Unplanned LOOONNGG food trip with cousins!

Last Saturday met up with my lovely cousins to celebrate birthday… (i know right, my birthday celebration prolong till now and it is still not over YET!) we really had a GREAT time together! EAT EAT EAT EAT EAT and still EATTTTTT and it was all so impromptu!

First stop in the morning, we met up for brunch at privé… seriously, the reservation is made at 12.30pm and we were late! End up, we reached at 1pm! Can you believe it? it is almost lunch time!!! and poor me! so hungry! hahahaha… ongmengching stop grumbling! you are becoming like a old lady!!!!

 

Prive Bakery Cafe

I shall skip all the BORING part of introducing you the different breakfast available… just to lament that I REALLY WANT TO TRY THE FLUFFY PANCAKE! but didn’t get the chance… HOWEVER we DID try Eggs Benedict and Prive Ultimate Breakfast!

 EGGS BENEDICT @ $16 (Rating: 4.5/5.0)

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LOOK AWESOME RIGHT!!! it TASTE AWESOME TOO~!!! i really LOVE this Eggs Benedict! it is simply awesomely NICE! especially for those egg yolk lovers like me!!! me me me me!!! i love those uncooked egg yolks bursting in your mouth… Trust me, when i have sunny side up and if my egg yolk is overcooked, it will spoil my mood for the whole day! it is that SERIOUS!

Their egg benedicts consist of 2 Poached Eggs, Honey Baked Ham, Streaky Bacons, Hollandaise Sauce, English Muffin & served with Arugula… hmmm… NICEYYYYSEEE… (another unsound word i invented bcos of food!) ONE LAST PICTURE OKAY??? pls pls pls ….

 

Prive Ultimate Breakfast @ $18 (Rating 4.2 / 5.0)

Their ultimate breakfast like not very ultimate hor? hahahahaa… one ULTIMATE breakfast consist of 2 Eggs, English Breakfast Sausage, Streaky Bacons, Button Mushrooms, Roasted Roma Tomato,Baked Beans & Toast. i love those yummy creamy scramble eggs! theirs is almost to perfect! their sausage is okay, not too salty… Love their toast when you go it with the eggs! PERFECT with the little imperfections! hahahaha… other than that, the rest are GOOD!

No.2 Keppel Bay Vista S’098382 (Tel: 67760777)

 

Lor Mee @ Bukit Purmei

On the way to prive, my cousin was boasting about this legendary (some say best in Singapore) Lor Mee… so we decided to give it a try after our LIGHT brunch! hahahaha… i was rather excited about it, as i heard a lot about it from another friend who really love Lor Mee… no harm trying right? heehee…

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what greeted us was shocking!

A SUPER LONG QUEUE!!!!

hahahahaha… it is almost 3pm and what were these people doing here? Queuing for Lor Mee!!!! my excitement was washed away by the long queue and eventually from excitement it turns to skepticism… please let it not fail me hor~

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Finally after 20 min, it is almost our turn!!!!

Bukit Purmei Lor Mee (Rating: 3.2 / 5.0)

 

Presenting to you~~~~ Bukit Purmei Lor Mee!

They have three pricing with three different colors of bowl to differentiate…

Red: $2.50 / Green: $3.00 / Yellow: $3.50

i know right? i was so bored when i was queuing that i even have the time to check out the colors of the bowl! hahahaha… okay let’s start with what i love about this stall, their generosity of ingredients! Fish Cake, Char Siew, 五香， 三成肉， 脆脆 (crispy flour) and some other unknown items that i can’t figure out what… anyway… what i dislike about their Lor Mee is their base, taste a little too blend for me… overall, i think not really worth the queue lah… but no harm to try if you are near the place! According to my cousins, their base will stay as sticky after you have stir a multiple time… :)

 

Pocky Love Affair

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after the very FULL attempt of Lor Mee, we head home for a session of kinect… and we bought a series of different pocky! Lychee, blueberry and my fav almond crunch! i must say blueberry one is the nicest!!!! nom nom nom!

