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This is wenxi living in Jurong West. I am a Executive, work in Clementi. I like to hang out in Clementi, Jurong West, Boon Lay. Japanese, Thai, Vietnamese, Chinese are my favorite cuisines. I also love Restaurant, Hawker Centre and Sushi/Sashimi, Zi Char, Ramen, Fish.
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Inspirasi Smile Apr 10, 2021   
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Categories : Indian | Hawker Centre

https://www.umakemehungry.com/2021/03/inspirasi.html

Inspirasi is a well known Malay Stall in Bedok Interchange Hawker Center as they have a long history. Look into the queue and the surrounding tables, you will get to see many Maciks and Pakciks. The stall menu has only 4 items, Mee Rebus, Soto Ayam, Mee Soto and chicken Porridge.

Inspirasi

Inspirasi

 


We hardly get to have $2.50 per bowl nowadays and in fact, most of the minimum price in a hawker centre is about $3. I had topped up my bowl of Mee Soto with Begedil. The Begedil comes in a round shape size like a fishball and was rather ordinary. However, talking about the Mee Soto, the soup has a very old school taste and to my liking.

Mee Soto - $2.50 with Badgedil $0.50

Mee Soto - $2.50 with Badgedil $0.50

 


Even though the portion was $2.50, patrons are not short-changed on the amount of shredded chicken.

Shredded Chicken

Shredded Chicken

 

We bought another popular item on the menu too, Mee Rebus and topped it up with 2 begedils. The sweet peanut gravy too has a familiar old school taste of childhood and its really comforting.
Mee Rebus - $2.50

Mee Rebus - $2.50

 


Comparing the price per item, I would say the food is worth the queue even though its the best I had around. Since my not residing in the East, I would not purposely go back for their dinners but still, its a good experience to know such traditional tastes still exist.
 
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Choupinette Smile Oct 07, 2020   
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Categories : French | Bakery | Café | Steaks and Grills | Burgers and Sandwiches

https://www.umakemehungry.com/2020/10/choupinette.html

Hidden away in the Bukit Timah enclave, Choupinette been serving classic French dishes since 2002. When translated from French, "Choupinette" means "Sweetie Pie" in French.

The cafe also doubles up as a bakery where you can see lovely homemade loves displayed in the wooden baskets near the entrance.
Choupinette

Choupinette

 
It was an impromptu breakfast arrangement on a Saturday morning and we did not make an advance reservation. We approached the cafe as walk-in customers. We were then told that they were fully booked till 11am and they will call us in 20 minutes time if there were empty seats.
Can you spot the loaves?

Can you spot the loaves?

 
The menu items are rather limited and have no illustrations.
Menu

Menu

 
The doughnut stick was said to be on the house, the reason being that they have kept us waiting. 
Doughnut Stick

Doughnut Stick

 
The Ema's Set is the basic set among all and only served until noon. This gives us a choice of croissant or pain au chocolate or sultana or small brioche or wholemeal mini-baguette with butter and jam. 

All sets on the menu are served with fruit juice and any coffee or hot tea or even hot chocolate. It quite out of the ordinary practise that they offer 2 glasses of drinks in a meal.
Chocolate Brioche

Chocolate Brioche

 
The chocolate brioche is a perfect addition to a simple breakfast. The buns are pillowy soft and consist of chocolate.
Cross Section of Chocolate Brioche

Cross Section of Chocolate Brioche

 
The set comes with a glass of fruit juice and we have cranberry and lime juice. These are not freshly squeezed juices and most probably some carton juices that can be bought off from the shelves.
Cranberry & Lime Juice

Cranberry & Lime Juice

 
The Egg's Benedict's is a definite crowd-pleaser as almost each and every table did have one such similar-looking dish as their order. An a la carte order would have it cost at $19 but we have ordered in as a set and that comes with 2 drinks.

Choupinette has nailed it! The Egg's Benedict was perfectly done and well-executed with hollandaise sauce spread on both poached eggs.
Egg's Benedict's Set - $26

Egg's Benedict's Set - $26

 
Besides just having eggs on toast with ham and hollandaise sauce, I'm actually quite impressed but how crispy the toast was. The texture was simply as good as munching on some biscuits.
Are you moved now?

Are you moved now?

 
Here comes our 2nd drink, a glass of hot cappuccino and a glass of ice chocolate.
Drinks

Drinks

 
As an overall, service was ordinary and the cafe space is limited and hard to accommodate a large group. It will be advisable to do a reservation prior to going down to avoid disappointment.
 
