Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Alice Boulangerie, Icon Village

Alice Boulangerie, Icon Village

Alice Boulangerie (#01-05/11 Icon Village, 12 Gopeng Street, tel : +65 8874 3300) opened a little over a couple of years back. Have been wanting to try the food for a while. We've finally transcended the of sight and out of mind symptom that's been behind us for this. 

Alice Boulangerie, orange americano

Pleasantly surprised by their Orange Americano.

Alice Boulangerie, orange americano

There was abundant orange flavour from...whatever it was that they put into the coffee. Stirring well gets one creamy orangey coffee. I do mean orangey here. 👍🏼

Alice Boulangerie, tiger prawn capellini

Impressed by their tiger prawn capellini. The stock for the pasta sauce was what one would term legit - a crustacean umami sweetness paired with savoury on al dente noodles. Also good quality prawns with mentaiko there. Gonna be hard to pass on this one when/if we come back.

Alice Boulangerie, beef royale

Beef Royal was a cheese burger between their croissant rolls. I thought the "buns" were a little too crispy.

Alice Boulangerie, beef royale

No complains for everything else - not even on the barbecue sauce in the pastry which I normally prefer not to have. I liked the rocket salad on the side more than I thought I would.

Alice Boulangerie, banana caramel latte

Not so impressed by the banana caramel latte. Was looking forward to more banana flavour in the coffee. Wasn't a bad coffee though.

Alice Boulangerie, Icon Village
Alice Boulangerie, Icon Village

Monday, March 18, 2024

吉隆坡正記葉子楣手工包點, Bukit Merah View

吉隆坡正記葉子楣手工包點, Bukit Merah View

These guys are neighbours to Sheng Ji Fishball Noodle. The name of the stall (116 Bukit Merah View, #01-217) translates to "Kuala Lumpur Amy Yip hand made dim sum"? Or something close. I don't imagine that Amy Yip in her previous glory would have foreseen leaving behind a legacy involving large baos named after her. 😂 

They're coffee shop dim sum which is local and not Hong Kong styled. That's the expectation one should have, not the likes of Hong Kong Mongkok Dim Sum. What didn't agree with me was the sweetness in the stuffings of the siew mai. I don't understand it. I like them savoury.

吉隆坡正記葉子楣手工包點, Bukit Merah View

Sunday, March 17, 2024

Sheng Ji Fishball Noodle (昇記), Bukit Merah View

Sheng Ji Fishball Noodle, (昇記), Bukit Merah View

First up, I read that this Sheng Ji (116 Bukit Merah View, #01-217) has been in business for decades. More than a few of them actually so I came with expectations that these folks know what they're doing.

What I ended up with was a expertly assembled bowl of delicious fishball & minced meat noodle. Love those bits of fragrant fried lard (猪油渣) on top of the already lard-y saucing that came with some heat. Nice mee pok texture which was within the margin of acceptance. Everything in the bowl was what typically could be considered "on point". I have just one gripe. The portions were kinda small for this $4 bowl. I'd need double of this on a hungry morning.

Sheng Ji Fishball Noodlen (昇記), Bukit Merah View

Saturday, March 16, 2024

Shima's Kitchen, Holland Drive Food Centre

Shima's Kitchen, nasi lemak

Been wanting to try Shima's Kitchen (#02-12 Holland Drive Market & Food Centre, 44 Holland Drive) for a while now and I'm glad I finally did. Got a nasi lemak breakfast with ikan kuning and a couple of eggs - a fried one and a telur dadar. Both round and thick and the omelette's yummy.

Love the rice here which was good enough to eat on its own with ample coconut flavour and not to understate this, sufficiently salted. The sambal was surprisingly delicious - what impressed me about it was the sweetness without the cloy. I was using it for almost everything on the plate.

Shima's Kitchen, Holland Drive Food Centre
Shima's Kitchen, Holland Drive Food Centre

Friday, March 15, 2024

Chicken briyani and Kashmiri naan from Brinda's

Brinda's, chicken briyani

A couple of things came to mind when I saw this. It did occur to me that the briyani might be all packed in plastic takeout boxes, microwaved and upturned onto the serving trays on order. Alternatively, those plastic takeout boxes might have been just used for measurement of portions and nothing is pre-packed. I don't know which but here's the chicken briyani from Brinda's. Looks huge.

Brinda's, chicken briyani

It's looked less intimidating when the rice was scraped aside revealing the pretty tender chicken thigh and a hard boiled egg inside. The warm flavouring infused by the spices along with the masala on the chicken was altogether rich and delicious. Both the curry on the raita on the side added to the rice differently.

Brinda's, kashmiri naan

Here's their Kashmiri naan - personally I thought it wasn't so much a naan than a dry prata with raisins and Maraschino cherry. That's what it tasted like. Texture's a little dense. Did not taste bad though but I doubt I'll be getting them again. Today's dal came with cabbage and was pretty good.

Thursday, March 14, 2024

R&D, Bukit Merah View Hawker Centre

R&D, Bukit Merah View Hawker Centre

Unusual name for a wanton mee stall. These guys (#01-39 Bukit Merah View Hawker Centre, 115 Bukit Merah View) are next door to Happy Duck. Here's shui jiao/sui gao/水饺 with kuey teow. Old school flavours here and I like it. Gotta remember to ask them to omit the dark soya sauce the next time.

R&D, Bukit Merah View Hawker Centre

The dumpling's solid - packed with minced pork, prawns, wood ear fungus and fine strips of carrot. Very competently done. Will come back another time to try the wanton mee.  

R&D, Bukit Merah View Hawker Centre