Good Morning Vietnam...

I was accompanying my friend the other day, doing a bit of window shopping in some of the shopping malls in town. We came across this humongous burger looking food item and for some strange reasons, I just couldn't get it out of my mind. Therefore last weekend, I decided to go for it.

'Bánh Mì' - Caramelised 5-spice Pork Belly, Pork Pate I was browsing across the web, trying to find out more information about this. And it seems that this is something that was introduced by the French to the Vietnamese locals during its colonial period. The idea behind this 'Bánh Mì' is pretty much similar to a normal sandwich. However, they are using the French bread, 'Baguette', rather than the regular bread. Since this was influenced by the Vietnamese and French, therefore it isn't a surprise that French ingredients like (Mayonnaise, Baguette) and Vietnamese ingredients such as (Cilantro, Chilli Peppers, Pickled Carrots) have been added into this burger looking food. As for the 'Bánh Mì' that they are offering over here, most of them come with different types of cold cuts from pork but they also have 'Bánh Mì' that come with 'Chicken', 'Fish' and vegetables only. So how does it taste like? I always have the impression that all the various types of French loaf are usually harder than normal bread. However, this has proven me wrong. The bread isn't as tough as I thought and besides for the crust which is a bit crispy, the rest of it are pretty chewy like a normal bread. Although the ingredients were served cold, but since most of the ingredients were pickled vegetables, I really love the unique and refreshing taste of the mixed vegetables. Even though cold cuts have been added into the 'Bánh Mì', but I think that as compared to the vegetables, the taste of the meat aren't exciting enough. Probably I would give the vegetarian version of the 'Bánh Mì' the next time round. :D

Besides for 'Bánh Mì', they also have various types of Vietnamese food on their menu. Items like 'Hanoi Pho', 'Viet Desserts', side dish like 'Cold Prawn Rolls' have been listed on the menu too. :D

The name of this place would be 'NamNam Noodle Bar'. It's located inside 'Raffles City Shopping Centre'.

The opening hours are from 8:00 - 21:30. The value breakfast set are available from 8:00 - 10:00 on weekdays only. The value lunch set are available from 10:00 - 15:00 on weekdays only.

* Click here to find out more about 'NamNam Noodle Bar'.
^ Click here for the Facebook page of 'NamNam Noodle Bar'.
~ Click here to find out more about 'Raffles City Shopping Centre'.
# Click here for the list of delicacies that can be found in 'Raffles City Shopping Centre'.

An Interesting Mix

Initially, due to the hot and humid weather outside, my mind was pretty much set on ordering a 'Cold Dessert'. But after my third or fourth look at the menu, I decided to go for a 'Hot Dessert' instead.

'Yam with Black Glutinous Rice'(芋头露与黑糯米) Probably I haven't been keeping a lookout for desserts that come with lots of 'Yam'. However, my interest for 'Yam' seems to have grown greatly recently. I was looking at the menu and this has captured my immediate attention. Hence, I decided to give this a good try. After giving this dessert a thorough mix, I personally find it to be pretty nice. For a start, every go at this dessert comes with a pretty nice fragrance of 'Yam'. On top of that, the mixture doesn't end up to be too sticky or too watery. In fact the texture is pretty good when it comes to 'Black Glutinous Rice'. Making a good bowl of 'Black Glutinous Rice' can be pretty difficult, especially when you need to ensure that the texture doesn't end up to be too sticky and the 'Glutinous Rice' doesn't end up to be too soft and overcook. What they are serving over here is in fact pretty nice. The 'Glutinous Rice' aren't too hard or too soft and as mentioned earlier, the fragrance of it is pretty good too.

'Hot Desserts' The above shows their menu for 'Hot Desserts', which is their speciality.

'Cold Desserts' The above shows their menu for 'Cold Desserts'.

The name of this place is 'Dessert Hut'(甜品小屋). They have a few outlets island-wide. The above shows the outlet located inside 'People's Park Centre'.

Operating Hours:

• 11:00 - 19:30

* Click here to find out more about 'Dessert Hut'(甜品小屋).
^ Click here for the location of 'People's Park Centre'.

