Kalid's Corner, Holland Drive Food Centre

I've only notice Kalid's Corner (#02-10 Holland Drive Market & Food Centre, 44 Holland Drive) quite recently and I don't remember if they're new and it was another tenant previously or have I been oblivious once more. The thing that most people were ordering were their pratas.

What got my attention was the bowl of sambal you could help yourself with at the front of the stall. Not such a common sight. Flavour seemed to indicate that the chilli was roasted and their rendition was not as sweet. There's plenty of ikan bilis in it. Great pairing with the fish curry on my order of a kosong and telur.

A recent dinner at Wolfgang's Steakhouse

Family celebration at Wolfgang's. This was a nice one. Not to mention expensive.

Not impressive crab cake. Texturally or flavour wise, I did not think it worth the $42 they were charging.

Lobster bisque was so so. Can you imagine so so for a $34 soup? Well, at least it wasn't bad.

This might be the only time I get to see a porterhouse for four on my table. It's still the best tasting item from the spread we've had. I was dipping their rye into the beefy butter on the plate. 😬

While I'm curious about their other steaks, I'd be pretty happy just coming back for this one.

Creme brulee had a harder shell than expected. Custard's nice but kinda insufficient.

Loved their apple strudel though. The raisins reminded me of peas and the chunks of apples of roasted garlic. Best pea and garlic pastry I've had in a while. And this with all the tartness actually works with their schlag which I have previously never enjoyed.

Someone ordered tiramisu and I was initially apprehensive. Turned out to be not bad at all. What does this mean? It means that my instincts aren't always correct.

Of stuffed & truffled mushrooms and rare salmon katsu from Tonkatsu by Ma Maison

Special of the month I believe from Tonkatsu by Ma Maison. It's truffled mushrooms on daikon oroshi on hire and on the left, mushrooms stuffed with prawn paste that's katsu-ed.

This rare salmon katsu reminded us of the one from Ippudo so we had to get it. It's tasted as good as it looked. With or without the tartare sauce.

Curry chicken noodle from Cantonese Delights

It's been a long while since the last time so that's my justification for the 40 minutes spent in the queue.

Got a bowl of their curry chicken noodle today. Chicken thigh was pretty big and meaty.

I personally prefer mee kia over the regular yellow noodle. Was it worth the queue? I would prefer to spend a lot less time in the queue if that were possible. But I enjoyed this.

Topped up the order with some of their fried chicken cutlet.

Burgs, 313 Somerset

I've heard about Burgs (#05-01/02/03, Stall 25, Food Republic, 313@somerset, 313 Orchard Road) for some time and haven't managed to try their burgers until now.

It wasn't bad per se but it was definitely underwhelming.

The mushroom burger had a couple of different mushrooms. One tasted like it came from a can. The other had texture of dried mushroom that wasn't hydrated sufficiently so it was a little chewy. Looked little like what the menu depicted.

There's nothing classic about their classic cheeseburger. It's their rendition that threw in pickled green chilli and fried shallots. Fried shallots that tasted/looked like it came from a plastic bag. Flavour's messy.

Beef patties were decent. Likeable chunky texture in my opinion and there's definitely the beefy flavour going on there. Buns were soft. Fries were surprisingly addictive. 

323 椰浆饭 Nasi Lemak, Bukit Merah View Hawker Centre

It happened that I came to another stall with nasi lemak on their name (#01-48 Bukit Merah View Hawker Centre, 115 Bukit Merah View) and didn't get nasi lemak. I was looking for bee hoon and it was either this or the stall at the other end with an even longer queue.

Taste was okay. It's not the hell yeah I'm definitely coming back for the bee hoon kind of quality but it's edible. Not a fan of their chilli which probably works better on nasi lemak. Maybe I will try their nasi lemak the next time. 😅

Update 13/01/2024

So I did try the nasi lemak. Rice was decently flavoured and a little grainy textured. Fried tau kwa was unexpectedly tasty. The rest of the toppings on this plate weren't worth mentioning. I don't think their chilli is my thing.