Duck in the Mountains...?

There's actually quite a lot of dining options at the base of this hill and I shall slowly reveal them as I move on. For a start, lst's take a look at...

'Duck Rice' As I go around giving all sorts of delicacies a try, I tend to set some minimum requirements for a common dish to get considered good. As for 'Duck Rice', it should be served with braised or yam rice. Next would be the type of chilli that was provided. 'Sambal Chilli' is a must. On top of that, the quality of the soup. Once you have these minimum requirements fulfilled, it's almost impossible to fail the expectations of your customers.

For a start, the sweet gravy that was poured over the plate of rice has an acceptable level of sweetness. On top of that, the succulent duck meat is a (+). When I mixed the rice, meat, chilli and the gravy together, so much goodness in one single bite, which makes things even much more better. And that's not all, the soup that comes with a thick and strong herbal taste is a good (+) too. Oh man, I feel like eating it now....

So where can you give this plate of 'Duck Rice' a good try?

The name of this stall would be 'Shan Duck Noodles And Rice'(山). It's located in the coffee shop beneath 'Blk 22 Havelock Road'.

Opening Hours:

• 11:00 - 22:00 Daily

* Click here for the location of 'Blk 22 Havelock Road' on 'Google Maps'.

Affordable Spanish Food....

When one thinks of having Spanish Food in Singapore, the first word that will pop out of your mind would most likely be 'restaurant'. However, this stall has proven us wrong...

'Spanish Food' This would be my dinner the other day. Since this is my first visit, I decided to go all out, and try to give as many dishes as possible a good try.

Top: Marinated Chicken Skewer Bottom: Grilled Spanish Sausage with Butter Bean

'Marinated Chicken Skewer' Yes, the tender and juicy 'Chicken Meat' is a (+). And it goes well with the paella too. Too bad the vegetables are slightly a bit too overcooked, therefore it has lost the crunchy touch of the 'Capsicum'.

'Grilled Spanish Sausage with Butter Bean' Frankly speaking, the taste of the sauce and the Sausages are pretty good, but the Sausages ain't bouncy enough. One good thing about the food over here would be the prices that they are offering. Some of the side dishes are going at an affordable price that is around S$2.00. :)

'Spanish Paella Rice with Chicken, Squid, Prawn, Capsicum & Saffron Powder' If you haven't give Spanish food a try and you don't really want to burn a hole in your wallet, this would be a good place to start. The taste of vegetables, meat and seafood do exist in every single bite of the moist 'Paella' rice. Even though, the vegetables of the 'Paella' over here ain't crunchy enough but the delicious taste is a (+). And trust me, if you like the overall taste of this 'Paella', you would definitely love the ones at a good Spanish restaurant, which is probably much much tasty in taste and comes with a bigger variety of ingredients... :D

So where can you give these affordable 'Spanish delicacies' a good try?

The name of this stall would be 'Quick Spanish'. They have numerous stall island wide and all of them are located inside 'NTUC Foodfare'. The above shows the outlet located at 'Kallang Wave Mall'.

Notes:

• Operating Hours:
  The operating hours varies for the individual outlets. Do visit their website for more information.

* Click here to find out more about 'Quick Spanish'.
^ Click here for the 'Facebook' page of 'Quick Spanish'.
# Click here to find out more about 'Kallang Wave Mall'.

When others are mostly black this is actually...

red in color. So what is red in color? I'm not referring to a bowl of 'Laksa' over here (In fact 'Laksa' is more of an orangy color. lol), I'm actually referring to...

'Wanton Noodles' This comes with a plate of Noodles topped with a variety of ingredients and a bowl of soup. While queuing up for the food, I was examining the stall, it seems that they are preparing and making their own 'wantons' over here.

Probably its due to the fact that I have requested for a bit more chilli, therefore the sauce ended up to be slightly a bit reddish in color. But after pouring in the sliced green chillies and spending a bit of time stirring the plate of Noodles, it's time for the fun part. Covered in the sweet and spicy sauce, the springy texture of the thin Noodles is a (+). Though it's covered with pretty ordinary ingredients, but the crunchy vegetables and the thick and chewy 'Barbecued Pork' are one of the key components that contributes that changes this into a delicious plate of 'Wanton Noodles'. On top of that, I loved the bowl of soup too. Not only it's sweet, it also has the taste of spring onions too. But the best part of the bowl of soup, would be the big and yummy 'wantons'. The stall over here has wrapped a lump of meaty ingredients inside the 'wantons', which is reasonably good. :) This makes me ponder how good the dumplings over here would end up to be...

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

The name of this stall would be "Koung's Wan Tan Mee"(龔氏雲吞面). It's located in one of the coffee shops located along 'Sims Ave'.

