Decent and acceptable duck... :)

I love the Hawker Centres in Singapore. That's one of the best places where 1 can find good food at an unreasonably low price. Therefore the journey roaming around the Hawker Centres continues...

'Duck Rice Set Meal' The set meal comes with additional ingredients like 'Braised Egg' and 'Dried Beancurd'. Rather than digging into the plate of rice, I ended up giving the bowl of soup a try first. Unexpectedly, the bowl of soup ended up to be pretty tasty. Not only it has a tasty herbal taste, it's pretty sweet too, which is a (+). On top of that, the 'Chilli' Paste that they are offering are pretty solid too. Not too bad for a start. :)

As for the plate of rice, it's kinda disappointing. Not that it's bad, it just so so happen that the soup is far more interesting as compared to the plate of rice. For a start, the taste of the 'Braised Duck', isn't thick enough. I personally think that the taste of the braised haven't blend into the duck meat completely. Probably it they have spend a bit more time working on it, it might have turned out to be much more delicious. :|

So where can you give the plate of 'rice' a try?

The name of this stall would be 'Cheng Ji Lu Ya Fan. Mian. Zhou'(成記滷鴨飯。面。粥). It's hidden inside 'Clementi Market and Food Centre'.

Notes:

• Opening Hours:
  Wednesday to Mondays: 07:30 - 20:00
  (Closed on Tuesdays)

* 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'.

Hidden away but affordable....

Some stalls that are hidden away in a hawker centre isn't that bad too. For example, there's mains like these...

'Lor Mee' This is pretty affordable and though it might look pretty ordinary, but it wasn't that bad. This comes with a good spread of ingredients like 'Fish Cake', 'Ngoh Hiong', 'braised meat' and 'fried flour bits'. On top of that, the gravy isn't that bad too. Not only it isn't watery, it has a thick and gluey texture, which comes with a pretty tasty texture too. Though it also has the option of having 2 different types of chilli but both of them isn't that spicy, which isn't going to be of much interest to fiery food lovers.

So where can you give the dish a good try?

The name of this stall would be 'Soon Heng Lor Mee'. This is located inside 'Beo Crescent Market and Food Centre'.

Notes:

• Operating Hours:
  Tuesdays - Sundays: 07:30 - 20:00
  (Closed on Mondays)
• The hours are pretty irregular, sometimes they tend to wind up the business pretty early too.

* 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.

Queueing for Michael....

Nope I don't think that I will queue up for the tickets to a concert, but I am willing to spend a bit of time and queue up for food. :D

'Michael Jackson' This is also known as a 'Michael Jackson', which is a mixture of 'Soya Bean Drink' and 'Grass Jelly Drink'. As for the drink itself, it isn't too sweet and there's lots of 'Grass Jelly Strips' inside the cup of 'Michael'. On top of that, though it comes with a moderate portion of ice, but it tastes pretty good too. There's a nice mix of both bitter and sweet taste, which is a (+)

So where can you give this drink a good try?

The name of this stall would be 'He Le, Soya Bean Drink Grass Jelly Drink'(和樂豆花水仙草水). It's located inside 'West Coast Market Square', which is located opposite, 'West Coast Plaza'.

Notes:

• Operating Hours:
  06:00 - 21:00

* Click here for the location of "West Coast Market Square" on Google Maps.
^ Click here for the list of delicacies that you can find & get in
  'West Coast Market Square'.

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'.

Not really a salad bar...

Here comes a salad bar that doesn't sells salad only. In fact, their specialities over here are...

'Chicken Cutlet Set Meal'

Their specialities are 'Western food'. Even though they are preparing and selling different kinds of salad too but most of the time, I would go for the affordable western food that comes with a generous portion. I have already tried the 'Chicken Cutlet' before. The cutlet is pretty crispy and not too oily. One of the good pointers about this set meal would be the number of set dishes that you can choose. Besides for the common stuff like 'French Fries', 'Baked Beans', 'Coleslaw', they also have unique offerings like 'hashbrown', 'corns' and 'baby carrots'. Though the taste of the sides ain't too special but as mentioned earlier, the price that you are paying here is pretty reasonable and the generous portion is a (+).

'Fish & Chips Set Meal'

Somehow I always turned up at the stall pretty late, since I wanted to avoid the crowd, I always ended up getting the same few side dishes. So far, I have tried 2 set meals and I wouldn't say the mains are super attractive, what keeps me interested would be the generous portion and the affordable price. :)

So where can you give the 'Western Food' a good try?

The name of this stall would be 'Salad Bar'. It's located inside the NUS Frontier Canteen.

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'.

When you can get it at close to half the usual price....

Nope, I'm not going to write about the 'Singapore Sale'. And this isn't going to be some promotional special price. In fact, you can get this almost every single day. And the food that I'm going to write in this post is actually...

Here comes my dinner that day. A big plate of 'Satay', a roll of rice, a few slices of cucumber and onion and not forgetting the complimentary bowl of 'Satay' sauce. The main reason why I have provided such a title for this is mainly because the 'Satay' over here is going at a relatively low price of 30 cents per stick, which is close to half the usual price that you are paying for a 'Satay' stick else where.

'Satay' They are only preparing and selling both 'Chicken' and 'Pork Satay' over here. Since this is my first, I have decided to give both types of 'Satay' a good try. Due to the amount of work needed to prepare the 'Satay' over a tray of charcoal, the waiting time is relatively long. I was waiting for an hour for my dinner. :) Though the 'Satays' are slightly smaller as compared to the regular ones, but there's this nice smell of charcoal and succulent meat, which makes this a pretty good deal. The biggest drawback over here would be the portion of 'Satay' sauce that was given. Being a big fan of peanuts, this small little bowl of 'Satay' sauce isn't sufficient enough to go with the portions of food that I have ordered.

So where can you give the 'Satay' a good try?

The name of this stall would be 'Night Hoover Satay'(夜市豪华沙嗲). It's located inside the coffee shop beneath 'Blk 56 Geylang Bahru'.

Notes:

• Opening Hours:
  Daily: 19:00 - 22:00
• The queue started earlier than expected. Some people started dropping by the stall before 7. In fact, there are customers that are calling in and dropping their orders far earlier than expected...

* Click here for the location of 'Blk 56 Geylang Bahru' on 'Google Maps'.

1 dessert 2 variation

As far as I can tell, this stall owner really have guts. Though it's a stall selling desserts, but they are selling not 10, not 5, but 1 type of dessert only...

'Ching Teng'(清湯) They are preparing and selling this only. Though it comes in 2 variation (Hot or Cold), but it's still 'Ching Teng'. So what's so special about it? The brownish looking bowl of 'Ching Teng' might appear to be pretty boring, but it does comes with a big variety of ingredients. As I scoop out and savor the bowl of 'Ching Teng', I have spotted ingredients like 'Gingko Nuts', 'White Fungus', 'Barley', 'Dry Longans', 'dry persimmon strips', etc... Regardless of the number of ingredients added, there's a good mix of 'sweet' ingredients, which really helps one to beat the crazy hot temperature.

So where can you give this dessert a good try?

The name of this stall would be 'Four Seasons Ching Teng'(四季清湯). It's hidden inside 'Clementi Market and Food Centre'.

Notes:

• Opening Hours:
  Daily: 09:00 - 21:00

* 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'.