Kopitiam (Velocity)

Dont need to 烦(FAN), just listen to your heart & feel free to take your pick at the caiFAN stall! 😉
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Here’s what I picked out to add to my healthy brown rice! 💕
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🔹️Stir-fried eggplant 🍆: Stir-fried with sweet & dark sauce, i like how they absorb the flavours really well! ❤ & did I mention that it contains a high level of antioxidants! ✌🏻
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🔹️Stir-fried pumpkin: Known to be high in dietary fibre, Vitamin A & antioxidants, so I cant be more right than to have them on my plate (& in my stomach)! 💯
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🔹️Stir-fried spinach: my constant at cai png stalls! Simply love how these greens are soft with a little crunch, absorbing the savoury seasoning really well. 😋😋😋
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Just $4 for this plate of goodness!

Went vegetarian yesterday so it was time for some cai png again! 🍚🍚🍚 Despite the no-meat quest, the extensive range of dishes at the stall still leaves me in a dilemma! Here’s what I picked out to add to my healthy brown rice! 💕
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🔹️Stir-fried eggplant: I guess some people might not like eggplant/brinjal 🍆 due to its soft & slimy texture but I simply love it! Be it stir-fried with sweet & dark sauce (like this one here), or with sambal chilli & dried shrimps (like my mum does at home), I love them all! ❤❤❤ Cuz they absorb the flavours really well! & did I mention that THAT PURPLE denotes a high level of antioxidants! 😉
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🔹️Stir-fried pumpkin: pumpkins are known to be high in dietary fibre, Vitamin A as well as antioxidants, so I cant be more right than to have them on my plate (& in my stomach)! 💯 Not only does this heart-healthy nutrient-dense vegetable taste yummy, it keeps me really full as well so that means less snacking!✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻
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🔹️Stir-fried spinach: the lightest-tasting vege of them all! Well, at least that balances out the meal a bit! 👍🏻 As vegetables tend to absorb oils when cooked, this is my constant at cai png stalls as I can be assured that this dish will not be an oily affair. 😋😋😋
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Cheers to healthy eating! 💚💚💚

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Honestly, I wouldn’t mind eating Mixed Vege Rice everyday as you can very well mix & match all the different dishes that the chefs whip up (probably some rotation too!) It is also the best way to up my veggie intake for the day! 💚💚💚 The only cons - being spoilt for choice & stressed up when it is finally my turn to choose the dishes! 😅
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As I was going vegetarian, here is what I chose:
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🔹️Stir-fried kangkong: although my favourite version is still having it spicy (sambal belacan kangkong), this 清炒 version works for me as well. 😍😍😍 Just the fragrance of garlic, onions & simple seasoning is enough to bring out the natural sweetness of the vegetables! 👍🏻 Especially love the crunch!
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🔹️Stir-fried egg with onions: Friends who know me well will know that I’m not a fan of onions. However, omelette with onions seem to be something that is completely acceptable to me! 👌🏻 When cooked, these pungent onions become incredible sweet & impart this natural sweetness & its aroma to the eggs. A fragrant dish for sure! 😋
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🔹️Beancurd skin: More affectionately known as Tau Kee, I love these especially when eating porridge as they act as perfect sponges, absorbing all the essence of the gravy that they were braised in. 🤤🤤🤤 These were thankfully pretty soft & of a good chew, & glad that they went easy on sodium, so the amount of rice was just nice to accompany my dishes with. 👍🏻
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A simple yet yummy & filling meal! ❤

The Chinese delights and soup stall at this Kopitiam is one of the stalls open till late. When we arrived at 9.10pm, most of the stalls had already packed up. I guess it’s because the soups are kept in a steamer cabinet rather than a vat which is why they can stay open longer. The herbal chicken was pre-packed in foil and kept in the same steamer cabinet.

A half chicken is wrapped in the foil. The broth itself is pretty good - the herb flavours do come through nicely, but this is nicely balanced with sweetness from the wolfberries. The herbs were stewed so long that they were quite tasteless already, but they were tender and made for nice ingredients to munch on since there were no veggie options left. For the chicken itself, the meat from the drumstick and the wing was tender, but the rest of the meat was tough and frankly quite tasteless. I ended up using lots of dark soy sauce and chilli sauce in my meal.

I wouldn’t order this again. Even the rice felt pretty tasteless, and I usually like rice.

Generous portion of tender chicken meat inside.
Really satisfying with a bowl of fluffy rice.
Tasty green curry.

Soulfully tasty, (slightly) spicy tender pork in coconut milk, with fluffy rice.
($6.50)
From Fiesta Lechon. Service with a smile!