2 Laksa...

What can you buy with merely S$2 nowadays? What if I told you that you can get yourself a delicious bowl of 'Laksa' at the price of 2(?) would you dare to give it a good try?

'Laksa' Pretty much similar to the infamous 'Katong Laksa' that expects the customer to wipe out the whole bowl of 'Laksa' using a spoon, no chopsticks will be provided over here too and you will only be getting a spoon too. Though I wouldn't say that this is a very big bowl of 'Laksa' but it has all the necessary factors that forms a good bowl of 'Laksa'. The bowl of 'Rice Noodles' topped with yummy ingredients like 'sliced fish cake', 'cockles', beansprouts, 'Sambal Chilli', all surrounded in the tasty and sweet pool of 'Laksa' gravy and garnished with Vietnamese coriander, or more commonly known as 'Laksa Leaf'. Believe me or not, but in this small little bowl of 'Laksa' there's actually quite a handful of ingredients and even though it wasn't too spicy, but the sweet and spicy taste can easily satisfy the needs of a typical Singaporean.

So where can you give this affordable bowl of 'Laksa' a good try?

The name of this stall would be 'Sungei Road Laksa'. It has occupied one of the corners of the coffee shop, 'Jin Shui Kopitiam'.

Notes:

• Operating Hours:
  Thursdays - Tuesdays: 09:30 - 17:30
  (Closed on Wednesdays)
• The queue for a bowl of 'Laksa' over here can be unexpectedly long. I was queuing up for like 20 minutes...
• One key highlight of the stall would be the fact that they are cooking the 'Laksa' gravy using a big metal cauldron, which is placed on top of a charcoal fire, which is a pretty rare sight nowadays.
• Sadly, before I have the chance to publish this post, they have decided to increase the price already. Therefore, there isn't a S$2 Laksa anymore. :(

* Click here to find out more about 'Sungei Road Laksa'.
^ Click here for the location of 'Jin Shui Kopitiam' on 'Google Maps'.

Being focus is good...

Even though this is a pretty small Food Centre, but they do offer a pretty big variety of good food over here. Besides for local delicacies, one could easily find rare dishes like 'Turtle Soup' too. :). As for the post today...

'Laksa' Being the only stall selling 'Laksa', the business of this stall is remarkably good... no I mean great. Pretty much similar to all the delicious bowls of 'Laksa' out there, this affordable bowl of 'Laksa' comes with a tasty bowl of sweet, milky and spicy gravy. Topped with ingredients like sliced 'fish cake', 'cockles', 'bean curd puffs' 'beansprouts' and not forgetting the 'thick rice vermicelli'. The bowl of 'Noodles' was topped with a spoonful of spicy 'Sambal chilli' and garnished with Vietnamese coriander, or more commonly known as 'Laksa Leaf'. Even though just by providing a spoonful of 'Sambal chilli' isn't strong enough to fire me up? But the overall sweet and tasty sensation is a guaranteed. As I mixed all the ingredients together, besides for the chewy sensation, the taste of the ingredients that have absorbed the tasty gravy just simple makes it almost irresistible. In my own opinion, I think that this is one of the die die must try dish in Singapore. :P

So where can you give this dish a good try?

The name of this stall would be 'Guang Fa Laksa'(廣發叻沙). It's located in 'Havelock Road Cooked Food Centre'.

Notes:

• Operating Hours:
  
  Wednesdays - Mondays:
  08:00 - 15:00
  (Closed on Tuesdays)

* Click here for the Facebook page of 'Guang Fa Laksa'(廣發叻沙).
^ Click here for the location of 'Havelock Road Cooked Food Centre' on 'Google Maps'.
# Click here for the list of delicacies that you can find and get in 'Havelock Road Cooked
   Food Centre'.

Chinese small bites for Breakfast...

Sometimes if I managed to get out of bed pretty early, I would go around looking for interesting good bites, before I make my way to the office. And the other day, I decided to go for these small bites...

'Kueh Du Du' Seems that there are quite a few stalls out there that offers a bigger 'Kueh Du Du', as compared with the original size. Though this is big but it's not the biggest that I have come across in Singapore.

