Sausage Fest...?

Hey, I do know that the title of this post looks and sounds so wrong but in order to make things much more interesting, I still think that this is the most appropriate title to describe this post. Anyway it has been a month since our first encounter with the 'Spanish Suckling Pig' and it was a pleasant experience. As for this month, we decided to try something special again and that would be...

'Brotzeit® Platter' Basically this platter comes with 5 different types of Sausages, a humongous 'Pork Knuckle', few slices of 'Pork Schnitzel' and 2 different side dish, we ended up selecting both the 'Napkin Dumpling' and the 'Mashed Potatoes'. Although the menu has stated that this Platter was meant for a group of 4 or 5, but in fact, 2 of us managed to finish the whole platter. However, as I step out of the restaurant, I think that my stomach look like a solid D-shape. So what bring us here?

'Pork Knuckle' Well, basically this would be the main reason why we were dining at this restaurant. Since some of us haven't tried a 'Pork Knuckle' before, we decided to give it a try over there. Initially, I was using the fork and knife to cut a few pieces of meat off the 'Pork Knuckle', but after spending half an hour cutting slices of meat off the 'Pork Knuckle', I decided to use my bare hands to tear all the meat apart. Although the 'Pork Knuckle' were fully cooked but the crispy skin and the meat of the 'Pork Knuckle' were so hard that the utensils aren't strong and sharp enough to cut up all the meat into pieces. As for the taste, I think that it's pretty normal and to some extent, I think that the 'Pork Knuckle' was overcooked. I think that it would taste much more better, if the skin of the 'Pork Knuckle' still remains to be pretty crispy and the meat were much more tender and not so tough.

'Variety of Sausages' Basically it's a mixture of spicy chicken sausages, nürnberger sausages, pork cheese sausages, weisswurst sausages and garlic pork sausages. Basically I can't recall which is which, but one particular thing that I can guarantee you would be the overall taste and the texture were unbelievably good. The bouncy, tightly bound texture of the sausages were mouth-watering. Seriously, I find the sausages far more impressive than the 'Pork Knuckle'.

'Pork Schnitzel' This is pretty much similar to the 'Pork Chop' that you are getting from a local western food stall. Basically, I find it a bit too ordinary. Probably it's due to the fact that the dishes that was given in this platter were far too meaty and the sausages were leaving a crazily good impression in my mind, therefore that might be the main reason why I find the taste and the texture of the 'Pork Schnitzel' pretty ordinary.

So where can you give all the delicious looking sausages a try?

The name of this restaurant would be 'Brotzeit®'. They have a few outlets island wide and the photo above shows the outlet located inside 'VivoCity'.

Notes:

• Opening Hours:
  Sundays - Thursdays: 12noon - 12am
  Fridays - Saturdays: 12noon - 1am
• The crowd during the weekends can be pretty nasty, therefore I would highly encourage you to make a reservation upfront. :D

* Click here to find out more about 'Brotzeit® German Bier Bar and Restaurant'.
^ Click here to find out more about 'VivoCity'.

Zebra Fish?

One of the biggest reason, why I loved dishes that comes with a big bowl of soup is mainly due to the fact that I can save a bit of money, since I don't need to spend an extra sum of money on a beverage. (Although this is kinda like betting...)

'Black White Fish Soup' Before I proceed forward introducing the bowl of fish soup itself, I would like to compliment the stall owner for the type of chilli sauce that they have prepared over here. Besides for the normal plate of sliced chilli, they have also provided a special type of chilli that is pretty much similar to a Thai chilli sauce. Although it's slightly a bit too watery, but the taste of the chilli can actually blend with the taste of the fish slices pretty well. As for the bowl of fish soup, although it's given the name of 'Black White Fish Soup', but in fact, it's actually a mixture of raw fish slices and fried fish slices. Besides for fish slices, the stall owner has also thrown in lots of vegetables into the soup. As for the fish slices, I personally find all of it pretty fresh and delicious. As for the fried fish, it didn't ended up to be too soggy, which happens to be one of the biggest problem to 'fried fish soup' most of the time. As for the taste of the soup, it wasn't too pepperish, which adds another (+) to the overall dining experience.

