Posted in Eat-Out: Singaporean on Jan 15th, 2012
This sunny Sunday morning, we put Matilda in her pram and took a 15-minute stroll to Tiong Bahru Market & Food Centre for breakfast. Hubby had his usual chwee kueh from the legendary Jian Bo Shui Kueh. Somehow, I find that it’s oilier and the topping not as fragrant as it used to be. But [...]
Posted in Eat-Out: Singaporean on May 24th, 2011
This random lunch pick turned out to be one that’s worthy of recommendation. Although they use the thicker type of beehoon — as opposed to thin beehoon which absorbs more stock — both Hokkien noodle and thick beehoon had sufficiently soaked up the stock. The seafood-base stock was tasty and complex enough without being too [...]
Posted in Eat-Out: Singaporean on May 16th, 2011
Behind the famous Golden Mile Food Centre aka army market at Beach Road is this coffee shop in an HDB block. The main attraction is a highly popular nasi briyani stall. Unfortunately, I was there after 1.30pm that day, and they were already sold out. Luckily, I remembered reading this forum thread that its neighboring [...]
Posted in Eat-Out: Singaporean on May 11th, 2011
At yong tau foo stalls, rice or noodles are typically offered as the carbo filler. But chee cheong fun? Now that’s something we don’t often see! This stall at Amoy Street Food Centre is one of the rare few that offers the extra option of chee cheong fun. If your order is for dry yong [...]
Posted in Eat-Out: Singaporean on May 6th, 2011
Oft touted as one of the best cheng tng in Singapore, Ye Lai Xiang has been selling this much-loved local dessert for more than 5 decades. They use at least 10 different ingredients: dried longan, sweet potato, mung bean, winter melon strips, sago balls, dried persimmon strips, white fungus, gingko nut, barley, pangdahai, and lotus [...]
Posted in Eat-Out: Singaporean, inSing.com feature articles on Apr 14th, 2011
This week’s Tried & Tested rounds up the best Ipoh hor fun in Singapore. Which stall makes the most slurpilicious hor fun? Click here to read the full article!
Posted in Eat-Out: Singaporean on Apr 6th, 2011
OMG, my mouth is watering as I’m typing out this post! See the pic below and you’ll understand why.
Posted in Eat-Out: Singaporean on Mar 21st, 2011
It all started with a passionate exchange over the findings of this soy sauce chicken noodle taste test. Whenever foodies cum chicken rice afficionados are involved, the inevitable consequence of such an exchange is, of course, a chicken rice lunch. One of the oldest chicken rice specialists in Singapore, Lee Fun Nam Kee has been [...]
Hear Julia on radio every Thursday at 11:10am & 12:10pm as she shares a Foodie Lunch Pick on 938LIVE's Lunch Box with hosts Howie Lim and Desmond Wong. Click here for more information!