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White Sesame Paste Smile Oct 22, 2012   
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Categories : Cantonese/Hong Kong | Bakery

This 1920s shop specialised in egg tarts, traditional wedding cake, wife cake and traditional Chinese pastry. I stopped by to have a snack and bought one of the curry puff. The curry puff is not the usual type but a baked version with spicy and sweet curry chicken and boiled egg. It is like Japaneses curry chicken wrapped in a baked pastry. The taste is quite good if you do not mind that it is sweeter.

I was surprise to see they also see a range of hot traditional dessert, like Almond Paste, Black Sesame and the unsual White Sesame Paste. Since I have not tried the white sesame paste, I decided to order a bowl to try.

I sat down in the marble topped table and my bowl of white sesame paste came piping hot. It looks like my favorite Walnut Paste which they did not sell. I guess the creamy brown color came from frying the white sesame. The sweetness was just right and it was fragrant. It was so smooth with no lumps and burnt taste. I would have bought more of this dessert if I was going home straight.

I am still craving for it and I think this is the only place that I know of that sell the white version of Sesame Paste. Do
gave it a try if you are near Chinatown.
White Sesame Paste $2.50

White Sesame Paste $2.50

 
 
Date of Visit: Oct 15, 2012 

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$10 Korean Set Lunch Meals Smile Oct 19, 2012   
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Categories : Korean | Restaurant | Buffet | Korean BBQ

We went to the popular Korean Restaurant in Tanjong Pagar. Their Korean BBQ buffet is highly popular but it is only available for for dinner. We came with the intention to have Ala cart BBQ, but it requires us to order 2 portions of the same type of meat before they will open the grill. There was only 2 of us which is too much to order with another main dishes. So we ended up ordering their Lunch Special.

The Lunch Special was placed at the back of the menu and most items is priced at a affordable price of $10 ++

The place is simply decorated with tables and chairs. The table has built in grilled for BBQ.

When we were seated, a lady place a cold bottle of mineral water and 1 can of lemon tea which we did not order. She said it was free drinks. We decided on the lunch special for

Sides Dishes
We were served with 6 sides dishes. I liked most of the taste and texture of the sides dishes especially the mini potato and egg plants.

Crispy Seaweed
I like the crispy seaweed that add a crunchy texture to my plain rice.

Soya Glace Mini Potato
The mini potato is cooked with the skin and has a glossy dark sweet glace on it with a nice soft bite.
Free Sides Dishes

Free Sides Dishes

 
Spicy Egg Plant
The Egg Plant was fried with tiny shrimp & slightly spicy and the texture was just right.

[b]Spicy Bean Curd Puff
The sliced Bean Curd Puff was coated with some chilli powder and it was spicy.

Fish Cake
The sliced fish cake is thin and different from our local version. It cooked in a sweet gravy.

Cabbage Kimchi
The kimchi was spicy and sour and well fermented and is very appertising with steaming hot rice.

Saba & Pork Set
Both sets came with bowl of rice served in their traditional stainless steel bowl with cover.
We get half a Saba fish which was fried crispy on the skin and still moist inside.
Saba & Grilled Porks

Saba & Grilled Porks

 
The Pork Set served on a hotplate look spicy with the orange color sauce but for me it is not very spicy. The portion is decent for 1 person or 2 persons sharing if you order other set as well. The only complaint is that the pork was sliced too thick, it would have been better if the pork is thinly sliced.

Overall the food is tasty especially the free sides dishes and value for money as it comes with free drink. At $10++ per head in air-con comfort, it is value for money.

Service
We were served the bill just before 2pm even though I have not finished eating and did not asked for the bill. I paid thinking the cashier wants to closed the account. Then someone wanted to clear the table even though I was still eating. We still had a almost full hotplate of pork and my rice bowl was not empty. The staffs should be reminded with better service.
 
Date of Visit: Oct 15, 2012 

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Categories : Hawker Centre | Desserts and Cakes

This is a new cupcakes stall located in the former Republic Theatre. I happened to come across it as I walked pass and decided to buy 2 cup cakes. I picked their Chrysanthemum Wolfberry & Red Velvet Cake. They claim to e the only place to sells Chrysanthemum Wolfberry.
Chrysanthemum & Red Velvet Cupcake $2.50 each

Chrysanthemum & Red Velvet Cupcake $2.50 each

 
The cupcake has a nice fluffy texture. For the Chrysanthemum Wolfberry cupcake, you get bits of Wolfberry inside the vanilla cake, like eating raisins. The yellow cream has very light Chrysanthemum flavour and not too swee.

