Recently at Healthy Soba IKI

It's been over a year since we were last at Healthy Soba IKI (一, 二, 三, 四, 五, 六, 七, 八, 九, 十, 十一, 十二, 十三, 十四, 十五, 十六, 十七, 十八, 十九, 二十, 二十一, 二十二).

Their August special was a chilled unagi shirayaki soba.

Thick cuts of unagi with a sprinkle of matcha and salted black peppercorns. Green leaves on top were shiso. Couldn't taste much of the matcha though.

There's also a summer mango salsa duck soba featuring cubed mangoes and mango jelly with a fruity soba broth. Those chunky slices of duck were smokey. Nice.

Kinmedai saikyoyaki teishoku with natto from Nakajima Suisan

I've been lamenting over the portion of the kinmedai at Nakajima Suisan (一, 二, 三, 四, 五, 六, 七, 八, 九, 十, 十一, 十二, 十三, 十四, 十五, 十六, 十七, 十八, 十九, 二十, 二十一, 二十二, 二十三, 二十四, 二十五) for some time. I think they have gotten a little bigger. 

The slice was thicker and it now comes with bones as well.

Now I just have to wish for them to put the shioyaki version on the regular menu. 😬

Natto and shoyu with rice today.

This has got to be the first time I've noticed the grooves on the backrest of their seats.

Rat tail noodles from Teochew St. Mushroom Minced Meat Noodle (潮州街香菇肉脞面)

Seeing as Teochew St. Mushroom Minced Meat Noodle's style is a little sauce-y, I got the bee tai bak today which I thought worked better as a noodle type. So I guess this is as much confirmation as any that their dry bowl is the wet and pretty vinegary type.

Revisiting Pu3

Been some years since we last ate at Pu3. Came back recently for a plate of deliciousness which had (anticlockwise from 11-ish) begedil, assam pedas ikan pari, sambal goreng and lemak turi. Assam pedas packed more heat than I was expecting and was pretty peppery. 👍🏼 Love the savoury richness from the lemak turi too. Very satisfying plate washed down with a sweet creamy teh tarik.

I thought these were fried bananas but turned out to be plantains.

Uncle Penyet, Bukit Merah View

Nasi lemak from Uncle Penyet (#01-253, 116 Bukit Merah View). Portion was pretty generous. This one has butterfly pea basmati rice - there's flavour from the santan, but not impressively lemak so it's an easy decision to eat with their sambal. Otah and fried chicken's decent. Luncheon meat was not good.

bad habits., Orchard Central

I heard about bad habits. and their New York slices previously when they were only located at Mohammad Sultan. They've now set up shop at Somerset (#01-16 Orchard Central, 181 Orchard Road, tel : +65 8066 6316).

Tried a couple of slices. Above's their limited time corned beef with capers and whole grain mustard.

This was triple cheese featuring both fior di latte and buffalo mozzarella with 24 months Parmigiano Reggiano

Both featured much thinner crust than I was expecting for New York style slices. They were delicious though without being heavy. Kinda pricey.