Shi Nian (石年), Maxwell Food Centre

So, apparently what happened the last time I ordered pig trotter rice at Shi Nian at Amoy was that I ended up with literally the pig's feet, or 猪蹄 rather than what most people would assume to be 猪脚 or something khao kha moo-ish.

Which I had gotten today at this branch (#01-64 Maxwell Food Centre, 1 Kadayanallur Street). Deliciously tender and slurpy and full of flavour from the braising sauce. This was a lot more satisfying than the last one and the young chap manning the stall was also much amicable compared to the couple of guys at Amoy with half scowls.

Got an order of their chewy textured swirly intestines which were quite similar to the more refined renditions that one can find at Putien. Not bad.

Nummun Thai Kitchen, Upper Thomson Road

We came here wanting to try the chunky crab omelette which people were talking about at Nummun Thai Kitchen (#01-03 Thomson Imperial Court, 200 Upper Thomson Road, tel : +65 8886 8699) but they happened to be out of crab. Bummer! Anyways, their cha yen was pretty decent and definitely a reprieve in the scorching afternoon. But that Fanta Green just resurfaced bad memories of childhood so - no more of those.

Thai style stir fried kang kong packed less heat than I was expecting. Main gripe was that they were too stemmy.

Non spicy clear tomyum talay was outstanding. At $14, I wished there was more seafood in it. 

Som tam mamuang was pretty bare bones. I had to request for the peanuts. I suspect every other condiment that I was expecting had to be requested for separately. The mango was refreshing with the sugar/lime but I didn't think I tasted any fish sauce. And more finely sliced onions would have been great. 😅

That som tam mamuang was pretty good with the sticky rice though.

Not bad tasting pineapple fried rice. Came with a couple of sizeable good quality prawns and cashews.

Ice coffee's decent.

Fish Village (小渔村), Maxwell Food Centre

Relatively new stall selling steamed fish (#01-32 Maxwell Food Centre, 1 Kadayanallur Street). Tried a portion of their steamed sea bass and it was delicious. Firm and flaky with little seasoning but sweet soy sauce kind of delicious. Will come back another time!

Breakfast at The Roti Prata House

Haven't been eating at The Roti Prata House for a long time. Here's a recent breakfast where I learnt that their fish and chicken curry weren't great. There's definitely better around. Teh halia wasn't very gingery.

The kambing soup was a little thinner than what I imagined. Not sure where that viscosity was coming from. Cubes of lamb in the broth were a little tough.

Decent maggi keema. I liked that it was dry and the noodles weren't soggy. There's minced mutton in it - the kind that they use for murtabak but those didn't appear to have much flavour.

Masala potatoes were masala potatoes.

We ordered their fried fish because it looked better than run of the mill. Doesn't quite appear good looking in the photo but I thought it was delicious. The skin of the mackerel wasn't crispy but it had pretty good seasoning and the meat wasn't dried out from the frying. Gonna get this again the next time.

Lau Di Fang Curry Rice (老地方), Kopitiam @ Tiong Bahru Plaza

Noticed this stall Kopitiam at Tiong Bahru Plaza (#03-101 Tiong Bahru Plaza, 302 Tiong Bahru Road) just next door to Cuo Cuo You Yu and decided to try. Not a fan. Curry's not robust and nothing in particular was outstanding in particular. That being said, the braised egg and stewed vegetables were pretty edible. So was the fried chicken. The latter was pretty salty though. Not something I'd look forward to in earnest.

Maybe I'm just not hugely into curry rice. There's a bunch that I don't mind like the ever popular nameless Beo Crescent stall, Hong Seng, Loo's, Maddie's Kitchen and perhaps Yuguo that I can recall offhand. The next step up which I prefer were the old school defunct Traditional Hainanese Curry Rice (Redhill Food Centre) and 38 Curry Rice (Havelock Road Food Centre). The last two have sadly shuttered.

Lao Ye Teochew Porridge (老爷潮州粥), Happy Hawkers @ Kim Tian

Lao Ye Teochew Porridge (201 Kim Tian Road) is located at the same Happy Hawker coffeeshop as the recent King of Fried Rice. We noticed them that last time and thought their offerings looked appealing.

Nice. Everything we ordered was competently done. The minced pork with black beans sure was good with rice. Pomfret was delicious. Will come back again.