Osaka Town located in Raffles City Shopping Centre specialises in serving Japanese Cuisine. In fact, Osaka Town is a mixed-concept restaurant so that customers can savour different varieties at one restaurant. Hence, Osaka Town offers two Japanese brands; namely Botejyu and Sen No Chanpon. Botejyu serves Okonomiyaki while Sen No Chanpon serves ramen from Kyushu.

What is Okos? Well Okos are also known as Okonomiyaki; a Japanese savoury pancake that is grilled.

There are many choices for the Premium Set which offers a combination of Okos (Pork / Seafood) and any rice set (Tofu Hamburger Steak / Salmon Steak / Chicken Cutlet / Shio Asri / Mix Mushroom / Spicy Pork).Seafood Okos with an egg on top along with Shio Asari, Rice and Miso soup.

Shio Asari; clams with bean sprouts, carrots, onions.Seafood Okos with an egg on top along with Salmon Steak, Rice and Miso soup.

For this set, we requested for the egg to be fully cooked.

The Salmon Steak with greens.

If you are wondering, why the lack of description, well... the dishes were just average. Nothing to shout about. Anyway, for $14.80, one can get quite a generous portion of food. Service wise, it can be hard to get the attention of the staff.

Detailed review and photos: http://foodiefc.blogspot.sg/2012/09/osaka-town-raffles-city-shopping-centre.html

Yishun 925 Hainanese Chicken Rice used to be called 'Hainanese (De-Bone) Chicken Rice'. This stall is located at a coffee shop called Yishun 81 Food Court which is a 10 minutes from Yishun MRT station or 5 minutes from Yishun Bus Interchange.

During meal times (lunch and dinner), there will normally be a queue.But not to worry, all you have to do is to queue up to order and go back to your table. Your orders will be delivered to you. The workers are very efficient, despite the crowded I was served within 5 minutes.

There has been a price increase in the chicken rice. They are available now at $2.80 and $3.80. When I asked for the difference between $2.80 and $3.80, all I was told was that there will be more chicken meat for $3.80.The grains of rice were fragrant and well separated. However, some parts of it were hard. The chicken meat was normal, tender and soaked in the soy sauce. I was quite surprised that such a generous serving of gizzard was given. The soup on the other hand was laden with MSG. Personally feel that the standard of the chicken rice has dropped (anyone has the same sentiment as me?). Luckily, the chilli was still as awesome as before, with the right among of spiciness.

They have recently opened another branch at Ang Mo Kio Central Blk 722.

I still remember that 2 years ago I blogged that the standard has dropped. Still feel the same about this conclusion. But however, I am still unable to find another chicken rice stall in Yishun that can rival this stall. Looks like I am better off sticking to Laksa in Yishun for now. Until a new kid appears round the block or the standard improves.

And if you are wondering where to go for chicken rice without travelling too far, you may want to try Ming Kee Chicken Rice & Porridge at Bishan.

http://foodiefc.blogspot.sg/2012/10/yishun-925-hainanese-chicken-rice-925.html

Jin Hua Fish Head Bee Hoon 金华鱼头米粉 located at Maxwell Food Centre, specialises in serving Cantonese style fish soup. I have read many positive reviews on this stall and was looking forward to trying it for myself.

Despite being there on a weekday evening (615pm) for dinner, there was a long queue of more than 10 people. This is one of the only two stall with such a long queue. The other stall with a similar long queue is none other than Lao Ban Soya Beancurd.

Fish Porridge, Fried Fish and Sliced Fish soup and bee hoon are available.

After queuing for half an hour then was I able to order and receive my food. The reason for the long queue? Well, there is only 1 person cooking and he is cooking only 2 bowls at any one time.The Sliced Fish Bee Hoon was filled with ingredients such as bee hoon, fish slices, vegetables and fried shallots in a milky broth. The broth was tasty and flavourful. The sesame oil added on top further enhance the flavour of the broth.As for the fish slices, they were sliced way too thinly. It was hard to get a good satisfactory bite of the fish. The fish texture was rough and tasted bland. Compared to Angel Horse Teochew Fish Soup, this was below par.

Even after we have finish our meal, there was still a long queue at the stall.

I doubt I will be going back any time soon with or without a queue as the fish was disappointing.

http://foodiefc.blogspot.sg/2012/10/jin-hua-fish-head-bee-hoon-maxwell-food.html

Hong Kong Style Chee Cheong Fun 港式猪肠粉 is located at Mee Sek Food Court along Upper Serangoon Road (5 minutes from Kovan MRT station). This stall is located in the same place as the famous Punggol Nasi Lemak. I was actually having dinner eating my Fried Hokkien Mee from Yi Ji Fried Hokkien Prawn Noodles 福建炒虾面 when I noticed this stall. What caught my eye was that each piece of Chee Chong Fun was freshly made upon order, the traditional way (using a cloth)! Not factory made! In addition, other than having having Char Siew or Prawns fillings, they had unique fillings such as Mushrooms or Chicken. Apparently, the stall has been operating for more than 30 years. Mushroom Chee Cheong Fun $2.50

Hence, after gorging 1 plate of Fried Hokkien Mee, I ordered a plate of Mushroom Chee Cheong Fun $2.50. Mushroom Chee Cheong Fun $2.50

The Chee Cheong Fun with mushroom fillings.Mushroom Chee Cheong Fun $2.50

Soy sauce and sesame seeds were added over the Chee Cheong Fun. From the taste of it, I believe that a little sesame oil was added with the soy sauce resulting the extra flavour in the sauce. The rice rolls were thin and the slices of mushroom were fragrant. The chilli at the side was terrible. Dry, not fragrant and a little spicy, it was not my 'cup of tea'. Overall, it was quite a decent plate of Chee Cheong Fun, but its not the best.

Hong Kong Style Chee Cheong Fun 港式猪肠粉 (Upper Serangoon Road)

http://foodiefc.blogspot.sg/2014/04/hong-kong-style-chee-cheong-fun-upper.html

Yi Ji Fried Hokkien Prawn Noodles 福建炒虾面 is located at Mee Sek Food Court along Upper Serangoon Road (5 minutes from Kovan MRT station). This stall is located in the same place as the famous Punggol Nasi Lemak. I visited on a weekday evening. Although it was self service, I waited for not more than 10 minutes before my order was ready.

The Fried Hokkien Mee was available in $4, $5 and $6. If you require additional chilli, it would cost at an additional $0.50. Fried Hokkien Mee $5Fried Hokkien Mee $5

Yi Ji 's Fried Hokkien Mee $5 used thin bee hoon (instead of thick bee hoon) and yellow noodles. There were 3 pieces of prawns, a few pieces of squids and lean meat. Their version was also slightly drier with little broth underneath the noodles. Fried Hokkien Mee $5

Although the Fried Hokkien Mee had great texture and was flavourful, it seems to lacked wok hei and the unique flavourful attained when fried with pork lard. There was no pork lard found in my plate of Hokkien Mee. The prawns were firm and fresh.

The sambal chilli added at the side was super spicy as proclaimed on its signboard. Although it was very spicy, it lacked fragrant. I ate tried the chilli a few times before stopping as it oerwhemled the other flaours.

Overall, it was quite a decent plate of Hokkien Mee.

http://foodiefc.blogspot.sg/2014/04/yi-ji-fried-hokkien-prawn-noodles-upper.html