Braised Soup...?

Are you getting bored by the different types of soup that you are getting out there? How about giving a bowl of braised ingredients in a pool of braised gravy a good try??? Har???

'Braised bowl of soup + Ingredients' Unlike the typical bowl of Chinese soup that comes with a clear-less bowl of soup, this actually comes with a brownish color soup base. And the texture of the soup isn't thick and milky too. And it's best served with a bowl of rice.

So let's take a closer look at the ingredients that are swimming in the bowl of soup. Over here, you can either choose to go with the assorted serving or choose the ingredients yourself. I decided to go with the assorted serving the other day. It comes with ingredients like 'Water Spinach', 'Fried Bean Curd', 'Cuttlefish', 'Pork Skin', 'Pork Meat', 'Pork Belly', 'etc'... They also have ingredients like 'Chicken Wing', 'Mushrooms', etc... swimming in a big pot of braised gravy positioned behind the counter. Taste wise, unlike the usual dark braised sauce that gives you a super salty taste, this is very different. And it's pretty hard for me to describe the overall sensation. It's like 50% braised topped with some magic factor, which makes it pretty interesting and unique.

So where can you give it a good try?

The name of this stall would be 'Loh Mei Specialist'(湿卤味专家). It's located inside "People's Park Complex Food Centre".

Notes:

• Operating Hours:
  12:00 - 21:00 Daily

* Click here for the location of "People's Park Complex Food Centre" on Google Maps.
^ Click here for the list of delicacies that you can find & get in
  'People's Park Complex Food Centre'.

Maximum number of Soups...

When one has the hunger for a bowl of Chinese Soup, where would be the best place to go? Well if you ask a hundred person the same question, you might ended up getting a hundred different answers. However, what I'm introducing today has something to do with a bowl of soup... :D

'Herbal Turtle Soup Meal' Not sure how the bowl of soup will ended up to be, but usually I will order a bowl of rice to goes with the bowl of soup. I still miss the good old days of soaking the bowl of rice in the tasty soup. :D

Hmm... pretty hard to see what's inside. Let me scoop out some of the ingredients...

Just by taking a look at the ingredients that I'm scooping out of the bowl, frankly speaking, I have difficulty figuring which is which. But one thing that I can easily identify would be the fact that there's a good mixture of different types of turtle meat been added into the bowl of soup. There's the gelatinous bits, the meaty stuff and a bit of boney stuff. Soup wise, I love the thick herbal taste that comes in every single scoop. Even though it's a sunny day, but the tasty sensation that just get better and better as I dig towards the bottom of the bowl. Though it's a bit bitter but there's a nice sweet taste hidden inside the bowl of soup too. Too bad it wasn't a rainy day, else I would have...

So where can you give this bowl of soup a good try?

The name of this stall would be 'Very Lucky Turtle Soup'(狀幸運山瑞). It's located inside 'Berseh Food Centre'.

Notes:

• Operating Hours:
  Thursdays - Tuesdays: 11:30 - 10:30
  (Closed on Wednesdays)
• Besides for 'Turtle' soup, there's 'Duck' soup, 'Black Chicken' soup, etc... Not too bad for a stall.

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

R.I.P...... :P

It rhymes. And the post today has something to do with the word R.I.P. And it's actually not one but many many R.I.P... lol

They have populated the walls over here with lots of posters that consist of all these interesting pick up lines. I was pretty amused with some of the posters hanging on the wall over here. :D

Most of the customers over here are going for the ...

'Ribs'...

more 'Ribs'...

