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.

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.