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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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Standard doesnt change Smile Feb 10, 2013   
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Categories : American | Bars/Lounges | Pasta | Steaks and Grills | Burgers and Sandwiches

Food

Decided to visit my Favourite place as a fan of Hard Rock. Every diner will have a piece of hard rock cafe serviette placed on the table with the dinning utensils on top of it.

 
16oz of Mango Berry Cooler at $10.00 consist of tropical blend of mangos, strawberries, pineapple juice, orange juice and sweet & sour mix topped with lemon-lime soda. Totally refreshing , a mouth filled with fruity taste!

 
For starters we ordered POTATO SKINS, these are large potato shells, fried till golden brown with cheddar cheeses, crisp seasoned bacon and green onions. Sour cream is provided in the saucer. By reading "potato skins" on the menu, initially i thought that it is thin like chips but it is actually not. It dont really taste like you have biting on potatoes and I simply loves the big square bacon bits scattered onto them.

 
A close-up of the potato skins. Looks Yammy.

 
16oz of Wildberry Smoothie at $8.00.A frozen delight of fresh bananas, piña colada mix, orange juice and raspberry syrup finished off with a slice of fresh pineapple. Dont really like it as its thickness of smoothie and rich smell resembles coconut cream. Nevertheless, I had finished it!

 
HICKORY SMOKED BAR-B-QUE COMBO! Its a very good choice to order if you are unsure what to order as the Trio Combo at $35 consists of HICKORY SMOKED BAR-B-QUE CHICKEN, SMOKED BAR-B-QUE RIBS, SMOKED PULLED PORK SANDWICH, 3 types served with seasoned fries, ranch beans & fresh coleslaw. Surprisingly the ranch beans is hot and not directly just from the can.

BBQ chicken is their famous Southern-style, half-chicken, rubbed, grilled and basted with their authentic Hickory BBQ sauce.

For Smoked BBQ Ribs, it comes with a full rack of West Tennessee-style ribs rubbed then basted with their authentic Hickory BBQ sauce and cooked to perfection. Easy cut for us!

Last but not least their HICKORY SMOKED PULLED PORK SANDWICH is what I like most. I love the biting sensation that resembles shredded chicken. Smoked pork is hand pulled, its tender and juiceness taste left me utterly speechless. Definite MUST TRY! It has a crunchy toast laid below the pulled pork. Yammy!

 
A full rack of ribs !

 
Pulled pork that hides under the ribs.

 
Service
Service is definitely good. waitress offer to help me hang my bag on the chair and mentioned that it will be more comfortable sitting that way. During meals, she will come up to us and check if the food is ok.

Ambience
Two stories high cafe area. No one would say HRC is lacking of ambience! HRC is a good place to celebrate your birthday at. Everyone in the cafe will sing you a birthday song if you go up the stage and they will cheer for you. During certain scheduled hours, you will get to see live bands on the stage. And for normal timing, there will be TV display everywhere around the corner in the cafe that shows some MTVs. Its a crowded area well-liked by us.

Price
Price is definitely alright with such big generous portions of food.

Recommendations / Tips
Good place for group gathering especially. Call in advance for reservations.
 
Recommended Dish(es):  HICKORY SMOKED PULLED PORK SANDWICH
 
Date of Visit: Feb 08, 2013 

Spending per head: Approximately $40

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Nam Nam Nam! Smile Feb 03, 2013   
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Categories : Vietnamese

Food

 
Through words of mouth and social media, it seems like nam nam noodle bar is the talk of the town.

I ordered a bowl of Pho Brisket , Stated P2 in the menu which costs me about $8.90. Served with a slice of lime on the spoon and the colors on the bowl seems very appealing. Orange red sliced cut chilli, green ganish floating on top of the soup and underneath, you can see 90% cooked sliced beef with some blood. We waited about 10 minutes for the food to arrive.Generous lean pieces of beef soak in the fragrance of the Nam nam's beef stock! The Pho (noodles) are slipperly, smooth and silky.

 
On top of that, we have ordered small plates Fresh southern rolls with sweet shrimps, egg, fresh herbs at $4.90. Wrapped up by moist rice paper with its kind of special sauce. It's delicious.

 
Service & ambience
I have Queue for 20mins to get 4 seats on a saturday afternoon around 1pm. To refrain from waiting longer, we have agreed to take the bar counter liked seats. While we walked into the restaurant, we have to be very careful not to knock over onto someone meal has narrow aisles.

Just on top of the bar counter, there is a dish filled with sauces available for customers which is within their reach. What is common for vietnamese cuisine should be the Viet Fish Sauce.

 
Luckily there is a hook under the bar table to hang our back packs.

 
Since Im Sitting on top of the bar top, its a very good view as they have open kitchen concept. I can see the staff preparing the garnish and every bowl of pho. The beef are only cooked when they scooped the ladle of soup and placed them into the bowl.

 
A very old school day kind of metal cup with modern kind of straw filled with Lime Soda at $3 makes my dinning experience so special. It's a fusion of olden and modern days.

 
Take a look at its cup, with "xi" wording. Sounds so auspicious. The serviette has Nam Nam's logo printed on it. Soooo Cute.

 
Price
Reasonably price as one bowl of noodle is very filling. Cheaper than 'Pho Hoa'.

Recommendations/Tips
(1) Take the bar counters if you want to avoid waiting longer.
(2) It mentioned that there is no MSG added, however I felt very thirsty after the meal.
 