so many 'Ribs'... They are not only preparing 1 type of ribs. There's actually 5 different types of 'Ribs' that one can try over here. And I have given all 5 different types of 'Ribs' a good try already. :D 'Signature Hickory BBQ Sticky Bones' If you are into thick smoked 'Ribs', this is the thing for you. Not only it's coated with this thick BBQ sauce, the overall taste of the 'Ribs' are pretty solid too. And frankly speaking, the sauce itself is a bit too thick for me and in fact it's so thick that I think I will have problem finishing 1/2 a slab of this.... :| 'Garlic BBQ Spare Ribs' Out of all the 5 different flavors that they are offering over here, I guess this is the easiest to be accepted by everyone. And I don't find it spicier and as funky as the other flavors that they are offering over here. 'Tuscan Baked Spicy Spare Rib' This is the most funkiest version of 'Ribs' that I have ever tried till date. Probably because I myself isn't a big fan of Tomatoes for a start. But as compared to the taste of the 'Ribs' the taste of the 'Tomatoes' are far too overpowering, which to a certain extent makes me wonder what am I eating? A chewy 'Tomatoes' or ...? 'Spicy Asian BBQ Spare Ribs' Though it might look fiery but the appearance can be deceiving. I'm getting the nice sweet taste of the BBQ sauce but I'm not getting the fiery sensation that I'm expecting. Pretty disappointing for a 'Spicy Asian BBQ Spare Ribs'. Last but not least would be my favorite, which is... 'Smoked Peppercorn Spare Ribs' The 'Ribs' comes with this nice blend of both sweet and spicy taste, topped with a very nice aroma too. Personally, I find this the best out of all 5 flavors. It's giving the nice spicy sensation that I like, topped with a moderate level of sweetness, which makes this a pretty big (+). The texture of all the 'Ribs' over here are pretty tender and not forgetting the juicy and chewy meat that goes around the bones. In fact, probably it's due to the fact that I'm ordering 1/4 slab at a time, therefore I don't have any difficulty ripping the meat and the bones apart since they are served 'fresh' too. :D

All the 'Ribs' sums up to a 'Boney Hill'...

'Red Skin Mashed Potato' If you are hoping that this would ended up to be pretty much similar to those that you are getting out there, you will be so so disappointed. Slightly a bit more dry than those that comes with a sauce, the ones over here has a thicker texture and it's much more thicker in taste too. And not forgetting much more filling too. =.="" But it comes with the skin too, which makes this pretty indulging.

'Corn Bread' They should categorize this as a 'Muffin' rather than a bread. The fluffy texture that goes on top and the nice sweet fillings that rest at the bottom, simply makes this a pretty interesting combination. Not too bad for a 'Bread'. :D

'Soup of the Day' Seems like a rich vegetable soup to me, but I personally find the next soup to be far more superior than this. And superior over here doesn't mean that it's richer in taste, I find the texture to be much more better too.

'Mushroom Soup' The creamy soup that comes with a rich mushroom taste simply makes every single scoop better and better. I wanted to go for a second helping but unfortunately this is the last few bowls of the day, which is kinda sad. :(

'Coleslaw' I wanted something refreshing and cooling to act as a full stop to my pleasant dining experience over here and this has fit in perfectly. Though this still couldn't replace a scoop of ice cream completely, but it isn't that bad either. :)

So where can you give all these delicious mains and sides a good try?

Just a signboard...

The name of this restaurant would be "Morganfield's". The above shows the branch located at 'The Star Vista'.

Notes:

• Operating Hours:
  Sundays - Thursdays: 11:00 - 23:00
  Fridays, Saturdays, Eve of Public Holidays: 11:00 - 24:00
• If you want to give the 'Ribs' over here a good try, give the 'Weekend Ribs Buffet' a shot. It's the best opportunity which allows you to give all the 'Ribs' and quite an variety of side dishes a good try, without burning a big hole in your wallet. :D

* Click here to find out more about the "Morganfield's".
^ Click here for the 'Facebook' page of "Morganfield's".
~ Click here for the list of good bites that you can find and get around 'The Star Vista'.

The best pork here....

There are numerous stalls selling porky dishes over here. I have tried a few of them and this is definitely the best one. Not only this stall has the biggest range of porky dishes, it also tastes the best too.

'Pig Organ Soup' I have actually tried almost every single item listed on their menu. There's 'Kway Chap', 'Braise Pork Knuckles', all the different porky soup, and also 'Pig Organ Soup'. Even without the bowl of soup, the different types of chilli that they are offering over here are good enough to go with the bowl of rice or soup. Though they are not very spicy, that the taste of the chilli are pretty tasty, which is a (+).

The 'Yam Rice' over here are pretty ordinary. It doesn't comes with a lot of 'Yam', which doesn't excites me at all.

This is actually quite good. The uncle over here really throw in a lot of ingredients into the bowl of soup. There's 'preserved vegetables', 'pig liver', 'meat balls', slices of pork, etc... I tried adding a piece of ingredient to each mouthful of 'Yam Rice' but it appears that they is actually a much more bigger portion of ingredients as compared to the bowl of rice. On top of the tasty ingredients, the bowl of soup also comes with the nice porky taste too, which pretty much explains why this is the most famous stall over here.

So where can you give the 'Pig Organ Soup' a good try?

The name of this stall would be '家鄉風味'. It's located inside the coffee shop located in 'Pasir Panjang Wholesale Centre'.

