Friday 16 December 2016

724 Ang Mo Kio Food Centre Part 2: The Best Mee Soto & Mee Rebus in Singapore!

While we were recording our previous episode at this food center we noticed a long queue at the first stall. The name of this stall was really familiar for some reason. We later then realized that this joint was recommended to us for having the best Mee Soto and Mee rebus in Singapore.
It's been a long time since we've had some good Malay food and we decided to give it a shot. We got the Mee Soto and Mee Rebus each costing $3 each but the portions were rather generous. We started with the Mee soto first. The soup was truly worthy of being called the best. It had a strong chicken flavour it. The soup also had the aroma of different herbs and spices, especially fresh coriander. The chicken was juicy and succulent, giving a nice bite. Like all Malay dishes, it's best with some sambal. It enhances the tastes of the ingredients and that heat works well with the delicious soup. The noodle soaked up so much of the soup that we could barely taste the natural taste of it but we loved the sponge effect it had. The Mee Rebus on the other hand was equally as good. The gravy had a more savory touch to it as compared to other Mee Rebus. It also was rich in flavour while being light at the same time. Although the egg yolk was great as it added a another layer of creaminess to the gravy. There was only one egg so we had to savor it slowly!
Their menu also had other popular Malay dishes. We really wanted to try their Gado Gado but we were too full! Heard that was pretty good as well.

Yunos and Family has stolen our hearts with their two dishes already. We will be returning pretty soon!

Mee Soto

Price: SGD$3

Mee Rebus

Price: SGD$3

Address: Yunos and Family #01-01
724 Ang Mo Kio Ave 6, Singapore 560724

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724 Ang Mo Kio Food Centre Part 1: White Carrot Cake and Cheng Tng

Today we had White carrot cake!! The moment we saw that it was cooked so differently as compared to other carrot cakes, we knew it was going to be good! The sambal was pretty good as well. Despite using simple ingredients, the chef made the best out of it. It tasted fluffy and the eggs binded the radish cakes together. They had an interesting texture since they were cooked slowly in layers. They had a higher salt content but when the sambal came in, it turned into a perfect dish.
Since we that carrot cake was shared between two people, we needed something more and we got the Cheng Tng which is a chinese dessert. It's actually a pretty healthy dessert because it has a herbal brew and ingredients that have health benefits. I really loved the brew and the ingredients added alot of texture to it. It felt pretty fun to eat it. They were generous with the ingredients and each spoon was a different experience. You never know what you're going to bite into! I would recommend you to get a bowl of cheng tng for each person, cos you can finish it pretty fast. In the hot and humid weather of Singapore, Cheng tng would be the best dessert to have!

Carrot Cake

Cheng Tng (Chinese Dessert)

*Keep Calm and Eat Cheng Tng

Address: Carrot Cake #01-09
Cheng Tng #01-34
724 Ang Mo Kio Ave 6, Singapore 560724

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Beef Soup Noodles and Popiah in Toa Payoh Lorong 8 Food Centre

After a long and disappointing day, we finally managed to get some good food at Toa Payoh Lorong 8 Food Centre. We got the beef noodle soup and it was really delicious. The aroma was really strong and worked up our appetite. The dish was well balanced, the soup and beef didn't overpower each other. That made the entire dish enjoyable to eat. Their home made chilli was actually rather sour but it gave an entire new taste to everything. It felt like swapping between two dishes and that made me enjoy the beef noodle more as my tongue couldn't get accustomed to the original taste.
The bowl of noodles was big enough for one person but since we shared it, we were still hungry for more. We then decided to eat something else to fill us up and we got popiah. This wasn't planned at all but it was so good that we put it into this episode. The popiah skin was dry and unaffected by the stewed turnips. The was a perfect ratio of different ingredients and sauce. The chilli paste inside heightened the taste of everything and the spiciness in contrast to the sweet sauce was really awesome. What i really liked about it was the skin. It didn't turn soggy and it had a chewy texture. The light sweetness and how it absorbed the flavours as you chew on it. The skin then takes on a totally different form in your mouth. You got to eat this one to know exactly what i'm talking about.

