Teh pandan ais from Tarik

I remember mentioning that I wanted to try the hot spiced tea from Tarik but the weather's too bloody hot. So I ended up with their iced pandan tea instead. I'm not sure if this was just pandan or from a syrup. The flavour got through but didn't taste...natural. Anyways, temperature aside, I thought I like the flavour from the tea at Springleaf Prata Place better. That being said, all that ice here helped in the sweltering heat.

Lamb shoulder blade biryani and haleem from Bismillah Biryani

Been a while since we were at Bismillah @ Dunlop Street. Today happened because of the plug they have been making regarding their lamb shoulder blade biryani. I gotta admit it looked good.

Portion was huge. Could feed two. But it also costed $36.90.

Lamb shoulder blade was pretty tender and had a lot of meat. Just not as spoon tender or moist as I was led to believe from their plug.

Their mutton haleem appeared to be gamier than the last time we had it. I do mean gamey, not lamb-y. That bread on the side was actually their naan; wouldn't be recognised as naan in taste or appearance by anyone here. This was disappointing compared to that last time.

Happy Noodles (快乐面), Lengkok Bahru

This was the coffeeshop that used to house Sim Lim Square Bak Chor Mee, Uncle Peter Hokkien Mee, 6th Avenue Nasi Lemak and once upon a time, Ye Shang Hai Teochew Porridge. Turn over of tenants seems pretty high. Coffeeshop seems to have been renovated and taken over by a new management fronted by the owner of OK Chicken Rice. 

One thing stood out about this coffeeshop. No zhi char and no cai png.

Anyways this was the bak chor mee from Happy Noodles which they called Happy Bak Chor Mee. The mee pok is apparently made in house.

No bad. Sambal's decent. Mee pok texture was pretty good and you can tell it's definitely not the generic/factory variety by the mouthfeel. Mushrooms were totally infused with the flavour from the braising sauce. There's beansprouts but no pig's liver. Nice lardiness in the bowl too. What impressed me were the finely sliced red chillis which most noodle stalls don't do and I hope it's not a one time thing.

A couple of weeks later......

The persona running the stall today was a different someone. The bowl was much saucier than the previous time but flavour's still good. Mee kia texture's decent, not soggy. Chilli not as finely sliced. So it seems that there's some sort of rotation for who's manning the stall and consistency may not be expected here.

Recent Shakings and Shackings

Recent eat at Shake Shack. Wanted to catch the Greek Shack before it rotated out. We got the single patty thinking that we'd get more tzatziki out of each bite but it seemed like there were less of them in the single patty configuration. Sad.

Double meat hamburger still isn't adequately salted if you added just one slice of cheese. I wished they'd salt the meat more.

Temptation's the one thing we'll never resist. Maybe.

An offal-y nasi lemak from Bona Aroma

Nasi lemak from Bona Aroma. Not the standard chicken wing or fish configuration. I picked what I wanted and there were chicken livers and paru goreng. Livers were fried and kinda dry-ish and slightly powdery textured. They use basmati rice here which is cooked with a little less salt that what I'm used to encountering for Malay nasi lemak. That said, it was quite good with the sweet/spicy sambal and serunding.

Pandan mango cake from Chalk Farm

Came across this pandan mango cake from Chalk Farm. I liked this. There're more mangoes in the cream than what could be seen. A little less cream would be nice.