Not just rice dishes...

Tekka market not only has Muslim or Indian stalls only. And rice dishes ain't the only type of food that one could find and get over here. You can also find ...

'Prawn Noodles' As compared to the soupy version, I still prefer the dry version of 'Prawn Noodles' much much more. This is mainly due to the fact that I can taste the original taste of the soup, and I can savor the bowl of Noodles to the maximum and at the same time, have my fix for spicy food. For a start, the soup over here is pretty up to standard. Though it might appear to be slightly a bit brownish or reddish, but isn't that the best evidence to prove that they have used lots of red ingredients (e.g. prawns, etc...) to create this interesting looking soup color?

Garnished with a nice layer of fried shallots, covered with ingredients like 'Prawns'(Of course there's Prawns, otherwise it wouldn't be Prawn Noodles), 'beansprouts', sliced pork and not forgetting sliced chilli and powdered chilli. Though the whole plate of Noodles might appear to be pretty warm in color, but it wasn't as spicy as one might perceive it to be. However, the taste of this bowl of Noodles is a guarantee. With the nice mix of ingredients, I'm getting a crunchy and chewy sensation, topped with the nice taste of sweet and spicy ingredients in almost every single mouthful of Noodles. And this bowl of Noodles was definitely a pretty good meal to start the day. :D

So where can you give the 'Prawn Noodles' a good try?

The name of this stall would be '545 Whampoa Prawn Noodles'(545黃埔蝦麵). It's located inside 'Tekka Market'.

Notes:

• Operating Hours:
  Sundays - Mondays: 06:30 - 13:00
  Tuesdays - Fridays: 06:30 - 14:00
  (Closed on Saturdays... What!!!)
• Opening hours are subjected to the sales that day, there might be chances that the stall might wind up much more earlier than usual.

* Click here for the Facebook Page of '545 Whampoa Prawn Noodles'(545黃埔蝦麵).
^ Click here for the location of 'Tekka Market' on 'Google Maps'.
~ Click here for the list of delicacies that you can find and get in 'Tekka Market'.

Grandma's Mee Siam...

This just so so happen that the title of this post is actually the name of the stall. Perhaps the recipe for the food over here were carried down for generations?

'Mee Siam' This looks pretty much the same as compared to the usual plate of 'Mee Siam' that you can get out there. The choice of ingredients are pretty much the same as compared to those that you are getting out there too. However, what makes this super special, would be the delicious gravy. The thin layer of gravy might look pretty harmless but the taste of it is pretty strong. And at the same time, it still managed to preserve the unique and delicious taste of the sweet and sour 'Mee Siam' gravy. Well, the portion of the plate of 'Mee goes on par with the price that one is paying, but if you are thinking of trying several delicacies in this market, this would be a good dish to start with as it helps to 'expand' your appetite to a whole new level... :)

So where can you give the 'Mee Siam' a good try?

The name of this stall would be 'Grandma Mee Siam'(燻鯊魚五香蝦餅). It's located inside 'Tekka Market'.

Notes:

• Operating Hours:
  Wednesdays - Mondays: 08:00 - 14:30
  (Closed on Tuesdays)
• They have deep fried Shark Meat over here. @.@ (I don't mind trying it.... :P)

* Click here for the Facebook Page of 'Grandma Mee Siam'.
^ Click here for the location of 'Tekka Market' on 'Google Maps'.
~ Click here for the list of delicacies that you can find and get in 'Tekka Market'.

A pair of prawns...

Like the Chinese that has bite size snacks like 'Dim Sum', all the food cultures out there ought to have some indulging bite size snacks. And that has something to the post today. :P

'Samosa' The comes in the shape of a triangle.

First of all, I loved the crispy crust which isn't too oily. Though the size of it is kinda small but the taste is pretty alright. (In fact, if I want, I think I can drop the whole thing into my mouth directly.) The filling comes with a strong taste of potatoes, which is something that I like. :)

'Prawn Vadai' This is the speciality over here. It looks pretty much similar to the Chinese Prawn fritter. However, unlike the Chinese, the 'Prawn Vadai' over here has a crispy texture but it's fluffy inside. Even though, by increasing the number of prawns, it has pretty much secure the taste of the prawns in every single bite. But as compared to the Chinese Prawn fritter, which comes with far more ingredients has a much stronger taste, though it's much more oily too. :P

So where can you give these snacks a good try?

The name of this stall would be 'Sky Lab Cooked Food". It's located inside 'Tekka Market'.

Notes:

• Operating Hours:
  Wednesdays - Mondays: 08:00 - 19:30
  (Closed on Tuesdays)
• Despite of the long hours, for some reason the 'Prawn Vadai' are gone by early afternoon. So if you want to give this a try, do try to make your way there by noon time.

