Edible Kong Fu...

We were having our dinner over here. And rather than restricting ourselves to a type of food only, it will be much more interesting to place on order for different types of food, especially when there are more than a 150 food stalls over here. Things get more and more interesting especially when...

'Food that can be shared' Actually, one of the biggest (+) of a big hawker center would be the kind of food that they are offering over here. If you are hanging out as a big group, you will be pretty amazed with the number of dishes that can be shared among a group of people. For example, there's...

'Oyster Omelette'(蠔建) Yes, I do agree that the taste and the texture of the thick chilli is pretty alright. The batter of the 'Oyster Omelette' isn't that bad too. On top of that the big and fat oysters were handled and prepared properly too. However, the overall taste of the whole dish is pretty ordinary. I just couldn't figure out what has went wrong with this dish. Maybe it needs a bit of a magic touch?

'White Carrot Cake'(白蘿蔔糕) I can proudly say that I have just found another place that prepares good 'White Carrot Cake'. Loaded with lots of egg, the batter is pretty amazing for a start. Although it wasn't fully covered with a crispy skin, but the soft and tasty 'Carrot Cake' is pretty awesome. Not only it's tasty, it also comes with a nice aroma, which makes this a pretty rare sight(smell?) nowadays. Besides for the normal plate of 'Carrot Cake', they are also offering a plate of 'Carrot Cake' that comes with delicious prawns too.

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

The name of this stall would be 'Yi Sheng Gong Fu(億勝功夫)'. It's located inside 'Old Airport Road Food Centre'.

Notes:

• Operating Hours:
  Late afternoon to around 10pm daily

* Click here for the list of delicacies that you can get in 'Old Airport Road Food Centre'.
^ Click here for the location of "Old Airport Road Food Centre" on Google Maps.

Prawns with unlimited soup...

I love to drink soup. Regardless of the nature of the soup, as long as it's a bowl of soup, it would definite capture my interest to give it a try. Hence...

'Prawn Noodles'(Dry) In order to savor the original taste of the soup, I would go for for the dry version of the 'Prawn Noodles' most of the time. For a start, the texture of the 'Kway Teow'(Rice Noodles) doesn't fail to amaze me. Once I started pouring in all the sliced Chilli and mix all the ingredients together, the bowl of ingredients ended up coated in this beautiful orangy/brown color. Even with all the mixing and stirring, the texture of the Noodles are perfect. They are neither too dry nor too wet. On top of that, I love the taste and fragrance of the Chilli paste that they are using over here. However, even though the prawns are pretty big, they are a bit too soft to my liking. Nevertheless, I still enjoy the taste and the sensation of the tasty Noodles.

The best part of the meal would be the bowl of soup that comes in a vivid orangy color. I love the overall taste of the soup that comes with a nice taste of 'Prawns'. One can easily emptied the bowl of soup within seconds and just when you think that that's everything... You are so so wrong. You can always go back to the stall and request for an endless serving of soup, which is a (+).

So where can you give the bowl of Noodles a good try?

The name of the stall would be 'Whitley Road Big Prawn Noodles'(威利大虾面). It's located inside 'Old Airport Road Food Centre'.

Notes:

• Operating Hours:
  09:00 - 20:00

* Click here for the list of delicacies that you can get in 'Old Airport Road Food Centre'.
^ Click here for the location of "Old Airport Road Food Centre" on Google Maps.

An Interesting Mix

Initially, due to the hot and humid weather outside, my mind was pretty much set on ordering a 'Cold Dessert'. But after my third or fourth look at the menu, I decided to go for a 'Hot Dessert' instead.

'Yam with Black Glutinous Rice'(芋头露与黑糯米) Probably I haven't been keeping a lookout for desserts that come with lots of 'Yam'. However, my interest for 'Yam' seems to have grown greatly recently. I was looking at the menu and this has captured my immediate attention. Hence, I decided to give this a good try. After giving this dessert a thorough mix, I personally find it to be pretty nice. For a start, every go at this dessert comes with a pretty nice fragrance of 'Yam'. On top of that, the mixture doesn't end up to be too sticky or too watery. In fact the texture is pretty good when it comes to 'Black Glutinous Rice'. Making a good bowl of 'Black Glutinous Rice' can be pretty difficult, especially when you need to ensure that the texture doesn't end up to be too sticky and the 'Glutinous Rice' doesn't end up to be too soft and overcook. What they are serving over here is in fact pretty nice. The 'Glutinous Rice' aren't too hard or too soft and as mentioned earlier, the fragrance of it is pretty good too.