Beef Soup Noodles

Popiah (Spring Roll)

Address: Joo Chiat Beef King: #01-09
Popiah Stall: Same row as Joo Chiat Beef King
210 Lorong 8 Toa Payoh, Toa Payoh Lorong 8 Market & Food Centre, Singapore 310210

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Authentic Melaka Peranakan Cuisine! @ The Peranakan

Authentic Peranakan cuisine is hard to get and to get really good ones? Even harder.
Worry not for we have a solution! It's called “The Peranakan”. Although there are many variations of Peranakan cuisine, the cusine here is the Melaka version of Peranakan food. We would like to thank Chef Raymond for inviting us to his spectacular restaurant.
Chef Raymond here has a 30 year experience in the food industry and he's a third generation Melaka Peranakan. We were more familiar with the Penang Peranakan cuisine so we let the chef choose the dishes for us. When the dishes arrived at our table, the colours and the thickness of the gravies made our mouth water. There were already clear signs that this was good stuff.

We started with the Ayam Buah Keluak. The gravy was predominantly nutty, with a slight bitter taste. The chicken was juicy and tender. With every bite, the gravy was sinking into the flesh and that brought out it's natural sweetness and we could really savour the taste of the chicken.
The keluak which is one of the main ingredients in this dish is actually poisonous and it has to go through a long process of preparation to make it edible.
The chef told us that usually the flesh of the nut is grainy, so they had to take it out, puree it and put it back inside again. Eating the keluak was one of the strangest things, it's bitter, creamy and had a very weird taste. It's really unique and I can't find any other food to compare it with but this unique flavour through the process of cooking has seeped into the gravy making it one of the most memorable dishes of Food Vibrations.

There was also Satay Babi Sum Chan, a Peranakan satay dish made out of pork belly. It's similar to the malay satay but it does not contain peanuts or skewers.
The gravy was sweet, nutty and had a bit of spiciness but the thing that made a whole world of difference was the rich pork flavour which was in that gravy. The pork belly was really tender and the pork fats melted into our mouths within seconds. Every bite we had to close our eyes to savour it. It was really that good. Although the pork was tender, the pork belly contained very thick amounts of fats, this is only possible if this was cooked slowly over low heat for a long period of time.

After two dishes with strong flavours, we underestimated the Nasi Ulam Istimewa and we were very very wrong. For some reason, it just looked really cute to us. It was small and seemed decorated with flower like herbs but after the first bite, it was anything but cute. It was a dense dish with seven herbs and minced fried fish. The rice was flavourful by itself, but the combination of herbs and the fragrance it produced made it much more appetising. The small portions of minced fish gave it that extra punch of salty fishiness which really held all the flavours together. The textures of the herbs was something hard to resist as well. It was fresh and crunchy, the minced fish had a bite to it as well. Together it felt really fun to eat, there was this element of play in it but it doesn't end there. We tried it with their sambal belachan and we were defeated by this dish. The sambal was potent and it enhanced every single flavour. It stimulated our appetite and we finished the dish way sooner than we expected, leaving us craving for more.

Lastly we had the Kuah Lada Ikan which is a stingray dish. The gravy had little or no traces of the stingray flavour but had a strong coconut taste with spices and hints of sourness. The gravy was really thick and together with the rice, it was good by it's own. The stingray on the other hand had it's flavours locked within until you bit into it. It was fresh and the stingray flavour blends into the gravy when you chew and that was just simply delicious. The flavours of this dish were much simpler as compared to the other dishes but it was great nonetheless. It felt very homely and we enjoyed it thoroughly.

Overall the food here was authentic and fresh, the portion were generous and most importantly, they were all delicious. The taste justifies the price and the only way we're going to get anything similar to what we had is to actually find a Peranakan granny to cook for us. We're definitely looking forward to out next visit to “The Peranakan”.

Address: The Peranakan, 442 Orchard Road, Orchard Hotel, Level 2, Claymore Connect, Singapore
Website: www.facebook.com/ThePeranakanSG/

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Cheapest Punjabi North Indian Food in Singapore!

