Who says healthy food cannot taste good?
You don't have to give up your taste buds to eat healthily with this blue cod fish soup by Qing Feng Yuan at our Tiong Bahru FC.
The fish meat tends to be flaky due to the thickness it is sliced into but the meat is creamy and tasty. The Teochew-style soup looks plain but it is far from bland. A great comfort food that's easy on the tummy in this cold weather.
Qing Feng Yuan 慶楓源
#02-49 Tiong Bahru Food Centre
30 Seng Poh Rd S(168898)
Open daily, 8.30am – 6.30pm
I seldom write negative reviews. If I do not enjoy my food, I would rather not post anything about it. I cook too and understand that taste is subjective but this was quite unusual. It was not about taste preference but the use of spoiled ingredients, undercooking and not getting the basic right. There were few hits and many misses. Some basic quality checks, knowledge and skill was clearly absent from the restaurant kitchen.
Cooking rice in bamboo pole is not uncommon in South-East Asia and amongst certain minority ethnic groups in China Yunnan Province. In most places, sticky or glutinous rice is used just like the popular Malay festive lemang that uses glutinous rice and coconut milk.
Lately, we heard about this new stall in Chinatown market selling Nasi Rendang cooked in bamboo and decided to check it out. We pre-ordered the Bamboo Nasi Rendang few days in advance as advised by the owner. True enough, the “Sold Out” sign was up even before the stall started operation when we arrived. Here, lemak basmati rice instead of glutinous rice is used. In fact, it is the same rice that they serve in their nasi lemak dishes. The rice, together with their signature rendang meat (chicken, beef, lamb shank and prawn), is wrapped in aromatic leaf called daun lerek and steamed in bamboo poles for 3 hours.
The rendang meat is tender and has a good depth and complexity of flavour. Each plate of the bamboo nas
@ashinthekitch alerted me to this new Bak Chor Mee (BCM) stall that started operation near our neighbourhood less than two weeks ago.
Although I love my Dum Biryani and Chicken Tikka, I really do not know much about Indian cuisine especially Indian vegetarian cuisine. But I definitely enjoy the way Indians bring out deep flavours in their food with a wide variety of spices that truly excite my taste bud.
So when my Indian colleagues suggested to meet up for lunch at Mavalli Tiffin Rooms (MTR) Singapore, I immediately said YES! Originally from Bangalore, MTR is widely recognised as the top South-Indian Vegetarian restaurant in Singapore and one of the best outside India.
I let my Indian colleagues do all the ordering and explanation while I get my camera and stomach ready for an Indian vegetarian feast.
First up is Rice Idly which is freshly steamed rice cake served with ghee, green coconut chutney and sambar (lentil and vegetable stew). The rice cakes are soft and fluffy like warm pillows. Pour the ghee, chutney and sambar over and mix everything together for a delicious mess!
Their signature
This is @makoeats' current favourite "roasted" chicken rice which is served by a super friendly and hardworking single mother.
I have lots of respect for the many immigrants who left their homelands and journeyed to this part of the world. Like our forefathers, they have shown hunger and drive to seek a better life in this new land. They work hard in search of new opportunities and many have turned to hawking in many of our food centres.
While most of them have introduced interesting dishes originated from their countries of origin, others have picked up skills to cook and mastered familiar local dishes that even we Singaporeans are proud of.
This relatively new Lor Mee stall at Beach Road food center is helmed by a Vietnamese lady who had never heard or tasted this popular gooey noodle until she came to Singapore years ago.
The Lor (gravy) gives off a balanced five-spice aroma. Combined with the minced garlic, black vinegar and chilli, it smothers the yellow flat noodle with multiple layers of flavours and shiokness. In addition to the usual ingredients like eggs, braised pork and Ngoh Hiang,
One of my favourite stalls here at Tiong Bahru Food Centre!
Smokey claypot rice with tender chicken chunks, Chinese sausages and salted fish at a very affordable price.
Do you have craving for delicious Burgundy Escargot in garlic butter sauce or a succulent Côte de Boeuf steak?