We Wanted the Chicken, But Had the Duck Instead

No food adventure for 2 weeks

There will no be any updates these two weeks as the waffle is out of town on business trips! Stay tune for more updates!

Chinatown Complex Food Centre - where stalls & stalls of food exist

In the streets of the famous Chinatown food centre, there lies many different stalls, all selling different kinds of food. The waffle was in a chinese cuisine food, ordering the pork chop noodles which was hand made (the noodles not the pork) was springy and light. The portion was quite big but of course waffle ordered something else for us to share (which he ended up eating most of it). The beef dish, which consisted of different parts of beef was really spicy, probably a sze chuan dish. The beef was quite tender but the spiceyness of it made it overpowered it.

The last dish was the famous koo kee yong tau fu mee. I absolutely love this springy mee as it is mixed with some condiments and the minced meat on top of it. I opted for an all tofu option instead of having a variety of it and despite having all tofu only, it was just light and very delicious! The queue for this stall is forever long, just like the other famous yong tau fu in the nearby hawker center.

Will be back here to try more food dishes in the near future! That's all for now!

Chinatown Smith Street Food Centre - where many wonderful food awaits us

This week, we headed to the central part of Singapore, landing at Chinatown food centre where its known for many famous food, and all I can say is yes there are really many good food here!!

As the waffle was not very hungry, I did not dare to order to much. After walking numerous rounds, I decided on the chicken rice stall. At first, I thought to just simply order a plate of chicken rice from any stall and just eat. However, I was pulled by an invisible force of attraction to Heng Ji Chicken Rice stall, which had a queue. I joined the queue and looked at the way the chicken was prepared. This stall only has white chicken and what makes this stall stands out is the price, which is very reasonable, and the auntie who takes our orders and collects the money from us. She is friendly and seems sincere in thanking each customerafter they ordered. For two person portion, there was quite a generous amount of chicken meat and two bowls of rice, a total of $6.60. Though it is not very cheap, with it being the cost of a normal plate of chicken rice, they were very generous with the portions. It was a really good meal of simple chicken rice.

The next item we wanted to try was the famous xiao long bao which was cheap and good. For only $5, you could 10 pieces of it. It was not hard to find the stall, with many people buying from it. I can't really remeber the name of the stall, but the number of the stall was 135. The xiao long bao was juicy and was quite nice, though it was a bit small. However, for the price we paid, it was quite worth it. After eating all of it, we decided to order the fried dumplings. This dish was not up to standard though. It was only one side crispy, while the other side was pale in colour and could taste a bit of flour. The meat filling was quite a big though thus was quite tasty but the skin spoiled it. Thumbs up for the xiao long bao but down for the fried dumplings.

You might also want to check out the fruit juice stall near the xiao long bao stall. It has a huge range of fruit juice that you can choose from and the price makes it even fantastic. I ordered beetroot with apple juice only for a mere $2, while freshly squeezed lime juice was only going for $1!! Simple amazing! Head down to this food centre soon..we are surely going back there!!

Alexandra Food Center

This is one hawker center that used to have many bbq seafood stalls. However, more stalls have given up, with the two famous ones remaining behind. The first dish was the mixed pork soup. There was a generous serving of the different kind of pork and the waffle loved it! There is the option of having rice to go with it. However, if you are not hungry, this soup option is the best.

The second dish was the seafood fried rice. So far, this is the best fried rice I have eaten in Singapore. There is actually not much seafood choices. However, they are quite generous with the amount of seafood they put into the rice with prawns and sotong/squid being the main seafood. There is also a substantial amount of chopped cabbage in the rice to ensure that there is some veg in it. I can't exactly remember the name of the shop, but if I remember correctly it is called Sock Lai or something like that. It is located in the middle aisle of the food center and they have a wide range of bbq seafood that also taste good!



To conclude, this is one food center you must try. Though there are not many stalls open at night, the range is good enough for you to have dinner there. There is also a bakery that sells similar bread to the famous barcook bakery. Perhaps you might want to try and compare to see which shop sells better buns. There is only one shop that sell buns there so you will not miss it!

PORN's Thai Food @ Junction 10

A visit to the new Junction 10 shopping centre located near Bukit Panjang was quite worth it, with many food choices at this new place. New food outlets that you have never heard of can be found here! It was already quite late when we ventured to this place as spaghetti was busy having a nice meeting. Waffle managed to get the car and off we went!

We came across this thai place as we walked around the first round, still deciding what to eat. However, as we were left with not much choices, we decided to give this place a try. Name of the shop sounds a little weird for an eatery, but nonetheless, lets talk about the food.

We both had a drink each, though the drink in red, rose tea, looked very bloody but turned out to be the nicer one of the two. The barley was not very nice, with a chemical taste/flavouring that spoilt the drink. As for food, we ordered a tom yam soup with glass noodles, pad thai and green curry. All in the name of being extremely greedy! The tom yam soup with noodles was good. Do not be deceived by the clear soup. It was hot and spicy, with a good feeling that comes with it. It taste better than the usual thai eateries that wefrequent. The pad thai came in a huge portion, and plenty of bean sprouts. Taste wise wasn't too bad also, with a delectable and richness in flavouring. Lastly, came the green curry. Personally, we found the curry slightly too sweet for our liking. It was generous with the meat (chicken) and gravy but we did not finished it at the end as it was just too sweet to be able to drink it!

Overall, this restaurant food is good and would be back to try other food in the menu! They have another branch at one of the lanes behind Bugis Junction. On another note, while at Junction 10, you might want to check out chickadees. This shop sells fried chicken wings coated with different flavourings. According to waffle, it taste even better if you take away, letting the coated flavouring powder sink into the chicken before eating. Give it a try!

No Signboard Seafood Restaurant @Vivocity

Although this would not be considered a hawker center, we ventured out to Vivo City on Tuesday, due to the heavy rain that prevented us from going to our hawker joints. The No Signboard Seafood Restaurant is located at the top floor at Vivo City, with quite a few branches around Singapore also.

We made sure we did not order too much food, our usual habit we have when eating. This establishment had quite a number of people despite being a weekday, showing the popularity of this place. The first dish was the vegetables, where we ordered the stir fried garlic dou miao or pea shoots. This light dish was nice, not too much garlic taste to give it away. The second dish was the black sauce hokkien mee, a popular favourite that is often eaten by us. Gravy was generous and the portion serving was just nice for two people, with each of us having two bowls of noodles each. The seafood on the noodles was fresh and I was glad that the taste did not overkill. 

Lastly, the awaited chilli crab arrived. It was quite a huge crab for us. They were very generous with the gravy and we ate it with the 'man tou' that we ordered. The gravy was really spicy, and you can feel the heat going down your throat. The crab was fresh and meat was tender. The restaurant had already cracked the crab thus it was easy to peel off the shell. However, we realised that we could not each much of the gravy as it was quite starchy. If you want, you could actually takeaway the gravy as there was really quite a lot left, something that waffle wanted to do! On the hold, the side dishes were quite nice, but the main dish loses out to big established seafood chains that we have around Singapore.