Stinging Stingray!!!!

XNQ : Gracie recommends one of our favourite foods - the sumptuous, mysterious STING Ray! The fish meat is barbequed or grilled with chilli paste (sambal). Then to add more oomph to it, sprinkle lime and eat with onion, vinegar and more chilli dip!! mmmmmmmm

1) HOLLAND Village coffee shop!!!

beats everyone hands down, their stingray is really dammmmn SHIOK! its always always grilled to perfection. the secret is also in their chilli paste, which they grill with the fish! plus while u eat stingray, u can order malay bbq chicky wings. fwah!!!

2) Bugis food centre (next to Allson Hotel)

this is for those who like it hot! his chilli paste is dammmn power! thats what i call a pwoer stingray! plus, his portions r generous. he gives u the best cut when he can, and grilled till the fish got a little burnt edges. fwahhhh! XNQ ; I wana go!!

3) Newton circus

Not bad... its the stall with the big beehive hairstyle auntie. thats the best stall if u ask me. their chilli paste however, is mellowed down to suit ang mors, but the fish is still grilllllled till perfect. yummm. plus, u can also order a plate of hokkien meee from the famous Thye Soon. they are also in wisma food culture and esplanade makan sutra place.

XNQ : I know beehive auntie too! Cept that I call her dinosaur hair. Hmmm, the more I think about her, she's starting to resemble marge simpson. And I guess we both have to agree that that sting ray at lau pa sat last saturday cannot make it.

Lower Your Expectations

In the last 3 months, I visited 3 diffent Thai Magic Wok outlets - Pasir Ris, Novena and Capitol Building. 2 left me with lasting impressions.

I like the food this place serves. Reasonably priced too. But for this kind of service, I'd rather go to a coffeeshop because I won't have any expectations there. And without expectations, I won't be easily let down or have to feel frustrated and uncomfortable.

But I suppose the next time I do end up going there (I foresee I won't be the one planning that trip), I will have to go with very low service expectations. This place is not a coffeeshop, - but the way they do things here is very coffeeshop like.

And I have met some hawkers and coffeeshop staff more communicative and pleasant.

Pasir Ris, White Sands

After our main courses were over, we decided to order a mango pudding for dessert.

A table separated ours from the waitress, who was leaning against a counter. I raised my hand to get her attention and expected her to come over and take my order - like most well-behaved waitstaff do.

Instead, she continues leaning against the counter and chins up in a "wassup manner". I tell her 1 mango pudding. Then she nods and yells to a colleague to get it.

It struck me after that I should have yelled 'CAN I HAVE ONE MANGO PUDDING PLEASE?" for the whole restaurant to hear, cause she was giving me the perfect opening to do that. I was put off because I thought that was really rude. She was too lazy to walk over and take my order when she was doing nothing really.

Capitol Square

My sister and I went there on a Sunday afternoon to use up a free lunch voucher. It was quite empty, with just 3-4 tables occupied. A young waitress took my order.

And this, only after she handed the menu over to a couple that came in after us - probably because they were seated closer to where she was standing. My sis and I had been seated for 5 minutes before that, in that near empty restaurant, waiting for someone to bring us a menu. And she only brought us the menu after we raised our hands and gestured and mouthed the words "menu" to her.

She sullenly looks at me while I am ridiculously ordering away with my warmest and most pleasant voice. I am doing this to see her reaction. Some people naturally have a "pissed off expression" and I do this to see how they respond to me to get a better gauge of the situation. And I am generally very respectful to waitstaff.

When I asked for extra chilli padi and sambal, she gave me that unflinching look that sent chills down my spine.

NO acknowledgement whatsoever.
no nod.
no smile.
no ok.
no "mmm".
nothing.

She just maintained eye contact while I talked and turned around when I was done.

I soon came to realise that this was just the way they do things over at Magic Wok, Capitol Square. Another girl served me food and she was the same, except that the only expression I saw on her face was a frown. But still wordless nods and sullen faces.

So Sweet I Could Die

The next time someone tells me Indian desserts are SOOOOOOO sweet, I'm going to tell them to take a hike down to ...Spaggedies.

And order their brownie, with ice cream, and chocolate fudge (wah lau!). Had a set lunch where my drink was Iced lemon tea - And it was the soft drink type, not dilute whatsoever.

I felt like I was just going to collapse from a sugar overload while getting through my brownie. But if you give me ice cream and brownie, can I resist??? At the end of it all, I took a sip from my ice lemon tea - and couldn't taste it.

