKT or tai wah BCM since i must take this curry chicken noodles.

anyway, today i did not eat, just enjoying the company & watching my friends eat! ^^

c.h.e.f andy

115 tong swee 一一五糖水

long session with RI bros today. 🙂

started with nice lunch at 東北胖妈春饼店(Northeast Mom Spring Pancake),……

LKH didn’t mind the food though not his fav…the rest all liked it…

next, we walked over to chinatown complex.

had very good peanut paste 花生糊 at 115 tong swee 一一五糖水  on 6.9.2017. ^^

peanut paste, sesame paste

peanut paste, sesame paste

the peanut paste 花生糊here was really good, very tasty, thick, flavourful.

peanut paste 花生糊 not so common even in hong kong, mostly sesame, walnut, almond paste.

i started with the walnut paste核桃糊/black sesame 黑芝麻糊. the walnut paste核桃糊 was less flavourful/intense than peanut paste 花生糊. the guys went for second round.

fifties coffee五十年代

fifties coffee五十年代

toast 

we went over to fifties coffee五十年代 for some coffee & toast.

this the best kopttiam kopi i had. very thick, intense & flavourful. nice aroma..

the toast quite ordinary to me…

NCL joined us for kopi after watching US Open tennis quarterfinals…del potro vs fedrerer-delpo won…NCL had not taken lunch yet, so he went to buy  江鱼仔yong tau foo.

ang kee ice kachang

ice kachang S$1.50

afterwards we walked over to ang kee to have ice kacang. i think LKH ordered soursop jelly.

ice kacang was mediocre. only thing special was the price = S$1.50!

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115 Tang Shui – Sweet Soup

Address:

Chinatown Complex Food Centre, Blk 335 Smith Street, #02-206

Singapore

Contact:

Call 9641 9140

干锅肥肠

my RI bros decided to try my recommendations for best big intestine dishes in singapore.

so 5 of us met for lunch at 東北胖妈春饼店(Northeast Mom Spring Pancake) at 23 smith street on 6.9.2017. ^^

the 干锅肥肠  is a must order dish…supernice! and never fails… 🙂

干锅肥肠

the big intestines were very tender in texture, no foul taste, very, very tasty with sauce & accompanying veg.

saliva chicken 口水鸡

saliva chicken 口水鸡

the saliva chicken 口水鸡 here is good standard, not the best, but quite tasty.

i had very tasty mala 麻辣 flavours before, and later also in shenzhen during my hong kong/shenzhen trip.

another comment i made before is that most places made the chicken like 白斩鸡, so presentation is nice & just add very tasty mala 麻辣 sauce. here the chicken pieces are small & torn up so not nice presentation & many splintered bones, so not so convenient to eat.

claypot ribbon fish 砂锅带鱼

claypot ribbon fish 砂锅带鱼

the claypot ribbon fish 砂锅带鱼 is another must order dish.

ribbon fish i took >40yrs ago, now hardly see them, maybe very very occasionally at economic rice stalls?

double-cooked (deepfried then braised) 半煎煮is a favourite teochew preparation.

and this claypot ribbon fish 砂锅带鱼 was just so good! 🙂

fried french beans with egg plants

fried french beans with egg plants a new dish for me. like it very much. the mala taste was excellent.

dumlings酸菜猪肉饺子

dumlings酸菜猪肉饺子

the dumlings酸菜猪肉饺子 was good too, though nothing special.

bill = S$59 for 5pax

the bill for 5pax 5dishes just S$59nett.

i really like this place a lot!

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东北胖妈春饼店Northeast Mom Spring Pancake 

S$5 weiyi laksa

greedy today

went sheng shiong tanglin halt to get something..

saw weiyi laksa open – this guy forever close, so queue 15mins for laksa on 3.9.2017.^^

S$5 weiyi laksa

weiyi laksa always good. 🙂

i always pick no.6 (chicken, taupok & cockles) & S$5 serving.

i like it because it is savoury, with meat sweetness combined with laksa gravy sweetness, and not just lemak coconut milk taste. 🙂

tian shui chicken rice

tian shui chicken rice

wanted to try the next stall tian shui chicken rice’s 白斩鸡……

wei yi laksa & tian shui 白斩鸡 chicken drumstick

it is smoother than mine but not as sweet…

in fact weiyi laksa chicken breast is sweeter even! lol! 🙂

S$3 白斩鸡 chicken drumstick

S$3 白斩鸡 chicken drumstick

maybe should have ordered roast chicken usually the roast flavour is better

chili was good..more garlic than mine…

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lobster noodles S$25

went with wife to Xin Cuisine 新故乡 for 2pax dinner this evening on 6.9.2017. ^^

still very good! and best got amex lovedining 50% discount for 2pax! 🙂

now tunglok restaurants no longer on amex lovedining discounts, very sian leh…withdrawal!