But I'm pretty impressed that despite of the long travelling time, the texture of the 'Kueh Du Du' didn't turn into a rock. On top of that the stall owner really push the layer of flour to the limits and the ingredients that are thrown inside are pretty generous and yummy too.

I personally loved the sweet taste of the not so damp 'Coconut' fillings and not to forget about the crunchy diced peanuts too. Which makes me wonder what are we getting, when we mix both types of ingredients into one 'Kueh Du Du'. When I took a bite off the 'Kueh Du Du', there's an immediate outburst of the nice ingredients, which deserves a (+).

So where can you give these small bites a good try?

The name of this stall would be 'Jia Xiang Du Du Kueh'(佳香嘟嘟娘惹糕). This is located inside 'Beo Crescent Market and Food Centre'.

Notes:

• Operating Hours:
  05:30 - 12:00 Daily
  (Closed on Sundays)

* Click here for the location of 'Beo Crescent Market and Food Centre' on 'Google Maps'.
^ Click here for the list of delicacies that you can find and get in 'Beo Crescent' Area.

Nonya delights coming to a place near you...

When I was a kid, it's pretty hard to come across a place selling all your Nonya Kueh or goodies. However, it seems that there's a chain of stalls in Singapore that specialize in preparing and selling these Nonya Kueh.

'Kueh Dadar' Loaded with a big portion of 'grated coconut' and 'palm sugar', wrapped in steamed egg pancake skin, this is a nice 'Kueh' to begin with. The sweetness is something that I like, though it might be a bit too much but I like the taste of coconut and palm sugar. (I got to admit that I have a sweet tooth.)

'Chendol Agar Agar' All the goodness that you are getting in a bowl of 'Chendol' has been remake and recompiled into this small little cube. Though it did bring about all the 'Chendol' goodness, but this small little cube just isn't sufficient to satisfy my crave for a bowl of 'Chendol' especially when I'm staying near 'Tiong Bahru Market'.

So where can you give these 'Kueh' a good try?

The name of this stall would be 'Chinta Manis'. The above shows the outlet located on basement 1 of 'Tiong Bahru Plaza'.

Opening Hours:

• Depending on the location of the outlet, the opening hours varies. For the outlets inside the shopping malls, the opening hours will start from early afternoon to 9pm.

* Click here for the 'Facebook' page of 'Chinta Manis'.
^ Click here to find out more about 'Chinta Manis'.

For the Nonya snacks...

Basically with a big crazy appetite of mine, it isn't a difficult task for an individual to realise how much I love to snack. It can range from various types of bread, 'Kueh', tidbits, etc... Therefore since I am passing by this place the other day, therefore...

'Mini Dumpling' Although they have this snack the name of a 'Dumpling', but I think that I have been cheated. The overall texture and taste of this 'Dumpling' is pretty much similar to a 'Lemper Udang'. Basically, the main fillings inside the 'Dumpling' are the pale coloured spicy prawns. Well, although I loved the spicy taste of this, but I was expecting a mini Chinese Dumpling that has glutinous rice and mushrooms and such...

'Nonya Dumpling' I have to admit that the overall taste of this 'Dumpling' is pretty nice, especially when most of the fillings inside the 'Dumpling' are mainly, minced meat and Nonya spices. And I also love the somehow spicy sensation that the Dumpling is giving me. But compared to this, I still prefers the other type of Dumplings that comes with lots of mushrooms, mushrooms and ore mushrooms. :P (I wonder which is much more important, the mushroom or ...? Anyway, I'm just being bias over here.)

'Nonya Kueh' Besides of the large variety of 'Dumplings' that they are making and selling themselves, they are also making and selling different types of 'Nonya Kueh' too.

So where can you give all these snacks a try?

The name of this shop would be 'Kim Choo'(金珠). They currently have a few branches island-wide but it seems that all of them are in the East of Singapore.

Notes:

• Opening Hours:
  10am - 8pm

* Click here to find out more about 'Kim Choo'(金珠).
^ Click here for one of the branches of 'Kim Choo'(金珠) on Google Maps.
~ Click here for the list of delicacies located near 'East Coast Road'.