Recently at Menya Kokoro

Been a while since we were last at Menya Kokoro (一, 二, 三, 四, 五, 六, 七, 八, 九. 十, 十一).

Ordered shishamo. They were filled with eggs but kinda skinny.

The laksa mazesoba came back. Did not understand why they saw fit to change their previous bowl's setup which we thought did not need fixing. The prawns have been changed to something creepy, dried and stringy. The rest of the laksa was fortunately still good - especially mouthfuls with the strips of sweet abura age. Even though we were pretty sure it didn't taste the same as the one we had previously. This "rempah" for this one felt more intensely coconut-less. If you catch my drift.

Super cheese mazesoba - not bad. Quite cheesy. Aside from the mozzarella, it's mostly bonito/or some other fish powder flavour with minced meat. For some strange reasons today, both bowls of mazesoba were steaming when we tossed them but neither were actually piping hot. So the cheese for this bowl didn't get as melty.

Chao Yuan Noodle (潮源麵家), Chang Cheng Mee Wah Coffee Shop @ Redhill

Tried the signature mee sua from Chao Yuan Noodle from the branch at Redhill (75D Redhill Road). Somewhat disappointing. This was apparently the medium sized option. Noodles looked like they were the same quantity as the small sized ones. Not bad tasting though. Saucing with chilli was moderately spicy and vinegary.

The difference between the medium and small was apparently just bowl size. The quantity of the ingredients looked the same. There's just more soup. And soup wasn't spiked with fried garlic like the one we had at Lucky Plaza so it did not have a lot of flavour. I also thought it's dumb to have minced meat in a soup especially when the soup is not great and not worth drinking. Meatballs were nice though.

Their signature liver was just boiled liver with the sambal they use for their noodles. Decent tasting. Not getting a good vibe from this stall. For the amount they were charging for the noodles, I expected portions that were sufficient, not snack sized. Will not return.

Black sesame toast from Toast Box

Noticed this from Toast Box while getting coffee. Tasted like how I'd imagined with the nutty and slightly sweet black sesame and butter. Not complaining here but, I would have preferred that there were more of both black sesame paste and butter in those.

888 Smash Burger and Milo Dinosaur Shake from BurgerLabo

BurgerLabo has smash burgers on their menu now. This one was with triple patty and onions. While nibbling on the crispy edges of the beef, I was thinking that it needed more salt but after having it with the sauce and cheese, I kinda figured that those were it. Not bad tasting, a little dry-ish but I guess that's to be expected. This was more Honbo than Shake Shack.

The shake didn't taste exactly like Milo dinosaur. Whatever it was, it seemed to be a lot maltier. There were also some crunchy bits of stuff in the powder, both of which also didn't taste like Milo. I don't know if it's just me. Hmmm...not bad though.

More Miznon

Back at Miznon. Tried the abu kebab pita which was stuffed with beef and lamb meatballs. Meatball's generously salted and I tasted pepper. Texture was coarse and the flavour's nice but I couldn't tell the beef and lamb in it. 

This red prawn pita's relatively new I think. Tasty spicing with a bit of smokiness on those firm meaty bugs. I like this better than the abu.

More food from Milan Shokudo

More food from Milan Shokudo. That's the keema curry beef doria. It's a rice gratin if anyone's wondering. Added extra cheese and an egg which made it more delicious. Curry's Japanese styled so it's a little sweet but nothing that I disliked.

Squid ink pasta with scallops. Nice and garlicky. Portions felt kinda small.

Tried their mustard cream chicken because we were curious about the mustard cream. It turned out to be cream sauce with a dollop of whole grain mustard. Chicken has a mildly spicy sweet marinate which I'm not a fan of.