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Wa! Indian Rojak so Nice!! @ Ayer Rajah Food Centre on 25Feb2016

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Indian rojak - ayer rajah FC stall 73

Indian rojak – ayer rajah FC stall 73

haha! i really suaku, never really got to know indian rojak…don’t know how many times i have actually taken them, probably like 30, 40yrs ago? alamak!

anyway my RI friends arranged a indian rojak session & 7 of us descended on ayer rajah food centre on 25.2.2016. ^^

abdhus salam rojak - ayer rajah FC stall 73

abdhus salam rojak – ayer rajah FC stall 73

we ordered from both stalls 73 & 68.

Indian rojak - ayer rajah FC stall 73

Indian rojak – ayer rajah FC stall 73

it’s really nice. i liked it very much! 🙂

it was not so different from the chinese ngoh hiang, which i had recently at kim san leng bishan.

comparing, i actually liked the indian rojak better, the dipping sauce was better, more spicy, tasty, less gluey. but both were good!

& in the case of sicc bukit cafe the dipping sauce for the ngoh hiang was an artificial pink colour.

habib's rojak - ayer rajah FC stall 68

habib’s rojak – ayer rajah FC stall 68

one friend had always preferred stall 68. for this time we had the opportunity to compare.

Indian rojak - ayer rajah FC stall 68

Indian rojak – ayer rajah FC stall 68

both plates were about S$22.50.

Indian rojak - ayer rajah FC stalls 68 & 73

Indian rojak – ayer rajah FC stalls 68 & 73

the one from stall 68 (top) looked like about 3/4 the size/amount of the one from stall 73 (below).

plus stall 73 order included squid, and it was a large squid so that would be quite expensive, may like S$8?

taste-wise a bit more difficult to tell apart, but overall i would go for stall 73, more bang ofr the bucks la…

ikan bilis beehoon ayer rajah FC stall 74

ikan bilis beehoon ayer rajah FC stall 74

we had the S$4 ikan bilis bee hoon from stall 74.

ikan bilis beehoon ayer rajah FC stall 74

ikan bilis beehoon ayer rajah FC stall 74

it was just plain bee hoon but the addition of just ikan bilis made it very tasty. not a bad side dish after the indian rojak.

but my, indian rojak was nice! ^^

c.h.e.f andy

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Abdhus Salam Rojak @ Ayer Rajah Food Centre

Address:
#01-73, 503 W Coast Dr, Ayer Rajah Food Centre,
Singapore 120503
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Opening Hours:
Daily
  • 10:30AM–11:00PM

Great Fish Head Curry @ Curry Wok on 4Mar2016

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S$62 4 dishes set meal for 3-4pax(2) = curry fish head, pig trotters, ngoh hiang & chap chai

S$62 4 dishes set meal for 3-4pax = curry fish head, pig trotters, ngoh hiang & chap chai

went with sis & bil to watch a movie monster hunt 捉妖记 on 4.3.2016. a friend joined the movie. i quite enjoyed it actually – effortless, relaxing. haha!

curry wok @ coronation road

curry wok @ coronation road

before the movie 3 of us went to have dinner at curry wok. friend was busy having dinner with his family.

curry wok @ coronation road

curry wok @ coronation road

i have not been here for very long as son is away no one to eat the pig trotters with me la.. 🙂

S$62 4 dishes set meal for 3-4pax(2) = curry fish head, pig trotters, ngoh hiang & chap chai

S$62 4 dishes set meal for 3-4pax(2) = curry fish head, pig trotters, ngoh hiang & chap chai

we ordered the S$62 set meal, with 4 dishes for 3-4pax. we computed the ala carte price would have been S$67 so just S$5 discount. well still a discount if you wanted the dishes, so ok la.

curry fish head

curry fish head

it came with curry fish head (angkoli), pig trotters, ngoh hiang & chap chai.

curry fish head

curry fish head

the fish head was yum yum, very good, drank up all the curry.

fish was fresh & sweet, quite enough meat for 3 of us.

i like this curry much better than that at sanpo food court, blk 431 clementi ave 3 (like for like). somehow that curry taste a bit off for me, not the one i had in mind whereas this one fits perfectly.

