Ocean economic rice:
When I was having dinner with my friends at the Toa Payoh branch of Mellben Seafood some weeks ago, I noticed a long queue in front of this economic rice stall named Ocean Curry Fishhead. Curious to find out what is so special about this economic rice, I returned on another day to try it for myself.
Tan Soon Mui Soya Beancurd:
I ordered a plate of rice with curry vegetables, curry chicken and fried omelette which costs $3.30. Richly scented with a distinctive lemon grass fragrance, the curry gravy is spicy and savory. I was most impressed with the fried omelette which came with fresh shrimps.
Yet to try its other signature dishes such as curry fishhead, sambal prawn, mutton rendang, sambal cockles, oyster sotong etc, I would certainly bring my family down to Ocean Curry Fishhead for dinner soon.
At only 50 cents a bowl, Tan Soon Mui soya beancurd at Serangoon Gardens Food Centre must be the cheapest in Singapore. Unless you can still find those soya beancurd in some primary school canteens, which if I remembered correctly, used to cost only 20 cents.
Served in a porcelain bowl, the soya beancurd is soft and smooth with a traditional flavour.
Although
it says offer on its signboard, I have not seen a price increase, at
least for the past 2 years. If you patronise Serangoon Garden Food
Centre for dinner, do complete your meal with a bowl of sweet soya
beancurd from Tan Soon Mui.
Ishi Mura House Special Ramen
This Japanese-themed foodcourt on
the level 3 extension of Northpoint Shopping Centre looks more like a
restaurant on the outside. Which is why even though I have been working
in Yishun, I never knew that Ishi Mura is a foodcourt until recently.
An
interesting concept of food stalls with an impressive variety of
delicious Japanese food ranging from ramen to baked rice and omelette
rice, pizza and pasta, okonomiyaki, bento and burger, sushi and sashimi
etc, I decided to have the house special ramen after much hesitation.
Reasonably priced at $6.90, the house special ramen comes with a prawn, two scallops, a piece of char siew (braised meat) and half a braised egg. Filled with delightful seafood essence and a slight milky tinge, the special soup is sweet and flavorful and goes very well with the springy ramen. The authentic homemade chilli paste is remarkably spicy and savory. The fresh scallops and prawn are also juicy and tasty.
Blanco Prawn Noodle House:
When I passed by Jalan Kayu last weekend, I was delighted to see a new addition to its stretch of delicious eating places - Blanco Prawn Noodle House.
I ordered the $5 bowl of pork rib
prawn mee which comes with 4 pieces of pork ribs and 3 pieces of halved
prawns. What immediately impressed me was how the thick and
mouthwatering soup, which was concentrated with the flavours of prawn
and pork rib, complemented the noodles so well. The halved prawns are
sweet and the pork ribs are fleshy and tasty.
Though similar in
names, I do not know if Blanco Prawn Noodle House is related to the
famous Blanco Court Prawn Noodle at Beach Road. Nevertheless its pork
rib prawn mee is certainly fantastic enough to keep me coming back to
Jalan Kayu for more.
Leung Sang Egg Tart
Located in the heart of Chinatown, the delicious egg tarts from Leung Sang Hong Kong Pastries go for only $0.70 instead of the usual $0.90 after 6pm. Compared with the pricey $1.30 egg tarts from the famous Tong Heng Confectionery across the road, one may think that the Leung Sang egg tarts are inferior in quality but I beg to differ. After trying the egg tarts from both Leung Sang and Tong Heng on several occasions, I still feel that Leung Sang's egg tarts taste much better.
