Yuan Ji Fishball Noodles (源記魚圓麵), Tiong Bahru Food Centre

I wanted to try the other minced meat noodle stalls besides Tiong Bahru Bak Chor Mee which I've had previously. It was either Yuan Ji and Kim Fa and since the latter didn't seem to be open, I ended up here (#02-72 Tiong Bahru Food Centre, 30 Seng Poh Road).

Pretty average bowl. Didn't wow me much. I asked for extra lard (猪油) to get the extra flavour into the noodles but it didn't seem to do much. Mee pok was factory ordinary and they didn't overcook them. Honestly, I couldn't think of more to say about them because nothing in particular stood out for me so I'll stop trying. Might try their fishball noodles someday.

Small Potatoes Make The Steak Look Bigger : Year Fifteen

So it's been 15 years and still counting. Small potatoes still making the steak look bigger. 

How many think that the Akatsuki has 15 members? Do the Taka guys even count? How about Orochimaru?

Revisiting Soi Thai Soi Nice

Dinner at Soi Thai Soi Nice.

For some reasons I had ordered the green curry thinking it was tom kha gai. Wasn't until it arrived that I realized that mistake. Pretty edible but we've had creamier ones which we thought were nicer.

Got those prawn cakes which we though were pretty good the last time round. Today's were served with achar - very similar to the ones from my grandma that I grew up eating. Nice. 

We've been trying to order their omelette with cha om since the last time but haven't been successful since they claimed to be out of cha om on both occasions. We ended up with the one with oyster which was pretty good stuff as well. The floury crisp on the surface and edges were deliciously savoury while the moist eggy interior were loaded with bean sprouts and more plump oysters.

They do a pretty tasty khao kha moo. The meat and skin from the trotters were slurp off the bone tender in a herbal stewing sauce served with boiled eggs and tau kwa.

Quattro formaggi pizza with anchovies from Pastaria Abate

It's been a while since we've had anything from Pastaria Abate. They have pizzas on their menu now. This was a quattro formaggi pizza with additional anchovies through GrabFood. Stinky right? Actually not so. At least it wasn't for me. It wasn't as cheesy as I had expected but it redeemed itself by having the prerequisite blue cheese flavour while having thrown in some crisp walnuts and dried figs as well. The anchovies added bursts of briny saltiness in random bites. What's more, there's sweetness from honey drizzled over. Not bad.

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.