This is something new to me and my friend. We passed by this shop that evening and noted they were serving you tiao (deep fried dough) as main ingredient. I like you tiao all times. When we were browsing their menu, the cashier was eagerly to introduce their food for us, she spokes really fast till we couldn’t catch what she was saying! Anyway, their menu wasn’t complicated, it was clear to see. She wanted to emphasis to us drinks are complimented but when we placed our order, we have to add $1 for a drink. Forgive and forget, we have 2 you tiao with tuna mayo wrap plus 2 drinks.

When we opened our wraps, it was slightly disappointed as tuna mayo was miserably less than their picture showed. Tuna fish was so little as compare to mayo portion. I could taste the you tiao was deep fried in old oil. Furthermore, it wasn’t fresh and crispy to my taste, it could be left for too long after deep fried. I couldn’t remember the exact price but both of us agreed this would be our last visit to this stall. With the similar prices, we would have much better food at Delifrance or Subway.

Sorry to say that they couldn’t make it!

It was Takashimaya’s pre-Christmas sale weekend. The place was packed with customers. Most of the eateries were filled with dinners, finding a seat wasn’t easy. Couldn’t think too much, I just queued at this stall for my late lunch. Once I placed my order, they would find a seat for me, it eased my worry in finding my seat while dining alone.

Furthermore, I like the serving lady’s costume, they dress like a maid-on-wait. This is a place I have been patronising for numerous times. I would return whenever I wanted to have something crispy. So far they have not let me down on food or services.

The way they deep fried the breadcrumbs, it is one of the best cutlet in Singapore. Though they are using frozen pork, I am fine with it as my main concern is their crispy breadcrumbs. The shredded cabbage is serving generous portion, it clears the oiliness taste after eating the cutlet. Frankly the whole meal is really big for small diners, I normally combine 2 meals for this big meal. So I would try my best to finish the whole meal.

The accompany miso soup is fine too, it isn’t too salty or bland, it is just right. The rest of the ingredients are up to the standard. This is the place I would keep returning.

Browsing for idea of lunch at Tanjong Pagar hawker centre at quiet Sunday, there aren’t many stalls open, choices are limited. This soup stall looks new to me, probably they have open for few months only. The stall owner looks friendly as he smiles to me when I place my order. I just want to have something soupy with rice that day. They don’t serve many types of soup on Sunday, whereas they serve more choices on weekdays. Which means their food is under control, they won’t prepare or cook too many beforehand. In terms of freshness, it has some warranty though.

I have herbal chicken soup with rice. It is wrapped with foil and plastic sheet as the container. Once the wrapper is open, steaming hot soup and ingredients are within. The soup was clear brown, hardly could trace oil as the owner has removed the chicken skin. Taste wise, I like it without msg and light, though it has a strong liquorice taste, it overpowered the rest of the ingredients. If liquorice could be less, it is a perfect bowl of soup for me. I could taste it has taken long hours to boil as chicken meat is really tender. Chicken leg was the main ingredient plus some herbs.

I think I will return to try some other soups. It seems this little stall serves good old flame soups with detailed and consideration.

I would guess deep fried shark meat balls are the main attraction of this stall. Whenever I pass by this place, queue is expected to be seen at this stall, even though it is a quiet Sunday morning/lunch. As the location matter, many stalls are shut due to office crowd is disappeared on Sunday. The whole hawker centre is pretty quiet with neighbourhood dinners mainly.

Choices are limited, so one who has to expect the waiting time even longer. It takes about 15~20 minutes at least. They serve one type of lor mee, ingredients are fixed, shark meat ball is not serving and replace by deep fried chicken ball that Sunday. The owner didn’t explain the reason though. The only difference is big or small bowl for your choice. They serve and cook one type of lor mee but it takes ages for them to be served! It is really inefficient.

Having said that this bowl of lor mee is quite appetising in terms of colour and presentation, whether the waiting time is worth or not, it depends on one’s value. Taste wise, it is the usual type of lor mee gravy soup, this one is rather watery, texture is smooth. If the owner is not going to serve shark meat ball for good, I wonder will there still be so many patrons!

This satay stall is really popular, it has always needed to be queue! Especial before Chinese New Year as they sell roast pork slices, the queue was tremendously long, 10~20mins was the usual waiting time! We were there before dinner crowd that evening, so I gave it a try for their satay. We wanted mutton and pork but they have sold out mutton or did not prepare for it. Anyway, we ordered chicken and pork for 15 pieces.

They served generous satay sauce and cucumber. We didn’t order the rice as we didn’t like the tasteless rice cube texture. Frankly we have high hope on their satay, first pork stick, meat was dried and stuck hard on the stick, tried the second chicken stick, it was the same, tried pork…chicken again, they were all hard and dried! Well, meats were well marinated but just too dry to chew. It has lost all moisture, it could be during barbeque process or left too long at the fridge as the stall closes on Wednesday. Though we found that their satay has room to improve, there were none stop patrons at that evening.