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Thursday, November 30, 2006
Hunan Food in Novena Square
The Tung Lok Group recently opened a restaurant in Novena Square serving Hunan food. As part of its opening special, selected signature dishes are offered for lunch at $9 each. We tried the chicken with chilli ($9), pork ribs in glutinous rice ($9), rice steamed with preserved meat in a bamboo bowl ($6), steam DongPo Bun ($3.50) and pan fried dumpling ($3.50). We liked all the dishes, especially the spicy chicken and rice steamed with prserved meat. For dessert we had the deep fried pumkin. For drinks we ordered the very refreshing the ginseng with chrysanthemum tea at $3 per person (free flow). House of Hunan is in the 3rd level of Novena Square.
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Pu Tien Food in Kitchener Road
Pu Tien, a coastal city in Fujian Province, is well known for their hing hwa food. Of late, many restaurants bearing the Pu Tien title have been cropping up all over Singapore. Along Kitchener road, there are now two such restaurants, Pu Tien Restaurant and Pu Tien Seafood Restaurant. The latter started about 3 months ago. The fried bee hoon ($4) and bean curd skin with kailan ($8) are standard hing wah fare. At Pu Tien Seafood Restaurant, they are very generous with their ingredients for the fried bee hoon, so much so that the amount of bee hoon (very fine type) was insufficient for two persons. The deep fried garlic chicken ($8 for small) is a must try. The chicken skin is very crispy and the garlic enhances the taste of the tender chicken meat. Another dish worth trying is the thick fish maw soup. For $16, you get a generous amount of fish maw in the tasty thick soup. There is no GST and service charge.
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Steamed Chicken with Red Dates in Jalan Besar
This is the first time I had chicken steamed with red dates. A simple but very refreshing dish. I chanced upon this dish in Jalan Berseh Food Centre. Soon Kit is manned by an elderly couple. They specialise in claypot and steam dishes. Most customers order the claypot fish head or steamed bean paste fish head. The claypot pork ribs with bittergourd is worth trying. The gravy is very tasty. Prices here are very cheap, between $5 to $8 for cha char dishes and about $12 for a fish head. Be prepared to wait about 30 mins during dinner time. 
Monday, November 20, 2006
Shanghainese Food in Bukit Timah, near Sixth Ave
Expensive but good quality. This is what you can expect at Yangqing's Shanghai Kitchen. A basket of four Xiao Long baos cost S$8. But inside each juicy bao is crab eggs and minced meat. The bao is slightly larger than the usual ones and the skin is thicker. A plate of beef fried rice costs $18. It is a hugh plate that could easily feed 4 persons. A plate of Shanghai rice cake costs $28. It is fried with crab roe. The table setting is quite classy. However, the tables are placed very close to each other. I think it is because the restaurant is quite small. Yangqing's Shanghai Kitchen is at 791 Bukit Timah Road, just before Sixth Ave.
Saturday, November 18, 2006
XO Crab Bee Hoon in Changi Village
A friend recommended meeting up at Airfield Restaurant (not be be mistaken with Airfield Cafe) in Changi Village for XO Crab Bee Hoon. We debated on whether it is worth the drive all the way to Changi. Well, it was, if you include having drinks at the Terminal. The crab is very sweet and fresh. The soup is very tasty with a light touch of cognac and evaporated milk. Shen Ji Seafood Garden has a few branches in other parts of Singapore. The Terminal is a nice and quite place to have some drinks and chit chat. It is located just above the Changi Jetty, overlooking the Changi River.
Monday, November 13, 2006
Hainanese Curry Rice in Tiong Bahru
If the find the newly renovated Tiong Bahru Food Centre too crowded and the food too predictable, walk down to 27 Yong Siak Street, which is about 100m away. Here you will find an old coffee selling cza char, hainanese style. The menu is a large colourful signboard with photos of 13 dishes. The must order dishes are curry chicken, braised pork and chicken cutlet. The curry chicken and braised pork are usually sold out by 1.30pm on Sat and Sun. On Sat and Sun, the shop closes at 3pm. On weekday it closes at 8pm. It is open daily at 8am. The food here is quite different from the usual cza char restaurant. The chicken cutlet is eaten with thick curry gravy, which is not spicy at all. The curry chicken is the dry type and is cooked with potatoes. Very tasty and again not spicy. The braised pork is simmered in a thick black sauce. Very delicious but a bit salty. The minced meat with tofu, fried cauliflower and egg omelet are all very tasty. After your meal, don't forget to try the mini-swissroll and chocolate ecliar. They are all homemade. If you are lucky, there may still be some extra tapioca and pumpkin cakes available for sale. The tapioca and pumpkin cakes are made upon order by customers.
Saturday, November 11, 2006
Teochew Porridge Buffet in Jalan Kayu
For $4.80 you can enjoy a Teochew style porridge buffet in Jalan Kayu, near the famous roti prata shop. But, you first have to order at least one item from the ala carte menu. Still, it is worth it. The buffet is simple. No meat dishes. Just the good old traditional teochew food like salted egg, salted veg, steamed egg, tou kee, etc. I ordered two 
dishes from the menu, sambal kangkong ($5) and minced meat with salted fish ($8). The sambal 
kangkong is very good. Fried with lots of dried prawns. The buffet comes with dessert, hot bobur cha cha and tow suan. Can be very crowded on weekends.Tuesday, November 07, 2006
Viennese Food in Neil Road
The first time I ate wiener schnitzel was in Vienna, Austria. There, the meat was sliced very thin and the crumbs were very fine. Here, at Wiener Kaffeehaus, the schnitzel is thicker and the crumbs coarser. But the taste is just as good. It is served with buttered parsley potato and a small mixed salad. It is very filling to eat one by yourself, so share it with your dining companion(s). A plate of Wiener Schnitzel costs S$16.50. The Fiaker Gulasch (S$16.50) is quite an unusual dish. It is actually gulasch soup (beef stew) topped with bread dumpling, sausage and egg. The beef stew is lightly spiced with praprika and chilli. It goes very well with a basket of bread ($4.00). Wiener Kaffeehaus is in 148 Neil Road. 
Sunday, November 05, 2006
Chicken Rice in Redhill
Tucked away in a quiet area of Redhill is a restaurant selling above average chicken rice. GoldenHill Chicken Rice is the only food shop in a roll of shophouses at the end of Jalan Rumah Tinggi. The shop only sells 'white' boneless chicken. The chicken meat is very tender. The attraction of this reataurant is the chilli sauce. The sauce is made by the owner and is very fragrant. You can buy a bottle of the chilli sauce home. The chicken rice is fluffy and not too oily. The minced pork porridge is also quite good. Parking is readily available in front of the shop. Fong Seng GoldenHill Chicken Rice is located at Blk 37, Jalan Rumah Tinggi, off Hoy Fatt Road
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
Congratulation
My heartiest congratulation to Albert P and Janet on the official takeover of the Seven-Eleven store in Little India Arcade (junction of Serangoon and Hasting Road, opposite Tekka Market) on 1st November 2006. The store was blessed by a priest on 1st Nov 06 at 1048hrs.
