1 for 1 lunch set at $22++
One of the worst ever chicken I have eaten ever. Period. Over fried causing it to be tough and dry, with an unappealing dark brown colour. It’s also very salty and unevenly so. The parts were so inconsistent, with some so puny in size! Even kids wouldn’t be full from it.The chilli water melon is gimmicky and the sauces are lackluster. Slow service as well.
Overall the worst meal I have in 2019.
Classic Southeast Asian (SG/MY/IND) dessert from a chain of hawker centre-based chendol stalls called Nyonya Chendol; this particular one pictured was from the Albert Centre hawker centre. Shaved ice, thick gooey gula melaka, azuki beans and don't forget the chendol. The chendol here feels fresh, natural and soft with a pleasant lingering aftertaste of pandan. $2 as pictured, or $1.50 without the beans. Will be back!
Creamy yet strong shot of caffeine for those kickback days. ($5.50)
Spatchcock chicken done flavourfully well. Good sized portion for sharing. Some parts like the breast meat are a tad drier but overall still a good dish with accompanying grilled corn.
Located at Teletech Park @ Science Park 2, this cafe mainly serves up rice bowls and other cafe friendly fare. Their chicken rice is a lighter rendition of the Singapore favourite.
Peach & Rose Sorbet ($4.70 per scoop) - another delicately flavoured treat for the tastebuds from Birds of Paradise. 🥰
Oriole is known for its coffee so this was a must-try. Not too milky with a well rounded body.
Formerly from Changi Airport T1 canteen, this stall at Amoy Food Centre serves many Malay cuisine such as mee rebus, mee soto etc. Recommend the mee siam here, the gravy gravitates towards the sweet and tangy, but do add the sambal chilli which elevates this dish to a new level. The begadil ($0.60) is really good too!
Price:$3
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Located at the basement of Ocean Financial Centre, this place serves various bowls where you can build your own or order the regular ones. The mentaiko salmon was pretty delish but the salmon were sliced really thin, made me wonder if they got a machine to do that. The onsen egg (add-on for $1.50) goes really well when mixed into the rice giving it its creamy texture. Rice wise was Japanese rice but again portion was small.
Price: $10.50
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Set up only a few weeks back, this nondescript stall in a coffee store at Toa Payoh Lorong 7 has garnered a pretty good following mainly from residents. Chef Neo, previously from Les Amis, and his wife mans the stall daily from 10 to 2pm. Go before lunch if you can to avoid the crowd. The hokkien mee is served in the wetter style where the noodles were simmered in a flavorful broth and it truly absorbed the goodness of it. The ingredients were pretty generous too, with 2 shrimps, some slices of sotong and pork belly for a $4 portion. It isn’t overly oily as well. The only downside is that the noodles lacked the wok hei, otherwise it’s really quite good
Price: $4/$5/$6
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Had one of the worst brown sugar boba ever at Hollin. The honey pearls were just hard and very chewy while the drink was wayyyyyy too sweet for a brown sugar boba, and the milk used suspect wasn’t fresh milk. Everything was wrong for a simple drink where the key is the ingredients.
Located within the Pek Kio Hawker Centre, this stall serves the Teochew style of kuey chup which comes with some thinly sliced duck meat, a quarter of egg, intestines, tau pok, and slices of pork belly. The rice noodles were silky and I like the herbal broth that comes with it. The tau pok was very well soaked with the broth which is a light savoury broth with subtle hint of herbs. Now on the downside, the pork belly was over cooked and very tough and the intestines were not well cleaned. At $3.50, it’s value for money but there are more misses than hits.
Price: $3.50
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