Anyways, I feedbacked to the waitress that the dessert was just, ridiculously sweet lah. You put 3 equally sweet things together - doesn't make sense. She said she'd channel my remarks up somewhere. Hopefully something is done.

In case you think I have a low sugar tolerance, I don't. I always take my drinks with 2 teaspoons / satchets of sugar - which is more than most people I know. And I can handle Indian desserts. So if I say it's too sweet, it is.

Things I Usually Crave For

Am usually afflicted with these powerful pangs of desire. Grabs me anytime, anywhere - while working, while dozing off to sleep, while running...while studying, bathing - you get the idea. I wonder what sort of a monster I would turn into if I ever become pregnant.

- Big Bird Chicken Rice with a lot, a lot, a lot of chilli!!!!!!!
- Wicked South Indian food - tahu sambal, with spicy, pepper chicken, chicken curry, fried potatoes
- Oriental Crispy Chicken Salad with Thai Sauce and Honey Mustard, Spageddies
- AMK Ave 10 Fried Hokkien Mee with extra lime and chilli
- Grandmother's Firni (Indian dessert made from custard and carrots and nuts)
- Mummy's ladies fingers sabzi
- Nano's shahi paneer
- Power mee goreng - increasingly, I find this so difficult to find :-(( I remember mee goreng tasting so much better when I was younger. Nowadays, there are all bland. Anyone know a good stall?
- Vegetarian Bee Hoon From Maxwell Market soaked in curry sauce and potatoes on the side
- Spizza
- Nachos from Cafe Iguana

Top 3 Places in Singapore For That Perfect Egg And Kaya Toast

Here's a contribution from Gracie - whose obsession with half-boiled eggs never fails to amuse me!! And puzzle, hehe!

1) Opposite Novena Church - there's a row of shops and one of them specialises in eggs and coffee and kaya toast. It was love at first bite. I have never seen egg an egg yolk's skin so firm, yet the white was half-boiled to perfection. And the egg yolk was biggg! A dream come true and an utter delight to slurp down!

2) Ya kun kaya toast (only the original branch at china square) - The others can't match up.

3) Ah Mei kaya toast (railway mail) - 24 HOURS! check out their prata also.. power!

Places NOT to go unless really desperate:

1) Killiney - They kill the eggs. Their coffee take forever and their toast.. i can make better.

2) Wisma Atria's big toast (4th floor, where food culture is) - their eggs don't seem cooked to me.

lovelies, grace

Thanks Grace!

Coffee Connection

Meet my new espresso maker, and coffee grinder.

Bought it from Tangs (Great Singapore Sale now on, hurryy!!!) after looking around a bit, and with enormous help from an excellent sales staff.

I wanted an espresso maker that would let me grind beans and froth milk together all at once - and there was only 1 I saw, that would have set me back by a $1000 bucks.

The sales staff recommended me Morphy Richards espresso maker (only 99 bucks, you guys!!) - and Braun's Coffee Grinder (38 bucks) and I was practically hopping around the store like a happy bunny.

The coffee grinder has measurement marks so you know up to where to put the beans to make 2 cups or more. Then, I headed down to buy coffee beans from Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf ($11.90).

Including the beans, I paid less than $150 for many great tasting cups of office-made Cappucinos, Lattes and Mochas.

Why am I so happy???

Because everything I saw before was more than $200 dollars. This was REALLY a good deal. Especially since I'm buying it for my own use in the office.

See, I'm going to be based in Choa Chu Kang where I will be surrounded by pig farms, and cemeteries and not prata shops where i can head out to in the middle of a work day for my kopi or teh tarik.

And my tastes have changed. I no longer enjoy Nescafe or other instant coffee brands. I like them pure. And real. And no more condensed milk in my tea or coffee anymore.

It's been like that for some time now. But the espresso machine is such a hit at home that I may have to reconsider placing it here.

By the way, there are cheaper alternatives :

You can get a normal coffee filter pot for $58, and buy a milk frother on it's own for $13. Get powder so you won't need to buy a bean grinder.

If it finally moves to my office, I am going to be so popular and sought after........and I do share my things :-)

Gorgeous Pics of Le P'tit Breton

Thanks Yazer, for letting me post these up. They are sooooo pretty. Can't wait to see the rest when your magazine is up!

Check out pictures of Le P'tit Breton from a professional photographer, courtesy of.........

