assam fish head

ban leong wah hoe

harjeongai aka prawn paste chicken

排骨王pork chop

sambal kang kong

seafood horfun

had a really fun walk with metamorphosis bros at thomson nature park..we started 5pm on 12.2.2020. ^^

saw wild boar & 2 babies & lots of hainan history here..

cheow ghee suggested dinner at ban leong wah hoe casuarina road.

pleasantly surprised the food was good standard ..

liked the assam fish head especially..

really delicious and sedap..

ambience & service good👍

tuna headmeat with uni & egg white👍👍👍

sushi counter kuriya dining @ great world city

wife bought 16-course omakase dinner @ kuriya dining great world city on 8.2.2020.^^

really good, among best i had..

super sashimi – toro, tuna cheek, saba, sayori (flying fish), kampachi

charcoal grilled wagyu with foie gras miso sauce

all 16 dishes sans the en papillote fish were super delicious.

the best 3 for me were –

• tuna headmeat with uni & egg white👍👍👍…never knew tuna headmeat so delicious..and according to chef, very small portion like 150g in a large tuna fish
• super sashimi – otoro, tuna cheek, saba, sayori (flying fish), kampachi..sashimi such superb quality..not only otoro but the tuna cheek was fabulous…
• charcoal grilled wagyu with foie gras miso sauce…wagyu was excellent…wife found the foie gras miso sauce too strong…wagyu would be excellent standalone just with grated wasabi..but it was really good combination anyway..

shirako (cod fish sperms) topped with tobiko

awabi (abalone), jelly fish, yuzu jelly

shirako (cod fish sperms) topped with tobiko

awabi (abalone), jelly fish, yuzu jelly

amberjack baked in paper en papillote

all the other dishes were super delicious too, and we haven’t even get to the sushi!

• shirako (cod fish sperms) not wife’s favourite..slight fishy and texture may put off those unfamiliar, but it was very well put together with tobiko (flying fish roe) etc
• awabi (abalone), jelly fish, yuzu jelly was superb..i eaten awabi sashimi in japanese restaurant in crown casino like 20+ yrs before and it was tough…this one here very tender and superb with jelly fish texture and yuzu jelly
• anago (conger eel) with crabmeat & ponzu jelly very good too..though i prefer a simple anago sushi..
• the en papilotte (bake din paper bag) dish amberjack was the only let down. fish was not sweet, not tender..much ado about nothing lor…lol!

uni sushi

charcoal aburi otoro

tai (seabream) soup

new &new & pickled ginger & chye poramp; pickled ginger & chye por

negitoro temaki

hotaruika (firefly squid) sushi

kinmedai sushi

yuzu ice cream macha cake dessert

we had a seabream soup to clear the palate, and good quality not salty pickled ginger and chye por.

and excellent sushi-

• uni very sweet
• aburi otoro superb, interesting done with burnt amber not torch flaming
• negitoro temaki very good
• hotaruika (firefly squid) was simply delicious…seasonal item
• and kinmedai 金目鲷a top quality fish

the dessert was excellent too..though just a good cafe tea dessert…what to say? very good la…

this really excellent omakase!

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chicken pong’s laksa

made chicken pong’s laksa (recipe here) today on 2.2.2020.^^

Pong’s laksa paste👍 S$4.80 packet for 4-5pax

using the best laksa paste. for me much better than prima. 🙂

chicken rice chicken 白斩鸡

chicken pong’s laksa

pong’s laksa

pong’s laksa

pong’s laksa

chicken pong’s laksa

and of course make chicken rice chicken 白斩鸡 (recipe here).

i made it like an heng curry chicken noodles, just that laksa gravy can never match curry chicken noodles gravy…

added teochew fish cake & taupok just like ah heng

had it for 3pax lunch with wife and daughter. 🙂

& then 2pax dinner..

enough leftover for son & tomorrow.

