Supper at Henderson

Here's another store worth trying.

One taxi driver told me the noodle got mama taste. What he meant was it tasted like his childhood days fishball noodles.




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ASTONS Specialities at Cathay

Minimum waiting time is 1 hour during peak hour. After trying the one at a few places, I think the one at Cathay is still the best.

Bishamon Ramen

I think for some of us who loves to eat ramen, we already know that there is a new ramen shops in town. They had opened at Raffles City basement and one at Great World City.

I'm not sure if there are other stores out there. My wife and I had ate their special miso ramen since the day they opened at the basement of Raffles City. It's actually quite a big bowl with at least 2 large pieces of chashu, seaweed, and a nicely boiled hard-boiled egg with half cooked egg yolk inside. I'm not sure how they did it. But I like the egg a lot.

Since then, we had ate the ramen a couple of times. Both in Raffles City and at Great World. We even brought her mum to eat at Great World to celebrate her mum's birthday. But what I like best is not just the ramen, but the Sapporo beer. It is nicer than the King Fisher!!!

However, recently I went to eat their ramen during lunch time. It was rush hour and I felt that the standard drop a little bit. Maybe it is because of the lunch rush hour. Anyway, I will still recommend anyone who likes to eat ramen.

They are located at both Raffles City basement and Great World City.

Click here to view the photos.

Are you a Hakka?

I'm a Hakka, what about you? This morning, as I was tidying up study room, I saw this newspaper article about Hakka food in Singapore. I have kept this article for many years for the fact that, I'm a Hakka.

This newspaper article appeared in The Business Times, Monday, December 6, 2004.

Here's the list of restaurants that were featured in the newspaper.

• Moi KOng Hakka Restaurant. 22 Murray St, Tel" 6221 7758. Damage is about $15/person. Go there and try their Yong TAu Foo, yellow wine steamed chicken, red wine prawn, braised port with mui choy and Hakka fried noodle. It has more than 40 years of heritage.
• Plun Village: 16 Jln Leban, Tel: 6458 9005. Damage is about $15/person. Try their salt-baked chicken, yong tau foo, sitr-fried Chinese lettuce, braised pork belly with mui choy and lastly, the Hakka famous Fried abacus.
• Chiu's Traditional Hakka Yong Tau Food Pte Ltd. 93 Amoy Street, Tel: 6221 4226. Damage is about $8/person. This is a typical family run business serving Hakka food. According to the newspaper, this is the most authentic Hakka yong tau foo. Not forgetting their Claypot pork knuckle braised with vinegar and dark soya sauce. Lastly, try their Ah Mah and Ah Gong chilli sauce - Ah Gong is spicier and Ah Mah is more sour.
• Goldhill Hakka Restaurant: 299A Changi Rd, Tel 6842 4283. Go there and try their yong tau foo.
  

Steamboat at Bei ShanChuan at Vivocity

This steamboat restaurant is on the 3rd floor of Vivocity. It is at the corner and you won't know there is actually a steamboat in Vivocity. To go to this restaurant, look for Daiso on the 3rd floor. Once you get to Daiso, you will be able to find it. It is behind Daiso, deep deep inside.

BTW, they don't serve pork. So if this is going to hurt you, then please don't go.

Just like any other spicy steamboat, they will have 2 selections for you. And as usual, I will order one chicken soup and one least spicy soup. They have a wide selections of food for you to dump into the soup.

All the food is placed in a central area. So, it is like Tian Tian steamboat. Besides the usual vegetables, meat and other usual stuffs, they also have cakes and ice-cream. Something different from the usual steamboat restaurant. On and off, they will cook something different. I had a small fried drumstick. When was the last time you had something like that for steamboat? So, keep your eyes wide.

As for the sauce, it is so so only. The sauce is very different from Ting Yuan. The sesame sauce is very watery. The green sauce tasted like herb with something else. It is hot too. I'm not too sure if they are trying to cater to the Malay community. If they are, maybe they have make the changes to suit their taste.