Singapore's Little Brittany

Picture courtesy of

If you've been to Brittany before

And crave her food from Singapore

Then read about this creperie

That'll douse some of that misery

Le P'tit Breton, 200 Upper Thomson Road, #01-11A Thomson Imperial Court

Tel: 62594300

Thursday night, some quasi-members of a food-enthusiasts club of sorts headed down to Upper Thomson Rd to taste la Bretagne (Brittany). It's a region in the north-western part of France. In the picture above, you can see pictures of gorgeous Brittany hanging on the homey, orange walls of the crêperie.

Breton cuisine is traditionally crêpes (pancakes) - either savoury (when made with buckwheat flour) or sweet (usually for desserts), washed down with a bottle of apple cider.

Depending on the sort of crêpes you eat, you can choose to have a light / heavy meal. We tried a variety of different flavoured crêpes - because there were so many types to choose from! And numerous bottles of apple cider! Mais...c'est la Bretagne, n'est ce pas??

a) chicken sausage and eggs

b) smoked salmon and cheese (guy not included as a side dish)

c) bacon and eggs

d) goat cheese and apples

e) apple caramel and chocolate

f) banana caramel and rum

g) simple crêpe made with butter and eggs and lightly sprinkled with sugar
(you can definitely have more than 3 of these over and above your meal as we witnessed and heard about!)

h) crêpe suzette - orange juice, lemon juice and Grand Manier liquor (zesty and citric!)

I know many vegetarians. This is a place you could go to and find something to eat - aside from what we had above, there are other cheesy crêpes as well as with tomato toppings. Plus, their selection of dessert crêpes is amazing so you can even head down there just for some sweet crêpes and cider.

Cider, like beer and wine is vegetarian - so drink away! Else, opt for the coffees on the menus.Another thing I appreciate about this place is that it tries to stay as authentic a crêperie as possible. According to the lady boss, the menu is typical of what you would find in Brittany if you went there.

I wrote a more formal article for a friend who is coming up with his online magazine really soon - check it out!

Cider, Crepes and Conversation

Read about Breton cuisine (from About.com)

http://frenchfood.about.com/od/bretagne/a/brittanyproduct.htm

New York Times

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=travel&res=9B0DE2D91531F931A3575BC0A961948260

Simply Spizza

Frankly, once you've had it, pizza will always be Spizza.



Thin crusted, generously sprinkled ingredients over a soft bed of much cheese AND 26 different flavours to choose from make Spizza my favourite pizza in Singapore.



Unfortunately, they don't do home delivery :-((. But there are many outlets all over the place! Spizza has it's own rewards card - buy 10 spizzas and get the 11th regular sized - FREE! I am 3 spizzas away from my free one!



Tip : I don't know if it's a bad Singaporean habit, but I like to sprinkle chilli padi all over my Spizza, roll it up (yes, it's that thin) and have it like a pizza roll. Somehow, chilli padi in olive oil is just not so hot - but I still get a kick out of it!

An Exercise In Free Will

“The Guest Is God” and “All You Need Is Love”.

Believes Annalakshmi, sang the Beatles, and practised by the volunteers that run the Annalakshmi Indian Vegetarian Restaurant on the 2nd floor of Excelsior Shopping Centre at Coleman Street.

You choose what you like from the buffet spread (includes desserts, tea and coffee) and how much you pay at the end of it all.

The amount you choose to give is viewed as customer feedback and charity.

Even more amazing, is the fact that this restaurant is run by volunteers - right down to the waitstaff and cooks!

It’s an amazing concept and it is really something to see a restaurant as rich as this.

As you eat, intricate Indian artefacts and paintings, that add to the beauty of the experience, surround you.

The décor is a showcase of Indian crafts – right down to the table on which you eat.

There is a wide array of vegetarian North and South Indian dishes to choose from – your typical pooris, naans, vadais, spicy cauliflower, pepper soup, chick pea curry – and lots more.

And all at – $you decide.

For those who never see the light of day from the moment they step into the office till the time they leave, Annalakshmi also does lunch-box delivery at $4 per pack (only with a minimum order of 5 packets).

It comes with bread, rice, yoghurt, 2 dishes, and chips. Contact and menu details are available on their website.

www.annalakshmi.com.sg

Mozerella and Tomato salad

This is not strictly a restaurant rating, but one of my favourite recipies, which you can serve practically anyone - muslim, buddhist or hindu vegetarian etc...



Take the freshest possible tomatoes, cut them up with torn up shreds of fresh buffala mozerella, garnish with fresh basil, season with sea salt and just a touch of pepper, drizzle with olive oil and serve immediately.

