Five Guys - lettuce, pickles, mushroom, mustard, hot sauce and extra cheese

Felt like having them burgers. This was the first time I've gotten their burger with hot sauce beside the last time I went "all in". Not so spicy. Today was a first time they got the orders inaccurate though. My burger had tomatoes which I didn't opt for.

Poached rice from Da Shi Jia

I didn't recall seeing poached rice on the menu of Da Shi Jia when we went there previously. Decided to give it a go since it was on GrabFood. Man it was good. Very much like how I imagined it. Which was basically their garlic-ky and crustacean-y broth with rice. Came with a few slices of pork and two large prawns. It's a little pricey but I wouldn't mind eating this again.

Food from Lechon Republic

Trying Lechon Republic (#01-09 Novena Regency, 275 Thomson Road) for the first time.

The lechon was not bad. The crisp of the skin held up quite well through delivery. I would imagine that they would be even better if we had them fresh at the restaurant. The meat was very tender and had some fat for flavour.

Tried their bopis. If you didn't know what bopis was, it's a sautéed offal dish of beef and/or pork lungs and/or heart. The sauce was a little sweet, a little spicy, tangy and creamy even. It was good pairing with rice. 

Here's a sizzling sisig which is obviously not sizzling anymore. Because delivery. Heh. Deliciously savoury that is enhanced by a citrus-y tang from the limes. That and some spikes of heat from the green chilli. Obviously so good with the rice.

Delivery from Blue Label Pizza

I've been wanting to give Blue Label Pizza another try since the previous time.

That's their Blue Label salad - Brussels sprouts, dried blueberries, Manchego and a mustard vinegrette. 

Very tangy, liked it. This tasted a lot better than it looked.

We went for the rather expensive J-Dog ($38) with pepperoni, bacon, pork sausage and jalapeño. Very salty. The crust was so thin in the middle that it couldn't hold the weight of the toppings. That crust also didn't survive well having gotten soggy in the middle parts and a little tough and chewy at the cornicione. The flavour of the cornicione was still nice though - made better with those sesame seeds but that by itself couldn't make me think better of the pizza. 

The Mango Tree Indian Coastal Restaurant

We had eaten once from Mango Tree years ago. It's a little farther out than where we normally venture to but since we're all ordering in these days, I thought it would be nice to revisit them

I noticed a Erachi ishtu on the menu which immediately brought to mind something very similar I had once at Swaadhisht. Didn't regret it. Nice creamy coconut broth with spices and tender onions and a bit of heat. Those sliced bits of green chilli in them added a great aroma. Mutton in the broth was tender as well. I think the one from Swaadhisht was more peppery.

I enjoyed the murg makhani - seemed like more than I did the last time. My thoughts of it might have changed a little. I enjoyed the balance of the cream and tang. I wonder if the recipe has changed from that time. It was too bad that I had too little naan or rice to finish up all the gravy.

I didn't remember it but apparently I had ordered their mango mapas previously as well. Still liked the tangy creamy flavours of this green mango curry.

Their lemon basmati rice. There was some nutty aroma - maybe from the spices and lentils. Sadly, not not detecting any lemon in there.

I wanted to get another opinion on the mango naan that Mango Tree after all this time. It was tastier than what I recalled from the last time. The fragrance from the mango along with some butteriness wafted out as soon as I opened the foil wrap. Also unlike the previous time, I tasted mango. I'm not sure what dip it would be suitable for since every gravy option would be overpowering the mango flavour on these naan.

Home delivery from Kok Sen Restaurant

Kok Sen (30 Keong Saik Road, tel : +65 6223 2005) has been around for years. The place has been a popular cze char spot for a long time too. I've only heard of them some years ago. Never bothered because the queue was a major deterrent. But we're in delivery season and they are sometimes available on GrabFood.

So I ended up with an order of the beef with black bean sauce rice. Why beef? Because I wanted sliced fish and they were out of it. So I settled in spite of apprehension. Besides, what was important for me was to discover if their black bean sauce was any good. It wasn't. Not enough of the black bean flavour and also not enough salt. Beef was also "unnatural" if you catch my drift. For black bean sauce and proper beef in Chinese cze char, I'd go with Maddie's Kitchen. 

Kailan with roasted pork on rice was significantly tastier. Garlic and oyster sauce were most of those flavour. That was the intention and pretty much all that was needed in a dish like this. Nice crunch from the kailan but pork was a little chewy.

I heard they were known for their prawn paste chicken (虾酱鸡). Pretty decent rendition if I might say so. I think Sin Hoi Sai might have just a little edge over Kok Sen but don't knock it till you've tried this. Liked the good spread of the prawn paste flavour.

Market Grilled @ home

Market Grill has some new items on their menu. Lure was cast on social media and I took the bait. Heh heh. While I maintain that their food would probably be more enjoyable eaten at the restaurant, they did survive delivery pretty well. Well, most of it anyway.

