Pistach & Morty in sesame bagel from Two Men Bagel House

Rick & Morty vibes much from the name of this one? 😏 Anyways, Pistach & Morty from TMBH ( 一, 二, 三, 四, 五, 六, 七, 八, 九, 十, 十一, 十二, 十三, 十四, 十五, 十六, 十七, 十八, 十九, 二十, 二十一, 二十二, 二十三, 二十四, 二十五, 二十六, 二十七, 二十八, 二十九, 三十, 三十一). According to them - hazelnut, salted walnut, kataifi, Mortadella, whipped Brie, balsamic glaze and cranberry compote.

現実 <- The only nut I picked up was pistachio and I'm not sure if it came from the Mortadella. That green stuff tasted nutty so I'm guessing it's pistachio butter. Nice crunch from the kataifi and a deliciously rich cheesy creaminess from the Brie with the fruitiness of the cranberry compote cutting through it all.

Paradise Classic, One Holland Village

Somewhat surprised that Paradise Classic (#01-33 One Holland Village, 7 Holland Village Way, tel : +65 6551 5558) delivers on its name. It serves classics from the zi char arena. Then again, what's classic might differ from one generation to another. This was recognisable as such for me at least. 

Ice lychee tea. It's classic styled. Tea and canned lychee, sweetened/flavoured with the syrup from the can. Quite nice.

Got a large yang zhou fried rice (扬州炒饭). I did not realise that large feeds 3-4. I was thinking 2. But it's all good since we could tar pow back what we couldn't finish. Decent tasting with real char siew and non-sus looking prawns. Would have been nicer if there was some fish sauce for some of that nuanced saltiness.

Another classic...sweet and sour pork. Crunchy surface, fat in the meat and pretty chunky cut. There's canned pineapples in there, no less. Not bad tasting.

A mixed stall breakfast at Chinatown's food centre

Breakfast at Chinatown!

Bee hoon from Chang Ji Gourmet. Flavour seems a little bit different but still good tasting.

Some braised duck, eggs, tau kwa and pig's skin from Run Ji Cooked Food.

Those bee hoon from Chang Ji Gourmet need to be upsized. While $1.30 appears relatively cheap, a decent portion would be double the regular serving which one could get in two orders and would total $2.60. Not so cheap for just bee hoon after all.

Revisiting Royal Host @ Takashimaya/Ngee Ann City

Have been meaning to come back to Royal Host.

Got their Royal Hamburg Curry Rice which came with some floral iced tea...

...and a soup. This was the clam chowder. Tasted better than what the Campbell-esque appearance might suggest. There's quite a few tender chewy clams in it.

Royal Hamburg Curry Rice featured their delicious hambagu with curry on the side. 

Not bad tasting curry which was spicy sweet but not annoyingly so.

Also nicely done mentaiko seafood pasta with small squids and scallops spiked with pretty potent shiso. 👍🏼

Qiji Traditional Fish Maw Soup & Minced Pork Noodle (麒记鱼漂汤 肉胜面), Sunset Way

Came across the menion of Qiji Traditional Fish Maw Soup & Minced Pork Noodle (#01-62, 106 Clementi Street 12). The noodles with fish maw soup sounded good. Sounded is the operative word.

These guys used a better mee kia than the mass produced factory ones. But I don't think it was handled well because after the saucing and tossing, the noodles ended up feeling a little slimy rather than firm and cleanly coated. While it looked like there were bits of fried lard there, we actually couldn't taste much of them.

Soup's peppery with a some sweetness, possibly from the cabbage. Liked it better with some of the minced garlic which made it more savoury. The fish maw was unmemorable - like soggy you tiao kind of unmemorable. Pork tasted floury and unnaturally textured. Not impressed.

More food from Maddie's Kitchen

Haven't eaten at Maddie's Kitchen for a while. Went zi char style with rice today.

Garlic kailan's pretty decent. Sauce with its savoury/salty garlicky flavour was great with rice.

There's sliced red garoupa with bitter gourd and fermented black beans. Did not expect the fish to be coated with flour and I would prefer that they hadn't been. Not bad tasting with those salty black beans.

Tried the minced pork omelette.

There's like at least as much onions as minced pork in the egg. Maybe more onions than pork. Tasted pretty good though.