Hello Everyone,
Baby and I are big fans of Bak Kut Teh and in today’s entry, I am going to introduce to you this particular Bak Kut Teh store that we often go to.
Name of Store: Old Ang Mo Kio 628 Lai Jiu Fa Bak Kut Teh
Location: Bock 644, Hougang Avenue 8, #01-261
Operating Hours: Monday to Sunday [09:00-22:00 hours]
Mode of Payment: Cash Only
The following photos show what we usually order whenever we dine there. Besides those shown in the photo, they also have pig trotters, pig intesting, pig stomach and pig liver as well.
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| From Old Ang Mo Kio 628 Lai Jiu Fa Bak Kut Teh |
Their pork ribs are especially tender and juicy, and they are cut into small portions so that it is easier to chew on. What I probably like most about this dish is the soup as it is extremely fragrant and smooth-tasting. You may also request to top up your soup when you have finished it.
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| From Old Ang Mo Kio 628 Lai Jiu Fa Bak Kut Teh |
As you can see, the pig kidney is still semi-cooked. Hence, my advise if you were to eat this is to leave it in the hot soup for awhile or eat it last.
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| From Old Ang Mo Kio 628 Lai Jiu Fa Bak Kut Teh |
You have the option to have your bowl of white rice drizzled with their specially-made sauce which is really yummy and flavourful.
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| From Old Ang Mo Kio 628 Lai Jiu Fa Bak Kut Teh |
If you want to order some light side-dishes, you could order their peanuts or beancurd skin as they taste really wholesome and appetising.
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| From Old Ang Mo Kio 628 Lai Jiu Fa Bak Kut Teh |
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| From Old Ang Mo Kio 628 Lai Jiu Fa Bak Kut Teh |
Well, this Bak Kut Teh store is just one of our very good finds which I would like to share with you all, so happy eating~!
Hello Everyone,
I have been wanting to try Cafe Cartel and have been putting off the idea for months until Baby and I decided to try out their desserts. The Cafe Cartel that we went to was the one located at Serangoon NeX. It opens for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner and they are open until 12am on weekends for desserts! So, anyway, we decided to go for desserts because they are offering a 50% discount on their cakes/desserts/coffee beverages from 9pm daily!
What We Ordered
Blackforest Cake $3.40
Chocolate Cheese Cake $3.40
Eastside Chocolate Brownies with Chocolate Ice-Cream $5.25
Chocolate Hazelnut Cake $3.40
Maple Caramel Latte $3.15
The Dining Ambience
Overall Dining Experience
By the way, we dined there twice for desserts and we had such a pleasant experience that we definitely would be visiting Cafe Cartel again. In fact, the price for desserts after 9PM is really worth it; given the quiet ambience and the quality of the desserts. If you’re planning for a gathering and you’re looking for a venue, you might just want to consider Cafe Cartel as they have huge space available to accommodate big groups of people. I shan’t really comment much on the quality of the desserts as I believe you should be able to tell it straight from the pictures.
The next time I visit Cafe Cartel, I will definitely want to try their hearty breakfast set!
Bon Appetit!
Hello Everyone,
today I am going to introduce to you a very popular eating place known as Chomp Chomp located @ Serangoon Gardens. For those of you whom are expatriates in Singapore, you might just want to check out this place if you prefer an alternative to Newton Food Centre. Here, you can savour the local foodfare at really good prices. The atmosphere here is lively and very vibrant. With pubs that open till the wee morning, the night scene here is something to look out for if you just want a quiet drink in a neighbourhood kind of setting.
Chomp Chomp is a good eating place for big groups of people as well. However, one disadvantage is this, finding a place to sit down and have a dinner is difficult. It’s not impossible but its really tough, and you got to be really patient in order to find the perfect spot for dining. There are dozen of stores there selling BBQ food like Stingrays, Otah, Satay and there are also other stores that sells Desserts, Drinks, Popiah, Rojak, Oyster Omelette, Noodles and etc. To be really honest with you, each store has their own unique way of cooking and hence, the taste of a BBQ Sambal Stingray for example, may different from store to store. So, you got to really frequent Chomp Chomp and try ordering from different stores so as to find the perfect taste that you’re very comfortable with.
The best thing about eating at Chomp Chomp is probably the awesome pricing! The food is not that expensive and its shown on the store’s signages, unlike the stores in Newton Food Centre that tends to rip people’s pockets unknowingly.
Rojak
Popiah
The Rojak cost me $3 while the Popiah cost me $2.40 for 2. Both of them are from the same store and they taste really really good! You should try it!
Oyster Omelette
The Oyster Omelette is not bad but I might not buy from the same store ever again because the oysters are not fresh! It cost $3 anyway. My friend, Aldaias knows the best place for Oyster Omelette and I will post an entry about that very soon!
Char Kway Teow
The Char Kway Teow is average for my taste and it cost $3. In fact, the best Char Kway Teow I have ever tasted in my life is situated at Marine Parade Food Centre, near the Macdonald’s. The name of the store is Apollo Char Kway Teow. Do check it out and perhaps you might just know the reason why I say its the best Char Kway Teow.
Longan Drink
The Longan Drink cost $3 but seriously, its very tantalising and super refreshing! What’s more, it’s so huge that it can serve 2 people!
Ice-Jelly Cocktail
The Ice-Jelly Cocktail cost about $2 and the taste is just so-so. The jelly tastes super bland and its kinda hard. In fact, the best Ice-Jelly (or also otherwise known as AiYu Jelly) that I have ever tasted is the one my mum makes at home. So, its priceless. If you want to taste some or perhaps find out how my mother makes them, do drop me an email at melvin.ocs@gmail.com and I will share with you more.