Notes:

• Opening Hours:
  Daily: 9:00 - 15:00
• The opening hours over here are subjected to the number of customers that they are getting that day.

* Click here for the map of 'Pasir Panjang Wholesale Centre'.
^ Click here for the list of delicacies that you can find and get in 'Pasir Panjang Wholesale
  Centre'.

Need a bit more effort....

I don't mind walking long distance to give different types of food a good try. However, the stall over here lacks a bit of something I guess...

'Bak Kut Teh' Having this for lunch can be a bit too heavy for normal eaters, but since I working nearby, I guess I should give this a try too. The preserved vegetables taste pretty alright. The standards of the sliced chilli and chilli sauce are chilli okay too, which makes me wonder how the 'Bak Kut Teh' will end up to be. The the looks of it, I hope that it doesn't end up to be too pepperish.... :|

For a start, the soup isn't too pepperish, which is a great relief. But the meat of the ribs are a bit too stiff. Since this is 'Bak Kut Teh' and in order to enhance the taste of the soup further, they should have added the 'Pork Ribs' into the pot of soup pretty early, I'm expecting it to be chewy rather than stiff. As for the thing that this stall is lacking? I guess that would be 'Luck'. Positioned directly opposite is a stall selling something close to a 'Bat Kut Teh' and it's far more better than this.

So where can you give this a good try?

The name of this stall would be 'Xing Du Bak Kut Teh'(星都肉骨茶). It's located inside the coffee shop located in 'Pasir Panjang Wholesale Centre'.

Notes:

• Opening Hours:
  Weekdays: 9:00 - 22:00
  Weekends: 9:00 - 15:00

* Click here for the map of 'Pasir Panjang Wholesale Centre'.

Affordable Yong Tau Fu in the campus...

When I'm experiencing brain dead situations and I really couldn't decide on what I should be having for lunch, most of the time if I can hop on the correct bus, I would usually go to the canteens that are spread across the NUS campus. And this is one of my favorite options in the campus. :P

'Yong Tau Fu' As far as I know, there are at least 3 or more canteens in the campus that are preparing and selling this. The best part? Since you can pick and choose the ingredients yourself you can decide the number of ingredients that you want to have for lunch. Besides for the vast spread of ingredients that they are offering, the price that they are charging for each individual ingredient is so low that it's too good to be true. And in case you are not into the meaty stuff and you can't differentiate them, here's a quick walkthrough on how you can differentiate the meaty stuff. Firstly, vegetables are vegetables, those should be pretty easy. For the vegetables that wraps around some ingredients, most of the time these ingredients are seafood. However if the ingredient that is wrapped inside a vegetable is dark in color, that is very likely to be a meaty ingredient. And the ingredients that doesn't comes with vegetable but is dark in color, that is very likely to be a meaty ingredient too. The rest are mainly seafood ingredients. And it's time for the interesting part.

Not that the dry version is bad, it's just that I prefer the soup version of the 'Yong Tau Fu' much much more. Though I have requested for both sweet and spicy sauce to be added, I'm getting the nice sweet taste, but the sauce ain't spicy enough. But regardless it's the dry or the soup version, the standards of the ingredients still remains to be pretty high. In fact, I think I have given all the ingredients that they are offering over here a good try already. And most of them are pretty tasty. In fact there were a few occasions where I was picking a bit too much ingredients that it ended up to be a small hill surrounded with a big pool of tasty soup/sauce. :P

So where can you give this 'Yong Tau Fu' a good try?

The name of this stall would be 'Healthy Choice'. It's located inside the NUS Frontier Canteen, there's actually one other stall in the NUS Arts Canteen that I visit quite frequently, but I prefer this one much much more.

Notes:

• Operating Hours:
  Weekdays: 07:30 - 16:00
  Saturdays: 07:30 - 15:00
  (Closed on Sundays)
• The queue over here during the regular lunch hours can be pretty crazy. Therefore, most of the time I would try to avoid the crowd by having a late lunch. :)

* Click here for the location of 'NUS Frontier Canteen' on 'Google Maps'.

Seems pretty healthy but does it taste good....

Since my favorite Curry Chicken stall isn't open that day, I decided to give something new a good try. And hence I ended up eating...

'Sliced Fish Soup' which comes with a bowl of white rice. For a start they don't have all the fanciful soups over here. What they have are mainly soups that are filled with seafood ingredients. E.g. sliced fish soup, seafood soup, fish head soup, etc...

