Generation Coffee, Tekka Food Centre

This was a Spanish latte from the branch of Generation Coffee at Tekka Market (#01-273 Tekka Market & Food Centre, 665 Buffalo Road). Did not taste like the one I had previously from Yugoslavia Bakery. Couldn't even tell that there was condensed milk in this cup. Like that one, it's also not the type for a first cuppa of the day. Tasted just like regular latte to me.

Thai milk tea wasn't robust. To be fair, it did taste like cha ron. A paler shade of a proper one in my opinion. I feel that the strength of flavour is important and this one did not do it for me.

Naga Indian Food Stall, Tekka Food Centre

My attention was drawn to this stall (#01-273 Tekka Market & Food Centre, 665 Buffalo Road) in our previous trips to Tekka Market's food centre from the platters of food in the neighbouring table. Got myself an order of idly for breakfast today and it turned out delicious like I was hoping for. The accompanying chutneys were pretty good; one of the better ones in food centres.

There's kesari - that's part of breakfast too. Love that it wasn't excessively sweet amidst that ghee and saffron flavours.

E-Sarn Thai Corner, Pasir Panjang Road

E-Sarn (130 Pasir Panjang Road, tel : +65 6473 3716) is yet another one of those eateries we've passed by on countless occasions and haven't had the chance to eat at. Until now. Food was pretty darned good and I liked what we had more than I imagined I would.

Pomelo salad's nice. Love the toasted coconut sprinkled over. Will get the larger portion the next time.

Som tam mamuang enjoyable also. It's a little more refine that what I recall from some of those the street stalls in Bangkok. Didn't mean it wasn't any good. There was a crisp crunch from the shredded green mango with sweetness from the lime/sugar that's further aromatized by dried shrimp and peanuts. Will get the larger portion the next time as well.

This was steamed olive rice with minced pork. Olive's chopped up with the minced pork. It's a layer of texturized umami saltiness over the rice which made it so delicious.

Their tom kha talay was a little redder than what I'm used to seeing. It's also a little thinner but still within my boundary of delicious. Pieces of squid in it were tender like fish cakes. Good for returns.

Enjoyed their cha om omelette as well. That accompanying sambal on the side was shrimpy and had a good kick to it.

Also had one of the more memorable salted baked sea bass I can recall. Underneath that dried skin was moist fish meat. Nice.

Steamed tapioca was good. Sweet but not excessively so and paired nicely with that bit of saltiness the creamy coconut sauce.

Love those mangoes they used with their glutinous rice. This was a good one. Why haven't we discovered this place earlier?!

L'Atelier Tiramisu, Clarke Quay Central

We've seen this shop (B1-08/09 Clarke Quay Central, 6 Eu Tong Sen Street) around for years. Logic would suggest that they're doing something right because rental at this part of the island isn't cheap. So we tried out of curiosity. A classico and a matcha.

Classico was...not what I had in mind for a few reasons. Didn't taste like they used cocoa (quite sure of it) so the missing bitterness places it off from the pedestal where traditional tiramisu stands. Mascarpone wasn't as pronounced and the sponge fingers were dryer than I normally like. Couldn't taste coffee. That's sad. From what I could discern, non-alcoholic though I really don't know. Matcha was frustrating. It left an aftertaste which I could only describe as fruitiness and the first fruit that came to mind was lychee which I'm pretty sure wasn't in it. Flavour from the green tea was a little weak. There's definitely better out there.

老菜市肉脞麵, Tanglin Halt Market

The name of the stall translates to Old Chai Chee Minced Meat Noodle (Stall #11 Tanglin Halt Market, 48A Tanglin Halt Road). I don't know anything about them but I've heard the English name before and that wasn't on their signboard. I'm reading it as these guys aren't related. This $5 bowl of Teochew mee came with one prawn - one that wasn't good...texture was a little powdery. But otherwise it's generic and edible. Nothing I would spend more than a couple of minutes in line for if I'm in the vicinity. 

Sardine prata from Jom Makan: Prata Saga Sambal Berlada

So Google's listing them as Jom Makan: Prata Saga Sambal Berlada now. Seems like Jom Makan's part of the name. Anyways, this was a sardine prata, not to be confused with sardine murtabak even though the only difference is that the latter has onions. Still a difference there. Had this on two occasions so far.

Presumably because of the sardines, there's plenty of moisture. Only the edges of the prata had a slight crisp while the rest of it was turning soggy. Which I didn't mind and I had kinda expected it. There's more sardines in it than I imagined; chunky and weren't drenched in tomato sauce from whichever can they came from. Both prata and fish were served piping hot. I liked this with a moderate application of the sambal and didn't think the dalcha was that great with it. Just saying so that I remember.

May try the sardine murtabak some day and if it's the same tomato-less sardines, chances are I'd consider this one leap ahead of what Zam Zam makes.