Pandi Ayya Tiffin Centre, Tekka Food Centre

Been trying to get some food from other stalls at Tekka Food Centre instead of the same few ones we've been going to. This was some idli and vadai from Pandi Ayya Tiffin Centre (#01-240 Tekka Market & Food Centre, 665 Buffalo Road). Those idlis were taken from plastic containers at the front of the stall so I don't know when they were made but they tasted pretty tangy. Vadai was freshly fried and were both tender and crusty. They were all pretty good once the sambar and chutney came into play.

Lamb shoulder blade biryani and haleem from Bismillah Biryani

Been a while since we were at Bismillah @ Dunlop Street. Today happened because of the plug they have been making regarding their lamb shoulder blade biryani. I gotta admit it looked good.

Portion was huge. Could feed two. But it also costed $36.90.

Lamb shoulder blade was pretty tender and had a lot of meat. Just not as spoon tender or moist as I was led to believe from their plug.

Their mutton haleem appeared to be gamier than the last time we had it. I do mean gamey, not lamb-y. That bread on the side was actually their naan; wouldn't be recognised as naan in taste or appearance by anyone here. This was disappointing compared to that last time.

Skylab Cooked Food, Tekka Food Centre

Chanced upon Skylab Cooked Food (#01-228 Tekka Market & Food Centre, 665 Buffalo Road) and their rustic looking uppuma and decided get an order of it with a masala vadai on the side. The stall occupies both unit 227 and 228 and this was from 228.

The uppuma here much less intensely flavoured compared to the ones from eateries like Saravanaa Bhavan or Komala Vilas. Enough spice to be discernible, not much ghee if any and lightly salted. What I didn't expect was the auntie asking if I wanted them with curry or sugar. Never had them with sugar so I picked that and it's actually kinda good. That fried masala vadai's pretty decent too.

A fish briyani

This one was a home cooked special. Apparently this briyani was a blend of Indian and South African styles. Notice that there are chunks of potatoes in it. Deliciously savoury with a great spice infusion.

Village Hoppers, Cranbourne North, Melbourne

The winds of fate wove our paths to Village Hoppers (Shop 3/1655 Thompsons Road, Cranbourne North, Melbourne, tel : +61 3 9702 0928) which has Indian and Sri Lankan food in this locale. 

We were introduced to their spicy bonda & lamb rolls.

Those spicy bonda were filled with potatoes underneath their shells of fried bread. They were hefty starch on starch balls that lived up to their names by being packed with respectable heat. Nice.

Pretty good tasting lamb fried rice. I'm not sure if the intention was for those lamb bits to taste like lamb jerky though.

That's rice with a pretty yummy dal and a kale gotu kola sambol. The latter wasn't as flavour packed as the pennywort rendition from Rasa Raja Bojun. Not bad as a whole though.

Chicken briyani was also savoury and flavourful from their concoction of masala. Bird's pretty tender. No qualms coming back for these.

Prata tsunami from RK Eating House

I remember eating from RK Eating House many years back and blacklisting them. Didn't have a good experience then. This was a prata tsunami which we had recently. 😬 It's one of those numerous banjir rendition with soft boiled egg, curry mutton and chicken tikka doused with dal, curry and sambal.

Chicken tikka's not smokey. But otherwise, it kinda tasted like how I imagined it. Didn't dislike it but I don't think I'll be getting it again.

About the cardamom tea from M. Mohd Gani Cafe

I've been trying to figure out the difference between the cardamom tea and masala tea from M. Mohd Gani Cafe because they tasted pretty similar. I think I've finally got it. Both have pretty obviously cardamom flavouring. The cardamom tea's cleaner tasting while the masala tea has a warm layering from the spices and heat from the ginger.

More breakfasting at Jom Makan: Prata Saga Sambal Berlada

Seems like the menu at Jom Makan: Prata Saga Sambal Berlada  (一, 二, 三, 四, 五, 六, 七, 八) is evolving. There's a bunch of new stuff I haven't seen before up there.

Behold their chocolate prata. Just chocolate sauce in it I guess.

With their muttony dalcha...not weird at all. 😏 Lamb and chocolate have been a proven thing. 😬

Double egg banjir with some jiggly chunks of lamb fat from the dalcha and sambal. Ini bagus.

One week later......

Strawberry prata - with strawberry syrup like any other strawberry prata. Barely discernible strawberry flavour from it beyond some sweetness.