Date of Visit: Oct 03, 2020 

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The Neighbourwok 街坊 Smile Oct 02, 2020   
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Categories : Chinese | Hawker Centre | Noodles

If you hear of the Dim Sum in Bukit Batok near the swimming pool, Lai Kee Poa Tin, you got to try out the Fried Prawn Noodle Stall there too. The Neighbourwok is located in the same coffee shop and selling 2 kinds of food, namely, Fried Prawn Mee and Satay. They have been operating for a few months since 28th June 2020.
Stall of The Neighbourwok

Stall of The Neighbourwok

 
Although they are relatively new in the neighbourhood, they are actually one of the best Fried Prawn Noodles in the district. The noodles were flavourful enough with "Wok Hei" taste and subtle sweet egg taste. Even though pork lards were being used in the process, the noodles were neither greasy nor "gelat". 
Fried Prawn Noodle - $4 (Small)

Fried Prawn Noodle - $4 (Small)

 
From strands of noodles to the thin strips of pork belly meat, they are generally well accentuated with the prawn broth. On a side note, their homemade Chilli had complimented the dish very well. 
Fried Prawn Noodle - $5 (Big)

Fried Prawn Noodle - $5 (Big)

 
The key components in a good plate of Fried Prawn Noodle consist of fresh prawns, pork lards bits, sotong, rich prawn broth, yellow noodles with thick white bee hoon, chilli as well as lime. 

On the other hand, the texture of the noodles is well kept in its shape, being still springy, unlike other places, you may find them already turning soggy when it is served to us. There are 3 types of meat to choose from, Chicken, Pork and Mutton. The cost of a per stick of Mutton Satay is $0.80 each while the rest costs $0.70 each. 
Satay

Satay

 
Satays are skewed to perfection, accompanied by aromatic chunky peanut sauce. To elaborate, the meat was thoroughly cooked, especially for Mutton, most places that we ate, the mutton satay was quite tough, dried and gamy. The Neighbourwok had actually done a good job by providing such satisfying satay.
 
Date of Visit: Sep 27, 2020 

Spending per head: Approximately $4

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PGFN Smile Sep 29, 2020   (Related Review)
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Categories : Chinese | Hawker Centre | Noodles

PGFN refers to Pandan Gardens Fishball Noodles. It was founded on 1st March 1982 by a couple, Mr and Mrs Seow. Till now, the business has gone through 3 generations of the customer at their original coffeeshop at Pandan Gardens. If you do not know, PGFN is serving Laksa as well as Fishball Noodles at one of the corners in the coffee shop and they have a few branches throughout the years. 

To name it, their Flag Ship stall is actually located in Keat Hong CC, operating 24 hours since 15th April 2017 with a casual and affordable air-conditioned environment. Other branches are located in Punggol and Bukit Batok West.
PGFN Stall in Coffeeshop

PGFN Stall in Coffeeshop

 
Signature Fishball Minced Meat Noodles come with a mixture of fish dumpling, minced meat, slices of fish cake and fishball. 
Signature Fishball Minced Meat Noodles 招牌鱼圆肉脞面 - $3 / $4 / $5

Signature Fishball Minced Meat Noodles 招牌鱼圆肉脞面 - $3 / $4 / $5

 
Comparing this Signature Fishball Minced Meat Noodle to the popular chains of fishball noodles that
I had, the taste cannot get any worse. It's still packed with a full of Asian taste, or rather a staple dish that we normally seen here in Singapore.
Ingredients

Ingredients

 
We preferred to explore something more than just fishball noodles and had the mushroom minced meat noodle. Mushrooms were well braised and definitely the meatballs together with minced meat sums up an average bowl of noodle.
Mushroom Minced Meat Noodle 香菇肉脞面 - $3.50 / $4.50 / $5.50

Mushroom Minced Meat Noodle 香菇肉脞面 - $3.50 / $4.50 / $5.50

 
The taste was inviting, nothing to complain about.
Ingredients

Ingredients

 
Fish cakes were our side orders and really complemented well with our bowls of noodles.
Fishcake Sides

Fishcake Sides

 
Personally, I find that the standard of fishball noodle won't lose out to any popular fishball noodles franchises/branches/chains in Singapore. 
 
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71 Lor Mee Smile Sep 29, 2020   
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Categories : Hawker Centre | Noodles

Just a day ago, one of my friends randomly forwarded me a video of this Lor Mee stall, asking me to try it out in Bukit Merah View Hawker Centre. She has also advised me not to go in during the weekends morning as the queue will be rather long but too bad as the week is already nearing weekends, lo and behold, the queue was indeed snaky long. It took about 20 minutes before we get to order our food. 
71 Lor Mee

71 Lor Mee

 
Let us check out the reason for the queue now. The regular bowl of Lor Mee is inexpensive and reasonably priced at $3. The portion may seem not enough for some but I find it just right. I have everything all in and that includes the coriander, minced garlic as well as chilli. 
Lor Mee - $3 (Regular)

Lor Mee - $3 (Regular)

 
Ingredients that made up the bowl of Lor Mee is nothing fanciful but rather ordinary. They are slices of Ngoh Hiong, fish cakes, Lor Bak and crispy bits, adding some crunch to our food. The Lor (gravy) is not starchy and is more on a lighter taste, in which it does not make the meal too "gelat" towards the end.
Ingredients

Ingredients

 
Dining with a guy that has a greater appetite, the order comes with additional ingredients and noodles priced at $4.50. You can order solely with yellow noodles or a good mixture of noodles with Bee Hoon.
Lor Mee - $4.50

Lor Mee - $4.50

 
Overall, if you prefer a lighter and simpler taste in Lor Mee, this will be your take! As for me, I have no preference of heavy taste in gravy or even the lighter taste, I find that both have their own special taste. 
 
Date of Visit: Sep 26, 2020 

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