A food blog from a Singapore-based traveler
There’s actually a secret at Hong Lim Food Centre known only to regulars and I wasn’t aware about it until my elder sister, who worked next ...
I had been delaying the publication of this post as Hong Lim Food Centre was closed for two weeks due to its identification as a cluster for...
The tongue was sadly unavailable today when I ordered so I ended up with just lamb ribs.
The noodles were springy and tasty, and each of the yong tau foo ingredients was well made, especially the meatball which was crispy outside and juicy and meaty inside.
I tossed it before partaking the first mouthful, it was satisfying though not particularly memorable. I
The curry seafood & roasted pork noodle ($6.50) came with two large prawns, a handful of clams, roasted pork, tau pok, tau geh and egg noodle. You can opt for thin bee hoon and thick bee hoon as well.
Chong Pang Hawker Centre had just completed its 6-week renovation and to be honest, I had been craving for Xu Zhong Xing pork satay , which ...
If you’re looking for XXL food, Bismi Briyani has really got it going.
Quite average. Quite mushy, although silky, and the sauce was lightly savoury and tasty.
I started patronizing Old Airport Road Hawker Centre only after I secured my driving license back in year 2005 and back then; there were jus...
Whitley Road Big Prawn Noodle at Old Airport Road Hawker Centre and char siew rice from Ah Yee Hong Kong Roasted were the yummy local delights that we ended up eating when we were in the Mountbatten MRT Station vicinity recently.
I find the chicken cutlet extremely oily and jelak that I only managed to stomach one piece. It did not help that there is only half a wedge of lemon to cut through all the grease.
Ah Tan Wings Damned if Singapore ain’t becoming Fried Chicken Inc already, seeing as how palates have been “expropriated” over tim...
Petite in size, but big in flavour, Ah Tan Wings are dangerously addictive. Shrimp paste chicken that is surf and turf exemplified, uniting the best of the sea and the land in one crispy celebration.
Both of them more more tame than I was expecting; they were slightly sweet, and were neither as earthy as I had hoped they would be. The chili kept things refreshing though, and I'm glad that I opted for the side of begedil too. But I'm not going to get cravings for this place.
This stall at Bedok Interchange (208B New Upper Changi Road #01-64) commanded a pretty long line at lunchtime today.
Delicious Fried Carrot Cake Stripes, an old school delight and this stall in Bedok is one of the most popular stalls for a quick post-meal snack.
Simple meal. Affordable prices. Worth eating.👍
The first hawker in Singapore to be located in a community club, here is the list of 17 must try stalls at Ci Yuan Hawker Centre.
Not a bad plate of chai tow kway. I liked that there were some crusty caramelized bits on some of the edges.
ayam penyet - Rice was plain, not chicken rice. Meat from the chicken was a little dry.
They're two stall units worth of space. They could be good. Or I could be wrong.
As one of the most famous hawker centres in Singapore, Serangoon Gardens Market & Food Centre has good ventilation, varied mix of stalls and generally high quality of options.
Serangoon Gardens has two food centres: Chomp Chomp hawker centre and Serangoon Gardens Market & Food Centre. It is a food paradise for Singapore hawker food.
For the longest time ever, I remember that the only hawker food sold at Guan Heng Cooked Food is the Singapore style carrot cake but that’s ...
Having to endure a craving can be such a frustrating chore! My simple mind was hankering for a bowl of dry prawn noodle one Thursday afterno...
Soon Lee Porridge specializes in Hainanese porridge and offers just three options on their menu. Hainanese porridge is often grainier and thicker than Cantonese or Teochew porridge.
Soon Lee Porridge serves up tasty bowls of porridge at wallet-friendly prices, and the long queues and waiting times at any time of the day are a testament to that.
We tried a bowl of porridge without the egg, and I must say that it had more flavour.
I was near Bukit Batok today and decided to swing by that new Vietnamese stall (279 Bukit Batok East Ave 3).
