A bowl of nothing...?

Regardless of the size of the hawker centre or the food court, there ought to be a stall selling simple stuff that one can digest easily and doesn't involve a lot of frying....

'Chicken Porridge' If you are thinking of ordering something else, you might ended up to be pretty disappointed, because over here they only prepare and sell porridge. Besides for fish porridge, there's pork and chicken porridge too. And I guest it's time to move on to the indulging part...

Over here you are given a choice to have the bowl of porridge with or without an egg. I have decided to go ahead and place an order for a bowl of 'Chicken Porridge' that comes with an egg... But wait where is my egg...??

Rather than adding a century egg into the bowl of porridge, they are actually adding a raw egg into the bowl. Depending on your personal preference, you can choose to mix all the ingredients together or set it by the side of the bowl and let it solidify(becomes a cooked egg). I prefer the method of mixing all the ingredients together. After spending a bit of time mixing the bowl of porridge, it's time to dig into the bowl of porridge. There's a good mix of egg, chewy minced chicken, spring onions and tasty porridge in every single bite. Even though I didn't place an order for the 'You Tiao', or commonly known as the Chinese Doughnut, the amount of ingredients that the stall has thrown in are good enough to turn this simple looking bowl of porridge into something delicious.

So where can you give the porridge a good try?

The name of this stall would be 'Soon Lee'(顺利). It's hidden inside 'Clementi Market and Food Centre'.

Notes:

• Opening Hours:
  Weekdays: 06:00 - 21:00
  Saturdays: 06:00 - 17:00
  (Closed on Sundays)

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

A different way of serving...

There's a Chinese saying, if you assign the same task to a 100 different people, you will end up getting a 100 different ways of doing the same task. When it comes to cooking, the same theory applies too. Depending on the way the chef is preparing the dish, it might ended up differently. Therefore...

'Chicken Rice'? This looks like the plate of 'Chicken' that comes in the typical 'Chicken Rice' set meal. Yes, I do agreed that the generous portion is a (+), but on top of that, the chewy sensation is worth another (+). Probably I'm too used to the boneless Chicken Rice in my neighborhood, therefore I personally find the bones a nuisance.

Sorry to disappoint you but this is actually a... 'Chicken Porridge Set Meal' Unlike the usual stalls out there that will be serving you a bowl of porridge and topped it with a good portion of shredded chicken. Things are slightly different over here. They have separated out the bowl of porridge and the plate of 'Chicken'. Topped with a bit of spring onions and pepper, the smooth and silky porridge would be a (+). In fact, the portion of Chicken are so generous that I personally find the bowl of porridge to be a bit too small. But either ways this a pretty good way to start your day. :D

So where can you give the 'Chicken Porridge Set Meal' a good try?

The name of this stall would be 'Soh Kee Cooked Food'(蘇记熟食). It's located inside 'Jurong West 505 Market & Food Centre'.

Notes:

• Operating Hours:
  Tuesdays - Saturdays: 09:00 - 15:00
  (Closed on Sundays and Mondays)

* Click here for the location of "Jurong West 505 Market & Food Centre" on Google Maps.

The last in the line...

I was hanging around this area looking for something to eat before I went for my Rainbow Cake High Tea nearby. I happened to come across this porridge stall that was about to close and I was walking away from the stall when the stall auntie suddenly shouted 'One Last Bowl of Porridge'. I immediately tell the auntie that I would take it and the story begins...

Being the very last bowl of porridge, the stall uncle mentioned that he will be giving me all the remaining porridge. Therefore, even though I only place an order for the smallest portion, I think that I ended up getting the biggest portion. :D Besides for the bowl of porridge, I have also placed an order for a plate of 'Raw Fish Slices'(生鱼片).

After a bit of stirring, it becomes like this.

'Raw Fish Slices' I only place an order for the second smallest portion but it already comes with lots of ingredients. There's a generous portion of fresh raw fish slices, lots of spring onions(a bit too much =.=""), deep fried shallots, chopped red chillies, sesame seed, shredded ginger and lime. Do remember to squeeze out all the lime juice to enhance the taste of the 'Raw Fish Slices' and mix the ingredients thoroughly. Each individual bite comes with nice fragrance of sesame and on top of that, there's the crispy bits of ginger and shallots. Even though there's a mixture of butter, spicy and sour taste, but it still couldn't cover the delicious and fresh taste of the slices of 'Raw Fish'. In other words, you are paying a relatively low price for a heavenly plate of 'Raw Fish Slices'.

