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This restaurant is located at Tampine One Shopping Mall basement one. My nephew Sherman and I wanted to have some non-Singapore food for a change. We were greeted courteously by the female service staff upon arrival. We ordered 2 main dishes – shredded pork with fried egg rice and cheese baked assorted mushrooms, plus iced milk tea.
The shredded pork with fried egg rice was a wonderful dish. The rice was well-cooked and aromatic. The shredded pork was crispy and delicious, with the right sweetness. When the rice was eaten with the fried egg, chinese mushrooms and corn...hmmm...yummy!
The cheese baked assorted mushrooms was under the "Cheese Baked Fresh Vege" series, which included assorted mushrooms, cheese and white sauce. The nicely-cooked mushrooms tasted okay, but there was too little cheese (I ordered double cheese) and overall too watery. A unique dish but it just did not appeal to me.
I simply love the Hong Kong-style iced milk tea. Concentrated and milky, just right in sweetness. It is the best I have drank so far in Singapore.
• Food & Beverage 7.5/10 • Ambience 7.5/10 • Service 7/10
Ban Chuan Cooked Food 万全熟食摊 stall is located at Blk 724 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 6 (Central) Hawker Centre #01-19. It is popular for its braised duck rice, braised duck noodles and kway chap. I ordered a plate of braised duck rice (with an extra bowl of rice), with stewed eggs and braised pig's skin. The order came with braised peanuts and a bowl of duck herbal soup.
The brown rice (cooked with yam and dried shrimps) was well-cooked and added with the thick flavourful gravy. The braised duck meat was boneless and quite tender. It was delicious when eaten with the brown rice with gravy. The stewed eggs, braised pig's skin and duck herbal soup were good too. The chilli sauce was okay and had an interesting mixture of thin tart sauce and thick chilli paste.
• Food & Beverage 7/10 • Ambience - • Service 5.5/10
This stall is located at the Rong Liang Ge 荣亮阁 kopitiam (Blk 269B Queen's Street, opposite Iluma Shopping Mall). It is popular for its charsiew, roasted pork, roasted duck and double-boiled soup.
I ordered the charsiew with roasted pork rice, at only $2.50. Cheap! Dark brown and black sauces were added to the charsiew and roasted pork. The combination was flavourful and not too sweet. The charsiew was tender and the roasted pork skin was crispy. The sweet sambal chilli made the food more delicious.
Not the best in town, but perhaps one of the cheapest around.
• Food & Beverage 7/10 • Ambience - • Service 5.5/10
Old Swee Kee 老瑞记 is located at the beginning of Seah Street, opposite Raffles Hotel. I was quite surprised to see a beef noodles stall inside, since Old Swee Kee is famous for its hainanese chicken rice. I saw some old wall posters of the old blanco court beef noodles stall. I wonder if there is any connection.
Anyhow, I ordered a bowl of dry beef noodles. There were sliced salted vegetables and grounded peanuts toppings. The noodles were well cooked and not too soggy. The gravy was not too thick and salty. With the aroma of sesame oil, the noodles and gravy mixture was tasty. The beef slices were tender and when dipped with the sambal belacan chilli plus cencalok (fermented tiny shrimp sauce)....so delicious! The soup was good too.
• Food & Beverage 7.5/10 • Ambience 6.5/10 • Service 6.5/10
This stall at Plaza Singapura Kopitiam (level 5, stall 10) always has a long queue. I can understand why. The food is good and value for money. I ordered the grilled chicken set meal (ayam panggang) at $4.80, which comprised of plain rice (with added curry gravy), grilled chicken with black sweet sauce, fried egg and soup. I added extra stir-fried vegetables (cabbage and carrots) at 80 cents.
The chicken thigh with skin was really delicious, tender and juicy. The black sweet sauce was flavourful and went well with the chicken. The fried egg, vegetables and rice were eaten with the superb sambal chilli (with ikan bilis)....really yummy. Highly recommended.
• Food & Beverage 7.5/10 • Ambience - • Service 5.5/10
