Since there is Power Chendol, so could this be...

I knew about the existence of the local 'Power Chendol' some time back and recently, while I was giving random stalls at a hawker centre a try, I discovered something that was on par with the infamous 'Power Chendol' and that would be ...

'Gula Melaka Ice Kacang'
Though the amount of 'Gula Melaka', also known as 'Palm Sugar', that
was added isn't a lot, but the sweetness level is pretty high. Since
the bowl that was given was pretty small, therefore you need to spend
some time finishing the mountain of ice before digging into the
ingredients like red beans, jelly, 'Attap Chee', also known as
'Palm Seed'. After finishing a bowl of 'Gula Melaka Ice Kacang',
I guess that this would be one of those stuff that I would be
restricting myself to a serving per month.

So where can you give this sinful delicacy a try?

The name of this stall would be 'Xue Hua Fei Chang Ji'(雪花飞昌记)
Hot and Cold Dessert. It's located on the second floor of
'Chinatown Complex Food Centre'.

Notes:

• Operating Hours: 9:30am - 8pm

* 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'.

please Remember To Eat.....

Okay, I think it's time for me to face the truth. I think that I'm spending too much time thinking about what I want to eat and where can I eat it. I had made a trip to the airport for a round of ramen for dinner a few days ago. After that, we decided to proceed to City Square Mall for the biggest fried chicken chop in town. Since the night is still young, we decided to have some desserts nearby...

A bucket of Beancurd that serves 1 Though the beancurd doesn't taste as good as their neighbour, but the taste of it is pretty acceptable. However, the taste of the syrup is crazily sweet. Please do not add too much syrup to the beancurd. By the way, this is probably my first encounter with a bucket of beancurd that serves 1. Their neighbour next door don't even provide such services and this has given me another reason why I should visit this place even much more. XD

'Black Sesame Snow Ice with Red Beans, Nata De Coco, etc'
Frankly speaking, a bucket of beancurd isn't big enough to satisfy my
needs. Therefore, I have also placed an order for this. The mini rice
balls were pretty delicious. The moment I started popping one of them
into my mouth, I just couldn't stop popping the next chewy rice ball
into my mouth. XD Anyway, the taste of the black sesame snow ice is
pretty strong and the crunchy red beans are something that you could
look forward to. :P (And I love red beans. :D)

'Mango Passion Fruit Snow Ice'
This looks 'mangoish'. Not only that the snow is yellow in colour,
the ingredients that are surrounding the snow ice are mostly yellow
in colour. Since I was busy tasting both of my desserts, therefore
I didn't have the time to give this a try, however the looks of it
has given me more reasons to visit this place again. :D

'Mango with Sago'
Didn't got the chance to give this a try too. :P

'???'
This is a free complimentary dessert. It seems that they will be
giving away a free complimentary dessert from time to time. (Though
there seems to be some conditions to it, but it ain't so difficult
to fulfil them, if you are dining in group.) If I'm not mistaken, this
is a dessert made out of almond and some sort of flower tea and the
taste of it is pretty interesting. Well, probably because I'm a
tea lover, therefore I'm getting a bit bias over here. :P

So where can you try all these desserts?

The name of this dessert place would be 'Ji De Chi'(记得吃).
It's located along 'Liang Seah Street'.

Notes

• Operating Hours:
  Mondays - Thursday: 11am - 11pm
  Fridays - Sundays: 11am - 11:30pm

* Click here to find out more about 'Ji De Chi'(记得吃).
^ Click here for the location of 'Ji De Chi'(记得吃) on Google Maps.
~ Click here for the list of delicacies along 'Liang Seah Street'.

Taking a step back, giving the ...

First branch of the infamous 'Soup Master'(老火汤) in Singapore a try. Ever since I have given the branch located at 'Bugis Junction' a try, I have been looking forward to give the oldest branch in Singapore a try. Therefore here goes for nothing. :D

'Buddha Jump Over the Wall'
Though it has been portray to be a high class delicacy, this place have
definitely proven that 'Buddha Jump Over the Wall' can be an affordable
dish too. With the price that you are paying, you will be given a
relatively big tonic of 'Buddha Jump Over the Wall' soup, which is
filled with all sorts of ingredients. In fact I was doing a bit of
stirring and you can easily identify ingredients like 'Sea Cucumber'
, 'Abalone', 'Chicken', etc...

