Next to Famous...

How much delicacies can you get in the same corner? I'm not really sure what's the correct answer to this question but I'm pretty certain that there's definitely sufficient food to satisfy a hungry me... :P

'Red Bean Soup'(Hot) After giving the 'Laksa' next door and some other stuff a try, since this is located nearby, I decided to give the desserts over here a try too. I started off giving the 'Red Bean Soup' a try first, since I have eaten a bowl of 'Laksa' earlier (or 15 minutes ago). The 'Red Beans' are moderate crunchy and the taste of the soup is pretty thick. On top of that, the taste of it isn't too sweet, which deserves a (+).

'Ice Kacang' With the increase in the cost of the ingredients and rental, I never thought that I would come across desserts or 'Ice Kacang' that cost as low as S$1.30 again. Although it might appear to be kinda boring, but who cares. What interest me the most would be the great taste. Despite of the low price, there's a generous portion of 'Red Beans' 'Sweet Corns', 'Jelly Cubes' and a few 'Attap Chee'(Palm Seed) and not forgetting the beautiful syrup that brings out the nice sweet taste of the 'Ice Kacang'.

So where can you give the affordable and delicious desserts a try?

The name of this stall would be 'Lit Lit Xin Hot & Cold Desserts'(日日新冷热甜品). It's located next to the infamous '928 Yishun Laksa', located in one of the 'Coffee Shop' beneath 'Blk 928 Yishun Central'.

Notes:

• Opening Hours:
  10:00 - 21:00 Daily

* Click here for the location of 'Blk 928 Yishun Central' on 'Google Maps'.
^ Click here for the list of delicacies that you can find and get in 'Yishun Central'.

Laksa in the North...

Besides for the infamous 'Chomp Pang Market' located in the 'North' of Singapore, what other delicious alternatives can we find in the 'North'? For a start, let's start with one of my favourite locate delight and that would be...

'Laksa' Besides for the common ingredients like half a 'Boiled Egg', 'Fish Cake', 'Cockles', 'Beansprouts', 'Fried Beancurd', they have also added one other interesting ingredient and that would be 'Crab Sticks'. For a start, the gravy itself is pretty sweet, smells good but it's not spicy enough, despite of the amount of 'Sambal Chilli' that was added. It's pretty much similar to those of a 'Nonya-style Laksa', which means that throughout the process of preparing the gravy, they have added lots of 'Coconut Milk'. As for myself, I have been a big fan of the 'Laksa gravy'. Regardless of the proportion of the ingredients that they are using to prepare the 'Laksa gravy', I personally love the nice mix of 'Coconut Milk', the small 'shrimps' and several other types of ingredients/spices that were added to give the gravy the nice delicious looking colour and nice fragrance. As for the taste itself, the overall taste of the 'Laksa' is pretty decent and for the price that I'm paying, I think that I'm actually getting a generous portion of ingredients. And besides for the taste of the fresh 'Cockles', the rest of the ingredients are pretty good too, except for the 'Crab Sticks'. The taste of the 'Crab Stick' just couldn't blend with the taste of the 'Laksa Gravy' nicely, which is a big disappointment.

By the way, the queue for the 'Laksa' can be as bad as it looks. Despite of the length of the queue, I still ended up queueing for more than 20 minutes or so...

So where can you give the 'Laksa' a try?

This stall has been best known as '928 Yishun Laksa'. It's located in one of the 'Coffee Shop' beneath 'Blk 928 Yishun Central'.

Notes:

• Opening Hours:
  11:00 - 19:00
  (Closed on Mondays)

* Click here for the location of 'Blk 928 Yishun Central' on 'Google Maps'.

Fried Rice or Prawn Noodles...

Usually, a normal stall preparing and selling 'Fried Hokkien Prawn Mee' would either be selling 'Fried Hokkien Prawn Mee' only or it might be preparing and selling 'Fried Hokkien Prawn Mee' and 'Fried Kway Teow' or 'Fried Carrot Cake'. But as for this stall it's preparing and selling 'Fried Hokkien Prawn Mee' and 'Fried Rice', which makes it very different from the rest.

'Fried Hokkien Prawn Mee' The end product looks kinda wet and it's covered with ingredients like 'Prawns', 'Squid', 'Beansprouts', a bit of 'Fried Egg', 'vegetables', a piece of lime and also a small portion of 'Chilli'. By the way, usually a plate of 'Fried Hokkien Prawn Mee' will come with a plate of 'Noodles' and the thicker type of 'Rice Vermicelli', as for this plate, it seems that they have added much more 'Noodles' than the 'Rice Vermicelli'.

