Laksa Beef Noodles at Ang Mo Kio

Have you tried before beef noodles plus laksa? We think hard and find no one sell this before. This stall was recommended by my friend who drove us there today. As usual, there is a long queue up to 10 persons and more. But their speed is fast enough that we only waited for 15+ minutes. Their specialities are beef noodles and laksa beef noodles (katong laksa as the stall claimed). Because I am pregnant, I only ordered beef balls and no cockles. The rest ordered mixed beef laksa. All of us finished the noodles and ingredients. My friend drank all the laksa soup. Btw each bowl costs $5 and is considered cheap for such big bowl. Bliss level: High

Hong Heng Beef Noodles Soup & Katong Laksa
Blk 233 Ang Mo Kio Ave 3
(opposite block of famous Melben crab. Located at same coffeeshop at Uncle Leong Crab)

Long queue

Meatball laksa (looks hot but is considered mild)

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Authentic Must Try Thai Food - Ah Loy Thai

I am back in action after 2 months. It's quite hard to blog when you don't feel good about food after you are pregnant. You feel bloated and food photos no longer make you salivate.

Now I feel slightly better that I can blog about good food again. :)

Today I have decided to try out Ah Loy Thai at Shaw Tower. It is a small eatery and is often packed during lunch and dinner hour. I waited ard 15 mins before I get a seat. The real wait is the food as it took more than 30 min. Since I cannot wait for hunger, I resorted eating white rice first. I was grumbling to my husband that I don't want to eat here again. Finally the crispy fish and tapioca leaves came! After a bite at the fish, I told my husband I take back my words. It is very rare to eat such fresh and soft fish meat at a restaurant. The fish is very well cooked and reminded me of the steam fish mum cooked at home. That's explain why there is such a crowd. I am now more forgiving as it sure takes some time to cook fish. I also love the spicy and stir fried crunchy tapioca leaves.

In total, fish costs $9.40, vegetables at only $4.00 and the rice costs $0.60 a plate. There is no service charge or GST. This is even cheaper than the Cze Char stall near my house. Therefore I strongly recommend everyone to try especially those who are willing to wait.

I will come back again to try pandan chicken and tom yum. If you have tried, feel free to leave a comment abd share your experience too.

Bliss level: High

Ah Loy Thai
100 Beach Road #01-39/40
Shaw Tower

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Homemade egg mayo sandwich

Recently I am addicted eating sandwiches for breakfast. Long long time ago ( decades ago) I did try to make egg mayo sandwiches. So I surf the Internet for egg mayo sandwich recipes and found a simple one on www.noobcook.com . This afternoon I started to make my sandwiches. I tend to make in quantities so I used 7 eggs (2.5 egg yolks for health reasons, thanks to noob cook advice) and 14 slices of breads.

I realise i probably need to put more mayo so that the egg won't fall out. The problem is I use a normal knife and hence makes it hard to cut off the sides of the bread. Actually I find it quite a waste to throw away the sides. Hence do let me know what else I cam do with the sides.

I let my family tried and all said good.

Bliss level: High

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As you can see from the tomatoes, I am a lousy cutter. I tried to cut slices but find it hard to cut the small leftovers so I just left it as chunks. :P

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Japanese homecooked food @ I Fresh Co

I didn't know that there are many small food outlets at Raffles Place in the basement area. It took quite a hard time to decide what to eat for dinner. At Raffles Place, you will notice many outlets selling sandwiches and salads that cater to the office crowd.

I notice this little outlet at the corner because it has more customers and on closer look, the food look interesting. It is very different from the typical Japanese restaurant. It's a home cook food stall. It explains why I see a few Japanese at this place. Out of curiosity, I decide to check this place out and was served by a Japanese lady. I ordered Buta Shabu udon ($7) which I presume it to be pork udon dry. When I tried it I love it immediately especially the companion sauce that has a peanut and mustard taste. The udon isn't the thick type you ate restaurant. What makes it nice it is oiless and is very healthy. I also tried Burdock Apple salad ($2.80) and found out what is Burdock. It is a kind of root that is commonly used in Japanese and Korean cuisine.

I strongly recommend you to try out this place.

Bliss level: High

I fresh co
1 Raffles Place
#b1-01d OUB Centre
Singapore 048616
Tel: 8278936

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Toucan Irish Pub 10 dollar set meal

Colleagues all agreed to try out Toucan Irish Pub's ten dollar nett set lunch after bonus day as a nice treat to ourselves. Indeed it is no gimmicks that it is ten dollars nett and it comes with a drink, soup and main course.

There is also pool table that you can play for free. As the light is very dim, we experimented using my iPhone 3g phone and nokia n70 flash light to take the food photo. Photo turn out much nicer with flash light. 4g iPhone should come out fast.

As for the fish and chip, it tastes the same as any other fish and chip except this is greasier.

