1. Hakka beef balls and yong tau fu at Gar Lok Eating House
Located at 217 Syed Alwi Road, this little coffee shop has only 3 stalls in it. One stall selling hakka beef balls, yong tau fu and drink stall. The yong tau fu stall offers other Hakka snacks like soon kueh and abacus as well. The soon kueh is a little different from the usual.. it's made of traditional glutinous flour like those that makes the abacus which is much stickier than the usual soon kueh. The filling is generous and good and tasted awesome with the chilli. The Hakka yong tau fu was ordinary but the beef ball noodles is so traditionally homemade. Bouncy and crunchy with clear soup base. Overall would rate them at 3.8/5.
You can locate them here:
Gar Lok Eating House
2. Johor Road Boon Kee Pork Porridge and Famous Fried Chicken Wing Rice and Hainanese Chicken Rice at 638 Veerasamy Road
Priced at $3.50 per porridge, Boon Kee Pork Porridge only offers pork choices with other additional ingredients at 50cents top up. The stall is managed by husband and wife duo. Wife cooks the porridge while hubby collects money and takes order. We waited for about 20mins before our porridge was served. Number token will be taken and will be called for collection by looking at the queue no display. Porridge is so generous with all ingredients. Very value for money with the price and taste. Deserves the thumbs up. Rating: 4.2/5
As for the chicken rice, the fried chicken wing was fresh and well fried but still lacking the wow factor. Rating: 3.8/5
You can locate them here:
Johor Road Boon Kee Pork Porridge and Famous Fried Chicken Wing Rice and Hainanese Chicken Rice
3. Ping Ji Popiah at Jln Besar
This pair of elderly couple opens their popiah stall at 12pm daily and takes half hour break at around 2pm before continuing their business till evening time. Priced at $1.60 per roll, the filling is generous and delicious. It's the traditional kind of popiah whereby the skin is a little dry. Overall very old school kind of taste. Rating: 4/5
Besides the popiah, there is also the freshly fried oyster cake. Its fluffy and succulent with minced pork, oyster and prawn. Rating: 4/5
You can locate them here:
Ping Ji Popiah at Jln Besar
Founded with the vision of providing authentic Korean food to both the locals and the Korean community in Singapore, Ju Shin Jung Group of Restaurants opened their first restaurant in West Coast in 2003. After which, through customer's spread of word, the restaurant good food and service enabled them to open their 2nd branch at East Coast.
We were there at their West Coast branch for their set lunch specials to fight away the Monday blues this afternoon. Set lunches are priced at $12.90/$14.90/$18.90 depending on what has been ordered. We were given a wide range of Korean sides, from marinated spinach, anchovies, bean sprouts, kimchi etc. All sides are refillable and all tasted so good. Just by eating the sides can be rather full. We ordered 6 set lunches in all:
1. Fried Saba fish - crisply fried fresh saba fish served on top of shredded cabbage. The fish is very fresh indeed with no fishy smell. But wouldn't rate it too special. Rating: 3.9/5
2. Spicy beef soup - soft beef meat that melts into your mouth. The ingredients are so generous and could easily be shared among 2 persons. The soup was awesome! Rating: 4.3/5
3. Spicy chicken soup - very similar to the beef soup but its chicken version. So tender as well and full of ingredients. Love the soup taste. Rating: 4.3/5
4. Spicy sotong hotplate - tenderly panfried spicy sotong on hotplate. The sotong was chewy yet tender. The gravy of the sotong was excellent as well. Rating: 4.3/5
5. Spicy pork hotplate - another generous tenderly fried pork slices on hotplate. Another awesome dish to order. Rating: 4.3/5
6. Beef hotplate - tender non spicy beef slices on hotplate with lots of spring onions. A very good dish for non spicy lovers. Rating: 4.3/5
Basically we were very pleased with all the dishes and it's highly recommended for Korean food lovers. We definitely would be back to try the rest of the dishes and their BBQ buffet. 珞
A summary of what we had:
Fried Saba fish
Spicy beef soup
Spicy chicken soup
Spicy sotong hotplate
Spicy pork hotplate
Beef hotplate
My overall ratings:
Food: 4.2/5
Price: 4/5
Service: 4/5
Ambience: 4/5
You can locate them here:
Ju Shin Jung Korean Charcoal BBQ
27 West Coast Hwy, #01-18/19 Westway, Singapore 117867
There are 2 very popular pig organ soup stall at Jln Besar, Authentic Mun Chee Kee and Zheng Mun Chee Kee. We, the bunch of foodies are here to try out the original Authentic Mun Chee Kee King Pig Organ Soup.
