A meat paradise....

What' is the definition for 'Meat Paradise'? As for myself, I think that a place that serves meat at a pretty low and comes with a large variety can be considered as a 'Meat Paradise'. The following place would be a good example of 'Meat Paradise'.

As usual images come first.

Just look at the pictures in the above. You can easily identify slices of Bacon, Chicken and Beef. Too bad they didn't provide slices of Mutton, which is kinda disappointing. And another good reason why you wouldn't like this place would probably be due to the fact that you have to cook the meat on top of a hot plate by yourself. Oh by the way, did I mention that they are offering more than 16 over different kinds of marinated meat and some of the unique items that they offer includes marinated Miso Chicken, Fish cakes that comes in cubes and all sorts of marinated beef and Pork Belly. On top of that, I think that they are trying to portray themselves as a Korean or Japanese Restaurant, hence you can also find items like miso soup, Kimchi, Korean drinks made with rice grains, etc at this place.

So what exactly is the name of this place and where is it located?

The name of this place would be 'His.tori'.
It is located along the streets of Tanjong Pagar, which is also the
same location where you can find tons of Korean restaurants located
in that area. And by the way they are currently having a promotion.
For the price of S$20 dollars, you can go for a buffet that includes
more than 15 different kinds of marinated meat for dinner.
(Note: there's also no service charge and GST. Isn't it fantastic?)

Note:

• You probably want to contact them and make a reservation first before making a trip there.
• Location: 20 Tanjong Pagar Road, Singapore, Singapore 088443
  Opening Hours:
  Mon - Fri: 11:00 am - 2:30 pm
                  5:30 pm - 10:00 pm
  Sat - Sun: 5:30 pm - 10:00 pm
  Phone:      62246539
  

* Click here for the website of 'His.tori'.
^ Click here for the location of 'Histori'.

Warning: Especially when your bosses say....

that he wants to treat you to a plate of 'Fried Kway Teow'. As for the reason why, probably it is because the word 'Fried Kway Teow' and the word 'getting fired or sacked' sound alike in one of the native language of Singapore. This was a joke that I have been listening to ever since I was a kid.

So how does a plate of 'Fried Kway Teow' looks like?

This is how a plate of 'Fried Kway Teow' will look like in Singapore.
Some basic ingredients taht are included in a plate of 'Fried Kway Teow'
are: Noodles, Rice Noodles, Bean sprout, Fish Cake, Cockles and Stir fried eggs.
But some places tend to add a few more ingredients to it.
For example: Chinese sausages, Prawns, Vegetables... etc.

As for myself, I always find that a plate of 'Fried Kway Teow'
must have good or fantastic Belachan Chilli to go with it. :D
As for the plate of 'Fried Kway Teow' that I have posted here, the reason
that I like it was probably because of the Chinese sausage that was included in it.
On top of the sausages, some other reasons that I like it was probably due to the
fact that the price for a plate of 'Fried Kway Teow' was pretty cheap and unlike
some other 'Fried Kway Teow' stores in Singapore, the taste of the cockles were
not raw and the chef had definitely revealed the potential of the Cockles to the MAX.

S$2 for a plate of 'Fried Kway Teow'.
How easy can you find it in a Hawker Centre nowadays?
That would be my challenge for you. By the way, this stall is located at
Tiong Bahru Market and it was probably one of the stalls with the longest
operating hours in the Market. Despite of the long operating hours, the
'Fried Kway Teow' still taste throughout the whole day. :)

* Click here for some other good bites located in Tiong Bahru Market.

Hard to choose between Chicken, Mutton or Pork, how about...

Even had the problem of making the decision of thinking what sort of meat you want to have for lunch or dinner? I know that I always had such a problem especially when I always have the problem of having a big appetite. Hence I am going to satisfy your greed with not 3 but 1 dish.

Introducing....

Satay. When it comes to Satay, you wouldn't have the problem
of making a decision between Chicken, Mutton or Pork.
This is because you can always choose all 3 kinds of meat at one go.

But how do you appreciate satay? You can either eat a stick of Satay
either by dipping it into the peanut sauce and take a bite from the
satay stick or take a bite from the satay stick directly.
(This would depends on your own preferences. :D)
After finishing a stick or two, you can start digging into the
cucumber or the rice that comes with a plate of Satay.
Same theory applies to the cucumber and rice, you can choose to
dip it into the sauce first or take a bite directly.

