Our ginger adventure officially started with the Lemongrass & Ginger Prawn Salad. It was a riot of colours, with turmeric-coated prawns and pinkish-purple ginger flower dressing on top of a generous bed of green greens, yellow mangoes and red cherry tomatoes. The flavour was as exciting as it looked.
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Gentle introduction to Peranakan cuisine at Godmama
If you’ve never had Peranakan food before, Godmama offers a gentle introduction to a whole new world of flavours that might just get you addicted.
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Early morning expedition to Shunfu Market for Hakka soon kueh
Late one night, as The Wife was scrolling through her Facebook feed, she noticed a friend’s photos of soon kueh that she had bought from Mei Zhen Hakka Delicacies (美珍客家美食) in Shunfu Market. I knew that the outcome was inevitable and pre-emptively said to her: “Gaja (가자)!” Which, as we all know, is Korean for “resistance is futile”.
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Ollella doesn’t just make yummy kueh kueh
When it comes to kueh kueh, Ollella ranks high on my list because of their fantastic kueh dadar. We recently discovered that they also cook home-style comfort food like nasi lemak, lontong and sate ayam and offer island-wide delivery. So, we ordered their family combo meal to sample what they had to offer.
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I finally made it back to Nylon Coffee after eight long years
Let me just say upfront that, sometimes, I’m a terrible customer. I was looking back at some old photos and realised that the last time I visited Nylon Coffee Roasters was eight years ago, all the way back in the September of 2013.
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Ang ku kueh doesn’t always have to be red
It’s good that traditional shops like Ji Xiang Confectionery are experimenting with different flavours and colours, instead of simply sticking with the classic tried-and-tested ones.
While some might think that this dilutes the original symbolism of the beloved ang ku kueh, these innovations do make it more attractive and relatable to the younger generation, who may otherwise just give it a miss totally.
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The chicken satay at Rahim Muslim Food is sangat sedap
Pakcik did not disappoint, because the chicken satay was jinjja oishii! Which is a Korean/Japanese phrase that means sangat sedap, which is in turn Malay for “you absolutely have to travel to Ang Mo Kio to eat this”.
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Vegetables can be delicious too, you know
Like many people, I grew up not liking vegetables. They were always the least tasty part of any meal and something that I had to forcibly swallow to finish my meal. It took a while for me to get over my childhood dislike of vegetables, and over time, I found that I actually started to like them.
Not just as a necessary evil to be tolerated, but as a delicious dish to be enjoyed. So much so that I regularly seek out vegetarian restaurants to have an entire meal comprising *gasp* only of vegetables.
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Ondeh ondeh cake and other yummy kueh kuehs
We have a soft spot for Montreux Patisserie’s cakes, with the ondeh ondeh one being my particular weakness. I chalk it up to my love for Malay kueh kuehs, including the O.G. ondeh ondeh that inspired the eponymous cake.
It’s just so satisfying to chomp into a chewy mochi-like ball and having liquid gula melaka burst out, mixing with the soft pandan skin and coconut shavings for an intensely flavourful bite. While the cake version can’t replicate the explosion, it makes up for it with an authentic rendition of the complex flavours.
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Sampling eight different beans from The Caffeine Peddler
It was coincidental that Phase 2 (Heightened Alert) restrictions were kicking in on 16 May, and I received my delivery just before the lockdown-lite started. I had ordered the Sensory XL Box and chose eight different beans, each packed in small 100gm bags, allowing me to sample and compare flavours from various coffee origins over the course of a month.
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