Beyond a Potato will become a Potato Burger?

Eating, is the biggest enjoyment in my life. I love to go around looking and giving different types of delicious/interesting delicacy a try. As for my last weekend, I was spending a bit of time doing a bit of window shopping in this shopping centre and...

'Turkey Ham Potato' Taking the first look at this reminds me of a cheesy pizza and it makes me wonder where is the potato?

After spending a bit of time digging and poking, I realised that they have actually slice open a potato and add the ingredients into the opening. As for my case, since I have placed an order for the 'Turkey Ham Potato', I think that slices of 'Turkey Ham' and 'Cheese' have been added to the opening in the potato before they put it inside a microwave to bake it. Therefore the end product have 'Cheese' melting all over the opening. On top of that, you are still getting all the nice potato skin and the texture of the potato remains to be pretty soft and moist, which is pretty nice and delicious. (Drooling...) However, just take note that this can be pretty filling. If you don't have a fantastic big appetite, try to share this with someone else.

In fact, I was pretty surprise. Although it's slightly a bit pricey, but the food over here is pretty nice. Yet, it only have a handful of customers only, which is kinda surprising.

The name of this place is 'Potato Depot'. It's located inside 'Raffles City Shopping Centre'.

Operating Hours:

• Sundays - Thursday: 09:00 - 21:30
  Fridays - Saturdays: 09:00 - 22:00

* Click here to find out more about 'Potato Depot'.
^ Click here to find out more about 'Raffles City Shopping Centre'.
~ Click here for the list of delicacies that can be found in 'Raffles City Shopping Centre'.

Going 4th Fried Kway Teow

Probably this is my fourth (or is this the fifth?) visit to this place. After making numerous visits to this place, I have finally managed to give the 'Fried Kway Teow' over here a try.

'Fried Kway Teow' After I have given the 'Fried Kway Teow' over here a try, I finally understand why the 'Fried Kway Teow' over here is so famous. For a start, the stall owner is pretty flexible. You can choose to customise the 'Fried Kway Teow' in whatever way you want. It can either be darker or spicier. On top of that, the 'Fried Kway Teow' might appear to be pretty dry. However, once you put it inside your mouth, you will realise that it's pretty moist and that not only go for the cockles and sausages, the noodles and the 'Kway Teow' are pretty nice too. Best of all, rather than adding a scoop of chilli at the side of the plate, the stall owner has chose to fried it with all the ingredients, which I personally find this to be the best way of preparing a good plate of 'Fried Kway Teow'. :D

The name of this stall would be 'Zheng Xing Fried Kway Teow Mee'(正興炒粿條麺). It's located inside 'Toa Payoh Lorong 8 Market and Food Centre'.

Opening Hours:

• 12noon - 7pm Daily
  (Closed on Sundays and Mondays)

* Click here for the location of 'Toa Payoh Lorong 8 Market and Food Centre' on
  Google Maps.
~ Click here for the list of delicacies that can be found in
  'Toa Payoh Lorong 8 Market and Food Centre'.

The steamboat at Azmaya

You can try various types of food in Singapore. Just for steamboat alone, there's already a very big variety of steamboat soup that one can try. There's like 'Sichuan soup', 'Herbal soup', etc... However, have anyone out there tried 'Japanese Curry soup' or 'Tomato soup' before?

'Thick Japanese Curry Steamboat Buffet' The chef has added lots of pork and vegetables into the pot. And the waiter have place the pot on a mini induction stove. You will be getting a nice curry smell after 5 minutes and you can start digging into the food after 15-20 minutes of waiting. You can slowly scoop out some of the ingredients and add it to your plate and the taste of it is fantastic. :D

Actually, the nice waiter has also prepared two bowls of sauces for me. However, as compared to the taste of the curry, the taste of the 'Yuzu' sauce isn't fantastic enough. And I really like the thick texture and the nice fragrance and taste of the curry.

And the if you have gone for the 'Curry steamboat', you should really order a bowl of rice too. The curry can really blend with the taste of the curry nicely. In fact, after giving it a first try, I don't might giving it a second shot again. :P By the way, besides serving various types of Japanese food, They also have a wide selection of beverages. There's Japanese Sake, Beer, etc... And the beverages menu looks pretty interesting to me.

