龍記XO魚頭米粉 (Long Ji XO Fish Head Bee Hoon), Jalan Membina

Beneath the fading patched signboard and the missing 'i' from their 'fish', 龍記XO魚頭米粉 (#01-01, 26 Jalan Membina) looked a little nondescript. It's a good thing we looked past first impressions...

...and got ourselves a couple of bowls of their XO fish noodles. I saw them splash a spoonful of that "XO" into the bowl. While I don't know what exactly it might have been, it added depth and intensity to the flavour in the broth which was just delicious with the toasty ee mian and tender slices of fish. 

This was undisputedly a much better experience with sliced fish and broth than what we had at Jia Li Seafood Soup.

More chicken rice from Da Po

Some more thoughts on the chicken rice from Da Po. Rice has a good flavour and the texture was quite beady. Did not seem to feel as greasy as I noticed the last time round.

Chicken thigh again. Meat was slurp off the bone tender. What got my attention this time round was the sauce. It was gentle yet filled with flavour unlike some which can be outright salty.

Mr Coconut's Mao Shan Wang shake

I admit that I like myself a Mr Coconut once in a while. What got me hyped up was their mao shan wang coconut shake for July/August. It turned out to be a beverage worthy of its name from that ball of durian pulp and coconut meat they put into the drink. Got me burping durian after that too so that's how I also know it's good. 👍🏼

Wei Wei Carrot Cake (威威菜頭粿 ), Tanjong Pagar Food Centre

I was recommend to give Wei Wei Carrot Cake (#02-52 Tanjong Pagar Food Centre, 6 Tanjong Pagar Plaza) a try after eating from the other carrot cake stall. It's been quite a while since then 😅. This tasted better but I felt that the black ones lacked caramelization and the white one tasted a little bland. I wasn't even sure I could taste fish sauce in this. This reminded me that I haven't visited Heng Heng in a while and that's in order.

Hainanese Chicken Rice (海南鸡饭), Clementi Central

The name of the stall could not have been more generic. 😂 This was the same Kopitiam that houses Texas Lone Star and Jun Yuan House Of Fish (#01-271, 450 Clementi Avenue 3). Chicken rice was pretty darn tasty. This was a plate with thigh/dark meat (鸡尾). Loved the flavour in the rice where the zingy/prickly/garlicky chilli, as competent as it was, wasn't necessary. Chicken was tender and easily slurped off the bone. 

Blue Star Fish Ball Mushroom Minced Meat Noodles (古早味蓝星鱼圆香菇肉胜面), Tanjong Pagar Food Centre

I don't remember this stall (#02-29 Tanjong Pagar Food Centre, 6 Tanjong Pagar Plaza) from the previous times I've been to the food centre. Name's kinda unusual for a bak chor mee stall. This was their signature bowl which was basically the one with all the toppings in from their mushroom bak chor mee and fish ball noodles.

I asked for extra lard and they were quite generous. The quality of the lard was excellent. There was a nice crunch and the flavour was good. Tasted pretty fresh.

The saucing was more wet than I usually prefer but otherwise, pretty tasty bowl of noodles. Noticed that their mee pok is slightly thick but quite narrow.

Meatball and fishball were the generic factory ones. Except for that one rough looking hand made fish ball which was noticeably better tasting.