Do & Me Fried Chicken Western Food, Yishun

We've had the chicken cutlet from Do & Me (654 Yishun Avenue 4) countless times over years. It's never been mentioned in this blog. So here's one for posterity after many years of not having eaten at the stall.

The old uncle doesn't seem to be manning it anymore. He just hangs around. Their chicken cutlet tasted the same as if my memory serves and it's still pretty large. Though I got the impression that it's a little thinner these days.

Fong Yong Tau Foo (鳳釀豆腐), Bukit Merah Central

Fong Yong Tau Foo shifted from their previous premise to the current one (Fu Kang Coffeeshop, #01-3631, 164 Bukit Merah Central) in a coffeeshop. Variety seems to have taken a bit of hit.

Forgot to ask them not to re-fry the fried stuff.

Didn't remember seeing 砂锅面 as an option previously. Tasted a bit like sang mee (生面).

Tofu's nice. Gotta get more meatballs the next time. Their laksa soup wasn't great - it's too thin. Not even remotely close to the one that Guan Huat does. 

Frog legs, veal sweetbread and lamb at Gaston

Been a while since we were last at Gaston.

This was our first time doing lunch here.

Sautéed frog legs with watercress coulis and garlic. That watercress coulis was buttery, earthy and delicious. We mopped the plate clean with bread. Frog legs here were pretty small comparatively with those from Le Bistrot du Sommelier or Atout but that watercress coulis.......

Pan seared veal sweetbread wrapped in veal farce and filo pastry with Cancoillotte mash & mushroom sauce. Crispy buttery filo pastry wrapped around meaty veal farce enveloping delicious chunks of sweetbread. Pretty obvious we loved it. That mushroom sauce was also moreish. Tasted like it had wine in it. Mopped the plate clean of the sauce.

Pretty good grilled lamb leg with spring vegetables and lamb jus. Meat was relatively tender with a good bite and a little bit of fat for that lamb-y flavour. That harissa on the side was spicy and bitter. Also made sure none of the sauce was wasted by getting extra bread.

The sourdough mop.

Finished with a Paris Brest and a bitter black coffee. A satisfying lunch.

More breakfasting at Saravanaa Bhavan

Back at Saravanaa Bhavan for breakfast.

What might this bowl of ivory cream be?

Curd vada. Spiced savoury fried donut in sweetened yoghurt.

Like Komala Vilas, I prefer their uppuma/upma over their pongal.

If anyone was wondering what's uppuma or upma, they're a spiced semolina porridge/pudding. This piping hot serving from Saravanaa Bhavan has lentils, green peas, curry leaves and mustard seed and is flavoured with ghee. 😋

More sev blanketed chaat.

It's dahi puri this time. Sans coriander. Pretty tasty ones here with generous drizzles of the coriander/mint and tamarind sauce. Could taste the potatoes and peas inside the puri.

Trying their cheese dosa.

Crispy on the edges and cheesy in the middle with the tang of fermented rice flour. 

Cheese was deliciously salty and there was enough for some short stringy pulls. 👍🏼

Foie gras, ris de veau et steak au poivre at Saveur

S'been quite a while since we were last at Saveur. Prices here are on par with some of the French bistros these days but we've noticed they've also upped their game somewhat.

Pain. Not pain. 😏 Hot and fresh tasting.

Decent foie gras terrine and grapes with enough acid to cut through the richness. Brioche needs more butter methinks - it's okay and not memorable.

Pretty impressed by their sizeable pan seared ris de veau. Sweetbread. Tender and succulent with a bit of creaminess. On top of that, morel mushrooms! Granted those weren't huge or plump or both, but I take what I can get. Just so that no wrong ideas were gotten, they were delicious by the way.

They also have a pretty delicious steak au poivre. We got a textbook medium rare today. 😬 Woohoo! Decent cognac and peppercorn sauce. Wouldn't say that the sauce was memorable but we were happy with the steak and the sautéed green beans as a whole.

Date pudding was so so. Wasn't a bad dessert. Just wished it was much warmer like how they do at PS. Cafe. I'll leave this as something I wouldn't get it again.

Komala Vilas, 291 Serangoon Road

Komala Vilas (一, 二, 三, 四, 五, 六, 七, 八, 九, 十) has another branch (291 Serangoon Road, tel : +65 6341 5022) closer to Farrer Park MRT/City Square Mall that opened some time back. Never been there until today.

Noticed a number of mini tiffins on the menus of restaurants in recent years. Those didn't seem to be as prominent or forefront previously. This was the mini tiffin at Komala Vilas. $10 with a filtered coffee. There's mini sambar idli, dosai, kesari and pongal with the assorted chutneys. Great if one is looking for variety.

Upma. Steaming hot from the kitchen. 👍🏿

A buttery ghee onion uttapam with a toasty sweet crunch in the pancake. I think I've gotten their chutneys figured out for myself. I like the coconut and the coriander (green one) more than the onion-y orange one.

Filter coffee's part of the mini tiffin. A bit too sweet, milky and with sufficient coffee flavour. Maybe I should siew dai this the next time.