The name of this restaurant would be 'Azmaya'. It's located along 'Robertson Quay', which is beside SIngapore River.

Note:

• There's a 50% discount promotion for most of the steamboat stuff over here for the month of June 2013. However, reservations are required. On top of that, there's another 1 or 2 conditions that you would have to take note. You can read more about the promotion on their Facebook page over here.

Opening Hours:

• Tuesdays - Thursdays, Sundays: 17:00 - 01:00
  Fridays - Saturdays: 17:00 - 04:00
  (Closed on Mondays)

* Click here for the Facebook page of 'Azmaya!'.
^ Click here to find out more about 'Azmaya'.

Andhra food

According to my friend, Andhra Food, which is a type of Indian food, are famous for it's spicy flavour. Therefore, since I'm a big fan of spicy food, I decided to give it a go.

'Chicken Biryani' Probably some of you will picture a plate of 'Chicken Biryani' to be a complete mess, however rather than scooping the biryani from the metal bowl onto the plate slowly, I have a much more easier way of doing it. You can just cover the metal bowl of biryani using a plate and flip it over quickly. Rather than lifting the metal bowl up immediately, I would turn the bowl slowly, before lifting it up. (Usually, there will still be a bit of biryani rice left inside the bowl. I would just scoop the rest of them out of the bowl and add it to the plate. By the way, if you are going to use this method, please be careful of the hot metal bowl. :P) Taste wise, the 'Papadum' that was given was flawless. The entire thing was pretty crispy. As for the taste of the warm biryani itself, the fragrance of the biryani rice were pretty good. Even though the taste of the chicken meat were pretty normal, but when you mix it with the biryani rice, the overall taste of this dish was actually fantastic. However, despite giving more than 2 different types of curry a try, I'm kinda disappointed because the food over here isn't spicy enough. Even though the taste of the biryani over here were excellent, but it have not meet the expectation of spicy food. Or maybe I should give some other dishes a try next time round.

So where can you give the tasty biryani a try?

The name of this place would be 'Andhra Curry'. It's located near 'Little India MRT'.

Notes:

• Operating Hours:
  
  Weekdays:
  Lunch: 11:30 - 15:30
  Dinner: 18:00 - 22:30
  
  Weekends:
  11:30 - 22:30

* Click here for the location of 'Andhra Curry' on 'Google Maps'.

China Delicious or Delicious China?

Being a Chinese with a big appetite, a normal main dish would have difficulty satisfying my super big appetite. Therefore, even though I knew that I shouldn't be eating that much, but I just couldn't resist all the delicious temptations out there. For example...

'Xiao Long Bao'(小笼包) The 'Xiao Long Bao' over here are pretty juicy and it also come with a pretty good broth and a decent portion of meat. On top of that, they are making all the delicious 'dim sum' from scratch, which means that everything are handmade and not factory made. On top of that, the cheap and affordable price that you are paying for the 'Xiao Long Bao' over here are pretty reasonable. However, there's a drawback in this delicacy. In order to wrap all the ingredients and the soup together nicely, the skin of this 'Xiao Long Bao' tends to be pretty thick and this delicacy would taste which more better if they can reduce the overall thickness of the skin of the 'Xiao Long Bao'. :P

So where can you give the delicious 'Dim Sum' a try?

The name of this stall would be 'China Delicious'(中国小吃). It's located inside 'Toa Payoh Lorong 8 Market and Food Centre'.

Notes:

• 10am - 11pm Daily
  (Closed on Mondays)

* Click here for the location of 'Toa Payoh Lorong 8 Market and Food Centre' on
  Google Maps.
~ Click here for the list of delicacies that can be found in
  'Toa Payoh Lorong 8 Market and Food Centre'.

Handmade fish balls @ Lorong 8

I think this was my third or fourth disappointed trip to 'Toa Payoh Lorong 8 Market and Food Centre'. I wanted to try the 'Fried Kway Teow' over here and it seems that I simply have no luck in eating it. Rather than wasting this trip, I decided to look around and give some other stalls a try.

