Ramen Keisuke Singapore, Changi Airport Terminal 2

I've been curious about this outpost of Keisuke (#03-15 Changi Airport Terminal 2, 60 Airport Boulevard, tel : +65 6225 2235) for a while now because their menu featured a bunch of non-regular items that aren't available in the rest of the chain - local flavoured noodles/ramen. Presumably these are included in this outlet because it is the airport and they're showcase of local flavours.

This was the bak kut teh ramen. Pork ribs were slide off the bone tender and I love those roasted garlic cloves they included. That was all I liked. The broth while identifiable as bak kut teh was thin, lacking complexity from the herb/spices and felt oily. It clearly identifies itself as an interpretation and not the actual. So for the record, the actual is better than the interpretation. Noodles were too soft for my liking.

Revisiting Anjappar @ Race Course Road

Back at Anjappar. Tried their mutton kothu parotta. Quite nice but pretty heavy with all the grease.

That's fish 65. First time getting one of these I believe. I don't know what fish was it. Texture was almost identical to Spanish mackerel but it did not taste like them.

Mixed fried noodles. Mixed because there's chicken, mutton and prawns in it. Not a bad one actually. The only thing I didn't like were the capsicum/bell peppers. Otherwise it's a straightforward, possibly soy based, savoury stir fried noodles with bits of egg and vegetables. We've just started venturing into these Chinese styled Indian fried noodles recently. Last ones were at Semolina and Tangra Chinese. So far it's been promising.

Couldn't resist finding out what their special ghee podi idly was about. While it's kinda self explanatory from the name, it wasn't exactly like I imagined it. I was thinking just idly soaked with ghee and covered with podi. While those were there, I didn't expect them to be cut up and tossed (stir fried?) with bits of sweet onion. Nice.

This ginger tea didn't have much of ginger flavour. Seems like this outlet isn't good with their teas.

亞忠燒臘 (Ah Zhong Roasted Delights), Maxwell Food Centre

We've noticed 亞忠燒臘 (#01-93 Maxwell Food Centre, 1 Kadayanallur Street) over the past times we were eating at Maxwell. The one thing that had always been consistent was the queue in front of the stall. We decided to try a triple roast today with char siew, roast pork and duck. I requested 半肥瘦 for the char siew. When the proprietor brought my plate of roasts out, he remarked that 这个叉燒很够力. 😂

Which was true. I'd put this char siew in the same league as the one from Mei Mei Roast. Bitter sweet with a gummy surface and melty fats. Roast pork was tender with a crunchy crackling and the duck breast was pretty tender. I can understand this queue.

Pretty decent chicken claw noodles. One could taste their house recipe of spices in the braising sauce in those claws. Pretty easy to slurp off the bone and if you hadn't noticed, those claws were huge. This was just the $4 portion.

Mentaiko egg sandwich from Toast Box

I never realized that Toast Box has mentaiko egg sandos until now. At least they did for the branch at Ngee Ann City. Not a whole lot of that mentaiko mayo in it but it was adequate for flavouring and this did not taste bad at all.

Fishball noodles from (New) MacPherson Minced Meat Noodles (麦波申肉脞麵)

I've tried almost all the noodles from (New) MacPherson Minced Meat Noodles. Left with their 小碗面 to go. 😂 Not that it was my intent to try everything as a goal. Fishballs and fish cakes were run of the mill so I won't be getting these again.

裕廊东18年传统味鱼圆面, Maxwell Food Centre

Noticed this relatively new stall (#01-59 Maxwell Food Centre, 1 Kadayanallur Street) at Maxwell and was drawn to them because the menu pictures of their minced pork noodles had pig's stomach in it. Since they also had pig's stomach mee sua on the menu as well, I figured that the tripe in bak chor mee picture was probably not just "for illustration purposes only". Here's their bowl with additional $2 portion of the tripe. 

Noodles were pretty generic tasting and not in a doneness which I prefer but the bowl was generally good eating with good quality ingredients. Those boiled pig's stomach were relatively tender too. There's also laksa on their menu which didn't look bad as well.

Moon Moon Food (雙月), Ngee Ann City / Takashimaya

The Taiwanese chain Moon Moon Food (#05-30 Ngee Ann City, 391A Orchard Road) opened a couple of months back. From what I gathered from local media, they're known for their soups and that they're popular. Which is odd because Google doesn't yield me much results beyond sites who're paid to write about them. Anyways......

Something described as shredded stem lettuce yuzu vinaigrette. I enjoyed the crunch and the savouriness from the sauce with a hit of umami from those tobiko. But I tasted no yuzu.

Their spicy sesame noodles was nice. Nutty and I tasted Sichuan peppercorn.

Tried a couple of their braises - these were pig's skin, heart and intestines. Not bad. Braise wasn't intensely flavoured as I imagined and the thin slicing robbed a lot of mouthfeel and texture from the offal. I understand that the heart has got to go thin because of the muscular structure but the others did not.

