Ah Ken, ABC Brickworks Food Centre

I've been wanting to try the bak chor mee from Ah Ken (#01-51 ABC Brickworks Food Centre, 6 Jalan Bukit Merah). Now that I've gotten around to visiting the stall, I ended up with laksa instead.

Looked like a pretty inconspicuous bowl. Fish cakes, half a hard boiled egg, a bit of bean sprouts and some tau pok.

Got it with mee pok. Aha! Gravy's pretty good after the sambal has been stirred in. It's creamy, has a bit of heat and pretty lemak. 

Topped up with a bit more of those laksa leaves for extra flavour. I liked this better than I thought

Finished all the broth. 食晒. 😂

Geylang Lor 20 Banana Fritters (芽籠二十巷炸香蕉), Old Airport Road Food Centre

I seem to recall getting goreng pisang from this stall (#01-57 Old Airport Road Food Centre, 51 Old Airport Road) before but couldn't for my life remember anything about them.

They looked like they had pretty wide girth.

After a couple of bites, I noticed that each fritter was made with two bananas.

As I progressed, I realised that there were actually 2.5 bananas. Each piece was $2.20.

Tried their durian puff. The proprietor mentioned that they were cold.

They were actually frozen. The filling wasn't 100% durian. It's a bit creamier than that and there wasn't much fibre from the fruit. Tasted much like durian ice cream with a lot of durian meat. Definitely not MSW though.

Minced Pork Bros (肉脞兄弟), Old Airport Road Food Centre

I've been wanting to try Minced Pork Bros (#01-113 Old Airport Road Food Centre, 51 Old Airport Road) for a long time. The menu looked smaller than what I recall of reading about them.

Fish dumpling ba chor mee. 50 cents more than the regular bowl for 1 bulbous and semi-slimy fish dumpling which was okay tasting. No liver or meat balls.

Saucing was pretty wet here. There were leftovers after I was done with the bowl. Sauce had noticeable vinegar in it and the taste with the noodles was pretty good once all that chilli was in. Mee pok's a tad soft though. Soup's not worth drinking.

Joo Chiat Bánh Mì Cà Phê, Joo Chiat Road

I've noticed that this Vietnamese coffee shop (263 Joo Chiat Road, tel : +65 6568 8529) has been around for some time. Never visited until now.

Tried their Dalat strawberry pressed bánh mì. In between the pressed buns were supposedly conserve made with strawberries from Vietnam's Da Lat region - the oldest strawberry growing region in the country. I was hoping that they would come with some butter but there weren't any. Couldn't tell if they were any different from regular strawberries.

Egg coffee or cà phê trứng. Not particularly outstanding with that egg froth or the coffee which wasn't very strong. I've previously had them at Red Sparrow and 123 ZÔ. Both of them were better tasting with eggier froth and richer coffee.

Their regular drip coffee was likewise a little weak in my opinion. Lacked punch from the aroma and intensity.

328 Katong Laksa, East Coast Road

For posterity, a large bowl ($9.30) from 328 Katong Laksa (51 East Coast Road). That shrimpy coconut-y gravy seemed more satisfying today than what I remember from their shop at Queensway and Tiong Bahru. But memory can be fickle. Or maybe it was just better tasting. I'll probably never know which.

184 Family Cooked Food, Bukit Timah Interim Food Centre

 

I remember 184 Family Cooked Food from the old Bukit Timah Food Centre some years back. They're currently located at the interim food centre (#01-056 Bukit Timah Interim Food Centre, 2A Jalan Seh Chuan) next door to He Zhong Carrot Cake just like before. Bee hoon's still not bad tasting but their chicken wings look different from what I remembered. I also didn't think as little of their otah and sambal today as I did previously. Somethings seem to have changed. 🤔