Recommended Dish(es):  Pho with slice beef
 
Date of Visit: Feb 02, 2013 

Spending per head: Approximately $9(Lunch)

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Dinner OK Feb 01, 2013   
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Categories : Malaysian | Food Court | Noodles | Bak Kut Teh | Claypot Rice

Food
There was only a few eateries left after 9.30pm. We have chosen Malaysia Boleh thinking that it may not be crowded as dinner time - we can eat those we had missed out the other round but we was all round. There are still long queues everywhere and to make things worse, some of the food has sold out!

We have orderd a plate of Fried KL Hokkien Mee - $6.00, firstly because there is no queue at that time and one of us love dark sauce very much. The very dark sauce spoonful depicts the origins of KL fried hokkien mee served in the olden days kind of steel oval plate. This thick mee is totally different from what we have seen from ordinary singapore hawkers. It is smooth and silky, another version of Bee tai Mak but just that its fatter.

 
The thick Mee is coated with sweet dark sauce, each plate comes with a few pieces of cabbage, prawns, meat and every mouthful consume consists the fragrance of pork lard. Bear in mind that each plate is fried base on per order and you can still see the steam coming out from your plate.

 
One lady walked passed me and I thought the bowl of food that she was holding was quite appealing - its color catches my eyes, orange carrot, green vegetables and brown sauce soup.
That's the Asam Laksa which costs $4. There are no other size given except for this! Asam laksa is well known for its sour and spicy taste and yes! this is what you get in the bowl.

 
After sipping down a few spoonful of the sour soup from the laksa, I find that my appetite had actually grown in size suddenly. The asam is definitely the culprit! tongue Overall the taste is somehow there but you can have a more closer try in malaysia if you want to have a taste of how penang laksa is.

 
Paired with turnip, it makes the bite more crunchy and the greens protray a feeling that it's healthy.

 
The glue! Fried Oyster - $4
$4 for a miserable plate of Orh Luak! Well, comes with a few orh luak with the slimy and gooy eggy prepared starch. The Oysters are somehow "divorce" from the island of egg, laying flat individually on top. This plate of Orh Luak is close to ordinary but it definitely has the malaysian style in it. There is no cripsy or crunchy bites from this plate!

 
The chilli that comes with it is rather special. It's not watery and quite strong in smell. Try it with the orh luak.

 
Service
Overall service is moderate with self service. Well, the cleaners are well trained to clear up the used dishes fast.

Ambiene
Very difficult to get seats. Just imagine you still have to queue after 9.30pm. For the drink stall we also have to queue, it's maddness. In the end we gave up queuing for the Mata Kuching Drink.

Recommendations
There is a lady outside selling those traditional ice cream at $1.
 
Recommended Dish(es):  Asam Laksa
 
Date of Visit: Feb 01, 2013 

Spending per head: Approximately $4(Dinner)

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Categories : Singaporean | Cantonese/Hong Kong | Coffeeshop | Zi Char

https://www.umakemehungry.com/2021/03/hong-kong-street-zhen-ji.html

Weekends are meant for good meals and with the sibling's recommendation, we have agreed to head down to Ang Mo Kio Hong Kong Street Zhen Ji for a Cze Char dinner despite the heavy downpour.

 
Hong Kong Street Zhen Ji

The dish was a noteworthy item just as recommended on their menu. Cuttlefish given was generous and was soft and chewable while the Sambal was not too spicy together with the cut pieces of Fried Kang Kong.

 
Fried Kang Kong Sambal with Cuttlefish 鱿鱼蕹菜 - $12
Large chunks of fish meat with slices of ginger and vegetables together with thick bee hoon are the usual sights that we expect from Cze Char's stall Fish Meat Noodle Soup. I was rather disappointed with the soup as it was rather bland without much taste but on a good note, usage of MSG is minimal.

 
Sum Kee Fish Meat Noodle Soup 珍记鱼肉粗米粉 - $7
The pork ribs are indeed very flavourful with sweetness and sour taste. It was intense and the amount of meat given was generous. It's recommended just as what they state on their menu.

 
Sum Kee Pork Ribs 珍记排骨王 - $10
"Wok Hei" taste from the "San Lao" Hor Fun was present. This individual serving of Hor Fun had a significant use of fish slices as well as bean sprouts.

 
Sum Kee "San Lao" Hor Fun 招牌三捞河粉 - $6
It was a tasty and recommended dish on its menu but, to be honest, it's good but not to die for as there are better ones out there.

 
Fish Slices and Bean Sprouts

The exterior texture of the roll was indeed very thin and crispy, unlike what I had in most Cze Char Stall. As for its fillings, its rather ordinary, pairing up with the sweet sauce provided.

 
Crispy Prawn Roll 珍记虾枣 - $10
Though the cereal prawn was packed with fragrance and hints of milk powder, we still find that the taste of prawns was kind of lacking and bland. 

 
Cereal Prawn 香脆麦片虾 - $22
The taste from the "star" of the dish was not up to our expectation but instead the cereal that is complimenting the prawns taste better as a whole. Well, I would have skipped this dish.

 
Close up on Cereal Prawn

With some hits and misses, if I'm going for popular dishes like San Lao Hor Fun, Fish Meat Noodle Soup and Crispy Prawn Roll, I will most likely go to the usual Holland Village XO Fish Head Bee Hun. However, their menu was rather standard and not with a variety like Hong Kong Street. In addition, with so many dishes ordered, we felt that the price was reasonable & pocket friendly for a popular Cze Char place like this. It is definitely a good place for a family meal during the weekends and do note that reservations can be made in advance for big groups only.

 
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Inspirasi Smile Apr 10, 2021   
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Categories : Indian | Hawker Centre

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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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