tamago.sg: 2006-11-19

EDMW outing to Geylang and Mind Cafe

New SMRT In-train Dynamic Route Map

House of Chicken Rice @ Tg Pagar Plaza

House of Chicken Rice
Address: Blk 1 #02-07 Tanjong Pagar Plaza.
Opening hours: 10.30am to 4pm daily.
Price: From $2.50 per plate.

This chicken rice stall, which had been recommended to me by friends staying in the area, is tucked away in a corner, on the second floor of Tanjong Pagar Plaza. It is not visible from the main street, and it took me quite a while to locate it.

It is unbelievable to see a food shop opening at such close proximity to the hawker centre just a bridge away as people will quite easily give it a miss, but this shop has managed to hold its own and through word of mouth, long queues and packed tables are now a common sight during lunch hours.

I ordered my favourite chicken hind, which is tender but comes at the normal price of $2.50.

The steamed chicken meat that was served was slippery and very tasty. Good stuff. The rice was also fragrant and the soup for the day is salted preserved vegetables.

It was indeed a good meal, and justifies the popularity of this new kid on the block.

卤猪脚 @ Tg Pagar Plaza FC

Lau Pa Sat Pig's Organ Soup and Kway Chap
Address: Blk 6 Tanjong Pagar Plaza, #02-30 Tanjong Pagar Plaza Food Centre.
Opening hours: 10am to 6pm daily.
Price: $4 for braised pig's trotters, $0.30 per bowl of rice.

This stall serves pretty good braised pig's trotters, and for those who don't mind being sinful for a while, they give you more servings of fatty meat than other places.

And I could easily down two bowls of rice with the braised soya sauce, which can last me one whole day.

For those who love mushrooms, sorry, they don't have that.

50-cent Old Chang Kee curry puffs

Can't get enough of Old Chang Kee's hot curry puffs? Now you have more reason to, as they are being offered at an incredible price of 50 cents per piece (maximum of 5 pieces) only for today!

Wanton Mee @ AMK Central FC

Hong Chang Cooked Food
Address: Blk 724 #01-50 Market and Food Centre, Ang Mo Kio Ave 6.
Opening hours: 7am to 3pm daily.
Price: $2 to $3 per plate.

Their noodles are more crispy and chewy here, and expect to wait a while especially during peak hours.

Pizza Hut's 2 For $19.90 value deal

In response to McDelivery's 'Ring 'n win promotion which offers $10,000 per week for this holiday season, Pizza Hut is hitting back with a delivery-and-takeaway-only 2 For $19.90 meal.

Choose your 2 favourite regular pan pizzas from the 8 tasty varieties and get to save with Pizza hut's 2 For $19.90 value deal.

1. Aloha Lover's
2. Chic & Shroom Lover's
3. Meat Lover's
4. Hawaiian Lover's
5. Veggie Lover's
6. Deluxe Cheese Lover's (New)
7. Pepperoni Lover's
8. Curry Chicken Lover's

You can add $6 per pizza to upsize it to a large pan pizza. A pet bottle of Pepsi is also available at $1.95 for every 2 For $19.90 deal purchase.

Valid till 10 December 2006 or while stocks last. Dial 62353535 to order.

家香砂劳越古晋kolo面

家香砂劳越古晋kolo面 @ Vivo City
Address: 1 Harbourfront Walk, #B2-38 Vivo City.
Tel: 6272 0000
Opening hours: 11am to 10pm daily.
Price: $5.90 for kolo mee, add $3 for abalone. Fish soup at $7.90, add $2 for abalone. Extra wantons at $5.90 or $7.90.

I was heading to Vivocity with no particular lunch in mind, but surfing EDMW on the way there gave me the perfect idea for my next foodie mission at 家香砂劳越古晋kolo面.

Kolo mee is a very famous dish in Kuching, and is what bak chor mee is to Singaporeans. Minced meat is served generously here, along with slices of char siew, with two wantons and 3 prawns in a soup.

But this is not your ordinary bak chor mee! While that is served with a base sauce of braised mushrooms, kolo mee comes dry at the bottom.

The noodles itself were not dry, however, but full of taste. In fact, the may get salty at times, but at least there were no bland spots. More importantly, there is no aftertaste at all, unlike most hawker food which uses MSG.

The minced meat is chewy, the vegetable tastes great, and the char siew is unlike the big, dry meat slices you often get elsewhere.

The soup is also just nice, not too bland nor salty, with slippery wanton skins. I would have wished for more meat packed in there though.

It certainly leaves me craving for more, and I will want to visit it again with my friends soon.

Other outlets at:
271 New Bridge Rd (HQ)
193 New Bridge Rd
111 Killiney Rd
924 Upper Thomson Rd (near Springleaf Estate)
5 Cheong Chin Nam Rd (near Bt Timah Shop Ctr)