'Fish Porridge' This is really a very big bowl of porridge. Even though I have beat the raw egg and stirred thoroughly, the colour of the porridge still remains to be whitish in colour. Despite of the colour, one could easily identify the various types of ingredients floating on top of the porridge. There's spring onions, fried shallots and lots of sliced fish. To some, the porridge over here can be pretty disappointing especially when the porridge will be boiled to a point where the grains were almost completely dissolved into the porridge. Therefore, the porridge over here is pretty thick and gluey. And there's no doubt that the taste of the porridge over here is pretty good, but whether you can accept the texture of the porridge or not, that's a completely different issue. As for myself, the texture of the porridge over here makes it pretty easy to digest and at the same time, a good alternative for the kids, the sick and the elderly. :D And at the end of the day, regardless of the texture of the porridge, something that is delicious will still remains to be very delicious. :P

So where can you give the delicious 'Raw Fish Slices' and 'Porridge' a try?

The name of this stall would be 'Zhen Zhen Porridge'(真真粥品). It's located inside 'Maxwell Food Centre'.

Notes:

• Opening Hours:
  05:30 - 14:30 Daily
  (Closed on Tuesdays)

* Click here for the location of Maxwell Food Centre.
^ Click here for the list of delicacies that you can find & get in 'Maxwell Food Market'.

House of Chee Cheong Fun

Name the types of 'Chee Cheong Fun' that you have seen and eaten before. Probably one would have problem going beyond 5 different types of 'Chee Cheong Fun'. Or maybe if you are good enough, you might be capable of listing down 10 different types. However, over here they have managed to list down more than 20 different types of 'Chee Cheong Fun'.

'Char Siew(Barbecued Meat) Chee Cheong Fun'(美味叉烧肠粉) From the looks of it, it really looks appealing. Just by taking a look at the color of the 'Chee Cheong Fun', you can easily identify the amount of ingredients that they have added into it. One thing for sure they are really very very generous when it comes to the filling.

Taste wise, they have sprinkled lots of sesame all over the 2 rolls of 'Chee Cheong Fun'. Each and every slice of 'Chee Cheong Run' comes with the nice fragrance of sesame. As for the texture of the 'Chee Cheong Fun' itself, the texture is silky smooth and at the same time not too thin and too thick, which makes it perfect. Best of all, there's a very nice balance between the ingredients used and the silky texture. On top of that, even though the 'Chee Cheong Fun' is partially submerged in the dark sauce but it's not salty at all. By the way, they have also placed a bottle of chilli sauce on each and every table and the taste of it could really blend with the 'Chee Cheong Fun' nicely. Even though the chilli sauce isn't spicy enough. :P

See, I didn't trick you. They really have listed down more than 20 different types of 'Chee Cheong Fun' on their menu. And some of them looks pretty interesting. For example, there's 'Durian Chee Cheong Fun', 'Tom Yum Seafood Chee Cheong Fun', 'Unagi Chee Cheong Fun', etc... I think the biggest drawback would be the price that one would have to pay for each and every roll of 'Chee Cheong Fun'.

The name of this place would be 'House of Rice Roll & Porridge'(粥肠粉之家). It's located along 'Killiney Road'.

Notes:

• Opening Hours:
  Mondays - Fridays: 10:30 - 22:00
  Saturdays, Sundays, Public Holidays: 08:30 - 22:00

* Click here for the location of 'House of Rice Roll & Porridge'(粥肠粉之家) on
  'Google Maps'.

Simple and Clean...

After going around the island giving all sorts of good delicacies a good try, I need to take a short break from all these fanciful sinful delicious food too. Therefore...

The search for a simple and light delicacy begins. In fact, the choices are pretty much limited and straightforward. What can be as simple and light as a bowl of porridge. They are preparing and selling 3 different types of Porridge over here. And they are the 'Pork Porridge'(猪肉粥), 'Chicken Porridge'(鸡肉粥) and 'Century Egg Porridge'(皮蛋粥). 'Pork Porridge'(猪肉粥) The name itself can be misleading. Even though it's given a name of 'Pork Porridge', the ingredients used are merely a half boiled egg, minced meat, 'You Tiao'(a long golden brown deep-fried Chinese doughnut) topped with a bit of spring onions. If you are looking for a much more fanciful bowl of porridge, you probably would want to give the other porridge stalls nearby a try. Taste wise, probably I have been eating the same bowl of porridge for the last 10+ years or so, therefore I really love the taste of the porridge over here. Trust me, I have given the porridge a try when it's warm or cold and the taste of it still remain to be pretty good. But how to appreciate the taste of this porridge to the maximum? As for myself, I would beat the half boiled egg, stirred all the ingredients vigorously hard so that it will ended up with a light yellowish colour and every mouth will come with a nice taste of porridge topped with a bit of meat, vegetables and egg. No matter how much food I have eaten, my stomach will always have space for the delicious porridge over here.