bbq at aloha loyang bungalow

aloha loyang map

sotong

bbq sotong

bbq chicken wings and sotong

bbq saba

bbq sotong and saba

CCG booked aloha loyang bungalow with the help of E & her husband JH..

this was arranged through matthias earlier – it was on planned on 6nov2019 and later postponed to 16jan2020.

the bbq was for RI metamorphosis bros to celebrate our retirement studies initiated and led by KWL and the memorable time we had together (especially with matthias), and to wear the metamorphosis magnificient seven T shirt designed by LCM…

bread drinks snacks etc

CCG organised the games & tai kor LCM organised & took care the bbq logistics, all the drinks, snacks, charcoal, starter, tongs etc…& fruits…

KWL and LCM started the fire beautifully..later LKH came and taught us the proper way to bbq chicken wings..lol!

this evening we invited matthiass family, an initiative by NCL who invited matthias’ wife J and mom E, and joined by E & hubby JH, and meimei & hubby WEH👍

matthias mom made very tasty chicken wings

mangoes from aunty E garden

aunty E pickles

matthias mom aunty E made very tasty fried chicken wings, and pineapple tarts & also brought mango she planted at her house..

nonya curry chicken

nonya tau you bak

bean sauce pork soft bones

nonya chap chye

I made 4 dishes –

• nonya curry chicken
• nonya tau tou bak
• bean paste pork soft bones 豆瓣软骨and
• nonya chap chye..

& prepared the bbq food items chicken wings, sotong and saba fish. HAB strong man helped me with the marketing as i still could not carry heavy things..

& we had fruits, snacks, chat and lots of fun….

CCG got everyone to tell some stories relive their memories and played games…E brought some of matthias ties and Ts and we kept some for remembrance…

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kuay teow mee soup and dry noodles

bukit merah view fishball minced meat noodles

kuay teow mee soup

kuay teow mee soup and dry noodles

bukit merah view fc

my OPS bro WT bought minced meat noodles at bukit merah view fishball minced meat noodles on 29.1.2020.^^

i had kuay teow mee soup. it was ok, pedestrian…soup was ok, noodles ok not overcooked, fish ball average not like xinlu at meiling fc.

later david, on home visit from cupertino residence, joined us for coffee at coffeeshop. he was earlier with CTS having nasi lemak at adam road fc….afterwards david & WT had tong shui at bukit merah view fc stall.

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Bukit Merah View Fishball Minced Meat Noodles

Address:

115 Bukit Merah View, Singapore 151115

xing long special sauce song fish head

xing long

special sacue song fish head

special sacue song fish head

fried kai lan

special sacue song fish head

went over to my OPS bro WT place the we walked over to chinatown on 20.1.2020.

WT bought lunch @ xing long. ^^

excellent taujeon steamed song fish head 酱松鱼头

the sauce is better than all the other taujeon song fish head i taken include my own, sweet not too salty taujeon, sour plum & slight sour lime👍 got to vary my recipe a bit to produce this very tasty preparation 👍

stirfried kailan was the usual ok..

lunch was S$21.50=S$15 for fish head, S$6 fried kailan, 1 rice S$0.50

malasia chiak!

malaysia chiak!

char kuay teow

cha kuay teow

oyster omelette

char kuay teow & oyster omelette

penang laksa

chilli ban mian

chilli ban mian

claypot rice

bakuteh

chendol

after visiting my daughter’s place, 7 of us went over to newly renovated malaysia chiak at great world city on 19.1.2020.^^

happy to report the hawker food here quite good standard. 🙂

penang laksa pretty good..ban mian good too, very tasty!

mixed innards congee 及第粥

weng kiang kee

weng kiang kee

mixed innards congee 及第粥

mixed innards congee 及第粥

mixed innards congee 及第粥

picked up a close friend and bro & dropped off 8am at SGH for some procedure…..stayed a while…on 15.1.2020.

then parked & met with WT & WM…

walked to chinatown & took very good porridge @ weng kiang kee.

we had the mixed innard congee and one with sliced fish. WM bought some 油条.