'Hot Desserts' The above shows their menu for 'Hot Desserts', which is their speciality.

'Cold Desserts' The above shows their menu for 'Cold Desserts'.

The name of this place is 'Dessert Hut'(甜品小屋). They have a few outlets island-wide. The above shows the outlet located inside 'People's Park Centre'.

Operating Hours:

• 11:00 - 19:30

* Click here to find out more about 'Dessert Hut'(甜品小屋).
^ Click here for the location of 'People's Park Centre'.

No 1 or No 2 indeed...

I managed to wake up pretty early that day and rather than doing a road trip, I decided to go ahead with a food trip. This was only the third item and I already couldn't go any further...

'Lor Mee'(卤麺) Basically the 'Lor Mee' over here is pretty plain. If you have gone for the small portion, on top of the type of noodles that you have selected, you will only be getting bean sprouts, braised meat and braised egg. But if you have gone for the bigger bowls, you will also be getting a generous portion of fish meat too. Depending on your preference, you can decide the amount of vinegar, minced garlic, chilli paste and red-cut chilli that you would like to add. Well, as for myself, I have gone for everything. Taste wise, the texture of the soup over here is pretty much similar to the one located along 'Bukit Purmei Road'. The taste of the soup is pretty good and thick. On top of that, it's not too sticky, which makes the process of stirring and mixing all the ingredients relatively easy. :) As for the food itself, I'm giving the generous portion of ingredients that was given, 2 thumbs up. The delicious taste of the noodles and the fresh ingredients are pretty delicious. Even though I managed to finish the whole bowl of 'Lor Mee', but I have to put an end to the 'Food Trip' over here. Basically, my stomach was so full that I couldn't continue eating for the next 4 hours or so. Anyway even though the 'Lor Mee' over here are pretty delicious and filling but I kinda miss the crispy bits of the 'Lor Mee'. It would be great it they could add the crispy bits as one of the ingredients too. :P

So where can you give the delicious bowl of 'Lor Mee' a try?

The name of this stall would be 'Xin Mei Xiang Zheng Zong Lor Mee'(新美香正宗卤麺). It's located inside 'Old Airport Road Food Centre'.

Notes:

• Operating Hours:
  Fridays - Wednesdays: 07:00am - 15:00pm
  (Closed on Thursdays.)
• Basically, they will just closed for the day once there's no more gravy. The other day, business seems to be pretty good. By 13:15pm, the stall owners have begun to pack up everything, which is pretty early, I think.
• As for the waiting time, it can get as long as an hour. (Basically it depends on the number of customer queueing in front of you and the number of bowls of 'Lor Mee' that they have ordered.)

* Click here for the list of delicacies that you can get in 'Old Airport Road Food Centre'.
^ Click here for the location of "Old Airport Road Food Centre" on Google Maps.

Is this the evolution of Satay?

Since I can knock off early and I have the time and I'm dying to give this delicacy a try since a few weeks back, therefore...

Mixture of 'Black Pepper Chicken and Pork Satay' and normal 'Chicken and Pork Satay' with Rice For a start, it seems that the 'Satay sauce' have undergone the process of heating up continuously, therefore the hot and chunky sauces aren't watery at all. However, the amount of sauces that was given aren't sufficient. Or probably I was dipping each and every one of the ingredients into the sauce, therefore... Rice wise, I think that it will look much more attractive if they have provided the rice with the leaves wrapping around it, rather than just a cube of rice, which looks pretty bare. Although the taste is pretty much the same, but at least that would make it looks much more better. If I'm given the choice to choose either 'Chicken' or 'Pork' Satay, most likely I will go with 'Chicken Satay'. This is mainly due to the fact that if the cook really have a fantastically good 'Satay' cooking skills, the colour of the 'Chicken Satay' will ended up to be 'Reddish Brown' in colour. As for the 'Chicken Satay' over here, not only it looks attractive, it's pretty succulent too. Similar to some other Satay stalls out there, they are barbecuing the Satay over a charcoal fire, therefore even if you are eat the Satay meat directly, the fragrance and the taste of the Satay will explode inside your mouth which gives you a heavenly feeling. As for the 'Black Pepper' Satays, the texture were pretty much similar to the normal ones. However just by coating the Satay meat with a layer of 'Black Pepper' will give you a sharp aroma and a spicy touch when you put the meat into your mouth. I think that this is an interesting evolution of the normal 'Satay' and if you love spicy stuff and 'Satay', this would be the thing for both you (and me?). :P