Since the name of this stall is 'Soup Master', I shall be focusing
more on the taste of the soup. Though the ingredients are pretty
delicious, but the taste isn't as fantastic as the soup. (Anyway,
if you really know how to eat, you would naturally know that when
it comes to Chinese soup that requires a long time boiling, the taste
of the ingredients tend to get more and more diluted, whereby the
taste of all the ingredients will be adsorbed into the soup.)
Before moving any further, I would like to appraise them for the
method that they are using in preparing the respective soups.
Rather than preparing the respective soup tonics upfront, they are
preparing the soups in respective big metal pots. This is a pretty
dangerous move, especially there are chances where you will be
getting lots of leftover soup. But by using this method, the taste
of the soup would definitely taste much better than tonics that
were prepared upfront. (Especially when there are stalls that will
heat up 5 or 6 different kinds of tonic soup in a steamer and the
taste of each and every one of them will ended up pretty bad.)

Taste wise, the taste of the soup is pretty thick and pretty tasty.
(But I wonder if the stall is providing free refillable services for
all the soup... :?) Anyway, I would strongly encourage you to give this
stall a try, if you really want to have some good soup at a relatively
affordable price.

So where can you give the soup a try?

The oldest branch of 'Soup Master'(老火汤) was located on the
2nd level of 'Chinatown Complex Food Centre'.

Notes:

Operating Hours:
Lunch: 12pm - 2:30pm
Dinner: 5pm - 8:30pm

* Click here to find out more about 'Soup Master'(老火汤).
^ Click here for the facebook page of 'Soup Master'(老火汤).
~ Click here for some other delicacies that can be found in 'Chinatown Complex Food Centre'.

What is so special about Le Le Steamboat

Although this restaurant was located near my previous workplace, but I have never thought of giving it a a try especially when it seems to be slightly a bit too costly for lunch. However, since I was passing by this area pretty much over the past few months and the crowd inside this restaurant doesn't fail to attract my attention, probably it's time for me to give this restaurant a try. XD

This would be the soup of the day.
A steamboat pot with 2 partitions that has the 'Coconut Chrysanthemum'
soup on one side and the 'Herbal Chicken' soup on the other. First of
all the 'Coconut Chrysanthemum' soup is a complete mistake. The taste
of the soup is too bland and it's slightly a bit too boring. But luckily,
we have gone for the 'Herbal Chicken' soup too. Unlike the soup that some
of the steamboat restaurants out there are offering, the soup over here
gets thicker and richer as the waitresses top up the soup over and
over again. In fact the soup was so thick and delicious that I might
have probably gone for like 3 or 4 rounds of 'Herbal Chicken Soup'. :P
By the way, besides for 'Coconut Chrysanthemum' and 'Herbal Chicken'
soup, the other options are 'Laksa', 'Tom Yum', 'Szechuan Ma La' etc...

As compared to some other places out there that has an ingredient
bar and everyone will squeeze their way through, trying to grab all
the ingredients that they want, this place is pretty much similar
to those ala carte restaurant that requires you to place an order
for a fresh plate of ingredient. If I'm not mistaken, we ended up
finishing quite a lot of ingredients that night. There was numerous
plates of seafood, poultry meat, meat balls, etc... Oh before I
forget, besides for raw ingredients that requires a bit of cooking,
they also serve cooked dishes in the menu. There's a few 'Dim Sum'
items like dumplings, juicy meat buns, fried stuff like Chicken Wing,
'Man Tou', and much much more. XD In fact, I feel like visiting
them for another round of steamboat now.... :P (Drooling... D.N.D)

So what's the name of this place?

The name of this restaurant would be 'Le Le Pot'(乐乐锅).
It's located near 'Tiong Bahru Market', along 'Seng Poh Road'.

Notes:

• Operating Hours:
  Lunch: 11am - 3pm
  Dinner: 5pm - 11pm
• By the way, please do remember to make a reservation before turning up at their doorstep. You definitely wouldn't want to step out of this place disappointed and with an empty stomach. :P

* Click here to find out more about 'Le Le Pot'(乐乐锅).
^ Click here for the location of 'Le Le Pot'(乐乐锅) on Google Maps.

Izakaya - Nijyumaru

Last weekend, I sudden;y have the urge of having Japanese food for dinner, but there's a ongoing carnival festival located near 'Liang Court'. Therefore, that area ought to be pretty crowded. Therefore, in order to satisfy my urge, I decided to visit a completely different area and ...

