"Rediscover" Singapore 19 Dec 2020 (1/4) - Amoy Street Food Centre

After many days of recuperating from the lateral foot pain injury (which I did not realised that it will take so long to heal to a walkable state), I finally got the chance to go for my urban-cycling exploration of Singapore... But woke up to a shock when saw the rain and cloudy sky... In the end decided to try my luck when rain seem to almost stopped and I set off.  Took MRT to Raffles Place station... 

 

Then cycle+walk to my first destination which is Amoy Street Food Centre for late breakfast.

 

Had the fishball-bar chor mee from “Michelin Plate” Ah Ter Teochew Fish Ball Noodles. Ordered the SGD5 one with thin noodles (mee kia).  The noodles are strangely quite smoky, savoury and strong in taste, perhaps is the addition of the chilli sauce. It is quite in contrast with the soup which tasted sweet and reminds me of the flavour when added in winter-vegetables (冬菜) . These 2 combined gives a nice taste. Noodles are quite chewy. Ingredients are also quite good.  Suspect the pork slices are marinated with wine. Anyway, good bowl of noodles for breakfast. 

Also had "Bib Gourmand" J2 Famous Crispy Curry Puff. Ordered one curry and 1 black pepper chicken (?).  The outer skin is the flakiest curry puff skin I had. Very nice. Contents are quite good good too. 

Then proceed to walk over to Thian Hock Keng temple, or a.k.a. Mah Zor Keng as our family usually calls it...

"Urban Hiking" - Target : Wu Pao Chun Bakery @ Capitol Piazza

3rd "urban hiking" trip this quarter of the year. This time is from home in Bedok to Wu Pao Chun Bakery at Capitol Piazza.  Objective is to buy Red Wine Longan bread for my parents (and of course, myself) and (1/2 loaf) of Lychee Rose Royale bread for cousins and siblings... Felt more conditioned than first 2 times of "urban hiking", but in the end still got lateral foot sprain pain at right foot, still not sure why, as it was my right foot that I thought I had strained when mis-stepping on the pavement. Anyway, pain has mostly subsided by now. This time walked along Changi Road instead of Sims Avenue East. Very fun to see the surrounding changed slowly and discovering new places never seen before. Had breakfast along the way at Yong He Eating House. It is a good break from walking, but I don't think I will visiting it for the food in future. Hopefully 1 day can "hike" to the west side. 

* EDIT:  Turns out the lateral foot pain is much worse, took about 6 days before I can walk with negligible pain...

Ramen Talk 拉面说 Instant Ramen Pork Bone Barbecue Pork ( Char Siew ) Ramen 豚骨叉烧拉面 ft. 7-11 Hanjuku Egg

Bought from Taobao via ezBuy. Took around 2 weeks to reach and expiry date is January 2021, but I think these 3 packs will be gone way before the expiry date. Very expensive, costs nearly SGD7 per pack.  Overall is quite ok, nothing super special but quite ok. Soup needs about 360ml of water ( I prefer to use 400ml) according to instructions, boil and add to the soup stock and over the char siew piece. I forgotten to stir and mix the soup after adding hot water.  3 mins is a good time for me to cook the noodles as I prefer them to be a little "harder".  Char siew is nice but tends to be of the sweeter side and reminds me of Chinese version of char siew. Probably may buy again in the future but not so soon. This time added a 7-11 Hanjuku egg to top up the proteins.  

East Coast Commune @ Marine Cove

Cycled today at East Coast Park, this time towards Jumbo Restaurant etc direction. Shortly reached Marine Cove, and decided to have breakfast there. Choose this place called East Coast Commune.  Staff mentioned that it is a relatively new cafe around 3 weeks. Ambience is quite nice - bright, open spaced,  and high ceiling. Has nice interior decorations too.

Ordered the sourdough chicken sandwich (SGD11) and a cup of Long Black coffee. Quite nice coffee. Sourdough bread seemed to be a little too burnt, and also a tad too sour, as it covers the taste (sweetness) of the other vegetables. Chicken meat is quite tender.

Cycling Trip to Jurassic Mile @ Singapore Changi Airport

 It was a fun workout, on my newly acquired Carryme bike. Started to accustom to cycling after 8~9 years of not cycling... When reached East Coast Park, sad to see the East Coast Food Village will be out for renovation till March next year (if I remember correctly). Made a few stops as soon as I felt uncomfortable, so the overall journey is quite smooth. And also good opportunity to capture good views on my phone camera...

Reached the signage to go to Jurassic Mile after some time... not that long in distance actually but I had only 8 inch wheels so was longer time...

Reached the entrance of the Jurassic Mile! As it was a week day, not many visitors were there...

Good to have nets to protect from flying golf balls, but the net also made the view a bit fuzzier..

I wonder how the snail got up to such height...

"I got my teeth back!!!!!"

Sister-in-law suggested on whatsapp can go to Hub and Spoke, so I venture off, with a distance of about 2.2 km (+ -) to cover, to explore what might be there...

Super hilarious dinosaur...

Had an expensive brunch, total about SGD17.90... Maybe should have tried their local food type... seemed cheaper, but its ok, still not too bad... More important to enjoy the atmosphere to dine... But the birds there are super bold, they are not afraid of people, so maybe better to dine indoors...

Off to journey to search for MRT.... and finally found after walking long long time... Remember to go to LEVEL 3, easier to walk to MRT... I think...