Lunch @ NUS Engineering Canteen

Oh.. we realise that food prices have gone up in all the canteens in NUS! Prices have gone up between 20-50 cents depending on the food and stalls.

But I guess it's still one of the affordable places to eat for people working in NUS/NUH/Science Parks I & II.


Haha.. I went to the Indian Stall again today, in fact 2 other colleagues did too. This is my lunch for $2. I was full, but colleagues still felt like eating. LOL.



So we went to have our regular calcium break behind the canteen. Oh no! The sundae machine's not working today. Then when our colleague asked for Lemon Lime, it's out of stock too! Aiyo, what happened?

So we ended up having fries and orange juice / coke instead.
A colleague who pumped the tomato sauce and we all thought it looked like a lump of xxxx. LOL



Yes, lunch time is also creativity juice time for my colleagues.



Two larges fries all poured into the serving tray. It seems that is the way we eat it. Do you all do the same? ;-)



In your opinion, which fast food has the best fries? We think it's Macdonald's.

Indian Food @ NUS Engineering Canteen

Last day in Darwin now. Wondering what we have eaten and visited in Darwin? Cannot post in this blog lah. We are eating outside Singapore, so does not fit into the Singapura Daily Makan blog.

If you are wondering, we got here by Jetstar. Bought our tickets long long ago when we saw their promo prices. We will be back to regular daily postings tomorrow!

Thanks for bearing with our auto scheduled posting since 7th of June.

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Many people who visits this blog has commented that I eat expensive food everyday. Actually, no. This is more like what we eat daily.

Colleagues and I are fortunate to be accessible to cheaper $2 - $3 meals that is being sold in the canteens of NUS and the surrounding.



We like the food from the Indian stall at Engineering Canteen. I love brinjals ;-)

Mcdonalds @ NUS Engineering Canteen

It has somehow become a routine. When we have lunch at the NUS Engineering canteen, we will end up at Mcdonalds having 'desserts'.

We were tempted to go in by the advertisements. They have spicy Mcnuggets and Onion Rings now. We did not really like it. These nuggets are a tad dry.



Onion rings. Hmm.. the photo show many more rings. How come we have only so few? The photos they used for their adverts we always wonder if it's true.

(But you can be sure that this blog does not clear off the table, no special lighting etc, seen as it is.. so you can trust this blog right? haha..)



The two disappointments were redeemed by the Green Tea McFlurry.
We actually liked it. LOL...



I think it's the best McFlurry so far.



Yes, all of us had one each. (One couple shared one because someone 'die die' must have coffee)



Pretty childish don't you think? The McFlurry pyramid above. LOL
A fellow food blogger told me, don't you post this up.

Chicken Rice @ NUS Engineering Canteen

We have been eating at NUS Canteens more often. Things are cheaper there and the students are all away for the semester holidays, so there's no crowd!

A colleague was saying that the "Mala" chicken at the NUS Engineering Canteen is not bad for its price. So, 4 or 5 of us went to order the same thing.

The lady in the photo, she calls everyone 'handsome guy'/'shuai ge' and 'pretty lady'/'mei nu'. haha...



A piece of 'mala' chicken and 2 side dishes, we all chose 2 vegetables.



Around $2.50 I think. Can't really remember.
The chicken is not as spicy as we thought, but the taste is not bad.

Indian Food @ Engineering Canteen

Hmmm looks like it is going to NUS Canteens food again. Quick lunch from the Indian stall at Engineering Canteen.



Fried drumstick over rice and curry gravy.
The sides: Eggs and onions, long beans and potato, brinjals.

A simple quick meal that is cheap, but somehow makes me satisfied. I wonder if metal trays makes the difference. (knock my head! silly boy!)

Indonesian Panggang @ Engineering Canteen, NUS.

A few of us had wanted to try this the whole of this week. Yes, the stall that won in the second week of Campus Yummy Hunt that featured food in NUS. Finally, on the last day of the week, can 'breathe' a bit after a whole week of hectic madness.

We tried it long time ago when they first opened in the Engineering canteen. After that we never went back because it was no good. Today we gave it a second chance. We wondered why it won. LOL... Someone mentioned it is because the other two competitors were weaker thats why. Hmmm.

Anyway, it was quite ok. Much improvement from last time. (which must be quite long ago!)



How did I order? Told the lady, the exact dish that was on TV. haha..



The curry over it was fragrant, but its what my mum calls the "curry powder aftertaste" kind of curry. But I like it. haha... The panggang sauce and sambal is sweetish. $2.80 only.

The pickiest colleague said, still not up to his standard. They used frozen chicken. Yes, this colleague of ours only eats fresh food. His taste bud's sensitive. But when we walked around the canteen, almost every other table has someone having it!

Are you a picky eater?

Uncle Soup @ Engineering Canteen, NUS

As they say, you can get value for money eats in NUS Canteens. Colleagues and I, we headed to the Engine Canteen yesterday.

Not feeling 100% well, so decided to have some soupy stuff, another colleague too had this. We saw that there's a new stall. Uncle Soup. What a 'cute' name.



The Ginseng Chicken soup is not bad at all. Comparable to the food court ones, but not the food court prices. It's only $3.50



Rice extra 30 cents, forget the rice. We both did not finish our rice.
The other colleague had Indian food that he was craving. haha...