Tom’s City Zoom Mee Pok Tar in Ghim Moh market makes an interesting noodle dish. Fried Dumplings, Fish Cakes, Fishballs all in a delicous sauce. Yes, more for me please!
Ghim Moh folks' favourite, a nice re-interpretation of the old staple minced pork noodle by a young hawker.
The fishballs were very nice and clearly handmade, with good flavour, texture, bite and some uneveness. Moist inside and crunchy outside. The noodles with vinegar were well cooked and refreshing. Well worth the queue.
If you are a cockles lover, this plate of CKT might disappoint you. Not only that their cockles are tiny, but they also do not allow adding of cockles too.
It was a special joy as I had been waiting to taste this CKT again for a very long time, one of Singapore's most famous fried kway teow.
I will definitely eat this again when I swing by the hawker centre with my family.
Most stalls would order their carrot cakes from a supplier but at Ghim Moh Carrot Cake, the team insists on making it freshly in their stall.
The carrot cake portion is generous. I polished off the whole plate and is too full to have anything else at the food centre.
The texture of carrot cake reminded me of ketuput (Malay rice cake) but Chinese carrot cake 菜头粿 is softer due to the radish and carrot mixed into the rice flour.
Chye Kee Chwee Kueh at Circuit Road Food Centre was the last wholly artisanal water cake maker in Singapore (including milling their own rice flour from scratch).
In fact, with a little over half a century history behind it, Ghim Moh Chwee Kueh should be nominated for a heritage food award of sorts for keeping true to traditions.
One of the most nostalgic experience you can have with Chwee Kueh.
I will try to go early next time to avoid the queue, though I will probably skip the stall if I have to queue for more than half an hour.
👉 With Jiu Jiang in Ghim Moh, I am happy that I can get my crystal char siew fix in a Singapore hawker centre. It's delicious and reasonably priced too.
Overall, the roasted duck at Jiu Jiang Shao La is not bad but definitely not the best I have eaten. I would go back for their char siew instead.
While the guy that swears on this version of White Carrot Cake from Hock Soon is simply the best, I beg to differ. For white carrot cakes, I still prefer them to be served in blocks and not as charred but packed with sweet egg flavours.
I personally prefer my egg to radish cake ratio but I can understand the stall is running a business and it has to watch its cost.
There is always time to have a mee jiang kueh with a cup of kopi or teh. Head down to a branch near you and give Granny’s Pancake a try!
Personally, I preferred thicker mee chiang kueh with overflowing filling. Those are more satisfying and shiok to bite into but its just a matter of personal preference.
The curry lacks the flavour and depth that we are looking for. Though its consider decent eat, a return trip to the same stall is tough.
If you ever miss the taste of home-cooked curry, pop by Ghim Moh Food Centre to get yourself a nice warm bowl from Hai Nan Hometown Curry.
The stall is manned by a man and two ladies. The man does the cooking and the ladies pick up the food and interfaces with customers. Service is efficient and friendly.
The cost of our Teochew porridge lunch for three people was $17.80. I do not have the breakdown of the items. Paying about $6 per person seemed reasonable for so much nice food by Ghim Moh Porridge and Rice.
I can't say this is the best fish soup but it is decent enough to satisfy one's hunger. I would go for the slice fish soup and skip the rest.
Ice On You definitely brings something different to the table. They also have interesting creations every now and then so there is a variety on the menu.
Legend East Malaysia Charcoal Herbal Roast Duck King is worth a visit if you happen to be in the Yishun ‘hood. I know I’d pop by for their Roast Pork Rice again if I am!
After all, $5 for truffle fries is really affordable!
I like how I Love Burger Lah! serves dishes with flavours rarely found in burger places in Singapore.
Ghim Moh Food Centre with some 50 stalls is popular with local residents and also with workers from office blocks nearby because it has many good food stalls.
I will be returning again to check out their Penang style prawn mee.
You should come have a taste for yourself and let me know what you think?
Checking out New Lucky Claypot Rice 新鸿运瓦煲饭which was listed in the Michelin guide. The chicken claypot rice was cooked to order, thus there was a long wait.
New Lucky Claypot Rice at Holland Village serves a mean claypot, but avoid the soups.
The dining frenzy passed quickly and everything quietened down around 8pm when the wave of customers finished their dinner.
243 Holland Avenue, Singapore 278977, open Mon to Sun 11am to 2:30pm, 5:30 to 9:30pm
日式炸猪排是这里的主打之一,黑豚炸猪排(Kurobuta Rosu Katsu, $17.50)厚片里脊肉,外层裹上日本面包屑,完美油炸,外层酥脆爽口,里层鲜美多汁,搭配清爽包菜丝去油解腻。
Their grilled fishes were quite nicely done and there's a kaisen chahan that was unexpectedly peppery. The latter wasn't a bad thing.
The Aburi Mala Charshu Kombu Noodles was recommended by Small Potatoes Make The Steak Look Bigger. The noodles tasted like normal thicker springy noodles, and the charshu was sweet and very lightly numbing spicy, with a bit of bite.
While spicy food like this is not often my ideal choice of food selection, it will be unlikely that I will be back again for it.
At last I have tried this. Nothing earth shattering, but good hearty spicy tofu with just a bit of bite, and qq, savoury and spicy dan dan noodles.
Margaret Drive Sin Kee Chicken Rice, one of the top chicken rice stalls from the Hawkers.
The rice was I thought the gold standard of chicken rice – moist, oily, flavourful and fragrant with chicken stock and oil, garlic, onions and lemongrass etc.
Sin Kee is a well-known name among chicken rice stalls in Singapore, mainly serving poached chicken rice Cantonese-style.
Min Jiang at Dempsey not only sees a new design concept, but diners can expect a whole new menu by Master Chef Goh Chee Kong, who has devoted more than half of his 32-year career to Min Jiang.
I like the contemporary and convention defying space here, and I am already looking forward to return for lunch soon.
Not only can one delights in well-loved signatures and specialities, such as the Legendary Wood-Fired Beijing Duck, the new items are also delicately prepared and suitable for all occasions.
Food at Tai Cheong Bakery is classic Hong Kong tea house cuisine, focusing on snack, desserts, and light bites.
Order this to try as we saw most of the table ordering it! Turn out it was good. I can taste the truffle in every bite and the cheese was well spreaded.
Overall, Tai Cheong Bakery definitely served the comfort food that the Hong Kongers have on daily basis. It is good, but don't expect extraordinary stuff. We'll definitely make a return visit, just not very keen on spending too much time lining up. Cheers!!