koay kak @lipsin market part 2

The 2^nd stall in the lip sin market is the motorbike stall in front of the sin kek seng coffee shop.

The koay kak was firm and not mushy but tasted quite salty.

Well, all I can say is that it was better than the 1^st stall but still not better than the one I had behind sg ara taimima coffee shop.

Overall 3/10

Go back to sg ara to buy?

Maybe I need to try the one in supertanker as well.

ikan bakar opp sunshine sq mosque

The exact location of the “stall” is on the main road opp sunshine sq mosque.

There’s usually quite a lot of people as they sell a huge variety of dishes for Ramadan.

The last time I was there I bought 3 pieces of stingray. ($2.5 per/pc)

This time however I bought 2 pieces and boy were they huge. ($4.0 per/pc)

There are pros and cons to this, as I found out.

The Good

Huge pieces of meat that taste real good with rice and the sauce. The 2 pieces could have fed 3 people.

The Bad

The inside of the fish is not as cooked. And because the pieces are bigger I believe they cook it longer so the skin is a bit more burnt and elastic.. Some parts were inedible.

Next time I’m buying the smaller pieces.

The sauce

The sause is made up of sliced onion and lots of other spices/herbs combined with lime juice. Basically, its sour in taste. The sauce’s spicyness depends on how much sambal/chilli you put in it and since it was self serve, I think I put too much.

the sauce complements the fish quite nicely but it also already quite nice without the sauce

Overall 7/10

Muar chee and ham chin peng

Muar chee @lip sin market

There are 2 type of muah chee, The butterfly type which is slighty puffier and the ribbon type which is well ,, see the picture …

The one I had is the ribbon version

Crispy on the outside and soft on the inside

Generous amounts of muah on it as well.

Overall 7/10

Haam chim peng @lip sin market

Quite tender and with lots of red bean paste.

Much more redbean than what I’ve seen elsewhere.

The sg ara one cant beat this. Sorry.

Overall 8/10

Tooo much of a good thing

I’m sick of buffets…

Or to be more precise, I’m sick of going to E&O for the buffets

I didn’t really enjoy myself the last time I was there.

 

Don’t get me wrong. The food at Sarkies is excellent.

They have a very huge variety of western/asian food. Including a Sushi bar. Salad bar. Hokkein mee, char koay teow, roasted duck. Soups& bread.

The grill is very popular with everyone as well, grilled meats and seafood. The lamb is good as well.

Not to mention the sinful dessert circle. I love the bread pudding and they have excellent cakes, tarts. And ice cream. And ice kacang, I normally grab the red beans, skip the shaved ice and just scoop ice cream on top. Yummy.

I rate them at 8/10.

 

BUT,

I have been to that restaurant for 4 to 5 times already this year.

Overload. Overkill. Whatever you want to call it..

 

BUT,

I’m a glutton :-) so I’ll probably go again next year…

 

 

 

 

 

goals for Q4 09

Things I want to try to do before the end of the year:

1. Bake my mum’s boiled choc fruit cake
2. Make spaghetti carbonara
3. Make the Kylie Kwong stir fry hor fun
4. Make choc molten cake (but I need ramekins)

 

ikan bakar rocks

bought 3 pieces of malay-styled-bbq-ed stingray today from the stall opposite sunshine square. they were very excellent and the sauce was superb. and very very very very very spicy,,,, meat was very fresh, juicy and well roasted. it was good even without the sauce.

due to our "tham-ciak"ness we didnt take any pix. will do so next time which i hope is soon

:-) cant wait.

Laksa from Kedai Kopi Tmn Emas (Part II)

Look at that! Glorious food.... yummy. Kedai Kopi Tmn Emas is the one opposite Ping Hwa.

2nd best is the one from my factory's cafe. It is laksa melayu. I will skip the 3pm meeting to eat this laksa at the cafe :)

dominos dessert

for my birthday this year, i suggested to go with an "alternative" cake. i'm pretty sick of the normal sponge, cheese, choc , mousse or blackforest cakes... so this year we went with dominos... yes, thats right... dominos..!!! the banana kaya dessert (aka alternate birthday cake#1) its basically a personal pan pizza base smothered with kaya and pieces of banana tastes so-so only. much too little slices of banana. 5/10 only. the cinnamon bread dessert (aka alternate birthday cake#2)

its bread topped with cinnamon and sugar. very nice and soft. not fluffy soft though. and its different from the other pizza place cinnamon bread sticks etc. best consumed while its hot. it actually taste quite nice and sweet already without the icing provided. i give it 7/10.

need to improve my shots

I know the photos suck… My nokia does not take that good photos

and i know my angles suck as well. especially on the lighting and shadows

:-P

yes, yes, i'm trying to improve

elpea takes better shots with her nokia n75 and with better angles as well.

ry and rice

Rice and black beans are Ry's fav food White rice with Black bean soup and carrots or Khee chee soup i dont think he can live without rice and soup. our little chinaman.. well, at least he eats pasta once in a while.

