Rong Guang BBQ Seafood @ Ulu Pandan Road

This is another one of places to go where we know the food will turn out good. We had dinner here on Sunday with our parents.



One thing that we usually order here is the Stingray. We always have it 'half-half', meaning half of it spicy and the other non-spicy. Tonight's stingray was particularly meaty and soft. We liked it, especially the parts that had the sambal. ;-)



Sis loves this, so it's also something we usually order. Something that very messy to prepare at home. We also had herbal chicken, you can only see the foil in the background of this photo. We forgot to take a photo! haha...



The sizzling plate tofu. Very zhi-char food. Do you realize when ordering tofu, people usually order this?



Their pork chops are really tender.
We wondered for a while what they used to tenderize it, but decided, enjoy your food.



You can almost guess right? Half of the time, people eating Zhi Char orders 'Sambal Kangkong'.



We had a good dinner, enjoyed the food and the company as well.
But the initial waiting time might be long if you go during peak hours. Everyone seems to like to come here.

Rong Guang BBQ Seafood
301 Ulu Pandan Road
Singapore 596469

Business Hours: 5:00 PM - 12 Midnight
Tel: 6468 8290

148 Curry Rice @ Bukit Timah Food Centre

Someone left a comment on this blog, sugggesting that I should try the Curry Rice at this food centre. I finally did, last Sunday.

There sure was a long queue. The queue was fast moving, so that's good.



I had 2 vegetables, 1 mushroom and one curry chicken wing. I think it was $3.
As it was 'Curry Rice', a generous amount of curry was poured over it.
The vegetables were nicely cooked, chicken curry was almost 'melt in your mouth' because it was so soft. It was tasty, but a bit messy. LOL...



Do you realize that there are people around you that will never order 'mix rice'? It is not that they do not like to eat them, but it clashes with their personality! I know of a few people who is like this.

They take a look at it, think that it is so messy, and just could not stand it. The only way they can have mix rice is to request that they have the food separated into individual plates. It will then look neat and proper.

Just wondering.. How many of you are like that too?

I am one who likes this mess, I can scoop up a spoonful of rice and taste all kinds of flavours in it. Doesn't it gives you satisfaction? haha...


Anyway, the address:

148 Curry Rice
Stall 148
Bukit Timah Food Centre
116 Upper Bukit Timah Road
Singapore 58817

Man Yue

Dpuk, our colleague at work gave all of us a box of gift to proclaim his son's one month old today. Congratulations!

Many people have heard the Singapore government's call to produce more babies eh? ;-)

Today's box gets more traditional and I think I like it this way.



Elijah is such a nice name too. The baby's middle name Aslan is because his dad loves the character from Narnia ;-)



Wonder what's inside? Ang Ku Kueh, that's in the shape of red ingots. There were two red eggs inside. I was hungry, saw the eggs and I peeled the eggs and ate it then I remembered, oh! I forgot to 'document' it down.



Well, there is another colleague whose box of red stuff is still untouched.



What's inside the red ingots?
Half of them had peanuts filling.



The other half had bean paste. I like the peanut version of it.



If you want to read more about this tradition, hop over to fellow food blogger AromaCookery's post some time ago about Man Yue.

Romankan Yokohama @ Takashimaya Basement

It's Takashimaya's card member add an extra 15% off sale. Sis and Momo are stocking up their L'occitane moisturizers etc. (It's the only time you get their stuff for 15% off)

Sidetrack...
Our younger sis is getting married in the UK. We will be attending her wedding there next week. So we asked her what she wants as a gift from her big bro and big sis. She said a memory foam pillow. A pillow? You want us to bring a pillow all the way from Singapore to London? Here's the funny reason. Her future in laws got their son (her future husband) one memory foam pillow, but did not her one. She was a bit jealous that they did not get it for her. LOL...

So, don't worry sis, your ever doting big bro and sis here got you a better pillow. Yours is an original Tempur instead.

For the rest reading this, if you want a Tempur, now's the best time to get it from Taka. The Queen size L size pillow is usually $299. But they are having a $50 off promo, which makes it $249. If you are a taka card holder, you get 15% off the price at the payment counter. (Plus, if you are a Taka Platinum card holder, you get another 6% off in terms of rebates) So you get around $80 plus off these 4 days.

Anyway, back to food. We are busy shopping, walking around gets you hungry. We headed to the basement to look for a quick bite. We saw empty seats at Romankan Yokohama at Basement 2. With the maddening crowds, we just took the empty table.



Sis had the Rosu Katsu that comes in a pan. $15



Momo also had the Rosu Katsu, but off the pan. LOL $13



I had the chicken katsu. $11.50



They were all served like this.



Sis was not particularly impressed with it. I remember it to be better too the last time I was here. Maybe it's not the cook's day? Too busy because of the big traffic flow these few days during the sale?

The katsu were all nicely deep fried, moist inside, crispy outside. But it just had something missing and we could not figure out what. Anyway, we were too preoccupied with shopping.


Romankan Yohohama
#B2-04
Takashimaya Shopping Centre
391 Orchard Road
238874

Man Yue

On Wednesday, we all got a box of goodies from a colleague. It's her little girl's one month celebrations.

It came in nice little box, very cute too!



Inside the box, red eggs! I have not seen red eggs for some time now. We have always been getting Bengawan Solo vouchers (*yawn - boring*).

This is so much more interesting.



Oh just look how cute the baby is!



Happy Month Day Old Joann!
Congratulations to KC & Jane too. ;-)

Special Shanghai Tim-Sum @ Margaret Drive

When you make a trip to Margaret Drive, you got to try the Popiah and the Guo Tie.
One colleague ordered some Guo Tie for us, while another ordered 2 popiahs.



Here's the Guo Tie, 8 pieces for $4.
(Think it was 10 pieces for $4 previously)



It's nice and crispy. You should try it too if you are around.




Since I took the photo, here's the popiah. It's from the ground floor. Colleague said that the skin's made by the son upstairs. ;-)



Special Shanghai Tim-Sum
40A Commonwealth Avenue
Stall #02-480
Commonwealth Avenue Food Centre
Singapore 140044

Sin Kee Famous Chicken Rice @ Margaret Drive

A colleague drove us out for a quick lunch yesterday. Our destination was the Margaret Drive Food Centre.

What did we have? The famous Chicken Rice of course! It's on the upper floor of the food centre. Though there's not many stalls on this level, but that does not mean the place is empty. The tables are all occupied with chicken rice lovers.

(I was sitting a bit far and was too lazy to walk nearer to take a proper photo of the stall)
If you notice that there's only 1 chicken hanging there, it always is. When you order, they will bring out the chicken from a container. :-)



Our chicken... the big plump juicy chicken with sesame oil and light soy.
(It makes me wonder how the Poulet de Bresse will taste like)



And our rice....



Portions of chicken for 3 with 3 plates of rice, $13.


Sin Kee Famous Chicken Rice
40A Commonwealth Avenue
Stall #02-548
Commonwealth Avenue Food Centre
Singapore 140044

Opening Hours: 10.30am - 9.00pm (closed on Mondays)
Tel: 64710355
Mobile: 96820381 / 96564557 (Mr Steven)

Just in case you get confused, the official name & address of this food centre is Commonwealth Avenue Food Centre at Commonwealth Avenue. Most people know it as Margaret Drive Food Centre because you enter via Margaret Drive. It does sound nicer too.