Friday 15 May 2015

Hawker

Friday Sydney hawker style Malaysian. The little sister restaurant to Mamak down the road.
Long queues in Chinatown.  

Open kitchen in shopfront. Black T shirts? Traditionally Msian hawkers wore white T cotton t shirts from China. 



The seats are hard wooden stools. There is the slap down the plate service to complement the hawker food. The rice noodles with prawns were delectable. Slightly more salty rather than spicey consomme to give flavors to the soup. 



Popiah has lots of crunchy fried shallots. Less vegetarian filling. This is the new trend to have it crunchy so may be less fulfilling for die hards of popiah. 


The fried rice noodles penang style had alot of moistness from cooking oil. 


The oyster omelet was at the right note. Slightly crisp exterior with eggy insides.

 Fried durian fruit and ice cream go together. The batter did not dull the durian flavors. It could extend the aromatic fruit if it was thinner. 

The peanut topped crunchy crepes was nice dessert with sweet corn.



Bustling chefs in shop front making ikan bakar (fish burn) and popiah (vegetable spring rolls).  


Friend had wanton and noodles. Classy black sauce with cloying charcoal lyrics.

The barley ice drink had the hint of sucrose.   Worth queuing for. Lots of beautiful people.

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Saturday 2 May 2015

Kopitiam Raffles City

Looking for a place to have Singapore style coffee or tea in Raffles City. Well try the Kopitiam in the basement. Kopitiam is the Singapore euphemism for Coffee Shop. There was a queue waiting so usually a good sign.
I was with old primary school friend and we were looking for a place to have chat.
Since it was late afternoon we decided to fore go the caffeine hit and had barley water. This was barley boiled in water with sugar added. It is supposed to be a cooling drink. Add ice and it is lovely on a hot humid day in Singapore.

The restaurant also serves local favourites like Bak Kut Teh or pork ribs in a herb soup. Char kway teow, fried carrot cake, nasi lemak and rojak is also available.

Check out their website:  http://www.kopitiam.biz/
The location is #02-00, Raffles City Shopping Centre, 252 North Bridge Road