This would be one of the Satay stall that I highly recommend.
It's located inside Clementi Market and Food Centre.
I was pretty disappointed that I couldn't get the Mutton sticks for dinner. :(
Although I couldn't get the Mutton sticks, the Chicken and Pork sticks
turn out to be pretty delicious. The texture of the meat were cooked just right.
It isn't too burnt or too raw. This reminds me of the days waiting for the
Satay man that will be pushing a small trolley around the neighbourhood
of Tiong Bahru almost every single day selling delicious Satays. Another +1
for this store for selling raw Satay sticks so that you can prepare it
at your own pace. But, since you are already in the queue, you might as well
just have the Satays here or buy a few packets of cooked Satays home. :P

* Click here for the address of the market located at Clementi Central,
  near Clementi MRT station
^ Click here for some other delicacies that you should try at Clementi Market
  and Food Centre.

Things started off from a place known as...

Shanghai... Before we proceed any further, let us listen to the song "夜上海" from the late 40s.

Isn't it nice? I'm pretty amaze that this song was sang in the late 40s. (Note: this song was twice as old as I was, yet I knew about it, doesn't that make it more interesting?) Sometimes, I will prefer spending some time listening to all these oldies where the lyrics were much more meaningful and much more straight forward than some of the music nowadays. :D So what is the link between this song and our topic today?

Let us take a look at some pictures first.

As far as I could remember, I had been having numerous dinner at this place ever since I was a kid. Whenever we make a trip to the place, there will always be a long queue outside this store. This place only offer 1 kind of food and that would be 'Teochew Porridge'.

The photos in the above shows some of the dishes that we have ordered on that day. The dishes were so good that I had eaten 2 bowls of rice and a bowl of porridge to go with it. In fact up till now, I haven't come across a dish that I don't like from this place. But some of the most recommended dishes of the place would be the salted vegetables, minced meat, meat ball, fish cake, 'Tau Kee (Flat beancurd)', etc...

I finally get to order and try the Meat Ball after making my second trip there last month. Aside from the fact that the Meat Ball is hard on the outside and soft inside, the taste reminds me of the usual minced meat that you can find in a bowl of Fishball noodles. But the Meat Ball was slightly more harder and juicier than minced meat. Trust me if you happen to be in that area, you might want to give this stall a try, especially when the price was pretty cheap too. :P (The dishes in the above only cost me less than S$5 only.)

So what's the link between the song and this place? Because both the title of the song and the tall name has the word "夜上海" in it. In fact the name of the stall was "夜上海潮州粥".

Some additional notes about "夜上海潮州粥":

• They were closed on Tuesdays.
• You can ask for a bowl of curry sauce or braised sauce to go with the rice or porridge.
• Besides the usual rice or porridge, they have a 3rd option that is "Aam", which is porridge without rice grain.
• They are open 24/7 except for every Tuesday so if you are looking for supper, you know where to get it. ;P.

* Click here for the location of this place.

A Common White doesn't mean its better than a Rare Black (Closed)

A few weeks ago, I have written about carrot cakes in Singapore. When I was given a choice to choose between a black coloured or a white coloured of a same dish, I will usually choose the white one.

The reason behind my choice would probably be due to...

• the fact that I want to taste original taste of the dish, without adding pepper, soya sauce, etc
• health cautious... (I know this is kinda =="", but there are a lot more dishes I wanted to try before the end of the world :P)

But there are also times where the Common White can lose out to the Rare Black in terms of the taste and this would probably be one of the best example.

As usual, food comes first.

Nowadays in Singapore, when you step into a 'Bak Kut Teh(肉骨茶)' store, chances that you will be getting a bowl of 'Bak Kut Teh(肉骨茶)' with a White Coloured bowl of soup would probably be pretty high. But hey, take a look at the bowl of 'Bak Kut Teh(肉骨茶)' in the above, it's actually serving a bowl of 'Bak Kut Teh(肉骨茶)' with Black Coloured Soup. Isn't it a pretty rare sight to you?

Let us take a closer look at this bowl of 'Bak Kut Teh(肉骨茶)'. Besides for the 'Bak Kut(肉骨)' which is a must in a bowl of 'Bak Kut Teh(肉骨茶)', 'Tau Pok' and vegetables were also given in a bowl of 'Bak Kut Teh(肉骨茶)'. What I like most about this bowl of 'Bak Kut Teh(肉骨茶)' would be the herbal soup and generous pieces of 'Bak Kut(肉骨)' that was given in a bowl of 'Bak Kut Teh(肉骨茶)'. Although the soup was pretty tasty, I don't encourage you to go for too many rounds of the same soup as it might be too heaty for your body. As for the 'Bak Kut(肉骨)', the meat were fat and juicy. Unlike some of the 'Bak Kut Teh(肉骨茶)' stalls that I had tried, the stall owners were pretty generous with the amount of 'Bak Kut(肉骨)' that was included in each and every one bowl of 'Bak Kut Teh(肉骨茶)'. :D

In comparison between this place and many other places, I think that this place had a larger variety of dishes. Just for the 'Bak Kut Teh(肉骨茶)' alone, there's already an variety to choose from. There's the usual 'Bak Kut(肉骨)' or Pork Ribs, Pig tail, Pig intestine, etc. They also have side dishes like salted vegetables, stewed egg, stewed intestines, etc.

