Obanyakis from 108 Matcha Saro

I've been wanting to try the obanyaki from 108 Matcha Saro (#B1-K5 Suntec City, 3 Temasek Boulevard) since I heard about them opening up last year. Never happened until now because it's never in the way.

I liked the one with matcha custard fillings. Gotta love that there was enough of the green tea flavour in that custard which also gave that hint of bitterness after the creamy sweet.

There was this other double chocolate one with green tea dough. Didn't think so much of the chocolate custard and chocolate combination. 

Tenjin, Raffles City

Les Amis' tempura shop Tenjin opened more than a year back. They're a relatively wallet friendly tendon based shop. Did not manage to try them until the opening of their second outlet at Raffles City (#B1-46 Raffles City, 252 North Bridge Road, tel : +65 9663 1365).

There's truffle chawanmushi. It's okay-ish. I kept thinking about the much more expensive one from Aoki as I ate this. This one was obviously not as good as that was.

This was the Inaniwa cold udon set with the tempura. Not bad. I like the tempura here much better than the grease logged and oft mentioned Tendon Kohaku which I never understood. Loved the chilled udon and equally chilled smoky tsuyu that came with it.

Teh and steak au poivre from iSteaks

We came back for some food at iSteaks. Had an unexpectedly decent teh with milk served in a beer mug. The hot tea had the right amount of condensed milk and creaminess that I thought was enjoyable. 

They had a a steak au poivre on limited run which came with salad and prawn bisque. Salad's not bad. Tasted better than it looked and I liked that it wasn't drenched with dressing. As for the prawn bisque......we've had better. 

They did do a pretty decent striploin au poivre. Had a properly done peppercorn crust and sweet peppercorn sauce to pair.

The steak came with a dessert which was their pot de creme. I hadn't much idea what it was based on the menu description and probably might never have ordered it. It's actually pretty good. Tau hway soft vanilla flavoured pudding with sea salt and maple syrup.

Fu Ming Cooked Food (福明熟食), Redhill Food Centre

I've heard a bit about this Mickey Mouse flanked (#01-49, Redhill Food Centre, 85 Redhill Lane) Bib Gourmand chai tow kuey stall and decided to give them a try. During one of those days when I saw that there wasn't much of a queue of course. Apparently their radish cakes are made by themselves laboriously the day before instead depending on the factory produced variety. That alone differentiated them from most of the other radish/carrot cake stalls out there.

You know what? I thought it was pretty good. I liked how much char they imbued into the the fried radish cake, especially for the black one. The only thing that I didn't feel so comfortable with was how greasy it was. There was oil pooling at the bottom of the plate. I'm not against giving them another go the next time though.

Du Du Cooked Food, Havelock Road Food Centre

The shop (#01-10 Havelock Road Cooked Food Centre, 22A/B Havelock Road) was opened when I was getting breakfast so I thought I'd get a few of their tutu kueh back to try. In the event that anyone hadn't any idea what this was about, they're small steamed rice cakes with fillings. Usually with sugared crushed peanuts and shredded sweetened coconut.

These were it. Not bad. I thought there was a good ratio of fillings to rice cake. Those fillings weren't bad as well.

There were larger sized ones that go for a dollar each. These larger ones were made with moulds that didn't have the scallop designs on the edges.

Chilli ban mian from Tangs Market

I've been curious about the ban mian stall at Tangs Market for a while mainly because of the chilli bowl that they have. Finally tried it. It's not bad. Tasted much like the one I had at Nam Kee which kinda figures since both Tangs Market and Nam Kee are run by Fei Xiong. There's flavour coming from the dark sauce which paired with the chilli paste which gave it depth. Think Grandma Ban Mee would edge this out but I've nothing against having this again should I be in the vicinity.