The last dish that Baby and I ordered was the BBQ Chicken Wings which costs us about $4 plus for 4 pieces of chicken wings. Pardon me for not putting up any photo of the Chicken Wings as we were both so engrossed with the wings that in the heat of the moment, we totally forgotten to take a picture of them.
In total we spent less than $20 for 2 persons and that makes up about $10 per person. For such high quality and inexpensive food, there’s a reason to visit Chomp Chomp!
Bon Appetit!
Hello Everyone,
today I’m going to do a review about Wanchai Hong Kitchen @ Serangoon NeX.
How We Ended Up At Wanchai Hong Kong Kitchen
Baby and I wanted to try some desserts at Serangoon NeX and there are tons of stores that sells desserts. After walking a few rounds, we decided to give Wanchai Hong Kong Kitchen a try.
What We Ordered
Gingko Nut & Barley
The Gingko Nut and Barley is not very sweet and tastes like the Quaker Oats my mum makes at home. I can’t even feel the beancurd skin on my tongue because it has been blended to a liquid state. In my opinion, its very average and nothing really special. For $3.30, its so not worth it!
Milk Pudding & Fresh Mango Sauce
According to Baby, the Milk Pudding and Fresh Mango Sauce isn’t very fantastic because the taste is very bland. In her opinion, the $3.50 is not worth paying for!
Peanut Butter Toast
This costs us $3.20 and to be brutally honest, its way below my expectations. The toast wasn’t as thick as it claims to be and in fact, even the average coffeeshop can make better tasting toasts than this. I have had better tasting toasts at other Hong Kong Cafes. This dish is simply just CRAP!
Overall Experience
The Whole Unpleasant Experience That Costs Us $10.70
I don’t exactly know how their other dishes like appetisers and main courses taste like as we didn’t order them. But if the simple desserts we had are not even up to our expectations, I highly doubt their other dishes will be any different. All in all, we don’t recommend dining here for desserts as the price and quality are not correlated; You will be better off going for desserts elsewhere.
YUCKS!
Hello Everyone,
today I am going to introduce to you this restaurant called, “Nanxiang Steamed Bun Restaurant” or “?????” in Chinese.
How We Ended Up At Nanxiang Steamed Bun Restaurant?
As Baby and I decided that we would be heading to the Flea Market at the Singapore Arts Museum after our dinner, we decided to walk around Plaza Singapura in search of a good dining place for dinner. Initially, we wanted to go to Lao Beijing to eat but due to the overwhelming queue, we decided to head one level down and ended up at the shop front of Nanxiang Steamed Bun Restaurant. Though we still had to queue, we didn’t mind as we were second in line and the food looked pretty tempting. In fact, we waited for about less than 10 minutes when we were brought to our seats.
That’s Me
That’s Baby
Some Interesting Information About Nanxiang Steamed Bun Restaurant
To preserve the culinary standards of Nanxiang in Shanghai. their kitchens here are helmed by veteran Chefs from the original restaurant in Cheng Huang Temple! The restaurant offers a unique interior decor theme that features the iconic Chinese bamboo baskets used for steaming buns.
Restaurant Service
The level of service rendered by the service staffs were average. Upon showing us to our seats, the waitress asked if it was our first time dining there. We said, “Yes!” and the waitress then proceeded to explain to us how we could go about ordering our food and even recommended us some of their well known dishes.
The Dishes that We Ordered
Our Appetiser
Peanuts that cost $1. You can choose not to have it if you don’t want it.
Homemade Beancurd
This dish is a recommended dish by the Chef and we decided to place an order for it. The beancurd was nicely fried and the fillings inside the beancurd were very fragrant. To me, it seemed and tasted like another kind of Dim Sum but really, we found this dish to be quite unique.
Pan-Fried Dumpling
I have tried many pan-fried dumpling from many Chinese restaurants and I must say, the pan-fried dumpling that Nanxiang serves is pretty good. Usually, when I dine at other Chinese restaurants to try their pan-fried dumpling, their dumpling either ends up over-fried or under-fried, but for Nanxiang, their pan-fried dumpling is fried just nice. Over-fried dumplings are very hard to chew and the skin is hard while under-fried dumplings tend to be overly-glazed with oil.
Crabmeat Steamed Bun
This dish is also recommended by the Chef and YES, YOU HAVE TO ORDER IT! When the steamed buns arrived on our table, we could smell the lovely aroma of the buns and we started to salivate. As we all would know, “xiao long bao” is a very delicate food and it must be handed with care so as to savour the natural juices of the filling in the bun. For this particular dish, the juices that ooze out of the fillings were very tasty and flavourful.
Minced Pork Noodles
The minced pork noodles is cooked with black bean sauce and the taste of it reminds me of home. Why so? After eating a big mouthful of noodles, it really reminded me of the black bean fish that I always eat for dinner at home. If you are looking for something that taste rather homely and light, you might just want to try this.
Golden Fried Rice
This is really a sweet and spicy tasting dish. In fact, I have to admit that this have to be one of the best-tasting fried rice I ever had. The servings of pork floss were very generous and the fried rice was extremely fragrant. Although the fried rice might have a “sambal” taste, there really isn’t any sambal added to it. The sweet taste comes from the pork floss while the spicy taste comes from the powdered chilli. This dish is perfect for those who wants something filling and good-tasting.
In Summary
In total, we spent $47.79 and because there is a 10% discount for DBS Cardholders, our final bill was $43.47. Its definitely a pretty reasonable price to dine here.
For more information about Nanxiang Steamed Bun Restaurant, you can visit their website <– here or follow their facebook group <– here.
Bon Appetit!
