Roxy Laksa @ Timbre+

Roxy Laksa (#01-17 Timbre+, 73A Ayer Rajah Crescent) it seems is one amongst a handful of laksa stalls that's supposedly been around for years. From what I found out, the stall is currently run by the third generation of the family that had started the business and the current day incarnation is in partnership with Willin Low of Wild Rocket.

I've never had the older laksa when they were located at East Coast so I don't know if there was any difference. This was an okay bowl. I was hoping that it might have been exceptional or outright outstanding but this just wasn't the case with a gravy that was quite tempered and more lightweight than what I had been expecting. It's not a bad bowl at all. I enjoyed it. Kinda did.

Quan Xiang Mushroom Minced Meat Noodle, Redhill Food Centre

I normally avoid queues. Mostly. Say 95% of the time. For some reasons, I was drawn to this particular ba chor mee stall (#01-80 Redhill Food Centre, 85 Redhill Lane) which had a queue.

Deciding to join that queue turned out to be a good move. A $3 bowl came laden with much more porky goodness than I had been expecting. Minced pork, sliced pork, pork balls, sliced pig liver, fish cake, mushrooms and lard. Those livers were also expertly cooked that it was tender and none too liver-y. If I had to criticize, the weakest link for the bowl was their noodles. There was that bit of alkali flavour and possibly because of the quality of the noodles, didn't hold up their texture as well as I would have liked from the cooking. That being said, I'm not adversed against eating here again if I'm in the vicinity.

This by the way was what I call a clean bowl. No chilli or vinegar. An option that is also commonly indicated as 白的. It's a good litmus for the quality of a bowl of bak chor mee.

Addenum 27/8/2018

We came back for another bowl. It was noticeably below the standards of the previous visit. The mee pok was a little soggy and the kee flavour seemed much more apparent. I don't know why but this round was disappointing. I couldn't even finish it. Don't think I will be back. 

Seng Huat Western Food, Zion Riverside Food Centre

Came across this stall (Stall 12, 70 Zion Road) the last time we were here and decided to try them out for the nostalgia of old school Hainanese styled western food. This was a beef burger with rice and a fried egg. That egg was good. Molten yolk with none of those over fried crispy borders along with a light drizzle of dark soy sauce. The meat tasted old school. Minced beef, onions and I don't know what else. I haven't had a flavour like that in a long time. Not forgetting that brown sauce reminded me of that gloop that they use for KFC's mashed potatoes.

Fukusen, Hotel Clover

Got tipped off about this place from a little bird. Location is hidden from plain sight, but not exactly hidden within Hotel Clover (#01-02, 33 Jalan Sultan, tel : +65 6291 4818). At a glance, Fukusen looks like another run of the mill generalist for Japanese food with the run of the mill array of dishes ranging from kushiyaki, yakimono, sushi, sashimi, salads, various teishoku and you get the point. 

They could probably be just that. I was specifically recommended the uni don and we also tried the foie gras hotate don. Both were good. Bursts of flavours coming from the shoyu marinated yolk, foie gras, tsukemono and ikura. I don't know if their other stuff is worth coming for but these sure were.

More weekend-ery at Huber's

Lunch at the bistro before a trip into the butcher/deli/supermarket. I just realized that these guys have an automated queue system that calls you when your table is ready.

They have a pretty nice French onion soup. Savoury from the broth and sweetness from the onions.

Burger was okay. The flavour from the meat wasn't so intense. While it wasn't memorable that I would be telling myself I gotta come back for it, I couldn't complain. The gruyere got lost in everything. Everything meaning the brioche, bacon, beef and the sweet caramelized onions.

Meatloaf was amazing with the egg, spinach and mash. Together. By the way, I really liked their creamy mash.

A custard cream dessert where the custard was buried by the flavours of the compote/jam thingy.

Brunch at Geylang Serai Market

That above a kacang pool from Kacang Pool Mustafa (#02-142 Geylang Serai Market and Food Centre, 1 Geylang Serai). The dish, which originates from the Middle Eastern foul medames, is made with stewed/mashed fava beans. The dish was a little less viscous than I was expecting but that didn't stop it from rocking with those excellent fried eggs/chopped onions & chillis and some pepper. Something comforting warm and spicy for the morning.

Geylang Briyani (#02-146) does a kickass briyani kambeng (mutton). Lightweight and flavoursome grainy basmati rice paired with tender curried mutton, dalcha and achar on the side. This stall sells only briyani and the only decision to be made is ayam (chicken, curried), ayam goreng (fried chicken) and kambeng. I'm definitely heading back for more these someday.

And some gandos for the closure to the most important meal of the day.