Restaurant in Thessaloniki, Greece

This is a recommendation from Maria from Greece. Just in case you ever happen to be Thessaloniki, Greece, check out this restaurant :

"tiganies kai sxares"

"Ou on peut manger surtout de la viande. Avec mes amis on va souvent a ce restaurant parce que la cuisine est très très bonne et on ne paie jamais plus de 11 euros par personne. "

(specialty is meat. I often go there with my friends because the food is very good and we don't pay more than 11 euros per head).

Address :
97 rue Themistokli Sofouli, Thessaloniki, Greece (east of the city)

Merci Maria pour ton recommendation! Dites tes amis de mon blog, et leur encourager de laisser comments et bien sur, ses recommendations aussi!

Eat Organic!

Organic foods rock.

This one is a mango and peach yogurt. In France and Italy, organic products are sold under the "biologic" label. But I am pretty sure you can get them in Singapore as well.

Try!

Munchie Monkey

Okay, I know of a great place for all of you who study in NUS (or not). It's called, as the title says, Munchie Monkey. Here's the address:

31 Lower Kent Ridge Road
Yusof Ishak House Level 3
National University of
Singapore

It's a really great place, not only for students but for the general public. It serves Western / Italian food.

The price is VERY reasonable. Prices are almost half those at other Spageddies outlets. Okay, here is a list of what I like and dislike.

LIKES:

1) Cheap food. It's (almost) half the price of the food in "Spageddies"

2) Quality of the food is there, too. I personaly find the mushroom soup better than other "Spageddies" outlets.

3) Free flow of plain water - self service. So, you can just go get the water yourself from a "tank"instead of relying on the waitstaff.

4) Cozy environment.

5) Dessert menu is miles better than "Spageddies"

DISLIKES:

1) Only cash is accepted. So keep those cards at home.

2) Obviously, the distance. It's all the way across town ( I live in the East!) but yet again, IT IS for students.

3) The wait for garlic bread just somehow seems longer - but it's a minor problem I guess. I don't know why, but for the past few times I went, we had to wait for quite a while for it to arrive.

Trust me, you wouldn't have much to complain about. I normally have the following when I go and would recommend them for vegetarians :

1) MUSHROOM SOUP! Without a doubt. Contains chunks of Mushrooms.

2) Healty Tomato sauce - choose your pasta type.

3) Primavera. Mixed veggies in something like garlic flavoured olive oil. An alternative to the Aglio E Olio.

4) Chocolate Brownie/Italian Chocolate Cake

5) Apple Cobbler

You could consider the Garlic Bread but it's just So-So.

I personally would give this place a high 9/10.

Enjoy.

Consuming Globalisation

Is it just me that keeps forgetting chappati is bread?

Out of habit, I eat chappati with lentils, vegetables, curries or with potato, radish, cauliflower, lentil fillings - typical Punjabi fare. Somehow I eat chappati with certain things, the way I would not do with Gardenia, rye, oat, raisin, foccacia it.

For all those other breads, I can stuff things in between, spread things all over and do whatever else you know to do with bread. Chappati is special. Chappati is consumed Indian style. No less.

Some Frenchman / woman must have invaded ma 'goute' (taste) today and commanded me to the fridge to retrieve Tartare - garlic herb cream cheese (something like that).

I scooped a good spoonful of it onto my chappati and let it melt all over - the way you use butter / ghee to moisten the bread while it's being grilled. And I ate that with my sabji (vegetable dish). Interesting.

Why I haven't experimented this way before? Gee, I don't know, man.

But now that I've broken a habit, there are no limits to the way I ( and maybe you ) can experience chappati or an Indian meal. Or Tartare Ail Et Fines Herbes for that matter!

Available at Carrefour.



PS : I know my French "brother-in-law" eats Indian pickle and Suzi Wong's nonya sambal with his French fare over there!

Divine Indinine

Location : Neil Road (few units after coffeeshop at junction of Keong Saik and Neil Rd), Suntec City


Lasagne, Laksa, Stir Fried Udon and Pappadums under 1 roof for less than $10. Fusing both east and west, Indinine is a boon of a cafe with consistently great tasting and innovatively cooked food. This final feature on vegetarian eateries will banish misconceptions of vegetarian fare being boring stir fries or processed mock meat dishes.


Starters comprise tofu bits wrapped and fried in pappadums, vegetarian gyozas, toasted foccacia breads with a variety of toppings / bruschetta and other delights ($4-$6). Main courses serve up interesting stir fried udon noodles, baked rice, vegetarian lasagne and a variety of pastas ($7.50-$10).


