Farhana West Coast, Tekka Food Centre

Pretty decent Indian rojak from Farhana West Coast (#01-262 Tekka Market & Food Centre, 665 Buffalo Road). The breads were freshly refried on order and that dip was filled with crushed peanuts. What got my attention though were the thick slices of paru goreng. Check out the lattices on them. They were tender like fish cakes. Can you believe it?

BSM in garlic bagel from Two Men Bagel House

Haven't had the BSM from Two Men Bagel House ( 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) before but apparently that's from the TMBH Classics section of their menu so I guess it's been around. Egg, cheese and bologna with a hint of that maple butter. Breakfast-y. This one was piping hot with the innards spilling out as I ate.

Ms. Durian, Jalan Besar

Heard about Ms Durian (11 Kelantan Road, tel/Whatsapp : +65 6962 0057) so we finally made it down to try...whatever it was they had.

Like their durian coffee which was a cold brew served with an ice ball.

Drink had a good balance between the durian and coffee but neither was particularly potent. Was pretty milky.

Matcha mango milk did not have much mango taste. It was there, just too subtle in the the background.

Breaded fried Brie with fruit compote - nice crunchy exterior with melty insides which was kinda drowned out by both the crunchy exterior and the accompanying compote. I thought this would have been nicer if it was Camembert.

Tom yam pasta had a nice lemongrass flavour. I liked it but it didn't taste particularly tom yam to me.

Most intriguing was their mao shan wang nasi lemak. Most of the flavour in the rice was from the durian and not coconut and we couldn't definitively tell what type of durian it was. Wouldn't have associated nasi lemak with it. Fried chicken was nice. Most awesome item on the plate was...*drumroll*...the fiery sambal which I wasn't sure what they expected us to use on. I ate it with the egg and cucumbers because I didn't want to waste it and it did not make sense with the rice.

Mao shan wang ice cream puffs were not bad but were puny. Two biter max.

There was a whiskey mao shan wang cake which didn't contain the slightest hint of whiskey. Lovely cake but overpriced.

Durian tiramisu was pretty good though. Both the durian mousse and espresso were potent and balanced. Wouldn't expect to see a concoction like this at any part of the world aside from our sunny shores and northern neighbour.

Fong Hup Koka Noodle (豐合可口麵), Jalan Bukit Merah

Decent bowl of tom yum Koka noodle from Fong Hup Koka Noodle (Detian Coffee Shop, 28 Jalan Bukit Merah) with a spicy tangy tomato flavour. There's marinated minced and slice pork (and a hidden egg) in it but the quantity of meat felt somewhat sparse. I liked that they did not overcook those noodles. Not as awesome as I recall from the bowl at Hai Xian Zhu Zhou though.

Zham Zham Muslim Food, Tekka Food Centre

Here's a mutton dalcha rice meal from Zham Zham Muslim Food (#01-217 Tekka Market & Food Centre, 665 Buffalo Road). Nice one. The dalcha was filled with slivers of disintegrate in the mouth mutton fat which was delicious. Got some sambal quail eggs and cabbage poriyal on the side too.

The boned in mutton was relatively tender but not at the stage where they easily slipped off the bone. Those flimsy plastic utensils managed to handle much of the meat extraction but there were parts where they failed me. Anyways, pretty good. There's an option which involves lamb ribs which weren't available because it's one of those things for the earlier birds so I'll try to catch that worm the next time.

One week later......

Managed to get a portion of their lamb ribs dalcha before peak hour. No extra slivers of fat in my bowl today. 

Like the boned in mutton from the previous visit, the meat on the rib was relatively tender. Not wieldy with plastic utensils but definitely easy eating using hands which I eventually did. Their dal palak was delicious.

Semolina, Tanglin Mall

Noticed Semolina (B1-121 Tanglin Mall, 163 Tanglin Road, tel : +65 8868 4415) a while back. They're Indian vegetarian along the food section at the basement of Tanglin Mall. For all the chaat and street food on the menu, this is Tanglin Mall so there're no street food vibes. Everything feels......clean.

There's saffron chai on menu. Tea's creamy with a hint of saffron. No unfair comparisons to another saffron tea will be made here. 😂

Decent dahi puri. I was imagining that it would have more splashes of colour from the yoghurt and chutneys but I guess that's not the way they roll here. The sev was fine. 

This might be the first time we've ever ordered paratha. The honour of our first was a gobi paratha - served with avakaya (mango pickle) and sweetened curd (yoghurt) on the side. 

Cauliflower's mashed in between layers of the bread infused with cumin. This was quite delicious.

Got a serving of their Hakka noodle. It's not Hakka styled/influenced if anyone was wondering. It's Indian Chinese stir fried noodles.I think there's soy sauce it in and some vegetables. Quite salty but that made it moreish for me.

Masala chai to end. Tea's milky and I wished there was stronger spices from their masala. Tasted safe. Decent but not memorable.