Koay kak at lipsin market, furthest away from sin kekseng coffee shop

sigh… Ok so when I start with a sigh, it does not bode well koay kak from the lipsin market. there are essesntially 2 stalls there one near the sin kek seng coffee shop and the one that i bought from which is furthest away. basically, its: Too moist Too oily Too mushy Really sucked i rate it 1/10, just because it filled my stomach where oh where can i get good koay kak... i hope the other one is better sigh...

moon biscuit @ noordin st

'Tis the season for mooncakes but there is also another type of delicacy which is quite popular this season as well. moon biscuits. there is a shop which i'm pretty fond of that sell these biscuits and it situated in the heart of georgetown. . hock lok siew at noordin st. they specialize in these type of biscuits. actually, my dad goes there and he buys for me.. (thanks dad..) they sell a lot of variety of biscuits but I only like the plain moon biscuit and the red bean moon biscuit. They are pretty popular . the plain moon biscuit is actuallyfilled with lotus paste. The coconut just doesn't do it for me and the "real" plain variety is basically without filling. i always find them a bit too dry. red bean moon biscuit i love the red bean paste. The outer crust is quite soft and not dry/brittle. its not really moist. just nice. BUT a bit oily though. 8/10

Plain moon biscuit same crust as the red bean but filled with lotus paste that is Sweet with a slight tinge of saltiness. 7/10 , because i like the red bean better.

laksa@ coffeshop in front of ping hwa gottlieb rd.

We’ve gone to this shop for a few years already but most of the time only when we go vist my dad. or when we got some meetings up north and we make a pitstop here.

Noodles are springy and don’t stick together like other shops. Soup has lot of fish meat and very flavourful. Personally, i think Air itam laksa sucks(again its just MY opinion only, since I still see throng of people going there). The one that are not too bad: pg road, bb behind sunshine, behind giant burma rd and bukit jambul, in that order. The supertanker laksa sucks as well. really.....!! I’m not a soup person but Elpea drinks everything so you know whos bowl is whos below. I just go for the noodles and the fish meat. I like mine with shrimp paste as it give it that tinge of sweetness. Elpea cannot stand shrimp paste in hers. (and now you know how to sabo her laksa... hehehe..) By the way, the stall also sells fried popiah which I find very yummy as well. note that they only start selling around noon til 5pm. too early or too late and you'll be dissapointed. overall rating of 9/10.

Chicago ribs @ autocity

It was my 34th and we drove all the way across the bridge to go eat ribs. I’ve heard a lot about it and I especially wanted to go there since they serve pork ribs. You can hardly find good pork ribs on the island anymore. The last good ribs I had was in LA :-P The restaurant is hidden from view but it basically behind the mcD@autocity. We got there around noon and we were the 1st customers of the day. Soon after the lunch people started trickling in. Elpea ordered the lunch set, of ½ rack of babyback ribs with fries and slaw, mix veg soup and coke. I ordered the St Louis pork ribs, full rack, hot and spicy flavor, and for drinks I took the iced lemon tea. ( Next time, I go back I’ll be sure to try the original flavor ribs. ) I also ordered additional potato skins for starters. 1st to arrive were the drinks in 2 humongous glasses. Larger that what we normally see in crappy TGIF or Chili’s on the island. iced-lemon tea for me and coke for my lovely wife

Next came the potato skins Not as thick as TGIF’s but taste much much nicer. .

Elpeas mix veg soup came next. I don’t think there has been any soup from any restaurant that has met our standards. Every thing taste like it "fresh" from the can. elpea say so-so only.Then the main courses came.

Elpeas babyback ribs look really good The fries were very nice as well. the coleslaw was so-so only she said. the PORK ribs i ordered however looked super huge and elpea was laughing at me as it looked too huge for even ME to finish.

Don’t underestimate me dear… The meat on the ribs were very tender and it just peels away from the bone. succulent... :-) Taste wise it's better than what I had previously on the island. The hot and spicy flavour was very mild actually. not spicy also.

the Mash potato was excellent. not too soft and not too dry. Just nice. The broccoli tastes well, like broccoli but was suprising quite nice. I managed to finish the whole rack and ¾ of the mash potato but couldn’t finish the broccoli and no more space for dessert. :-( Overall 8.5/10 , good food and fast service