Adam's Delights, Adam Road Food Centre

Prata rolls from Adam's Delights (#01-11 Adam Road Food Centre, 2 Adam Road). Basically prata rolled into....well, rolls.

Insides were stuffed with stir fried mutton keema, cabbage, onions egg and some chilli. It's strangely also slightly sweet.

Durian kaya pandan toast from Ya Kun

Durian kaya pandan toast from Ya Kun. They were sufficiently light handed with the durian paste so some of the kaya flavours still came through. Personally, I thought they should've just forgone the kaya and stuck with just the durian paste but I appreciate that they're desperately trying to get something "local" out for this year's ND. What's obviously gimmicky was the pandan toast. Why bother when you cannot even taste it?

Master Nan Hainanese Chicken Rice (南北海南鸡饭), Happy Hawkers @ Kim Tian

This stall's (201 Kim Tian Road) right next door to Tian Tian Chi Mian. I normally don't comment on service from coffee shop stalls but the guy with slicked back hair here appeared to have problem processing my orders. I paid thrice because he kept forgetting to charge for things and still got my orders wrong.

This was poached chicken and char siew. Nothing particularly special about the chicken but the nicely caramelized fatty char siew was pretty good tasting.

Perhaps this gives a better picture of that caramelized fatty char siew

Decent light but adequate flavouring of their beady rice. Nice with their spicy/sweet/lime-y/garlicky chilli.

Liver and egg on the side.

 

Hail to the King

Some stuff from BK.

Buttermilk beef burger. I'm not even sure how to describe the buttermilk sauce in this one. Burger's kinda small. Will not be getting again.

Their long chicken sandwich which is the overpriced McChicken that I feel tastes better than McChicken.

Some smoky maple mayo fries which I'm guessing is not a permanent item. It's actually kinda addictive with that smoky maple flavour. Left my fingers smelling like the syrup from McD's hotcakes.

Was curious about their cempedak mochi bites.

Chewy mochi clad in light crunchy shell that's stuffed with....I'm not sure what to call them but it tasted like cempedak paste. A load of flavour from the fruit in it. Not a bad one.

Look at how thin their fried pies are.

Chrysanthemum cream cheese pie. Pretty noticeable chrysanthemum flavouring there.

Don Lechon, Alexandra Central

Don Lechon has an outpost at Alexandra (#01-10 Alexandra Central, 321 Alexandra Road, tel : +65 9778 9737). The first/last time we've eaten from them was some years back at their original branch at Guillemard Road.

I don't remember the lechon with enough clarity to make a comparison but this one was not bad tasting. The meat was thick cut and pretty tender with melty fats and decent crunchy crackling which was altogether delicious with the lechon sauce.

Finally got to try their bopis after so long. The gravy was creamy, savoury sweet and nutty with a bit of heat and underlying tanginess. For anyone that may not be in the know, it's made with chopped beef lungs and pig's heart so it has an offal-y undertone. Great pairing with rice.

Tian Tian Chi Mian (天天吃面), Happy Hawkers @ Kim Tian

Bak chor mee pok from Tian Tian Chi Mian (201 Kim Tian Road). Their rendition doesn't have meatballs. Pretty decent tasting bowl with generous toppings. Sambal has a nice flavour.

Revisiting The Beef House

Been many years since we last ate at The Beef House.

Their beef tendon balls elicited the same nostalgia as the previous time I had them. I've an updated take of that clear broth. I thought little of them in the past. I enjoyed the light clear beefiness this time round.

Got ourselves some smooth slurpy kuey teow today. Nice.

It was only when I was writing this that I remembered that we've had their soon kueh before. Same feelings as the last time about them.

Strawberry mochi xiao long bao from Din Tai Fung (鼎泰豐)

These strawberry mochi xiao long bao from Din Tai Fung were pretty good. There's a layer of tender chewy mochi under the wrapper filled with scalding hot strawberry sauce. Should have ordered the larger basket. 😬

Kim's Roast (金品烧味), Syed Alwi Road

Kim's Roast (217 Syed Alwi Road) is located at the same coffee shop as The Beef House. We were drawn to them by what we've seen of their roasts online.

Got a plate of 油饭 with char siew and dang gui roast duck. And a few pieces of remaining off cuts of roast pork which the stall threw in for free. 

They're all pretty good. Love the sweet caramelized char siew and from what we've had of the roast pork, we know we'll be coming back another time for more them.

A closer look at those fatty layers in the char siew. We'll be coming back for those too.

Getting chicken rice from Dian Xiao Er

Dian Xiao Er has chicken rice these days. Only available in a few of their branches it seems. It's an unexpected turn of events since they have been, and are still known for their roasted ducks.

Some passion fruit drink call Vita Charge Passion Fruit. Pretty refreshing. Did enjoy it even though it wasn't as gao as I imagined.

There's a decent homemade tofu with conpoy, crabmeat and luffa on the menu. The sauce in it was savoury and eggy.

Their poached chicken - I thought what they have done was pretty respectable. Got ourselves a half chicken serving. Bird was chilled and pretty tender. That said, it didn't have the "slurp off the bone easily" quality that stalls like Sin Kee can do. Not a deal breaker that.

Competently done rice (油饭) they did with a hint of ginger.

Dinner at Dulukala

Back at Dulukala for dinner. Lots of gravies and a nice sambal belachan to ladle over their dry boring rice.

Chap chye.

Sauce from the babi pongteh was less intense with that fermented soybean flavour than I had been imagining. Otherwise the pork belly was pretty tender.

Otah's pretty good. Filled with chunks of fish.

Nice assam fish head. The assam gravy was deliciously fruity, lightly spicy and addictive. Something about it kept me thinking that there was pineapple in it.

This was supposed to be chinchalok omelette but there was very little chinchalok in it. 

Kayago and Popeye's Fav. from Two Men Bagel House

Back at Two Men Bagel House ( 一, 二, 三, 四, 五, 六, 七, 八, 九, 十, 十一, 十二, 十三, 十四, 十五, 十六, 十七, 十八, 十九, 二十, 二十一, 二十二, 二十三, 二十四, 二十五, 二十六, 二十七, 二十八, 二十九, 三十, 三十一, 三十二).

Kayago in sesame bagel. According to the menu, it's smoked chicken ham, chicken floss, TMBH kaya, smoked Kewpie mayo, buttermilk scrambled eggs. Most of that kaya was lost amongst the other stuff in the bagel. Most, not all. Not bad tasting.

This was Popeye's Fav. in plain bagel. A smoked salmon and creamed spinach thingy. Also not bad tasting.

Spring Roll Station, Upper Cross Street

Got wind of Spring Roll Station (Kou Wei Eating House, #01-170, 34 Upper Cross Street). The stall's located in a coffeeshop filled with many/mostly old uncles drinking beer.

Gỏi cuốn with prawns - these were pretty basic without basil or mint. Even the sauce didn't have any peanuts.

Phở gà came with a lime. Use the lime. The chicken-y broth was much better with it. Not a bad tasting bowl.

Not a fan of their glutinous rice (xôi xéo?). Rice was dry and bland. Pate topping wasn't particularly delicious. Those shallots in it came from a plastic pack so they were relatively tasteless.