Croissants and a brioche from Tiong Bahru Bakery

I've been hearing for a long time now about how good the croissants were at Tiong Bahru Bakery (#01-70, 56 Eng Hoon Street, tel : +65 6220 3430). I got some this morning to try seeing that the queue wasn't too deterring in the early part of the morning.

They weren't bad tasting per se. Much better than their almond matcha one. Didn't get the feels like I did with the defunct Mirabelle but it was nicely done with a good flaky crisp. It just wasn't as buttery as I had been imagining and that's a sin for croissants. Ditto for the brioche.

The takeaway from Koh Brother Pig's Organ Soup......

......is that it survives takeaway. But of course it does since this was just pickled mustard and pig offal in clear soup. Nothing suffers textural change in here. I've been sitting and wondering what else survives tar pow well. Soup does and their flavour has endured. Still delicious through all these years.

McGriddling

I woke up and for some reasons felt like getting one of these - which was a good idea (imho) since I never get beyond one or two of them before they disappear on the limited runs on McD's menu. Not exactly the healthiest thing but that being said, was health usually a criteria we dwell on while deciding on something that's....yummy? It was as tasty as it has always been. More satisfying than my sandwich yesterday.

ONDA by Park Bench Deli, Lorong Telok

According to the website from these folks, ONDA by Park Bench Deli (21 Lorong Telok) is the first in a series of smaller shops from PBD celebrating the incredible food cultures behind the star sandwiches from the Deli. This one is for the Cubano. I'm also assuming 'the Deli' refers to Park Bench Deli.

Anyways, the thing to get there is obviously their Cubano. The only other food they have on menu are finger food and a hot dog. They have in their sandwich ham, lechon, Swiss cheese, pickles, mustard in a pressed roll - tasted all of it except maybe the mustard. Tastier than the one at Mmmunch. Sandwich looked neat and it was also kinda small. It's not bad but the experience didn't leave a deep impression. Don't think I would go out of the way for this.

Al Dawood Kambing Soup, Tiong Bahru Food Centre

I noticed this stall (#02-36 Tiong Bahru Food Centre, 30 Seng Poh Road) recently and didn't recall having seen them before. What caught my attention was that they had lamb tongue and brains for their kambing soup.

So one bowl of lamb tongue and brains to go with some of the stale-ish porous bread that was good for sponging up all the soup. Portion was pretty big and might feed two. $13.20 in total with bread and takeaway containers.

Was pretty good. That soup was well spiced and appropriately salted (which meant I shouldn't be eating this with regularity) - a much better rendition than what I've previously had at Habib's Power Mee Stall. The tongue came in larger chunks if I had to compare with what was served at Bahrakath Mutton Soup King. Assuming I were to have my eyes closed and asked to describe the chunky (also) pieces of brain, I'd say it tasted very similar to meaty metallic fish eggs. Just the flavour, not so much the texture. 

Tiong Bahru Hainanese Curry Rice (中峇鲁海南咖喱饭), Tiong Bahru Food Centre

I've never eaten from this stall (#02-78 Tiong Bahru Food Centre, 30 Seng Poh Road) previously as there always seemed to be a queue that was long enough that I didn't care for them. I don't know if it is because of the current dining out restrictions or that I was early today but there wasn't a queue so I decided to try.

Let's navigate this - for a start, their curry was a little bland. A little viscous with some curry flavour but not satisfyingly savoury. Stewed cabbage I asked for consisted of mostly tau kee (dried bean curd sheets) and tung hoon, not much cabbage. Am sure many are excited about the verdict on the pork chop. It's not bad per se - detected a very light flavour from five spice and unexpectedly, vinegar. So it's a little sour as well which wasn't what I had imagined. It was also one of those that was mostly flour and little meat.

There's a few of these Hainanese styled curry rice in the vicinity. I'd rank all of them above Tiong Bahru Hainanese Curry Rice. From my old favourite defunct Block 38 Curry Rice, to Beo Crescent Curry Rice to Loo's or even Hong Seng and Traditional Hainanese Curry Rice at Redhill. For an overall curry rice experience I'd pick them over this. They definitely have better tasting curry. Notice that the fried egg didn't even have a drizzle of dark soya sauce as well. Little things count.