Chilled yuzu-miso chicken and immunity boost set from Healthy Soba IKI

The lemon soba is still around so maybe they're considering to keep that on the menu for good. Or for at least a longer term which is also good news anyways. So I've decided to try something else - the yuzu-miso soba. While it didn't have the same clean citrus clarity as the lemon soba did, it still had an appetizingly tangy broth which also masked the raw flavour from the dou miao. Today, they were also pretty generous with the shirasu in the donburi.

The other bowl was from their Immunity Boost Set that featured okura, kimchi, shimeiji and natto. Aside from the dashi base, the dominant flavour came from both the kimchi and the natto. It's not for everyone. I didn't mind it but I'm still trying to get used to the sliminess.

サラダ (home made)

We threw together a bunch of ingredients and fruit from the fridge. Peaches, tomato, grapes, cucumbers, half a head of lettuce and some Stilton. Made a dressing with olive oil, apple cider vinegar, Korean yuja citron tea, salt and pepper.

Xiang Ji Lor Mee Zha Jiang Mian (香记卤面. 炸酱面), Old Airport Road Food Centre

Am usually not a lor mee person but seeing the bits of fish got me interested in a bowl from Xiang Ji Lor Mee (#01-81 Old Airport Road Food Centre, 51 Old Airport Road). Ordered mine with bee hoon and topped the bowl up with a dollar of extra fish. Enjoyed it, but that was after the gravy had lost most of the viscosity and the flavours from the garlic/vinegar/chilli paste had combined. Wouldn't mind eating this again but I'd like to give the other Tiong Bahru Lor Mee stall a try first.

Grilled 海老 and thoughts from Nakajima Suisan

Nakajima Suisan has progressed beyond just grilled fish teishoku for a while. We've had oysters, there's scallops and even large grilled prawns. Some of their old specials like the hon maguro nodo and fin (still hoping for the cheeks too) shioyaki have made their regular menu. Tried their prawns today and those were nice and meaty - meat easily stripped off the shells.

Those aren't taking over the mainstays anytime. People here still come for the grilled fish. The crowd seem to have gotten crazier. There are queues during off peak hours. Reaching the shop at opening hours simply means that you'd probably miss the first seating and have to wait in line. Here's still wishing that their kinmedai was bigger. 

Grabbing Shake Shack and their Common Man Coffee Roaster shake

Shake Shack has finally gotten their delivery act together and transcended beyond those kangaroos  and pandas that only do close proximity deliveries. They're now on GrabFood so we thought, why not? The food was boxed up so nothing was squished or moisturized by condensate. Tried their coffee shake for the first time. It's unique in the sense that they're using coffee by the local Common Man Coffee Roaster. Not bad a flavour from the espresso (I presume) - just a little sweeter than than I been expecting. 

Roast Paradise, Old Airport Road Food Centre

Wow, this was nice! I've been curious for quite a while now about what Roast Paradise (#01-121 Old Airport Road Food Centre, 51 Old Airport Road) has been doing for their meats and now I'm impressed. Tender layers of moist fatty pork supplemented by crispy cracking for the roasted pork (烧肉) and a shell of sweet caramelized surface for the char siew (叉烧). This was one queue I understood.

The stall has something called Hakka mee which I haven't seen or had from other roast meat stalls. Mee pok with minced pork, their concoction of fatty/greasy sauces and chilli paste which made a delicious bowl of smoky savoury noodles.