Monday, January 18, 2016
Ah Kow Mushroom Minced Pork Mee @ Hong Lim Market & Food Centre
Tried out this stall last Sunday... very nice Bak Chor Mee (minced pork mee) ...
I ordered the $5 one, and it proved to be just nice in size for breakfast... A variety of noodles are available for choosing, and I decided on the traditional mee-pok...
Strictly speaking, the mee-pok did not meet my expectation in mind, as I felt it was a little little too soft, but still got some springy texture... The sauce is fragrance with adequate black vinegar, and a nice savory taste... Oh, the sauce also has a strange but good "charred" fragrance... The chilli is quite ok and not too spicy... Though small in size, the mushrooms are quite juicy without being too salty, and a light "lor" taste... The lean meat is cooked to quite tender, much to my surprise...
The dumplings seem to be the same as the Teochew dumplings soup the stall is also selling. The dumpling skin is slightly thicker (but not soggy) and the meat filling is almost the same amount as typical stalls. However, the taste is surprisingly good, savory with strong fried sole fish flavour!!!! Speaking of the sole fish, there are quite generous slices of fried sole fish scattered in the bowl, and man, the nice fragrance and taste can linger in your mind long after you finish the meal (though some may feel a little bitter taste at first)...
Lastly the soup... not much special on its own, but when the seaweed is soaked in it for some time, the soup has a good seaweed flavour...
Next stall to try is probably the Tai Wah BCM....
I ordered the $5 one, and it proved to be just nice in size for breakfast... A variety of noodles are available for choosing, and I decided on the traditional mee-pok...
Strictly speaking, the mee-pok did not meet my expectation in mind, as I felt it was a little little too soft, but still got some springy texture... The sauce is fragrance with adequate black vinegar, and a nice savory taste... Oh, the sauce also has a strange but good "charred" fragrance... The chilli is quite ok and not too spicy... Though small in size, the mushrooms are quite juicy without being too salty, and a light "lor" taste... The lean meat is cooked to quite tender, much to my surprise...
The dumplings seem to be the same as the Teochew dumplings soup the stall is also selling. The dumpling skin is slightly thicker (but not soggy) and the meat filling is almost the same amount as typical stalls. However, the taste is surprisingly good, savory with strong fried sole fish flavour!!!! Speaking of the sole fish, there are quite generous slices of fried sole fish scattered in the bowl, and man, the nice fragrance and taste can linger in your mind long after you finish the meal (though some may feel a little bitter taste at first)...
Lastly the soup... not much special on its own, but when the seaweed is soaked in it for some time, the soup has a good seaweed flavour...
Next stall to try is probably the Tai Wah BCM....
Sunday, December 27, 2015
孖宝 - 麻坡卤面 Ma Bo Lor Mee @ Hong Lim Market & Food Centre
Tried yet another stall in Hong Lim Market & Food Centre this morning... I believe this is one of the many branches of this Lor Mee stall... So they conveniently use "Ma Bo" to represent 孖宝 and also 麻坡???... Hmmm....
I ordered the big portion ($3.50), and was shocked by the big serving portion when the stall keeper handed the bowl of noodles to me... And I am right, super full after finishing the noodles... As I hated coriander/parsley leaves, I requested not to put them in... Also added a teaspoon of fine-chopped garlic (yes, MUST put in, if you are ok with the taste of raw garlic) and dash of vinegar (which I should have added more)... Also, do not reject the red chillies, they are not the spicy type but provides a additional flavour ...
Closer look at the main ingredients... normal fish cake (thin slices, ok in taste), ngor-hiang (also thin slices and taste is well, ok but typical; cna b slightly thicker though ), lor bak / braised pork (thin narrow slices, quite nicely braised to the "lor" flavour; can be a bit more though), and 2 chunks of battered-fried fish. I like to lightly immerse the fried fish in the gravy, to soak in the gravy, and surprisingly, the batter skin is still quite crispy after long time immerse in the gravy, with some parts of the batter skin soaked in a bit of the gravy too! Nice... Fish is quite tenderly-firm and nice... In fact I think this fried fish is the best among the ingredients... Am very tempted to order the pure fried fish version of the lor mee next time... hahahahaha..
