Cockles that one can try, should try, must try....

No more long winded stories and I'm going straight into the main topic of this post. I love noodles and I love spicy food and if you have the same passion as I do, you can try, should try, must try the following dish...

Here comes...

a spicy plate of 'Fried Kway Teow'. Hey, but what's so great about this plate of 'Fried Kway Teow'? The looks of it is pretty much similar to all the other stores out there. Here are my explanation. Firstly, not all the 'Fried Kway Teow' stores are cooking their cockles thoroughly. I have tried 'Fried Kway Teow' at many different places and this is one of the better ones as all the cockles were prepared properly and it doesn't comes with the raw taste. Secondly, when you ask for more chilli to be added to a plate of 'Fried Kway Teow', you will get a plate of 'Fried Kway Teow' with a lump of chilli sitting on top of it. Which is wrong. As for this plate of 'Fried Kway Teow', the chilli were added and fried together with all the other ingredients of this dish. By going for this extra step, the chilli will blend into the taste of 'Fried Kway Teow' and at the same time makes it even much more tasty and spicier. Last but not least, the way they are handling each and every plate of 'Fried Kway Teow'. Each and every plate isn't over cooked, isn't too soupy and it taste heavenly. So what are you waiting for make a trip down tomorrow lah.

Oops, but where can you get this?

The name of this stall would be 'Outram Park Fried Kway Teow Mee'.
It is located on level 2 of 'Hong Lim Market Food Centre'.

Notes:

• Finding seats at 'Hong Lim Market Food Centre' during lunch hours can be a challenge./li>
• The queue leading out of this stall can be quite hectic, but queues moves very fast. I only queued for 5 minutes only and I got this delicious looking Fried Kway Teow.
• The store is closed on Sundays and Public Holidays and if I'm not mistaken, the normal operating hours are from 6am to 4.30pm daily.

* Click here for the map of 'Hong Lim Market Food Centre'. ^ Click here to find out what other delicacies can be found in 'Hong Lim Market Food Centre'

Craying for a fish for lunch?

'Hor Fun', is a type of noodle made from rice. It can be found in delicacies like 'Hor Fun', Ipoh 'Hor Fun', etc. Just for the dish 'Hor Fun' alone, there were different ways in preparing it. In the past, you can only get 'Hor Fun' that comes with vegetables, seafood and clear soup. However, as time goes by you can get 'Stirred fried Hor Fun', 'Beef Hor Fun', 'Slice Fish Hor Fun', etc... One of my favourite would be 'Stirred fried Sambal Hor Fun'. :P As for today let me introduce to you a different kind of 'Hor Fun' that you can only get during lunch hours.

Introducing...

'Crayfish Ipoh Sah Hor Fun' with regular Crayfish.
If I'm not mistaken, you can get a plate of 'Ipoh Sah Hor Fun' that comes with
different sizes of crayfish. If you are there pretty early or if you are
lucky enough, there will be chances that you can get a plate of 'Ipoh Hor Fun'
with the biggest crayfish. For the crayfish, it would most likely be a contest
of the survival of the weakest, as for us, this would be a contest of the
survival of the fittest... :P

Taste wise, I don't really like the 'Hor Fun' of this store. The taste
of the 'Hor Fun', prawns and the vegetables were pretty normal but the
Crayfish is fantastic. (Probably the stall owner is trying to use a
normal plate of 'Ipoh Sah Hor Fun' as a decoy to make the Crayfish
stand out even much more. Or am I thinking too much? :P)
Either way, the crayfish is of a high standard and I personally felt
that the taste and the texture of the Crayfish is much better than some
of the reputable restaurants in Singapore. On top of the points listed
in the above, I'm not sure how did they prepare the crayfish but its
pretty easy to pull out the flesh of the crayfish using a spoon and a
pair of chopsticks and for the price (S$6.50) that I have paid for this,
it's definitely worth going back again. XD
(Too bad they don't serve dishes that comes with the crayfish only...
Else I would only go for the crayfish only. :P)

So where is the stall located?

The name of the stall would be 'Tuck Kee (Ipoh)' Sah Hor Fun. It is located on level 2 of 'Hong Lim Market Food Centre'.

Notes:

• Finding seats at 'Hong Lim Market Food Centre' during lunch hours can be a challenge.
• The queue leading out of this stall can be quite hectic. (Survival of the fittest rule applies here, if you are not fast enough you might ended up queueing for more than 20 minutes for the regular crayfish...)
• The store is closed on Sundays and if I'm not mistaken, the normal operating hours are from 11am to 3pm daily.

* Click here for the map of 'Hong Lim Market Food Centre'.
^ Click here to find out what other delicacies can be found in 'Hong Lim Market Food Centre'

A sister of Laksa

Today, I'm going to introduce you to a sister of a Singapore delicacy 'Laksa'. Although, they might look alike but the ingredients used in both dishes and the taste of both dish were slightly different.

Let us proceed on to the step of photo viewing... :P

Introducing 'Curry Chicken Bee Hoon (Rice Vermicelli)'. Let me start off introducing the ingredients first. A bowl of 'Curry Chicken Bee Hoon' includes slices of chicken, potatoes, bean curd, bean sprouts and also Thick Bee Hoon. Basically just by taking a look at the ingredients used in both 'Laksa' and 'Curry Chicken Bee Hoon', you can easily spot the similarities between both dishes. The biggest difference in both dishes would be the soup base. As potatoes were added to the soup base to a bowl of 'Curry Chicken Bee Hoon', it have also reduce the spicy taste of the dish. Hence it was less spicy than the 'Laksa'. But basically the taste of the soup base was pretty much similar to the soup base of a bowl of 'Laksa' especially when the ingredients used to make the soup base of both dishes were similar and the only difference would be the proportion of the ingredients used to prepare the soup base. So for those who cannot stand spicy food, 'Curry Chicken Bee Hoon' would be a good alternative for the delicacy 'Laksa'.

So what is the name of the store that prepares the delicacy shown in this post?

The name of the stall would be 'Ah Heng Curry Chicken Bee Hoon Mee (亚王咖喱鸡米粉麺)'. It is located at one of the corners on the second floor of 'Hong Lim Market & Food Centre'.

Some information on 'Ah Heng Curry Chicken Bee Hoon Mee':

• Don't forget to add the chilli to the dish if you are a fan of spicy food.
• They were opened on late afternoons of Sundays so it shouldn't be that difficult for you to give this dish a good try.

Some information on 'Hong Lim Market & Food Centre':

• Besides for the dish that I had introduced in this post, some other delicacies that can be found in 'Hong Lim & Market Food Centre' includes the Duck Rice, Crayfish Ipoh Hor Fun, Fired Kway Teow, Fish Ball Noodles, etc...
• Most of the stores will only be opened during lunch hours and probably Mondays to Saturdays only. And some of stalls had a limited number of dishes that they can prepare each day so don't be too surprise by the fact that some stalls had already closed for the day even when you reach there at around 12 noon. Try harder next time.

* Click here for the map of 'Hong Lim Market Food Centre'.