Revisiting Joo Chiat Beef Noodle (如切牛腩面),

Came back for more stuff Joo Chiat Beef Noodle at Zion Riverside Food Centre. No we didn't get the cow penis. This was a bowl of dry kuey teow with tripe. Tripe was pretty tender and a little chewy. Random thought : why is isn't this place called Zion Canalside Food Centre instead?

We did get tendon this time as well in soup kuey teow. That broth tasted like bak kut teh/zhu zha tang (猪什汤) rather than beef noodle soup. Which is odd because I could have sworn that the broth was from the pot of boiling beef parts.

That's their rendition of 红油抄手. Not exactly has how I imagined but it was a pretty decent eat if not identical to those chilli oil dumplings that are found in Chinese restaurants. There's toasted chilli and some vinegar. Couldn't identify the meat stuffings so I'm assuming it's pork.

Economy Snacks (经济小吃), Telok Blangah Crescent Food Centre

Noticed this stall (#01-124 Telok Blangah Crescent Market & Food Centre, 11 Telok Blangah Crescent) selling economy bee hoon the last time we were at this food centre. Made a mental note to come back and here we were.

Pretty decent bee hoon. Love those fried eggs without crispy borders. Luncheon meat was unusually peppery. Chilli's slightly sweet and a little spicy. Definitely don't mind coming back again.

Burnt Cone Gelato, Sunset Way

Some stuff from a happenstance dive into Burnt Cone Gelato (#01-02, 105 Clementi Street 12, tel : +65 9711 1097) while seeking refuge from the rain.

Got ourselves dirty matcha and ube latte. The former wasn't memorable on the account of the ratio of ingredients. A bit too much milk for the amount of matcha and coffee which made it feel....somewhat frivolous. The ube latte? Has that expected yam/sweet potato flavour and was milky.

There's waffles on menu - freshly made, eggy and delicious with the bit of crisp on the edges. Here's one topped with a scoop of ube and a chrysanthemum with goji berry gelato. As I can recall with my limited experience, I haven't had any bad chrysanthemum gelato. This one was nice too.

Yan Ji Gourmet by Good Earth (炎记品味海鲜汤)

This revisit to Yan Ji was prompted, kinda, by the recent eat at Jia Li Seafood Soup. We were pretty sure that Yan Ji has a better tasting broth and wanted to...well, confirm if we remembered it correctly. Too many gaslights around lately. I never realized that they were branded Yan Ji Gourmet by Good Earth until recently. Anyways......

These couple of bowls featured toman/snakehead and milkfish belly. The snakehead (bottom) one had a sweeter broth but the milkfish belly (top) had more flavour. In any case, both blew the broth from Jia Li out of their water. 😂 More umami, sweet and roundedness in the finish. Yan Ji was just so much more satisfying.

Their pumpkin rice was dry and beady, flavoured largely by dried shrimp. Add chilli sauce for an awesome eat but otherwise, I wouldn't bother getting this again.

Authentic Teochew Tradition Mushroom Minced Meat Noodle (潮州传统香菇肉脞面), Havelock Road Food Centre

Authentic Teochew Tradition Mushroom Minced Meat Noodle (#01-21 Havelock Road Cooked Food Centre, 22A/B Havelock Road) opened up recently. They are the incarnation of the defunct Sixties Chaozhou Traditional Minced Pork Noodles that used to be at Seng Poh Road. The menu appears to be the same as before.

The queue was definitely the same as before - meaning excruciatingly slow. 😑 For a little more than a handful of persons ahead, it was a 45 minute wait.

This was the $7 bowl of mee pok.

This was the $5 bowl. The more expensive bowl had a couple of prawns and ti poh.

Looking back, their mushroom minced meat noodle tasted very much the same. As far as I can tell. From the middling texture of the noodles to the strength of vinegar and even the sweet peppery soup on the side. My opinion of it also hasn't changed as well. Not bad and will definitely consider them if there wasn't a queue.

Fernando's New York Slices, Margaret Market

Fernando's New York Slices (#01-09 Margaret Market, 38 Margaret Drive, tel : +65 8428 8846) is by a Hiran Fernando, former chief pie architect of the defunct Zazz Pizza - our go to place for Neopolitan styled pizza. When it was still around that is. 

It's New York pizza with this new shop according to them. Debatable whether or not it is truly NY styled and I'm sure there be many opinions on it. Will not be spending my two cents on that here. Their unit is just next door to The Homme Baker.

Ham and cheese fritters - not bad. Nice crunch on the outside with hot gooey cheese, some ham and basil.

Pretty decent lasagne. There's a nice beefiness to the tomato sauce in it. Wished there were more meat though.

That's a half Hawaiian and half four cheese. Seems like it's the same kind of pineapples that they used previously at Zazz. This looked to be a Sicilian styled pizza with a crust that was thinner. Like how it was at Zazz, the crust wasn't heavy and pretty good eating. 

Left's Carbo Duo which featured rosemary, cauliflower, potatoes and ham amongst a couple of other toppings. Not bad tasting as well. Right's their Prince Roni which I'm guessing is their paler shade of the Prince Street Pizza from NYC. There's hot honey on the table which pretty much worked with all their pies we've had so far.

Fernando's New York Slices personally wasn't as impressive as first impressions went compared to Zazz Pizza. But then again, I'm fond of the Neapolitan style and could be biased. I did like it enough to consider coming back though.