 

Katong Chicken Rice

After our kinect session, my cousin suggested to head down to the east for a GOOD dinner to end the celebration well! OMG! AGAIN, my cousin was boasting about this best chicken rice in singapore… seriously i was a little erm… after the unsuccessful attempt of Lor Mee… but still i chose to TRUST and BELIEVE! hahahahahaa…

Here we are!

 

 

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Bright and Cheerful stall! I was infected with the bright and cheerful atmosphere though! Happy stall, happy stall owner, happy food and happy customers! That is what my boss always tell me! and i sincerely BELIEVE it! :))

i think food is very magical! It can lift up one’s spirit, and especially when it is prepared by someone with love! :) my 101 theory about food!

Katong Chicken Rice (Rating: 4.8 / 5.0)

i love their chicken! The rice may not be so fantastic, but their chicken made it all up! cold white skin chicken tender and soft! LOVE IT TOTALLY!

if you know me well, i seldom have chicken rice outside, not that i don’t like chicken rice, but just that i find many stalls are selling sub-standard chicken rice that totally CMI!

Their chicken meat is cold, yet without the ‘Leng Leng’ uncooked feeling… plus they don’t have a layer of those disgusting jelly fats… thumbs up for their skin!!!! according to ongmengching, eating chicken skin will make you look pretty! hahahaha… if you truly believe, it will happen!

I love their bean sprout too! refreshing, love it with their fried garlic and soy sauce! a must order with the chicken rice!!!! craving it NOW! hahahahaa… :)

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what i love about this stall is not only their tender chicken, but their generosity with their free flow of ah char ah char and soup!  I LOVE THEIR AH CHAR AH CHAR!!! very very very refreshing!!!!! big big piece of pineapple and well marinated!!! i love the happy aunty too and she actually stays really near me! hahahaha… this is really a MUST TRY!

 

Delicious Boneless Chicken Rice (美味起骨鸡饭)
Katong Shopping Centre
865 Mountbatten Road #B1-85/#B1-87
Singapore 437844
Tel: 9789-6073
Business hours: 9am to 8pm daily

 

Laksa Liang Tou Fu (Rating: 3.2 / 5.0)

Just two stalls to the right, there is a not too bad laksa liang tou fu stall… not too sure about the name, bcos i am all busy with my chicken rice attack! hahahaha… anyway, this laksa is REALLY spicy!!! you can add any ingredient that you like and i heard they have this deep fried chicken wings that is TOTALLY Thumbs up! didn’t get to try, but I WILL next time round when i visit!

 

Salted Egg Pork Rib (Rating: 4.0 / 5.0)

Are you full after reading this long post? cos i have one more place to cover!!! hahahha…we actually travel all the way to thomson! my old house!!!! maken!!!

i know i know… we are TOTALLY CRAZY!!! i love salted egg sauce! in fact, i think all salted egg food are N.I.C.E.! hahahaha… these pork ribs meat are soft and tender! but i was really too full… nice salted egg sauce… perfect combination!

We actually went Salt Caramel few stalls down the road for a perfect ending ICE CREAM ATTEMPT! which i will blog next time… cos i am totally drenched after a long food trip that day that i stop taking picture! hahahaha…

Anyway… you made it through reading finish my SUPER LONG POST! i know it is impossible to have eaten so many food in one day! hahahaha… see how crazy we are when we gather as a family!

Thank you to my lovely cousins for organizing such an AWESOME food trip and bringing me around Singapore for good food and the lovely bag and card! i love you my cousins!!! thank God for awesome family members! :))

Cao,

Jessie

itchy backside @ House, Barracks and Camp

Just to clarify why the title itchy backside… First of all… it started with two ex colleagues, now my buddies, Jane and Khloe, better known as zhiyun and huizhen… They suggested to go Dempsey for the birthday celebration… and we ended up at House, Barracks and Camp for a ATAS dinner! when the bill came, the two unemployed and myself was so SHOCK!!!! so we came up with the itchy backside award! Jane, the one who planned and research is the ULTIMATE ITCHY BACKSIDE, khloe the one who brought us there is the ADMINISTRATIVE ITCHY BACKSIDE, the me who is clueless where were we going is the BRAINLESS ITCHY BACKSIDE!

