Basil King, Margaret Drive

This was from one of numerous outlets (40 Margaret Drive) of Basil King - the local pad krapow chain of stalls allegedly "inspired" by Mark Wein's Phed Mark. "Inspired". 😏

Their rendition featured minced pork which was kinda dried out, a pretty manageable level 4 heat and creamy yolk that was kinda nice. I can't say I didn't enjoy this but that being said, I don't think it stood up that well compared to a number of other pad krapow moo we've had. Also considering that they have 13 outlets out there for a relatively new brand, isn't QC out the window already?

Dinosaur Munchi from Munchi Pancakes

Limited edition flavour from Munchi Pancakes and the name obviously is a reference to Milo Dinosaur. I kinda liked it it. These munchis were just fat disc version of min chiang kueh with a tender and springy bite to them. This particular one was coated with Milo powder and stuffed with Milo flavoured cream cheese.

Back at SBCD Korean Tofu House

Happenstance dinner at SBCD Korean Tofu House. It's been a lot longer than I realised since the last time. This was a combo with spicy chicken and their original beef soontofu/sundubu.

Their spicy chicken's kinda nice. Charred, smoky and sweet. The heat wasn't as intimidating as what most people might imagine. We almost thought this was the teriyaki chicken served by mistake.

That original beef soontofu has sliced and minced meat. Noticed substantially more tofu than I recall ever getting from the last times. This pot was great with rice.

Fan Ji Speciality Noodle (帆記特制麵), West Coast Drive

Long story short, owner/noodle slinger Oliver graduated from being a customer -> fan -> godson > disciple and eventually successor to Ah Hoe Mee Pok. At least that's the story that's been told. The outcome is Fan Ji Speciality Noodle (501 West Coast Drive) which is located in the same spot that used to be Ah Hoe Mee Pok. 

Menu looked the same. This was their No. 5 bowl which was their rendition of bak chor mee with fish maw. 加面 is free like how it was when it was Ah Hoe Mee Pok, but that above was it. Looked much like a regular portion from any other stalls. So without 加面, the bowl of noodles will be small.

Great texture on the mee pok. Love how much bite it has. Liked the saucing though. Spicy, savoury with a mild sweet undertone and a bit lardy.

Soup comes with minced pork, sliced pork, fish maw, fish dumpling and their Teochew dumpling. Soups gently sweet from possibly the pork and cabbage but still savoury and relatively clean tasting. I like it.

Said Teochew dumpling can be ordered separately. They're semi circular that slightly resembles sui gao/水饺 with dried soe/ti poh infused minced pork stuffings wrapped in wanton skin. Nice.

Xin Man Tang HK Roasted (新满堂港式烧腊), Circuit Road

Xin Man Tang's located at the same coffeeshop as NKS Indian Muslim Food (18B Circuit Road) from a few months back. They're basically a roast meats, chicken rice and wanton noodle stall. Pretty decent tasting greasy plate of chicken rice (I got 鸡尾) here with a lime-y garlicky chilli. The char siew was pretty darn good with the fatty bits and sweet char on the surface.

Re-visiting Song Fa Bak Kut Teh (松發肉骨茶) @ Chinatown Point

It has been a while (a few years actually) since our last time at Song Fa Bak Kut Teh. The reason I give myself for not doing so is the queue. Often long and discouraging. But we made it today and did not have to wait very long.

One of the things I've been looking forward to is gulps of their King's Garden Ale.

We ordered some old people food like salted vegetable/pickled mustard greens, sliced fish in peppery broth and braised tau kee. That and pork knuckles which the menu has option for less lean meat - so this was mostly fat and skin. Nice.

Those pickled vegetables, a splash of the peppery broth and the braising sauce from the pork knuckle created rice thievery. 👍🏼