The Red Velvet was a disappointment in the cheese frosting at it was extremely salty even if you eat it the cream cheese with the cake. The cupcake was a read colour chocolate and texture was soft.
Box Packaging.

Box Packaging.

 
If you order less than 6 cupcakes, each cupcake is packed individually in a transparent cake container. On another day, I order 6 cupcakes and was packed in a big box which has 6 placeholder to hold the cupcakes as seen in the photo, but it was not a good fits as the cupcake was a bit too small, so some of my cupcakes was out of portion and cream slightly damaged when I brought it home.
 
Date of Visit: Aug 28, 2012 

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Almond Butter Cake OK Oct 16, 2012   
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Categories : Bakery | Desserts and Cakes

There is a stall inside the Coffeeshop next to Siglap NTUC selling cake. About a year ago it took over the famous Vadai stall in Siglap. This new stall still sells Vadai but combined with Otak. The Vadai is not the crispy type but soft and chewy version.

I always pass this stall when I stop to buy dinner at the very popular cooked food rice stall.

I decided to buy the small portion of the cake at $2.50 and Walnut Cake is $3. It comes packed in a transparent plastic box. Each cake gets you about 4-5 small slices.
Walnut Cake & Almond Butter Cake

Walnut Cake & Almond Butter Cake

 
The Almond cake is butter cake topped with slice Almond. It has a light butter fragrant but the cake is the more dense version compared to the soft and fluffy type. Same with Walnut Cake except you get chopped Walnut and chocolate chips as topping.

The taste is not bad except that I prefer a stronger butter smell and moist texture.
 
Date of Visit: Sep 04, 2012 

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Melaka Chicken Ball Rice OK Sep 21, 2012   
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This cafe is decorated with old toys and a "Kampong" Look. It serves a range of Malaysian food representing different part of East and West Malaysia. Like JB Noodle, Melaka Chicken Ball Rice , Ipoh Hor Fun and Kuching's Triple colour tea or Coffee.
Melaka Chicken Ball Rice $5

Melaka Chicken Ball Rice $5

 
Chicken Ball Rice
This is Malacca style chicken rice where the rice is served in little golf ball accompanied with boiled white chicken. I found the rice sticky and soft and cannot taste each fluffy grain of rice. This was not to my liking, as I like to be able to taste each grain of rice. I have not tasted the original Chicken Ball Rice in Malacca so do not know if the rice ball texture is supposed to be sticky. The boiled chicken is served in a separate plate with a layer of beansprouts. The chicken was not tender and moist.
Pontian Wanton Noodles $3.50

Pontian Wanton Noodles $3.50

 
Pontian Wanton Noodle
This is the popular Pontien Wanton Noodle which has a "QQ" texture and served in dark black sauce unlike our local version which is chilli sauce or tomato sauce. It comes with both fried and boiled wanton.
Penang Assam Laksa $5

Penang Assam Laksa $5

 
Assam Laksa
Taste is quite good with the right type of thick bee hoon and mint, accompanied with watered down Prawn Paste.
Popiah $3

Popiah $3

 
Popiah & Pie Tie
The filling of both Popiah and Kuah Pie Tie is the same shredded yam beans excepts the former is in a wrap and the later is is in a cup. I like both of this snacks as the filling is cooked just right and is has the right amount of sweet sauce and the right hot chilli sauce for the little bite size cup.
Kuah Pie Tie $3.50

Kuah Pie Tie $3.50

 
Triple Delight Kopi/ Tea

If you like the Triple Delight Kopi / Teh found in Sarawak, you can find it here. It is a layer of liquid Gula Melaka (Brown Sugar) , Kopi/Tea and Evaporated Milk. Not the best as the original town but it is ok. It cost $3 a glass.

Overall the food has some good and bad ones but if you really missed Malaysian Food, this place is to go for its reasonable prices as most item is around $5 or below. So it is a cheap fixed to anyone who craved for Malaysian food. So far it is the only chain cafe in Singapore where I can find the Triple Delight Coffee or Tea.
 
Date of Visit: Sep 08, 2012 

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