Bliss level: Medium

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A fishball noodles stall always with queue

There is never ending queue at this Fishball Noodles stall at Toa Payoh Lor 5 Food Centre. I am serious that there is always a queue and not sure why too. By the way, this hawker centre has so many good food that is worthy to talk about that I will cover in future. I ordered dry Kuay Teow Fish Ball for lunch. I must say they are generous in giving the fishballs away (3 meat balls and 4 fish balls). What makes this stall's Fishball Noodles yummy is their chilli, fishballs and meat balls that are hand made. Unfortunately this isn't my no 1 fishball noodles stall. I will introduce my heart's number 1 in future. But I still recommend you to try as their fishball noodles are yummy still that I ate everything and left nothing behind.

Bliss Level: High

 

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Famous Kallang Oasis shifted to Toa Payoh

Again it's another tiring day that I knocked out after I reached home on a Friday night. I woke up late enough and decided to go somewhere near for dinner. Oasis is located at Toa Payoh Park which is opposite HDB hub. This Oasis is the famous Kallang Oasis that have shifted to Toa Payoh. It is opened at night until 4am, especially meant for supper lovers. Oasis is famous for their Taiwanese porridge cuisine. I am a porridge lover, especially Teo Chew style.  When you just woke up, a bowl of porridge helps to warm the body and quench thirst. This dinner shall be a vegetarian one because I felt I have eaten too much meat for past few days. I ordered bean sprouts and craypot beancurd.

Their porridge comes in a big flask pot with customised cover that has a hole for the scoop. Their food is good. The stir fried beansprouts with salted fish was yummy. I was surprised by the quality of the craypot beancurd. They use real beancurd unless most Zi Char stall that use egg beancurd. Beancurd was soft and the soya sauce that accompanied it was savoury. I thought the zi char stall that I often ate was good but their food is even better. Needless to say, all dishes are wiped clean. Only negative point is their food isn't cheap. A dinner with 2 dishes already cost $31.

Bliss level: High

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A tired work day

Thursday was a long work day that I knocked off at 8pm. I was stoned when I reached this Taiwanese cafe at Toa Payoh. I wanted to introduce to the readers their speciality curry chicken cutlet. Unfortunately, the curry sauce runs out. So I order the other version which is the stir fried chicken and sauce to be replaced with soya sauce that also runs out. I ended eating plain rice which is surprisingly not bad. By the way I took the picture of the cafe you can visit this cafe. I have also written a post on this cafe titled "Taiwan in Singapore".

Bliss Level: Medium

 

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Famous Toa Payoh Hainan Beef Noodles

I am not sure when this beef noodles become so popular that there is actually a long queue. Normally, there isnt since I started eating this years ago. It has gotten famous over the years but without doubt, the stall deserves it. Lunch today was an impromptu. I meet up with my permanent head damage friend for lunch at Toa Payoh Lor 7. I suggested trying the beef noodles that was good. We waited for at least 20 minutes to order just 2 bowls of beef balls noodles ($3 each).

The wait was worth it. The gravy makes the noodles so delicious that we both finished our bowl of noodles. We saw the bottles of gravy stored at the stall's shelves. At first we thought the smallest size ($3) means a small amount of noodles. But I counted 9 meat balls and the portion of noodles served is definitely enough to fill a guy's tummy. Money well-worth!

I could see the blissful face of my PHD friend and knew it was a good choice to recommend this to him especially he is going back to US soon to continue head damage learning and would miss Singapore's local food.

Bliss Level: High

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Pomfet Fish Hor Fun

After a day's of training, I went home and slept like a dead meat from 6.30 to 9pm! When I woke up blurry, the only thought is to find in the nearest possible location. I headed to the favourite Zi Char stall and ordered the favourite sliced fish Hor Fun ($4). This is the same stall that I blog about Hokkien Mee.

Today seems to be a Hor Fun Day. This is my second favourite dish from this stall. I have eaten many Zi Char's Hor Fun but I always find this stall's Hor Fun the best. The stall likes to use pomfet fish in their dishes. Pomfet fish tastes better with smoother and tender meat. What I like is their smooth and nice texture Hor Fun that I find many Zi Char stall normally overcooked or undercooked this type of thick Hor Fun Their gravy is also not too thick or watery which doesn't make you feel sick of eating it after a while.

Bliss Level: High

Found at Kim Keat Avenue Multistorey Carpark.

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Best Ipoh Hor Fun

I accidentally found out that Hong Lim Food Centre is under renovation and discover their temporary location. Without hesitation, I went directly to the temporary food centre and start hunting the famous food stalls that I know. I went for the famous Ipoh Ho Fun with Cray Fish and Prawns ($5). I am glad that the queue is short but it still takes around 10 minutes to wait. Good thing is I was alone for lunch so it is easy to find a seat. When I munched the first bite of the Hor Fun, my bliss level went up as it was very yummy. The crayfish meat was so easy to take out from the shell and meat was soft and tender. Prawns tasted fresh and cooked just to the right texture. Hor fun was well-cooked that was smooth and soft. The gravy blended all the ingredients well together. Chilli sauce was the sour spicy type that increased appetite. By now, you should know that this has become my favourite hor fun. I finished everything in 5-10 minutes. Hence I strongly enouraged you to give it a try

Bliss Level: High

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A Japanese cuisine gem at Wisma Atria Food Republic.