The name of this stall would be 'Fu Dao Home Made Satay'(甫道沙爹专卖店). It's located inside 'Old Airport Road Food Centre'.

Notes:

• Operating Hours:
  Wednesdays - Fridays: 17:00pm - 22:00pm
  Saturdays: 13:00pm - 22:00pm
  Sundays: 16:00pm - 22:00pm
  (Closed on Mondays and Tuesdays.)
• Basically, they will just closed for the day once all the Satays have been sold out. Therefore if you really want to give the Satays over here a try, place your orders as early as possible to secure a plate of delicious Satay. (Personal advice, try to place your orders before 21:00pm.)

* Click here for the Facebook Page of 'Fu Dao Home Made Satay'.
^ Click here for the list of delicacies that you can get in 'Old Airport Road Food Centre'.
~ Click here for the location of "Old Airport Road Food Centre" on Google Maps.

Steamboat 4 the Chosen One

Ever had the urge of eating steamboat? However, you are facing the problem of finding a companion that has the same desire as you do? Here's a solution for you.

'Mini Steamboat Fish Set' Basically the set meal will comes with a bowl of rice, a pot of soup and a plate of raw ingredients and then you are off on your own. (This reminds me of those 'interesting' cooking variety shows on TV.)

So what are the ingredients that are given There's fish slices, crab meat, hotdog, Enokitake, rice vermicelli, a raw egg and lots of vegetables. On by the way, upon placing your orders, the helpful stall helper will ask you to choose the soup base for the steamboat. Basically, there are offering 4 different soup base over here and that would be 'Normal', 'Ma La', 'Tom Yam' or 'Herbal'. Well, as usual, I will always ended up choosing 'Tom Yam' soup. :P

So what are the advantages of eating a pot of steamboat alone? Well, you are the chef and you get to decide everything. Which is??? For example, sometimes I would break the egg into a bowl and beat it before pouring it into the steamboat soup but there are times that I would ended up breaking the egg into the soup directly. And some eaters like me love to throw all the ingredients into the steamboat pot at one go and pick those ingredients out slowly. But there are eaters that prefers the 'Shabu Shabu' way. (Rather than boiling the ingredients, it's more of a dipping process. :D) As mentioned earlier, you are the chef and you get to decide everything, hence there's really nothing much for an individual to complain about. And by looking at the generous amount of ingredients that you are getting, well I think that this is a pretty good deal for both lunch and dinner.

So where can you give the 'Mini Steamboat' a try?

The name of this stall would be '132 Mini Steamboat'(美食小火鍋). It's located inside 'Old Airport Road Food Centre'.

Notes:

• Operating Hours:
  11:30am - 10:30pm

* Click here for the list of delicacies that you can get in 'Old Airport Road Food Centre'.
^ Click here for the location of "Old Airport Road Food Centre" on Google Maps.

Is this the King of Satay...?

Since I already had a great dinner, I was browsing around the same Hawker Centre, trying to look for something different to satisfy my big appetite. I found this stall preparing and selling 'Black Pepper Satays' and as I was about to place my orders when the helpers of the stall told me that all the satay were completely sold out. My jaws dropped... Since I have set my target, therefore I decided to go around the Hawker Centre looking for Satays and...

A plate of Chicken and Pork Satays and Rice For a start, the stall owner has also added pineapple into the peanut satay sauce, which makes it different from the usual peanut satay sauce. Just by dipping one of the satay stick into the sauce, it have added a bit of peanuts and a sweet taste onto the meat itself. As for the rice, it was a little bit too small, but it definitely comes with a very nice Pandan fragrance. The succulent and juicy satays are something that one can really look forward to. And before I forget, the stall over here are using charcoal to prepare and make all the delicious satay sticks, which is a very big (+). I personally find food that are using charcoal to prepare it to taste and smells much better. Currently it's 50 cents per stick, but for the price that you are paying and the delicious and tender meat that you are getting, I personally find this stall worth trying. (By the way, the satays looks pretty attractive and delicious too.)