SO CREATIVE!!!! we are a lame group of people! i realize people who hang around me are becoming more and more lame! :) hahahaha… the power of INFLUENCE, the power of JOY, the power of LAME-NESS, the power of ME! :)) May the force be with me FOREVER! :) (this is really getting lame, please don’t give up on me!)

The Menu:

 

it is kinda like the ambush at jurong point, comes in newspaper format…

 

Vintage Tea Party, you may want to consider…

Thursday & Friday: 3pm to 5.30pm

Adult $22++ / Kids $15++

 

Tiffin Punch @ $59 (Rating: 4/5)

 

The actual product… :( not so cute hor…

Love this tiffin punch! AWESOME! They have ginger, grapefruit and lychee inside the punch… Alcohol yet with the sweetness of the lychee! NICE! but the price is a little too pricy, so think twice before you drink… if you drink, don’t nam nam cham of the price!!!! hahahahahhaa… worth it for the $59 for a little surprise!

 

 

Bay Prawn Capellini @ $22 (Rating: 3.5 / 5.0)

I love their generosity of prawn! Huge fresh prawn served with the pasta, topping it is a layer of cheese… the pasta taste a little like chinese noodle, that is not to my liking… overall, the pasta is nice and yummy… i would recommend to those seafood or prawns lover! :) the plus point about this pasta is it is not too greasy even after you finish the whole plate!

 

Old Fashioned American Sliders @ $22 (Rating 3.8 / 5.0)

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these burgers are not huge but THICK! the meat patty is THICK! They comes with cheese and bacons! Actually you are able to choose different combi for their burger… I have specially cut and paste for your reference! For the unhealthy three, of course JUST THE BACON AND CHEESE will do the job! I LOVE their truffle fries and sweet potato!!! PERFECT! the fries taste different from the common fries you find outside… theirs not too oily, come with a aroma of truffle… for the sweet potato, it is a PLUS! they fried it with sugar and it is SUPERB! for the sides, i would give a 4.0 if not for the unsatisfying burger…

Spaghetti Aglio Olio @ $26 (Rating: 3.8 / 5.0)

 

Love their aglio olio! it is well cooked! the sauce is just nice with the right blend of chilli, garlic and saltiness is perfect! It’s hard to find good Aglio Olio, and this is NOT TOO BAD! I highly RECOMMEND this! :)) Thumbs up!

We had the dessert, but disappointingly my camera decides to play me out bcos i forgot to give it enough rest and feed it energy! So my poor readers, you can only imagine it while i describe…

if you REALLY KNOWS ME WELL… you knows that i don’t like cakes with too much sponge… so only REALLY GOOD CAKES catch my heart and make me want to blog even without the picture… :) okay lah… not to torture you, i have gotten the pictures from their website for you to have a better idea! :)

 

Warm Chocolate Toffee Cake @ $9.50 (Rating: 4.0 / 5.0)

Please hor… the picture is took from their website, so don’t expect to see this when you ordered! the actualy product is rather similar… it comes as a pleasant surprise! I seldom like cakes, and this is really nice! love the THICK WARM CHOCOLATE and the moist sponge cake and the sour raspberry! PERFECT!