The noodles are the traditional flat-yellow type, which allow the gravy to coat on it, so when we eat the noodles, the gravy can also be tasted... Yes, the gravy is rich, smooth, thick and pleasantly surprised to NOT find any lumps of starch despite such thick viscosity, very good... It has a good "lor" savoury taste too... Perhaps if the egg-flower (蛋花) is a bit more, the gravy would be even smoother and enhanced egg-fragrance... Bean sprouts are typical...
Hmmm... what should I try next time?? Hahahaha....
I ordered the big portion ($3.50), and was shocked by the big serving portion when the stall keeper handed the bowl of noodles to me... And I am right, super full after finishing the noodles... As I hated coriander/parsley leaves, I requested not to put them in... Also added a teaspoon of fine-chopped garlic (yes, MUST put in, if you are ok with the taste of raw garlic) and dash of vinegar (which I should have added more)... Also, do not reject the red chillies, they are not the spicy type but provides a additional flavour ...
Closer look at the main ingredients... normal fish cake (thin slices, ok in taste), ngor-hiang (also thin slices and taste is well, ok but typical; cna b slightly thicker though ), lor bak / braised pork (thin narrow slices, quite nicely braised to the "lor" flavour; can be a bit more though), and 2 chunks of battered-fried fish. I like to lightly immerse the fried fish in the gravy, to soak in the gravy, and surprisingly, the batter skin is still quite crispy after long time immerse in the gravy, with some parts of the batter skin soaked in a bit of the gravy too! Nice... Fish is quite tenderly-firm and nice... In fact I think this fried fish is the best among the ingredients... Am very tempted to order the pure fried fish version of the lor mee next time... hahahahaha..
The noodles are the traditional flat-yellow type, which allow the gravy to coat on it, so when we eat the noodles, the gravy can also be tasted... Yes, the gravy is rich, smooth, thick and pleasantly surprised to NOT find any lumps of starch despite such thick viscosity, very good... It has a good "lor" savoury taste too... Perhaps if the egg-flower (蛋花) is a bit more, the gravy would be even smoother and enhanced egg-fragrance... Bean sprouts are typical...
Hmmm... what should I try next time?? Hahahaha....
Sunday, December 20, 2015
Ji Ji Wanton Noodle (基记面家) at Hong Lim Market & Food Centre
Decided to try out the rest of the stalls in Hong Lim Market and Food Centre.... Decided to have this wanton noodles... and am delighted... hahahaha... This stall actually occupies 3 stalls... wow...
The front of the main stall displays a small hill of fried wantons and chicken cutlets... maybe will try the chicken cutlet next time...
I ordered the (min. price) $4 wanton noodles (云吞面) and it includes a small bowl of soup with 3 wantons... The bowl has the rest, including noodles, fried wantons, char siew, mushroom slices, vegetables... (the small plate at the bottom is green chillies in vinegar)...
The soup is quite different from what I normally eaten at other places. It leans slightly towards the sweet side (though still savoury), and my guess is the soup uses ikan bilis as base, not very sure though... The wantons in the soup looks slightly bigger than the normal ones you will normally find in other stalls, and the quite well-marinated meat fillings has a good tinge of pepper to bring out the flavour... not bad... The 3 fried wantons are similar except for the skin texture... The noodles are GOOOOOD!!!!!!!!!! I am so afraid of such noodles which are slightly thicker than the normal ones, but they turn out to be so good! The texture is chewy (think of the hand-made noodles) and springy, has a nice flour flavour... They really live up to their "noodle specialist" name... The sauce is supposedly the dark soy sauce based, and is VERY fragrance, though again is slightly towards the sweeter side though still savoury. Though, after I finish the noodles, I find the bottom of the bowl is a bit oily, perhaps a bit too much oil is used in the sauce. This however, does NOT change my opinion that the sauce is GOOOOOD!!!!! (I mean, a little bit of oil only)... I particularly like the braised mushroom slices, which is braised to nice flavour yet not too tough when chewed... nice.... The char siew is definitely above average, and can taste the meat's own flavour! But perhaps I had tried before some solid char siew, so I personally don't really find it to be special or such... Notwithstanding, the char siew is considered good really... The vegetables are not so good though...
strangely the soup taste a little more saltier at end of my meal... not sure why... maybe my taste buds had ran away... hahahaha... Overall, a very satisfied meal, 2 thumbs up!!!
As I wanted to finish my breakfast with a good cup of kopi (coffee), I walked around level 2 and saw this kopi stall...
