Noodles stall @ NUS Science Canteen

Lunch after coming back from holidays has been familiar food.

Side track: Yesterday colleagues and I ate the Malay stall at the NUH Staff Canteen. (We noticed the food taste errrr... standard jatuh so much! We then look towards the stall. We notice none of the familiar faces selling the food's there now. Also, we noticed the menu on the board has been pasted with white paper. OK, not going back anymore.)

Today colleagues and I had lunch at the NUS Science Canteen. The stall owner's still the same. :-P

Two of us had the 'chan chan niang kuai' ('mix mix two dollars') noodles. This is it. A mixture of everything. It's always satisfying for people who wants to taste everything.



Two other colleagues had the 'Pai Ku Mian'. (Pork Rib noodles). They 'jia chai' (added extra vegetables) and this is their healthy looking noodles. $2.20



Familiar food always taste good. :-)

Chinese Noodles Stall
The Frontier (Science Canteen)
Science Drive 2

Pai Ku Mian yet again @ NUS Science Canteen

Not sure if you all like to go to the same stall to eat the same thing. We realise that we do! A few colleagues and I, when we feel like having lots of meat and have it cheap, we head to the Noodle Stall at the NUS Science Canteen.

Though they have also joined the rest of stalls in Singapore in raising prices, it is still a big portion in comparison to the price we pay elsewhere.

Yes, we are eating the same thing over and over, but we try to make it a bit different each time. One thing though, we always seem to ask for 'kuey teow'. This just happens to be our lunch few days ago, and realised we ordered the same thing, but it is still quite different.

Dpuk likes to add extra veg and have a 'lu dan'. (soy stewed egg)
He does not like to add chilli or the tomato sauce in it. Just plain old soy sauce. He says this is how he likes it.



For me, I think I eat enough eggs so I usually omit the eggs.

But I am now fond of the tomato sauce that they will add in if you do not ask for chilli. Somehow it gives some tangy taste to the noodles. (I used to hate the tomato in it) I love the green chilli and a scoop of garlic to go with it. The scoop of garlic just makes it taste so good! I give it a good stir and enjoy. (Without any addition it cost $2, usually around 5-6 pieces of meat)



'Wire' another colleague likes to add in veg and 'lu dan' too. The difference is that he likes it very very spicy. If I am not wrong, he already has the 'sambal' added to his noodles. He adds in more potent 'chilli padi' as well, plus the garlic.



How do you like your noodles? All dark soy, tomato sauce or spicy chilli?

Megabites Cafe @ NUS Science Canteen

On Thursday, colleagues and I had lunch at Megabites Cafe at the Science Canteen in NUS. It has been quite sometime since we came here for lunch.

We saw that there was some promotion and this is what we ordered. A few colleagues and I had the Fish & Chips. $3.50 We had to wait and it was worth it as we got freshly fried fish. :-)



It comes with soup too btw.



Ms Preggy had something else. There's a promotion for the western sets where you get a scoop of ice cream for only 50 cents.

This is her lunch.



And her ice cream. Hmmm looks good too right?



Have a great weekend to all!

Benkei Japanese / Korean Cuisine @ NUS Science Canteen

Today, I met an insurance agent or rather they are now called Financial Consultants friend and also a former uni housemate, Kevin, for lunch.

When he arrived at my office, I was famished, so we went to the NUS Science Canteen for a quick bite. We went to the Japanese Stall to try out the sets.

Kev had the Salmon Set ($4.20). He said it's not bad. Doesn't really have the 'fishy' smell that cooked salmon has.



I had the Saba Teriyaki ($4). I have been wanting to try this since another colleague had it and said it is not bad. I like fish, so I like it. :-)



Both were sets meals, so they came with rice and a soup.
The soup, you know why the photo is not posted up here. LOL. Everything else is good.



After lunch, we discussed how I should be more adequately protected. ;-)
You should too you know....