'Minced Meat Noodles' I think that the speciality of this stall would be the fishballs and meatballs. These balls are handmade and they are pretty bouncy and the texture of the fishballs and meatballs are pretty chewy. On top of that, the taste of the fishballs and meatballs are pretty fresh. However, the only drawback of these balls would be the shape of it. Rather than being round, they look kinda irregular in shape. Although the bowl of noodles are pretty tasty too, but as compared to the balls, the balls were leaving a much more stronger impression in my mind.

Basically, if you are getting sick and tired with all the common ingredients of the 'Fishball Noodles' or 'Minced Meat Noodles', pretty much similar to a 'Yong Tau Hu' stall, you can D.I.Y your own bowl of noodles over here too. (Even though most of the ingredients that you can choose from were mainly fried ingredients, but hey it still makes it pretty special as compared to the normal stalls.)

So where can you give the noodles a try?

The name of this stall would be 'Handmade Fishball Noodle'(八巷手工鱼圆面). It's located inside 'Toa Payoh Lorong 8 Market and Food Centre'.

Notes:

• I'm not really sure what are the opening hours of this stall. Please drop me a message if you happen to know the opening hours of this stall. Thanks for helping. :D

* Click here for the location of 'Toa Payoh Lorong 8 Market and Food Centre' on
  Google Maps.
~ Click here for the list of delicacies that can be found in
  'Toa Payoh Lorong 8 Market and Food Centre'.

Orange Hot Green Chilli?

Back then, I used to hang out at 'Little India' almost every single day. Basically, one of the main reason for my frequent visit were due to the delicious and satisfying portion of food that was given. (Most of the Indian restaurants over there provides unlimited flow of either biryani rice or white rice.) So on top of the spicy Indian food, I could also satisfy my super big appetite. Therefore, I could kill 2 birds with 1 stone, isn't that great! As for today, rather than going to write about main courses, I'm going to write about snacks.

'Mirchi Bhajji'(Fried Grren Chilli) On top of all the heavy meals that I can get in 'Little India', I could also get snacks like this too. So why do I love this? Being a big fan of chillies and spicy stuff, that pretty much explain the taste of this snack. It's pretty hot and at the same time, the texture of this snack isn't too hard or too soft. And if you are lucky enough, sometimes you can get hold of a super crispy piece of 'Mirchi Bhajji' too. :D

The above shows the variety of snacks that this place is offering. (I don't think I have even tried half of the spread as most of the time, I would only go for the 'Mirchi Bhajji'. :P)

The name of this place would be 'Big Bites'. They have a few outlets island-wide and the above shows their outlet along 'Serangoon Road'.

Notes:

• Operating Hours:
  8am - 10:30pm

* Click here for the Facebook Page of 'Big Bites'.
^ Click here to find out more about 'Big Bites'.
~ Click here for the location of the outlet located along 'Serangoon Road' on
  Google Maps.

Raw Noodles? @ Lorong 8

Had an interesting conversation with my friend today and I think that I have agreed with him completely. Basically, once a delicacy has caught my attention, I would go all out to give that delicacy a try. Therefore...

'Sheng Mian'(生麵) Here's a fun fact to start with, if anyone tries to translate the following Chinese characters (生麵), you will end up with the translated text of 'Raw Noodles'. For a start, this can be misleading. The 'Sheng Mian' over here aren't raw at all. As you can see, I have placed an order for the soup version of 'Sheng Mian'. The noodles are pretty tangy and that texture of the noodles aren't too hard nor too soft. The cook of this stall have definitely spent a long time trying to perfect the amount of time needed to cook the noodles. The noodles alone have already capture my interest. As for the soup itself, delicious ingredients like prawns, leaned meat, crispy 'ikan bilis', egg and vegetables were added into it. Therefore, the taste of the soup ended up to be pretty flavourful. On top of that, if you are the type that prefer to mix the egg into the soup, once you have taken your seat, you must quickly mix all your ingredients together vigorously. There will be chances that the egg is half cook and you still can mix it into the soup and make it even much more flavourful. :D

So where can you give the 'Sheng Mian' a try?

