In between then and now, I've probably gotten these rats tail noodles/bee tai bak/老鼠粉 probably just a few times. Nothing's change since. Greasy fried noodles, hash brown, egg and their garlicky chicken cutlet. The adjective I used was 'serviceable'. Still is. Ate this with the best sauce. There was a queue getting this so people do like their food.
Authenticity seems more a matter of ranges and limitations than of outright prescriptions. - Jeffrey Steingarten, The Man Who Ate Everything
Sunday, June 22, 2025
Rat tails noodling from Ah Xi Prawn Crackers 4 years later...
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Ollella's durian kueh dada at Takashimaya's Food Fiesta 2025
We were intrigued by this sign at Ollella's booth at Takashimaya's Food Fiesta.
A box of 2.
Nice. The shredded coconut lent texture while the durian puree added flavour.
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Saturday, June 21, 2025
Cheese telur banjir-ed from Prata Saga Sambal Berlada
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Revisiting Din Tai Fung (鼎泰豐) @ Great World
Some recent eats from Din Tai Fung at Great World.
Da hong pao (大红袍) milk tea with peach gum. Nice.
Pork & shrimp dumpings in spicy sesame sauce were pretty good. They've always done a good job out of their dumplings. This was married with some heat from the chilli sauce paired with nuttiness from the sesame sauce component.
What got me sold on this were the pickled mustard greens. Love the light tangy saltiness from those. And also the trio of textures from the vegetable, strips of pork and noodles.
First time having their dou miao with shredded pork. Savoury with the flavour of garlic, crunch of the pea shoots and some bite from the pork. Like. Was it us or are the dou miao slimmer these days? Not complaining. We like it this way.
These black sesame mochi xiao long bao were new. The black sesame flavour in the paste was good.
As far as I remember, their steamed layer cake has always been marked as sold out. Am pretty sure this was our first time even though it's been on the menu like forever. I wanted to know if these were on par with the Huaiyang sweet strata cake from Nanjing Impressions. They weren't. But it's good with the chocolate sauce.
This cocoa wafer bun was a limited time item. There's chocolate wafer bits inside and the top's studded with hazelnuts. Like a steamed bun version of a Ferrero Rocher. But nicer because it's steaming hot.
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Friday, June 20, 2025
Lamb chop curry and snow fungus soup from Tsui Wah (翠華)
I like this change with how Tsui Wah serves their curry lamb chops compared to the first time we had them. The curry is now separated into a bowl on the side instead of being doused over the lamb. Those lamb ribs were nicely done here. No unnecessary rosemary marinate, just good old salt to bring out the meat's intrinsic flavour.
There's snow fungus soup with pear. Think it's on a limited run. Gotta admit this was much more enjoyable than I thought.
Thursday, June 19, 2025
参香肉脞面 (San Xiang Bak Chor Mee), ABC Brickworks Food Centre
Came across 参香肉脞面 (#01-132 ABC Brickworks Food Centre, 6 Jalan Bukit Merah) facing Wow Wow West and decided that their bak chor mee looked good.
This was the $6 bowl and it was enjoyable. Mee pok was a little softer than I prefer but really easy to inhale. Saucing was spicy and savoury with the zing of vinegar while those extra fried pork lard really added to the aroma. Now I know there's another stall for decent bcm here aside from Mr Meepok.
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