Cream Puff from Beard Papa

I have eaten all sorts of pastry in Singapore. However, up till last weekend, I have yet come across a delicious 'Cream Puff' in Singapore. In fact, most of the 'Cream Puff' in Singapore have a few major weaknesses. For a start, the texture of the 'Cream Puff' is either too soft or the amount of filling that was insert into the 'Cream Puff' aren't satisfying enough. However...

'Mango Yogurt Cream Puff' I have bought 2 'Cream Puff' the other day. One of them would be the 'Mango Yogurt Cream Puff' and the other one would be the original 'Cream Puff'. Taken out from the fridge, the taste of the 'Mango Yogurt Cream Puff' is fantastically delicious. It comes with a not so hard and not so soft texture, a fluffy interior topped with a nice aroma of 'Butter'. As for the filling inside, the sweet and refreshing 'Mango Yogurt' is delicious and cooling. In fact, I have eaten the 'Cream Puffs' of 'Beard Papa' as I was travelling in Japan back then. The way that they are selling the 'Cream Puff' over here are pretty much the same as those in Japan. After a customer place an order for a 'Cream Puff', they will pick up one of them and inject a generous portion of fillings into it. In other words, you will be getting lots of fresh cream inside the 'Cream Puff' itself. There is this amazing sense of happiness, when I was savouring the nice 'Cream Puff'.

The name of this shop would be 'Beard Papa'. The above shows the outlet located in the shopping mall, 'Serangoon Nex'.

Opening Hours:

• 11:00 - 20:00

* Click here for the Facebook page of 'Beard Papa'.
^ Click here for the Facebook page of 'Beard Papa' in Japan.
~ Click here for the website of 'Beard Papa' in Japan. (In Japanese)

Tangy Noodles...

I was spending the last saturday, catching up with my friends and time really flies. One moment we were having a heavy lunch at nex Shopping Centre and the next moment, we were keeping a lookout for potential dining places nearby.

'Dumplings Noodles' Since my friends were boasting about the fantastically good noodles that they are preparing and selling over here, I decided to give it a try too. For a start, the 'dumplings' are pretty yummy. The nice mixture of prawns, vegetables and meat has given the 'dumplings' a crunchy and yummy touch. As for the soup, it's pretty normal. However...

the noodles are pretty fantastic. Probably because the helpers at this stall are practising the method of cooking the noodles in hot water follow by the step of rinsing the noodles in cold water before serving it on a plate, therefore that might be one of the main reasons behind the process of preparing fantastically good noodles. The noodles are pretty tangy and chewy. On top of that, it's neither too soft nor too hard, which make it even much more better. In fact, I already find the noodles to be pretty good already, but my friends have told me that the taste and the texture of the noodles are even much more better when the lady helping out at the stall cooks it.

So where can you give the fantastically good noodles a try?

The name of this stall would be 'Ding Ji Noodle House'(鼎记云吞面家). It's located inside one of the coffee shops located beneath 'Blk 261 Serangoon Central'.

Notes:

• Opening Hours:
  This stall is open 24/7.

* Click here for the location of 'Blk 261 Serangoon Central' on 'Google Maps'.

Isn't just about the Lor Mee

Probably when someone started mentioning about 'Heng Hwa'(兴化) chinese crusine in Singapore, the first item that might be popping out of your mind would most likely be the infamous 'Lor Mee'. As for myself, though the 'Lor Mee' is pretty nice, but I think that there are some other speciality that were much more nicer than it.

Left: 'Homemade Beancurd'(自制滑豆腐) Right: 'PUTIEN Style Century Egg'(糖醋皮蛋) As for the 'Beancurd' dish, though the taste is pretty nice, but I personally find it pretty ordinary. (Probably because the dished that appear after this gets more and more interesting. Therefore...) As for the 'Century Egg', if you have tasted the infamous Chinese dish, 'Sweet and Sour Pork' before, the idea behind this dish is pretty much the same. And in fact, if you only went ahead and cut a small piece of the egg and put it into your mouth, the taste can be pretty much similar to the 'Sweet and Sour Pork'. However, if you have chosen to put the whole slice into your mouth, you will realise that the taste of the century egg is suppressing the taste of 'Sweet and Sour', which kinda defeats the purpose of preparing the dish using this method.

'Steamed Prawns with Minced Garlic'(蒜茸蒸虾) This is probably the 2nd time I'm trying this dish. Although the taste of the garlic has almost completely suppress the taste of the prawns, but I still love this dish. Not only the presentation looks good, the colours of the prawns are attracting my attention too. And since the chef has split open all the prawns into 2, he has also made it much more easier to gobble down all the flesh of the prawns without the need of making your hands dirty. The nice mix between the taste of the prawns and the garlic just makes it almost irresistible.:P

'Stir-fried Yam'(酥炒芋头) This would be one of my favourite 'Heng Hwa' dish. To some extent, I personally find this dish much more tasty than the infamous 'Lor Mee'. Each piece of 'Yam' are pretty crispy on the outside and once you started taking a bite off the 'Yam', there will be an outburst of the taste and fragrance of 'Yam' inside your mouth. Although this is a pretty simple and ordinary looking dish, but trust me once you started giving this dish a go, you will be hook on to it forever. As for the drawback of this dish, it's slightly a bit oily and therefore it wouldn't be such a big problem if you are sharing this dish with a few people. However, it might ended up to be quite a challenge, if you want to finish this whole plate of 'Yam' alone.

