Sunday, August 18, 2013

Soup Restaurant @ Clementi Mall

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Located at Level 3 of Clementi Mall, was there for dinner on a weekend. Surprisingly, there was already a small queue formed even though it was just around 6pm.

Probably last ate at a Soup Restaurant a few years back. Like maybe more than five years ago?! Gosh, time flies. This time round, didn't order their signature chicken dish as we wanted to try other things.

our order chit
Chrysanthemum tea (@$2++) refillable

 Service was pretty fast, and our food arrived within 10 minutes after we ordered. Wow.

detox soup with tian qi (田七汤  @$7.90++)

Was disappointed with the soup as the tian qi taste was too weak.

stir fried san yu fish with spring onions and ginger (@$10.90++)

Thought the fish dish to be a little too bland for our liking.

black pepper venison
braised bee hoon with pork trotters (@$13.90++)


The venison dish was tender and flavourful. However, the black pepper taste here was pretty mild and the dish was pretty oily, in fact.

Liked the braised bee hoon with pork trotters very much. Flavourful, with the noodles absorbed most of the goodness from the sauce. Yums! Be careful with the smaller bones from the trotters though. The skin part was the best! There were just about 3 pieces of trotters with skin, and those are the good stuffs. Limited edition! Friend thought the dish was too salty though, but I think it'd appeal for to people who likes stronger flavours.

This meal costs about $58 for two pax.


Saturday, August 17, 2013

Xiang Mei Roasted Meat Chicken Rice @ Bukit Batok Central

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Was at Bukit Batok Central, and had to run some errands at Block 636. Then, came across this dingy looking foodcourt (think it was S11) and saw a queue for this stall selling roasted meat. Curiousity got to me, so I queued as well.

still queuing
Got to the front of the line some fifteen minutes later.

roasted duck and roasted pork rice (烧鸭加烧肉饭) @$5
closer view

Hmm, the roasted pork has crackly skin but the portion that I got was towards the sides so the meat was hard. Roasted duck was pretty good with tender meat. The chili was very garlicky but has no punch.

Best of the lot, was its soup. Flavourful with lots of peanuts and chicken feet.

soup, all gone

Saturday, August 10, 2013

Gurney Drive @ Causeway Point Woodlands

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Located at Level 5 of Causeway Point. Visited on a weekend to have a super late lunch.

seats
menu

Ordered the ampla drink (regular sized). Ampla fruit or better known as 'buah kedondong' or 'balonglong' is a small fibrous fruit with pit that's quite sour. One can eat it fresh with a sauce made of dark soy sauce, sugar and chili padi, or have it preserved. Yums.

Ampla (kedondong) drink regular (@$3.80++)

The drink was rather thin, so it was abit of a letdown. What's Penang food without lor bak? Since they have it here, we ordered a plate to try. $4.50++ can only buy us deep a few small pieces of fried beancurd and a meat springroll. Geez, seriously inflated pricing...

lor bak (@$4.50++)
meat roll

Next up, belachan chicken wings. These deep fried wings do taste like har cheong gai (prawn paste chicken). Served right off from the fryer, piping hot and juicy on its inside. Decent snack.

belachan chicken wings (@$4.90++)

For main courses, tried the lemon chicken, sweet and sour fish (add $1 for white rice), belachan fried rice and prawn noodles.

lemon chicken (@$6.20++)
belachan fried rice (@$8.90++)
sweet and sour fish (@$6.90++)
prawn noodles (@$6.90++)

The lemon chicken sauce was too sour, and the chicken too thin. Belachan fried rice has just a hint of belachan, and a nice flavourful dark soy sauce (kicap) chicken. However, the chicken was too tough. Sweet and sour fish has quite a thick coating of flour. Prawn noodles tasted good. It was served with bee hoon and yellow noodles. Soup was flavourful and likeable.

No serviettes available here. Just wet towel @20 cents each.

Expect to pay around $12+ per pax for a main course and a drink.


 
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