Super Mummy Minced Meat Noodle (全能俏妈妈), Smith Street Food Centre

Super Mummy Minced Meat Noodle (Red Zone, #02-170 Chinatown Food Centre, 335 Smith Street) is just next door to 169 Hainanese Chicken Rice which was previously known as Super Mummy Hainanese Chicken Rice.

Not a bad bowl here. Tender sliced pork, not overcooked livers, a couple of types of fish balls, flavourful stewed mushrooms and lardy vinegary noodles. I prefer this to Ming Fa.

Shiok Hokkien Mee, Beauty World

Just found out that there's a Shiok Hokkien Mee at Beauty World (#04-52 Beauty World Centre, 144 Upper Bukit Timah Road). This was a plate of kosong with extra egg and chilli. Similar tasting but not exactly the same as the one at Boon Tiong Road.

42, ABC Brickworks Food Centre

Google registers the address of this stall as 42 Nasi Lemak. But the name on their signage is just 42 (#01-136 ABC Brickworks Food Centre, 6 Jalan Bukit Merah), which corresponds to their unit number in the food centre.

Bee hoon's not bad. Fried chicken also not bad but not a fan of the crispy bits of batter they scatter on the noodles. That being said, the plate was on the whole a little greasy. Don't mind coming back though.

Hai Kah Lang (海脚人), Funan

Hai Kah Lang from Malaysia has opened up at Funan in the spot that used to be occupied by Keisuke Plus (#01-15 Funan, 107 North Bridge Road, tel : +65 9003 4023).

Their Bamboo White Coffee's not bad tasting. Supposedly infused with bamboo salt which barely registered. 

Fried fish cake's great munching with their dip.

We like their prawn paste sliced fish (虾酱炸鱼⽚). There's sufficient prawn paste flavour in the batter. That aside, the base flavour/texture of said batter was personally nostalgic for me.

Soup with milk and parrot fish and 干捞 wanton mee. Flavour from the broth was as fantastic as the one we had in JB. Love those dry chewy noodles.

Grouper with tom yam soup and rat tail noodles. That tom yam broth had a sweet seafood-y base which kinda caught me by surprise - in a pleasant way that is. Lou shi fun was delicious...I'm detected some flavourful oil but I couldn't put a finger to what it was.

We also got some of their coconut-y sea bird nest jelly drink that we liked from the last time. 

Ming Fa (明發), Smith Street Food Centre

First time getting a bowl of bak chor mee from Ming Fa at Chinatown (Green Zone, #02-049 Chinatown Complex Market and Food Centre, 335 Smith Street). Have tried their branches at Tekka Food Centre and Upper Thomson and have also heard things about this one being the original.

Anyways, this was a decent vinegary bowl. Like the Tekka branch, there were no fishballs, no prawns and no pig's liver in it. Also nothing that made them stand out from most decent bak chor mee. It's in the category where I wouldn't mind getting if I'm in the vicinity but wouldn't travel here just for them. 

Ruxu (入续), Funan

 

Ruxu (#01-11 Funan, 107 North Bridge Road, tel : +65 8171 8419) is a tong sui (traditional Chinese dessert) and bakery chain from Guangzhou, China. They've gotten a bit of spotlight on local social media lately because of their first branch in Singapore.

They've something called phoenix milk custard with rice wine & mochi. Not bad though I think the flavour from said rice wine was a little weak. The custard was not excessively sweet with an almost ethereal texture and the mochi was much more tender than I imagined. 

Mango sago pomelo was okay. Decent tasting if not exactly memorable. Those mango were just crossing the edge into the pretty sour zone.

Almond pudding with osmanthus syrup tasted like I imagined. No surprises here.

Changi Village Cooked Food (樟宜村熟食), Bendemeer Market & Food Centre

There must be at least a couple of stalls selling nasi lemak/economic bee hoon at this food centre. I had to choose one so I picked Changi Village Cooked Food (#01-45 Bendemeer Market & Food Centre, 29 Bendemeer Road) which looked promising. It was pretty decent. Got myself the squiggly noodle which they called maggie and bee hoon along with some cabbage, a triangle hash brown, egg and luncheon meat. Not bad tasting.

后港六条石 Simon rd, Bendemeer Market & Food Centre

I don't remember the last time I've been to Bendemeer Food Centre. Anyways, this was a plate of black char kuey teow with extra egg from what I determined to be the Simon Road Fried Carrot Cake stall (#01-78 Bendemeer Market & Food Centre, 29 Bendemeer Road). I don't know how the Chinese name is tied to Simon Road.