only fine dining restaurant is xin cuisine…just as well it is very good! 🙂

tea flavoured roast duck S$32

the tea flavoured roast duck here is among the best!

comparable with –

1. four seasons london chinatown
2. tunglok signature orchard parade’s roast london duck; and
3. meng meng roast duck 阿明帝皇鸭 at sutera mall 

all are good by me. my own preference would be in the above order – four seasons tops, tunglok & xin cuisine follows, & then meng meng..

tea flavoured roast duck S$32

style-wise, four seasons a bit similar to meng meng becos of the excellent sauce, whereas tunglok & xin cuisine are hong kong restaurant style taken with mui jeong 梅酱 and with the duck natural juice.

tunglok use london duck (irish duck) which is smaller & fatty so very flavourful. xin cuisine is tea flavoured very nice too, 各有千秋！

lobster noodles S$25

we ordered one lobster yeemeen each. 🙂

lobster noodles S$25

lobster yee meen was good!

lobster great, and yee meen reasonably tasty, but really i can make yee meen a lot tastier, well infused with intense stock. 🙂

steamed 梅菜with娃娃菜 S$18

this steamed 梅菜with娃娃菜 one of the best dishes here!

the 梅菜flavours was so so good! 🙂

龟苓膏 S$8

龟苓膏 S$8

guay ling kor here very good, strong herbal flavours, got oomph!

dinner was S$69nett for 2pax after 50% discount, really shiok for the quality of food….

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A5 wagyu rosu, harami, kurobuta & chicken 

had lunch with a friend at heijoen yakiniku japan food town level 4 wisma on 4.9.2017. ^^

this a good friend from my past live. i think we knew each other around 2000, when i was doing some startup investment business. 🙂

this S$16.90 yakiniku lunch lunch truly the best value meal!

i came back for the same S$16.90 lunch set with my sis & bil on 6.9.2017. ^^

heijoen yakiniku

heijoen is right at the end of japan food town shops, next to sabar.

heijoen yakiniku lunch menu 

the lunch sets looked pretty good value but no comparison with the S$16,90 promo lunch set.

this wagyu set really good, the best value = unmatchable!

S$16.90 best value wagyu yakiniku @ heijoen 

the yakiniku set included A5 wagyu rosu, harami, kurobuta & chicken!

and it is cheaper than the menu lunch set that had only USDA beef.

salad, pickles, rice, soup 

and incredibly the salad, pickles, rice, soup were all very nice. rice was like a bibimbap with some beef toppings though not the same preparation.

salad

pickles 

soup

salad, pickles, soup all great!’

rice 

and the rice? best la!

heijoen yakiniku

wagyu rosu & harami, chicken & pork

wagyu rosu & harami, chicken & pork 

even the chicken was very good. & the kurobuta great!

the A5 wagyu of course 无得顶 mo tak teng (the best!)

panna cotta dessert

panna cotta dessert

& the panna cotta, also very nice la!

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Yakiniku Heijoen

Address:

chirashi don – S$30

my brother has a performance this evening = the grand finale of the 9th south east asian chinese poets symposium at china cultural centre queen street.

chirashi don – S$30

had good seats reserved but we needed to be early for the performance at 6.30pm so if we were to have a bite it should be nearby.

my RI bro CM & i arranged to have early dinner at standing sushi bar which is a few steps away at 5pm-ish. I parked at hotel royal which charged per entry from 5pm..all quite perfect.

chirashi don – S$30

my sis, her daughter & sil & their 2 yr old toddler happened to be around bugis during this time, and belatedly they decided to watch the poetry recital concert performance, so i asked them to join us for dinner. ^^

my sis ordered the same chirashi don.

for me, this chirashi don was ok not that great… and S$30 is too pricey for this standard. CM commented that the crabstick lowered the image of the dish.

the sashimi were thick cut & more like chikuwatei style. they were fresh & good sashimi but there was no premium cuts like toro, botanebi or akaebi, or even amaebi, just a cooked prawn, no uni etc.

they have promotion S$19,90 for this same chirashi don on sunday. i think that would be a more reasonable price.

for this, i think tanuki raw (orchard central) chirashi don lunch at S$22.90 was better deal. ok maybe not by much too – just uni & negi toro!

mango maki

mango maki

vegetarian don

vegetarian don

greentea & black sesame bingsu

after dinner at swatow @ serangoon gardens country club,

we walked to chomp chomp thinking of ice kachang. it was too crowded no table.

