Best Eats In Serangoon, Kovan, Hougang
The ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ด๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฐ๐ผ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ($8.90), with its moist sponge and rich molten chocolate paired with a refreshing scoop of vanilla ice-cream, was heavenly. We felt the ๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐๐บ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ($7.90) needed improvement as the tart was too soft and the apples slightly sour.
The gargantuan ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ณ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฏ๐๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ ($14.90) was pretty decent, though we wished the cheese was melted to make it more mouth-watering.
The tangy sauce and succulent chicken made the ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ง๐ผ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ผ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ ($14.90) an excellent dish.
Among the mains, the ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ & ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธโ๐ป ($28.90) is ideal for carnivores. Featuring a juicy steak and a large slab of tender chicken doused in black pepper sauce, this was downright delicious.
Iโve been a fan of Rise & Grindโs brunch options, and now they have a new restaurant serving the whole gamut of appetisers, mains and desserts.
The ๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ ๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น ($29.90) is definitely not to be missed. Besides being a visual spectacle, its individual components were fantastic:
โช๏ธMozzarella Cheesesticks โญ๏ธ
โช๏ธChicken Spam Fries
โช๏ธOnion Rings
โช๏ธSweet Potato Fries
โช๏ธFried Broccoli โญ๏ธ
Had I known that each bowl came with a slice of ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ, I wouldnโt have ordered one portion ($4.90) to try. Texture and taste-wise they were like fish cakes and I thought they werenโt particularly noteworthy.
Still, @shiniansg is a great place for affordable Pig Trotter Rice and Iโd recommend trying it if you havenโt had this dish before.
I was also impressed with the ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ด ๐ง๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ($5.90), which the staff warned contained more bones than meat. Scraping the meat and tendon off the bones was surprisingly enjoyable. I felt like a lion on National Geographic.
We started with the ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ด ๐๐ฒ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ($5.90). The tender lean meat and the fatty skin, which wasnโt overly oily, provided great textural contrast, while the sour preserved vegetables were delightful. The sapid gravy elevated the flavours of every component in the bowl. An excellent dish!
Pig Trotter Rice is not a dish commonly seen in Singapore, so Shi Nian must be doing something right with its rapid expansion. I have no idea how many outlets they have, but I went to the one at Kovan 209 Market.
While the stalls at Kovan also sell curry chicken noodles, this stall instead offers laksa as well as some side dishes. I ordered the ๐ก๐ด๐ผ๐ต ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป๐ด ($3). Brilliantly deep fried, these tiny morsels were insanely crispy and we couldnโt stop popping them into our mouths.
Have you tried Hougang Bak Chor Mee before?
I spotted a stall in Hougang Hainanese Village selling โTeochew fishball meeโ, a style of bak chor mee (minced pork noodles) that also includes fishballs. Three stalls at Kovan 209 Market are also selling this exact iteration of bcm. Therefore Iโm calling this version โHougang Bak Chor Meeโ. (Copyrighted!)
Every component in this bowl of ๐ง๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต๐ฏ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฒ ($4.50) was well executed. The savoury sauce that the noodles were tossed in deserves special mention. This bowl of noodles was very similar to the stalls at Kovan and itโs hard to determine which is the best.
Finally the clean-tasting ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐ผ๐๐ฝ was revitalising.
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