This shop across the road from Swenson's at Bugis Junction (520 North Bridge Road, #01-01 Wisma Alsagoff) serves Taiwanese food and was operated by mainland Chinese. For some reasons, I was expecting the staff to be either local or Taiwanese. That aside, I noticed this place previously and was curious. They apparently have another outlet at Joo Chiat as well.
lu rou fan (steamed rice with braised pork belly)
steamed rice with minced meat
deep fried chitterling
egg rolls with pork floss
The gravy for their lu rou fan here tasted different from the one at Lai Lai. This concoction was more savoury/umami while the one at Lai Lai was a little sweet. In any case both were good enough that I could wolf down in short order. Their deep fried chitterling (pig intestines) which were served on bean sprouts were palatable but lacked much flavour compared the braised rendition. The fried surface was thin and didn't have a good crisp as what I've had imagined. The chilli however provided a nice kick. Egg rolls with pork floss would have been much better with more floss for sure.
lu rou fan (steamed rice with braised pork belly) 
steamed rice with minced meat
deep fried chitterling
egg rolls with pork flossThe gravy for their lu rou fan here tasted different from the one at Lai Lai. This concoction was more savoury/umami while the one at Lai Lai was a little sweet. In any case both were good enough that I could wolf down in short order. Their deep fried chitterling (pig intestines) which were served on bean sprouts were palatable but lacked much flavour compared the braised rendition. The fried surface was thin and didn't have a good crisp as what I've had imagined. The chilli however provided a nice kick. Egg rolls with pork floss would have been much better with more floss for sure.
Interesting eat.. :) singaporean are sure getting luckier . .with all sorts of food to choose from. ;)
ReplyDeletei frequent this place too... they USED to have smelly-tofu at this branch, but stopped selling it (now they only sell fried normal-tofu at this branch) because of complaints. the joo chiat road branch (enter by east coast road opposite Katong Mall, its near the Mary tau kua pau coffee shop) still has the smelly-tofu though. i found a stall that sells smelly tofu in the new bugis junction food court though... just ate there yesterday... yummy... :o)
ReplyDeletejust popped by this place today. it was a decent meal that was destroyed by the lady trying to return my $27 change in COINS. just my luck for not having smaller notes
ReplyDeletehey LSD, so in your opinion, lai lai or peng lai ge serves better lu rou fan?..i've only tried the one here thou..
ReplyDeleteHey ice,
ReplyDeleteActually, both are pretty good. I like both in their own ways. If I had to recommend, I'd go with Lai Lai. It's always better to try both and decide which one you prefer. If you do know of any other good ones around, please do give me a heads up.