So where can you give the delicious porridge a try?

The name of this stall would be 'Shi Fu Rou Zhou'(食福肉粥). It's located inside 'Bukit Merah View Market and Food Centre'.

Notes:

• Opening Hours:
  Seems to start from late lunch hours to dinner time.

* Click here for the location of 'Bukit Merah View Market and Food Centre' on
  Google Maps.
^ Click here for some other delicacies that can be found in 'Bukit Merah View Market and
  Food Centre'.

A heavy Teochew Porridge for Lunch

How heavy can your lunch be? That's probably one of the common questions that I have been asking myself on a daily basis. If one's appetite can be measured using some electronical device, I wonder how will mine turn out to be. Either way, let's move on to the main topic today. :D

'Teochew Porridge Buffet' I have given the daily 'Teochew Porridge' lunch promotion a try back then. As far as I could remember they have a large variety of delicious ingredients and the prices are pretty reasonable too. (Therefore, if you are a glutton like me, you really can enjoy it to the maximum.) For a start, Besides for white rice, they also serve 'Sweet Potato Porridge'(番薯粥), 'Fried Rice', 'Fried Bee Hoon' over here too. Out of all the options listed over here I think that the 'Sweet Potato Porridge' would be the best and the most filling too. Just by looking at the big slices of 'Sweet Potato' should pretty much explain everything. However, if you are a 'Curry' guy, a bowl of white rice should be a better choice for you. :P (Anyway, I ended up trying most of them.) As for the ingredients itself, I have list down some of the better one. 'Sichuan' vegetables It's crunchy and despite of the fact that the slices of chopped chilli are missing, the taste of it is pretty spicy, which I love it very much. :P 'Teochew Fishcake' It's pretty chewy and depending on the chef itself, the ingredients used in making this may varies. As for the one over here, they have stuffed quite a bit of vegetables inside it. 'Curry Chicken' Even it's called 'Curry Chicken', there's actually more 'Chicken Drumlets' than anything else. By the way, the taste of the 'Curry' have blend into the 'Drumlets' completely. On top of that, the taste of the 'Curry' over here are pretty milky and sweet too. :D

'Braised Egg and Peanuts' How can one savour a good 'Teochew Porridge' buffet without all these braised stuff? Even though the taste of the braised sauce are pretty much the same, but I just couldn't resist these stuff. Just by picking up one peanut after another into my mouth have definitely made my appetite grown bigger and bigger.

'Preserved vegetables' If you are into the salty taste of the 'Preserved Vegetables', you have definitely come to the correct place for it. I only took a small portion of it and due to the salty taste of it, I almost have difficulty finishing it. By the way, I think I have ended up having more than 8 'Curry Drumlets' that day and a bowl of sliced oranges for desserts too. Although the whole buffet last for merely 2 hours only, but it only took me an hour to fill my appetite to the maximum. :P

So where can you give the delicious and affordable 'Teochew Porridge' a try?

The name of this place would be 'The Rajah Inn'. It's located on level 2 of 'Tiong Bahru Plaza'.

Notes:

• Opening Hours:
  11:30 - 22:00 Daily
  (Last order at 21:30)
  
  Teochew Porridge Buffet:
  11:30 - 14:30
  Steamboat ala carte buffet:
  17:30 - 22:00

* Click here to find out more about 'The Rajah Inn'.
^ Click here for the 'Facebook' page of 'The Rajah Inn'.

A fishy Breakfast...

Since there was a meeting early in the morning and I have managed to wake up early (too early) for it, I decided to try my luck with the breakfast options over here.

'Pork Porridge(猪肉粥) and Raw Fish Slices(生鱼片)' Since the nice 'Wanton Noodles' isn't open, I decided to give the porridge over here a try too. For a start, although the texture of the porridge is pretty acceptable, but the taste of it is pretty normal and a little too plain. However...

