Sweet and sour pork from Xing Long Food Stall (興隆菜社)

We were back here to relive the delicious fermented bean sauce fish head and 红烧豆腐 at Xing Long Food Stall. The proprietress suggested a few other dishes for consideration and we ended up choosing their sweet and sour pork. Aka gu lou yuk. Aka 咕噜肉.

So, the sweet and sour pork. Chunks of pork meat/fat shaped like meatballs, deep fried and then stir fried in their tangy sweet sauce which I found pretty addictive. What's different about this plate were the chunks of cucumber. The texture of those were similar to pickles minus the sour - a first time encounter on gu lou yuk. Love the pineapples.

Ga-Hock Roasted Meats, Upper Bukit Timah Road

There's a roast meat/烧腊 stall right at the front of Ga-Hock Eating House. Got a plate of roasted duck and char siew rice. Ducks were sliced into thin strips and char siew had caramelized fatty parts. I thought they tasted better than they looked. One can choose 油饭 instead of regular steamed rice. Chilli's garlicky and packed a bit of heat too. Note to self : omit the sweet sauce in the future. 

Alimah's Kitchen, Margaret Drive Hawker Centre

I've noticed Alimah's Kitchen from back in the day at Tanglin Halt. Have never patronized until today in their current location (#02-26 Margaret Drive Hawker Centre, 38A Margaret Drive). Like a number of stalls from that old food centre, they've relocated to Margaret Drive Hawker Centre. Options include a smattering of the usual - lontong, mee rebus, mee siam, nasi lemak and nasi sambal goreng.

Got a nasi lemak today. Pretty decent. Sambal's not bad....packed some heat and sweetness. What's to note here was that said sweetness wasn't annoying. Did not like their ikan bilis because they're hard and crunchy. The fried chicken wings though were delicious. There's a crunchy batter coating those wings with a flavour that I can only describe as nostalgic. 😂

Mushroom minced meat noodle from Mr Meepok

Finally got to try the regular bak chor mee from Mr Meepok. Saucing did not have the sweetness that I mentioned previously with their signature bowl. This was straight up savoury. Chilli didn't pack much heat so the sliced red ones help if you need more heat. 🔥 Not a bad bowl here.

Grilled sea bass teishoku from Nakajima Suisan

Came across the grilled sea bass at Nakajima Suisan (一, 二, 三, 四, 五, 六, 七, 八, 九, 十, 十一, 十二, 十三, 十四, 十五, 十六, 十七, 十八, 十九, 二十, 二十一) recently. I believe this might be my first time having grilled sea bass. Or at least the shioyaki version of them

There's a mix of lean and fatty parts on the fish. Salting wasn't uniform so some parts were bland-ish. Not bad tasting as a whole and lots of meat but what bothered me a little was the amount of bones I had to navigate.

Teo Heng Porridge Stall, Hong Lim Food Centre

Teo Heng Porridge Stall (#01-56 Hong Lim Food Centre, 531A Upper Cross Street) faces inward to the market in the same quadrant where Generation Coffee Roaster and Heng Kee Curry Chicken Noodle are located. Not very visible and not accessible to people who don't work or live here because they only do weekdays from the early morning and close early in the afternoon.

They are an old school Teochew porridge stall that has been around for ages. I don't know how this information might be useful to anyone but the proprietor running operations in the stall - that man has uncannily sharp hearing. 

There's stuff like stewed pig's skin.

Pretty delicious stewed cabbage which has more flavour that those pale colours may suggest.

Their signature fish cakes which were delicious. These were the boiled ones with texture that was both tender and jiggly. Teo Heng also does the fried rendition which....will turn up in a while.

Got a mixed platter of stuff like tau kwa, eggs, intestines and sliced duck - very kuey chap-y if you catch my drift. Gonna blanket them all as delicious.

Threadfin that's cooked in the salted vegetable broth. Most of the salt has been boiled out of the pickled mustard and is essentially flavouring the broth leaving the vegetables not very salty. Fish was fresh, evidenced by its texture and tenderness. 👍🏼

Extra eggs and fried fish cakes which I've mentioned earlier. Both the boiled and fried renditions of these fish cakes were nice in their own ways.