The name of this stall would be 'Seletar Sheng Mian Mee Hoon Kway'(實里達 生麺 麵粉粿). It's located inside 'Toa Payoh Lorong 8 Market and Food Centre'.

Notes:

• Operating Hours:
  Fridays - Tuesdays: 6am - 2:30pm
  (Closed on Wednesdays and Thursdays)

* Click here for the location of 'Toa Payoh Lorong 8 Market and Food Centre' on
  Google Maps.
~ Click here for the list of delicacies that can be found in
  'Toa Payoh Lorong 8 Market and Food Centre'.

A Company of Beer

Frankly speaking, I'm not so much into alcoholic drinks like beer, wine, etc... However, once in a while, I would still drink a bit, especially when I'm travelling and the weather is freezing cold. By drinking a bit, it really helps to keep you warm and out-stand the crazily cold weather co-temporarily.

'Taiwan Lychee Beer'(臺灣荔枝啤酒) Ever since I know about the existence of this beer in Singapore last year (or is it 2 years ago?), I have been keeping a lookout for it. And I managed to find it recently. As you drink the beer, rather than getting the bitter taste, you are getting the sweet taste of 'Lychee'. However the taste will slowly turn from sweet to bitter as you gulp down the beer, which isn't that important. Most importantly, it is something special and nice that even non-beer lovers like me could easily gulp down 3/4 of the bottle of beer without any difficulties. :)

So where can you give the 'Taiwan Lychee Beer' a good try?

Who says that you can only get a wide variety of beers in a brewery or restaurant? Basically, the name of this stall is 'The Good Beer Company' and it is located in one of the hidden corners on level 2 of 'Chinatown Complex Food Centre'.

Notes:

• Operating hours:
  Mondays - Saturdays: 18:00 - 22:00

* Click here for the Facebook page of 'The Good Beer Company'.
^ Click here for the location of 'Chinatown Complex Food Centre' on Google Maps.
~ Click here for the list of delicacies that can be found in 'Chinatown Complex Food
  Centre'.

A Talking Bean

Pretty much similar to all my previous posts, I love to travel around Singapore and do a bit of exploring. And I will always keep a lookout for new places to dine, which is the most important reason why I love exploring. (Basically, if eating can be a hobby, I guess that it would be one of my favourite hobby.) Anyway, I ended up doing a bit of travelling to the North on a hot and sunny day and I managed to meet my friend over there. And...

'BeansTalk Signature'(招牌豆花) After spending a bit of time Googling the exact location of this place, we managed to find it and the both of us ended up giving their signature dessert a good try. After giving this dessert a try, one can easily relate the ingredients to the name of this dessert stall. Basically, the helper of the stall has added a big scoop of 'bean curd' into the cup, followed by a big scoop of 'grass jelly', followed by a few scoops of 'red beans', 'green beans', 'pinto beans', 'roasted nuts' and 'mini taro balls'. Basically, I love beans and nuts, hence this is like a big 'Whao' to me and the relatively low price is pretty attractive too. :D By the way, you probably would want to mix all the ingredients together before digging into it. But don't mix it too violently, otherwise some of the ingredients might fall out and you seriously wouldn't want to chop the 'grass jelly' and 'bean curd' into small pieces. Taste wise, although these are merely ordinary ingredients, but with the correct quantity, even the common ingredients can create something that is extraordinary. As there's a mixture of both soft and hard ingredients and ingredients with a completely different taste, each bite can give you a completely new sensation, which made it pretty suitable for a hot sunny day. :P (There's the bitter 'Grass Jelly', sweet 'Bean Curd', crunchy nuts, etc...)

So where can you give the dessert a try?

The name of this stall would be 'Beans Talk'. They currently have a few outlets island-wide and the photo above shows the outlet located at 'Toa Payoh Central'.

Notes:

• Operating Hours:
  11:00 - 22:00
• On top of their 'BeansTalk Signature', I have also gave the 'Grass Jelly Special' a try too. Although the ingredients were pretty much similar, but in terms of taste, I still find the 'BeansTalk Signature' to be much more better. Anyway, you can also D.I.Y your own dessert over here too. :P

* Click here for the Facebook Page of 'Beans Talk'.
^ Click here for the location of 'Beans Talk' at 'Toa Payoh Central' on Google Maps.

