Hong Xing Handmade Fishball • Meatball Noodle (鸿興手工鱼圆•肉圆麵), Hong Lim Food Centre

I've been wanting to try the fishball noodles from this branch of Hong Xing (#02-30 Hong Lim Food Centre, 531A Upper Cross Street). 

Pretty decent. Fishballs were delicious, especially the speckled ones. But I found myself remembering the mee pok from the Hong Xing at Bukit Merah View more fondly. This one just didn't taste as good based on saucing and texture of the noodles.

This sign to me seems half assed. What it conveyed to me, was that there was something to be said and they didn't have the fishballs to say it. That meant that the Hong Xing Fishball shop at Bukit Merah View isn't related to them, innit?

Revisiting Tiong Bahru Hainanese Chicken Rice @ Takashimaya

That's their coconut fizz float which was basically a scoop of coconut ice cream in tonic water. Kinda liked this.

We were here to try something different from them. Something they called oven baked French poulet with Japanese rice which was prepared on order and had a 25 minutes waiting time. So we munched on some stuff...like their sweet and sour pork while waiting. Not bad this one. Crisp on the outside.

I don't know if this was French chicken because we also heard them mention kampong chicken. Meat was tender. The crisp skin had a flavour which reminded me of honey soya sauce glaze.

Under the chook was chicken rice with garlic. They used Niigata Koshihikari rice for that. Nice. 

Hong Yong Chao Zhou Yu Yuan Guo Tiao Mian (鴻榮潮洲鱼圓粿條麵), Jalan Bukit Merah Food Centre

Found out about Hong Yong Chao Zhou Yu Yuan Guo Tiao Mian (#01-09, 112 Jalan Bukit Merah Market & Food Centre, 112 Jalan Bukit Merah) recently. Apparently, they've been around since 1969.

The recommended noodle(s) of choice is kuey teow mee.

A $4 bowl gets one a bowl of noodles and a bowl of fishballs in a clear broth. Great flavour in the fishballs. While they were obviously smaller, the flavour of these fishballs were at least on par with Li Xin if not better. What's mentioned was that they're made with yellowtail as well. 

That inconspicuous clear broth was also packed with flavour.

The sliced chilli they provide are the regular ones with less heat as opposed to the smaller and feistier types which packs more kick. Chilli sauce was umami-laden. Gotta come back another time. Note to self: Open only weekends from 4.30am to 9.30am.

Fei Fei Roasted • Noodle (肥肥烧腊 • 云吞面), Hawkers' Street @ 100AM

I remember someone mentioning this stall once back at Yuhua Village Market and Food Centre. Never got to try them. Came across their outpost at Hawkers' Street at 100AM (#04-05/06, 100 Tras Street) and their beautifully caramelized char siew beckoned to us. As hard as it was to believe, it looked much better than it tasted. Not that it tasted bad but the meat beneath all the beautify red and black surface was a little dry and harder than we imagined.

Sweet Dots (甜心点点), 100AM

Chinese dessert/小吃 shop (#03-16 100AM, 100 Tras Street) in similar vein to Yat Ka Yan/Mei Heong Yuen/Jin Yu Man Tang. Also trying a pistachio paste for the first time. It's apparently their signature and available in limited quantities. Sure. It's not dissimilar to other Chinese paste desserts. Pistachio flavour was present but not exactly robust unlike how some black sesame paste can be. Not exactly impressed but also didn't dislike it as well.

Ivan's Porridge is back!

After what seemed to be months of closure, Ivan's Porridge is finally back! I have missed the smoky chilli with their bee hoon.

They've mentioned that they'll be taking more frequent breaks moving forward.