A heavy Teochew Porridge for Lunch

How heavy can your lunch be? That's probably one of the common questions that I have been asking myself on a daily basis. If one's appetite can be measured using some electronical device, I wonder how will mine turn out to be. Either way, let's move on to the main topic today. :D

'Teochew Porridge Buffet' I have given the daily 'Teochew Porridge' lunch promotion a try back then. As far as I could remember they have a large variety of delicious ingredients and the prices are pretty reasonable too. (Therefore, if you are a glutton like me, you really can enjoy it to the maximum.) For a start, Besides for white rice, they also serve 'Sweet Potato Porridge'(番薯粥), 'Fried Rice', 'Fried Bee Hoon' over here too. Out of all the options listed over here I think that the 'Sweet Potato Porridge' would be the best and the most filling too. Just by looking at the big slices of 'Sweet Potato' should pretty much explain everything. However, if you are a 'Curry' guy, a bowl of white rice should be a better choice for you. :P (Anyway, I ended up trying most of them.) As for the ingredients itself, I have list down some of the better one. 'Sichuan' vegetables It's crunchy and despite of the fact that the slices of chopped chilli are missing, the taste of it is pretty spicy, which I love it very much. :P 'Teochew Fishcake' It's pretty chewy and depending on the chef itself, the ingredients used in making this may varies. As for the one over here, they have stuffed quite a bit of vegetables inside it. 'Curry Chicken' Even it's called 'Curry Chicken', there's actually more 'Chicken Drumlets' than anything else. By the way, the taste of the 'Curry' have blend into the 'Drumlets' completely. On top of that, the taste of the 'Curry' over here are pretty milky and sweet too. :D

'Braised Egg and Peanuts' How can one savour a good 'Teochew Porridge' buffet without all these braised stuff? Even though the taste of the braised sauce are pretty much the same, but I just couldn't resist these stuff. Just by picking up one peanut after another into my mouth have definitely made my appetite grown bigger and bigger.

'Preserved vegetables' If you are into the salty taste of the 'Preserved Vegetables', you have definitely come to the correct place for it. I only took a small portion of it and due to the salty taste of it, I almost have difficulty finishing it. By the way, I think I have ended up having more than 8 'Curry Drumlets' that day and a bowl of sliced oranges for desserts too. Although the whole buffet last for merely 2 hours only, but it only took me an hour to fill my appetite to the maximum. :P

So where can you give the delicious and affordable 'Teochew Porridge' a try?

The name of this place would be 'The Rajah Inn'. It's located on level 2 of 'Tiong Bahru Plaza'.

Notes:

• Opening Hours:
  11:30 - 22:00 Daily
  (Last order at 21:30)
  
  Teochew Porridge Buffet:
  11:30 - 14:30
  Steamboat ala carte buffet:
  17:30 - 22:00

* Click here to find out more about 'The Rajah Inn'.
^ Click here for the 'Facebook' page of 'The Rajah Inn'.

Things started off from a place known as...

Shanghai... Before we proceed any further, let us listen to the song "夜上海" from the late 40s.

Isn't it nice? I'm pretty amaze that this song was sang in the late 40s. (Note: this song was twice as old as I was, yet I knew about it, doesn't that make it more interesting?) Sometimes, I will prefer spending some time listening to all these oldies where the lyrics were much more meaningful and much more straight forward than some of the music nowadays. :D So what is the link between this song and our topic today?

Let us take a look at some pictures first.

As far as I could remember, I had been having numerous dinner at this place ever since I was a kid. Whenever we make a trip to the place, there will always be a long queue outside this store. This place only offer 1 kind of food and that would be 'Teochew Porridge'.

The photos in the above shows some of the dishes that we have ordered on that day. The dishes were so good that I had eaten 2 bowls of rice and a bowl of porridge to go with it. In fact up till now, I haven't come across a dish that I don't like from this place. But some of the most recommended dishes of the place would be the salted vegetables, minced meat, meat ball, fish cake, 'Tau Kee (Flat beancurd)', etc...

I finally get to order and try the Meat Ball after making my second trip there last month. Aside from the fact that the Meat Ball is hard on the outside and soft inside, the taste reminds me of the usual minced meat that you can find in a bowl of Fishball noodles. But the Meat Ball was slightly more harder and juicier than minced meat. Trust me if you happen to be in that area, you might want to give this stall a try, especially when the price was pretty cheap too. :P (The dishes in the above only cost me less than S$5 only.)

So what's the link between the song and this place? Because both the title of the song and the tall name has the word "夜上海" in it. In fact the name of the stall was "夜上海潮州粥".

Some additional notes about "夜上海潮州粥":

• They were closed on Tuesdays.
• You can ask for a bowl of curry sauce or braised sauce to go with the rice or porridge.
• Besides the usual rice or porridge, they have a 3rd option that is "Aam", which is porridge without rice grain.
• They are open 24/7 except for every Tuesday so if you are looking for supper, you know where to get it. ;P.

* Click here for the location of this place.

Teochew Porridage for Lunch

While I was undergoing the search of the good 'Yam Cake' at Taman Jurong Market and Food Centre, I decided to make an effort to try some of the stalls there. This would be one of the stalls that I had tried at Taman Jurong Market and Food Centre. Since I haven't been eating Teochew Porridge for a very long period, I decided to give this stall a try. Especially, when the porridge that they have prepared had sweet potatoes in it.

Ya, I do understand that the pictures were pretty bad, but I wouldn't want to be taking shots in front of the stall. That won't be a very nice move. As for myself, I tried not to take pictures at a very close distance especially when these stall owners had to make an earning and they can be annoyed/disturbed by photo taking photographers.

This is it. After spending 5-10 minutes queueing up for the food, I have ordered a bowl of porridge and a few side dishes. :D After trying the porridge and the side dishes, this sort of explains everything. No wonder there's a long queue outside this stall. The sweet potatoes that comes with the porridge were neither too hard or too soft, which makes it perfect. :D On top of the porridge, the Fish Cake that they have made themselves were delicious. The fish cake not only contains fish meat, there's also some vegetables in it and somehow the taste of all the ingredients can blend perfectly together, which makes it ultra yummy. :D

Some notes to remember:

• The store doesn't seems to be opened on Sundays.
• Some dishes that one must try: Sweet Potatoes Porridge, Home-made Fish Cake, Squid

* Click here for the location of Taman Jurong Market and Food Centre.
^ Click here for some other delicacies located at Taman Jurong area.