Revisiting Hong Xing Handmade Fishball @ Bukit Merah View Hawker Centre

I wanted to confirm a couple of things at this Hong Xing Handmade Fishball at Bukit Merah View. The first was that I like how they put together the mee pok versus the stall at Hong Lim - seems like I'm sticking to this stall in the future. The second was that one could choose to have all meatballs. Mission accomplished!

More curry noodling at Cantonese Delights (廣東小吃)

Breakfast at Cantonese Delights. Queue formed about 10 minutes before the stall opened. It was almost a half hour before we got our food even though we were early.

The stall has both curry yong tau foo and laksa yong tau foo. According to the proprietor, the difference is in the gravy. The latter has dried shrimps (hae bee) and a sprinkle of dried laksa leaf. I'm sure they also forgot to mention that the rempah is different as well,

This laksa bowl has gravy that's nice and lemak and quite drinkable. Out of the 4 curry noodle stalls at Hong Lim, these guys are still numero uno in my books.

Char siew's better than many. It's made in house but they aren't a specialist in these.

A few days later......

Since curry wanton noodles was a thing, I tried curry sui gao noodles. Added fried chicken.

Dumpling's decently sized, has a smooth slurpy wrapper and stuffed with shrimp, minced pork and diced water chestnuts. Not bad.

Lee Ji Xiao Chi (李記小吃), Holland Village Food Centre

Someone mentioned Lee Ji Xiao Chi (#01-23, Holland Village Food Centre, 1 Lorong Mambong) and their bee hoon recently and somehow, it got stuck in my head so we came down to try it. Got a plate of their stir fried bee hoon with gravy. Flavour's savoury yet light with adequate saltiness without much complexity. Felt much like a home cooked dish.

Nasi Padang Beach Road, Smith Street Food Centre

This stall (Blue Zone, #02-225 Chinatown Complex Market and Food Centre, 335 Smith Street) is located at where Babas Peranakan used to be. Not bad tasting. Wouldn't be fair to compare them with  shops like Hajah Maimunah for the variety or quality so I won't. 😂 I think I also like the Babas Peranakan better. 

But...it's a decent eat. This plate had paru goreng, sayur lodeh and some achar. That and the gravy from the curried vegetables and a some sambal belachan which made it go down the hatch with ease. Don't mind coming back. Note to self: their sambal belachan doesn't pack much heat.

Eat May Know (食就知), Bendemeer Market & Food Centre

The quest for glutinous rice buns plods forward another step. Found this at Eat May Know (#01-32 Bendemeer Market & Food Centre, 29 Bendemeer Road).

The proprietor had no clue what this tasted like which I thought was odd. His answer to whether if these buns were sweet or salty was that they were neither. These glutinous rice buns were sweet for as far as I've encountered them. This wasn't different. Not getting the five spice flavour in this though it was still kinda enjoyable.

Recently at Tim Ho Wan (添好運)

Back at Tim Ho Wan @ Great World. There appears to be new items on their menu.

Like this morel mushroom crystal dumpling which we've never noticed the last time. Not bad tasting. Judging from the size of the morel caps in the dumpling, the mushrooms weren't small.

Pan fried radish cake.

The description of their steamed layered cake with olive kernel sounded interesting - like candied lard, olive kernel and coconut. Never had olive kernels before. Didn't taste like much. Couldn't discern any candied lard or coconut in it too. Tasted mostly salted egg.

Crispy shrimp in red rice rolls. Nothing particularly outstanding except for the citrusy roselle sauce which kinda was the one thing that made this delicious for me.

Something called lard buns with sesame paste. These buns were supposed to be made with lard infused dough but I couldn't taste the lard in the them. Fillings tasted like it had crushed peanuts and sesame intead of just sesame. Didn't taste bad.

Sea salt cream cap almond milk tea. I'm wondering if they meant almond milk and tea or was it almond and milk tea. Tasted nutty and milky.