Tiong Bahru Lor Mee, Old Airport Road Food Centre

I mentioned wanting to come by to try Tiong Bahru Lor Mee (#01-124 Old Airport Road Food Centre, 51 Old Airport Road) because I noticed them the last time we were here.

Not a bad bowl. This was the $4 portion. Came with some chunks of fried fish they scissored into the bowl. The aftermath of mixing was heat from the chillis, sour from vinegar and flavour from the garlic. Not bad at all.

This was $8 of fried fish roe. The real reason why I wanted to visit this stall. Because of the fried fish roe, this might just have become my favourite lor mee stall. Need to be here early though since since the roe runs out quickly.

Chinatown Beef King (牛车水牛腩王), ABC Brickworks Food Centre

I was drawn to this stall (#01-115 ABC Brickworks Food Centre, 6 Jalan Bukit Merah) by the simplicity of the setup. Did not noticed them previously and I wasn't sure even if they were doing the commonly seen Hainanese styled beef noodles. Anyways, I went with a bowl of dry kuey teow with tendons. Changed the profile of the gravy I did, with a couple of splashes of vinegar and the pickled vegetables. In a good way that is. Delicious then. With the tender bits of tendon and slurpy kuey teow. Will be back another time.

More サラダ (home made)

We threw together yet again another bunch of ingredients and fruit from the fridge. This time we had some seedless Kyoho grapes, baby spinach, Swish Chard; along with the tomatoes and cucumber left over from the last time. Those, some toasted pine nuts and the Stilton too. Dressing was made with a gift of home made orange marmalade.

Fatty Cheong (肥仔祥), ABC Brickworks Food Centre

I remember having eaten at Fatty Cheong (#01-144 ABC Brickworks Food Centre, 6 Jalan Bukit Merah) at least a couple of times previously. For some reasons, it's never been blogged. I could have thought them unmemorable and not worth bringing up. I cannot be sure. They get mentioned now and then because of popularity and after a while, my curiosity got piqued again. This time, I thought I would so to speak, put the pen to the paper. I could spare a little ink.

The food was not bad per se. Roast pork passed muster but isn't at the level of CH叉R or Roast Paradise. Not the tenderness, flavour nor crunch from the crackling. Roasted duck was relatively tender but very chewy and was not so easily removed from the bone. I'm of the opinion that boned in meat should be with minimal effort stripped off from the bone. I was sweating through my fork and spoon with this one. Brown sauce was okay. Chilli wasn't very spicy but had a nice flavour. 

And that was all she wrote.

Meatball porridge from Ah Chiang

I mentioned wanting to get the meatball porridge from Ah Chiang. These pork balls were made in house and coarse textured. Had a nice homely flavour of soy sauce and sesame oil. 

While I thought well of their kailan stir fried with garlic, today's plate tasted a little diluted.

Eating yu sheng here is as costly as paying for sashimi in Japanese restaurants. But one does get fatty salmon flavoured with sesame oil and sliced chilli. Can't get those in Japanese restaurants.

Cheesy 7 Durian pizza from Pizza Hut

Pizza Hut has a Cheesy 7 durian pizza which features seven types of cheeses. If anyone was wondering if all seven varieties can be tasted, it was just generally cheesy to me. To be fair, it didn't taste bad freshly made. I liked those crusty savoury bits of browned cheese. 

I just didn't take well to those dollops of durian. Sweet and cloying without a particular brand of fragrance like say, the mao shan wang variety which could be discerned. Was surfeited from the sweetness after two slices. As durian pizzas go, the one from Tino's was superior in flavour and less expensive. Without the 50% off from takeaway, the price for this was exorbitant.