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2013-04-02
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This zi-char stall is located conveniently near Clementi mrt station. It's on the opposite side of Clementi mall, you just follow the covered walkway once you exit the mrt station and you'll reach blk 325 within a 2mins walk. Thanks to OpenRice & the generosity of the stall owner, I got to try out a total of 9 dishes for the food tasting session today! First to arrive was our humongous curry fish head dish The curry is really spicy & quite delicious. The fish itself was fresh & had plenty of me
First to arrive was our humongous curry fish head dish The curry is really spicy & quite delicious. The fish itself was fresh & had plenty of meat. There's also no "fishy" smell. Brinjals & ladyfingers were cooked till soft enough but I wish they had simmered the cabbage longer though.
- Curry Fish HeadThe french beans were fried quickly, so they still retained their crunchiness and yet was not oily. Lotsa really crispy & fragrant dried shrimp were atop the beans. Just remember to distribute your dried shrimp well with the beans, else they can be quite salty if you eat too much in one mouthful.
- Dried shrimp french beansAhhhh, when the superior vegetable soup came bubbling in a metal wok, we were at first a bit skeptical about it. I mean, how nice can a vegetable soup be? But surprise! This is actually my favourite dish here!! The vegetable used is Chinese spinach (aka heng cai, 苋菜) which is very fresh & green - tastes good Egg, century egg, wolfberries & tiny anchovies were simmered together with the veges in a really tasty broth! Ah...really superior soup indeed. The soup was all finished in no time hehe. A simple yet delicious dish - I like!
- Superior vegetable soupThe salted egg sotong was fried till really crispy on the outside & the sotong still tender within. A pity that the coating used was too thick. There was also not a very strong salted egg flavor. Interestingly, instead of the more watery salted egg sauce that other zi-char places tend to use, the stall here seems to use fine salted egg powder - not sure how they do it. Personally, I like salted egg so I still like to have a more "solid" salted egg sauce. On the other hand, if you like just a hint of salted egg in your dish, then this might be your cup of tea.
- Salted egg sotongSimilarly, the salted egg chicken (not pictured) was also fried well - crisp outside, tender inside. Once again, the salted egg "powder" was used. I don't eat much fried food so this is just an ok dish for me.
The Mongolian pork ribs were tender. But I could not decipher what was used in the sauce. It's a peppery sauce with an aftertaste of peanut. Also an alright dish, but nothing much special about it.
- Mongolian pork ribsFor the prawn paste chicken, there was not much prawn paste taste in the coating or marinade of the meat. Tasted like regular juicy fried chicken wings.
- Prawn paste chickenThe french bean tofu is another dish that I really liked. The tofu was very soft & fragrant, like the "concubine" type of tofu. Topped with plenty of minced meat in a slurp-worthy sauce & french beans, this is another healthy & delicious dish.
- French bean tofuOut of all the fried dishes, the cereal prawn is the winner. Really huge, fresh prawns were given. Errmm you couldn't really tell it's prawns right since they are kinda stuck together due to the cereal? Anyway, the fried cereal was very tasty and not oily at all.
- Cereal PrawnIn general, the food offered at this zi-char stall is quite good, especially for their fresh seafood and the lovely superior vegetable soup. Do give this place a try if you are in the vicinity
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