February 2021 - Paulin's Munchies - My food discoveries.

Saturday, February 27, 2021

George Town Tze Char & Craft Beer at Boat Quay

George Town Tze Char & Craft Beer is a recently new Penang tze char restaurant opened at Boat Quay. Situated near Elgin Bridge, this alfresco restaurant offers delicious Penang tze char delicacies at very reasonable price. Reservations can be made easily online and they only offer outdoor dining near the river.

We were there for CNY dinner and started it with one of their red rice craft beer. Could strongly taste the malty rice taste. Here's our dinner menu:

1. Salmon yusheng ($28.80) - it was generous for a small portion with lots of fresh salmon sashimi. The yusheng was tangy and delicious with the right amount of sauce and sweetness. Rating: 4.2/5

2. Penang laksa fish head ($28) - freshly steamed red snapper fish head doused with appetising tangy Penang laksa sauce. A must try dish . Rating: 4.3/5

3. Thai sotong ($15) - tempura fried sotong cooked in Thai style sweet and sour sauce. Was a little disappointed as the sotong was a little overly fried. Taste wise was still superb. Rating: 3.9/5

4. Rojak chicken ($15) - crispily fried prawn paste chicken cutlet mixed with Penang rojak sauce. It was a different fusion taste and would be better if they have peanut bits on the top. Rating: 4/5

5. Qinglong vegetables ($12) - a must order vegetable dish. A little oily but very well fried with beansprouts and salted fish. Rating: 4.2/5

6. XO horfun ($12) - tasted very much like San lao hor fun but with XO sauce on the top. Very nicely fried and delicious. Rating: 4.1/5

We were overall very pleased with the food and with the beautiful evening river scenery accompanying and awesome companionship, George Town Tze Char could definitely be considered for family and frenz gathering.

A summary of what we had:

Salmon yusheng

Penang laksa fish head

Thai sotong

Rojak chicken

Qinglong vegetables

XO horfun

My overall ratings:

Food: 4.1/5

Price: 4/5

Service: 3.9/5

Ambience: 4.2/5

You can locate them here:

George Town Tze Char & Craft Beer

81 Boat Quay, Singapore 049869

Restaurant - Chinese

Wednesday, February 3, 2021

Na Na Homemade Curry at Tiong Bahru Plaza

Na Na Homemade Curry (NNHC) stall was started in 1989 by Yap Hock Kee, Grandma Khim’s eldest son. Its first outlet was at Marina South in that year, made a name for itself fairly quickly and was a hit amongst avid curry fans who would travel all the way there just to have their favourite dose of spicy curry.

With technology evolvement, NNHC has a manufacturing arm to prepare pre-packed curry paste for distribution. The business is currently being handed over to the next generation of the Yap family, with e-commerce and home deliveries of ready-cooked curries and accompanying condiments being the latest offerings for Singapore.

NNHC recently opened a new branch at Tiong Bahru Plaza. Besides the all popular curry dishes, the restaurant offers other tze char options. There wasn't much crowd on a weekday night, leaving us ample time and ambience to enjoy our dinner.

Curry fish head and ngoh hiang were on our choice but the items were already sold out. We had 4 mains:

1. Curry chicken ($8.90) - their all popular curry dish but were disappointed with the taste. It was pure spicy and felt that there was too much curry/chilli powder. Rating: 3/5

2. Kyoto pork ribs ($10.90) - the picture shows dark juicy ribs but in actual it was light in color with no rib shape. All looks too general. Rating: 3.5/5

3. Chye poh beancurd ($9.80) - the best and very well done. The chye poh was deep dried with crispness before sprinkling over the soft tender beancurd. One of the better beancurds eaten. Rating: 4.2/5