Mum Mum 31, Alexandra Village Food Centre

This stall (#01-50, Alexandra Village Food Centre, Blk 120 Bukit Merah Lane 1) has onde onde flavoured putu mayam. Presumably, the green idiyappam is pandan flavoured but I don't think I tasted that. Loads of flavour coming from the gula melaka though. This was served warm from their steamer. Not bad.

Mee pok 白 from You Yi Minced Meat Noodle (友谊肉脞面)

So because it was mee pok 白 without the other condiments, I realised that there's a noticeable yellow noodle taste which the chilli has masked in the previous time. Still edible but 白 is probably just good for their kuey teow only.

Heng Kee Hainanese Curry Rice (興記海南咖喱飯), ABC Brickworks Food Centre

Not bad curry rice from Heng Kee Hainanese Curry Rice (#01-110 ABC Brickworks Food Centre, 6 Jalan Bukit Merah). Curry didn't pack much heat but was creamier than the one from Yuguo Curry Rice nearby. Pleasantly surprised by the smokey long beans. Pretty generous portions as well. Closed on weekends.

Pesto pizza from Casa Vostra @ Raffles City

Pesto pizza from Casa Vostra this time. I liked this. Creamy pesto with stracciatella and saltiness from the Parmigiano Reggiano to round it up. Not to mention the aroma from the pine nuts. Those yellow tomatoes tasted fruity.

Basmati and Niigata Koshinikari chicken rice from Tiong Bahru Hainanese Chicken Rice

Back at Tiong Bahru Hainanese Chicken Rice. Here's a side by side comparison of the "newer" types of rice which they've made chicken rice with. The mouthfeel of each was somewhat aligned with the way they looked. The basmati one tasted thin, dryer and kinda felt less whole if you catch my drift while the plump Niigata Koshinikari tasted more full, moist and oily. Personally, I though the basmati was good pairing with the chilli while I preferred the Niigata Koshinikari without.

Now that I've tried both, I'll be sticking to the regular jasmine rice which I prefer. It might be familiarity speaking but I thought it has a better texture somewhere in between these two.

Killiney Kopitiam, Smith Street

So we found ourselves at this branch of Killiney Kopitiam (29 Smith Street). Should have picked up on the foreboding vibes with my Spidey senses.

Bak kwa fried rice was under salted. Otherwise it was passable and a bit oily.

What bothered me were the hard clumps of rice that were in it.

Not an expert on Killiney's curry chicken here but this one was substandard/mediocre by my measure. Pretty sure it was much better tasting when I had them years ago at their outfits at Killiney Road and Purvis Street. This just wasn't good curry. There was something about the depth and flavour which appeared thinned out. Chicken tasted stiff. Have they fallen or is it just this branch in the touristy part of town?

Will not be back.