Our favourite

Okay I absolutely have to rave about this chicken rice. It is, in my teeny weeny opinion, the best chicken rice EVER! Of course I haven't tried Tian Tian yet but that's not the point.



The point is, this has been our favourite chicken rice stall ever since we found it 2 years ago. Why? Because it's awesome! That's why!

Firstly, the chicken is superbly tender. Even the chicken breast meat is unbelievably soft and it's not those flattened-by-the-cleaver kind. Needless to say, thigh meat is ... Omph!



Secondly, rice is well seperated, flavourful, not too oily. Goody.

And most most most most most importantly, their sauce. Ohhhhh my gawd this is just awesome. The sauce is not the usual soya sauce and sesame oil combination. This sauce is in fact, a little reddish in colour. Why?! I have not idea but it's super good! Let's just say it's not overly salty and it's like the main focus of the dish. It's like, adding a turbo to the dish!

Oh yeah and the chilli sauce. Well, fair enough and pretty average. But what I like is they do have ginger sauce which compliments the chilli very well.

So yeah, this is by far our favourite chicken rice stall (except for Tian Tian which we haven't tried because of the idiotically ridiculously long queue everytime we are there!) and I do hope you try it.



Besides, it's beside my favourite min jiang kueh stall!

Address:
Kovan Food Centre
Kou Wei Hainanese Boneless Chicken Rice
#01-19
Opp Heartland Mall and beside Hougang Pancakes

Best of the Best

*Warning: The following context may be deemed too sexual for some and should be viewed in moderation*



Remember during my previous posts I always talk about the best min jiang kueh I've eaten in Singapore.

Well, this is it.

This is the king.

Please do not mistake this as any other ordinary min jiang kueh.

Bite into one and you'll go "Ommph..." when you taste the fragrant and soft batter melt in your mouth infused with the generous sweet fillings of either kaya, red bean or peanut.



Look at the pictures. Need I say more?



There's just something different about the batter, as agreed by everyone who has tasted it. The nicely browned batter imparts a fragrant and a certain bite combined with softness which is hard to place, unlike others which are soft and melty but taste like plain starch, or the thick, rubbery ones which makes me go "Ugh...".



And while red bean and peanut butter are the common hot favourites, get the kaya roll from this particular stall because the kaya simply infuses with the batter as one, like a match made in heaven.

Orgasmic. No, seriously.

And while you're at it, get a slice to get a true flavour and quality of the batter.

Flavours:
Kaya (Orgasm)
Red bean (Sweet and good)
Peanut (Heaven)
Cheese (Savoury goodness)

Rolls - $2
Slices 60 cents each or a whole pie for $3.60



Address:
Hougang Min Jiang Kueh
Kovan Food Centre
#01-18

Who says must follow queue one HAR?

There are quite a few famous bak chor mee stalls around this island and because good bak chor mee is so scarce, usually these stalls have their own "fan clubs" and you most probably would have to wait half a day for a bowl of bak chor mee. Well, not that I'm complaining because I'd shut my mouth and line up myself.



However, it's suprisingly pleasant to find a good bak chor mee stall nestled in the heartlands without much of a queue. Come to think about it, you'd probably give it a miss if you were to pass it by. Well, that's because there's a stall besides it which uses more fancy bowls and utensils (which has people queueing up for, I don't know why) and another MORE famous bak chor mee stall just behind it (which has MORE people queueing up for, but I don't think it's all that nice).



There isn't any distinctive or spectacular taste in this bak chor mee, however, what you get is a good bowl of noodles with very good sauce accompanying it (Qin thinks that it's fantastic). The amount of oil, black sauce and vinegar is just nice without too much of a zesty flavour and the noodles are cooked just nice too. If you do try it though, ask him to cook the ter kwa (pork liver) a little longer because it turned out undercooked (for me) both times.

The soup is also not your usual bak chor mee soup which is cooked with pork and has a porky taste. The soup here is suan chai tang (preserved vegetables soup) and provides a pleasant twist to the conventional dish. Besides, he takes the effort to add in tau ghey (beansprouts), cut chillies and spring onions to the soup to provide some healthy crunch.



Just over at the opposite lane is another underrated stall selling po piah. The poh piah is well made, very juicy yet able to hold it's pieces together. What you get for $1.20 is also a fairly above-average sized poh piah with a very good and distinguishable garlic taste. It may not be unique or special but it IS a good poh piah which is getting harder to find.



Kovan food centre has alot of good stalls, but consider giving this two stalls a try and you just may have another must-eat addition on your foodie list.

Address:

Bak chor mee:
Kovan food centre
Rui Fa Shu Shi
#01-34

Poh piah:
Kovan food centre
#01-16
ps: Ask for more garlic for that extra kick!

Hot stuff

After reviewing Kok Kee's wanton mee at Lavender Food Square, which was totally awesome, we finally found the time to make our way down to one of our favourite wanton mee stalls which we frequent.



This stall called 51 Wanton egg noodles sells quite a variety of noodles and enjoys a bustling business which can be seen from the long queue. I'm not really sure about the opening time but the noodles usually sell out by around 1 - 2pm. So be there early!



Yum yum! This is the $4 plate. Oh, I forgotten to mention that the wanton noodles come in prices of $2.50, $3.50 or $4 and some other noodles served are mushroom and shredded chicken noodles, shrimp dumpling noodles and special noodles which consist of mushrooms, shrimps, shredded chicken and a few other ingredients. When you order the $4 portion, you also get a huge bowl of soup with more wantons.



The selling point of Kok Kee's noodles is it's special sauce, sweet and good. The selling point of this stall's noodles, however, is it's chilli sauce. The chilli sauce is somehow fried differently and differs from other normal wanton mee chilli sauce and it really compliments the base sauce very well. Not really sure how to describe the taste but the chilli is very fragrant and turns the base sauce into a thick, red, spicy, concoction that is simply kick ass!



The char siew is also roasted but lean! No fatty pieces for me uh uh. Coat it with the sauce for best results ;)



The wanton is pretty average but much improved from previously. It's not too bad either. Oh, have I suggested coating it with the sauce?

Please go try the noodles. Definately one of our favourite wanton noodles of all time!

Address:

#01-51

51 Wanton Egg Noodles

The stall is located at the upper food center (there's one on top and another at the bottom) beside Heartland Mall. In case I've left any readers puzzled where Heartland Mall is, it's just opposite Kovan MRT station and is along Tampines Road near Hougang.

(I'll try to get the address soon)


And yeah, some promotion for a Halloween party while we were there :)