The name of this stall would be 'Chuan Kee Satay'(選記沙爹王). It's located inside 'Old Airport Road Food Centre'.

Notes:

• Operating Hours:
  Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays & Saturdays: 6pm - 10pm
  Sundays: 1pm - 10pm
• By the way, if you are thinking of getting this for dinner, please be mentally prepared to wait for at least 30 minutes or more.

* Click here for the list of delicacies that you can get in 'Old Airport Road Food Centre'.
^ Click here for the location of "Old Airport Road Food Centre" on Google Maps.

Simplicity...

After spending some time trying a few types of dishes, I decided to take a rest by giving some of the simple stuff a try. For example...

A bowl of 'Sliced Fish Century Egg Congee'
Well, if you are not feeling well and yet you know that you need to have
some food to gain back some energy to move on forward, the congee over
here would be the thing for you. The congee over here are pretty smooth
and the fragrance of the congee are pretty nice. In fact, the grains
were so fine that it makes it pretty easy to digest the food over here.
The taste of the ingredients are pretty normal though. On top of that,
the 'Youtiao', also known as crispy fried fritter, is a big disappointment
too. Though the ends of the 'Youtiao' are pretty crispy, but the body of
the 'Youtiao' isn't crispy enough.

So where can you give the congee a try?

The name of this stall would be 'Xin Mei Congee'(欣美粥品).
It's located inside 'Old Airport Road Food Centre'.

Notes:

• Operating Hours:
  7am - 11:30pm Daily
• By the way, besides for the common type of congee, they also serve a few types of special congee. For example: 'Sliced Fish & Cuttlefish Congee', 'Prawn Ball Congee', etc...

* Click here for the list of delicacies that you can get in 'Old Airport Road Food Centre'.
^ Click here for the location of "Old Airport Road Food Centre" on Google Maps.

Nostalgic Digital Queue Meter

Numerous posts earlier, I have mentioned about the method of using/installing a Digital Queue Meter at a stall to reduce the amount of time needed to queue up for the food. Therefore...

'Wanton Noodles'
After placing your order, you will be getting a queue number. And as
far as I could remember, this was one of the earliest stall that have
implement the idea of installing a Digital Queue Meter System.

After spending 15 minutes of waiting time, I finally got my food.

Let's just set aside the boring bowl of soup and focus more on the bowl
of noodles. The taste of the few slices of 'Char Siew'(Roasted Pork) are
simply too marvellous. The texture are pretty good and it's delicious.
As for the noodles, it's pretty chewy, springy and it's pretty easy to
break them into smaller pieces. However, the 'Wanton' over here are
pretty normal. I can't decide whether it's the skin of the 'Wanton' that's
a little bit too thick or it's the proportion of ingredients used in the
'Wanton' that doesn't seems right. Either ways, judging based on the
noodles and the 'Char Siew' alone, the food over here are pretty good,
but once you add the 'Wanton' in, the food have ended up to be good only.

So where can you give the noodles a try?

The name of this stall would be 'Cho Kee Noodles'(曹记云吞面).
It's located inside 'Old Airport Road Food Centre'.

Notes:

• Operating Hours:
  11:30am - 11:30pm Daily

* Click here for the list of delicacies that you can get in 'Old Airport Road Food Centre'.
^ Click here for the location of "Old Airport Road Food Centre" on Google Maps.

Not so comical Old Master Q (老夫子)

If you are into comics or to be more precise, Hong Kong comics, you must be pretty familiar with the term 'Old Master Q'(老夫子). And the main topic of this post have something to do with it...

'Char Kway Teow'(炒粿条)
While queueing up for a plate of 'Char Kway Teow', I realised that if you
are not dining at the food centre, you can get a packet of 'Char Kway Teow'
that is wrap up using the 'Opeh Leaf'. Pretty much similar to the 'Banana
Leaf', it was believed that by using 'Opeh Leaf' to wrap up the food, the
leaf will help to keep the food warmer for a longer period of time and it
could increase the aroma of the food too. :D Seriously, I prefer this
method of wrapping all the food as compared to all the plastic containers
or styrofoam box that are't Eco-friendly at all.

