Uohama, Clarke Quay Central

New grilled fish stall which I've previously never noticed before at the Don Don Donki food court at Clark Quay Central (#B1 Clark Quay Central, 6 Eu Tong Sen Street). Yes, that's the one with Kanda Soba which doesn't seem to be in business anymore.

Got myself the "red fish" teishoku. Akauo if anyone was confused. Loved it. This was proper grilling done there with a good amount of salt to make it savoury, light smokiness from the browned surface and moist meat beneath.

The size was kinda puny compared to the one at Nakajima Suisan though. Noticed that they have tachiuo (beltfish) on the menu but the proprietor said it wasn't available yet. Will come back another time.

Re-revisiting Lao You Ji (老友記)

Dinner at Lao You Ji. The English name always reminds me of 老油鸡 😂. I'm getting mixed feelings about the food here. It used to be positive but some of the choices we've made have shifted that down the spectrum. Including the ones here today. Maybe we'll come back someday to try their beef fried rice juice. 😂

Cai por omelette was a little greasy and not in a good way. We couldn't taste any cai por in it. Mediocre would be an apt description.

Claypot lamb was disappointing. I don't know if they cooked the lamb in the claypot but that sauce doesn't seem to have any lamb flavour. I couldn't even tell that some of the pieces were lamb. Could have been pork, especially for those pieces that have skin. That's pretty bad. Will not waste money on this again.

We had 铁板豆腐. Decent tasting but not impressive. Pedestrian as it was, it made one of the two better tasting dishes tonight. What's happening here?

Their sambal petai was a tad too sweet. The next door has a better rendition.

The second decent dish was stir fried nai bai. Nice crunch from the vegetable, well salted and garlic. Would have been sad if they messed this one up.

I'm gonna stay off this place for a bit and maybe check out their neighbours the next time we eat in the vicinity.

$1 fried lard at Li Xin Teochew Fishball Noodles

I don't know when it's started but Li Xin is charging another dollar if you asked for extra fried lard (猪油渣). That's $6.50 for a basic bowl of fishball noodles these days plus one dollar for the top up. Pretty expensive for food court fish ball noodles but their fishball noodles are delicious and the lard was amazing quality. Their 白 bowl with the cut chilli and light soya sauce is the best configuration with those.

Deer murtabak and the telur bawang prata from Victory Restaurant

Finally got this itch scratched. I've been wondering about the deer murtabak from Victory after we had the one from Zam Zam.

But first masala tea. Spices were not so strong here but it was all good with the sweet creaminess.

The default dip they served today was fish curry, not dalcha. Nice.

Here's the deer murtabak. Looked just like any murtabak. I just wanted to know what was the difference between Victory's and Zam Zam's.

I like how these guys dice their onions properly. Not a bad tasting murtabak but like Zam Zam's I can't tell it's venison. But now I finally know.

What we didn't see coming was their telur bawang prata. Layered and folded just like their murtabak. One might mistaken this for so.

This was a pleasant surprise. The prata was eggy and had a present but not overbearing flavour from the diced onions in there. I think this was exceptional.

NamNam, Raffles City

It's been quite a while since we've had anything from NamNam. The last episode which was a little more than a decade ago did not inspire confidence. Wow, they've been around that long huh? Anyways, this was the outpost at Raffles City (#B1-47 Raffles City, 252 North Bridge Road).

We're pretty sure that the broth we had today is a different recipe from the one we had previously. This one was pretty decent. Not heavy but still beefy. The thin slices of beef were tender and the meatballs dense and robust. What we found out today was that cilantro/coriander is chopped up and mixed with the other "herbs" so I had to omit all or nothing. That left us with just spring onions in the broth. Which was fine. Would not mind eating it again.

Bánh mì was kinda textbook if you catch my drift. It's not bad tasting and that was just it. Guys like 123 ZÔ, Viet9 and Bánh Mì Saigon would blow this rendition out of the water. But like I mentioned, it didn't suck. It was just what it was. A safe and regular bánh mì.

Old Kampung Hainanese Chicken Rice, Zion Riverside Food Centre

Have never noticed this chicken rice stall (#01-08 Zion Riverside Food Centre, 70 Zion Road) previously. This was a plate of 鸡尾 rice. Quality of their poached chicken was pretty good. The bird was tender and smooth paired with their brand of familiar delicious saltiness from chicken fat/sesame oil/light soya sauce. Chilli's nice and lime-y.

Don't have high expectations for the roast pork. Tasted generic and mass produced. The crackling was chewy so you know it's that kind of quality.