Eat May Know (食就知), Bendemeer Market & Food Centre

The quest for glutinous rice buns plods forward another step. Found this at Eat May Know (#01-32 Bendemeer Market & Food Centre, 29 Bendemeer Road).

The proprietor had no clue what this tasted like which I thought was odd. His answer to whether if these buns were sweet or salty was that they were neither. These glutinous rice buns were sweet for as far as I've encountered them. This wasn't different. Not getting the five spice flavour in this though it was still kinda enjoyable.

Recently at Tim Ho Wan (添好運)

Back at Tim Ho Wan @ Great World. There appears to be new items on their menu.

Like this morel mushroom crystal dumpling which we've never noticed the last time. Not bad tasting. Judging from the size of the morel caps in the dumpling, the mushrooms weren't small.

Pan fried radish cake.

The description of their steamed layered cake with olive kernel sounded interesting - like candied lard, olive kernel and coconut. Never had olive kernels before. Didn't taste like much. Couldn't discern any candied lard or coconut in it too. Tasted mostly salted egg.

Crispy shrimp in red rice rolls. Nothing particularly outstanding except for the citrusy roselle sauce which kinda was the one thing that made this delicious for me.

Something called lard buns with sesame paste. These buns were supposed to be made with lard infused dough but I couldn't taste the lard in the them. Fillings tasted like it had crushed peanuts and sesame intead of just sesame. Didn't taste bad.

Sea salt cream cap almond milk tea. I'm wondering if they meant almond milk and tea or was it almond and milk tea. Tasted nutty and milky.

More food from rumeL

rumeL has updated their menu. There's a Parma ham and arugula pizza now. Would have been nice if they spread the ham rather than fold them up onto each slice.

Freshly cooked pasta's available too. Their aglio olio didn't taste like what I thought it would. Not getting any olive oil flavouring in there. Also quite unlike the Italian and local western food stall renditions. The noodles also appear suspiciously like a thicker mee kia. Not bad tasting though.

Mushroom soup's nice. It's the blended variety and it's pretty tasty.

Song Fish Soup (宋鱼湯), Hawkers' Street @ 100AM

This was a bowl of fish maw mixed fish soup from Song Fish Soup at Hawkers' Street at 100AM (#04-05/06 100AM, 100 Tras Street). It's milky looking because we requested for milk to be added. Not bad tasting broth - I could taste a splash of hua diao in it. That being said, it's not as full bodied or impressive because the bar for which we're measuring it against has risen because of Hai Kah Lang. Will skip the fish maw option the next time because they aren't great. Not feeling like I'm getting much sliced fish compared to the fried ones out of this bowl too.

Toa Payoh 93 Soon Kueh (大巴窑93筍粿), Bendemeer Market & Food Centre

These soon kueh from Toa Payoh 93 Soon Kueh (#01-14 Bendemeer Market & Food Centre, 29 Bendemeer Road) tasted better than the ones used in Yong Xiang Carrot Cake - that being said, I don't know if being pan fried made me like those less.

Yong Xiang Carrot Cake (永祥菜頭粿), Bendemeer Market & Food Centre

Came to try Yong Xiang Carrot Cake (#01-35 Bendemeer Market & Food Centre, 29 Bendemeer Road) because they have something that's not sold anywhere else.

Said unique item is their stir fried png kueh and soon kueh - both stir fried like their radish cake with eggs. The skins of both kuehs weren't as crusty as I had imagined and the one for the latter was kinda thick. Now that I've tried it, don't think I will ever get them again. 

Radish cake was decent if unremarkable. What I gather was that they've been doing this for a long time and the queue kinda spoke for that. Their style involves chopping the radish cake into small bits. I usually prefer chunkier cuts.

Le Bon Funk, Holland Village

The last time we ate at Le Bon Funk was at their original branch at Club Street. This one at Holland Village (277 Holland Avenue, tel : +65 9833 9867) is at where Fosters Steakhouse used to be.

The decor had a 60s-ish vibe which contrasted against the intersperse of more modern appliances/furniture. Lighting was a warm with hues of yellows and browns with the exception of areas at the front and back with tinted blue by the sunlight filtering through the window panes. I'm not sure if I'm getting this across.

