Zhang Ji Shanghai La Mian Xiao Long Bao (张記上海拉面小笼包), ARC

Zhang Ji Shanghai La Mian Xiao Long Bao has a stall at Alexandra Food Village which has been in business for more than a decade. Never eaten there. Tried the food at their branch (#02-23 ARC, 460 Alexandra Road) which opened up last year.  

They have a pretty decent dan dan mian (担担面). Loads of creamy nuttiness with a bit of heat. The basic bowl seems to have been loaded with quite a bit of vinegar.

Their Szechuan spicy wanton which is a rendition of 红油抄手 was kinda disappointing. Too much skin on them and nothing particularly memorable about the meat stuffings. Was also hoping that they'd pack more heat.

Taste Fusion Hainanese Chicken Chop, Maxwell Food Centre

Never noticed this stall (#01-24 Maxwell Food Centre, 1 Kadayanallur Street) before so I'm guessing they're relatively new.

I was mostly intrigued by their "frizzy" looking fried meats so I ordered a savoury chicken chop rice. Upon closer inspection, I think the meat was egg washed before meeting its destiny in the fryer. Tasted much like how it looked. Meat's a little thin. That savoury sauce tasted like light soya sauce with some oil which I couldn't identify.

This was little like any Hainanese chicken chop I've ever had.

Rice came with coleslaw. That hot dog was an add on.

Ubi Thai Kitchen, Ubi

This stall (1st Stop Food Junction coffeeshop, Blk 3014 Ubi Road 1) which sells an assortment of Thai stir fry dishes with rice/noodles is just next door to Mei Mei Roast. This was their stir fried maggi/mama. That's instant noodles to you for anyone not from this part of the world. Sauce was a little sweet, still savoury and I like it! Pity about those bland little shrimps.

A few days later......

Stir fried minced pork with petai. Not bad tasting. It was less spicy than I had imagined after seeing the chillis. The stink beans weren't particularly strong tasting here. Love that they're pretty generous with their portion of minced pork.

Jeong's Jjajang, Killiney Road

Have heard of Jeong's Jjajang (75 Killiney Road, tel : +65 9832 1525) being mentioned so we're here to try the food.

Some peach makgeolli while waiting.

Jjajangmyeon was fine. The sauce was savoury sweet and onion-y. While we didn't think badly of this, I'm also thinking that I prefer the ones from O.BBa Jjajang and Wonderful Bapsang.

Decent kimchi bokkeumbap. This tasted like kimchi integrated with fried rice rather than kimchi fried rice if that makes sense.

Not bad kimchi jjigae.

Their mandus rocked!🤘🏼 Stuffings were pork, chives and mashed tofu I think. They were also huge. These were much more memorable than the ones from Noodle Star K. Note to self: come back for the jjampong the next time because the wok hei infused broth also rocks!

Cheese Board from Queic

Cheese Board from Queic - a less expensive way to try some of their cheesecakes. From the left, it's the Gruyere, Brie, Valençay and Stilton; each named after the cheese they're made from. Don't know if the arrangement is by design - the one with the most salted flavour was from the left and becomes decreasingly salted with increasing sweetness towards the right.

I liked all of them. Without exception, they were a mixture of creamy salted sweetness that was much lighter than the looks suggested. The ones with slightly funky flavour were the Valençay and Stilton; goat and blue cheese respectively.

2280 + smash from BurgerLabo

Wah...BurgerLabo ran out of milkshake on a Saturday evening!

So I took a page from Ken Loon on their IG and made a 2280 version with an additional smashed patty. No sauce, no onions.

Just beef and cheese. Awesome! You know what could have made it awesome-er? Finely diced onions like those from McD's double cheeseburgers.