* Click here for the location of 'Tekka Market' on 'Google Maps'.
^ Click here for the list of delicacies that you can find and get in 'Tekka Market'.

No more goose only left...

Due to relevant resources, this stall used to prepare and sell goose meat, but due to some restrictions they are only preparing pork and duck meat nowadays.

'Braised Duck Meat Set Meal' The set meal comes with a plate of 'Duck meat', a bowl of white rice and a bowl of soup. Too bad they don't have 'Yam Rice' over here, since I personally preferred it over a bowl of white rice. Even when it's covered with the tasty braised sauce, I still thinks that it's much inferior as compared to a tasty bowl of 'Yam Rice'. However...

The cuts over here are pretty thick. On top of that, the moist cuts are pretty tasty and flavorful. In fact, I can live without the salty braised sauce. It's the chilli sauce that I couldn't live without. Though it's pretty nice but the chilli sauce over here just doesn't have the nice kick. Probably I'm just too used to the usual Sambal chilli... :P

So where can you give the food a good try?

The name of this stall would be 'Heng Gi Goose and Duck Rice'(興記鵝鸭饭). It's located inside 'Tekka Market'.

Notes:

• Operating Hours:
  Tuesdays - Sundays: 08:30 - 15:00
  (Closed on Mondays)
• Even though the opening hours are till 3pm but due to the great demand, the stall might wind up as early as 2pm too.

* Click here for the location of 'Tekka Market' on 'Google Maps'.
^ Click here for the list of delicacies that you can find and get in 'Tekka Market'.

When everything looks so fiery....

And by having a fiery exterior doesn't mean that the ingredients are spicy in nature. If you ended up looking at a big plate of reds, don't be afraid, what you are going experience would most likely to be a plate of...

'Indian Rojak' Started off choosing the usual stuff like ''Fried Beancurd', 'Fried Fish Cake', etc... then I pretty much started to give up identifying the different types of ingredients. Event though the shape of the different types of ingredients are completely different, but the colors are pretty much the same. =.=""" One of the interesting ingredients that they are offering over here would be a special type of prawn fritters that is made up of mini shrimps. One might ask what's so special about the shrimps? It simply means that every single bite out of the prawn fritters will be filled with a nice taste of shrimps, which is (+). Besides for the nice range of ingredients that they are preparing and offering over here, the warm, thick and tasty sauce is a (+) too. When you started dipping the ingredients into the sauce and pop them into your mouth, Hmmmmm... it tastes so good. :P Rather than choosing a plate of ingredients of a similar texture, one good reason why I like Rojak would be the nice mix of ingredients with different textures and chewing sensation. :)

So where can you give this plate of ingredients a good try?

The name of this stall would be 'Haji Johan Muslim Food Temasek Indian Rojak'. It's located inside 'Tekka Market'.

Notes:

• Operating Hours:
  09:00 - 21:00

* Click here for the location of 'Tekka Market' on 'Google Maps'.
^ Click here for the list of delicacies that you can find and get in 'Tekka Market'.

Almost have it all...

'Little India', one of the best places to get your Briyani fix. Just by browsing through the menus of all the Indian eateries in this area requires more than half a day's work. =.=''' Anyway, time to move on... :)

'Chicken Dum Briyani' Even though this is a Muslim stall preparing and selling Indian food but it doesn't mean that it would lost out to the stuff prepared at a Indian stall or restaurant. Though the queuing process can be pretty nasty, but just by looking at the helpers over here scooping out deliciously looking portions of food out of the gigantic pot just simply makes me feel like drooling.

Anyway, there isn't a lot of places in Singapore, where you can get such a big plate of 'Briyani' at an affordable price. Not only the portion is great, the taste is pretty good too. For a start, the Briyani rice is richly spiced. Not only it comes with a nice fragrance when I scoop it inside my mouth, the rice has a nice moist texture, which is a big (+) too. But that isn't the best part. Even though I'm using a pair of plastic utensils, but I can scoop out all the moist and tasty meat effortlessly, which is a big (+). Through there isn't a lot of side dishes, but with the small portion of marinated crunchy Cucumbers can really workout as a good side dish. The curry-like sauce is a (+) too, in fact to a certain extent, the taste of this dish is so good that you don't really need this at all. :)

So where can you give this dish a good try?

The name of this stall would be 'Yakader'. It's located inside 'Tekka Market'.

Notes:

• Operating Hours:
  10:00 - 17:00
  (Closed on Alternate Tuesdays)

* Click here for the location of 'Tekka Market' on 'Google Maps'.