Shaken iced tea with hibiscus, orange and sage - tasted fruity, couldn't tell that there was tea in it.

This was their foie gras toast. The fluffy stuff on the top was shaven foie gras. Beneath them was some roselle jam/jelly; the previous time we had it, it was cedar jelly which I couldn't tell. Roselle came across much more discernible. Nice.

Couldn't resist their beef tongue and gribiche sandwich. As good as we remembered it.

Cast iron pancake with maple syrup topped with caramelised bacon and banana. Nice. Served piping hot with crusty edges. Pretty sweet. Bacon was smoky sweet like bak kwa. Bananas tasted like they have cumin in it.

白鸡尾饭 from Da Po at Hawkers' Street @ 100AM

It's been a while since I've last had chicken rice at Da Po and that was at their stall at Golden Mile. This branch at Hawkers' Street @ 100AM kinda reaffirmed my faith in them. Solid plate with tender meat and creamy livers drizzled with that light soya sauce and sesame oil. Even got a heart today. Chilli's lime-y and gingery. If there was a gripe, it'll be that the thigh was kinda small.

Les Canons, IOI Central Boulevard Towers

Les Canons (#01-07, IOI Central Boulevard Towers, 2 Central Boulevard, tel : +65 8926 0726) by the il Lido Group is the 3rd bouillon styled restaurant that's open up lately together with Bouillon Gavroche and Les Ducs.

House lemonade was fizzy, has some mint and infused with maybe elderflower? Thought it tasted like elderflower.

Tartare de boeuf was not much tangy and didn't have much in the way of flavouring. Not one of the well flavoured ones around. The bread was very hard. Will not get again.

Pan fried foie gras on pain perdu. Nice. Thought I tasted orange in the sauce.

Pretty good tasting crevette Nantua - prawn bisque-esque sauce over mash and some meaty real prawns. Comfort food that's good enough to come back for. 👍🏼

Had a steak au poivre. Smallish Angus sirloin.

Fries were pretty good. Steak did not have much taste and very little salt. The meat was mostly dependent on the pepper sauce for flavour. Was more medium than medium rare that we asked for. Sauce was quite creamy and peppery.

Mashed potatoes was creamy, flavoured with browned butter. Nice.

I like the mousse from Les Ducs better. Tasted more like dark chocolate compared to his one which seemed to have much more milk in it. Not that it's bad. Love that creme Chantilly.

Nicely done thin apple tarte. Was served hot. Love the caramel on creme Chantilly on the side.

Coffee's smoky, bitter and nice.

Longjing (绿茶餐廳), Suntec City

Longjing (#01-384 Tower 5, Suntec City, 3 Temasek Boulevard) is supposed to represent Zhejiang food. I looked up Zhejiang cuisine online and 'non greasy' seems to be a characterisation of their food. Someone out there must be bullshitting but I don't know who.

Cold spinach with tofu and pine nuts. Light on the palette and somewhat refreshing for the temperature and lack of intensity. Why doesn't this get mentioned much? Maybe it's not exciting. One would have to force a paragraph out just to describe it. Like what I just did.

Fried rice with truffle and roast pork's (黑松露烤肉炒饭) not bad tasting. Savoury would be the word. Kinda reminded me of the black truffle fried rice from Tampopo.

Not bad tasting dry pot spicy cauliflower (香锅花菜). It's not lard-ed up like the one from Nong Geng Ji or Xiang Xiang but it's similarly spicy and savoury.

Dong po rou (文火东坡肉) was not bad tasting. Sweet and just a little tangy. But I don't have these enough to know how well they measure. I was imagining the meat to fall apart more easily...like say great char siew from KL but I might be over imagining. 😂

Some dessert moulded in the shape of Leifeng Pagoda (雷峰塔) in Hangzhou. Tasted like sugar, gelatine and milk.

Ming Heng Boneless Chicken Rice (銘興起骨鸡饭), Jalan Bukit Merah

Came across Ming Heng Boneless Chicken Rice (#01-1688, 111 Jalan Bukit Merah) at the coffeeshop in the perpendicular block from Jalan Bukit Merah Food Centre. This was thigh meat (鸡尾) and an egg for $4.60. Portion felt a little small and the flavour in the rice was a little light - but I think it's decent and a totally legit plate.