Yan Ji Gourmet By GoodEarth, Far East Plaza

First time eating at this branch (#01-16A/B Far East Plaza, 14 Scotts Road, tel +65 6369 0988) of Yan Ji Gourmet. I was reeled in by the current limited time hamachi roe porridge.

Got a bowl of that with extra roe. Can't say it's bad but the stock wasn't as flavourful nor robust as their seafood soup. Not to mention that underlying flavour of ginger and the preserved cabbage/dong cai/冬菜 which I'm not a fan of. Otherwise a decent but pricey bowl of porridge.

If anyone's wondering how much roe there was, there's more hidden in in porridge.

More food from A2B Veg Restaurant

Dinner at A2B Veg Restaurant.

Dahi puri to munch while waiting. Refreshingly tangy from the tamarind sauce and yoghurt with a breath of mint and varied crunchy textures.

Party of my exploration of fried noodles in Indian eateries. This was Schezwan paneer noodles - A2B's interpretation of Chinese and spicy fried noodles with chunks of cottage cheese. Texture of the noodles were softer than what I prefer but I liked the straightforward moreish saltiness.

Palak mutter - puréed spinach with green peas. Nice rich savouriness in the spinach from the ghee, adequate salt and garlic. 👍🏼

Some light butter naan to scoop up the palak mutter with.

Washed down with a piping hot badam milk.

No Ordinary Chicken, Beo Crescent Food Centre

Masala Kitchen has quietly folded just as it had appeared and in its place, is No Ordinary Chicken (#01-81 Beo Cresecent Food Centre, 38A Beo Crescent). They're technically a chicken rice stall, albeit not of the common local chicken rice variety that most of us are familiar with. What they do here is mostly grilled chicken for now with a variety of options for sauces/toppings accompanied with steamed white rice and a chilled salad on the side.

This topping was the shallot which was in all likelihood their rendition of sambal matah because I couldn't see it being inspired by anything else. Dominant flavour is lemongrass and onions. There's tanginess with a subtle sweetness and savoury oil richness. I kinda enjoyed this.

Sliced pork belly and beef balls in milky pickled vegetable soup bee hoon from GO Noodle House

This was from the branch at 313. 

Love the beefiness from the gristly beef balls. Just can't see myself ordering anything else than this milky pickled vegetable soup anytime in the near future.

Maccha House, Orchard Central

Dropped by Maccha House (B1-40 Orchard Central, 181 Orchard Road, tel : +65 6636 5830) for nibbles.

Tried their sausage & mozzarella corndog because...I don't think I've had a corndog before and this was a good time as any to try. Kinda tasted like how I imagined it would. Didn't expect sugar. Felt kinda Korean. What I also didn't see coming was that only half that dog had the sausage with the other half being just cheese. One would think that it would be cheese covered sausage inside but no.

It was precisely what the menu depicted. 😔

Matcha tiramisu's not bad tasting. Wasn't very sweet and had plenty of matcha flavour coming through. Portion was pretty small though.

Matcha latte's also kinda nice. Milky and matcha-y with a pleasant light sweetness served piping hot.

Biscoff ban chang kueh from Munchi Pancakes

Here's an admission. This was in probability my first Biscoff flavoured anything. I've had the cookie, just never other stuff with its flavour. I liked this Biscoff pancake from Munchi Pancakes (B2-22/23/24 Guoco Tower, 1 Wallich Street, tel : +65 8312 6203) though and enough that I've come back for it a second time. 😬