& i like this better than the assam fish head at dulukala peranakan restaurant at beauty world centre. that was a different style & assam not bad too but i prefer this chinese style fish head curry.

braised pig trotters

braised pig trotters

the braised pig trotters was something i missed, not taken for a long time.

braised pig trotters

braised pig trotters

it was still good, especially the gelatinous skin, but actually quite below my expectations.

braised pig trotters

braised pig trotters

the starchy sauce was so so for me, & the quite sinewy meat was below par for me thought the skin & gelatinous parts were good.

i think my own braised trotters much better than this in terms of both flavour & the texture of the meat, tender, with bite & not sinewy.

ngoh hiang

ngoh hiang

the ngoh hiang here was really good. crispy skin, & tasty fillings with some crunch. tops!

chap chai

chap chai

chap chai was good too. better than dulukala’s version of chap chai.

dinner for 3pax was S$70. i supposed ok but no particular good value.

i may still come back here for the curry fish head la, but no more the pig trotters.

c.h.e.f andy

Good Lunch but Quite Ex @ Kim San Leng Bishan on 3Mar2016

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late lunch @ kim san leng

late lunch @ kim san leng

went with 2 close friends to watch stephen chow’s mermaid at GV Bishan yesterday on 3.3.2016.

maybe it was a lightweight movie. a friend & i talked over whatsapp whether to watch spotlight (best picture oscar) or revenant ( leonardo dicarpio best actor oscar) at shaw lido & decided that we would have a light-hearted relax show this time. 🙂

i quite enjoyed the show. for me it was not slapstick, quite respectable in fact, & nothing so irreverent as kungfu hustle. i not much into stephen chow’s show like 1 of my friends, but kungfu hustle i like actually. 🙂

after the show we walked over to kim san leng food centre.

kim san leng food court @ bishan

kim san leng food centre @ bishan

it’s a coffeeshop, and a huge success story. the guy pulled in the good hawker stalls, so it’s crowded, good traffic even though its along the food & away from junction 8. 🙂

kim san leng food court @ bishan

kim san leng food centre @ bishan

i like this place & the food, though they are not cheap.

ngoh hiang

S$7.50 ngoh hiang

the ngoh hiang was pretty good. 🙂

4 items for S$7.50.

ngoh hiang

ngoh hiang

well, sicc’s bukit cafe S$9.50 ngoh hiang (6 items) pretty good too, maybe the sauce better than bukit cafe.

c/w the S$22 indian rojak at ayer rajah food centre (which was excellent), price also ok. i like the indian rojak a lot better though. 🙂

braised duck & kueh chap

yu kee’s S$10 braised duck & S$3 kueh chap

yu kee lor arh

yu kee lor arh

yu kee’s braised duck was good too. i don’t eat this often these days but this was good – flavourful, smooth, not tough.

braised duck

braised duck

S$10 for quarter duck with drumstick i guess not that ex too.

kueh chap

kueh chap

the S$3 kueh chap very tiny plate, but also quite tasty. what can you buy with S$3 these days?

chicken rice & veg

bugis street ming kee S$11 chicken rice & S$6 veg 

bugis street ming kee chicken rice

bugis street ming kee chicken rice

my friend queued up to buy a S$11 plate chicken from the bugis street ming kee chicken rice. he could not recall the price of the beg, which i guess was S$6. we had 2 rice to share among 3.

chicken rice

bugis street ming kee S$11 chicken rice

chicken was good, but nothing special for me really. no much different from xin ji 新记chicken rice at mei ling food centre.

overall the lunch would come to about S$38 for 3, that should be consider ex. maybe we just ate too much…lol! ^^

i like the duck best, chicken & ngoh hiang a toss up. but chicken have to queue so i guess ngoh for my choice. haha! 🙂

c.h.e.f andy

Pretty OK Club Food @ SICC Bukit Cafe on 20Sep2015

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ngoh hiang

ngoh hiang

3 of us went to sicc for some makan on 20.9.2015.