Bitter Chocolate Tart (Rating 4.2 / 5.0)

this picture is for illustration purpose, taken from their website… the actual product look similar… this tart came on house for forgetting to inform us that strawberry shortcake is sold out… pleasant surprise! love this chocolate tart! although it is name BITTER, but really it is still SWEET! i love this tart! scoop up every single bit of it! THUMBS UP!

i concluded my trip at house, barracks and camp… the DESSERTS are simply AWESOME, the food is GOOD, the fried are HEAVENLY, the price is REASONABLE… although the three itchy backsides were a little shock with the price, but we all know, our stomach are full, so it’s okay when our pockets are empty… hahahaa… ah ya… seriously speaking, it’s all bcos of the tiffin punch! hahahaha…ultimate backside was the one who suggested to have it! hahahahaa… and we are FULLY SATISFY! every cent is well spent! (hahahahaa… it is my birthday treat, so my pocket didn’t really suffer! maybe that’s way i can be happily blogging this!) i highly recommend this place! :))

 

House, Barracks and Camp

8D Dempsey Road (64757787)

Lunch (Mon–Fri): 12pm – 3pm
Dinner (Mon–Sun): 6pm – 10.30pm
Tea (Mon–Fri): 3pm – 6pm
Tea (Sat–Sun): 4pm – 6pm
Brunch (Sat–Sun): 11am – 4pm

Long awaited Geylang birthday food trip!

Long time ago, my colleague Apple told me about this 126 dim sum… and i couldn’t stop thinking about it… and next she told me about this claypot rice that really gotten into me! i am thinking of claypot rice, claypot rice and still claypot rice… (if you know, i am going on a ‘strict’ diet!) hahahaha… so two weeks before my birthday, my colleagues told me that we are going for dinner TOGETHER, without much thinking… CLAYPOT RICE & DIM SUM!!!!

yayyyyyy!!!!! my wish came through and here we are at Geylang with all the GOOD FOOD everywhere! omg!!!! i couldn't wait to open my mouth and try all this SUPER HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOOD! :)

 

HE PING CAI GUAN

Let me warn you! you got to call and order this claypot rice before visiting the place, unless you are willing to wait 1-3 HOURS for the claypot rice as they cooked their claypot on charcoal! omg!!! i know you are imagining the taste and salivating now! hahahahahaha….

Ta da~ the legendary CLAY POT RICE! omg! the ingredient is super GAO GAO! hahahahahahahaa… once the person brings the claypot near us, we are all overwhelmed and EXCITED! (okay, just to clarify, it is ONLY ME who is SO excited… just in case my colleagues saw this sentence and kill me!) hahahahaa…

Another close up:

am i making you hungry???? hahahahhaa… omg! look at the egg yolk, lak chiong, chicken!!! woohoo~

They would take out all the ingredients and mixed the rice with the DARK SAUCE! i am not too sure whether is this the usual way of serving, or is it just that we have requested… anyway…. LOOK!!!! just the picture is enough to bring back the Good Old Savory!

other than the main actor, here are the CARE LEH FARE (so creative!)

Onion Egg

This egg is super crispy! I LIKE!

 

Sambal Potato Leaves

 

Can i say this is really NICE! i totally LOVE the sambal chilli they used!!!! HOT HOT HOT! As hot as me!!!!

 

Bean Curd

Soft tofu! Love their sauce!

Overall the claypot rice is GOOD. I think they can cook a little longer to have more GOU BA… if you know what i mean… the over cooked rice all around the pot! Personally i would love to mix the rice together with the ingredients, believe it would taste even better! the unique thing about this stall is the use of charcoal to cook their rice! sometimes, the most original and traditional way is still the BEST way when it comes to handling FOOD!

We spend about $90 to feed 10 person… ordered two claypot, two potato leaves, one tofu, one egg.

 

148 Sims Avenue (off Geylang Lorong 19)
T 6748 9495 / 6742 1377

 

Next, we walk a little distance to… 126 Dim Sum!

Finally i came! i heard so much, think so much, crave so much… and finally we meet on 08 July 2011! hahahahaha…

My colleagues HIGHLY recommend their barley and sugar cane! Indeed their barley is NICE! with winter melon, it gives a sweeter taste! They even provide a spoon for you to scoop up the barley and winter melon! YUMMY!

love their sugar cane! AWESOME! theirs is really refreshing! love it too! why do they to use those take away container ar? hahahahaha.. but i really love this idea! Easy to maintain, big and it MORE water!

