Breakfast at Komala Vilas

This was our first time getting breakfast at Komala Vilas (一, 二, 三, 四, 五, 六). The quieter hours of the day where the traffic along Serangoon Road was less intense.

Komala Vilas' pongal was a dense rice pudding infused with spices. This was served piping hot. It's heftier with greater density and has much less ghee compared with say A2B Veg Restaurant or Murugan Idli Shop. 

We got ourselves a butter paneer dosai.

Mashed up paneer was spread across the buttery dosai.

The one with unexpected flavour was their mini podi idly. The podi was very nutty and salty. I would have thought it contained crushed nuts in a blind taste. It's also not as spicy as what I had been expecting from podi.

Finished with a hot masala tea as it should be.

Dirty matcha from Generation Coffee Roasters

Tried the dirty matcha from Generation Coffee Roasters. Did not leave an impression like the ones from Tanamera Coffee or the defunct Forty Hands did. Coffee seemed to be a bit sour.

Maybe I gotta do this again with sugar for a more accurate comparison. It's not a bad cup. Just not what I hoped it would do for me.

Dozo House, Tanjong Pagar Food Centre

Saw this stall (#02-51 Tanjong Pagar Food Centre, 6 Tanjong Pagar Plaza) beside Wei Wei Carrot Cake. They appear to selling "naan" and donuts.

We saw the proprietor dredging up a fresh batch of donuts so we got one. They were fried in coconut oil. Pretty good fresh off the fryer.

Got a curry chicken naan also. Actually decent quality with a nice curry flavour, bits of minced chicken and potatoes. May come back to try others.

Ipoh Prawn Noodle (怡保仔虾面), Tanjong Pagar Food Centre

Noticed this stall (#02-34 Tanjong Pagar Food Centre, 6 Tanjong Pagar Plaza) the last time we were at Tanjong Pagar Food Centre. I don't know if this was truly Ipoh styled hae mee but it was delicious. There were loads of flavour from the dried shrimps in the chilli. Those dried shrimps don't appear to be the commonly seen variety (hae bee/虾米); they're more akin to sakura ebi. Unlike the local rendition of prawn noodle, there's also sliced hard boiled eggs in it.

Sambal was outstanding. Loads of crunch and shrimpy flavours amidst smokiness and garlic. 

Broth on the side also has more of those dried shrimps. The flavour has a pretty strong crustacean punch.

Another episode of recent (somewhat) eats at Sushiro

Here's a bunch of stuff we've had from Sushiro (一, 二, 三, 四, 五, 六, 七, 八, 九,十, 十一, 十二, 十三, 十四) in the past couple or more months.

There was a mushisushi/mushi zushi which they described as steamed sushi. A tiny portioned discount version of the actual thing no doubt. It's just a bunch of stuff they threw in with rice minus finesse. Did not taste bad but I know I won't be getting them from again.

Here's this thing which came as a set. A zuwai kani sushi which wasn't particularly memorable and a ball of kani miso rice sushi thingy which was really good. Now why would they also have the zuwai kani sushi available separately on a la carte but not that nice kani miso rice?

Rich kani miso ramen which wasn't as rich as I was hoping for. A bit more generosity with the kani miso would have been nicer.

Jumbo crab stick tempura. Pretty meaty. Not bad.

Couldn't pass up on their shirako tempura.

Hotaru ika season came by and these were pretty decent. There was a lot of flavour in the marinade of the firefly squids.

Some Sushiro x PS.Cafe collab (hah!) featuring black truffle paste on chawanmushi. All the truffle flavour came from the paste.

Scallops, shrimp, fish cake and chicken at the bottom. Think that's probably the regular chawanmushi stuff they put in it.

Another Sushiro x PS.Cafe collab - black truffle paste aburi scallop nigiri. Said truffle paste was from PS. Cafe. Tasted much like how it looked/I imagined. Pretty strong truffle flavour there so make of that what you will. 😏

Their aburi shoyu scallop nigiri was delicious in its simplicity. That bit of saltiness from the shoyu, sweetness from the scallops layered with a light smokiness. 

Breaded fried hokke with some cheese sauce. Not bad tasting. Solid crisp on the outside and tasted freshly fried. That cheese sauce was thick and creamy.

I was led to believe that their thick cut medium fatty tuna would be thicc!

It's wider, not thicker. Felt cheated.

Gotta grab the aburi engawa when it's available. It's often not available.

Shirasu is in season so a shirasu mountain gunkan. I wished they didn't include that bit of minced ginger in there. I thought it tasted absolutely fine sans ginger.

The shirasu noodles tasted different from the ones that the used to do. It wasn't a bad eat but I don't feel it's as good as the ones they make in the past.

Cream chese and aburi mentaiko is also my salty guilty pleasure. 😏

 Sweet potato mousse. Not bad also.

Sushiro calls this mango shaved ice and I also hesitate to use the word kakigori. But that's what it was. It's okay, not something I'd look forward or want to come back to. I guess my main gripe was that the citrus from the mango came only from the sauce, bits of mango and the pearls which could definitely do with more generosity. The shaved ice had the flavour of mango minus the citrus.

Handmade fishball mee pok from Blue Star Fish Ball Mushroom Minced Meat Noodles (古早味蓝星鱼圆香菇肉胜面)

That's #7 on the menu of Blue Star Fish Ball Mushroom Minced Meat Noodles. I wanted my bowl with just those hand made fishballs because I remembered liking them the last time I had it.

I asked for extra fried lard so if anyone's wondering, the portion is normally not so plentiful.

Did not seem to leave the impression I remembered from that last time. Hmmm...wasn't bad though. Just not as remember worthy if you catch my drift. Then again, my bar might have been subconsciously adjusted by the "meatballs" from Hong Xing, expecting that kind of flavour/texture.