Special Mention 1 : Portobello Mushroom Burger. Not all vegetarian burgers need to have processed patties. This one is authentic all the way! Sandwiched between 2 lightly toasted foccacia breads, lies the supreme and juiciest mushroom of all, topped with sun dried tomatos and nestled in mesclun. on the side, wedges sprinked with paprika. Squisito!


Special Mention 2 : Casserole Bravo. This plate comes to you sealed with melting hot and oozing mozzarella cheese that offer tantalising glimpses of penne beneath. Tackle the cheese and penne with a spoon and you will be rewarded with a bed of broccoli and zucchini stewed in a rich, wholesome, tomato sauce (or Alfredo, if you like). A divine medley of flavours!


Desserts = Risky. Because you just might jump onto your seat like an excited chimpanzee yelling "Kudos To Bananas!!" after you've had it. Hot banana fritters sit precariously next to a ball of vanilla ice cream, smothered by chocolate fudge.


Fancy yourself to be more of a lover than an ape? Then order Mango Lover's Dream - a dollop of mango ice cream perched on top of a glutinous rica cake layered with mango slices and drizzled with sweet coconut milk. Or have your Chendol with a Twist, or even your trusty old brownie and vanilla ice cream (not on the menu but ask, and it shall be given). All desserts are under $6.20.


Indinine is sure to be your cup of Indinine if you are health conscious. You can choose drinks with this magic ingredient ; a powerful anti-oxidant containing 5-10 times more Vitamin E nd beta carotene than other algae.


Even if you just need a caffeine fix, choose from the many hot and ice flavoured coffees and teas. Also available are juices, flavoured milk and mixers with refreshing names like "Energiser" and 'Jazzy" to prep you for your 2nd half of the work day , or night.


A nice little place to chill with a good book, or an interesting lunch companioon. Affordable too, and serves up tasty food.


Ex Night queen : apologies for lack of pictures! Promise they'll be coming up soon. My colleague took the pics and basically I just did the writing. As soon as they are in, will load them up.

The Hottest Bottled Chilli Sauce

Always on the search for a chilli sauce hot enough to satisfy me, I bought this from Carrefour, Cempak Emas in Jakarta.

And it met my expectations. This is HOT!!!!! Made from small green Cili Padi. It's called :
Saus Sambal Cabe Rawit (small hot green chilli sauce). Brand = Gaga.

It certainly made me go gaga over it!

Just A Thought

...........maybe The Greedy Junkie would make a better name.....

Love Makes The World Go Round, So Aiwo (Love Me)

In line with this issue’s focus on healthy eating, this magazine decided to check out a new health food-on-a-conveyor-belt chain – Aiwo (Chinese for ‘Love Me’). Love (not that sort, you pervert!) of one’s heart, waistline, complexion, life span, health could be a main draw to come here and eat.

Aiwo received much media attention in the few months that it was opened, drawing praise for its novel concept, and for making healthy food taste so good. Within the 4-5 months that it has been operational, it has opened a 2nd outlet, and has plans to open another 2-3 more by the year’s end. Want to know why it is so popular? Here’s why:

No carbohydrates. None whatsoever. No pasta, noodles, potatoes and rice. Followers of the Atkin’s diet, may wish to camp here for the next month. After eating at Aiwo 8 times, you will be entitled to a free medical check up (Like some coffee outlets, Aiwo has a rewards card too. (Note : not sure if this still exists. )

No red meat. The only things you can’t find growing on trees or that have roots into the ground are seafood, chicken and tofu. The rest, are all vegetables, beans and lentils.

Their lunch and dinner buffets cost $12.60 and $14.60 (note : price is not this anymore). respectively. You can expect to see 14 different types of dishes on the conveyor belt. They consist of chicken / seafood dishes. And tofu, beans, lentils and vegetables.

The dishes are cooked in a variety of styles – Chinese, Thai, Indian, Western etc – so the dishes are varied in flavours day to day.

But you know, what really takes the cake about this place? Each plate of whatever you take, 50 calories or less, it makes!

By the end of the evening, after we had stuffed ourselves like turkeys (we were mindlessly snatching plates off the conveyor belt) with deliciously, low-fat, healthy food, we managed to walk upright and still feel thin in our clothes.

However healthy and chic this concept of dining is, it may not be everyone’s plate of 50 calories. Those who dislike vegetables and whose palate is mainly towards meat, will lament that there are few non-vegetarian dishes on the menu. And no red meat.

