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Sunday, November 16, 2008 Ken Noodle House After some persuasion by Cheese, I finally conceded to bring him to eat ramen, which he dearly missed. He was choosy; he wanted big portion, thick soup, strong flavours. Miharu was the obvious choice, but too inaccessible, so I thought of Ken Noodle House, a small shop tucked away in the dark recesses of Orchard Plaza. We had to wait for seating when the two of us and Bren reached at 6.45pm. The place was packed even though the location was so obscure; a clear sign of its popularity. Finally we got ourselves a table and decided on three bowls of Stewed Egg Ramen ($12) and a plate of gyoza. Service was good. Gyoza is usually served in fives, but the waitress offered to serve 6 instead (of course the price was upped from $5 to $6).  Before I speak about the lovely bowl of noodles, let me just stress. I am a big eater. But I did not upsize my noodles for a low price of $2. Why? Because if you upsize, you get x 2 portion. You will be full, very very very full. Ok, so the ramen. The soup hits you as salty, but a saltiness of meaty savouriness and lovely aroma. The soup seems to be a shoyu base, but is much more tasty than a normal shoyu broth. Cheese was more than pleased with the thickness of the soup, and Bren was satisfied too. The noodles were chewy and had much bite, yet were slurp-able and had a full bodied "ramen" taste. They absorbed the flavour of the soup well, which was a plus point. Other than that was the star of the ramen - stewed egg. Till now i can still remember the gooey egg yolk that just melts in your mouth into an eggy mess. Together with the broth, the explosion (or rather, meltdown) of flavours just left you wanting more. Seriously, I have never tasted such a complementary pairing of soup and egg yolk before. Chashu was LARGE, but on the lean side. For that matter I prefer Ohsho's chashu, which was more melt-in-your-mouth. Still, the chashu were pretty good, with much flavour being infused from the stewing. We had gyoza too. I daresay this gives Ohsho a run for its money. Crispy thin skin with a very nice "fried taste" (aspiring chemists can attribute this to your Maillard reaction) and a pretty juicy filling of fresh minced pork and spring onions and was there spinach as well? Hmm, however, it's much more expensive than Ohsho's and Ohsho's is still more juicy and plump. Satisfying nonetheless.Food: Lovely noodles. Satisfying, filling, so tasty and so authentically sinful. Comfort food for the mugging soul. Cost: 7/10 ramen is $12 w/o GST Svc charge =( Location: 5/10 Bad location. At the back of Orchard Plaza Ambience: pretty calm though due to the obscure location Address: #01-17/18 Orchard Plaza Business Hours: 12nn - 2pm, 6pm - 2am, Closed on Sundays  Saturday, November 15, 2008 Mingyun Famous Fried Hokkien Mee  Every weekend, my family always makes its way to the Redhill market food centre for brunch. Today, we spotted this new stall selling Hokkien prawn noodles, which claimed to be famous and from Bedok. So i decided to give it a go to test the claims. A $3 plate is already quite large, which was pretty generous indeed. Comes with your usual 3 prawns, some shredded fatty pork and some sotong. But I particularly loved the taste of the noodles. This hokkien mee is wet and "slurp-y", but light on the stomach. I particularly prefer Hokkien mee which have thinner gravy, such that the noodles are slippery and the flavour is decent but not too thick. This plate does it all. Furthermore, the traditional use of fried pork lard is continued here, much to my delight. Gives the whole dish a new dimension of aroma and flavour, with the very "sparkling" smell of pork lard fried freshly. They add bean sprouts in as well, which adds some crunchiness to the texture, together with the crispy lard pieces. Naturally not a food for you health conscious people, but for me, it was a delight. Food: Light and aromatic Hokkien mee, with [yay] pork lard! Cost: 9/10 $3 or $5 per plate. Location: 6/10 Redhill market is situated near the MRT but may need passer bys to point you in the correct direction Ambience: Hawker.... Address: 85 Redhill Lane #01-25 Saturday, November 01, 2008 Hotpot Culture I seem to be hot on hotpots lately, having reviewed the hotpot at NUS Arts canteen, sharing a humongous Chankonabe with Ah cai at Sushi Tei (highly recommended!) and now, Hotpot Culture. It was a recommendation from Uncle Jack that I came to know about this place, and so I brought the family here for dinner one evening.  The place was brightly lit and spacious. Each diner had their own individual hotpot as well, with free refilling and switching of soup bases. I had the Hot and Spicy first. The soup was actually tom yum, but it wasn't oily and the flavour was not too strong such that it made good drinking. I especially loved cooking the large fresh dory chunks from the food counter in this soup. The fish just gains a delectable tanginess and spicyness from the soup, and together with the fresh tenderness and sweetness of the flesh... I wonder how many pieces of the fish i devoured! I switched to the Kimchi soup (above) later on, which was pretty good as well. The chicken stock used as a base for the soup was very tasty, meaty and flavourful. The kimchi taste could be quite hard to handle for most people though; i tended to choke on the spicyness now and then! Besides these two, the new laksa base was a little too dilute to me, but my mum seem to like it. The herbal soup was pretty good as well, with ample flavours from the herbs and a chicken stock base. Regrettably, the chicken soup was bland, and you would think it will be flavoursome since the herbal and kimchi soups were... Soups aside, Hotpot culture offers a free flow of various dishes, ranging from chicken, pork, fish, prawns to sotong and vegetables and even tahu telor! Most of the dishes were fine, with some delightful choices here and there such as the Prawn Paste Chicken (NOT har cheung gai) and BBQ Fish. Other nice ones include the sambal kangkung (below)  I especially liked the Tahu Telor. On top of the Tahu is a 'cap' of fried crispy egg, covering a Tahu with crispy skin and fluffy, bouncy insides. The sauce was sweet and delicious, but not too sweet such that you feel sick of it. We ordered this dish around 3 or 4 times! Another thing which wowed me was the beef slices (above) and the pork slices. These have to be ordered as only chicken and fish are provided on the counter. Probably this was why the beef and pork were so fresh! Cut carpaccio-thin, the slices cook fast in your soup, and the thinness allows them to suck up the soup's essence. Naturally, the taste was most fantastic in the hot and spicy soup. Although the beef tended to be quite tough since the cuts were very lean, the pork scored for being very tender and delectably sweet. The fresh sweet taste of the pork lingers happily on the palate, making you reach out for the next slice, just to recreate that flavour... Just when you think the dinner is over, stomachs bulging and all, you see on the menu, "fondue", and you call for the waiter immediately...No, there is no fountain type fondue, it's just a personal fondue served over the same hotpot apparatus you just used, with the chocolate in a pan over a water bath. It comes with an assortment of fondue fruits - strawberries and bananas.  The chocolate was great. Thick, rich and not overly sweet. Hot melted chocolate, with infinite refills for free! We dipped marshmallows, bananas and strawberries, then we got tired and ordered ice cream...And you'd have hot fudge sundae. After finishing the sundae it was back to more fruits. Lovely...Food: Limited choice for steamboat items, but for me, the pork and beef slices and the fish were enough. Lots of cooked items, but they tend to get repetitive after a while since many have similar tastes. But there are some real gems in there. FONDUE!!! Cost: 7.5/10 $24.90 for Friday and Weekends dinner, $20.80 for the rest of the week Location: 8.5/10 Marina Square, it's located next to Secret Recipe Ambience: Tends to get hot, despite the air con. Address: 6 Raffles Boulevard #02-138D Marina Square Singapore 039594 |
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