Benkei Japanese / Korean Cuisine,
NUS Science Canteen

Benkei Japanese / Korean Cuisine @ NUS Science Canteen

It's a quick revisit to this new stall at the NUS Science Canteen. This time, two other colleagues who did not try it with us the other day decided to give it a try.

Ms Preggy has the fish set. $4. It seems quite tempting isn't it? She gave us some of her fish to try. Not too bad. The set seems to be more worth it, compared to the rice dishes that we had.



'Pirate' had the curry set. $4. It looks quite good too. Definitely not the best in town, but at this price, can pass.



The set comes with rice, soup and some cute little pieces of jelly.

Benkei Japanese / Korean Cuisine
NUS Science Canteen


Have a good and yummy weekend!

Benkei Japanese / Korean Cuisine @ NUS Science Canteen

Colleagues and I made a trip to the NUS Science Canteen yesterday. We realise that the old Japanese stall that was closed has now reopened and it's 'under new management'. We thought we should give it a try.

It's a two in one stall. The main signboard says Benkei Japanese Cuisine, but the secondary board says Benkei Korean Cuisine.



DPuk tried the Oyako Don $3.50.



I had the Ten Tama Don $3.50



To us, the food's ok, taste good too, Definitely a 100% improvement compared to the previous Japanese food stall in the same location. But we concluded that the portion's a bit small.

(Small is a bias comparison :-) by many people who eats here.
Explanation: Things in the canteens are NUS have an average of $2 for most meals. But when someone charges $3.50, your expectations in the 'NUS Canteen Economy' must raise a high percentage right? haha... Yes, that's the bias. )

Benkei Japanese / Korean Cuisine
NUS Science Canteen.

Chinese Food @ NUS Science Canteen

Second last day in Darwin. Tomorrow will be our last day here. It's been 8 days since we are here. Everyone's saying what can you do in Darwin? Well, it seems we have survived so many days here.

Back to my prepared posts....

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Wondering what typical students and staff in NUS around the Science Faculty eat? They eat the Chinese Food at the Chinese Cooked Food stall. It has a perpetual long queue and no, it does not have very nice tasting food. So so and mostly very sweetish.

But it still has a long queue because it is cheap! LOL

Typical food that I have. 2 Veg and 1 Meat. I love bittergourd.



What you see costs $1.90.

Steamed Soups @ NUS Science Canteen (New stall)

Recently a new stall opened at the NUS Science Canteen. If you are familiar with the Science Canteen, Bambino is gone! A new stall selling steamed rice and steamed soups have taken over. It seems people in this canteen has been sick of eating the same thing. So when a new stall opens, everyone flocks over...




These photos were taken last week. Colleagues and I decided to give it a try. We ordered 4 different soups and 3 types of their steamed rice.

The Pork Ribs with Old Cucumber Soup. $2.20



The Chicken with Bitter Gourd Soup. $2.20



The Pork Ribs with Watercress soup. $2.20



The Pork Ribs with Szechuan Vegetable Soup. $2.20



All the soup was tasty. For me personally, I like the Szechuan Veg and the Bittergourd Soup.

For the steamed rice. They only had 3 kinds available when we were there, so we ordered all three. This is the Pork Ribs Rice. $2



This is the Chicken with Chinese Sausage Rice. $2
The other Chicken Rice $2 looks the same. Just take off the sausages and imagine it with more chicken.



The rice portions are kinda small. But filling enough for small to moderate eaters. Colleagues says that if you order a rice and soup to go with it, it will be expensive by canteen food standards. ;-)

We think it will survive for the time being...

Pai Ku Mien @ NUS Science Canteen

Been so busy the whole week at work, rushing so many projects by various groups of people. To save time, our lunch gang, half of it who are in the same team as me, are trying to squeeze every minute out of our 24 hours. But we still got to eat. "No eat, no energy to work." We are having half hour lunches this week!

But a person addicted to taking photos still finds time to snap photos of his food. LOL. This was one of the quick lunches I had this week. Pai Ku Mien (or rather Kuey Teow) at the Science Canteen at NUS.



