Shenton Way Golden Bridge Roasted Chicken Rice (珊頓道金橋燒臘雞飯), Jalan Bukit Merah

I've been recommended to try Shenton Way Golden Bridge Roasted Chicken Rice (Fu Zhu 132 Coffee Shop, 132 Jalan Bukit Merah) from back in the era when they were popular at Phillip Street. Never got around to trying their roast meats until now.

I don't remember the last time I ordered 鸡腿 and was served the entire leg with the thigh (鸡尾). This and char siew and an egg for $5.50 at that. The meaty bird was reasonably tender, tasty and I believe is roasted and not fried. Char siew was nicely flavoured with red fermented bean curd paste, not the red tasteless dye of the old school variety. Rice was adequately flavoured and works pretty well with their chilli.

Not the top of my list for great chicken rice but not being at the top doesn't diminish the quality already there. No qualms coming back for more.

The stall also serves a variety of zhi char styled gravy-ed noodles. Wanted to get ee mian but the proprietor convinced me that their hor fun was worth giving a go. This was it with a duck leg (鸭腿 - the whole leg like the chicken) at a reasonable $6. Light smokiness in the rice noodles in light savoury sauce and was good with their pickled green chilli. Enjoyed it more than I thought I would.

Pizza Par-tay in plain bagel from Two Men Bagel House

Pizza Par-tay is April's flavour of the month at Two Men Bagel House ( 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, 二十二, 二十三, 二十四, 二十五, 二十六, 二十七), also a collaboration with Forged By Vow, following up from last month's Foie King. This bagel features the Forged Parfait - parfait made from Forged Gras.

Bagel's kinda small-ish today. I was caught up with the feature ingredient that something obvious never occured to me; that the 'pizza' in the name was part of the flavour profile. Which succeeded because pizza was the thing that came to mind when I was eating it and I attribute the key to that flavour to the sun-dried tomato. 

Speaking of which, was pretty dominant as a flavour. I tasted the Forged Parfait (just like chicken liver parfait if anyone was wondering) in only about 3 bites. The rest of it was largely the sun-dried tomato and/or a mixture of the rest. Don't think this is Foie King good.

Mini tiffin from A2B Veg Restaurant

Breakfast at A2B Veg Restaurant. So...a mini tiffin is a breakfast platter with a bit of different things they have available at breakfast. There's an idli, a vada, ghee pongal, kesari and a small masala dosa with a coffee. Speaking of which, that dosa was pretty buttery from the ghee. I'm going with the mini tiffin being great if you're going for variety. I loved how satisfying it was. Coffee's a little bit sour and pretty sweet but otherwise decent.

Putien has changed

The menu at Putien  (一, 二, 三, 四, 五, 六, 七, 八, 九, 十, 十一, 十二, 十三, 十四) has been streamlined. Some new dishes have emerged and and a bunch of others are no longer available. Even their corn juice has been removed. The vibe felt different as well.

This sambal white water snowflake (叁巴水莲) was one of the new items. Crunchy and not much intrinsic flavour from the vegetable. Tasted much like sambal kangkong. Good with rice.

Oyster festival is back so we got some la zi oyster (辣子鲜海蛎). Greasy crunch on the exterior and creamy on the inside. Much like how they were the last time we had them.

From the oyster festival menu was a black truffle oyster noodle (黑松露海蛎烧豆面). Not much of the black truffle flavour. Noodles were slippery and chewy. Not bad tasting.

Geylang Abalone Chilli Noodles (芽笼鲍鱼辣椒面), Broadway @ Sim Lim Square

The signature abalone noodles from Geylang Abalone Chilli Noodles (#B1-08/26 Sim Lim Square, 1 Rochor Canal Road) looked better on their menu. The actual bowl appeared a little underwhelming. Chilli was savoury and has a slight mala-esque heat.

Their meatball were those that has another meatball inside. They're slightly sweet. Not a fan. The rest of the ingredients were pretty ordinary. Mee pok was soft and without the bite that makes them enjoyable. At least now I know.

Henry Charpentier, Great World

Have passed by Henry Charpentier (#01-K103 Great World, 1 Kim Seng Promenade, tel : +65 6235 6303) here numerous times. First time sitting in for cakes.

White peach shortcake was delicious. Both the cake and cream were light and silky. Love those peaches.

Their rendition of the Black Forest gateau was also nicely done. It's not the same as the alcohol infused ones like the defunct Stuttgart Blackforest Boutique S-Café or The Corner Grill or Atout. This like the white peach shortcake had that trademark lightness that Japanese cakes tend to have.