 

Deep Fried Bananas

I wouldn’t say this is a must try, it is really just banana in a spring roll form… but it is rather special! :) Maybe i can suggest to have this in my menu! But banana hard to keep hor?

 

Deep Fried Yam

 

OMG! i love this deep fried yam!!! yam paste packed in bread and they fried the bread till golden brown… but these yam looks a bit too black for golden brown! hahahaha…. if you catch what i mean! Chao Tah!

 

Signature Tofu

eh…. i think rocher bean curd can add this to their fried tofu fries! They look totally alike, just that these goes really well with their mayo sauce!!!! mayo gou gou! after this plate of fried tofu, i feel so SINFUL! what’s for the 2kg that i lost? haizzz…. but thumbs up!

 

Otah

this otah is suppose to be very every nice, but i think i am too full! i surrender after having one more bite of this! i can only remember the very THICK and GOU otah and meat! :))

 

Char Siew Pau

NICE! i love their char siew pau! after the super full dinner at claypot rice, you must understand how nice it is for me to actually swallow this pau! small, soft and hot! yummy!

 

Chicken Feet

chicken feet are suppose to be my favorite, but this chicken feet so so only… i prefer those sweeter ones! these are a little too salty and not sweet enough… a bit disappointed …

 

FINALLY THE LEGENDARY KOU ROU PAU!!!!!

these are my FAVORITE !!!! i love them!!!! the skin are thin, the pork are gou gou, the taste is just nice! not too oily, and i feel like a saint after each bite! wooooo… really love these pauS! MUST TRY and THUMBS UP!

 

126 Sims Avenue
T 6746 4757

 

Finally a group picture without me! opps~ i totally forgot! hahahaha… a glance of these AWESOME peeps!

Thank you guys for being such a group of awesome colleagues! i must say i am SUPER touched by your act of love! thank you for going all the way from boon lay to geylang after work for a feast and accompanying me on this NON STOP EATING party! i really am deeply touched! Thank you for being there to tolerate all my nonsense and still love me the way you do! and the ‘brochure’ surprise, the lost sunflower (i am still feeling bad for losing it when ah di did it till 3am), the garden of rabbits, the durian cake, the watch and of course the FRIENDSHIP! :))

i am BLESSED to have the UNIVERSE BEST colleagues!!! TOTALLY LOVE YOU!!!!

Cheers,

Jessie

Bugis 美食走一走

Randomly, one of my colleague asked me if this saturday i am free and NICE enough to bring him around for yummy food! Anything for food, why not? Hahaha… of course i am SO NICE! on top of that, i feel really bad that i am not working hard enough to blog… hahaha… okay here we go!

 

First stop: New Reng Liang Ge Cantonese Roast Duck Double Soup

This humble stall is just right behind Illuma, opposite ‘I love Taimei’ at the red dot. It is along this alley just right in front of the Shi Ma Lu temple. Okay, i have really tried my best to give you the possible direction…

Hahaha… did you realize the symbol looks really similar to my jessie food trip symbol? So cool! i am a cool girl with a cool symbol that people are using it too! :))

 

The food is really cheap! One plate of char siew & sao rou rice is ONLY $2.50! CHEAP RIGHT! Their double boil soup are selling at $2 per bowl! Super shiok!!! With $5, you can enjoy a soup with a plate of yummy char siew and sao rou rice and receive a change of $0.50!!! Where do you still find such a good deal? PLUS! the food is YUMMILY DELICIOUS! hohoho… wha… look at the stall… see liao also salivate!

See the char siew!!!! FAT and YUMMY! i totally love the sauce that goes with the rice!!!! another picture okay? bear with me while you read this LONG post!

and the sao rou!!! WOW! i can’t describe to you, how NICE is it! hahaha… i told my friend not to finish the rice as we have a lot more food to go, but he said IT IS TOO NICE NOT TO FINISH! Do give this stall a try! Come early before lunch time, the crowd is horrigible! But the queue is cleared very fast! MUST TRY THE SOUP! their soup is really nice and cheap too!

