Gluttons' Delight

If you are always eating at fancy restaurants, you may soon get tired no matter how good the food. This is especially so if you do lots of entertainment in your work. When this happens, you simply want heartland food - as simple as they come. In some places on earth, there is no food and here we are spoilt for choices and there are times you are tired of eating. I saw a clip of a family in the Philippines where the father will collect leftovers from a fried chicken and noodle joint where the rich and well off would leave behind their half-eaten food and when he got home his children will happily run to him and they would gather to say their grace before eating joyfully.

Talking about chicken, I found this chicken joint at the Heartland Mall @ Kovan quite refreshing in that somehow it is not oily even for the fried ones. and the serving is not too large, just now. Frankly, we are always overeating.

BBQ Chicken

Qiji

Sometimes, you just don't know where to eat or what you want to eat. You just wanted something easy and familiar. Then you should just head for Qiji, by now a successful halal food joint. Quality of food is always fresh and it is clean and cheerful. Most of you local favourites are there and mostly done quite well to very well. Your fixes of popiah, mee siam, lontong, laksa, mee rebus, nasi lemak, ice tea and more are all there. Take your pick. Can't go wrong.

Five Flavours (五香 )

Ngoh Hiang - was it supposed to be only five flavours originally? Anyway, this is one of the best and most authentic and traditional ones around and found at the Maxwell market. It is the one facing the main road. I heard the Tiong Bahru one has relocated and I should make a hit on that one which I have not visited for along time. I'll sniff my way there and let you in.

Century Square

Sometimes, you find nice little surprises. I found one at Century Square in Tampines. It's near to a Five Star Tour shop at an open space. The Pandan Curry Chicken is delicious. Cheap and the portion is just nice.

Putu Mayam


We lament because more and more of the old stuffs are gone. Putu Mayam is a South Indian dish. It is actually steamed vermicelli served with grated coconut and palm sugar. This is a real street food from the old times hardly found these days.

Pepper Rice

Basically rice served with fresh seafood, beef, chicken or salmon with corn on a hotplate and you cook it and add your own garlic/honey sauce and black pepper. Easy to eat but it is getting quite expensive.

Economic Rice

For Non-Singaporeans you may not have a clue to what is economic rice. Has it got to do with the economy? If you go to a stall and order from a menu it cost a lot more. A plate of vegetables can set yo back by $8-12 and some fried omelet would cost $6-8. You then go to an economic rice stall and they have everything already cooked and ready to serve. Both these food can be had for $3 each. This one at Ang Mo Kio along Avenue One takes the beating. Long queue forms half an hour before it opens for business but the food is really good, taste home-cooked and is cheap. That explains it.

Curry Rice

Curry Rice like our Mee Rebus, Char Kway Teow, Fried Rice and many others were created out of necessity and become common favourites. Curry rice is easy to eat because they throw all kinds of gravy over the rice topping it up with curry. This one at Hougang Ave 5 is quite popular.























Ipoh Hor Fun

As the name suggests must have come from Ipoh (Perak), Malaysia as an origin. This one is not one of those famous and popular ones but I found it pretty good at a coffee shop at Serangoon North near to the Rainbow Aquarium.

Power Mee Rebus

This is located at a food court along Yio Chu Kang/Upper Serangoon on the same stretch along the stadium. They used to be at an old shop house along Upper Serangoon. They add chicken and satay source to the gravy. Pretty good.

If you do not wish to queue for that mee rebus you may opt for the braised duck where the gravy is the non-sticky type.

Thai Express

Last time I told you that Hor Fun must have "wok hei" and I found it at Jumbo, at one time at Boon Tong Kee and then at La Mian stall at Hougang Mall, this one from Thai Express not only has wok hei. This Tom Yum Hor Fun is Tomyumlicious. Yummy! Power.

Or you may opt for the soft shell crab served with a special curry sauce.

Or the common favourite especially among ladies - Tom Yum soup with special Thai fish cake.

Fabrika

This joint is at a previous office building now converted to boutique hotel near why I park my car. It's on the rooftop sky garden. This is what greets you on arrival.

Spacious and well laid up tables and stools.

Bar Counter

Alternative seating arrangements.

Where to find Erdinger at $14? One for one which means $7 per glass. Two orders come with free sausages.

I am not telling you where so that it won't get over-crowded.