Saturday, February 22, 2025

Revisiting Mei Mei Roast (妹妹李记烧腊)

Mei Mei Roast (妹妹李记烧腊), char siew rice salted veg duck soup

Back for more char siew rice and this time, with salted vegetable duck soup (咸菜鸭汤) at Mei Mei Roast.

Mei Mei Roast (妹妹李记烧腊), char siew rice

Lovely fatty cuts which fell apart easily in the mouth imparting flavour from the fat and the sweet smokiness from the caramelized exterior.

Mei Mei Roast (妹妹李记烧腊), salted veg duck soup 咸菜鸭汤

Pretty decent tasting salted vegetable duck soup with sufficient sour and savouriness.

Mei Mei Roast (妹妹李记烧腊), Ubi

Friday, February 21, 2025

The Hamburger from Shake Shack

Shake Shack, hamburger

<RANT>Shack Shack, you need to do better with your declining service. 👎🏼 Even for fast food standards, it's a low. I paid for my food, screen on the kiosk got stuck at the 'printing receipt' screen and we approached the staff at the counter who came back with the response telling me that the order didn't go through. And she left it at that. 

What the flying fuck do you expect me to do here with this response? As it turned out, I had to get back to her about the problem before SHE pushed the issue to a colleague who had just arrived. SHE looked very reluctant in trying to get the order fulfilment resolved. This experience is obviously an echo of Shake Shack's management's lackadaisical attitude.

How else would it be that a business has staff thinking it's fully acceptable not fulfilling an order that has already been paid for.</RANT>

Shake Shack, hamburger shackmeister fries mandarin lemonade

I came across the mention of the Hamburger in Shake Shack's menu recently and was naturally convinced by the argument that without the distractions of the other items in their burger, one could get the full flavour from the meat. We got the double and weren't disappointed. That burger was delicious in it's simple beefiness. That being said, I'm equally happy with the extra plot in their Shackburger too.

Shake Shack, shackmeister fries

That mandarin lemonade tasted like regular lemonade so that was just gimmicky without actual value. Why bother with this flavour failure? Also curious why my ShackMeister fries had the cheese sauce separated when every order had them on the fries. What's going on here?

Thursday, February 20, 2025

Turkish beef murtabak from Al Tasneem

Al Tasneem, turkish beef murtabak

I noticed the Turkish beef murtabak on the menu previously when I was having their Turkish beef kuey teow goreng and was wondering if it was good. Featured the same doner kebab beef slices, chopped onion and egg. Pretty edible but the kebab beef didn't taste beefy today like the last time. Which was disappointing. Now that I've tried it, I don't think I'll be getting it again.

Al Tasneem, turkish beef murtabak

Chicken fried rice from the canteen at Singapore Navy Museum

Singapore Navy Museum canteen, chicken fried rice

It's edible and not great. Fried rice featured the trinity of frozen peas/carrot/corn with what tasted like previously frozen chicken. The rice was pretty bland. It was the sambal and pickled green chilli that got me through. And unexpectedly, a heart shaped fried egg. I guess if one is stuck with eating here, there isn't much of a choice.

Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Recently at Phat Burger Bro.

Phat Burger Bro., fries

The menu at Phat Burger Bro. appears to have changed some since the last time we were here.

Phat Burger Bro., blue cheese burger

There's now blue cheese burger on the menu. Didn't have to customize the order to get one now. The blue cheese appears to be different from the last time.

Phat Burger Bro., burger & fries

While the quality of the ingredients didn't appear to be much different, the construct of the burger just felt a little off. No biggie though.

Phat Burger Bro., fries

What was obviously different were the fries. These today didn't taste as good as what we had previously. And I remember this place also because I really liked their fries. Today's were meh and lacking of potato flavour. Here's me hoping that it's a one off.

Phat Burger Bro., ketchup mustard chilli

Tuesday, February 18, 2025

Keria Japanese Restaurant (酒菜けりあ). Or is it Kerria. In 2025

Keria Japanese Restaurant (酒菜けりあ), Cuppage Plaza

Wow, it's been a few years since we were last at Keria. (          十一 十二 十三 十四 十五)

Keria Japanese Restaurant (酒菜けりあ), otosh

Today's otoshi is lady's finger and mentaiko tororo I think. Not sure what those white crunchy cubes were. It's a little slimy but delicious with a splash of shoyu.

Keria Japanese Restaurant (酒菜けりあ), mentaiko cabbage

Their smoky stir fried mentaiko cabbage has mostly been reliable in our visits. Today wasn't any different. Did we ever not get this?

Keria Japanese Restaurant (酒菜けりあ), ankimo teriyaki

Possibly our first grilled anikimo teriyaki. The grilling brought out lots of flavour from the liver.

Keria Japanese Restaurant (酒菜けりあ), natto omelette

Natto omulette. Yes, it is spelled 'omulette' on their menu. We've had this previously.

Keria Japanese Restaurant (酒菜けりあ), oyster butter

Oysters pan fried in butter. Yummy.

Keria Japanese Restaurant (酒菜けりあ), curry rice

Some pork curry with sparse bits of minced pork. 

Keria Japanese Restaurant (酒菜けりあ), wagyu sukiyaki tofu

Wagyu & tofu sukiyaki. Meat was so tender and the tofu was delicious in the strikingly sweet & savoury broth.

Keria Japanese Restaurant (酒菜けりあ), coffee jelly

Ended with coffee jelly again. 😬

Keria Japanese Restaurant (酒菜けりあ), Cuppage Plaza
Keria Japanese Restaurant (酒菜けりあ), Cuppage Plaza