 

Second Stop: Oven Marvel @ Sunshine Plaza – Chicken Pie

This humble chicken pie shop is located inside sunshine plaza… their chicken pie is really famous! erm… if you haven heard about it, don’t worry… i haven finish my sentence… it is really famous among the students of Nan Yang Arts School nearby…

Okay, a picture tells a thousand word… not only they sell chicken pie, they have different types of muffins and curry puff available… Their pies, puffs and muffins are freshly bake everyday! Eat Fresh! (sound familiar hor? it is subway’s tagline!) hahaha…

The legendary chicken pie! Each is sold at $3.00!~ WHA EXPENSIVE!!! But worth it!

Whooo la la… i love the fillings! Their chicken bits are big and juicy! Love the sauce that goes with it… but too much can get a little … how should i put it? i feels like having too much creamy pasta that kinda feeling… :) Overall yummy chicken pie! MUST TRY!

 

Third Stop: Thai Cafe – Aroy Dee @ Sunshine Plaza

okay i always heard about Aroy Dee and i have mistaken it with the shaw tower ah loy thai… now then i realize i have been so wrong and so mistaken! hahaha… anyway i mentioned previously that i would be doing a food review on this stall for comparison… remember? hahaha… see i remember my promise!

Tom Yum Seafood Soup @ $9

In comparison, their Tom Yum Soup is more spicy than sour… so if you prefer spicy ones, this is the better choice! Their ingredient is a lot more… i mean really MORE! but the price is also MORE lah! hahahaa…. This picture is really nice hor? For a new bird like me, who don’t really know how to use my camera to the fullest, i think it is a nice shoot! :)

Phad Thai

Their Phad Thai is TOTALLY DIFFERENT from the stall next door! Theirs is wet and with a lot of tomato sauce… If you don’t believe, scroll to the previous post and see the difference! I love this Phad Thai, wet and sweet, with the fresh bean sprout and peanuts, it is absolutely NICE! I

n future, if you are wondering which stall to visit, i would say, try both! Their style of cooking is really different and so is the taste… Personally, i prefer this stall bcos of the wet Phad Thai and it is to my liking… but for tom yum soup, i still think more sour is more original! :)

eh please, all comments are very subjective! It is not for reference and shouldn’t be taken objectively! just in case i got sue! hahahaha

 

Walking along Bugis Village, you must try this sweet potato! My fav!!!

This stall is just opposite the biggest fruit juice stall in bugis village… Anyway can i side track a bit? The fruit juice stall is CHEAP! Most of their juices are sold at $1! And they have a super special favor that i am tempting to try!!! DURIAN JUICE! EEEEEK! hahaha… back here! okay stop imaging the durian! i say back here!

i LOVE their sweet potato with the sour plum powder! if you ask me, i think theirs is even better than shi lin! They even sell fried golden straw mushroom!!!! love them to the max! DO TRY IT! :)) one more picture okay?

 

Fourth Stop: 31 Sungei Road Laksa

i really love their Laksa! Since i am young, my parents would bring me here for our family Laksa Cravings! basically, i only eat their Laksa and no other stall… You know, you only want the best and not spoil the taste… There is another stall under a HDB block nearby which should be the most original one, but i still like this!

In the past, they used to sell small one at $1.50, medium $2, large $2.50… but that is really the PAST! Now the small one is $2.50. Their Laksa comes with only a spoon and that has always been the way! This humble stall is located just in front of the thieves market (under a car park)… somewhere cross junction of Arab St and Sungei Road…

one last final picture to mark the end of the bugis food trip! :))

 

Anyway… if you know of any nice food near bugis, comment below! let’s explore together! eating out at bugis, you can walk along haji lane and discover the children little museum… their are also a lot of different shops that are really unique and  many many small bistro cafe! Of course, there are so much more to be discover at bugis, this is only the few that i like! I wanted to visit kampong bugis as i heard a lot about the cafes over there… but after the tiring walks, i totally forgot about it! Still, it is a fruitful day with my colleague! See ya guys! :))