As I pull the bowl of soup closer, I could easily identify the types of vegetables that were added into the bowl of soup. There's 'Lettuce', 'Tomatos', 'Bitter gourd', etc... Besides for the vegetables, the portion of sliced fish is pretty generous. Taste wise, the firm and chunky slices of fish are pretty good. Not only it's sweet, it doesn't ended up to be pretty soggy after spending a pretty long time, swimming(?) in the bowl of soup. Best of all the overall taste of the bowl of soup is pretty refreshing and not too salty which makes this pretty fantastic.

So where can you give the 'Sliced Fish Soup' a good try?

The name of this stall would be 'Teochew Fish Porridge'(潮州鱼粥)/ This stall is located inside 'Clementi Market and Food Centre'.

Notes:

• Opening Hours:
  Daily: 09:30 - 21:30

* 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'.

Playing with the soup culture...

Ever since the media started reporting above the trendy soups and the benefits of drinking them, it seems that more and more stalls in a food market are coming up with their own formula for their special blend of soup. However, this stall seems to be around for quite a period of time already.

In order not to waste the good ingredients that comes with the soup, I would always order a bowl of rice to go with it, though most of the time, most of the soup stall will only have the boring white rice... >.<""

Nope, this isn't a bowl of soup for rabbits... This is in fact... 'Spareribs soup with Mushrooms'(茶樹菇，冬菇，排骨湯) There's a typo on the menu. It should be 'Pork Ribs' and not 'Spareribs'. A minor typo can really stir a big joke. :P Anyway, let's move back to the food, shall we. According to the menu, this soup is suppose to help you to build up one's health and at the same time, enhance your protection from illness, which isn't that important to me. Most importantly, the taste of the soup is the most important. Loaded with a generous portion of vegetables, mushrooms and Pork Ribs, the sweet taste of the soup is a (+). Besides for that, I wonder how much time was needed in order to brew this bowl of soup, such that the Pork Ribs has changed into soft bones. On top of that, though the carrots were kinda soft, but the mushrooms still remains to be pretty chewy. Last but not least, the affordable price are simply too good to be true. :D

So where can you give the soup a good try?

'Menu' The above shows the menu of this stall. Though they don't really have a lot of items listed on their menu but, the items vanish within a few hours.

The name of this stall would be 'Hong Kong Yummy Soups'(香港靚湯). It's located inside 'Ayer Rajah Food Centre & Market'.

Notes:

• Operating Hours:
  07:00 - 15:00
  (Closed on Sundays)

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

Not a must to be spicy...

Probably most of the time when you decided to try this ingredient, it might ended up to be a relatively spicy dish. However, it might not be the case over here.

'Our Dinner' After spending close/more than an hour for our orders, dinner is finally served. Yes, we are not joking. After placing our orders and wait for approximately an hour, we finally got our food.

'Braised Duck Meat' This would be the main highlight that day. Not really sure how much time was needed to prepare this braised dish, such that the taste and the color of the braised sauce has blend into the flesh and the bones of the duck meat nicely. Probably due to the fact that it was prepared for a pretty long period of time, therefore one can pull out all the tasty flesh from the bones easily. Despite of the size of that plate and the price that one has to pay for this dish, this still remains to be a pretty good dish that one should try. But the biggest highlight of this stall isn't the braised meat but...

'Clear bowl of Fish Soup' This might look like your typical bowl of fish soup that you might be getting anywhere, but there's a special ingredient hidden inside. Besides for Sliced Fish, Sliced Tomato, Lettuce, it also has 'Sze Chuan Vegetables'... O.o""? That ingredient not only adds a crunchy touch to the ingredients that you are getting, it also adds a nice sour and strong taste to the overall taste of the bowl of soup. Though I'm not getting the spicy taste from the vegetable but this really stands out as compared to a normal bowl of fish soup that only comes with a sweet taste. And by adding a sour taste to the soup can really helps one to beat the heat. :P

So where can you give the fish soup a good try?

Besides for the special fish soup, they also have braised duck innards too. I have eaten chicken and pork innards before. But braised duck innards, I would really want to give that a good try. :P

The name of this stall would be 'Ng Soon Kee Fish & Duck Porridge'(黃順記魚糜。鴨糜). It's located inside 'Aljunied Avenue 2 Market & Food Centre'.

Notes:

• Operating Hours:
  Tuesdays - Sundays: 12:00 - 22:00
  (Closed on Mondays)
• The queue can be pretty nasty during different parts of the day. Therefore, you might want to bring some form of entertainment with you while waiting for the food to be served.

