Al Heera Restaurant, Sembawang Road

Got me some maggie goreng and fried chicken at Al Heera Restaurant (343 Sembawang Road, tel  : +65 6756 0323). Okay tasting with the regular instant noodle seasoning and MSG plus some heat but I would have preferred for the noodles to be more dry. This one was a little wet and I don't think it's a one off. It's how they roll at this place.

Fried chicken's okay too. They were refried on order and hence, served hot. Standard issue turmeric and garlick saltiness on the skin. Not awesome but also not a bad rendition. 

Tuna bibimbap from Ssada Gimbab (싸다김밥)

My first tuna bibimbap. From Ssada Gimbab. I wanted to keep it simple but ended up adding mozzarella cheese which on hindsight might not be the best idea since the warmth from the rice could only do so much before the cheese hardened again. What would seriously elevate this is a drizzle of good sesame oil. Definitely serviceable still.

Spicy Megamen from Brothers Ramen

I tried to break out from the megamen at Brothers Ramen (一, 二 , 三, 四, 五, 六, 七, 八, 九, 十) but they were out of the niboshi bowl which I wanted today. So I ended up with the spicy megamen. A first time. Which I found to be "better" because there's enough broth to soak those chunky charshu in to get them moist and more tender. But I lose an egg compared to getting the dry bowl. It was an 1hr 15mins from the start of the queue to getting our bowls today. A weekday. 

Double Banana pancake from Mr. Bean

This was not nice at all. The texture of the stuffing was odd to say the least for mashed banana and I could barely tell it was from the flavour. Tasted nothing like what one would expect from goreng pisang or banana cake.

Back with roasted birds at Tong Kee and their stoner lad taking orders

Today's experience with Tong Kee was kinda mediocre.

We asked if they could debone the chicken and the stoner kid taking orders said they could. We ordered three portions of thigh and drumstick deboned. We asked for some eggs with that order as well. Chicken came with bones. 🤨

For some reasons, he forgot to relay our order of eggs. 😒

Today's rice was dry-ish, clumpy and waxy. 😮‍💨 Not the standard that I remember from them. Good thing there was their smoky sweet sauce and lime-y chilli to get me through.

Cai png from the food court at Oxley Bizhub

Hmmm...pretty good value mixed vegetable rice for $5. Bitter gourd egg, fried chicken and 四川菜 pork. I liked the reduced bitter in the bitter gourd. This came from the same stall as this by the way.