Appam Place, Tekka Food Centre

Came across Appam Place (#01-235 Tekka Market & Food Centre, 665 Buffalo Road) recently. Left's chocolate and right's cheese. The picture they had led me to believe that they batter was folded with chocolate but it wasn't the case. These had some hazelnut chocolate spread over them. And curiously, color rice sprinkles as well. Noticed that they also gave jaggery.

Mint rice from Sri Aachi Aappakadai Pte Ltd

Tried another of the colored rice from Sri Aachi Aappakadai Pte Ltd. This one was mint/pudina. Tasted quite different from the savoury one from MTR or the ghee-y one from Bangalore Cafe. This one tasted like mint chutney with heat. It was savoury as well but also seemed to have more mint flavour along with the coriander in the background which I did not mind. Peanuts, curry leaves, mustard seeds, dried red chilli and green chilli inside too. Oh, and that sour achar sauce on the size

 Not bad. 👍🏼

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.

Delhi Lahori, Tekka Food Centre

Delhi Lahori (#01-266 Tekka Market & Food Centre, 665 Buffalo Road) among the eats at Tekka Market has landed itself a Michelin Bib Gourmand which piqued my curiosity. A bunch of the stuff from the stall weren't available at the opening hour when we were there. So I ended up with chapati and keema. Latter's spicy packed a bit of heat with nicely flavoured minced mutton. It's more watery than I thought though.

A few days later......

Fish tikka - very tender and salty. Not smokey like I imagined them to be.

Some naan with dal and palak paneer. Both the lentils and spinach were unexpectedly spicy - not bad tasting as gravies/dips went. Cheese naan was sadly not so cheesy. Kashmiri naan tasted generic with maraschino cherry, raisins and some unidentifiable bits of nuts.

Annapoorna Pure Vegetarian, Kitchener Road

First time at Annapoorna (#01-26, 320 Serangoon Road, tel : +65 9680 9577). We've seen it a number of times while in the vicinity. While the address is Serangoon Road, the place is actually accessible along Kitchener Road somewhere across the road from Toast Box at City Square Mall.

Vadai's so so. Light, crisp and freshly fried. We've had vadai a number of times from different shops/restaurants around the area and while it wasn't bad, we didn't feel the ones here were as tasty as others.

Something called deepawali idli, which was basically a couple of idlis in a vegetable korma with some cashews. I liked this one.

Milaga podi cashew idiyappam sevai. Shredded idiyappam with presumably podi, ghee and cashews. Not bad. Tasted better with the coconut chutney.

Nishas Indian Food, Mei Ling Food Centre

Mutton murtabak from Nishas Indian Food (#02-34 Mei Lin Food Centre, 159 Mei Chin Road). Old school-ish and not bad tasting. Noticed that there's egg smudged onto the exterior which isn't how they're like usually. Murtabak came with 3 different curries ladled into the plate. I guess my only gripe was I would have preferred the onions to be more cooked down or finely diced. Maybe I'll get them with no onions the next time.

Abbas Indian Muslim Food, Bendemeer Market & Food Centre

Nice prata from Abbas Indian Muslim Food (#01-54 Bendemeer Market & Food Centre, 29 Bendemeer Road) - this was a plate of egg cheese and a kosong. The former used plastic wrapped sliced cheese which meant that it was salty and milky. The latter has a bunch of crisp on the surface and also some chew beneath the crisp. A little old school-ish.

Revisiting Hameediyah Multi Concept Dining

How did we get here? Probably craving for nasi kandar.

To the uninitiated, both plates look similar. Rice drenched with curries/sauces with colourful toppings. To the initiated, it probably also looks the same. 😂 We got a bunch of stuff that we did from the last visit - like fish roe, curried squid roe, cabbage, mutton korma.

Carrot susu here's not bad. Thicker than the one from Pudu Pasar Wanton Mee.

Mr Naan & Mrs Idly, Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur

Catchy name there (190 Jalan Tun Sambanthan, Brickfields, 50470 Kuala Lumpur, tel : +60 17-762 9070). Though for a restaurant with idly in the name, I was expecting them to open early enough for breakfast. 

Nice salty spicy masala lassi with cumin and a bit of burn on the throat.

Wanted a go with their special idly even though I had a good idea how it tasted. What with the nice drizzle of ghee and all. The texture's a little less dense than what I'm used to though. Still delicious with the chutneys and tangy sambar.

Their dal tadka was delicious. Believe it or not, it was deliciously savoury in a manner that reminded me of fried chicken. With a bit of heat as well. Nice one. 👍🏼

Some cheese naan to go with their dal. Good pairing if I might say so.

Vegetable briyani was well spiced and moreish. Portion didn't look huge but it was pretty filling.

Masala tea's milky and a little weak on the spice.