Authentic Teochew Tradition Mushroom Minced Meat Noodle (潮州传统香菇肉脞面), Havelock Road Food Centre

Authentic Teochew Tradition Mushroom Minced Meat Noodle (#01-21 Havelock Road Cooked Food Centre, 22A/B Havelock Road) opened up recently. They are the incarnation of the defunct Sixties Chaozhou Traditional Minced Pork Noodles that used to be at Seng Poh Road. The menu appears to be the same as before.

The queue was definitely the same as before - meaning excruciatingly slow. 😑 For a little more than a handful of persons ahead, it was a 45 minute wait.

This was the $7 bowl of mee pok.

This was the $5 bowl. The more expensive bowl had a couple of prawns and ti poh.

Looking back, their mushroom minced meat noodle tasted very much the same. As far as I can tell. From the middling texture of the noodles to the strength of vinegar and even the sweet peppery soup on the side. My opinion of it also hasn't changed as well. Not bad and will definitely consider them if there wasn't a queue.

Fernando's New York Slices, Margaret Market

Fernando's New York Slices (#01-09 Margaret Market, 38 Margaret Drive, tel : +65 8428 8846) is by a Hiran Fernando, former chief pie architect of the defunct Zazz Pizza - our go to place for Neopolitan styled pizza. When it was still around that is. 

It's New York pizza with this new shop according to them. Debatable whether or not it is truly NY styled and I'm sure there be many opinions on it. Will not be spending my two cents on that here. Their unit is just next door to The Homme Baker.

Ham and cheese fritters - not bad. Nice crunch on the outside with hot gooey cheese, some ham and basil.

Pretty decent lasagne. There's a nice beefiness to the tomato sauce in it. Wished there were more meat though.

That's a half Hawaiian and half four cheese. Seems like it's the same kind of pineapples that they used previously at Zazz. This looked to be a Sicilian styled pizza with a crust that was thinner. Like how it was at Zazz, the crust wasn't heavy and pretty good eating. 

Left's Carbo Duo which featured rosemary, cauliflower, potatoes and ham amongst a couple of other toppings. Not bad tasting as well. Right's their Prince Roni which I'm guessing is their paler shade of the Prince Street Pizza from NYC. There's hot honey on the table which pretty much worked with all their pies we've had so far.

Fernando's New York Slices personally wasn't as impressive as first impressions went compared to Zazz Pizza. But then again, I'm fond of the Neapolitan style and could be biased. I did like it enough to consider coming back though.

Assorted soup with 伊面 from Mr Batang Fish @96

This was the bowl with assorted ingredients with ee mian (伊面) from Mr Batang Fish @96 - featuring mince pork patties/balls, prawns and a chargeable top up of fish roe. Pork was nicely seasoned and tasty. Prawns were...unexciting. What the stall has been excelling at are their thick firm slices of Spanish mackerel/batang which is what I'll be sticking to in the future. Oiliness from the ee mian also appeared to be more apparent today. 

Two eggs and no luncheon meat at Good Pig Trotters Fried Bee Hoon (好猪脚米粉)

So I ditched the luncheon meat like I reminded myself the last time and got two eggs and fish cake. I kinda noticed the chilli sauce more today. I like the balance of it and how it paired with the bee hoon. This plate was so satisfying.

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

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

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.