S$5 congee very good standard, sweet & tasty, not as smooth 滑 as in hong kong, and i think a distinct disadvantage – small cuts of meat unlike hk very big slice- but tasty nonetheless…

kopi at 六十年代

buddha tooth relic temple, chinatown

then we had kopi @ 六十年代..some student groups visiting the buddha tooth relic temple.

lemon juice @ essen

essen

exercise park

after that walked along tg pagar looked at korean restaurants then exercise park then WM left and WT had drink with me at essen

WT left and LKH came by essen we had coffee…since he was there and can fetch our friend & bro back, i left about 1.20pm 😀 

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Weng Kiang Kee Porridge

braised duck & 咸菜鸭

braised duck & 咸菜鸭

braised duck & 咸菜鸭

braised duck

咸菜鸭

char siew & roast pork

sent car to sin min for annual servicing on 13.1.2020.

WT & WM bought hup seng duck rice salted veg duck soup & also char siew roast pork

braised duck the usual, recently don’t find it so great…the chinatown duck at commonwealth crescent fc and the happy duck at bukit merah view better…

咸菜鸭 quite standard, not really my favourite…oily and not much to eat for the price…

char siew & roast pork not so good.

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Hup Seng Duck Rice

Address:

ah seng msw creamy small seeds shiok!

ah seng msw creamy small seeds shiok!

ah seng msw creamy small seeds shiok!

ah seng msw creamy small seeds shiok!

stopped by ah seng durians at ghim mon on 12.1.2020

msw S$19/kg 1.3kg = S$25

ah seng msw like 90% very good, yes there were still some, once or twice, not ideal in terms of flavour or big seeds etc, but cannot really reject

this time it was perfect la!

14 seeds very creamy slight bitter tiny seeds totally worth it!

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Ah Seng Durian @ Ghim Moh

5pax OPS & RI bros lunch

lunch dishes

pickles

pork floss softshell crab

chicken 金龙鸡

siew mai

hrgao

steamed chicken feet

steamed pork ribs

egg tarts

fish in 3 ways – fis fillet fried with kailan good

fish in 3 ways – fish head soup

fish in 3 ways – braised beehoon good wok hae

fish in 3 ways – braised beehoon good wok hae

S$119 for 5pax ok

my OPS bro WM bought 5pax lunch @ red star today on 10.1.2020.^^

haven’t been here for like >30yrs! lol! didn’t miss much la…

dimsum just as bad as before..quite strange after 30yrs no improvement 😱

soon heng rojak

oon heng rojak

soon heng rojak

after not so satisfying lai heng bakchor mee, LKY and I walked over to tpy hub lor 6 on 7.1.2020.

shared a S$5.50 soon heng rojak at B1 food court.

very the so so OPS bro LCM used to bring my place for makan..quite good leh..

today so so..a FB friend said only buy if main man is around? whatever…

not that good..sicc rojak so much better!

lai heng S$4 bakchormee

lai heng S$4 bakchormee

lai heng S$4 bakchormee

lai heng S$4 bakchormee

LKY bought kai heng bakchormee tpy lor 4 on 7.1.2020. ^^

so so!

had lai heng bakchormee with my OPS bro WM in 2017 when it was located at tpy lor 7.

& love the lai heng fishball noodles at T3 basement in 2015 not sure related..

today the bcm was a far cry.. meepok still qq and loose, but the key chilli sauce was poor, slight salty but mostly becss not fragrant & tasty..

won’t be back..

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uya hitsumabushi unagi don set

uya

uya

uya hitsumabushi unagi don set

uangi don

wife bought dinner @ uya wheelock..

the live eel was excellent, so fresh, tender, sweet & the skin well grilled.

many reviewers had made comparisons uya and man man..uya’s distinct advantage can book online no need to queue!

for me, both are good..i lean towards man man..uya large hitsumabushi S$46 more expansive for the same size serving..i think man man like S$36, maybe more ex now..

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Uya 四代目菊川 Japanese Unagi Restaurant