A test for your consciousness...

What if all the restaurants or eateries in this world are not going to put a price tag on all the food items on their menu? And, you can simply pay any price for everything that you have ordered and eaten, what will you do and how much are you willing to pay?

'Vegetarian Indian Buffet' Unfortunately, they are providing Vegetarian Indian Buffet that night. Actually I was looking forward to the ala-carte menu, but since I have step into this restaurant, I will simply go ahead with anything that they were offering that evening. Well basically, there are rice dishes, desserts, naans and all sorts of Indian dishes in this buffet spread. Since it's buffet style, that means, you can give everything a try. On top of the buffet spread, you can also place unlimited orders for the various types of beverages over here. I wanted to try the Mango Lassi over here but they don't have it that day, hence I ended up trying the thick blackcurrant Lassi, which is equally thick and good. :D By the way, according to my friend, the Lime Juice over here is pretty strong. After having a glass of Lime Juice over here, you might ended up drinking numerous glass of water to wash the sour taste away.

'Vegetarian Indian Food' Basically, this should give you a rough idea of the dishes that you can try over here. As mentioned earlier, I have visited the place on a weekend, therefore you will only be limited to the buffet spread. However, it seems that if you have visited the place on Mondays to Thursdays, you will be provided a ala-carte menu. Actually, I have taken a look at the menu and it seems to be pretty interesting. I would definitely give this place a try again. So why is this place a test for your consciousness? Basically, you can eat or drink as much as you can and simply pay a relatively low price for everything. In fact, I was wondering will there be chances that someone pays nothing for everything that he has eaten?

So where can you give the test a try?

The name of this restaurant would be 'Annalakshmi'. It's located along Havelock Road.

Notes:

• Operating Hours:
  Lunch: 11:00 - 15:00
  Dinner: 18:15 - 21:30
• For Mondays - Thursday, you will be provided with a partial ala-carte menu and a buffet spread during lunch. Dinner wise, you will be provided a full ala-carte menu and a soup cum starter buffet. As for the rest of the week, you will be provided a full buffet spread for both lunch and dinner.
• By the way the interior of this restaurant is pretty spacious and the services that they are providing over here are pretty good too. Seriously, I really don't mind making another trip over here again.
• By the way, do try to secure a reservations before you pay the restaurant a visit. It can be pretty crowded during dinner hours. (By the way, the contact number of this restaurant would be '6339 9993'.)

* Click here for the location of the restaurant 'Annalakshmi' on Google Maps.

Japanese Sweets

Have you tried a Japanese Sweet or Cake before? And are you madly in love with a particular type of Japanese sweets? And do you wish to get it in Singapore?

You can get hold of the various types of Japanese 'Kit Kat' chocolates over here. Similarly, they are also selling some other infamous sweets such as 'Tokyo Banana', 'Shiroi Koibito', etc... On top of that, this shop is also providing pre-order services too. So if you suddenly have a urge to buy 10 boxes of 'Tokyo Banana', you know where to get them now. :P (However the price of the Japanese sweets that they are selling over here is slightly a bit too costly, but for the sake of the delicious Japanese sweets...)

The name of this shop would be 'ShiokJapan!'. It's located on level 1 of 'Burlington Square' Shopping Centre.

Opening Hours:

• 12:00 - 19:00

* Click here for the Facebook page of 'ShiokJapan!'.
^ Click here to find out more about 'ShiokJapan!'.

How clean can it be?

Rather than sticking to the same few places, keeping a lookout for something new to try, from time to time, I don't mind spending a bit of time travelling and exploring new dining places. Hence...