Fish maw and napa cabbage in golden broth. Fish maw's not toasty and was just spongy. Cabbage was sweet and crunchy. Don't know what's the "golden broth" but it tasted like it had a base of chick stock. Not bad.

Fish and clam soup was good. Fish was fresh tasting and the soup was sweet with loads of cabbage and clams. There's a variety of other soups which I don't mind coming back for.

There's a roselle drink with aiyu which is almost as good as the one at Din Tai Fung.

Green bean with milk. Not bad also.

Murugan Idli Veg. Restaurant, Syed Alwi Road

Seems that Murugan Idli Shop has rebranded into Murugan Idli Veg. Restaurant (76 Syed Alwi Road). Their facade has become distinctively minimalist compared to the look of the shophouses along the stretch of the road. The restaurant was pretty much the same except for some minor changes in the menu. I think.

This curry leaves podi idli was new to me. Presumably, the green stuff coating the rice cake was powdered curry leaves if we're going by what they were calling it. Presumably also because I couldn't taste anything that reminded me of curry leaves. I'm getting the ghee and the podi but I'm not sure what else. But it's delicious.

Sweet sweet pongal. Glistening with ghee and tasted saffrony. I like this as much as the savoury one.

Today's ghee onion uttapam looked especially toasty and seemed to taste so compared to the previous time. Nice.

Couldn't resist the ghee podi idli.

And a freshly fried meduvadai that had a light crisp exterior and hot tender insides.

Nothing much has changed with the food at Murugan Idli. It's all still good. 

Mei Mei Roast (妹妹李记烧腊), Ubi

Wow, the roast meats from Mei Mei Roast (1st Stop Food Junction coffeeshop, Blk 3014 Ubi Road 1) was pretty darn good if a bit pricy for those portions. The dark char siew was properly caramelized with a honeyed sweetness, flavour from the charring and dissolve in your mouth fat. Duck breast was tender under that flavourful roasted skin. It was only after that I realized that the owner was the sister of the former owner of Kay Lee.

This was located at the same coffeeshop as one of the branches of Da Sheng Minced Pork Noodle.

Bakery 1946, Suntec

Bakery 1946 (#01-604/605, Suntec City Tower 3, 8 Temasek Boulevard) is from Korea. They opened up earlier in the middle of the year and seemed to have gotten attention for their vegetable/fruit shaped breads. These were from a couple of visits.

Got a bunch of stuff. The most memorable one being the garlic and cream cheese bread which was apart from being garlicky and filled with cream cheese, was also slightly sweet. Nice.

The corn shaped one which was mochi-like had cream cheese and corn inside. Not bad tasting.

 

Chestnut shaped one also had the same chewy mochi skin and was filled with sweet bean paste and bits of chestnut. Not bad tasting too.

Mugwort bread, also a mochi skin variety which was stuffed with red bean paste. Also pretty decent.

There's one shaped like an apple with little chunks of apple and also cream cheese. Apparently a signature of theirs. Those apples were way too sweet and the bread had an odd waxy texture. Didn't like it. Will not get this again.

Mango bingsu's not bad. The mango tasted...different. There was an aroma I wasn't familiar with in mangoes and they were pretty sour. The latter made them good pairing with the milk in the shaven ice and condensed milk though.

Found it odd that the mugwort latte's flavour reminded me of some Chinese herbal tea. That being said, I liked it.

The second time we were here, we noticed how icky things could get in the crowd. Some auntie let her kid run around, oblivious possibly but I rather believed turned a blind eye to the fact that he was touching various breads on display with his grubby bare hands. 😓

Breads brought out to cool can be stacked pretty low and close to the floor - those bakes a resting for all the dust billowing around whenever one of their staff was sweeping the floor. I'm now inclined to imagine that invisible patina whenever I look at them. 😓 

Carrot's another mochi skin bread. I'm not sure what the fillings were but I think it's some sort of cheese or custard with bits of carrot. Couldn't taste any carrot.

Twisted donut tasted like the old school fried ones.

Tried their K ginseng shake out of curiosity. Wasn't so much a shake than a ice blended sweet milk with ginseng flavour. Flavour unexpectedly grew on me. 😬

63 Laksa, Ghim Moh Food Centre

Had 63 Laksa (#01-20 Ghim Moh Food Centre, 20 Ghim Moh Road) for breakfast. Judging from the consistency of queue, they are a pretty popular stall. From what I read, the recipe is a "grandfather" edition and said grandfather used to operate along Sungei Road. 

I had a Sungei Road laksa many years back. First thoughts from then were the same as now; the broth doesn't have the thicker consistency of the more popular Katong styled laksa. What it has a lot of was dried shrimp flavour in a thinner broth. I like it.

Otah's decent, not very lemak tasting. Will pass on this the next time.