Food from Don Don Donki

Bought food from Don Don Donki recently. We've seen them every time we were there and have been tempted almost every single time. Most of the time, we just walk away. Not this time.

This packed sukiyaki gyudon was actually tasty. It wasn't excessively sweet as I imagined and those thinly sliced beef had sufficient fat for that beefy flavour. Will definitely get this again.

These beans were quite nice. Lots of crushed sesame in it.

Have previously mentioned their aburi-ed kanikama.

These cream filled rolls below were much talked about in the local social media group for Don Don Donki. Because of what killed the cat, we bought one to try. Not bad. Pretty light. The cream wasn't as milky flavoured or sweet so the former is room for improvement and the latter is a good thing. Don't thaw these completely from the the freezer so that there's still some frozen parts of the cream for the "crunch".

Sambal prawn fried rice from Chef Wang Fried rice

The queue at Chef Wang Fried Rice (王厨) hasn't abated. On an off peak hour during the weekday, in and out was still 30 minutes. Tried their sambal prawn fried rice this time. It's edible. Not much heat nor aroma to the sambal which was a little disappointing. What added to the disappointment was that I had to pay additional 50 cents for the sambal. Not worth that 50 cents. Wouldn't bother again even if it was free of charge.

Today's regular fried rice tasted different (opined from another box of pork rib fried rice). No longer getting the Din Tai Fung feel from the flavour. Which was kinda strange because the first time I had it, Din Tai Fung was the first thing that came to mind. If this was the first time I was having Chef Wang's, I wouldn't have even put them together in the same sentence as Din Tai Fung. I gotta stop talking about Din Tai Fung. So erm, I don't think I would rank today's above Wok Hey's even. 

Takeaway seafood congee from Reimondo

There's an ex convict to millionaire to hawker tale behind the proprietor of this stall (#02-07 Pasir Ris Central Hawker Centre, 110 Pasir Ris Central). Anyways, they were written about recently for their seafood porridge which was suppose to be good. It's a not bad congee with seafood flavour (mostly smokiness from the bits of smoked salmon I believe) but it's just that. Not bad.

Heard of mention of prawn head infused oil but the flavours from the congee didn't taste as complex as all the ingredients might have suggested. Also not feeling the wok hei people are saying. There're small clams, a couple of scallops, a crab stick, a couple of prawns and some nice soggy you tiao inside. If we're talking about creaminess in texture, Mun Zuk did it better.

Mrs Reuben with egg in rainbow bagel from Two Men Bagel House

There's a rainbow bagel for Pride month in June from our neighbourhood friendly bagel folks. Here's Mrs Reuben serenaded into one. Plus an egg. My first repeat order from TMBH. Also my first rainbow bagel. New achievements accomplished. Dill pickles and spicy dressing responsibly cutting through the meatiness from the beef and richness from the egg and cheese. Smell the rest of the bagels here (一 二 三 四 五 六 七 八 九 十 十一 十二 十三 十四 十五).

Man Kee Hong Kong Style Roasted (文記港式燒臘), Clementi West

Bought a whole duck from Man Kee Hong Kong Style Roasted (文記港式燒臘) (#01-247, 710 Clementi West Street 2)which makes curry roasted duck. What's curry roasted duck you say? 

To summarize what proprietor explained, their ducks were roasted with curry stuffed into the bird so that they would be marinated throughout the roast. After the roasting was complete, the duck would be sliced open to release all the curry that was in it and collected as gravy for the rice. It would be a duck flavour infused curry.

The roast standards were unimpressive. The roasted ducks were of average standards at best and there wasn't much of the curry flavour in most of the meat which were also a little tough. Not exactly what I had expected of "restaurant standards" as they had claimed.

Curry was nice - made good accompaniment to steamed rice even though we couldn't taste any duck in it. Pretty oily though.

Pandan Leaf Nasi Lemak, Tanjong Pagar Food Centre

I tried to get nasi lemak from this stall (#02-25 Tanjong Pagar Food Centre, 6 Tanjong Pagar Plaza) a couple of times over the past years but have never managed to because they open early and close when they're sold out for the day. Which can be quite early. Was surprised to see them still open recently while looking for lunch.

I liked it. Nice coconut flavour from the rice and the sambal had the flavour of ikan bilis. What stood out the most for me was the fried chicken drumstick. It's batter-less chicken like those from Ikea and had a savoury sweetness to the marinade which reminded me of fried chicken from my school canteen as a kid. Or a less salty version of the fried chicken from Babas Peranakan. I think I like this better than Makan Sutera Nasi Lemak Pandan Rice just around the corner.