Treasure Toast (吃到宝), Purvis Street

Treasure Toast (#01-01, 23 Purvis Street, tel : +65 8817 0865) is by the talked about Bao Er Cafe which in turn, stemmed from Prawnography.

Kopi was thick, bitter and slightly sour with little body and aroma. 勉强 can drink 😬. I don't think it's great as local coffees go. I'll take Toast Box over it anytime. 

People talk about their kaya toast. Not bad. Nice pandan flavour going on with kaya but the consistency was kinda thin. Also not difficult to find ones of similar standards around.

Hokkien mee has no wok hei like Prawnography but did have decent stock flavour which was pretty robust, a little sweet and did not exactly come across as crustacean-y. See the 3 small scallops? Extra $2.50 for those which I wouldn't recommend. Fried lard (猪油渣) was not the freshest. What carried this through was the sambal belachan which I thought was pretty good. 

Bee hoon had a smoky flavour which I like but it was also pretty greasy.

Otah's flat and lacking of any nuances. I don't think it was good. While they look similar, Janggut Laksa's otah is much better tasting.

友全 (You Quan), Margaret Drive Hawker Centre

友全 (#03-35 Margaret Drive Hawker Centre, 38A Margaret Drive) is one of the "half of the stalls" that's still open in the evenings at the food centre. The other half possibly thinks that their rental is a negligible concern or they're doing well enough that they don't need the support of the residents in that estate.

This was 米粉面. 米粉's pretty edible. 面's thinner than the regular yellow noodle variety but tasted exactly the same. Those tired looking meat patties were actually not bad.

The return of McD's breakfast bagel

These are back. It's been a couple of years since McD started these limited run bagels here and in all that 17,000 hours or so since, they've never bothered to allow add on customizations in the order kiosk which I'm sure somebodies out there would want. Like me.

Revisiting Lee Lai Jiak

Finally tried the lu rou fan from Lee Lai Jiak. Decent tasting but not something that'll get me looking forward to coming back for. I liked the tofu and salted vegetables more than the minced pork. 😬

Tried their zha jiang mian (炸酱面).

Noodles were thick and sauce had what appeared to be cubes of tofu puffs. Lots of them.

Beef shank was less dry and more tender than I imagined. Did not like the sweet sauce though.

Nana's Green Tea, Guoco Tower

Intrigued by the green tea stuff at Nana's Green Tea (#01-07 Guoco Tower, 7 Wallich Street, tel : +65 6517 9971).

The Swiss roll was the least memorable of what we had. It was just green tea chiffon with a green tea core in the middle of the cream.

Shiratama zenzai with matcha espresso - mochi balls in red bean soup and matcha in English. Think bitterness from the green tea pairing with the sweetness from the red bean soup. Not bad.

This was a matcha soda float; tasted like how it sounded. Fizzy green tea with green tea ice cream. Nice.

Suju in November

Back at Suju ( 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) getting some stuff we like. And a few other things.

Tai kabura ni - turnip strips simmered in sea bream broth wrapped in soy marinated sea bream sashimi. Thought I tasted yuzu in it. Nice.

Miso marinated cream cheese with grilled white corn, some pickled daikon and soba chips. Also nice. Love the miso flavour in the cream cheese. Saved some for the Hayashi rice.

The cream was kinda measly here and it was definitely a discernible mellowness it brought to the meat/sauce. So the miso cream cheese we saved from the earlier dish accomplished the same. But did better.

Got the herring himono teishoku like the last time because I couldn't get past the roe in the fish. Today serving was outstanding like then. Seems like the roe might not be just chance and that they use pregnant herring here.

Their black sesame cheese cake was surprisingly light. So light I wouldn't have been surprised if they had said it was made with tofu. I don't know if it was but I don't think so since they'll probably mention if it was. This was loaded with ample black sesame flavour though from both the cream cheese and the very kurogoma-y base.