The Appealing Fragrance of...

Hokkien Mee, also known as 'Fried Prawn Noodles'. There's a saying as you start exploring new neighborhoods, it will open up more and more interesting new places to explore. The same thing has happened to me a few days ago. As I was on my way to a restaurant, there was this nice fragrance floating in the air. From the smell of it, I knew that that's the nice fragrance of 'Hokkien Mee' and it's damn appealing...

'Hokkien Mee' When I was passing by the place in the afternoon, I saw this amazingly long queue and I thought that I might ended up queuing up for a pretty long period of time, but when I went back to the stall at night, I ended up queuing for like 5 minutes only, which is pretty lucky. :)

The 'Hokkien Mee' over here can be pretty interesting. For a start, this isn't soupy at all, it's pretty dry. On top of that, the base is a mixture of the yellow noodles and thick rice vermicelli, topped with ingredients like 'beansprouts', 'prawns' and 'squid'. After squeezing the lime and and mixing the scoop of chilli into the plate of 'Noodles', things are about to get better and better. I personally loved the part where every single bite comes with a nice strong taste of charcoal fire. On top of that, I'm also getting a delicious taste in every single bite, which is very likely to be the soup stock that they have thrown in throughout the process of preparing this dish. Well, delicious findings everyday and that just makes my life more and more interesting. :P

So where can you give this a good try?

The name of this stall would be 'Original Serangoon Road Fried Hokkien Mee'(正孟加卡老招牌炒福建蝦面). It'e located in one of the coffee shops located along 'Serangoon Road'.

Opening Hours:

• Daily: 16:30 - 23:15
  (Closed on Mondays)

* Click here to find out more about 'Chicken Up'.
^ Click here for the Facebook page of 'Chicken Up'.
~ Click here for the location of 'Original Serangoon Road Fried Hokkien Mee'
  (正孟加卡老招牌炒福建蝦面) on Google Maps.

Orange Hot Green Chilli?

Back then, I used to hang out at 'Little India' almost every single day. Basically, one of the main reason for my frequent visit were due to the delicious and satisfying portion of food that was given. (Most of the Indian restaurants over there provides unlimited flow of either biryani rice or white rice.) So on top of the spicy Indian food, I could also satisfy my super big appetite. Therefore, I could kill 2 birds with 1 stone, isn't that great! As for today, rather than going to write about main courses, I'm going to write about snacks.

'Mirchi Bhajji'(Fried Grren Chilli) On top of all the heavy meals that I can get in 'Little India', I could also get snacks like this too. So why do I love this? Being a big fan of chillies and spicy stuff, that pretty much explain the taste of this snack. It's pretty hot and at the same time, the texture of this snack isn't too hard or too soft. And if you are lucky enough, sometimes you can get hold of a super crispy piece of 'Mirchi Bhajji' too. :D

The above shows the variety of snacks that this place is offering. (I don't think I have even tried half of the spread as most of the time, I would only go for the 'Mirchi Bhajji'. :P)

The name of this place would be 'Big Bites'. They have a few outlets island-wide and the above shows their outlet along 'Serangoon Road'.

Notes:

• Operating Hours:
  8am - 10:30pm

* Click here for the Facebook Page of 'Big Bites'.
^ Click here to find out more about 'Big Bites'.
~ Click here for the location of the outlet located along 'Serangoon Road' on
  Google Maps.