Tuesday, April 03, 2012

Laksa @ 巴沙新加坡小品 Pasar Singaporean Flavour

A pricey menu, but quality is close enough to Katong.

Information wise, I prefer Katong’s menu as its more informative and lists out all the ingredients, so for Pasar, if you’re an experienced eater or know your Singaporean food, then you would roughly know what ingredients are in it, eg seafood Laksa, the basics are big prawns, fish cakes etc.

Anyway for the Laksa supreme, for $68 everything is the same as Katong, except the mung noodles are thinner in diameter, and the soup base is not so spicy and strong. So for those who want to try a good Laksa, which is not so spicy can come here. There is less chilli oil in the soup base too.

Laksa @ 蝦麵店 Prawn Noodle Shop

Basically after trying the prawn noodles, my next item to try here is the Laksa, not spicy at all, the soup is very strong in coconut flavour, but not as rich as the other places.

Noodle wise, I think only the "Mung" noodles can bring out the taste of the Prawn noodles and the laksa, because the ho fun and vermicelli itself over powers the soup here, since it isnt very strong.

Scrambled eggs and fried vietnamese sausage @ 越旺 pho' 26

I ordered the set which consists of instant noodles with beef, scrambled eggs and fried vietnamese sausage.

The noodles came first, and I started to eat the noodles before it got too soft, it was just right, and fully flavoured by its soup.
As a westerner, I found the metal chopsticks rather useless as the noodles kept slipping.

Anyway the soup base was very potently strong of herbs, basil leaves, onions etc, but you could also taste the beef broth too.

Then the side dish of scrambled eggs and vietnamese sausage came, the scrambled eggs tasted Ok, and this was my first time trying fried vietnamese sausage, which was ok taste wise.

I would really like to try their breakfast, the white mushrooms and instant noodles.

Black noodles discontinued @ 飴軒粉麵甜品

After taking a stash of menus from Landale street, this one attracted me the most to try due to its ancient chinese layout. The rest of the menus were just put together without thought.
When I started reading the menu, it made itself standout even more, as descriptive words were used on the food, and the items on the menu are not usually offered in other places.

Their speciality is desserts and noodles, and I was drawn to the high fibre black wheat noodles, and the buckwheat noodles. I wanted to try the black noodles the most, as this distinguishes it the most from other noodle shops, the range and variety.

On arrival, I ordered black noodles, but was told, it was discontinued, so I was very disappointed, so then I chose my second choice of buckwheat, but they hadn’t got it in stock either, so double disappointment. So I just ordered a Laksa, as the other noodles dishes would not be satisfying to me with the ordinary noodles.

The Laksa at $38 dollars had many toppings, lots of tofu, chicken, sliced fish balls, and sliced fish ball corners. The spicyness of it was hot hot hot, hotter than any of the other places I had tried so far.

Anyway I wanted to order the Taro pudding, but they only had mango today, so triple disappointment.
I think this shop has potential, but the lack of availability from the items on the menu makes this place not so special after all.

Ootoya bomb box

Ootoya bomb box: Japanese pearl rice topped with chopped okra, beans, tuna sashimi, grated Japanese nagaimo (mountain yam), raw egg and Natto (Fermented soy beans). All the ingredients have one thing in common, being slimey. The fermented soybeans, were sticky too, and stuck together with spiderweb like strings. But the whole thing tasted really good, the rice was nice and soft, and could be slurped with all the slimey ingredients.

Fried chicken in black vinegar sauce: Rice with fried chicken pieces in light coating, the sauce was tangy, and refreshing, and the vegetables accompanying the dish matched well, such as the lotus roots with a crisp taste.

Fried chicken with African sauce:
I wasn’t sure what to expect of this one, because its name isn’t very Japanese, but it tasted similar to the black vinegar sauce one, not as sour, and not spicy as stated.

Anyway everything tasted good, the only thing that could be improved would be supplying spoons, as this is a popular question arising from customers. Also those irritating flies could perhaps be exterminated!!

Chicken wraps @ KFC

Tried both flavours of the wraps, the chicken strip one, and the sausage one.

Chicken wrap fillings: piece of chicken, egg, mayonnaise, tomato, soft tortilla wrap.
Tasted OK
Sausage wrap fillings: sausage, egg, mayonnaise, shredded chicken floss
I didn’t really like this one, as the chicken floss tasted like pork floss, very sweet, which is weird with the egg and the rest of the ingredients.

Wasabi fish burger @ McDonalds

I tried the double decker wasabi fish burger, wasnt as nice as the one from Freshness burger, probably cos Mcdonald's fish tastes bland.

The lettuce pieces didnt really match the burger, same with the bun, because the original filet o fish is just fish, cheese, sauce and a soft bun.
It also made eating it very messy.

If u really wanna try, the single decker should be sufficient, as there is more cheese in proportion to the fish, giving it taste.
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