Nunsaram Korean Dessert Cafe

korean bingsu menu

Nunsaram Korean Dessert Cafe

Nunsaram Korean Dessert Cafe

we walked behind the blocks & found this korean bingsu place = Nunsaram Korean Dessert Cafe.

WT decided to buy bingshu.

greentea bingsu

greentea bingsu

black sesame bingsu

so WT bought 2 bingshu to share =$30+, very expensive.

the place was packed with youngsters, they got more $ than us…haha!

bingsu were good. ice shavings were fine & pleasing. both flavours were good – black sesame & macha, their bestsellers anyway! i liked the red beans, macha ice cream etc, only didn’t like the price.

not quite my thing to pay for these kind of stuff…

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Nunsaram Korean Dessert Cafe @ Serangoon Garden

梅菜扣肉

my OPS bro HC bought 4pax dinner at swatow restaurant @ serangoon garden country club this evening .

we had 8 dishes…the vegetarian goose, braised duck, 梅菜扣肉, teochew cai poh fried kuay teow & 水晶包were good👍

ter kar tan 猪脚冻

ter ar tan 猪脚冻was poor in colour ,texture & flavours..this is quite odd for a teochew restaurant!!!

goose web

goose web poor preparation, not worth ordering….

braised big intestines

braised big intestines

braised large intestines mediocre.

totally no comparison with 東北胖妈春饼店(Northeast Mom Spring Pancake), but then that is too high a bar la…that was so good! 

vegetarian goose

vegetarian goose among the better dishes. crispy & tasty too. 🙂

braised duck

braised duck was good too. 🙂

梅菜扣肉

梅菜扣肉 was good.

for me the vegetarian goodse & this dish were the 2 best dishes.

梅菜扣肉

梅菜 dry mustard vegetable taste was flavourful & texture of pork belly was tender & gelatinous.

i made a good dried mustard leaves belly pork 梅菜扣肉 myself, i think about same  standard as this.

teochew fried kuay teow

the teochew fried kuay teow was good, very good wok hae.

teochew fried kuay teow

this a very good variation of char kuay teow, though actually basically 2 different cuisine.

quite special teochew dish, and it was done well here. 🙂

水晶包

水晶包

the 水晶包 here was good. this dish, 4 savoury & 1 sweet (red beans), very good too! enjoyed it as a nice ending to the dinner.

kambing soup  

after the good briyani at geylang serai FC,

upper boon keng food centre

we took BT’s car (5pax) to upper boon keng food centre on 31.8.2017. ^^

kambing soup stall 

DP & KH went to buy the kambing soup, i think S$7.

kambing soup

i tasted the ribs & soup.

soup was very good, intense, very tasty, though my friends said today less intense.

it was as good as bahrakath mutton soup at adam road food centre. maybe this one more flavourful. anyhow i think bahrakath is very good also.

the ribs were tender & tasty. i did not try the mutton pieces.

this kambing soup i will come back again, except that bahrakath is near my place & i don;t take kambing soup often as it is “gelard” – satiating, and also unhealthy…but then agin many things i eat also unhealthy, just don’t take too much too foten lor..

ice kacang

ice kacang stall 

i did not want to drink coffee again, so i took ice kacang from the 桦姐stall.

ok ice kacang.

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chicken nasi briyani

DP, a RI bro visiting from bangkok. so another bro organised a makan session, meeting for nasi briyani at geylang serai food centre on 31.8.2017.^^

geylang briyani stall

we started with briyani at geylang serai market…seems that many think that briyani express is best, but it was closed today. so DP & KH went to join the queue at geylang briyani stall.

they bought 3 packets for 4pax to share-1 mutton, 1 chicken another fried chicken…all having the same idea of cutting down on carbs. lol! 🙂

briyani rice taste was good, flavourful, and mutton & chicken were all good.👍

i think they were S$8 each packet..

my own chicken biryani

but really i didn’t think it was better than my own chicken briyani, which was just as flavourful perhaps more, & just using house brand ready gravy, and my chicken was much more moist, tender & sweet. haha! ^^

nasi padang chicken

i bought a S$5 nasi padang chicken thigh from a stall side vendor no queue.

it was good enough though the gravy was a bit too sweet.

geylang briyani stall

BT came later. geylang briyani stall too long queue so BT did not take..anyway he had chicken rice earlier…

S$4 meepok tar

my RI friend dropped by after his tuition at serene centre.

we went nearby jln tua kong meepok tar at good good coffeeshop, 6th ave for lunch on 30.8.2017. ^^

my friend bought lunch, parked his car at guthrie house. we chatted quite a while & left the coffeeshop past 2pm. parking was S$7.70 quite ex…

S$4 meepok tar

the meepok tar always good.

noodles qq perfect texture. chili spicy & nice!

fish balls, fish cakes, minced pork, prawn all good.