Yes, one of those $2 meals that gets you lots of meat.
I can't even buy that much meat in the supermarket for $2!
(by the way, they also have $1.50 and $1.80 versions of it)

Chinese Noodles Stall
The Frontier (Science Canteen)
Science Drive 2

Chicken wings horfun @ Science Canteen

This is one of the quick meals that I have too. Have been having cheap and fast meals during lunch time. Why?
1. Rushing for work.
2. Weather's too hot to go anywhere.
3. Colleague's are busy too.
4. Food's getting expensive elsewhere. Inflation for Jan is 6.6% in Singapore!!



So, lunch like this one is tasty and cheap. Chicken wings horfun at the Science Canteen in NUS. Adding extra portion of veg, I think it is $2.30

Campus Yummy Hunt at NUS: Chinese Noodle @ Frontier Canteen

Yesterday's post was the winner of the 3 stalls at NUS. This stall was also featured. The Chinese Noodle stall @ Frontier Canteen.



I ordered the Pai Ku Mian that was shown on TV, but I opted for Kuey Teow instead.



You can usually order the $1.50 or $1.80 version, but this is the $2 version. For $2, look at how many pieces of meat they give (6 pieces)! Yes, the chilli is good!

(if you buy uncook pork ribs at the supermarket with this portion, it cost more than $2!)

More pieces of meat is a bit fatty. haha.. Do you like super lean meats or fatty meats? I like to have fatty meats cooked with food, but I don't put the fats into my mouth. hehe..

Campus Yummy Hunt Winner : Claypot House @ Frontier Canteen, NUS

On a Channel U Food Show last nite (Campus Yummy Hunt), it featured 3 best food to try in NUS (Part 1). One of it is this Claypot House at Frontier Canteen. (Frontier is a fancy name that was given to the Science Canteen some years ago)

So for lunch today, colleagues and I decided to just literally walked across the road give the uncle and aunty some 'support support'. We told the aunty, we want what was on TV last nite, she just gave a huge huge grin.

So, here's the stall.



The awards they have been bestowed over the years and proudly displayed. The Channel U award being the latest.



Well, on the TV show, it did not show the egg. But for the many of us who have eaten this for years, you must ask for 'jia dan' (add extra egg). If you just eat their eggs, rice and the delicious chilli, you can be satisfied. haha...



This is the Beef Claypot.



The Tofu Claypot.



This is the Chicken Claypot that appeared on TV. This made them the winner.



Food prices that is catered for staff and students of NUS, each claypot with rice cost $2.60.
We had extra egg, so each cost $2.90

Maybe the next few days, people from NUS, NUH, ITE Dover and Science Parks Shuttlers will be coming over for the delicious and cheap lunch!

Chinese Noodles @ Science Canteen, NUS (2)

Many people also like to get the pork ribs noodles from the stall. Why? Because the portions are quite generous.



You get around 3-4 or sometimes 5 pieces of big chunks of meat. You can order the $1.50 or $1.80. This version is the $1.80 plus additional veg.

Chinese Noodles @ Science Canteen, NUS

This stall in NUS has quite a following. The name is so so generic.



But when I come here, I usually only eat 2 things. Creature of habit. haha..



I always says 'chan chan'. or translated as mix mix. The guy will then take a bit of everything and give it to you. I love it! Oh, by the way, you don't see the 'chan chan' on the menu, it's a secret password. haha... $2

Claypot dishes @ Science Canteen, NUS

This week's the University Break, so its the best time to eat at the NUS Canteens! No students = no crowds! haha..

2 other colleagues and 1, we ordered 1 pot each and share. We also 'jia chai' and 'jia dan' on the rice.

The Tofu Claypot.



The chicken claypot. There are two kinds, when you want the dark one like this one, must say "Ji Hei de". Dark Chicken. haha... or else you will get the white one, which we do not quite like.



Beef Claypot.



The Rice with extras. Veg and Egg.



Food OK lah, its cheap and quick, one of the reasons we eat here :-)
The whole lot is less than $10.