Secondly, those who feel that a complete meal consists of rice, curry and other dishes, may find this outlet serving nibbles that only appeal to beak-like creatures. If any of you fall into that category, you’d be better off elsewhere, saving your $.

Otherwise, Aiwo is just pure delight and a reason (not an excuse) to indulge in guilt-free gluttony.

Update : I ate at Aiwo a few weeks ago - dinner. Cost me around $17+ for the dinner. Best part is, though the conveyor consisted of 14 dishes, they brought 4 other dishes to me. So in a way I was paying for 18 dishes. Go, guys! Really delicious!!! But I wouldn't recommend this place for long, meaningful conversations because you'll be too distracted watching out for your fave dish on the belt and lifting them off to you!

A Fishy Affair

The Happy Junkie says : this is a recycled article. A bit dated. And the places are mainly limited to near where I work since it was written for an internal magazine at where I work. But pls contribute your "lobangs" (colloquial Malay word for tips) too.

The simplest of foods can bring immense delight to some - Fish Bee Hoon. This is dedicated to Stef and Grace - my fishy chicas who can get fishy with me.

We met 2 years ago. Before that, I never gave soupy noodles a second glance - having written them off as bland and uninteresting. I had been through some disappointing times with fish ball noodle soup before and resolved never to subject myself to that again.

My friend introduced us. At that time, she was obssessive phase - in love. Whenever I met her she was either eating some noodle in white soup, or craving it.

This radical diet affected me as we always had to eat at hawker centres and food courts so that she could be near her love. Not a big problem, except that they weren't exactly comfortable places to swap girlish stories and sit at until we grew roots into the ground.

A fateful evening, before bridge, I found myself at Marina Square food court, opposite my friend, happily slurping away. I relented and took a sip. The soup tasted fishy, peppery, gingery and well, nice. But....the big deal??

My friend piled some noodles, ikan bilis, seaweed and fish meat topped with chilli padi and offered me a second spoon. Lightning struck.

My life has changed. I have spent lonely lunch hours walking the distance of 2 bus stops in search of my beautiful bowl. I have taken trains to bring me closer to heaven, braved long queues and blazing suns only to savour the best.

Many afternoons, with tears running down my cheeks and flushing at the face, I wondered if I would die before my time because I could have burned a hole in my intestines from he acidity of the chili and heat of the noodles.

On days when I sneezed endlessly and clogged at the nose, I sought comfort in The Bowl, letting all the phlegm melt and water spill out of my eyes and nose, dehydrating and drying up.

Love is cruel. But I keep going back for more.

The explosion of chili padi in my mouth, the subsequent blending of it with the ginger, pepper and muted taste of milk, and the soothing of the flames by the milk, just produce the most interesting combination of flavours I have known in a long time.

In my case, love is not blind though. Here are 5 stalls that I have given top marks to, in no particular order of preference:

Seah Imm Food Centre

Ichiban stall (facing bus interchange). This stall also has sambal with lime in addition to chilli padi for those more masochistic than I.

Maxwell Food Court

Identifiable by long queue.

Banquet Food Court, South Bridge Rd

This stall is halal so everyone can feel the love!

Singapore General Hospital Food Junction

Well, better cure for a cold than the clinics upstairs!

Blk 46 Holland Drive

Very generous with fish - big chunks of meat. And they add XO to the soup too. It's famous.

Here are some tips on how to have a satisying and fulfilling relationship with your bowl of Fish Bee Hoon – clear, milky, fried or sliced, it’s your choice :

a) When packing back to office, be sure to reach the office in half the time it took you to walk to the stall to prevent the noodles from absorbing the soup and bloating.

b) Sprinkle pepper generously and load the bowl with chili padi if you find the soup too bland, and sizzle away!

c) Instead of having a flat and consistent combination of flavours (tip 2), soak the chili padi separately in light soya sauce and place 1-2 slices directly on top of the spoon of noodles to experience a succession of flavours.

d) To avoid the fatal combination of chili and heat, and shorten the time taken to consume the bowl, eat noodles and ingredients without soup.

e) For a more wholesome taste, eat noodles with soup anyway.

f) For the health conscious, take rice instead of bee hoon (processed food), or just the soup with the fish and vegetables, or opt for clear soup (less calories). Opt for clear soup too if you like the searing taste of chilli padi - the milk comforts the pain to some extent.

g) Lastly, for those whose liquids pour out of their pores, eyes or nose easily, be sure to keep a packet of tissue paper within easy reach.

Update : Gracie recommends stall at Golden Shoe CP, Battery Rd.