Bak chor mee pok from Tian Tian Chi Mian (201 Kim Tian Road). Their rendition doesn't have meatballs. Pretty decent tasting bowl with generous toppings. Sambal has a nice flavour.
Saturday, September 19, 2026
Revisiting The Beef House
Been many years since we last ate at The Beef House.
Their beef tendon balls elicited the same nostalgia as the previous time I had them. I've an updated take of that clear broth. I thought little of them in the past. I enjoyed the light clear beefiness this time round.
Got ourselves some smooth slurpy kuey teow today. Nice.
It was only when I was writing this that I remembered that we've had their soon kueh before. Same feelings as the last time about them.
Friday, September 18, 2026
Strawberry mochi xiao long bao from Din Tai Fung (鼎泰豐)
These strawberry mochi xiao long bao from Din Tai Fung were pretty good. There's a layer of tender chewy mochi under the wrapper filled with scalding hot strawberry sauce. Should have ordered the larger basket. 😬
Kim's Roast (金品烧味), Syed Alwi Road
Kim's Roast (217 Syed Alwi Road) is located at the same coffee shop as The Beef House. We were drawn to them by what we've seen of their roasts online.
Got a plate of 油饭 with char siew and dang gui roast duck. And a few pieces of remaining off cuts of roast pork which the stall threw in for free.
They're all pretty good. Love the sweet caramelized char siew and from what we've had of the roast pork, we know we'll be coming back another time for more them.
A closer look at those fatty layers in the char siew. We'll be coming back for those too.
Thursday, September 17, 2026
Getting chicken rice from Dian Xiao Er
Dian Xiao Er has chicken rice these days. Only available in a few of their branches it seems. It's an unexpected turn of events since they have been, and are still known for their roasted ducks.
Some passion fruit drink call Vita Charge Passion Fruit. Pretty refreshing. Did enjoy it even though it wasn't as gao as I imagined.
There's a decent homemade tofu with conpoy, crabmeat and luffa on the menu. The sauce in it was savoury and eggy.
Their poached chicken - I thought what they have done was pretty respectable. Got ourselves a half chicken serving. Bird was chilled and pretty tender. That said, it didn't have the "slurp off the bone easily" quality that stalls like Sin Kee can do. Not a deal breaker that.
Competently done rice (油饭) they did with a hint of ginger.
Dinner at Dulukala
Back at Dulukala for dinner. Lots of gravies and a nice sambal belachan to ladle over their dry boring rice.
Chap chye.
Sauce from the babi pongteh was less intense with that fermented soybean flavour than I had been imagining. Otherwise the pork belly was pretty tender.
Otah's pretty good. Filled with chunks of fish.
Nice assam fish head. The assam gravy was deliciously fruity, lightly spicy and addictive. Something about it kept me thinking that there was pineapple in it.
This was supposed to be chinchalok omelette but there was very little chinchalok in it.
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