After spending a bit of time squeezing the lime all over the plate, it's time to mixed everything together. Hmm... after a few bites, it seems that though this dish might appear a bit wet, but in actual fact, rather than been soggy, they have managed to retain the chewy touch of the 'Noodles'. And at the same time, you can also taste the not too spicy 'Chilli' paste and the refreshing taste of the lime almost in every single bite. Well, basically the 'Chilli' could also blend with the ingredients nicely and the ingredients are pretty fresh and chewy too. But being one of the 'Top 10 favourite Fried Prawn Noodle Mee' in Singapore, I think that they have to improve their current recipe further in order to keep their reputation for another year.

So where can you give the 'Noodles' a try?

The name of this stall would be 'Ho Huat Fried Hokkien Prawn Mee'(和發福建炒虾面). It's located inside 'Boon Lay Place Food Village'.

Notes:

• Operating Hours:
  09:00 - 23:30 Daily
  (Closed on Sundays)

* Click here for the location of 'Boon Lay Place Food Village' on 'Google Maps'.
^ Click here for the list of delicacies that you can find and get in 'Boon Lay Place Food
  Village'.

The Sushi Bar

Ever since I have eaten a delicious plate of 'Sushi' a few weeks back, the thought of eating good 'Sushi' just couldn't get out of my mind. And it's just so so happen that I happen to come across...

'Soft Shell Crab Aburi Roll' Topped with a fat and sinful piece of 'Grilled Salmon', the chef has also added ingredients like the crunchy 'Cucumber' and the crispy fried 'Soft Shell Crab' inside the 'Sushi Roll'. Once you started chewing and savouring the 'Sushi Roll', you can easily differentiate the freshness and the nice taste of each individual ingredients that comes with it. And once you are done with a piece, you can never stop till you have finished the whole plate. Trust me, this is definitely something that you should be trying when you are dining over here. :D

'Crispy Shrimps' I couldn't really remember what's the actual Japanese name of this dish, but this really works as a great appetizer. Even though it's deep fried, this doesn't end up to be ultra oily and once you started dipping it inside the mayonnaise sauce, the nice combination of both sweet and crispy is a (+). :)

'Chicken Katsu Don' The first 2 dishes are a pretty good start, however this isn't fantastic enough. Even though the 'Chicken Katsu' is very crispy, but the taste is pretty ordinay and the sauce isn't good enough to go with it. Similarly, the 'Rice' isn't freeflow and it doesn't comes with 'Cabbages' too, which is kinda disappointing. :(

So where can you give these delicious Japanese food a try?

Notes:

• Operating Hours:
  12:00 - 21:30 Daily
  (Closed on Sundays)
• By the way, they have listed down the net price of all the individual food items that they are preparing and serving over here. This also means that you don't need to worry about the hidden costs and charges too. :D

* Click here for the 'Facebook Page' of 'The Sushi Bar'.
^ Click here to find out more about 'Far East Plaza'.
~ Click here for the location of 'Far East Plaza' on 'Google Maps'.
# Click here for the list of delicacies that you can find and get in 'Far East Plaza'.

The infamous Power Nasi Lemak...

I think that I haven't been doing a lot of exploring over the last few weeks, therefore I decided to go all out and travel all the way to the west not knowing what I might end up eating...

'Power Nasi Lemak' After making 2 big rounds looking at all the possible options located in this market, I have finally decided to give the 'Nasi Lemak' over here a try. As for why, the reason is pretty straightforward, this seems to be one of the stalls that has a consistent queue... =.=""" They are offering 2 different base set of 'Nasi Lemak'. Both set include ingredients like 'Ikan Bilis and Peanuts', 'Fried Egg', 'Cucumbers' and not forgetting the thick 'Sambal Chilli'. The biggest difference would be the 'Chicken Wing' that comes with the 'Chicken' set and the 'Fish' set comes with the 'Fried Fish', or more commonly known as 'Fried Ikan Kuning'. But if neither of the set managed to catch your interest, you can always customise your own set meals. Well, as for the other day, I ended up trying the 'Chicken' set topped with an extra serving of 'Otah'.