Anyway food wise, quite a few different ingredients were added in order to
perfect the taste of this dish. Besides for the small portion of Noodles
and 'Kway Teow', there's ingredients like cockles, scrambled egg, a bit of
'Chinese Sausages'(腊肠), bean sprouts, a bit of green vegetables and most
importantly, a bit of chilli. Taste wise, I think that the 'Char Kway Teow'
here is pretty acceptable. Firstly, the cockles were fried properly and
it's pretty fresh. Secondly, the dark sauce and the chilli were evenly
spread. On top of that, you will be getting a nice aroma as you started
putting the food into your mouth. Best of all, the 'Char Kway Teow' didn't
ended up to be too wet or too dry, which makes it a pleasant eating
experience for everyone. :D

So where's the link between the food and 'Old Master Q'(老夫子)?

The name of this stall would be 'Lao Fu Zi Fried Kway Teow'(老夫子炒粿條).
It's located inside 'Old Airport Road Food Centre'.

Notes:

• Operating Hours:
  Weekdays: 11am - 11:30pm
  Weekends: 10am - 11:30pm
• Though the queue isn't crazily long, but if you are dining there in a big group, I would highly suggest that one of you would go and queue up for the food at this stall first.

* Click here for the list of delicacies that you can get in 'Old Airport Road Food Centre'.
^ Click here for the location of "Old Airport Road Food Centre" on Google Maps.

Crocodile Brand

Crocodile, what can we do with it? Well, the first thing that comes to your mind would most likely be the leather goods, but that isn't everything. What interest me would be the meat... Whahahahaha

'Crocodile Bak Kut Teh'(鳄鱼肉骨茶)
Looks pretty decent, which kinda took me by surprise. If I didn't place the
order myself, I wouldn't have realise the fact that this is a 'Crocodile
Bak Kut Teh' set, since the appearance looks pretty much similar to a normal
'Bak Kut Teh' set. (Hmmmm... I wonder am I expecting something funky?)

But as you start digging into the ingredients of the soup, things will
start to look more and more funky. :P Just for the meat that I'm getting,
besides for the body, I think that I'm getting one of the feet too. Just
by looking at the shape of it, simply explains everything. Taste wise, I
myself thinks that the crocodile meat is pretty much similar to pork. It's
pretty tender and chewy like pork meat, but probably due to the
overpowering herbal soup that comes with it, therefore I can't really
figure out the taste that comes with the meat. Probably I should go for
the other type of soup the next time round. Anyway if you cannot take
pork for some reason, you probably can give this a try. Trust me it's
a pretty good substitute for pork meat. (I'm not referring to the taste
of the meat only. The nutrition value of Crocodile meat seems to be
much more higher too. :D)

So where can you give Crocodile meat a try?

The name of the stall would be 'Crocodile Kingdom'(鳄鱼大王).
It's located inside 'Old Airport Road Food Centre'.

Notes:

• Operating Hours:
  10am - 10pm (Closed on Alternate Wednesday)

* Click here for the list of delicacies that you can get in 'Old Airport Road Food Centre'.
^ Click here for the location of "Old Airport Road Food Centre" on Google Maps.

A slightly a bit more watery alternative...

When one started to talk about 'Old Airport Road Food Centre' and 'Beancurd' the first thing that might pop in your mind would most likely be the infamous 'Lao Ban Beancurd'(老伴豆花). But...

'Ice cold Beancurd'
there's a similar product a few doors away. But, this alternative
is slightly a bit more watery. But I think the taste of the Beancurd
is far more stronger than those from 'Lao Ban Beancurd'. On top of
that, this stall has a variety of favoured Beancurd and they have an
ongoing promotion which allows you to get 2 original Beancurd for the
price of one. Therefore, if you really have a lot of time and you
really don't mind queueing up for 'Lao Ban Beancurd', go ahead.
But, if you really don't have the time for it, give this Beancurd
a try. But, if you are very hungry, you can get the Beancurd from
this stall, before walking over to 'Lao Ban Beancurd' and eat the
Beancurd from this stall while you queue up at 'Lao Ban Beancurd'.