'Unajyu Set', which is a box of white rice topped with grilled eel I managed to settle down having a Japanese 'Unajyu Set'. As for my case, it's the side dishes that makes the set meal pretty exciting. Probably it's due to my travels to Kyoto that has broaden my interest for the pickles and all sorts of side dishes, therefore there are numerous situations nowadays that I think that the side dishes are far more delicious. Best of all, the side dishes can varies. Different restaurants will have their own unique type of side dishes, which makes it even much more interesting. XD In fact, the side dishes of this place are so good that I finished it within minutes. By the way, the Tempura are pretty tasty too. It's isn't too oily and all the Tempura are pretty crunchy. :D

This would be the main focus of the 'Unajyu set'.
I love the rice that are covered with the smell of the grilled eel.
Not forgetting the delicious taste that you are getting when you
have it with the grilled eel and the delicious Japanese rice.
However, the portion of grilled ell that were given will not generous
enough, therefore it can't satisfy all my needs for grilled eel. :(

Izakaya 'Nijyumaru' is located on the 2nd floor of 'Cuppage Plaza'.

Notes:

• This is a Izakaya, therefore the menu consists of items like Tempura, Sashima, Sake, etc...
• As compared to a normal Japanese Family Restaurant, the prices of the Izakaya can be slightly a bit more costly.

* Click here for the map of 'Cuppage Plaza'.

Turkish desserts

What's cold, sticky and taste or look like an ice cream? Turkish ice cream. :P Since I was spending a bit of time doing a bit of strolling from 'Liang Court' all the way to the nearest bus stop, passing through one of the most happening place in Singapore, I decided to give this ice cream place a try. :P

Turkish Ice Cream - Choice of flavours (Mango, Pistachio, Vanilla) While I was waiting for the ice cream, the ice cream man was scooping out the ice cream happily. And that didn't put a full stop to all the fun, especially when he started pulling a prank on you by giving and snatching the ice cream from you over and over again. That can be pretty amusing. :P Either ways, the texture of the ice cream were pretty unique. It's pretty sticky and it's like a mix between the normal ice cream and the soft ice cream. (In fact, when the ice cream man was scooping the ice cream, I saw him stretching the ice cream to as high as a metre. @.@) Taste wise, this is probably one of my first encounters with a chewy ice cream. As the ice cream doesn't melt as fast as the normal ice cream, therefore I ended up spending a bit of time chewing it. Besides for the 'Vanilla' flavour, the taste of the 'Mango' and 'Pistachio' flavours were pretty strong and aromatic. The moment you put a small scoop of the ice cream into your mouth, it tasted as if you were eating the genuine fruits or nuts itself. XD (By the way, out of the 3 flavours, I personally find the 'Pistachio' to be the best and tastiest.)

So where can you give this 'Turkish Ice Cream' a try?

The name of the ice cream stall would be 'Clmado'.
It's located in the 'Clarke Quay' area, and at the same time,
located near the Singapore river.

Notes:

• Operating Hours: 12noon - 11:30pm

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

I like it Spicy... XD

In fact this isn't a continuation to the previous post. This is in fact something that had happened while I was waiting for my Claypot Rice. By the way, let's do a bit of recap. In my previous post, I had mentioned that one would need to wait for 45 minutes to an hour for a pot of Claypot Rice during peak hours. Upon knowing that, do you think that I would just sit back quietly and do nothing? Of course not!!! Therefore...

'Sambal Stingray'
It's time for some "Sambal Stingray" that was recommended by my Kakis.
I was searching high and low for this particular stall that day. I ended
up spending more than 15 minutes trying to find this particular stall
that was tucked in a corner of the Food Centre. And since it was located
next to the infamous Claypot Rice stall, I decided to go for both items.
By looking at some of my previous posts, one can easily identify the fact
that when it comes to seafood, I would strongly encourage one particular
cooking style, which is the 'Sambal Chilli' style. Whahahahahaha~~~~

As for this case, the 'Sambal Chilli' smells good, and at the same time the
taste were crazily spicy and yummy. The fresh Stingray that comes with it
blends in pretty well, it's so good that the chilli taste has been absorbed
into the meat too. I just can't resist the fiery taste. :P In fact I ended
up finishing all the meat of the Stingray within minutes and then I move
on breaking, biting and eating all the bones of the Stingray, since I don't
want to waste all the good Sambal. After spending like another 5-10 minutes
chewing up all the bones, I started scooping all the Sambal chilli and put
it into my mouth immediately. :D Aaaaah~~~~~ how much time is needed to
master such amazingly wonderful culinary skills. (After giving this dish a
try, I finally understand why my Kaki's are regular customers of this stall.)

So where can you try this dish?

The name of this stall would be 'Chang Ji Cooked Food'(昌记熟食).
It's located inside 'Chinatown Complex Food Centre'.

Notes:

Operating Hours: 5pm - 11:30pm (Closed on Tuesday)

* Click here for the location of 'Chinatown Complex Food Centre' on Google Maps.
^ Click here for some other delicacies that can be found in 'Chinatown Complex Food Centre'.