I was first introduced to this Japanese food stall (Hamoru) at Wisma Atria Food Republic by a close friend. He treated me a dinner and I love the food since then. I never thought well of Japanese food at Food Court but this stall has a restaurant standard.You should try their speciality call Shiok Maki ($15). At closer look, it is made of fish roe, cheese, Mayo, salmon, unagi. This is a lethal combination. The maki is soft and the taste is fantastic. Many people who knows this stall well will definitely order Shiok Maki. Their bento sets are also good. I tried the Bento E which includes cha soba, tempura, makis and sushi and cost $16+. At first glance, I thought the maki looks like Shiok Maki but it isn't. It also doesn't taste like Shiok Maki but it tastes good too. Shiok Maki combination really makes it tastes good. Their Cha Soba has an raw quail egg and reminded of how Japanese eat it this way too. Therefore, I strongly recommend you to try their stuff and let me know if you agree with me that their food is quite good.

Bliss Level: High

Stall Front at Wisma Food Republic

Bento E (Cha Soba)

Bento E (Tempura)

Bento E (Maki, Sushi)

Shiok Maki

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Old Duxton Coffee that doesn't feel old enough

On the plane back to Singapore, I read an article on 女友 magazine introducing food places in Maxwell Chamber Building. Maxwell Chamber Building is near my workplace. I suggested to my colleagues to check out the coffee place that I saw on the magazine after lunch at Maxwell Market. Old Duxton Coffee looks nice from the outside. I ordered Teh-Bing (Ice Milk Tea) and a Oreo chiffon cake for everyone to share. To my disappointment, the Teh-Bing tastes bland. The Chiffon cake is hard and has no much Oreo taste. It has nice cafe name but like the old saying "All that glitters is not gold"

Bliss Level: Low

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Delicious Hainanese curry rice

Normally I don't eat rice. But I had craving for rice and vegetables after I came back from Sydney. Strangely Maxwell market isn't crowded on Monday. I suspect many people took a long weekend holidays.

This Hainanese curry rice is popular and I often see a queue. I ordered rice with brinjals, pork chop and cabbages ($3.40). And stall owner will pour scoopful of curry gravy over it. Pork chop is a must for Hainanese food. The curry is not spicy and taste rich curry flavour. The gravy makes the rice and vegetables easy to gobble and delicious. Rarely, I ate everything spotless but I did for this. So I strongly recommend those works nearby to give this a try.

Bliss level: High

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SQ Flight Meal From Sydney to Singapore

I was still quite full from Macs burger. Often I comtemplated whether I should just reject flight meal if I am not hungry. But I often end up taking it and eat a portion of it which is bad. In this case I finished the sambal fish but not the rice. In the later meal, I choose fried rice and managed to finish it. It's really hard not to grow fat at this rate.

Bliss level: Low to Medium

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A MacDonalds Sydney Sunday

I have never tried MacDonalds overseas iny memory. I have this overseas trip principle that I abide to that always to try local food instead of food that we can get in Singapore e.g. Fast food. But this time I decided to try Macs because a colleague said that Macs might taste different overseas.

We woke up early and heads towards the nearest Mac near the hostel. This Macs looks glamourous inside with chandlier lights. I shared a delux breakfast roll with my colleague. The roll is made up of bacon, eggs and beef patties. I think it tasted average and still prefer McMuffin instead.

When we reached the airport around 3pm, we walked past Macs and wanted to try Angus Beef Burger. I ordered Mighty Angus Meal that costs AUD $8+. This is as expensive as Carl's Junior. Honestly I cannot really tell a difference between Angus beef and normal beef patty. It tasted like quarter pounder except for the sourdough bread. But what I could taste a difference is the fries. My colleague said he could taste the difference too. There is a farmer taste or a stronger roasted taste which makes the fries nicer than Singapore.

Bliss level: Medium

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Takeru Japanese Cuisine

We passed by this restaurant upteem times whenever we go Chinatown. I notice the crowd are mostly Asians and younger too. The price is considerably reasonable (<AUD$20). Actually, we are with luggage and is our way to hostel for check-in but decided to pop in since it was dinner time. The interesting thing about this restaurant is there is half sized portion which is fantastic for people like me. I guess they realise Asians have smaller appetite. I ordered a salmon cream sauce spagetti (AUD$6+) while my colleagues both ordered different types of Ramen.

The spagetti tastes delicious and my colleagues find it tasty too. Unfortunately, their ramen doesn't taste good. It paled against Singapore's Ajisen Ramen. The soup tasted bland and the noodles did not taste like Ramen that we ate in Singapore. We also tried Fried Green Tea Ice Cream Desert (AUD$4+) too. The ice cream has very strong milk taste and I notice this in the other desert place that I blog earlier too. I have tried better fried ice cream somewhere in Singapore before.

Bliss level: Medium

Takeru Japanese Cuisine
Shop 10, 339 Sussex St
Sydney NSW 2000

Half sized spagetti

Ramen

Fried Green Tea Ice Cream

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