The sweet and flavourful beefy soup was the clear Hanoi-style one, boiled from beef bones and spices like cloves, cardamom, star anise and cinnamon sticks. The pho was silky smooth, and came with fatty tender marbled beef slices, shank, tendon, qq beef ball and honeycomb tripe. Nice and comforting, especially on a rainy day such as this.
Chef Minh has put in a good effort to make these bowls of Vietnamese Pho affordable in the heartlands.
Definitely eating this again.
alimama green chili chicken rice & prawn noodle,青辣椒鸡肉饭&虾面,singapore,maxwell food centre,1 kadayanallur street,
Spice and some chilli fragrance, but the ayam panggang was a bit small and tough, and unmemorable, similar to those from the food courts.
Delicious with distinct wok hei / breath of the wok, this gives me the hope that their other noodles are equally delicious. Highly recommended!
Tang Kay Kee Fish Head Bee Hoon has a long-standing history. They started the stall back in 1946 with a push-cart along Upper Hokkien Street in Chinatown. They moved to Hong Lim Market and Food Centre in 1978.
Firm slices of fish were nice but the kailan was a little fibrous. As a whole, it was delicious.
Old school and good tasting, with small fresh shrimps, tender pork slices and qq fishcakes. The soup was nice and balanced – clear, sweet, slightly peppery, with the flavours of pork and prawn.
Three Sisters Prawn Noodle at Mayflower Market is unassuming. The queue is average for a good stall and the market itself is not so big.
Seek out some comfort-worthy prawn noodles and fried hokkien mee from this humble family-run stall in Ang Mo Kio! Read more.
When I approached the stall, I was impressed by the little chicken bowls the wa kuih were in. So traditional! But alas, these were merely for display as my wa kuih was served in disposable plastic bowls instead.
They are open as early as 7.45am till sold out. Have you tried Wa Kuih yet? Do have a try before such a traditional snack disappears from my sight.
The wa kueh really depended on the slightly sweet brown sauce (like a less viscous chee cheong fun sauce) to do the heavy lifting in terms of flavour. The kueh itself seemed to lack the inherent kueh fragrance, and was a bit too firm from what I remembered, although the mushroom bits and hae bi studded within were a nice touch. The whole thing missed a touch of complexity and fragrance, and was a bit too clean tasting.
I don't think this changfen stall was around last time I was at Toa Payoh West Market, so I gave it a try today (127 Lorong 1 Toa Payoh #02-22). It turns out that it's from a guy who learned his techniques in Guangzhou, so the sheets of rice noodles were scrunched up rather than folded, making for a nice texture to catch that salty sauce. But the white bee hoon to the left of it wasn't very savory, so I won't bother with it again.
I enjoyed the chee cheong fun. The sauce was tasty and fragrant, and the rice sheet was smooth with a custardy texture and fragrance from the egg, and a crunch and freshness from the lettuce. The chilli was umami and sandy, and was a great addition too.
Grandpa Homemade Cheung Fun opens daily from as early as 6.30am. With traditional stone-milled Cheung Fun being a rarity these days, I’ll for sure be back for more!
Fu Shun Jin Ji Shao La Mian Jia serves decent roast meat that are not fantastic but certainly above average.
福顺(锦记)烧腊面家 Fu Shun's roast duck, char siew and pork belly at Maxwell Food Centre is worth checking out when you are in the Chinatown area.
The roasted pork belly was unfortunately a bore. Some of the crackling weren't crispy and the meat wasn't anything to write home about. But their char siew was very nicely done.
This stall in a coffee shop at Ang Mo Kio is opened by the popular roasted duck chain in Malaysia. This is their first outlet in Singapore, ...
The char siew was sweet, sticky and caramelised, although not charred and somewhere between firm and tender in texture.
I liked most of them, even if the broth was a tad garlicky.
On the whole, Dong Fang Hong Sotong Ball Seafood Soup proved to be a stand-out, amidst the treasure trove of popular food stalls in Hong Lim.
The taste is complex yet it is coherent as it is just many many complementary layers of natural savoury sweetness.