* Click here for the location of 'Aljunied Avenue 2 Market & Food Centre' on 'Google Maps'.

Playing with Fishes...

Is it because of the type of fish that they have chosen over here? Or is it due to their culinary skills that might be super amazing? It's either this or that but either ways, the fish soup over here are pretty amazing.

'Batang Fish Soup' Looking from afar, this already looks pretty appealing. For a start, I'm really getting lots of sliced fish in that big bowl of soup.

As I pull the bowl closer, that's really quite a number of sliced fish. I started popping one after another inside my mouth. Hmm, these big, fat and firm slices of fish are pretty sweet. Even though it took me a bit of time to wipe out all the fish slices but what amaze me the most would be the texture of the fish slices still remain to be pretty firm and delicious all the way down. On top of that, the soup base is pretty sweet and tasty too, which makes this a pretty good lunch.

So where can you give this bowl of soup a good try?

The name of this stall would be 'Hai Chew Fish Soup'(海洲魚湯). This is located inside 'Beo Crescent Market and Food Centre'.

Notes:

• Operating Hours:
  Mondays - Saturdays: 08:00 - 19:00
  (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.

Is this the same shop that...

used to be located in one of the coffee shops located along 'Beach Road'? One of my favorite herbal 'Bak Kut Teh' in Singapore? And there's only one way to find out...

I was comparing the photos that was taken at the place located along 'Beach Road' and this place and they look pretty similar. However, looks can be pretty deceiving, the most important part would be the overall taste of the dish. :P

'Bak Kut Teh'(肉骨茶) The magical touch of the indulging great taste of the herbal 'Bak Kut Teh' do exist in this pot of boiling soup. Topped with a bit of vegetables and loaded with lots of 'Pork Ribs', this interesting pot of 'Bak Kut Teh' still has it's magical touch. Not only the taste still remains to be pretty good, the fat and juicy 'Pork Ribs' are a big (+) too. The best part would be the point where you can still go for endless round of refills of the delicious herbal soup. However, pretty much similar to the stall along 'Beach Road', I only go for an extra round of soup and my whole body is actually burning up.

So where can you give the 'Herbal Soup' a good try again?

The name of this stall would be 'Leong Kee (Klang) Bak Kut Teh'(梁记（巴生）肉骨茶). It's located inside one of the coffee shops located along 'Geylang Road'.

Notes:

• Operating Hours:
  Daily: 11:00 - 25:00

* Click here for the location of the coffee shop located along 'Geylang Road' on
  'Google Maps'.
^ Click here to find out more about the previous stall located along 'Beach Road'.

Fishes of Friendship...

Basically, it's not like you can only order this dish in pairs or what, it just so so happen that the name of this stall has the Chinese word 'friendship'(友誼) inside. Therefore I'm giving this post such an title. :) Anyway back to the interesting part...

'Tom Yum Fish Soup with a bowl of Vegetables Rice and a bowl of Fried Fish' Initially, I only want to go for the 'Tom Yum Fish Soup'. But I recalled that when I was passing by this place a few days ago, I saw lots of customers going for the Fried Fish. Therefore, there must be a good reason why there are so many customers going for the same dish. Hence... These are a pretty rare find nowadays. Vegetables rice with slices of cabbages and small diced of yam. The nice aroma of yam and the special blend of rice, is worth giving it a try. :)

'Tom Yum Soup' This tastes pretty funny for a 'Tom Yum Soup', it doesn't taste like the usual 'Tom Yum Soup' at all. Though the stall owner has throw in a lot of ingredients and the fish slices are pretty fat and yummy, but the taste of the soup has pretty much ruined everything.

The 'Fried Fish' on the other end is marvelous. This for a start isn't too oily at all, despite of the fact that it just left the kitchen not long ago. On top of that, this isn't battered in a thick layer of flour and yet the skin has this crispy touch, which is another (+). On top of that, the portion that I'm getting for a relatively low price is amazing. (On a separate note, I managed to finish a bowl of 'Vegetables Rice' with this.) Best of all, the delicious taste of these firm and fresh slices of fish, just simple makes my lunch better and better. :)

So where can you give the 'Fried Fish' a good try?

The name of this stall would be 'You Yi Fish Soup'(友誼). It's located in one of the corners of 'Havelock Road Cooked Food Centre'.

Opening Hours:

• Mondays - Saturdays: 10:00 - 18:00

* Click here for the location of 'Havelock Road Cooked Food Centre' on 'Google Maps'.