HE SHENG Hong Kong Flavor Expert Beef (和勝港式牛肉汤), Chinatown Food Centre

Came across HE SHENG Hong Kong Flavor Expert Beef (Red Zone, #02-100 Chinatown Complex Market and Food Centre, 335 Smith Street) recently and was curious enough to try.

Here's a tendon only bowl. Some pieces of those tendon were really tender and others were chewier/gummy. Broth was flavourful and salty. Maybe a little too salty but also comes together pretty nicely with the salted vegetables and their house made chilli.

They have grilled beef ribs which isn't a typical offering from the local beef noodle stalls. These were arguably tender but the exterior was kinda hard. Not something I'd get again.

Some pistachio kunafa chocolate snacks

This post has been languishing in the mouldiness of draft status for months and it's now finally in the light of day. So to speak. I've gotten a few of those emergent kunafa chocolate thingys because they're kinda in many places over the past year and also to quell a curiosity by answering the question on how these fare against kunefe.

Got this cake bar from 7-11. Tasted not bad. Not excessively sweet with a sheath of chocolate around the crusty kadaifi that's layered over chocolate cake. Texture like chocolate cake with a light crunch.

Of the three, this one by Chocoelf was the most identifiable as kunefe/kunafa. Got a good crisp crunchiness from the kadaifi and chocolate wasn't overly sweet. Better tasting one of these three.

This can be found in 7-11. Okay-ish tasting, not great quality dark chocolate. There's a bit of crunch from the kadaifi but in a blind taste, I doubt anyone can tell it's kunafa. I wouldn't say it's bad but I wouldn't get it again.

Cheese Volcano pizzas from Domino's

Cheese sauce was a little sweet? Also not enough to go around which was disappointing. Pizza was...edible I guess. Will not be getting these again.

Pistachio dandanmian from Liu Lang Mian (流浪面)

This pistachio dan dan mian from Liu Lang Mian was apparently on limited run. The nut element in the bowl was according to the menu, roasted pistachio paste. Not a bad bowl. I liked how the pickled cucumbers and sharpness from the onion cuts through the creamy nuttiness of the egg richened sauce. I only have one gripe. 

Couldn't tell that there were pistachio involved.

Rat tail noodling at Authentic Teochew Tradition Mushroom Minced Meat Noodle (潮州传统香菇肉脞面)

First time getting bee tai bak/老鼠粉 from Authentic Teochew Tradition Mushroom Minced Meat Noodle.

Not bad tasting. The old uncle was at the front of the stall prepping dried sole with a permanent scowl etched on his face.

Grilled Fish Keisuke, Tanjong Pagar Road

 

Nice! Keisuke has opened up a (mostly) grilled fish teishoku shop on the unit (101 Tanjong Pagar Road) that used to house his tendon-ya Ginza Tendon Itsuki which ended business earlier in the month. We (also read as 'I') needed this in between bridging the crazy queue at Nakajima Suisan and the pricey Suju.

They've stepped up with the condiments in this shop featuring a briny mentaiko ika, a beefy savoury gyu shigure ni and a salty spicy karashi tanaka.

Teishoku comes with rice, miso soup and a fried egg. They're bottomless along with the condiments except for that fried egg and the protein of choice.

Which made it dangerous because the condiments were intensely flavoured and well salted to pair with rice. I had seconds.

Gratuitous molten yolk porn.

We had the gindara and akauo misozuke yaki. Grilled black cod and Pacific Ocean perch that's been marinated with miso in English. Both fishes were nicely done with crisp skin and a layer of light smoky sweetness from the marinate. I look forward to coming back - I spied gyutan and kinmedai.