Located around Jln Besar corner, you could smell the porky aroma coming from the shop as you walk towards it. The shop was rather quiet on a Thursday night. Ordering is self-service at the counter and food will be promptly served thereafter.
We ordered 3 mixed pig organ soup and 1 porkball soup at $4 each. The soup was tasty yet not overly rich. The innards are so tasty esp the meatballs and the lean meat so tender.
Besides the pig organ soup, we ordered sides like vegetables ($4), pig trotters ($7) and claypot liver ($7). The oyster vegetables are ordinary. Pig trotters are succulent and so tender. Very cleanly prepared. The claypot liver was ordinary and a little tough to my liking.
The chili accompanying the food was awesome and we love the gravy with the rice.
For a bowl of hot piping pig organ soup, Authentic Mun Chee Kee King could be visited.
A summary of what we had:
Xiao Bai Cai
Claypot liver
Braised pig trotters
Mixed Pig Organ Soup
Pork Ball Soup
My overall ratings:
Food: 4/5
Price: 4/5
Service: 3.5/5
Ambience: 3/5
You can locate them here:
Authentic Mun Chee Kee King of Pig's Organ Soup
207 Jln Besar, Singapore 208893
Chef Icon started in 2008 with the philosophy of using the finest and most natural ingredients to produce the best product. It started with the small shop at Kampong Bahru and now it has opened its 2nd bakery shop at 112 Katong.
Chef Icon's best 3 cakes include their signature and highly recommended Chocolate Travona Cake, Hokkaido Swiss rolls and New York Cheesecake. All of these cakes are baked with natural ingredients only.
The small cosy shop has only 5 tables and not much customers at all. The customers mainly opt for takeaway for their birthday cake. We ordered their BlackForest cake @ $42.80 as I’m not a pure chocolate lover. The cake was fluffy, not sweet and simply awesome in taste. The chocolate was so rich in flavour and we simply loved the cake.
For chocolate lovers, please try going for their Chocolate Travona cake. Though the cake can be a little pricey for the size, all of us unanimously still found it awesome with coffee or tea. Please remember to call and order at least 3 days in advance.
A summary of what we had:
BlackForest cake
My overall ratings:
Food: 4/5
Price: 3.8/5
Service: 3.8/5
Ambience: 4/5
You can locate them here:
Chef Icon
5 Kampong Bahru Rd, Singapore 169341
A few weeks ago, I was blogging on Station 51 at Boat Quay and was so attracted by Korean fried chicken restaurant just beside it opened by authentic Koreans. So happy that we gotta go there to try this restaurant today, Oven & Beer.
We opted for their outdoor alfresco dining facing the cooling Singapore River. We were served by friendly Korean staff who brought us free sides like kimchi, white radish and prawn crackers. The crackers were oily and not too much to our liking but we love their kimchi and crunchy radish.
We ordered 3 main dishes:
1. Original whole fried chicken ($34.80) - crispy tender fried chicken done in authentic korean style. The batter was thin and meat tender. Some of us find the skin a little plain but we as we ate along, it became more and more flavorful. Rating: 3.9/5
2. Kimchi Jigae ($38.80) - a huge pot of awesome kimchi stew with lots of rice cake, kimchi and noodles in it. The stew was so flavourful and thick and we love the soup that offers free refill. Awesome soup on a cold day especially. Rating: 4.3/5
3. Seafood pancake ($26.80) - our last dish. Thinly fried seafood pancake with loads of spring onions and accompanied with chilli and soya sauce. Very fragrantly fried which was awesome. Rating: 4.2/5
Overall, the food was good and served as a great place for friends gathering. And it is to be commented that the service was awesome and attentive. I accidentally scalded myself and all these were observed by the shop owner. He gotten me a pack of ice immediately to cool the burn. O chicken & beer could really be considered for large frenz gathering.
A summary of what we had:
Original whole fried chicken
Kimchi Jigae
Seafood pancake
My overall ratings:
Food: 4.1/5
Price: 3.9/5
Service: 4.2/5
Ambience: 4/5
You can locate them here:
O Chicken & Beer
52 Boat Quay, #01-01,Singapore 049841