Notes:

• Operating Hours:
  Tuesdays - Sundays: 07:30 - 20:30
  (Closed on Mondays)

* Click here for the location of the coffee shop located along 'Sims Ave' on 'Google Maps'.

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'.

Fatal camouflage...

Colors play an important role in our life. From time to time, we will be using the colors that you are getting from the dish to determine the taste of the dish. But this might be ...

a bit too hard to be accepted by average eaters. To a certain extent, the dish has blended/camouflaged into the color of the plate. Are you sure you want to give this dish a try?

'Mee Goreng'(Fried Noodles in Malay) This is actually a plate of 'Mee Goreng'. This is a '3H' dish. In case you are wondering what's a '3H', it actually means looks 'Hot~', served 'Hot~~' and the overall taste is pretty 'Hot~~~' too. From the looks of this dish, I can easily spot ingredients like 'peas', 'beansprouts', 'leafy vegetables', 'sliced chilli', etc... As I dig into the dish, not only I'm getting an intense overpowering spicy and piping hot taste, it also comes with the taste and aroma of mutton too. Trust me, if you are not into spicy stuff, this isn't something that you should try to toy with.

So where can you give this 'fatal' dish a good try?

The name of this stall would be 'N M Abdul Rahim'. It's located inside 'Ayer Rajah Food Centre & Market'.

Notes:

• Operating Hours:
  10:00 - 25:00
  (Closed on alternate Wednesday)

* Click here for the location of 'Ayer Rajah Food Centre & Market' on Google Maps.

Prefer the dumplings...

I spend quite a bit of time looking for new places/stalls a good try and as you can see, most of the post would revolve around Noodles or Noodles like dishes, which is pretty much related to the post today. :)

'Wanton + Dumplings Noodles' When I was queuing outside this stall, I was wondering what should I order, after spending a bit of time debating in my mind, I have pretty much decided what I'm going to do. I decided to go for a plate of 'Wanton Noodles', topped with an extra portion of 'Dumplings'.

To some extent, I think that they can simply try selling these plates of Noodles without the 'wantons'. For a start, the thin Noodles are pretty springy and chewy. On top of that, soaked inside the sweet and dark sauce makes it even better. Best of all, the generous portion of sliced 'Barbecued Pork', vegetables and sliced green chillies are there to enhance the overall taste of the Noodles even much more further.

The 'wantons' over here are far too disappointing. The ingredients of the plate of Noodles are even far more better than the 'wantons'. Not only it's kinda small, but probably it's the 'wanton' skin that are a bit too thick. Therefore they couldn't wrap a larger lump of mixed ingredients inside the skin. As compared to the dumplings, the 'wantons' look kinda dull. The dumplings on the other hand are far more interesting. Besides for the lump of ingredients that go into the bigger skin, they have also added the crunchy prawns inside. Though the bowl of soup is pretty boring, but the delicious and crunchy dumplings just make the bowl of soup too insignificant to be noticed.

So where can you give the bowl of Noodles a good try?

The name of this stall would be 'Shun Xing'(順興). It's located inside 'Beo Crescent Market and Food Centre'.

Notes:

• Operating Hours:
  Daily: 07:00 - 17:00

* 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.

Almost have it all...

'Little India', one of the best places to get your Briyani fix. Just by browsing through the menus of all the Indian eateries in this area requires more than half a day's work. =.=''' Anyway, time to move on... :)

'Chicken Dum Briyani' Even though this is a Muslim stall preparing and selling Indian food but it doesn't mean that it would lost out to the stuff prepared at a Indian stall or restaurant. Though the queuing process can be pretty nasty, but just by looking at the helpers over here scooping out deliciously looking portions of food out of the gigantic pot just simply makes me feel like drooling.

Anyway, there isn't a lot of places in Singapore, where you can get such a big plate of 'Briyani' at an affordable price. Not only the portion is great, the taste is pretty good too. For a start, the Briyani rice is richly spiced. Not only it comes with a nice fragrance when I scoop it inside my mouth, the rice has a nice moist texture, which is a big (+) too. But that isn't the best part. Even though I'm using a pair of plastic utensils, but I can scoop out all the moist and tasty meat effortlessly, which is a big (+). Through there isn't a lot of side dishes, but with the small portion of marinated crunchy Cucumbers can really workout as a good side dish. The curry-like sauce is a (+) too, in fact to a certain extent, the taste of this dish is so good that you don't really need this at all. :)

So where can you give this dish a good try?

The name of this stall would be 'Yakader'. It's located inside 'Tekka Market'.

Notes:

• Operating Hours:
  10:00 - 17:00
  (Closed on Alternate Tuesdays)

* Click here for the location of 'Tekka Market' on 'Google Maps'.