Pandi Ayya Tiffin Centre, Tekka Food Centre

Been trying to get some food from other stalls at Tekka Food Centre instead of the same few ones we've been going to. This was some idli and vadai from Pandi Ayya Tiffin Centre (#01-240 Tekka Market & Food Centre, 665 Buffalo Road). Those idlis were taken from plastic containers at the front of the stall so I don't know when they were made but they tasted pretty tangy. Vadai was freshly fried and were both tender and crusty. They were all pretty good once the sambar and chutney came into play.

鸭皇 (Duck King), Ghim Moh

I remember having char siew from 鸭皇 (19 Ghim Moh Rd, #01-263) years ago. Not to be confused with the popular roast duck eatery similarly named 鸭皇 from JB. 

This was what I was talking about.

Got ourselves a plate of triple roast - roast pork, char siew and roast duck. All nicely done. There was a crunchy crackling on the roast pork, gummy fatty sweetness from char siew and pretty tender duck breast.

Livers, gizzards and eggs on the side.

Sauce on the left was 当归 for the duck - also worked for roast pork. The other brown sauce was starchy and mediocre.

There was another black sauce - I believe it's dark soya sauce with drippings from one of their meats. This in tandem with the 当归 on their rice was pretty kickass delicious. 

Round two of the meats because the first round left us wanting more.

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.