Wednesday 24 July 2013

Pasir Panjang Rd, My New Found Love...

We recently moved our office to Pasir Panjang Rd from Jalan Bukit Merah and I am so thrilled to be now working along Pasir Panjang where good food reigns strong.
There is famous hokkien mee and char kuay teow amongst other great food at the food centre nearby and plenty of small stalls selling nice food like prawn noodles and nasi bryani sprawled along this stretch of road. The food exploration seems endless for such a short road. :)
Today, I ate fried fish soup with dry instant noodles which I waited half an hour for. :(
Firstly, do not expect the fried fish to come in huge chunks as we'd usually get elsewhere but be prepared to find many little peices of fish about 3-5cm long covered in batter floating about in your soup.
Secondly, I liked the soup base which was super pleasing to my palette. It was slightly sweet and very taste worthy. Could have had seconds if it wasnt so filling.
However, I found the little peices of fish too small and not satisfying to bite on even though the soup complimented the batter very well. There seemed to be more flour than fish meat to chew on.
Thirdly, i enjoyed the dry instant noodles mixed with packet noodle seasoning and thought it was a pretty good idea to pair up with fish soup but it was not that fantastic. Instant noodles will be instant noodles if you know what I mean.
And lastly, the highlight of the entire dish i felt, was the sour chilli sauce which was not too spicy but tasted darn good with the fish bits.
All in all, it was a 3.5/5.
Not worth the half an hour wait for but still nice.
Located in Ban Heng Coffee Shop along Pasir Panjang Rd


Saturday 13 July 2013

Assam Laksa: George of Georgetown @ West Coast Plaza

Craving for Penang food but cant find the time to fly up? Get your fix at George of Georgetown.
They have over 40 dishes like Char Koay Teow, Hokkien Mee and Chendol to choose from.
We tried their assam laksa, nasi lemak, fruit rojak and prawn noodles. The only dish which stood out for me was their assam laksa.
Of all the assam laksas I have tried in Singapore, I find their assam laksa the tastiest amongst them all.
The level of sourness is perfect and is not too spicy. I could have had another bowl if I didnt have to finish the fruit rojak.
Good assam laksa I feel, should have the right balance of spiciness from chilli and sourness from tamarind as well as fragrance from prawn paste and fish and I think they managed to achieve that balance at George of Georgetown.

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WEST COAST PLAZA Level 2
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Sunday 7 July 2013

Singtel Hawker Heroes: Gordon Ramsay vs Team Singapore

Michelin vs Hawker

I am so glad that the Singapore food scene has evolved for the better over the past few years and we can now see more Michelin star chefs opening up restaurants here because a fusion of different higher end international cuisines and lower end local hawker foods could produce a beautiful union of results and bring Singapore food to a higher globalised culinary level altogether.

Hence, i am excited to find out what Gordon Ramsay will come up with and which of 3 hawkers, if any, would win tonight.

In case you don't know who the 3 hawkers are, they are:

Tian Tian Chicken Rice
328 Katong Laksa
Jumbo Seafood Chilli Crab (by chef, Ang Kiam Meng)

And in case you need a brief on who Gordon Ramsay is, he is a world renowned Michelin starred chef, TV personality and restauranteur. This guy could probably make celery taste divine.

Singtel Hawker Heroes Showdown is tonight at 630pm at Newton Food Centre. A livefeed of the showdown will be available from the below website between 7-730pm should you not want to head down.

http://info.singtel.com/brand/m?randkey=1373179624

I am all for Team Singapore!!! GO SINGAPORE!
Slurp!
Results will be shown at 9pm on Mio Tv Channel 1.

The results based on 2.5 million votes:
Singapore won 3:1
Gordon Ramsay lost to Tian Tian Chicken Rice and 328 Katong Laksa.
Kudos to Singapore hawker culture.