The 'Raw Fish Slices' are amazingly good. With a generous portions of raw fish slices, lettuce, sesame oil, a bit of soy sauce and fried shallots, this is a refreshing plate of food for breakfast. The taste of each individual slice of raw fish are pretty fresh and the fragrance of the sesame oil are pretty nice too. The vegetables that come with the dish are pretty crunchy and refreshing too. In another words, I think that I have just found a new place for good breakfast. :D

So where can you give the 'Raw Fish Slices' a try?

The name of this stall would be 'Rui Ji'(瑞记). It's located inside the village of 'A'.

Notes:

• Opening Hours:
  Tuesdays - Sundays: 07:30 - 11:00
  (Closed on Mondays)
• One thing that I love about this place would be the freshness of the 'Raw Fish Slices'. I was queueing and observing the helpers of the stall at the same time. One of the helpers has been consistently slicing and preparing plates of 'Raw Fish Slices' non-stop. And looking at the speed that they are selling away the individual plates has pretty much explain why the same guy has to keep on slicing and preparing plates of 'Raw Fish Slices' non-stop. :P

* Click here for the map of 'Alexandra Village Hawker Centre'.
^ Click here for some other delicacies that can be found in the 'A' village.

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.

Simple Meal, Simple Me

Don't you hate it when there's so many options out there so you to choose. In fact, I was going round and round in circles at a Hawker Centre thinking what should I be having for dinner. I finally decided to...

Go for a simple bowl of 'Sliced Fish Porridge' first.
Hmmm... My luck isn't that bad after all. Though the 'You Tiao' is slightly
a bit oily, but that isn't important. Most importantly, it is still pretty
crispy and it's so good that I ended up finishing the 'You Tiao' much much
before I started digging into the porridge. Porridge wise, the texture is
pretty good and it didn't end up to be too watery, which makes it even much
more better. On top of that, the sliced fish that was added into the
porridge are pretty fresh too. Best of all, the egg was beat into the bowl
directly and I love stirring the egg and the porridge together till it
reaches a yellowish colour. By doing that, I can enjoy the taste of the egg
and the porridge together. :D I wonder how would the side dishes taste like...

So why can you try this?

The name of this stall would be '麗芳粥品'.
It seems to have several outlets island wide but I have only tried the
branch located inside 'Bukit Merah View Market and Food Centre'.

* Click here for the location of 'Bukit Merah View Market and Food Centre' on
  Google Maps.
^ Click here for some other delicacies that can be found in 'Bukit Merah View Market and
  Food Centre'.

Not really a pot of Porridge...

Okay, basically I'm still an average person after all. I neither a robot nor an alien, eventually I still can get sick. Therefore, rather than keeping a lookout for sinful fried stuff, I decided to go for some simple stuff. :D

'Chicken Porridge' and 'Yam Cake' This would be part of my dinner. A simple bowl of 'Chicken Porridge' and a cube of 'Yam Cake'. Let's talk about the 'Chicken Porridge' first. I love the way they are separating the 'Porridge' and the 'You Tiao', which is a long deep fried strip of dough. Though the 'You Tiao' that was given isn't very crispy but at least it doesn't ended up to be too soft. Besides for the 'You Tiao', the 'ikan bilis' are very tasty and it sort of reminds me of the good old days where I can finish a few bowls of plain porridge with 'ikan bilis' only. :P Though the taste of the porridge is pretty normal but with the 'ikan bilis' that comes with it, it has definitely boost the taste of the porridge to a whole new level. Next comes the 'Yam Cake'... Although this 'Yam Cake' isn't something fantastically delicious, but it's still pretty good. The owners have go the extra mile cutting the 'Yam Cake' into 8 pieces. With the spring onions and the sweet sauce and chilli sauce that can really blend together, I think that one should really give this a try. :D

So where can you try this?

The name of the stall would be 'Porridge Pot'(一品粥)
and it's located inside 'Redhill Market'.

Notes:

• Operating Hours: 7am - 1.30pm, 6pm - 10.30pm Daily
• Closed on Mondays

* Click here for the location of 'Redhill Market' on Google Maps.
^ Click here for some other delicacies that can be found in 'Redhill Market'.

A taste of Taiwanese Porridge...?

There is a place that I tend to pass by every now and then and every time I pass by the place, I told myself that I must try their food. The only excuse that I have for not trying the food of that place would be due to the fact that I'm dining alone. =="" But after I thought through the number of crazy things that I have done for the paste year, I think that that's a pretty lame excuse and I should just go ahead trying their food... (Example of crazy things that I have done: having a very big bowl of 'Yong Tau Hu' alone, having more than 5 meals in a day, etc...)

