Mao shan wang obanyaki from Mr Obanyaki

It's been a while since I've gotten the pancakes from Mr Obanyaki. Came across one with mao shan wang recently. Decent durian custard with adequate flavour but definitely doesn't compare to mao shan wang puree that are mostly pulp. It was also one of the more, if not the most expensive pancake they have at the stall. 

Delivery from Zazz Pizza

Our first time getting home delivery for Zazz Pizza (一, 二, 三, 四, 五, 六, 七, 八). We learnt a lot about how much quality suffers with delivery.

Their braised pork pasta survived pretty well. While it definitely wasn't as piping hot and didn't taste as freshly off the pan, I couldn't complain.

This was their mixed mushroom with added on anchovy and clams. Seemed like significantly lesser mushrooms than a previous experience. It was a bad move with those clams too because of the broken layers off the shells which left crunchy bits strewn around the pie. The clams were nice but the bits of shell weren't a good experience. My bad for assuming that those clams would come without shells.

Finally tried their Bismark and it didn't feel as impressive as the pictures we've seen. I believe this slightly disappointing experience was due to the chewier and harder crust that was a result of delivery. We've never had them like this in all the times we've eaten at the shop.

Fish Joy, Toa Payoh

Was recommended the fish soup from Fish Joy (168 Lorong 1 Toa Payoh) and it turned out to be pretty good. Here's the bowl with 3 types of fishes; namely red grouper, batang and pomfret. On hindsight, I should have just gotten one type. Anyways, I liked it. Savoury, milky and adequately salted with a reasonably robust flavour. I wished they were more generous with those fried egg floss. Portions of the fish aren't what one would consider generous but looking beyond that, it was an enjoyable bowl.

Hon maguro hire, sanma and shake shioyaki from Nakajima Suisan

 

Haven't had the hon maguro from Nakajima Suisan (一, 二, 三, 四, 五, 六, 七, 八, 九, 十, 十一, 十二, 十三, 十四, 十五, 十六, 十七, 十八) in a while. There's jellyfish for their side dish today.

Those tuna fin were still the same unctuous and delicious morsels flavoured with little but salt and the char on their surface. 

Topped my teishoku with an additional sanma. Love those bitter sweet innards in the fish.

While I generally don't do salmon much, I even thought their shake shioyaki was delicious.

All at the price point to quality ratio that's still hard to beat.

Uncle & Auntie Family Restaurant, Race Course Road

We found an easier to reach branch of Mr. Uncle & Auntie Kitchen called Uncle & Auntie Family Restaurant (24 Race Course Road, tel : +65 9757 4400) a couple of minutes from Little India station. They share the same gaudy pink/purple lighting that look...Slaanesh-y. 

Mango lassi. Decent.

Pretty impressed by the deliciously savoury garlicky batter for their Prawn 65. These were freshly fried so they were piping hot and crunchy with a bit of meatiness inside. 

Something was amiss from their sardine and ikan bilis satti sorru which I couldn't put my finger to until much later. It was missing the hard boiled egg which their shop at Norris Road included. There was also less sardine in it. Those aside, the curried claypot rice was still delicious.

There was an astounding variety of briyani on the menu.

The paneer butter briyani looked good on the menu. But we were all deceived.

While the rice was delicious, this wasn't what we expected at all. This was just paneer butter masala ladled over said rice. I suspect that they probably use the same briyani base for any type of briyani that is ordered.

Not a fan of their gobi manchurian. Some of the cauliflower were too greasy and soggy.

Had a hot glass of masala badam milk which was nice. While it was sweeter than what I normally prefer, I couldn't say that I didn't enjoy it.

Samosas were pretty tasty. The skins were more bread-y textured than usual but that's no deal breaker.

The insides were curried vegetables, onions and potatoes.

Masala tea's okay, not outstanding.

Revisiting Quentin's

Came back to try more of the food at Quentin's.

That's the pasteis de bacalhau - deep fried salt cod & potato fritters. Nicely browned crisp shell with piping hot insides. These are like the better version of Birds Eye Fish Fingers. 😅 

Was curious about their dry laksa which turned out to be pretty similar to the Peranakan variety. This one was a bit more sweet than savoury but was otherwise, very recognizeable from the coconut and shrimp infusion in the rempah. That and those flakes of dried laksa leaves.

Dry mee siam was sweet and tangy. Seems that the ratio of the ingredients in their rempahs favours sweetness which is a little bit more than I like. There's a mellow quality in the sweet tanginess of some mee siam that I've enjoyed which I don't detect here. Between this and the laksa, I prefer the latter. 

Loved this black ink calamari dish. The broth was flavoured with the ink and garlic - thin enough to drink like soup and sufficient flavourful to be gravy for rice.

Quentin's kueh bingka was a pleasant curiosity. They appear to be a derivative of the more commonly found bingka ubi. These were less dense and in spite of the name, were more cake than kueh. Aside from the bits of tapioca one could detect, the rest of it was pretty much a butter cake. I like this.