Sausage McGriddles with scramble eggs from McD

So now there's a limited time Sausage McGriddles with liquid scrambled eggs as opposed to the regular disc of round real egg. Didn't taste bad though. What bugged me was that the kiosk didn't allow for much customisation beyond adding chicken bacon. Technology has brought McD a few strides back, not improved them. Cements the sentiment that what the customers may want aren't as important to them anymore. 

Revisiting Choon Hoy Parlor (春花馆)

Came back to Choon Hoy Parlor because I wanted to try their chye ber which we missed the last time.

But first some spicy hot old ginger & red date tea.

That's the chye ber. The menu mentioned offcuts of the day with mustard greens. Pretty sure the pork trotters in there weren't offcuts. Not complaining though. The broth was delicious and tangy with loads of tender softened mustard greens. That and those trotters with meat and skin that's fall off the bone tender. Smooth like butter, like a criminal undercover...🕺🏻😂. Rice thieves!

More of their dou miao and tau gey. Mind still trying to wrap around the fact that these vegetables were dou miao because I kept thinking that we were eating kailan. 

Soup we had today was white pepper pig stomach collagen soup. There's winter melon, tau kee and goji berries in it. Tasted like how I thought it would but not as gao as I imagined. 

This, their claypot dry bak kut teh. The dried cuttlefish infused dark soya sauce was rich and kickass umami coupled with characteristical sweet & savoury. That and some heat from dried chillis. Ribs were meaty. Wished there was more lady's finger than those token few slices. Another rice thief!

Rice for the rice thieves!

Back to brunch at Wooloomooloo Steakhouse

I mentioned coming back here for their burger. 

The butter with the onion focaccia is like the icing on the cake.

Their crustacean bisque is always a good choice.

One of the first course option in the brunch was an open faced beef gyoza with avocado. Beef's really tender but the flavour was almost totally muted by the yuzu mayo.

There's a Australian wagyu carpaccio which was pretty good tasting. Not so much because it's wagyu but more of the combination flavours with the tuna sauce and sweet pickled onions. That and the textures from the diced onions and not too salty crispy capers.

So here's that double cheeseburger. Special sauce on the side.

Nice, hot and meaty between buttery buns.

Picanha from Pure Black cattle. Meat's beefy and metallic, tender and chewy at the same time. Much like skirt/flank. The sweet glazed carrots that came with it was awesome. 

Sticky coffee pudding with vanilla mascarpone to end. Pretty good.

You Yi Minced Meat Noodle (友谊肉脞面), Bukit Merah View Hawker Centre

Came across You Yi Minced Meat Noodle (#01-84 Bukit Merah View Hawker Centre, 115 Bukit Merah View) a couple of units from Lee Shan recently and got a bowl of their signature minced meat noodle. 

This was $7 and the portion was pretty huge. Not to mention the load of toppings like sliced pork, minced pork, some ti poh and fried lard all over a huge ball of mee pok. Nice clean heat from their sambal. Gotta ask for more next time.

Soup on the side has some forgettable fish maw, a couple of fish dumpling and non-stinky meatballs. Soup's decent. Will go with the smaller bowl in the future.

A prawn only bowl from Blanco Court Prawn Mee (白蘭閣街大蝦麵)

Haven't had hae mee from Blanco Court Prawn Mee in a while. Here's a bowl with just prawns. This was still as satisfying as we remember it. Great crustacean-y broth and texture from those firm thick bee hoon layered with the aroma/flavour of both fried lard and shallots. Umai!

Breakfast and thoughts at MTR 1924

I remember back in the day when MTR first opened up, I was trying to figure out their menu online because they had a different selection every day of the week which was then further split between breakfast, lunch and dinner. The variety was noticeably larger then. Fast forward to today, it appears that there's a fixed menu that doesn't vary like it did. I sense fatigue there.

Got ourselves a bisibele bath to remember how good it tasted.

I recently mentioned being on the verge of declaring my favourite rava idli at Bangalore Cafe after getting the one again here for a fresher comparison.

I've decided that there will be no declaration. I like them both as much. 😅

We also had a chow chow bath today because it's been a while since I last had it here.

It's still delicious if anyone's wondering. The coconut chutney was good with both the khara and kesari portions.