Roast duck with char siew rice from 威胜碳烤烧腊

So I got 鸭腿 with char siew from 威胜碳烤烧腊 this time. Char siew's not bad tasting if one doesn't compare them to the likes of Roast Paradise or 88 Roasted Meat. 😅 They're sweet, caramelized and has a bite without being tough. The duck's greasy and tender just like the last time. Sauce's decent, not the starchy and flavour-less kind. Won't need to avoid the drizzle next time.

Set lunch at The Stamford Brasserie

Tried the current set lunch menu at The Stamford Brasserie.

Came with a seafood bisque that was a pleasant surprise with the piping hot crustacean-y creaminess. Happened to be raining while we were having this. What doesn't show from the picture were bits of shrimp, fish and small clams. The croissant thingy on the side was a buttery bonus.

Intrigued by their chicken breast with truffle corn cream, polenta and corn ribs. Dish was so...sunflower. Reminded me of a certain textures of corn plate we had years back. Very specific memory triggered here. Nice savoury truffle corn cream. Also pretty glad that the chicken breast was relatively tender and not dry/stringy.

The menu mention aquaponics tilapia. Not that I could specifically tell. Fish was passable and had the tell tale "muddy" flavour of fresh water fish - partially masked by the bursts of tang from the trout roe & Lilliput capers as well as a creamy mellow from the saffron beurre blanc. The pickled endive on the side was delicious.

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. 👍🏼