We generally find that authentic North Indian food is always on the pricier side as compared to all the other food that is available in Singapore so we did some research and found a hidden gem that is not actually hidden. Located right opposite City Square Mall and behind Mustafa Center, lies a small coffeeshop. Despite having an endless flow of human traffic, it was always seen heavily patronised by Indian migrant workers and they seemed to be all eating from the same place “Kaka Da Dhaba”. A Punjabi stall in a coffeeshop that sells authentic Punjabi cuisine. Now this is not a very common sight and we're guessing that the two cooks in there are from India as well. By now, this place had all the hallmarks of a “Food Vibrations” must eat and so we did.
We ordered some naan, butter chicken, keema, and chicken tikka which were sold at a fraction of the cost of what's usually sold here. The keema and butter chicken came in really small plates but do not let it fool you. You will get you answers at the end of your meal.
The naan is soft and fluffy when it's fresh out of the oven but if you're an instagramer you might be facing a slightly tougher naan on the outside and on the edges. On the bright side, time does not affect the inner fluffiness but you might wanna get more naan later on.
The keema was really thick in consistency. The minced mutton and green peas melts right into that gravy as it enters your mouth. It was rich with the flavours of mutton and spices, and the fragrance is so strong that it lingers on your hands for hours.
The butter chicken on the other hand was sweet, creamy and salty. This gravy is much thicker than the keema and it coats and sticks to the naan bread well. The chicken is really tender and the flavours of the gravy has penetrated well.
I would highly suggest you to combine, both the keema and butter chicken on your naan. The explosion of flavours is something to die for.
Lastly we had the chicken tikka which was well marinated and cooked in the tandoor. They must have marinated it for really long because you could taste the strong spices as strong on the inside of the chicken as much as the outside. With each bite, you get hit by wave of salty chicken goodness, followed by a slowly creeping tingly spiciness on your tongue. Excellent with beer if you ask me!
Although initially the portion seemed really small, by the end of the meal it was really filling for us. We spent a total of $18.50 for two people and that is a steal when we got a really delicious, authentic and delicious meal. We're definitely coming back here for more next time!

Mutton Keema

Butter Chicken

Chicken Tikka

Total Price : SGD$18.50

Address: Kaka Da Dhaba, Big City Coffee House opposite City Square Mall

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Haig Road Food Center Part 2: Kentang Ball & Roti John

Since we were already at Haig road food center, we decided to explore the other food stalls that were there and one of those that stood out was the Kentang ball which literally means Potato ball. It's a very uncommon Malay dish. It comes in a bowl of lightly flavored soup with lots of onions and cucumbers. The Kentang ball sits in the middle like an island. It's made out of mash potatoes stuffed with minced beef and fried to keep it intact. The soup itself isn't spectacular, but when you break apart the ball, the potatoes just disintegrates into the soup and turns it into a stew. It's a very hearty breakfast since it has potatoes, meat, vegetables and soup. This is something you might want to try if you want something very different.

Kentang Ball Soup (Potato Ball Soup)

Roti John

Address: #01-15, Haig Road Market and Food Centre, 14 Haig Road, Singapore 430014
Opening hours :9pm to 9pm

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Wednesday 14 December 2016

Haig Road Food Center: Sarawak Laksa and Kolo Mee

This is definitely one of the top 10 things we have eaten in our lives. This Sarawak Laksa and Kolo mee stall is located at Haig Road Food Center which already has a wide variety of food choices. This is not your usual laksa. The first thing you notice is the brown murky gravy which is worlds apart from the curry laksa which is commonly available. Bee hoon noodles topped with prawns, shredded chicken and eggs drenched in that unfamiliar gravy. The gravy has a rich prawn taste and a creamy consistency. It also has a tinge of sourness. The lightness of the bee hoon noodles, kept the dish well balanced. The shredded chicken adds a nice texture and creates interesting bursts of flavour. Prawn and chicken, what a wonderful combination. I'd suggest you not to eat anything else after this because it's so good that it would outshines anything else you would eat. Ah! But there is an exception. The Sarawak Kolo Mee from the same stall. The appearance of this simple dish pales in comparison to the laska, but the taste was something else. The egg noodles, possibly had a higher content of eggs making the noodles really light and sweet in contrast to the sauce and seasoning which was spicy and salty. The lean char siew and the minced meat added a nice bite and variation but the noodles were addictive by it's own. You might be needing a second bowl for this one.

Sarawak Laksa

Kolo Mee

Website: www.facebook.com/LinyumeiSarawak/
Address: #01-33, Haig Road Market and Food Centre, 14 Haig Road, Singapore 430014
Opening hours :9pm to 9pm