Ah Qing Traditional Lor Mee (阿慶古早味滷面), Smith Street Food Centre

So we succumbed to curiosity and tried Ah Qing Traditional Lor Mee (Red Zone, #02-094 Chinatown Complex Market and Food Centre, 335 Smith Street) because of the queues we've noticed about their stall. They're just next door to Jiakali.

This was the bowl with fried fish and fried chicken. Not a fan of how both fried meats were processed into small bits that they were textually similar, robbed of any intrinsic mouthfeel. That and the measly amount of protein for a $6 bowl. It was otherwise not bad once the sliced chilli, minced garlic and vinegar came into play.

Meatballs from the Norddeutsche Spezialitäten menu and some vegetarian rosti at Brotzeit

Back at Brotzeit. We wanted to get some of those beef meatballs with creamy caper sauce from their Norddeutsche Spezialitäten menu that we noticed the last time.

Meatballs were of coarse grind and meaty tasting with a good beefy flavour that's layered with tanginess from that delicious caper sauce. 👍🏼 Love the potatoes too.

Enjoyed the rosti from the vegetarian section of the menu - topped with olives, spinach, some feta crumbs, a fried egg and cherry tomatoes. Liked this more than we thought we would.

Beef sang meen (生面) from Xing Long Food Stall (興隆菜社)

Possibly the first time at Xing Long Food Stall where the food was outright disappointing. This was supposed to be black bean sauce sang meen with beef. The sauce didn't taste like black bean sauce. At all. Beef was bicarbonated to death. Just on the threshold of morphing into an unidentifiable protein matter with blurry textures.

A note on the fried shallots at Shi Le Yuan (實叻園)

Revisiting Shi Le Yuan. Delicious like the last time. Note to self: their fried shallot in oil is really good with their kueh.

Revisiting 参香肉脞面 (San Xiang Bak Chor Mee)

Have been meaning to come back to San Xiang Bak Chor Mee for some time and that hasn't happened until recently. I hadn't realised that the stall has garnered a fandom. There were a lot more people in the queue than the last time. I wonder how much the loss of Mr Meepok contributed to it. 😬

Ended up with mee pok like the last time because it's been a while and the basic bowl was what I wanted to get back into what I remember enjoying about their noodles. The toppings were not in a separate bowl of soup like they were previously. Will try a noodle variation the next time. 

$15.50 chicken chop from Coffee Bee @ Singapore Science Centre

Coffee Bee seems to be the only eatery inside Singapore Science Centre (15 Science Centre Road), a place I haven't been to since I was a student. Think many would agree that $15.50 was pretty expensive for a black pepper chicken chop. One could easily get another elsewhere for half the price and more sides. Sauce was decent. Chicken wasn't exceptional but there also wasn't anything I had gripes over. Portions were kinda small. I wouldn't pay for this again.