Butterknife Folk, Funan

I've gotten gelato from this shop (#02-02 Funan, 107 North Bridge Rd, tel : +65 6970 9151 ) a couple of times previously and I remembered them having unusual flavours. We got ourselves a three mini cone sampler thingy today selecting another bunch of uncommon flavours - local ones like laksa, muah chee and hawthorn flake. There was a lot more hae bee in the laksa one than I thought but couldn't detect any of the laksa leaf which I had assumed would be somewhat prominent. Muah chee one was mostly identifiable by the sweet sauce ripple, not so much that of rice rolls. I liked the hawthorn one the most.

Revisiting Phat Burger Bro.

Came back try more burgers from Phat Burger Bro.. Eating at the shop, one could sense the greater care in the construct of their burgers. They weren't slapped together in a hurry. This BBQ bacon cheeseburger was delicious. Nice beefiness that was paired thoughtfully with the bacon, cheese, pickles and sauce where the ingredients came through. I liked that they didn't destroy it with too much sauce. Burger was kinda small though.

Southern fried chicken burger was not bad. They used breast meat so it was a little tough. Liked that they did not over drench the slaw. The fries that these guys do were really nice but the "make it a set" option didn't have so much of them compared to the a la carte order I had previously. Now I know how it'll be the next time.

Did the Yahoo team that reviewed this get a much bigger piece of fried chicken?

Get the spicy chilli dog from MOS Burger. That one is much more satisfying than this was. I don't think un-pickled jalapeño worked here.

Milkfish, Raffles City

Stumbled upon Milkfish (#B1-44F Raffles City Shopping Centre, tel : +65 6254 4946) at the spot that used to sell Thai food at the basement of Raffles City. It also happened that we were looking for something that wasn't heavy and seafood soup sounded good. So we took a closer peek at their menu and decided to give them a try.

Milkfish has signature soup set that comes with a drink. This was their tomato plum soda - basically tomato and preserved plums in some...soda. The tomato flavour came through but I couldn't taste the preserved plums - which was odd. 

So that signature set came with a bowl of seafood soup with some condiments, an "oriental salad" and a choice of carbs. I was thinking of no carbs this time but because of their chilli sauce, my brown rice vermicelli was the first to be inhaled. That chilli sauce was vibrantly lime-y - kinda similar to the ones they have at Putien.

The flavour of the soup tasted more fish than seafood. Pleasantly tasty but it's not the very intense type. Seafood quality was good. That block of meat patty in there (the thing that some might mistaken for a cube of yam) - that was delicious. 

There's marinated chilled tomato in the set. That's what the menu called it anyways but the tomatoes tasted like they were macerated.

The "oriental salad" looked like something from a popular neighbouring restaurant. Said neighbouring restaurant has more salt and vinegar and hence, was much more tasty.

A fishy end on their chopsticks.

Koong Woh Tong, Funan

Mmmmm...the chilled herbal jelly/gui lin gao (龟苓膏) was nice. The jelly had that crisp herbal bitterness that left a dry bittersweet aftertaste. Just needs a tiny bit of syrup for a layer of light sweetness. I chased the jelly with a warm five flower tea (五花茶). This shop (#B1-11 Funan, 107 North Bridge Road) is a branch to their other outpost at Toa Payoh. 

So Good Char Chan Tang, Capitol Piazza

So Good Char Chan Tang has opened another outlet at Capitol Piazza (#01-17/18 Capitol Piazza, 13 Stamford Road, tel : +65 6570 2266) recently. Which was a good thing because the one at Triple One Somerset is often a pain in the ass to queue for and has limited seats. This space was much larger.

Nothing like creamy ice milked tea and astringent lemon tea to make like having the real deal in Hong Kong. Milk tea was not as strong and lemon tea packed less punch here.

I like the sesame sauce in their cheong fun. Thick and creamy.

Hor fun with prawns were better than I imagined. The egg drop in the gravy was generous while the rice noodles were smoky. Prawns had a natural crunch to the texture. It's not visible in the picture but there were also bean sprouts in the hor fun - which made this dish reminded me of sum lou hor fun. With prawns that is. 

Pork chop fried rice with eggs - similar to that baked tomato rice thing we had previously with black pepper sauce instead. Pork chop was tender and nicely browned from the pan fry. Liked the black pepper sauce which was savoury and not sweet.

Char siew bao was pretty decent.

Steamed radish cake was also not bad. Without making any cost comparisons, I like the one from Victor's Kitchen a bit more and the one from Imperial Treasure Fine Teochew Cuisine much better. Need I even mention that this rendition definitely didn't have the radish sweetness like those from the defunct Wai Kee or even Sai Kee in Hong Kong

Mee kia from Covent Garden Prawn Noodle

Still trying to figure this bowl out from Covent Garden Prawn Noodle with the $4 order of mee kia today. The differences I discerned from the $3.50 bowls previously were that this had prawns with shell on the tail and a larger portion of noodles. Though I'm not sure if it was luck of the draw that had gotten me those prawns with shell-less tails the last time or does cheaper bowls get one those. 

I asked if I could exclude the pork slices, they said yes and I told them I didn't want pork. In the enduring enormity of 5 seconds, the order taker forgot my request to omit the slice pork. Which was technically the only "customization". Simple one at that. *billows forth a long sigh*