Jambalaya's new on the menu. Seeing it reminded me of the etouffee from the defunct One Night Only. No they tasted different. If my memory serves, the gravy from the etouffee packed more of the crustacean punch compared to the rice here. Not that this one didn't have any. Loved the smokiness from the bacon that got into every bite of those tiger prawns. Pretty sure it would have tasted better straight from the kitchen.

Lamb shoulder didn't survive well. Meat was drying up and badly needed salt. The spice was not well distributed so some bites tasted more potent than the others. But I'm mostly disappointed by the lack of salt. 

Prawn roll was also new on menu. Liked the chunky sliced up tiger prawns in the toasted & buttered brioche. Odd thing - I tasted quite a bit of dill in there but couldn't see any at all. In any case, I enjoyed the unexpected heartiness from this. Would definitely get it again.

Charcoal grilled bak kwa fried rice from Din Tai Fung (鼎泰豐)

Just came across this bak kwa fried rice from Din Tai Fung while browsing food delivery recently. I wonder how different this was from the "packaged from a central kitchen" boxes that are sold at Toast Box. DTF's fried rice is at a level where eating at the restaurant and having them through delivery is a different experience. It's obviously better at the restaurant and today's portion are a bit more greasy than I'm used to.

I would have given this a thumbs up if there were more bak kwa in the fried rice. Also, calling those bak kwa 'charcoal grilled' on the menu raises expectations. In my opinion, those expectations fell a little short.

Blue Ginger-ing @ home

Blue Ginger-ing at home from GrabFood. Their food was a little less expensive and felt a little bit more down to earth than Candlenut. But, I suppose I haven't eaten enough from the latter to make a proper comparison.

Achar. Would have benefitted with more peanuts like what I've previously mentioned. I would have liked them to be pickled for a little longer for more punch. These didn't make me want to eat as much rice as I did back then so maybe something is different here.

Pretty decent babi pongtay. The flavour was sufficient but I thought lacked a little intensity. Which in no way meant that it wasn't rich tasting in the first place. Not as pretty looking as the one from Godmama though.

Sambal udang petai - puny portions for $28. Did not represent good value for money at all. Even though the sambal was nutty, a little shrimpy and moreish on rice with those petai which they had too little of.

This kangkong lemak would really be improved by more generosity with the lemak gravy.

A breakfast of bread, eggs and cheese

Genuine Bavarian organic sunflower seed rye with eggs. Blue cheese with Raboso wine which I might have gotten from Marketplace. Had grapes/raisins on them. The blue's nice with the eggs and bread. Slight tang, pungent, characteristically salty with a little sweet even. Forgot what's the other one. Might have been Comte from Cheese Ark.

Cold ramen from Tampopo

I've eaten a cold ramen from Tampopo years ago. This one is a bit different. No kurobuta ham and no mustard. Looked a lot less impressive and truth to be told, the experience was not even on par with the ones from Baikohken or even Ohsho. Serviceable but definitely not getting them again. Chilled food doesn't survive delivery well.

Atout at home - lobster bisque, frog legs, cod liver and pork rillettes

A lunch delivery from Atout.

Which consisted of their delicious lobster bisque. It seems that there're no dumplings in them anymore.

Also those cod livers that we liked. Great with bread.

And some of the pork rillette that the restaurant makes.....

.......which were good munching with bread like those cod livers. Freshly made baguettes and sourdough loaf.

We got some frog legs too. Nice and garlicky.

Supper from Tsui Wah (翠華)

That would be supper with 茶走 by the way. Admittedly, the reason why it was Tsui Wah was because they pulled through for us by being available past 9.30pm when most of the deliveries have called it a day.

Some greasy fried rice. Rice needs a bit more salt.

A luncheon meat and egg sandwich that is superior to most if not all others in this country. I'm pretty sure the bread was steamed to get that soft texture and that was part of the appeal.

Decent fried chicken wings.

Not forgetting their so good condensed milk buns.

It's back

It had been a thing when McD closed for a while. It is apparently a thing now that they've re-opened. For reasons.

Home delivery from Sawadee Thai

Oddled Sawadee Thai. They're a little pricey but the food has always been very decent.

We ordered mostly what we've eaten from the restaurant before - like the roasted duck red curry which looked a lot prettier in the restaurant. Those warm lychees in the curry were still awesome.

Liked their tom kha gai. Still like it. Gotta remember to tell them lay off the coriander the next time. How could I have forgotten that?!

Had them stuffed fat chicken wings.

This was the only dish we've never tried before - seasonal vegetables with Hokkaido scallops it said on the menu. Was that napa cabbage? Scallops were tender and still had a little sweetness in them but I can't tell that they're from Hokkaido. Can anyone?

Their sweet steamed tapioca was tasty enough that we still had room for them after the meal. As good as I remembered them.