So what is the stall behind all these delicacies?

The name of the stall would be 'Leong Kee (Klang) Bak Kut Teh(梁记（巴生）肉骨茶)'.
If I'm not mistaken, they are closed in the afternoons and they are open for business from late afternoons onwards.

* Click here for the location of 'Leong Kee (Klang) Bak Kut Teh(梁记（巴生）肉骨茶)'.

Passion for a Duck

Nope, I'm not talking about male prostitute or something like that. What I&aposm going to talk about today, would be 'duck rice'.

If you have been following my blog for the past few weeks, you might have come across a post on 'Chicken Rice'. After tasting or trying a plate of 'Chicken Rice', Some people tend to picture 'Duck Rice' as a set meal with merely white rice, a few slices of duck meat and a few slices of cucumber. Probably you are right in some way but as for myself, I personally felt that duck rice should comes with ...

A good plate or bowl of Braised rice or Yam rice.

Besides for the Duck meat, which is pretty delicious when you eat it with the Braised Rice.
Some other reasons that make me a regular customer of this place would be...

• The large variety of delicious chilli sauces
• The delicious side dishes that you can order. For example: a plate full of 'Kway Chap' dishes, salted vegetables, braised peanuts, etc.

So what sort of place can prepared such a good plate of Duck Rice?

This would be the place. The name of the stall would be 'You Ji Duck Rice'（友记家传鸭饭）. It's located in one of the coffee shop behind Bugis Junction. If you are pretty familiar with the area around Bugis Junction, this 'Duck Rice' stall was located in one of the coffee shop located at the entrance to Liang Seah Street.

* Click here to get a clearer view of the location of the 'Duck Rice' stall.

A different kind of Prawn Noodles

More than a few weeks or few months ago, I had introduced 'Prawn Noodles(蝦面)' in this blog. Today, I am going to introduce a different kind of 'Prawn Noodles(蝦面)' that was a delicacy that can be found in Singapore. The name of the this 'Prawn Noodles' would be 'Fried Hokkien Mee'(炒福建蝦面).

Although, 'Fried Hokkien Mee(炒福建蝦面)' was a common dish that can be found in most of the Hawker Centre in Singapore, there can be many different variations of 'Fried Hokkien Mee(炒福建蝦面)'.

To make things interesting, I will be introducing not 1 but 2 different variations of 'Fried Hokkien Mee(炒福建蝦面)' in this post today. (Actually its because I was eating both variations of 'Fried Hokkien Mee(炒福建蝦面)' on the same day, that is why I'm writing both of them in one post.)

Let us start off with the first one.

This would be the first variation. Although this dish has a name of 'Fried Hokkien Mee',
there were actually a larger portion of Rice Vermicelli used as a ingredient as compared to the Noodles.

The dish in the above was prepared by this stall located in Changi Village.

This would be the second variation of 'Fried Hokkien Mee(炒福建蝦面)'. Compared to the first variation of 'Fried Hokkien Mee(炒福建蝦面)' listed in this blog, this variation of 'Fried Hokkien Mee(炒福建蝦面)' uses a larger portion of Noodles as a ingredient as compared to the Rice Vermicelli.

The dish in the above was prepared by this stall located in ABC Brickworks Market/Food Centre.

Although the 'Fried Hokkien Mee(炒福建蝦面)' that I had listed here were prepared by 2 different stalls from 2 different locations, both 'Fried Hokkien Mee(炒福建蝦面)' were pretty good. Some similarities between both plates of 'Fried Hokkien Mee(炒福建蝦面)' would be the use of some specially prepared soup as a ingredient. Although, soup were used as a ingredient, the Noodles and Rice Vermicelli didn't turn out to be very soggy. And both stalls were pretty generous when it comes to the Lime and Chilli. Customers can help themselves to the unlimited flow of Lime and Chilli.

Note:

• There was 2 main variations of 'Fried Hokkien Mee(炒福建蝦面)' in Singapore. One of them would be dry, where the stall owners will use a minimum amount of soup throughout the process of preparing the 'Fried Hokkien Mee(炒福建蝦面)'. And the other would be the soupy type which is the type of 'Fried Hokkien Mee(炒福建蝦面)' that I had introduced in this post.
• There was another variation of 'Fried Hokkien Mee(炒福建蝦面)' where the stall owners will use cubes of fried pork as a ingredient. I remember this variation of 'Fried Hokkien Mee(炒福建蝦面)' was pretty common back then, but it was pretty difficult to find it nowadays already.

* Click here for the map of ABC Brickworks Market/Food Centre.
^ Click here to find out what other delicacy can be found in the Changi Village Market.