So where can you give the 'fish soup' a try?

The name of this stall would be 'Ichiban Seafood Sliced Fish Soup'(一級棒海鮮魚片湯). It's located inside 'Seah Im Food Centre', which is located near 'Harbourfront' MRT Station and opposite 'Vivo City'.

Notes:

• Opening Hours:
  8am - 7pm (Daily)
  Closed on Saturdays

* Click here for the map of 'Seah Im Food Centre' on Google Maps.
^ Click here for the list of delicacies that is located inside 'Seah Im Food Centre'.

Egg or Carrot Cake

Although I already had a heavy meal for lunch but I still have a bit of time and at the same time, my stomach still have room for a bit of food. Therefore...

'White Carrot Cake' As I was passing by this stall selling 'Carrot Cake', I suddenly recalled something. When I was having my dinner with my friend a few weeks back, he had mentioned about the 'carrot cake' of this place. Since I was passing by this stall, I decided to give the 'Carrot Cake' over here a try. Although the 'Carrot Cake' over here is relatively cheap but the portion that you will be getting is relatively small too. Taste wise, it's pretty much the same as all the good 'Carrot Cake' out there that comes with a nice fragrant of radish. However, the taste of the fried egg were far more richer than the taste of the radish. In fact, to some extent, I think that you should be calling this a plate of 'Fried Egg Cake' rather than 'Carrot Cake'. :P By the way, if I'm given the choice to choose either a burger from one of the biggest fast food chain in Singapore or the 'Carrot Cake', I will choose the 'Carrot Cake', since both are the same price, but the taste of the 'Carrot Cake' is far more delicious. :P

So where can you give the 'Carrot Cake' a try?

The name of this stall would be 'Fried Kuay Teaw Mee'(炒粿條麵). It's located inside 'Seah Im Food Centre', which is located near 'Harbourfront' MRT Station and opposite 'Vivo City'.

Notes:

• Opening Hours:
  7am - 9:30pm (Daily)

* Click here for the map of 'Seah Im Food Centre' on Google Maps.
^ Click here for the list of delicacies that is located inside 'Seah Im Food Centre'.

Suckling a Spanish Pig...

Being a Chinese, I grown up eating Chinese-style 'Suckling Pig' during all sorts of Chinese banquets. Especially after giving the first piece of 'Suckling Pig' a try, you will be hooked on the taste of the 'Suckling Pig', not forgetting the skin, which is pretty crispy. However, the Chinese 'Suckling Pig' has a major weaknesses too. If the pig isn't prepared properly, you will end up getting either a salty pig or a pig with tough meat. Anyway what does the 'Suckling pig ' has to do with the post today?

Everything started off with a simple advertisement of a restaurant on a magazine a few months back. The advertisement looks delicious? and unforgettable. However, it's due to the photos of one of their signature dish that seems to be stalking me around recently that push me forward.

'Spanish Style Roasted Suckling Pig' By looking at the photo, it's pretty hard for you to determine the exact size of the pig. But it's roughly 70 centimetres in length and the breadth is approximately 30 centimetre. One of the waitresses told me that usually one of these pigs would weigh between 3~5 kilograms. Taste wise, in order to prove how tender the meat was, rather than using a knife to slice the pig into pieces, the waiter was using a plate to slice up the pig into pieces. And he will give you the plate to smash it into pieces inside a wooden box. Besides for the tender meat and the crispy skin that you are getting, this dish isn't too salty and to some extent, I think that I could easily finish 1/2 of the pig without any difficulty. By the way, a special 'Tomato sauce' and a pot of stew was also provided for this dish. Seriously, I couldn't believe that the 'Tomato sauce' was actually 'Tomato Sauce'. The taste was so good that it actually blend with the taste of the 'suckling pig' nicely. On top of that, the potatoes that comes as a side dish of the 'suckling pig' was pretty good too. It was a good mixture between sticky and soft. Trust me, once you have added a bit of the special sauce to the potatoes and giving it a try, all the whipped potatoes out there in Singapore would look pretty bad.

