新年快乐！羊年行大运！！！

Wishing all a Happy Lunar New Year!!! 恭喜！恭喜！

Sunday Mornings...

Am now in Chinatown McDonald's, finished the muffin & hash-brown, and sipping the Arabica beans coffee... earlier while inflating my car tyres, saw a young cyclist also inflating her bicycle's tyres enthuastically... and then while driving along ECP, again saw many joggers and cyclists happily running and cycling... Suddenly reminded me of my younger times when i can wake up early weekends just to cycle to and at East Coast Park there....  Seriously, should i try cycling / jogging again next Sunday??? Can this be my (Chinese) New Yr resolution for this yr??!!!.... hmmm.... hmmm...

Chinatown Jalan Today...

Wanted to have a walk at Chinatown today... And was quite surprised to see that Hans at Great Eastern Building is closed... not sure if it is for renovation or for good... so went over to Hong Lim Market and Food Centre for breakfast... Finally decided to try the prawn mee soup... and choose this stall: The Old Stall Hokkien Street Famous Hokkien Prawn Mee...


Ordered the normal noodles+beehoon, soup version, $4... Quite an ok choice! Here's the summary:
(1) 5 pieces of 1/2 prawns
(2) 4 pieces of thin-sliced meat (pork)
(3) Soup has a lighter flavour with a light fragrance; has a slight "fishy-prawny" smell if inhale strong from a close distance; seems clear at first but turns a bit of "murky" at near of end of meal; no "heaty" feel after drinking, so drank almost all the soup; no distinct taste of MSG (so the claim of no MSG at the stall's poster could be true...)
(4) Noodles and beehoon are cooked just nice...
(5) Includes some bean sprouts and a few strands of kangkong... and fried shallots...

Will still go back again, because seldom can find a prawn mee stall that has soup without "heaty" feel...



Went over to Daiso (Chinatown Point) for shopping... and then went to the Hill Street Coffee Shop for steamed bread and Kopi-o... and after some time of being treated like an invisible man, the staff finally ask for my order... and this is not the first time it happened... but the worst is the standard of food quality dips... The steam bread has 1 piece that is SUPER soggy over many areas, which I suspect the water condensation inside the steamer dripped onto the bread surface while steaming... and I don't think it is right to serve your customers food with this quality... the kopi-o is also thinner and quite sour... sigh... Did not finish the food and left... WIll I return to this place again? Hmmm..... I think you also know...



While going to CSC, took a few pics of the Chinese New Year decorations for 2015, which is coming soon after mid Feb...

Belated New Year's Day Present...

Collected my most expensive "toy" ever (which is also my belated New Year's Day present) today... Hmmm... the strong smell of fresh plastic and leather... Looks much better when view physically than in picture... This is the E version (aka no-frills)... and realised that mine has a "reduced-chrome" version... front and back...  



Edit: Interior pics...

Meters now right in front of driver... nice...


Faux stitched leather... all plastic... but nice nice effect, hahahaha...


The "lelio" (radio)... and the air refreshner... now no more addictive new car smell... hahahaha...


Getting used to the ziggly zaggly drive stick as each day of driving passes...


Middle back seat has 3-Point safety belt!!! Nice... hahahaha... Oh, and no more "hump" at the middle seat allows middle (rear) passenger to place feet more comfortably...

Self-cooked Brunch 3th January 2015...

I love baked beans in tomato sauce... in fact, I can gobble up a small-medium can of baked beans in tomato sauce together with a few pieces of toasted bread as a meal...

Merry Christmas and a (in advance) Happy New Year!!!!!

... and proudly presenting the Christmas "Tree" that me, my little nephew and niece made yesterday, hahaha... Merry Christmas!!!

Revisit to Chiew Kee Noodle House - Soy Sauce Chicken Noodles, Dumpling Soup

Had brunch last Sunday at this place (32, Upper Cross Street) again... The taste is addictive, hahahaha....



I ordered the "1 noodles and 1 soup", and gotten this... at $5... which means if the noodles is $3.50, the dumpling soup is $1.50... which I believe should be the 1-pax portion (of 3 dumplings) instead of the $5 à la carte version... which works out to be $0.50 per dumpling... which I believe is much worth than a cup of drink... which I will order for as long as they don't get me to order the à la carte instead, hahahaha... (



Here we go: (1) Springy (QQ) noodles with a bit of crunch, (2) sauce is mix of rich savoury with slightly more sweet than salty, (3) chicken is tender, skin is the best part, with the smooth texture soaked with the soy sauce gravy (卤汁) which is also slightly more skewed towards the sweet side than salty, (4) Remember to dip the chicken meat into the watery sweet-sour chilli sauce a bit (not too much as this might cover the meat taste)... Solid!!!!!!



The dumpling soup.... Soup itself is quite...normal, and I think they did add a bit of the soy sauce gravy in to try to enhance the taste... but the dumpling is nice! Very packed and filled with meat, bits of water chestnuts, and bits of chinese mushrooms really increase the taste and especially the texture when chewing... Good combi with the noodles... Ad like I say, I will keep this combi for subsequent orders, until they force me to buy the à la carte dumpling soup, hahahahahahahaha.....