N.M. Abdul Rahim, Ayer Rajah Food Centre

Have heard some good things online about the mee goreng from N.M. Abdul Rahim (Stall #60 Ayer Rajah Food Centre, 503 West Coast Drive) who's apparently been in in business for some decades. Here's a plate with extra keema. I didn't think there was anything noteworthy about it. Just to be clear, it wasn't bad. Just regular tasting. Generically savoury sweet with a bit of heat but not as dry as I was looking forward to.

Ah Huat Hokkien Prawn Mee, Lengkok Bahru

Ah Huat Hokkien Prawn Mee's (#01-387, 55 Lengkok Bahru) located just next door to Happy Noodles. What's not usual about them is that the guy behind the wok was an Indian dude. Mayhaps he's Ah Huat? 🤔

This was the $6 plate. One can choose the degree of wetness for the Hokkien mee. I wanted mine dryer. Also asked for extra sambal belachan and lard not realising that the based amount they provided was already pretty generous. Anyways, I liked this. It had some smokiness. Pretty good crustacean flavouring from the stock in the noodles. 猪油渣 was a little soft but nicely flavoured. Prawns tasted natural and meaty. I wouldn't mind coming back for this.

Tried their black radish cake. $5. I also liked this. While they weren't as caramelized as I was hoping for, there was adequate black sauce and its sweetness in it which I enjoyed.

小娟什菜饭, Marine Parade Central Food Centre

Noticed 小娟什菜饭 (#01-54 Marine Parade Central Food Centre, 84 Marine Parade Central) which I didn't remember from the past trips here. While the name of the stall mentions cai png, I found some pretty decent char bee hoon. Their fried chicken was also pretty good eating - that amount on the plate was merely a $3 half portion. One can imagine how much chicken can be gotten for a full portion.

Hai Nan Xu Ji Chicken Rice (海南旭记鸡饭), Marine Parade Central Food Centre

Hai Nan Xu Ji Chicken Rice (#01-41 Marine Parade Central Food Centre, 84 Marine Parade Central) came by way of recommendation. It's the 3rd chicken rice stall I've tried here after Lee Heng Hainanese Chicken Rice and Zeng Ji Hainanese Boneless Chicken Rice.

Like Zeng Ji, there doesn't seem to be extra charge for thigh meat. This was poached chicken thigh (白鸡尾) with an egg for $4. Very good value if I may say so. Frills free tender thigh meat with little dressing and rice that was just lightly flavoured which went well with their savoury lime-y & garlicky chilli.

Ah Ken, ABC Brickworks Food Centre

I've been wanting to try the bak chor mee from Ah Ken (#01-51 ABC Brickworks Food Centre, 6 Jalan Bukit Merah). Now that I've gotten around to visiting the stall, I ended up with laksa instead.

Looked like a pretty inconspicuous bowl. Fish cakes, half a hard boiled egg, a bit of bean sprouts and some tau pok.

Got it with mee pok. Aha! Gravy's pretty good after the sambal has been stirred in. It's creamy, has a bit of heat and pretty lemak. 

Topped up with a bit more of those laksa leaves for extra flavour. I liked this better than I thought

Finished all the broth. 食晒. 😂

Geylang Lor 20 Banana Fritters (芽籠二十巷炸香蕉), Old Airport Road Food Centre

I seem to recall getting goreng pisang from this stall (#01-57 Old Airport Road Food Centre, 51 Old Airport Road) before but couldn't for my life remember anything about them.

They looked like they had pretty wide girth.

After a couple of bites, I noticed that each fritter was made with two bananas.

As I progressed, I realised that there were actually 2.5 bananas. Each piece was $2.20.

Tried their durian puff. The proprietor mentioned that they were cold.

They were actually frozen. The filling wasn't 100% durian. It's a bit creamier than that and there wasn't much fibre from the fruit. Tasted much like durian ice cream with a lot of durian meat. Definitely not MSW though.