Radish cake wasn't well caramelised at all. That and there wasn't as much dark soya sauce as I preferred. What made this pretty memorable was their spicy lime-y sambal which I went back to the stall to ask for more of. 

108 The Nasi Lemak Shop, Tanjong Pagar Plaza

Noticed 108 The Nasi Lemak Shop previously when I was having Nanyang Fried Chicken Rice at Hong Lim Food Centre. Seems like they've relocated to Tanjong Pagar (#02-04, 1 Tanjong Pagar Plaza, tel : +65 8455 2458). Their nasi lemak is the Malaysian style that's been trending in the past half decade or so. 

Looked just like any other nasi lemak ayam berempah with that sweet onion-y and ikan bilis infused sambal. Oil management was...no good. The oil in fryer looked dark from all the frying and the batter on the chicken held on to more grease than is ideal.

Chicken's meaty and well marinated with turmeric.

Begerdil looked/tasted like it was potato puree than mashed potato.

Not impressed. I'd rather Oriental Kopi's or Uptown Nasi Lemak for Malaysian nasi lemak. Or Ponggol Nasi Lemak which I much rather prefer if we're bringing the local renditions into the picture.

Sing Swee Kee (新瑞记), Seah Street

Sing Swee Kee (34-35 Seah Street, tel : +65 6337 7180) is part of the legacy of an old chicken rice institution, Swee Kee, that I'm not familiar with. It's kinda related to Swee Kee along the same road that was previously known as Sin Swee Kee.

Like that shop formerly known as Sin Swee Kee and other chicken rice shops like Boon Tong Kee or Chin Chin & YY Kafei Dian in the vicinity, they serve both chicken rice and zi char.

Their luo han guo longan drink was diluted. Note to self: never get it again.

They have an option for half poached and fried for their half chicken. Decent tasting chooks. I prefer the poached one over the roast/fried one.

There's chicken rice balls too. Something I haven't had since Good Year. Wow, it's been a decade since.

Not bad tasting. The balls were packed densely and well flavoured. This one falls into the category where it's good with or without the chilli. Chilli's not bad by the way. 

This dish was called Hainanese vegetable (海南杂菜). Which was essentially chap chye. Their rendition had fried pork lard and was flavoured with large dried shrimps. Taste was pretty good but I found the cabbage too crunchy. I like my chap chye tender.

Egg and tau kwa. The latter had chewy skin.

This was their chicken collagen broth with fish maw (胶原蛋白鱼漂上汤). The chicken meat inside was stringy and didn't feel like part of the soup. Fish maw's okay. The soup though, was nice.

Kopi c was not bad. Not bad meaning that I enjoyed it and will have no qualms ordering it again if I come back. Decently brewed Hainanese coffee here that wasn't excessively sweet or milky.

Dim Sum Club, Wheelock Place

Came across Dim Sum Club (B1-01 Wheelock Place, 501 Orchard Road, tel : +65 6263 9164) by chance. The spot they're at used to be a coffee place if I recall correctly.

Tea's nice. Smooth and creamy local rendition that's sweet but not excessively so.  

Pan fried yam cake (芋头糕). There's chunks of yam, lup cheong and mushrooms in it.

Curious pan fried kaya bao. They're okay I guess. The kaya fillings inside were not memorable and the skin wasn't the fresh and fluffy kind.

Truffle noodle with sunny side up. The one thing that bothered me some about it was the kee flavour in the noodles. While the saucing and the egg yolk help mask that, some still came through. Otherwise, pretty decent.

Steamed pork and salted egg yolk patty on rice. Nice. Rice was tender and moist. Kailan was tender and not fibrous.

Har gow had thick skin. Not the delicate wrapper we gravitate to. Wouldn't say that it's bad but also wouldn't be getting them if we ever came back.

Their red bean soup with tangerine peel had consistency like porridge and that tangerine peel flavour was adequate. There's some sago in it too. I like this.

Recently at Tsui Wah (翠華)

From a recent visit to Tsui Wah.....

I've been curious about their scallion oil pork chop with triple egg rice for a while, telling myself that I'll never get it because...ginger. Tried it recently. Ginger flavour's not as strong as I thought. Still not into it but at least now I know. Definitely not bad tasting. It's just me.

There was a limited time chicken cordon bleu for December. Crunchy fried outsides and moist chicken with cheese. A little greasier than I imagined but not bad tasting as a whole. Those buns that came on the side were nicely buttered. I've mentioned before that I like their borscht and that little bowl that came with the set was a bonus!