The kid goat briyani again from Bismillah

I had said that I wouldn't be getting this kid goat briyani again. I chalked that up to mostly because of how expensive it was and that the flavour did not commensurate the cost of a plate. Wanted to try their tandoori chicken briyani today but they were for whatever reasons unavailable. So I picked what I saw on their menu as the young mutton briyani and only when I looked at the receipt that I realized it was the kid goat's.

Anyways, it was nicer this time. Meat was tender and moist with bits of flavourful fat that was delicious. Slurp off the bone tender as well. It was a nicer plate than the last time and it was also still pretty expensive.

87 Just Thai, Killiney Road

We noticed 87 Just Thai (57 Killiney Road, tel : +65 6269 8810) a while ago and made a mental note to come try their food. The food was delicious. They're located at the unit that used to be Freshly Baked by Le Bijoux. That was a long time ago huh?

Got mango salad. It wasn't so much how I imagined but it wasn't bad tasting. Sweet, sour and spicy with a refreshing crunch plus that fish sauce umami. Oh, there's also another kind of crunch from whole peanuts and crispy anchovies in there too. Portions were kinda small and I thought it was a pity this wasn't the dryer rendition that was accompanied with extra condiments to spruce to your liking.

Loved their Thai styled stir fried kang kong. The difference between this Thai rendition and the local sambal kang kong apart from the lack of sambal was the use of fermented beans and fish sauce. That combination resulted in a something that was moreish, savoury and spicy with the bonus of a nice vegetable crunch from well managed timing of the stir fry. So good with rice. 

Rice came next. We had ours topped with a fried egg.

I'd call this century egg krapow moo. Don't know the Thai name for it. It's basically krapow moo with fried century egg. Did not expect the fried basil leaves to be so light and crisp. This stuff was also good with rice.

This was their PFC - abbreviated from pandan fried chicken. There was a subtle sweetness in the flavour and the taste did remind me of a fried rendition of pandan chicken. Crispy, no excess grease and tender bird. I'd eat this again.

Tried their steamed tapioca dessert. The tapioca was pretty sweet but I liked it with the lightly salted coconut milk sauce. Will come back another time.

Astons' prime tenderloin

I've been curious about the prime tenderloin at Astons for a long time. It looked thicker on the pictures that they have and these were a little disappointing. I would have liked it better if they had done a single thick cut than these two slices they did which were a kinda thin. Didn't taste bad but it also wasn't memorable. Wouldn't get them again.

Chimichanga, Dunlop Street

I've read about these guys (36 Dunlop Street, tel : +65 6293 3314) but never got interested enough to look them up. Happened to be in the vicinity and came in for a light bit of lunch. Their carne asada tacos to be precise. It's not bad. Corn tacos enveloping a bit of that smokiness from the seared skirt. With the hot sauce, it was tangy, creamy and spicy at the same time so it went down pretty fast. Don't mind coming back to try other stuff. 

2280 changes their milkshake

The order kiosk stated milkshake without any indication of flavour so I thought it would be the vanilla one like the last time. But we got chocolate today. Milk chocolate-y, not bad tasting. Menu seems to have expanded a little. There's a fish burger now but I ended up with the beef anyway. Maybe will try that the next time.

Extra 不见天 char siew and dumpling soup from Zhong Yu Yuan Wei Wanton Noodle (忠于原味云吞面)

It's been more than a couple of year since we've last gotten wanton mee from Zhong Yu Yuan Wei. While we've seen them and their consistent queues pretty much every time we were at Tiong Bahru Food Centre, it was those very queues that have deterred me all those times. Those wanton mee slipped past my defences this time round so I gave in an joined the queue. Here's an order with extra 不见天 char siew and sui gao.

They were pretty generous with 加叉烧. The 不见天 wanton mee goes for $7 a plate. This one with additional char siew was $13. I get it. Damn the char siew was good. Tender, fatty and properly caramelized with burnt ends and their delicious sweet glaze.

Great wiry noodles and superb chilli. I say this as someone who is usually not a fan of local wanton mee.

Pretty competent sui gao from them too, nicely packed with minced pork and prawns. They don't do water chestnut and black fungus here but I've no qualms getting these again.