it’s F1 race day. lewis hamilton not doing well, starting 5th on the grid & later retired.

ngoh hiang

ngoh hiang

we have never tried the ngoh hiang here.

turned out that it was pretty good for S$9.50. i can have this again.

char kuay teow

char kuay teow

char kuay teow is always good here, S$7.20 but a large plate. the wok hae is legendary, very good here!

char kuay teow

char kuay teow

we ordered extra “hum” (cockles). they were very cooked, safely cooked, so more or less cockles didn’t feel much different.

tandoori chicken

tandoori chicken

tandoori chicken, very average for me. quite good marinade flavours i guess.

tandoori chicken

tandoori chicken

not my favourite for standalone dish, but don’t mind it if come with other curries.

garlic naan

garlic naan

naan was tasty but again eating dry w/o dhal or curries not my preference.

cheng teng

cheng teng

wife & daughter had the cheng teng.

cheng teng

cheng teng

it’s always good here.

i didn’t take any – ice kachang, ice jelly all good like the cheng teng, but they all quite filling.

dinner was S$40 for 3pax. more ex than hawker centre but pretty ok.

c.h.e.f andy

“Michelin Star” Homegourmet Peranakan Feast @ Friend’s Place on 7Jun2013

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assam fish head

assam fish head

I was among a privileged group to be invited for a peranakan feast at a friend’s house on 7.6.2013. 🙂

scrumptious peranakan spread

scrumptious peranakan feast

last year this same friend did an incredible teochew spread complete with all the dips like ‘kek you’桔油, seng ni chor 蒜泥醋(minced garlic vinegar) & also buay jeun 梅酱 etc. this time round it was a peranakan feast like no others…haha. 🙂

there were assam fish head, babi ponteh, gado gado, chap chye, bawan kepiting, ayam buah keluar, itek sio, ngoh hiang, incredibly delicious penang laksa, and apom berkuah. 🙂

The assam fish head (top photo) was totally awesome. one of my friends parked herself right in front of the dish..haha. 🙂

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I will never attempt this gado gado. just look at the effort – 4 vegetables, egg, tau kua, potatoes, peanut sauce. I feel exhausted just counting them..eating them was quite ok though. haha. 🙂

chap chye

chap chye

ngoh hiang

ngoh hiang

the chap chye was very good, but regrettably got to keep space for every other super good dishes leh..same with the ngoh hiang…

I had 3 rounds before I started on the penang laksa. some fellas had 5 rounds, but of course he had to work on a phone conference while the rest of us were feasting so he deserved to be rewarded. 🙂

itek sio

itek sio

itek sio was a new dish according to my “michelin star” chef friend. it’s very tasty taken with the sauce…well he could keep adding new dishes if they all tasted like that. 🙂

bawan kepeting

bawan kepeting

ayam buah keluar

ayam buah keluar

the bawan kepiting was a very tasty soup..the only dish I had not dived into was the ayam buah keluar, but then a few friends said the buah keluar was really good..I didn’t remember liking this but I tried anyway, scooping out the soft flesh from the nut..it was good indeed though I am unlikely to crave this.

babi ponteh

babi ponteh

this one I could not resist, had 3 helpings with pick of collagen rich pieces. 🙂

regrettably I did not take picture of the penang laksa. I was never keen on penang laksa as I preferred the lemak laksa with cockles to the sour version, but this one was really delicious & flavourful, not too sour & lots of fish.

apom berkuah

apom berkuah

& we had an awesome dessert too -apom berkuah. and some more, we got to ta pao back nonya bak chang & kee chang with kaya, more of the apom berkuah & penang laksa. 🙂

later I was chatting with another friend on Facebook. and I observed that a mark of a true chef=perfection ie no small miss in every dish. I had many  “homegourmet” (not to be taken seriously we just say all these for fun) dinners myself, and I would have 1 or 2 misses in some dishes. and in all honesty what we had was better than most good peranakan restaurants – so michelin star it was for me. 🙂

c.h.e.f andy