As for the soup, it didn't taste as nice as both TianTian and Ting Yuan. It only tasted good after everything was dumped into the soup.

I had sliced thin beef which wasn't very thin when cooked. Sliced chicken, a bit of hot dog, vegetables and other usual stuffs lah.

Lastly, our table has a good view of Sentosa. Not too bad though.

Verdict:

• Soup base: So so only. It tasted good after we dump everything in.
  
• Selection: Wide selection. They have cakes and ice-cream too.
  
• Environment: They have air-con and you definitely won't sweat.
• Service: Lousy lah. Even though they have a lot of boys around. They just stand around only. They didn't clear our plates when it was piling up.
  
• Sauce for dipping: Lousy.
  
• Price: Cheap. $13.90 per person. No charges for soup base.

Will I go again? I will if I need to bring people a lot of people. At least, they can a arrange table for you to accommodate your needs. Both Tian Tian and TingYuan may not able to do that. Not only that, if your friends are the type who can't stand sweating, then bring them to this place to eat.

Here's the link to view the photos: http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/kennyleow3/BeiShanChuanSpicySteamboatBuffet

Steamboat at Ting Yuan Hot Pot Buffet

Are you a steamboat fan? If you are, then you are alone... Because, I am too. Most Singaporean is. In fact, it is pretty shiok to eat steamboat in a very hot and humid weather. Cannot comprehend why? Me either? haha

My wife and I love to eat at Ting Yuan Hot Pot Buffet. It is located near Bugis junction. They are not too expensive and the lady boss is quite friendly. However, this place is always packed and you really need to go early to grab a table.

They are not the cheapest around, neither they are the most expensive. At Liang Seah street, you can get the cheapest at about $12 near the beach road.


You can make your own dipping sauce. It is a mixture of thick sesame sauce + some herbs + chili oil + a bit of black vinegar . Shiok man!!!

My favorite selection are as follows:

• Fish Glue
• Sliced Fish
• Sliced Pork fillet
• Sliced Pork belly
  
• Sliced Beef
• Hand-made wanton
• Fish dumpling
• The various vegetables and mushrooms

So what's the damage?

• Soup base: $5
• Per person: $17.80/person
• Wet Towel: 0.20/person

No GST.

Address: 22 Liang Seah Street, Opposite Bugis Junction.

After dinner, walk opposite to have dessert. If you have the dessert shop too crowded? Then just walk over and buy take-away. Eat it at the steamboat shop together with your food.

Verdict:

• Soup base: Very good. If you can't take spicy, please order least hot. Don't be a hero.
• Selection: Wide selection. However, sometimes it may run out of it and the boys may not tell you. If you keep on ordering it but it never appear, it means they have run out of it.
• Environment: They have air-con but prepare to sweat. I LOVE IT!!!
• Service: Messy. What do you expect? Very busy.
• Sauce for dipping: Good.
  
• Price: Reasonable.
  

Will I go back again? You say leh? I have been there so many times that they are willing to keep a table for me if I'm late. I will only bring my good friends there because, it is hot and they can't accommodate too many people to a table. Be prepared to eat in a super noisy environment.

Here's the link for the photos: http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/kennyleow3/TingYuanHotPotBuffet

Dim Sum in Singapore

If you been to Hong Kong, then you will know Singapore dim sum cannot compare to Hong Kong dim sum. In Singapore, you can have expensive dim sum at crystal jade to the cheapest dim sum at Hawker Center.

Here are my recommendations:

1) Tiong Bahru Pao: You can find it either at Tiong Bahru hawker center or at its original location.

2) The Pao stall at Henderson Hawker Center, Bukit Merah View.

3) The Pao stall in Tiong Bahru Hawker center. It is near to the soya bean drink stall.

4) Red Star at Chin Swee Road. 54 Chin Swee Road.

5) Zi yean at Leng Kok Bahru. 56 Leng Kok Bahru.

6) Cathay Restaurant at The Cathay (Current Favourite)