This would be my dinner for that day.
Some dishes and a bowl of porridge.

This place doesn't serve normal white porridge. What they have
here would be 'Sweet Potato Porridge'. Although only a handful
of sweet potato was given, that's already satisfying enough.
By the way, you only need to pay a fixed price to be entitled
to unlimited bowls of 'Sweet Potato Porridge'. (I, myself had
3 bowls of porridge that day. Oh by the way, they have normal
white rice too, if you aren't a big fan of porridge.)

'Preserved Salted Vegetables with Pork'(梅菜扣肉)
The chefs might have been spending long hours preparing this
dish. The taste of the garlic have blend into the vegetables
completely and the colour of the garlic was so dark that I
almost mistaken it as a piece of meat. (Though I still find
this dish a bit costly. :O)

'Sambal Gui Miao'(参巴龟苗)
This is looks and tastes like long beans. I tried to Google
about the vegetables used in this dish and it seems that
'Gui Miao' is a type of long beans. I love the way they are
preparing this dish. Besides been spicy, the crunchy touch
that the vegetables has and the taste of it has given me
sufficient reasons for visiting them again.

'Fried Chicken with Onion Ginger in Claypot'(砂煲姜葱鸡)
This would be the main dish of this meal. Besides for the
heavenly smell that is coming out from this claypot, the
is pretty good too. But this is a pretty common dish in
Singapore, so it aren't so easy to make it very special.
Either ways, just by ordering this, I think one could
easily finish 2 bowls of rice or porridge.

'Fresh Cockles'(新鲜生蛤)
Well, it aren't very nice if you are turning turns eating
a hot dish, followed by a cold dish and so on and so forth.
Therefore, by looking at the size of the plate, I decided
to leave this out for the last. After I started stirring
the cockles a bit, I regretted for ordering this dish.
Although the cockles are pretty fresh indeed, but after I
tried finishing the whole plate (like 30+ cockles), my
stomach started spinning like a washing machine. I'm
wondering that's because my I haven't been eating
'Fresh Cockles' over the past few months.

So where can you get all the dishes listed in this post?

The name of this stall would be 'Gu Zao Ren Seafood Taiwan
Porridge'(古早人煮炒台湾粥). What I have shown here would be
the branch located at 'ABC Brickworks Market/Food Centre'.

Notes:

• Although their opening hours start from evening till midnight, but their Rice and Sweet Porridge tend to sold out pretty quickly.

* Click here to find out more about 'Gu Zao Ren Seafood Taiwan Porridge'.

A Cantonese Breakfast

Last week, I finally understand why Hong Kongers like to have 'Rice Noodle Roll'(豬腸粉) for breakfast so badly. Rather than putting it in words, I would prefer the step of showing you food photos and explaining at the same time.

Well, here goes...

'Rice Noodle Roll'(豬腸粉) This would be the main highlight of this post. So what's so special about this 'Rice Noodle Roll'? Firstly, eating this reminds me of the China delicacy 'Beijing Duck'(北京烤鸭). There is a soft layer of 'Rice Noodle' wrapping pieces of 'Char Siew', or more commonly known as barbecued pork meat, and crunchy vegetables, which makes it almost similar to the way how 'Beijing Duck' was prepared. Similarly, when you compare the prices of both dishes, the 'Rice Noodle Roll', would probably be 10 or 20 more times much more cheaper than the 'Beijing Duck'. Having this cheap and delicious delicacy for breakfast everyday would be a luxury. :D

As for Breakfast, what goes well with 'Rice Noodle Roll' the most?
My answer would be a bowl of Porridge. Besides preparing and selling
a variety of 'Rice Noodle Roll', this stall also prepares a large
variety of Porridge. By the way, the photo in the above shows a
bowl of 'Seafood Porridge'. It's basically a normal bowl of Porridge
with ingredients like Prawns, Cuttlefish, fish, etc...

The above would be the menu of the stall.

So where can you find this stall?

This would be the stall that sells the delicious plate of 'Rice Noodle Roll'
that I have introduced in this post. The name of the stall would
be 'Jiu Ye'(久叶) and it is located at Tanglin Halt Market.

More Info:

• Stall closes on every Tuesday.
• Stall closes by 10 am every morning and nope there isn't a typo and I was pretty shock myself that the stall closes at 10 am every morning.

* Click here to find out what other delicacies can be found in Tanglin Halt Market.
~ Click here for the location of 'Tanglin Halt Market'.