Sunday, May 19, 2024

Ginger steamed egg from Mei Heung Yuen Dessert (味香园甜品)

Mei Heung Yuen Dessert (味香园甜品), ginger steamed egg

This from Mei Heung Yuen Dessert at Funan (#B2-24 Funan, 107 North Bridge Road). Exactly that ginger steamed egg I was previously talking about without the ginger juice poured over. This one has the ginger flavour integrated into the steamed egg. I like this better than the one from Ah Chew.

Brisket and tendon kuey teow from Penang Home Made Beef Ball

Penang Home Made Beef Ball, brisket tendon kuey teow

I wanted to know if the brisket was good at Penang Home Made Beef Ball but they're the same as everywhere else. Cut from the flat section which meant mostly lean and boring. While it was relatively tender, there was only so far it could go with that tenderness without the intramuscular fat. The meat was stringy and that part bothered me most. Besides that, I liked pretty much everything else...tendon, beef balls, sauce and kuey teow.

Saturday, May 18, 2024

Ginger steamed egg with durian from Ah Chew Desserts

Ah Chew Desserts, ginger steamed egg durian

So we noticed the steamed egg with ginger on menu thinking it would be similar to the one at Mei Heong Yuen. It's not the same. They poured ginger juice over the chilled steamed egg like how 姜汁撞奶 is served. The scoop of durian pulp they gave us today looked much sadder than the last time too. 

Kolo mee without char siew from Zhong Pin Noodle House (众品麵萬家)

Zhong Pin Noodle House (众品麵萬家), kolo mee

I figured out that in most if not all instances, what I didn't like about kolo mee was the char siew so I asked for a bowl without them today at Zhong Pin Noodle House. So that's how it's gonna be moving forward. But there's a part two to this tale. The fried lard was borderline rancid. That made it borderline unforgivable because it also represented the attention they paid to their ingredients and serving stale food is just not good practice. No?

pigeon

A pigeon had fallen today at the food centre. It was a short distance away from where I was sitting.

Zhong Pin Noodle House (众品麵萬家)

Friday, May 17, 2024

Heng Heng Fish Soup (興興鱼片湯), Telok Blangah Food Centre

Heng Heng Fish Soup (興興鱼片湯), Telok Blangah Food Centre

Came across Heng Heng Fish Soup (#01-15 Telok Blangah Food Centre, 79 Telok Blangah Drive) in our recent visits to Telok Blangah Food Centre. I suppose I was also drawn by the rustic appearances of the stall and that there was a tray of fried fish roe beckoning to me as I inched closer for a look.

Heng Heng Fish Soup (興興鱼片湯)

Didn't get fish soup. Ordered their specialty dry noodle which I topped up a couple of bucks for their fried fish roe. There's a half boiled egg, some fried egg floss and some meatballs with ee mian.

Heng Heng Fish Soup (興興鱼片湯)

Meatballs were delicious...look at those textures. Fried fish roe and egg floss were serviceable quality. Noodles were flavoured by something that tasted like kecap manis and their chilli sauce. That was actually not bad tasting. Might try their fish stuff another time.

Heng Heng Fish Soup (興興鱼片湯), Telok Blangah Food Centre

Thursday, May 16, 2024

Back in Piedra Negra

Piedra Negra

Haven't eaten at Piedra Negra (241 Beach Road) for years. Did not realized that they own half the street these days. Menu's different from the last time and vibe's more touristy than I recall. Gotta admit that the food was unexpectedly enjoyable.

Piedra Negra, mixiote

Pretty impressed by how much lamb flavour was in their mixiote. I Googled and the description of it was a pit barbecued/steamed dish cooked in a wrapper of agave leave. This one came across like a stew so I don't know if it's the same. But hell yeah the lamb flavour was outstanding. So nice with the tortilla. 

Piedra Negra, albondigas

Their albondigas featured nice beefy meatballs in what appeared to be tomato sauce/stew. Much better tasting than I had imagined from the menu's description.

Piedra Negra, alambre

That's the alambre...which looked different from pictures I saw after also Googling what they were. This one was grilled/pan fried beef cubes with melted cheese and caramelized onions with bell peppers and bacon. Those beef cubes were tender and actually pretty good. 

Piedra Negra, chicken enchiladas

A safe chicken enchilada. Also not bad tasting though I have little to no references to what could be regarded as a well done one. I liked it more than I thought I might have.

Piedra Negra, tres leches cake

Sadly, they failed with the tres leches cake. The cream tasted odd. Odd like it raised the question on whether we should take another bite. As a lover of blue cheese, even I had reservations.

Piedra Negra, tres leches cake

There were four of us and this was how much progress we made before giving up. We gave feedback and they said that's how it was supposed to taste. I don't know better but I'm pretty sure that it was not a correct response.

Piedra Negra
Piedra Negra