Revisiting Kreta Lembu

Breakfast at Kreta Lembu with a side of rock tunes from the 90s. This was their soto ayam. Egg's an add on.

The broth got pretty spicy after the sambal was swished into it. Nice heat in the cinnamon-y spicy broth which was awesomeness if not for the haze. There were generous shreds of chicken-y chicken along with bean sprouts and ketupat in it.

Came across some French toast thingy which they mentioned contained curry beef.

It's actually beef rendang inside. Pretty solid beefy one. IIRC, this was just a buck. 👍🏼

Pretty decent teh tarik here.

Recently at Sushiro

Some recent eats at Sushiro (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) again.

Aburi nodoguro in season. This was fatty-ish and nice. Had seconds.

Shoyu aburi mehikari. I've had this fish once a long time ago and I don't remember much of it. Not a bad tasting one but also not memorable.

Their aburi engawa has always been a quiet MVP for me. My only gripe is that the aburi is often inconsistent. Sometimes, it's a light hand like this and other times, more toasty. But that melting in the mouth part along with the flavour keeps me coming back for them.

Tempura tobiuo. Or flying fish. Not bad tasting but there wasn't anything about it that was particularly distinctive about the fish. That's also the fish were we get tobiko from.

Fugu shirako with ponzu jelly. Pufferfish milt if anyone was wondering. Torched and creamy. Nice.

Mediterranean bluefin kamatoro. Kamatoro is meat from the jaw/collar/gill area. Nice and fatty.

This was called soft shell shrimp bisque dry ramen. I'm not sure if it's "soft shell shrimp bisque" or was it a soft shell shrimp with "bisque ramen". It was a soft shell shrimp in there though where the entire fried shrimp could be eaten. The yellow cream was the bisque which tasted pretty prawny. Not bad.

Shio koji albacore tuna karaage - a little gingery fried chicken from the sea.

Moon moon dorayaki - a tiny dorayaki with anko, cream and condensed milk. This was so good. Needs to be part of the permanent menu.

Spicy Hubby, Centrepoint

This was the Spicy Hubby (#01-55/56 The Centrepoint, 76 Orchard Road) of the Spicy Wife - a new eatery by Spicy Wife Nasi Lemak. We were here because we were curious about their ayam gepuk.

But first, some sparking calamansi to wash away the some of the humidity and haze. Pretty sure I tasted cordial in it so I don't think it was just those preserved plums, calamansi and a slice of lemon flavouring it.

Decent tasting nasi ayam gepuk. Coconut rice aside, this felt on the whole better eating than Ayam Gepok Anakmak. Speaking of rice, portion was pretty small. I actually ran out of rice before the gajus sauce and sambal. Sambal also did not pack much heat. 

Their nasi goreng ayam berempah was a different beast from the nasi lemak at Spicy Wife. Chicken here was chopped up and noticeably less moist. Those ikan bilis were crispy and not hard so thumbs up to that. Rice also appeared to have a more pronounced flavour.

Coffee Queen, Marine Parade Central Food Centre

Coffee Queen (#01-01 Marine Parade Central Food Centre, 84 Marine Parade Central) has a few outlets. Have had coffee at this branch and the one at Maxwell a few times. This stall, in my opinion, and its branches have one of the more drinkable coffees around that I know of.

They also have Horlicks tea - a beverage I don't see anyone else serving even though it wasn't the most difficult or wildly imaginative drink to whip up.

Not bad actually. Tasted like a mixture of Horlicks and tea, no surprises in it.

Kun Ji (坤記), Marine Parade Central Food Centre

Heard about Kun Ji (#01-025 Marine Parade Central Food Centre, 84 Marine Parade Central) and their duck rice. There were a couple of lessons learnt in trying to get a plate here.

i) The stall didn't open at 9.30am on Friday as stated by Google. We were asked to come back at 10am as they were still doing prep

ii) At 10am the braised duck and char siew still weren't ready and they informed us that it'll be another 30 mins to half hour before those were.

We ended up with the roast duck rice. Added roast pork and stewed mustard greens (梅菜). Portion was pretty generous. Duck's serviceable, they're not those with crisp skin with an under layer of flavourful fat kind. Skin's a little chewy. Roast pork was serviceable - didn't like the bones in it. 梅菜 was tender but definitely not one of the more tender ones around. All in all...serviceable but not very memorable.

That roasted chilli though was delicious. Much more so than those from most of the other roast duck stalls. Inhaled the rice easily with it.

One week later......

I like the braised duck more than the roast duck. Seemed to be a bit more tender. Managed to get some char siew this time round - these were somewhat different. They looked like the old school char siew with red dye, but they were of a more tender cut and thicker sliced with some sweet sauce flavouring them. Didn't taste like those "red dyed cardboard".

Omma Chicken Soup, Redhill Food Centre

Omma Chicken Soup (#01-42, Redhill Food Centre, 70 Redhill Lane) which has a number of branches scattered across the island does a samgyetang derivation of chicken soup which only includes the chicken leg instead of the whole chicken stuffed with glutinous rice. The kimchi on the side was just a sad pinch.

There are a few flavour variations of their chicken soup. This was the collagen one. Chicken leg was tender and pretty meaty. Okay-ish tasting broth as chicken collagen soups go but not something I'd go out of the way for. The ginseng flavoured one leaned closer to samgyetang in terms of flavour.