S$4 meepok tar

most important still the chili, spicy & flavourful, made the meepok tar really delicious!

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Jln Tua Kong Mee Pok Tar

24 Sixth Ave, Singapore 276481

Good Good Eating House 好好餐室

1/2 benson salted duck 盐水鸭, fishmaw pig innards soup, chives 青龙菜 with tau gay

had 3pax lunch with sis & bil @ benson salted duck 盐水鸭, toa payoh lor 1. ^^

1/2 benson salted duck 盐水鸭 – S$17

duck supernice…so tender & super tasty..👍👍👍

my 3rd time here…enjoyed everytime ..

i ordered 1 duck S$32 (1/2 duck = S$17), and tapao 1/2 duck uncut, and have the 1/2 duck served for our lunch. ^^

fishmaw pig innards soup S$5

the stall advised us to order S$5 fishmaw pig organs soup…

it was good helping & very nice too. my sis & bil love this.

chives 青龙菜 with tau gay – S$3

the chives 青龙菜 with tau gay  today was very good! better than what i had last time here.

very tasty & crunchy, no “siap” taste.

lunch was S$26 for 3, incluidng $17 for 1/2 duck, $5 soup, $3 veg & $1 for 2 rice.

i paid S$41 – S$32 for whole duck.

very satisfying lunch！ …………

i made  salted duck 盐水鸭 ( i called it spiced duck since it is a 风味鸭). but benson’s is supremely good!

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Benson Salted Duck 盐水鸭

half roast duck

went imperial treasure nanbei level 5 taka for 5pax family dinner on 26.8.2017.^

last time i came here was 2 years back on 23.8.2015! we had a wonderful dimsum lunch. ^^

today however was dinner. booked last min at 6pm still got table arrived restaurant 6.45pm there are walk-ins no booking. looks like busines 👇a lot, unlike before where even when we came puncture with reservations, had to wait a while…

we ordered roast duck, chargtilled pork neck, fried rice, soup & 2 dimsum…not much dimsum available so nothing much to order not so satisfying!

roast duck was good, nothing special, the meat not moist & tender enough…

radish pastry 

the radish pastry still good.

puffy pastry, and tasty radish inside!

charcoal grilled pork neck 炭烧猪颈肉 

the charcoal grilled pork neck 炭烧猪颈肉 was very good, unfailingly! ^^

charcoal grilled pork neck 炭烧猪颈肉 

very tasty. especially with the fatty bits.

but recently i had the best char siew Meng Meng Roast Duck restaurant 阿明帝皇鸭 at sutera, and really that was even better than this!

salted egg prawns 

the salted egg prawns were the usual, competent….

forgot to take photos of the soup & the fried rice. both very good.

soup good though i had better ones here previously.

the dry scallops egg white fried rice always good here, especially with the XO chili. this evening too! ^^

over dinner S$180+. not say expensive, but we also did not order much.

but over the dining experience not so satisfying.

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imperial treasure nanbei

queue at hiap joo bakery & biscuit factory 

went with my OPS buddies to JB on 28.8.2017.^^

we were at the causeway at 10.15am, took one full hour to cross over, not sure i want to come again by car.

hiap joo bakery & biscuit factory 

my OPS friends decided to stop by & pick up some coconut buns at hiap joo bakery & biscuit factory.

i bought the delicious banana cake the last time i was here with my RI bros. ^^

there was the usual queue for the banana cake.

queue at hiap joo bakery & biscuit factory

queue at hiap joo bakery & biscuit factory

FM queued for coconut buns.

RM$16 cold brew 

had excellent cold brew at JWC(Just Want Coffee) outlet on 28.8.2017.

it was like 4pm. we had some time to while away.

so after the mediocre chendol at penang raod famous teochew chendol,

we went to level1 to chill & enjoy a cuppa at JWC Homies.

