#Noshtalgia is my mash-up of the words “nosh” which means “food” and “nostalgia”. I created it to refer to food I grew up eating. Like pork chop, a dish which I think many families have their own version of. My maternal grandma use to cook her hammered-flat, cream cracker crumbs-coated and fried pork with potatoes, cloves, star anise and cinnamon. It looked and tasted completely different from the one with tomato sauce most people are familiar with. Not quite sure how her recipe came about but I did enjoy it very much. T.H. on the other hand, is on a mission of sorts to find the best rendition of the pork chop with tomato sauce. The one at “Prince Coffee House” on Beach Road is not bad. Although I thought the sauce was rather one-dimensional, there’s French fries, tomato pieces and corn kernels tossed in with the crunchy slices of pork.
How many restaurants can you still find this kind of orange juice on their menu?
As someone cautious about tomato, this classic can be hit-and-miss for me. The version here is just nice, one that bothers to serve fries that are crispy.
This dish is pretty much always good. Maybe because it takes a pro to dare attempt it. And the gravy here was heavenly.
Walking along Beach Road looking for dinner and decided to drop by this old school coffee shop next to Haji Lane. Beef Hor Fun was one of their signature item here. The beef was juicy and overall taste great. The uncle was so kind that he gave me small Gui Ling Gao dessert for free. $7
Even then, this one was breaded right, fried well, the tomato sauce was a balance of sweet and savoury and most important...the chips were crisp and taut! Most Hainanese eateries don't care anymore these days...they do 😍🙌
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