'Kway Chap Set' Pretty much the same as all the other 'Kway Chap' stall out there, the set will come with a bowl of 'Kway' and a plate of ingredients. For the (big) bowl of 'Kway' itself, the smooth 'Kway' were cut into bite-size, thin and squarish shape, which made it pretty easy to consume. In fact the number of pieces of 'Kway' that you are getting are pretty much the same as the number of pieces of ingredients that you were given. So what does that mean? Basically, it means that you can take a piece of 'Kway' and a piece of ingredient and eat it together in one single bite. :D Although the soup comes with a bit of herbal taste but it isn't something too special in terms of the taste.

So what are you getting in the generous plate of ingredients? There's the big intestines, small intestines, slices of pork meat, pork skin, fried bean curd and boiled egg. And all the ingredients have undergo the cooking method of braising. Basically, all the ingredients have been handled and cleaned properly. Therefore you wouldn't be getting the dirty bits and the strange smell that you are getting elsewhere. (However, I still prefer the taste of the not so clean 'Kway Chap'. But for eaters that haven't really gave this dish a try, here's a good place to start.) Taste wise, it's pretty much the same as all the other stalls but there, except for the fact the the ingredients have been handled and washed properly.

So where can you give this 'clean' plate of 'Kway Chap' a try?

The name of this stall would be 'Guan Kee Kway Chap'(源記粿汁). It's located inside 'Toa Payoh Lorong 8 Market and Food Centre'.

Notes:

• Operating Hours:
  Mondays - Wednesdays: 11am - 8pm
  Fridays - Saturdays: 11am - 8pm
  Sundays: 9am - 8pm
  (Closed on Thursdays)

* Click here for the Facebook Page of 'Guan Kee Kway Chap'(源記粿汁).
^ Click here for the location of 'Toa Payoh Lorong 8 Market and Food Centre' on
  Google Maps.

Shark eats Pig Trotter Jelly?

Let's face it, eventually we humans were the greediest group of living things that have ever existed. Even if your favourite dish was served for lunch and dinner everyday, you will eventually get sick of it and you will start to keep an lookout for new/possible good alternatives. Therefore...

'Shark Meat'(白牙沙鱼) Why go for the expensive 'Shark Fin' when you can have 'Shark Meat' at a affordable price over here? For a start, the 'Shark Meat' isn't fried or deep fried. I saw the stall owner boiling a large portion of 'Shark Meat' at one go and he only boil the 'Shark Meat' only a short moment before scooping up all the 'Shark Meat' into a tray. This makes it pretty healthy. On top of that, the portion of 'Shark Meat' that was given were pretty generous too. Taste wise, the 'Shark Meat' are pretty fresh, tender and the meat are much more firm than the fish slices that you are getting in your regular bowl of 'Sliced fish Soup'. In fact, this seems to be pretty rare delicacy that you can find in a regular food centre or hawker centre, therefore please give this a try if you have the time. :D

'Pig Trotter Jelly'(猪脚冻) According to all the articles that were available on the internet, the process of making this dish seems to be crazily tedious. For a start, the stall owner has to spend a bit of time removing all the fats and bones from the pig trotter before marinating it using his secret formula and stew for 10 long hours to bring out the gelatin from the pig trotter. After the long stewing process, the mixture will have to be refrigerated for a very long period of time, and once it have a jelly like texture, it's ready to be served. The texture of the dish is pretty interesting. For a start, the dish is pretty chewy, which is caused by the meat and the gelatin of the meat itself. By having it with the chilli sauce or the special blend of sauce that they are offering, you are basically tasting and trying something new and special. Trust me, just the texture of the dish itself, it's pretty interesting already. Taste wise, if you are into the slices of cold pork in a Chinese feast, this will definitely be something that you must give it a go.

So where can you give all these delicacies a try?

The name of this stall would be 'Lao Liang Pig Trotter Jelly Shark Meat'(老兩猪脚冻白牙沙鱼). It's located on level 2 of 'Berseh Food Centre', which is located along 'Jalan Besar Road'.

Notes:

• Operating Hours:
  11am - 2pm Daily
  (Closed on Mondays)
• If you really want to give everything over here a good try, trust my words and get there by 12noon. Otherwise, you might ended up making a wasted trip here.

* Click here for the location of 'Berseh Food Centre' on Google Maps.
^ Click here for the list of delicacies that you can get in 'Berseh Food Centre'.