So what is the name of this stall?

The name of this stall would be 'Happy Boy Soya Bean' and
it's located inside 'Old Airport Road Food Centre'.

Notes:

• Operating Hours: 9am - 9pm daily

* Click here to find out more about 'Happy Boy Soya Bean'.
^ Click here for the list of delicacies that you can get in 'Old Airport Road Food Centre'.
~ Click here for the location of "Old Airport Road Food Centre" on Google Maps.

Freshly Made Chee Cheong Fun....

So how fresh can a 'Chee Cheong Fun' be? It just so so happen that I was popping by a place the other day and I saw this amazingly long queue of people queueing up for this, so what's so special about it?

'Prawn Chee Cheong Fun and Chicken Chee Cheong Fun'
Initially, I thought that the queue was pretty short, therefore I
decided to queue up for it. Somehow it ended up with the people
queueing in front of me started to place an order for at least 2
rolls of 'Chee Cheong Fun' each. Hence a queue of not more than
10 people ended up to be more than 10~15 minutes of waiting time...

So what's so special about the 'Chee Cheong Fun'?
It comes in 4 different types of ingredients. There's
'Char Siew', also known as barbecued meat, Prawns, Mushrooms and
Chicken. The skin of the 'Chee Cheong Fun' is pretty soft and the
moment you put it in your mouth, the skin of the 'Chee Cheong Fun'
will dissolve into your mouth and 'Ka-Boom'. The taste of the
ingredient will expose completely. And If you happen to place
an order for a roll of Prawns 'Chee Cheong Fun', there's a prawn
inside each of the segments. Woo hoo~~~~~ By the way, although
this doesn't really look like rolls of 'Chee Cheong Fun', but
the taste is amazingly good and the chilli can really blend with
the 'Chee Cheong Fun' pretty well. :D

So where you get this?

The name of the stall will be 'Freshly Made Chee Cheong Fun'
this stall is located inside 'Old Airport Road Food Centre'.

Notes:

• Operating Hours: 8am - 10pm daily

* Click here for the list of delicacies that you can get in 'Old Airport Road Food Centre'.
^ Click here for the location of "Old Airport Road Food Centre" on Google Maps.

A syrupless Beancurd

Well, I guess most of the Singaporeans have eaten soya beancurd for Breakfast before. If I'm not mistaken, most of the soya beancurd that you are getting from a hawker will comes with a bit of sweet syrup but...

in order to get a bowl of "Soya Beancurd", are you willing to stand
behind such a long queue? This is pretty much similar to gambling.
Especially when long queue doesn't really mean that the food is
delicious let alone it's simple stuff like "Soya Beancurd".

So what's so special about this beancurd?
First of all, the "Soya Beancurd" that you are getting at this stall
is syrupless. Secondly, it's pretty much jelly like. The texture is
pretty soft and after shaking it a bit, some ripples tend to appear
on the surface of the "Soya Beancurd". Third but not least, though
you can only get cold "Soya Beancurd" at this place, but the
"Soya Beancurd" is pretty much the same as a "Soyabean" flavour
"Mango Pudding".

Taste wise, by putting a scoop of the "Soya Beancurd" into your mouth
it will slowly melt into your throat. It's soft like ice cream, but it
doesn't melt so easily under the hot sun. :) Although the taste of the
original flavour is pretty good, but the taste of the
"Almond Soya Beancurd" is so strong that it kinda makes the original
flavour looks kinda boring. :P
(How do I know? Because I have tried both flavours at one go.)

So where can you get this cold "Soya Beancurd"?

The name of the stall would be "Lan Ban Soya Beancurd"(老伴豆花).
They currently have a few stalls island wide. The main branch can
be found in "Old Airport Road Food Centre". The other branches can
be found in "Maxwell Food Centre" and "One Raffles Place".
The photos that I have shown here belongs to the main branch
that is located in "Old Airport Road Food Centre".

Notes:

• Operating Hours: 11:30am - 8pm (Tuesday - Saturday)
                              1pm - 8pm (Sunday)
                              (Closed on Mondays)

* Click here for the website of "Lan Ban Soya Beancurd"(老伴豆花).
^ Click here for the location of "Old Airport Road Food Centre" on Google Maps.