'PUTIEN Rice Cake'(山里白粿) If you have tried the 'Heng Hwa' infamouse 'Lor Mee' before, I think that the idea behind this dish is pretty much the same. Except for the fact that they using 'Rice Cake', instead of 'Noodles'. As for the soup base that they are using in preparing this dish, I kinda love it. I love the idea of adding crunchy peanuts to the sweet soup base. However, the 'Rich Cake' are slightly a bit too thick and I still prefer to have noodles with this soup base.

'Deep Fried Tenggiri Fish'(炸马鲛鱼) One good thing about this dish would be the fact that it's almost boneless. Although this is a pretty common dish out there, but the on top of the crispy texture that it's having, the fish meat still remains to be pretty firm and good. However, I think that it's slightly a bit too thin and it will be great if the chef can provide a bigger slice of the fish. :P

'Bamboo Herbal Prawn'(药膳竹筒虾) My friends have also placed an order for this dish. By looking at the description of the dish and how much they enjoyed the soup and the prawns of this dish, I think that they have definitely enjoyed this dish very much. To some extent, this dish has given me the impression that it's pretty similar to the Chinese dish 'Drunken Prawns', but they are using herbal soup instead of Chinese wine.

So where can you give all these ;Heng Hwa' Chinese dishes a try?

The name of this Chinese restaurant would be 'Pu Tien'(莆田). They have a few outlets island-wide and the main branch is located near 'Mustafa'.

Notes:

• Always do remember to make a reservation in advance, unless you don't mind wasting a trip to the nearest 'Pu Tien' restaurant located near you.

* Click here to find out more about the Chinese restaurant 'Pu Tien'(莆田).

The Largest Fried Chicken strikes back...

I had written about this place some time back. And I was passing by the place today and...

Besides for the 'Original' flavour, the 'Spicy' flavour and the 'BBQ Lemon Chicken', it seems that the owner of this stall have roll out a few more new flavours. The new flavours are 'Onion Chicken', 'Garlic Chicken', 'Curry Chicken', 'Seaweed Chicken' and 'Sour Plum Chicken'.

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Since I haven't been eating this for a very long time, I decided to give one of the new flavours a try. Therefore... 'Curry Chicken' flavour has been selected. :P The size of the 'Fried Chicken' still remains to be pretty big and the crispy touch still remains to be pretty good. Taste wise, basically it is using the original 'Fried Chicken' as the base and they are sprinkling the Curry powder all over it. Though it ended up to be a bit too powder-ish but the aroma of the Curry powder is pretty nice. Although the taste of the Curry powder happen to be pretty strong , but I still prefer the taste of the original or the spicy flavour, which is also not too powder-ish.

So what is the name of this stall again?

The name of this stall would be 'Hot Star Large Fried Chicken'. It seems to be expanding rapidly over the past year. It currently have 4 outlets in Singapore and they are located at Basement 1 of 'City Square Mall', Level 3 of 'Nex Mall Serangoon', Basement 1 of 'Tampines 1' and Basement 4 of 'ION Orchard'. So why don't you quickly make your way to the outlet closest to you and comment about the new flavours that they are offering over here, in this blog. :P

Note:

• They wouldn't cut the Fried Chicken into pieces so WYSIWYG (What you see is what you get)...

* Click here for the website of 'Hot Star Large Fried Chicken'.
^ Click here for my previous post about 'Hot Star Large Fried Chicken'.

A whole year of surprises...

Which can give you a whole year of surprises? And my take to the question would be 'Food' and I'm not referring to the topic 'Food', but a type of 'Happy Food' and that would be...

'Large Scoop', which is a combination of 2 scoops of 4oz ice cream

Choice of flavours would be:

'Banana Yoghurt' (Top)
Except for the interesting taste of Banana, I have absolutely no idea
why they have given this ice cream flavour a 'Yoghurt' name.

'Pistachio Almonds' (Bottom)
As for this it's pretty interesting. Besides for the nice 'Pistachio'
taste that reminds me of 'Chinese New Year', the ice cream also comes
with roasted Almonds, which kinda acts like a topping to me. While
one is busy licking the ice cream away, the idea of biting on the
roasted almonds and getting attacked by the nice aroma of almonds
just simple turns my appetite on.

By the way, the texture of the ice cream over here seems to be pretty
sticky/hard. I have a hard time trying to scrub off a small bit of the
ice cream using the plastic spoon. I wonder how will it ended up if I
have gone with the ice cream cone idea...

So where can you try the nice ice cream?

The name of this ice cream place would be 'Baskin Robbins'.
They have a few outlets island-wide and what I have shown in this
post would be the outlet located on level 1 of 'Tiong Bahru Plaza'.

