Saturday, December 21, 2024

Curry noodles/laksa with 烧鸡尾 from Seng Kee Chicken Rice (新奇鸡饭)

Seng Kee Chicken Rice (新奇鸡饭), chicken curry noodle

That's 烧鸡尾 with livers and egg added on from Seng Kee Chicken Rice. No surprise chicken heart or pig's skin today but piece of roast pork. I've also just noticed that the Chinese description of the menu writes this as curry chicken noodle even though it's listed as chicken laksa in English. With everything soaked in the curry, there wasn't so much difference between poached and roasted chicken so I guess I'll just stick to the regular one the next time. 

Seng Kee Chicken Rice (新奇鸡饭), chicken curry noodle

Surprise update on 1/2/2026
Seng Kee Chicken Rice (新奇鸡饭), chicken curry noodle

Similar bowl without minus the chicken liver. Still enjoying it.

Friday, December 20, 2024

Ghim Moh Nasi Lemak (锦茂椰浆饭), Ghim Moh Food Centre

Ghim Moh Nasi Lemak (锦茂椰浆饭), nasi lemak

Came across Ghim Moh Nasi Lemak (#01-09 Ghim Moh Food Centre, 20 Ghim Moh Road). Not something that would wow but it wasn't a bad one for the coconut rice was adequately flavoured. Texture of their rice was pretty beady here. We had piping hot fried eggs and the tau kwa's kinda nice. Will try their bee hoon the next time.

Ghim Moh Nasi Lemak (锦茂椰浆饭), Ghim Moh Food Centre

The premium seafood laksa at Orh-Kee Noodles (潶志麵家)

Orh-Kee Noodles (潶志麵家), premium seafood laksa

Got curious about the premium seafood laksa from Orh-Kee Noodles. Broth's not bad. In retrospect, there wasn't much that was premium in it. The only seafood in it were some small shrimps and tiny oysters. Considering that many laksa has shrimp, the only thing that they used to upsell this were those tiny oysters. While I did not expect a Wild Coco, I did expect more than these.

xOrh-Kee Noodles (潶志麵家), bad oyster

I'm not yet done. The oysters weren't good at all. Those oyster flavours bordered on the line between what's edible and a flavour that's so strong that I wouldn't want to touch them. My opinion of Orh-Kee Noodles drops by a notch here. 

Thursday, December 19, 2024

Carrot halwa and masala chai from Anjappar

Anjappar, carrot halwa

This was from the Anjappar at Westgate. Nice. Same combination as the previous ones we've had of the usual ghee, sugar, milk and cardamom folded into the piping hot grated carrot which has been slow cooked to mush. Masala chai appears to be better drinking today than the one we previously had at Race Course Road. Nice sweet creaminess here which was less apparent there. I wonder if it's the luck of the draw kind of thing with the tea.

Xiang Xiang Hunan Cuisine (湘香湖南菜), Westgate

Xiang Xiang Hunan Cuisine (湘香湖南菜), Westgate

Seems like Xiang Xiang is going places. Didn't realize that Westgate had a branch (#04-42 Westgate, 3 Gateway Drive, tel  : +65 6592 2389).

Xiang Xiang Hunan Cuisine (湘香湖南菜), lemon tea

More giant lemon tea.

Xiang Xiang Hunan Cuisine (湘香湖南菜), hot & spicy lamb ribs 手抓羊小排

Their hot & spicy lamb ribs (手抓羊小排) aren't available in all their branches it seems. It's something I've been wanting to try. Now that I have, meat's dry-ish but relatively tender and had loads of cumin flavour. Didn't like the ginger in it. They looked much better on the menu. Don't think I will be getting them again.

Xiang Xiang Hunan Cuisine (湘香湖南菜), pumpkin shrimp tofu stew 金汤虾仁豆腐煲

Never noticed that they have a pumpkin, shrimp and tofu stew/soup (金汤虾仁豆腐煲) previously. Then again, they have enough variety that I wouldn't remember them all. I liked that it had a good balance of pumpkin and salted yolk flavour. Loads of shrimp and tofu. Nice.

Xiang Xiang Hunan Cuisine (湘香湖南菜), pork ribs taro 香芋蒸排骨

These pork ribs and taro (香芋蒸排骨) were delicious like the last time we had them. We did say we'll be back for them.

Xiang Xiang Hunan Cuisine (湘香湖南菜), braised yuba eggs 鲜焖腐竹

Some braised fresh yuba with eggs (鲜焖腐竹). Good tasting bean curd skin with a soup/sauce that was savoury and moreish. The eggs just made me feel better about the dish.

Xiang Xiang Hunan Cuisine (湘香湖南菜), Westgate

Wednesday, December 18, 2024

More stuff from Treasures Yi Dian Xin (一点心)

Treasures Yi Dian Xin (一点心), roast pork rice

Most of our visits to Treasures Yi Dian Xin have been the one at Raffles City. This one was at Paragon (B1-08 Paragon, 290 Orchard Road, tel : +65 6262 3662). Roast pork rice was...you can see it from the picture. Nicely done. I was comparing them in my head to the one from Kam's Roast Goose at Wan Chai which was more impressive but I decided it was pointless. I can get this here. Hong Kong requires an air ticket. 

Treasures Yi Dian Xin (一点心), cheong fun

Never tried their cheong fun with just sauce despite having eaten here a number of times. Not bad rendition here. Am I missing something or does this version typically have the light soya sauce added as well because this does.

Treasures Yi Dian Xin (一点心), Paragon
Treasures Yi Dian Xin (一点心), Paragon