For a start, even though the 'Sambal Chilli' isn't too spicy, but the thick texture of the chilli could blend with all the ingredients nicely. And the taste of the chilli is so shiok that it keeps you going on and on, craving for more. The taste of the 'Otah' is pretty good too, but the taste and the texture will be even much more better if they have cooked it a little bit more longer. Been a big fan of 'Peanuts' I love the crunchy sensation that I'm getting from the 'Ikan Bilis and Peanuts' combination. (By the way, the 'Ikan Bilis' isn't too salty at all.) As for the 'Fried Egg', if you are into half boiled egg yolk, you will definitely love this a lot. As I split up the 'Fried Egg' into 2, the egg yolk were making their way covering and adding an additional flavour into the 'Nasi Lemak Rice' too. The texture of the 'Chicken Wing' over here were very crispy indeed, but the taste of it isn't that fantastic. I'm wondering is it because they are reusing the same cooking oil to fried all the other ingredients, therefore the taste of the 'Chicken Wing' is kinda funky to me. By the way, the non-sticky 'Nasi Lemak Rice' over here have this nice fragrance and the taste of the 'Coconut Milk' is pretty good too. :D

So where can you give the 'Power Nasi Lemak' a try?

The name of this stall would be 'Boon Lay Power Nasi Lemak'. The actual name of this stall is much more longer but most people recognised it as 'Boon Lay Power Nasi Lemak'. It's located inside 'Boon Lay Place Food Village'.

Notes:

• Operating Hours:
  17:00 - 02:00 (The following day)

* Click here for the location of 'Boon Lay Place Food Village' on 'Google Maps'.

Not Yam Mee but fishball noodles...

I personally don't think that 'Yam Noodles' would exist in the world. Even though there's something known as 'Yam Noodles' or 'Shirataki Japanese Noodles' out there in the market, but it has nothing to do with 'Yam'. Anyway, let's proceed with the actual food itself...

'Fishball Noodles' After spending 20 minutes or so queueing up, I'm finally sitting in front of a bowl of 'Fishball Noodles'. For a start, the soup is pretty ordinary and after giving numerous bowls of 'Fishball Noodles' soup a try, it makes me wonder is it really that difficult to prepare a delicious bowl of 'Fishball Noodles' soup?

As for the bowl of 'Noodles', on top of the bowl of 'Noodles' or 'Mee Pok', they have added ingredients like 'Fishballs', 'Meatballs', slices of 'Fish Cake', 'Mushrooms', a bit of minced meat and a bit of vegetables. Well, in terms of the portion and the variety of ingredients that were added, I think that they have already won my interest in giving this bowl of 'Fishball Noodles' a try. However, as I mixed all the ingredients together, I think that they have added too much sauce into the bowl of 'Noodles'. Though the 'Noodles' still remains pretty chewy and springy, it's still remains a bit too wet for me. And it's the taste of fresh ingredients that have helped it to gain more (+). The bouncy 'Fishballs' and 'Meatballs' and the chewy 'Mushrooms' are definitely a (+). But it will be great if they can increase the portion of 'Mee Pok' even further so that it can balance out the amount of sauces added, and at the same time, satisfy my hungry stomach.:P

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

The name of this stall would be 'Yam Mee Teochew Fishball Mee'(炎成潮州魚圓麺). It's located inside 'Hougang Street 21 Block 209 Market and Food Centre'.

Notes:

• Opening Hours:
  07:00 - 22:00
  (Closed on Mondays)

* Click here for the location of 'Hougang Street 21 Block 209 Market and Food Centre' on
  'Google Maps'.

Begin to understand...

After giving the same stall more than 5 tries, I think that I finally began to understand the reasons behind the long queue.

'Fishball Noodles' Based on the appearance, one can easily identify something. This particular stall over here is making their own 'Fish Ball' and 'Fish Cake'. All of them are irregular in shape. As for the soup, it's pretty bland and not to my liking.

So what's the secret behind the long queue? If you are a 'Noodle' lover, you can give this stall a try. However, if you prefer 'Kway Teow' more than 'Noodles' or 'Mee Pok', I think that you might probably want to skip this stall. I was observing very closely and it seems that they are cooking the 'Noodles' for a much more longer period of time, therefore the 'Kway Teow' will ended up to be soggy and dull, which doesn't really happen for 'Mee Pok'. In fact, I have given the 'Mee Pok' a try and it turned out to be chewy and springy in texture. However, another good thing about the 'Fishball Noodles' over here would be the generous portion of fresh ingredients that they have added into a bowl of 'Noodles'. And not only they are fresh, the fishballs are pretty bouncy and chewy too. Best of all, if you mixed all the ingredients thoroughly, you will be amazed how easily this small little bowl of 'Noodles' can satisfy your taste bud. :D

So where can you give the 'Fishball Noodles' a try?

The name of this stall would be 'Teochew Fishball Noodle Dry/Soup'(潮州粿條麺乾/湯). It's located on level 2 of 'Tiong Bahru Market'.

Notes:

• Operating Hours:
  10:00 - 22:30 Daily

* Click here for the location of 'Tiong Bahru Market' on Google Maps.
^ Click here for the list of delicacies that you can find & get near 'Tiong Bahru Market'.