Having dinner at one of the Hong Kong Street Old Chun Kee Cze Char branches near my area and I was surprised by to see some unique dishes that they served. From a banner outside their stall at the Coffee Shop, they are also one of the recommended stalls from the Channel 8 Food Show known as “Sizzling Wok - 煮炒来咯”.

Above are the 3 items that we have tried from the recommended dishes list:-

1. Sum Lo Hor Fun -三捞河分 which we think can be better because all the rice noodles seems to be bundle together rather than loosely fried. But overall the taste is still good with that slightly burnt wok taste.

2. Golden Dragon Beancurd -金龙豆腐 is a must try. As you can see from the photo, this chef recommended tofu is of multi-colour that used vegetable such as spinach and carrot to blend with soya milk and steam it layer by layer to achieve those colourful layer. The tofu is steamed, cut into cubes, deep-fried and top with floss and mayonnaise. Very unique and appetizing starter.

3. Mongolian Pork Ribs -蒙古排骨 although it might not good appetizing due to it’s colour but it has a very special taste with the combination of curry leave, black pepper and mayonnaise. It is a good change to have this rather than the usual sweet and sour pork or jin du pai gu.

Last weekend, we pop over to one of the Popeyes Chicken outlet at Jubilee Entertainment Centre, Ang Mo Kio. While queuing for the orders, I was attracted to the poster at the counter showing “Free Onion Rings” with any purchase of two Chicken Set Meal. So instead of getting a burger set with a chicken meal I decided to forgo the burger and swap it with two chicken meals for the sake of our favourite Onion Rings.

This is our first time trying out their Onion Ring and we love it just as much as we love their Cajun Fries. The outer coating of the rings are so crispy and fragrant which brings back some of our memories on the famous A&W Onion Rings that we used to eat.

For my Chicken Meal Set, I choose their "3 pieces Chicken Tenders" instead of deep-fried chicken pieces. When I tried a piece of it, I was surprised with it crispy outer layer and tender juice fillet as to compare with some other fast food outlet that I have tried that is sometimes either overcooked, too dry or tough.

So Popeyes Chicken lovers, go gather some of your friends or buddies and get your free Onion Rings upon purchase of two chicken set meal today, promotion while stock last.

Talking about Soup! I am a Soup craze especially Asian type of double-boiled soup. I am sure most of you have heard or even try those delicious western soups from “The Soup Spoon”. And for your information, Chef Anna Lim have concocted 12 different types of Asian Hearty Soup such as “Herbal Chicken”, “Chicken Daikon Leek”, “Hainanese Beef”, “Seafood Tom Yam” and etc for soup lover to enjoy a pot of tasty comfortable soup at a affordable price.

I have ordered the “Herbal Chicken Soup” with Yam Rice. But actually each pot of soup comes with a bowl of complimentary steam white rice or for your preference you can also add extra S$1.00 to exchange it with either fried rice or yam rice. And since we are sharing, I took up the S$4.80 top-up for set meal that includes a drink (either hot green tea or ice-lemon tea) and 3 side dishes (select one from category of Appetizer, Meat and Vegetable)

Their Herbal chicken soup is very usual compared to those that we have tried from local Chinese restaurant. Imagine spotting some deep-fried dumplings and fresh watercress in your herbal chicken soup? Does this sound interesting! I am sure there are a lot more interesting combination or taste waiting for you to explore at their outlet. Do give Asian soup a try if you love their western soup at “The Soup Spoon”.

Recently there is this “Late Lunch” promotion on Chatterbox, Mandarin Hotel which is a quite a good bargain for patrons to enjoy their signature Mandarin Chicken Rice and other local delights at S$15++ from 3pm to 6pm on weekdays only (excluding eve and day of public holidays).

From my opinion, the “rice” could have been better as it is not as fragrant or fantastic as I thought it would be. But rather the chicken was tender and juicy, and it goes very well with their chilli and ginger sauce.

Surprisingly the broth of the Seafood Laksa taste great with a hint of heat that isn’t too spicy and it will leave you to crave for more scooping of it. A bowl of this also cost S$15.00 as main course in the promotion menu.

With an additional top up of S$3.00 you can enjoy a jar of either one of these homemade Soya Bean Milk, Barley Water or Grass Jelly drink to along with your meal too.

Late Lunch Promotion:
~ Monday - Friday: 3.00pm - 6.00pm (excluding eve and day of public holidays)

Ochado is located in the North area, which sometime might be considered as an inconvenient area for most people. Despite the location, this store actual provides quite a number of decent flavour tea that are in line with the two popular bubble tea stores which is KOI and Gong Cha. For your information, the shop is just about 2 bus stops away from Yishun Mrt station, and you can easily spot it with its outstanding green and black furnishing outlook too.

Out the all the drinks that they have in the store, I would like to recommend these few which I personally find them special and worth trying:-

1. OchaDo's Lemonade - 招牌鲜桔茶 which is also known as “Ladies tea” is a mixture of green tea with freshly squeeze lime juice and top with preserved sour plum (话梅). Great cooling drinks to quench thirst on hot afternoon or after a heavy meal to wash down all the greasy food.

2. Roasted Tea with Azuki Beans and Pearls - 珍珠红豆烤奶 use roasted tea leaves to brew into roasted milk tea that served together with two different toppings such as azuki beans and pearls. I love the combination of azuki bean and pearls where the sweetness of the beans blends well with the mild taste of the pearls.

3. Pop Eggs Milk Tea - 魔力爆蛋奶茶 which from a glance you might mistaken the topping as pearls because they are quite similar on appearance and size. But when you get to try them, you will be surprised! These little “eggs” are actually from Japan and they will burst out with some coffee liquid when bites so it a good choice for coffee and tea lovers.

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