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.

Albert Court Food Center

We ventured out to the East this time, not knowing what to expect at Albert Court Food Center, located behind the famous Bugis Village. 

Despite it looking gloomy from afar and not very well lit in the entire building, we soon came to realised that there were many rows of food. Not really knowing what to eat, we decided to queue for food that had a queue. 

First came the Nasi Lemak. With its pungent rice, this stall attracted a long queue. The service is quite fast despite the long queue as the waffle got in line while the spaghetti analysed the queue. Probably one of the main reasons for the queue was also that the food was cheap, resulting in many workers buying one of the set to fill their stomachs. 

There is a huge variety of dishes if you do not want the set meals, and they are very generous with their servings. The chicken wing was crispy while the hot dog, curry veg and potato was normal. However, one would not forget the chilli which is a must when eating nasi lemak.

Behind this stall is a stall which sells a huge variety of dishes which attracted many also and had a long queue. I could not decide whether to eat the hor fun or the black sauce hokkien noodles. 

However, after waiting in the queue, I decided to go for the black sauce hokkien noodles. Portion wise it was just nice, though it was slightly dry. With a price of $3, it filled my stomach nicely and was too full to have any desserts. 

There are many other food in this food center. It would be worth going back again.

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