Notes:

• Operating Hours:
  10am - 10pm
• They seems to have numerous ongoing promotions happening every single day. Do visit their website to find out more. :D

* Click here to find out more about 'Baskin Robbins Singapore'.
^ Click here for the Facebook Page of 'Baskin Robbins Singapore.'

Wala, Time for some good pratas....

Through the recommendations of my friends, I finally have the chance to give this place a try. I wanted to give this place a try much much earlier but it seems that either luck isn't on my side or much more people have idea as I do. Either ways...

Dinner is served...

'Ice Limau' Nothing much I can describe about this drink except for the part that it's very sour. I was expecting for a slice of lemon to be added to this but I ended up getting a pure lime juice. Crazily sour for a hot and humid weather.

'Dum Chicken Biryani'
I have ordered the 'Dum Chicken Biryani' as the main dish,
which also comes with 'Achar'(the vegetables), 'Sambar'
(the vegetables stew) and 'Papadum'(the cracker).

So what's a 'Dum Chicken Biryani'?
Basically a 'Dum Chicken Biryani' has a slight difference with
normal biryani. 'Dum Chicken Biryani' means that the chicken
meat and the Biryani rice would be cook and served together.
(Basically, all the 'Dum XXX Biryani' means that the XXX meat
and the biryani rice would be cook and served together.)

Taste wise, the taste of the thick 'Sambar' is pretty strong.
It's filled with a strong potato taste and I love it.
(Pretty ironic, I don't like 'French Fries' but I loved this.)
The crunchy 'Achar' is pretty fantastic too. (Especially when
lots of crunchy cucumber has been given. :P) The crunchy
'Papadum' is a big plus too though one slice isn't enough for me.
As for the biryani rice and the chicken, I personally find it
to be pretty normal only. Probably it would have taste much more
better if they have cook it for a bit more longer. Or perhaps
probably there are numerous complains that the biryani is too
hot to be eaten, therefore they have decided to...
Either ways, I miss the idea of having the 'Biryani RIce' with
some spicy curry and I think that I should try asking for some
spicy curry the next time round. :P (Hmmm... I wonder if I can
ask fore more biryani rice too...)

'Plain Prata'
This is one of the main reason why I have come to this place
for dinner. The 'Prata'. It seems that the 'prata' here is
one of the speciality of this place. (Even the name of the
place says so.) And it has really meet up to my expectations.
The 'prata' is very crispy. Although it's slightly a bit
smaller than normal 'pratas' but this is definitely one of
the crispiest one. The strong curry that comes with it, is
pretty tasty too. This makes me wonder if the other types
of 'pratas' are as good as this.

'Chilli Prata'
This is filled with green chillies. :D This is pretty interesting.
When I was looking at the item on the menu, I was wondering
if the prata is made up of a mixture of flour and grilled
chilli sauce. Never did I expect it to be green chillies.
Either ways, the prata still remains to be pretty crispy
and by adding green chillies can satisfy my fancy 'Chilli
desire'. (Note: this isn't very spicy, so go ahead give it a try.)

'Chicken Murtabak'
My opinion, please do not try to finish this alone. ==
I thought that I can finish a prata and a Murtabak easily,
but my jaws were dropping after taking a look at the Murtabak.
Although the size is pretty big, but luckily it isn't too
thick and the chef didn't stuff a lot of meat inside the
Murtabak. But they have stuffed a combination of spices,
chicken meat and a bit of vegetables inside the murtabak
in order for it to smells and taste good. :)
(Note: If you are a meat lover, go for the murtabak that
you can get at 'Spize'.)

So where to get all these tasty 'pratas'?

The name of the place would be 'Prata Wala'. Although they only have 4 branches in Singapore but it seems that they are expanding rapidly. (And the branch that I have shown here would be the branch located on level 1 of 'Tiong Bahru Plaza'.)

Notes:

• It seems that the branch located at Jurong Point is the only branch that is opened 24/7. The other branches closes at either 10pm or 11pm. :(

* Click here for the website of 'Prata Wala'.
^ Click here to find out more about 'Spize'.

A Green Pumpkin?

A Green Pumpkin? I think most of you have only seen a Orange Pumpkin before but what or how does a Japanese Green Pumpkin looks like... I wonder... But wait a minute, what I'm going to share today isn't about a fruit but a ...

Japanese Bakery store with the name of 'Green Pumpkin'.

Let us take a look around the shop. Although the shop isn't very big, which doesn't really matter, the most important part about a bakery would be the bread that they are selling. As for the rest, it doesn't really matter at all.

The above are photos of the breads that they are selling. For example: Mango Melon Pan (Bun), White Cheese Bread, Green Pumpkin Pan (Bread), etc. I love all the creativity with the bread that they are making, therefore I always exit 'nex Shopping Centre' with a big bag of pastry from 'Green Pumpkin' Japanese Bakery. (And that was also the most interesting shop in 'nex Shopping Centre', I think.)

More Info:

• Currently, there is only a place where you can find 'Green Pumpkin' Japanese Bakery and that would be 'nex Shopping Centre', located next to Serangoon MRT Station.

* Click here to find out more about the Japanese Bakery 'Green Pumpkin'.
^ Click here to find out more about 'nex Shopping Mall'.