Lamb fillet skewer was from Huber's. Pre-marinated from their butchery. Pan fried and served with eggs and char mee. Nothing like this bowl of delicious-ness that one can get anywhere else.
Authenticity seems more a matter of ranges and limitations than of outright prescriptions. - Jeffrey Steingarten, The Man Who Ate Everything
Wednesday, November 28, 2018
Pan fried lamb skewer, fried egg and Myojo Char Mee
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Homer
Tuesday, November 27, 2018
Heng Heng Hainanese Chicken Rice (興興海南鸡饭), Maxwell Food Centre
This was one of a few chicken rice stalls (#01-44 Maxwell Food Centre, 1 Kadayanallur Street) at Maxwell that has adopted the blue and white signages which Tian Tian has. Along with the same gloopy sauce that all the chicken rice shops here seem to be doing.
It's not too bad. Tian Tian does have the better chilli sauce which was more assertive. Both seem to have similar type of rice which were easily surpassed by the likes of Hua Kee and Sin Kee. While Heng Heng isn't the top in class, I don't think they're that far away from their competitors that I'll over look them as an option.
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a local signature,
chicken rice,
chinese
Monday, November 26, 2018
Guan's Mee Pok, Capitol Piazza
I first ate Guan's Mee Pok a couple of years ago. At least I remembered it to have been a couple of years back. That was in Maxwell Food Centre. I knew nothing about them then (they've apparently been around for quite a while) and merely saw them as another stall that wasn't shabby. Fast forward to these recent times, it seems that they've a few shops around. It's always curious how some of the "know it alls" out there attempt to justify their recommendations by vaguely writing a superficial timeline of events that seemingly is supposed to explain how good said recommendations of Guan's are.
This bowl was from Food Republic at Capitol Piazza.
I got the fish maw bowl without chilli and with vinegar. Noodle's not bad - that being said, there're plenty of "not bads" out there as well. What worked for me personally were the marinated cut red chilli in soy sauce which was pretty kickass from the heat and saltiness; with both the noodles and those large pieces of fish maw which readily soaked them up. Loved that ni tamago which was a bonus. The prawn patties in soup were delicious. Reminded me of a chunkier version of those that Bai Nian does.
I don't mind coming back. These guys were pretty pricey though.
Digested Pages :
a local signature,
chinese
Sunday, November 25, 2018
Laksa chee cheong fun from Chee Cheong Fun Club
I've been wanting to come back to try this for a while. While I usually prefer my laksa gravy to be a little more lemak but I thought this rendition from Chee Cheong Fun Club for their laksa chee cheong fun wasn't bad at all. There was enough flavour, heat and creaminess from the rempah which tied up nicely with the smooth rice noodles. I liked this better than the curry ccf.
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a local signature,
chinese
Wednesday, November 21, 2018
Warming hearts and bellies from somebody's grandma's kitchen at Huber's Bistro
Huber's has a limited time menu (again!) which is themed 'From my grandma's kitchen'. Presumably the grandma of Thomas Kreissl whose name is on the menu.
Found in that menu was a salad of celeriac and apples with mayo, walnuts and air dried beef. And potato salad too. Not bad.
Their pan fried milk fed veal liver with glazed apples was delicious. The charred and tender liver had a tasty crust on the surface and edges that had great flavour.
Another pretty awesome dish was their smoked ox tongue that came with a light dill cream sauce which was really good. Tongue was tender and smoky.
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european
Monday, November 19, 2018
Nasi lemak ice cream from Tom's Palette
The nasi lemak flavour is the white half. The other half was a chocolate sorbet just in case I didn't like the nasi lemak and I'd still have at least a half cup of something that I didn't dislike. This turned out to be a very good decision on hindsight.
Not that I didn't like the nasi lemak ice cream. I did. Didn't taste out of place at all. Sweet and a little salty if I hadn't imagined it with a hint of lemongrass I think and peanuts in almost every spoonful. Ikan bilis added their aroma along with the sweet and spiciness that's suppose to be the sambal component. The latter, paired superbly with the chocolate sorbet which I did not see coming.
Digested Pages :
a local signature,
dessert
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