Turns out they serve GOOD kopi-O!!!! Viscosity is just nice, not the watery type nor the super thick type... very very fragrance... definitely in my top 3 kopi-O list ...
Looking forward to my next trial at Hong Lim Market and Food Centre next time... maybe will try the Ah Kau Bar Chor Mee or perhaps the Ma Bo Lor Mee...
The front of the main stall displays a small hill of fried wantons and chicken cutlets... maybe will try the chicken cutlet next time...
I ordered the (min. price) $4 wanton noodles (云吞面) and it includes a small bowl of soup with 3 wantons... The bowl has the rest, including noodles, fried wantons, char siew, mushroom slices, vegetables... (the small plate at the bottom is green chillies in vinegar)...
The soup is quite different from what I normally eaten at other places. It leans slightly towards the sweet side (though still savoury), and my guess is the soup uses ikan bilis as base, not very sure though... The wantons in the soup looks slightly bigger than the normal ones you will normally find in other stalls, and the quite well-marinated meat fillings has a good tinge of pepper to bring out the flavour... not bad... The 3 fried wantons are similar except for the skin texture... The noodles are GOOOOOD!!!!!!!!!! I am so afraid of such noodles which are slightly thicker than the normal ones, but they turn out to be so good! The texture is chewy (think of the hand-made noodles) and springy, has a nice flour flavour... They really live up to their "noodle specialist" name... The sauce is supposedly the dark soy sauce based, and is VERY fragrance, though again is slightly towards the sweeter side though still savoury. Though, after I finish the noodles, I find the bottom of the bowl is a bit oily, perhaps a bit too much oil is used in the sauce. This however, does NOT change my opinion that the sauce is GOOOOOD!!!!! (I mean, a little bit of oil only)... I particularly like the braised mushroom slices, which is braised to nice flavour yet not too tough when chewed... nice.... The char siew is definitely above average, and can taste the meat's own flavour! But perhaps I had tried before some solid char siew, so I personally don't really find it to be special or such... Notwithstanding, the char siew is considered good really... The vegetables are not so good though...
strangely the soup taste a little more saltier at end of my meal... not sure why... maybe my taste buds had ran away... hahahaha... Overall, a very satisfied meal, 2 thumbs up!!!
As I wanted to finish my breakfast with a good cup of kopi (coffee), I walked around level 2 and saw this kopi stall...
Turns out they serve GOOD kopi-O!!!! Viscosity is just nice, not the watery type nor the super thick type... very very fragrance... definitely in my top 3 kopi-O list ...
Looking forward to my next trial at Hong Lim Market and Food Centre next time... maybe will try the Ah Kau Bar Chor Mee or perhaps the Ma Bo Lor Mee...
Wednesday, December 9, 2015
Thursday, November 26, 2015
Jollibee Breakfast - Chicken Tocino Set
Tried this today... Rice has strong garlic taste which is good, but a little little too soft... chicken is in cubes, and leans towards the sweeter side... Reminds me of eating Char Kway but using meat instead of the kway... hahahaha... not bad...
Sunday, November 1, 2015
New IT Gadget a.k.a. Toy(s)... Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (LTE) with S Pen
Yeah! Bought my new IT "toys"!!! The Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (LTE) with S Pen is bought from Harvey Norman, at a good price of $400! However it does not come with the free cover, but I have already ordered 1 from Taobao.com... the Strontium Nitro 64GB MicroSDXC card is bought from Challenger for $55... expensive MicroSD card but is hoping the fast speed benefits the data transfer...
... Tab A 8.0 de-tombed... and also the accessories...
... Nice... Like the S Pen feature as I can draw on the Sketchbook app... shiok...
... I remember I have a old Starhub 1GB data SIM card which came free with my internet plan, and I had not been using for a long time... Decided to mod it into a microSIM card using a template and cut to size... Turns out the thickness of this SIM card is too thick and I had to file down the thickness... so far working well...
...and eagerly waiting for my tablet cover to arrive...
... Tab A 8.0 de-tombed... and also the accessories...
... Nice... Like the S Pen feature as I can draw on the Sketchbook app... shiok...
... I remember I have a old Starhub 1GB data SIM card which came free with my internet plan, and I had not been using for a long time... Decided to mod it into a microSIM card using a template and cut to size... Turns out the thickness of this SIM card is too thick and I had to file down the thickness... so far working well...
...and eagerly waiting for my tablet cover to arrive...
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