Too bad, all the loan shark nowadays have already modernised. Otherwise they probably would want to pick this up. :P

'Pan con Tomate'	'Coca de recapte con chorizo y Quesos'
I was busy digging into the 'suckling pig' that I didn't have the chance to give these dishes a try. But one thing that I can guaranteed you would be the fact that the 'Pan con Tomate' smells heavenly. I could even smell the heavenly smell from the other side of the table.

'Paella Valenciana (Valencia Paella)' How should I phrase this. This dish is like a mixture of the 'Chinese' fried rice and Claypot Rice. Each spoonful of rice comes with a pretty strong taste of seafood. If you are too comfortable with the normal 'Chinese' fried rice, you probably wouldn't really like this. However, I think that it's a pretty good experience and you can really call this 'Seafood Rice'. :P By the way, though we were a group of four, but we managed to clear all the dishes that we have ordered that evening. (And that includes the whole roasted suckling pig. Whahahahahaha~~~~~~)

So where could you give all the delicious dishes a try?

The name of this restaurant would be 'Serenity Spanish Bar & Restaurant'. It's located at one of the corners of 'VivoCity' level 1.

By the way, they have an in-house live band too. This could be one of the better ways to kill time while waiting for all the good food.

Notes:

• Opening Hours:
  Sundays - Thursdays: 11am - 11pm
  Fridays - Saturdays: 11am - 12am
• Seems that most of the signature main dishes will require a pretty long waiting time. Therefore, it will be much more wiser for you to either place a few orders for light snacks or bring your own gadgets/materials to kill time while waiting.

* Click here to find out more about 'Serenity Spanish Bar & Restaurant'.
^ Click here for the Facebook Page of 'Serenity Spanish Bar & Restaurant'.
~ Click here to find out more about 'VivoCity'.

Is this the fastest Hokkien Mee Uncle around?

I think recently I have been spending too much time travelling to different places trying out all sorts of food. Therefore the amount of photos of good food are accumulating rapidly and by looking at the speed that I'm blogging about food. How I wish that I could blog...

'Hokkien Mee' as fast as the 'Hokkien Mee' Uncle of this stall. The uncle was boasting that he can cook 40 plates of 'Hokkien Mee' within 30 minutes. For one moment he was picking and preparing the ingredients that are needed in preparing and cooking a plate of 'Hokkien Mee' and in less than 2 minutes, 'Voila', a plate of cooked 'Hokkien Mee' had appeared in front of me. Seriously, I wouldn't doubt his record of cooking and preparing 40 plates of 'Hokkien Mee' within 30 minutes when he's much more younger. By the way, fast doesn't mean that the food isn't fully cooked. I can ensure you that the food is cooked and served properly. As for the 'Hokkien Mee' itself, it's relatively cheap. It's probably one of the cheapest plate of 'Hokkien Mee' that I have ever seen. For a price of S$3, you are getting lots of ingredients. Though the overall taste of the 'Hokkien Mee' is pretty normal, but looking at the amount of waiting time needed and price that you are paying, this is definitely worth trying. By the way, though the sambal chilli isn't spicy enough, but somehow, I think that both the taste of the sambal chilli and the 'Hokkien Mee' blend together nicely, which is another (+).

The name of this stall would be 'Cheng Ji Chao Xia Mian Hao Jian'(成記炒蝦麵蠔煎). It's located inside 'Seah Im Food Centre', which is located near 'Harbourfront' MRT Station and opposite 'Vivo City'.

Notes:

• Opening Hours:
  9am - 9pm (Daily)

* Click here for the map of 'Seah Im Food Centre' on Google Maps.
^ Click here for the list of delicacies that is located inside 'Seah Im Food Centre'.