Cantonese Delights, Hong Lim Food Centre

I hadn't realized that this stall's location (#02-03, Hong Lim Food Centre, 531A Upper Cross Street) was just adjacent to Woh Hup until I got into the queue. It took a while - 20 minutes or so, but that curry fried chicken noodle was actually worth it. Those chicken tasted freshly fried, crisp on the exterior and the noodles were blanched to a firm doneness which had the prerequisite bite which I enjoyed. It's a dollar more for the additional char siew which were pretty decent.  And I liked the curry enough to slurp up the last of it after finishing up. I've no qualms about coming back for this again.

More sandwiches from Smoke Shack

Montevideo

Yes, these are the sandwich guys (2 Amoy Street, #01-01 Far East Square, tel : + 65 6557 2214) that used to be down at the basement of Republic Plaza. I've seen nice pictures of their sandwiches and somehow, I never get that whenever I'm there. My opinion of them hasn't changed very much from the last time. Good but not great. Would be nice if portions were a little bigger. I could definitely get something from them if I'm in the vicinity, but wouldn't go out of my way just for it. I would love for more blue cheese and apples in their smoked duck sandwich though. 

smoked duck, apple, blue cheese

Traditional Handmade Yong Tau Fu, Whampoa Food Centre

I liked this. For $3.30, it was also a darn good deal. As much as this stall (#01-32, 91 Whampoa Drive) looks like another ubiquitous yong tau fu shack, it was noticeably better than the run of the mill. While it might be true that one cannot have the choice pick of the ingredients, the ones that they had tossed in were pretty good. Those tofu with meat paste even had chunks of water chestnut inside. Don't the minced meat ladled over the noodles look tempting? Am coming by another time for their larger portions. 

Basmati nasi lemak from Island Cafe

Wow, this was very nice indeed. The fragrance of pandan and coconut infused into the savoury basmati rice - and maybe a secret ingredient or two? This beats the other basmati nasi lemak at Selera Rasa hands down. But then again, this was also a lot more expensive. And for the additional we're paying for over here, one gets a very competently done beef rendang which wasn't too sweet (awesome!), a couple of tasty sambal shrimps, properly roasted peanuts and also nicely done sambal on the side. So good was the sambal and the rice that I had to eat them separately as not to muddle up the flavours. Things like these and that delicious wagyu beef and black bean sauce hor fun that keeps me coming back to Island Cafe.

More chicken rice from Mat Noh & Rose

This was an unplanned re-visit to Mat Noh & Rose. We had known that we'd be back but hadn't expected it to be so soon. This time round, we opted for the chicken breast and fried livers on the sides. I'm going to be boring here and state that both were delicious. Apparently, the stall uses only fresh chicken, not the frozen variety. Which explains the tenderness of the breast meat. And the sides of livers came with 3 hearts today!

The orange ciabatta toast from Good Morning Nanyang Cafe

Buttered, kaya-ed and sporadically flecked with the aroma from the bits of orange peel.