JWC Homies

i had the cold brew – most ex drink at RM$16.

my RI friend CJ ordered that at the bear & the fish (JWC) recently during our sutera trip. 

it is like chilled flat white, very nice coffee aroma! ^^

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Just Want Coffee, Homies

Address:

G115, AEON Tebrau City Shopping Centre,
1, Jalan Desa Tebrau,
Taman Desa Tebrau,
81100 Johor Bahru,
Johor,

ondeh ondeh, cucur udang, lapis pandan kueh 

while we were waiting for our cendol etc orders at penang road famous teochew chendol,

WT walked over to buy some nonya kuehs from nonya leaf opposite on 28.8.2019. ^^

the ondeh ondeh was poor, inside dry & not enough gula melaka & krisik (dessicated coconut)!

the lapis likewise very so-so, medicore…we all agreed FM made much better lapis kueh!

nonya leaf

nonya leaf 

the centre seating for nonya leave just as crowded! 🙂

really difference in taste-buds la…

cucur udang (prawn fritters)

cucur udang (prawn fritters)

the cucur udang (prawn fritters)slightly better.

NO comparison with the wadeh udang WM treated us to at seletar country club. 

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not good cendol 

after very good makan at restoran ya wang 鸭皇 at jln segget,

we stopped by & bought some stuff at giant supermakrket. it started raining, so we drove to aeon mall tebrau city. parking here is just RM$1 whole day.

penang famous teochew cendol 

CH led us to penang famous teochew cendol place for some cendol. CH was here last week. 🙂

penang famous teochew cendol 

good crowd. very popular!

penang famous teochew cendol 

i wonder why??? diferent tast efor cendol, must be! 🙂

not good cendol 

cendol was not great, quite mediocre, like any hawker centre stall in singapore.

gula melaka not flavourful/aromatic just sugary, coconut milk not thick enough…

nice chee cheong fun 

we ordered rojak & chee cheong fun..

& weng tong walked over to nonya leaf the buy some ondeh ondeh, cucur udang (prawn fritters) & lapis pandang kueh to share.

nice chee cheong fun  

chee cheong fun was good, nice texture & sauce was good, flavourful.

in fact, the only thing nice here at this “famous” cendol! 🙂

 

rojak not good too!

rojak not good too!

sauce too thick, overpowering.

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三楼米粉

after cendol, coffee & some more buying groceries at aeon mall, tebrau city,

we set off for ah kow 三楼米粉 at pelangi, reaching there about 6.20pm.

the 三楼米粉 was really good!

and a very inexpensive dinner plus drinks plus 4xpackets takeaway 三楼米粉 medium=just RM182 for 6pax..

we walked around a bit & left for the causeway at 7.40pm…a breeze no jam.

restoran ah kaw 三楼米粉 pelangi 

it’s a coffeeshop eating house at pelangi.

restoran ah kaw 三楼米粉 pelangi 

not too crowded yet!

picture menu board 

we ordered several of the signature dishes on the picture menu board – like the 三楼米粉, french pig trotters, fried tofu etc.

picture menu 

easy to see details on the menu, menu board just to see which signature dishes to order.

三楼米粉 

ordered one large 三楼米粉.

it was good, tasty, slightly crisp, and still moist & well infused with stock inside. excellent dish!

it was a good choice too. better just order one first then add later, so bee hoon would be hot & fresh. we added a medium serving afterwards. everything finished! 🙂

french trotters 

the french trotters was deep-fried, and nicely seasoned, quite flavourful.

french trotters 

back in singapore, a friend later commented standard had dropped. maybe it was even better previously but this was quite good.

i would generally still prefer braised trotters, which are plentiful anywhere. but this a good change & something nice that was worth trying, and repeating also.

fried tofu 

the fried tofu was good too, flavourful, crispy outside, soft inside, most imprtantly good taste. 🙂

干香鱼头 

the 干香鱼头 though was below par, not good standard.

to be fair in was about the standard of JB ah meng in singapore.

thing is, they gave tiny, bony fish head, no meat…taste ok quite flavourful but no dining experience to talk about.

salted egg bittergourd 

salted egg bitter gourd was very good. very well done. nice taste.

not sure comparable to zai shun or not, but it was good anyway. 🙂

baby romaine lettuce

not quite romaine lettuce. this the cheaper baby lettuce?

anyway, good enough vegetable dish la…

bill 

RM$182 nett! 🙂

三楼米粉  medium tapao 4xpackets RM$11.70 each. 🙂

street hawkers

street hawkers 

we walked around the place a bit to while the time.

wanted to reach causeway nearer to 8pm to avoid the queue.

nice tree 

this the road with roadside parking.

the street hawkers behind the camera, and ah kawabout right angle to the nice tree to the left.

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