SG61 lunch at Wolfgang's Steakhouse

Lunch at Wolfgang's Steakhouse.

Their beef kut teh from last year's SG60 has made it into their lunch menu item called Taste Of Singapore.

The SG61 special is/was their 60 day dry aged USDA Prime bone in ribeye. Nice and funky, not particularly juicy. Came with the mashed potato/creamed spinach/NY style cheesecake.

Uncle Louis Famous Chicken Rice, Amoy Street Food Centre

Came across Uncle Louis Famous Chicken Rice (#01-02 Amoy Street Food Centre, 7 Maxwell Road) which has taken over the previous chicken rice stall right next to the char kuey teow stall at Amoy Street Food Centre. I remember seeing another branch at Maxwell Food Centre and I was told that there's another at Market Street Hawker Centre.

This was poached chicken thigh (白鸡尾) for two with a couple of eggs and liver. Not bad tasting. Sauce was slightly sweet and full of sesame oil. Meat was tender but not so easily slurped off the bone.

This was probably not the best picture to show that there's a thin layer of chicken jelly neath the skin of their chilled chicken.

Rice was pretty good with and without their garlicky/gingery chilli sauce which packed more heat than I anticipated. I'd take this over Tian Tian.

Labrador Malay Food, Telok Blangah Crescent Food Centre

 

I'm pretty sure I've been to Labrador Villa Food Centre at least a couple of times before they were demolished back in 08. Might have noticed Labrador Malay Food from back then but I don't recall. They've presumably moved to their current spot (#01-105 Telok Blangah Crescent Market & Food Centre, 11 Telok Blangah Crescent) from that point and have been here since.

Got a plate of nasi padang - from top right and clockwise, tapioca leaves in masak lemak, sambal hard boiled, paru goreng and a bunch of...shellfish. I'm pretty sure some looked like cockles. Then there were some that tasted like clams and some others, mussels. Anyways, they were all cooked in sambal with petai. Not much petai in there though. All pretty good tasting. 

Wanton Kolo Mee by Jin's Noodle, Amoy Street Food Centre

Have been wanting to try Jin's Noodle (#02-110 Amoy Street Food Centre, 7 Maxwell Road) for a while. Seems like they've rebranded with a new signboard. This was their $6.50 bowl. Not exactly impressed by those noodles. Texture wasn't as springy as I was hoping for and the saucing became one dimensional after a while. Those noodles really benefitted from their sambal and pickled green chilli. Wantons were aromatic with ti poh and pretty meaty - nice. The soup on the side even had a bit of that dried sole flavour.

J & J Foodhub, Toa Payoh Central

J & J Foodhub is located in Epic Haus (#01-170, 177 Toa Payoh Central) - the same coffeeshop that Tai Wah Pork Noodle is in.

Was intrigued by their ilocos empanada. - a pastry stuffed with minced pork, grated papaya and egg. Hmm...this didn't look like the fried orange pastry images I saw online. This was red and didn't look fried.

The fillings were okay. The part that bugged me was the bland pastry which was really hard around the edges. What I really liked from this stall was their laing - smokey, fishy (plenty of dried anchovies inside) and packed with heat in coconut milk. The flavour reminded me of otah. Note to self: laing only available on weekends.

Kreta Lembu, People's Park Centre

Kreta Lembu (#03-48 People's Park Centre, 101B Upper Cross Street) was one of those eateries which we've walked past numerous times and wondered if they were good. They're located just beside the bridge that links People's Park Centre to Chinatown Point.

Got a nasi minyak today with gulai lemak pucuk ubi (curried tapioca/cassava leaves), sambal telur and a dish of cubed paru with shrimps - a combination which I've never encountered before in a creamy sweet and slightly spicy gravy. Nice. Love the tender tapioca leaves in the lemak gravy and the buttery rice with raisins and sliced almonds.