Bedok North Blk 85

There's this place in Bedok where it's really famous for a dish called Bah Chor Mee, which translates to Minced Pork Noodles. It is a place which me and my girlfriend like to go for dinner after movies, rather than those fancy restaurants. When eating there, there are a few other dishes which we would normally order too.

Here is a short writeup about the well-known Bedok 85 Market.

Chicken Wings $1.20 Each

Comments: I love the barbecued chicken wings from this stall as it is done to perfection. Not over-cooked. The skin crisp and marinated sweetly

Fried Oyster Omelette $3

Comments: Although not the best oyster omelette I've eaten. Overall, it crispy and mushy the way it is, but it does not have that extra push in flavor.

Seng Hiang Bak Chor Mee $3 Soup

Comments: At most other Bah Chor Mee stall, we would normally order the dry one. But at this hawker centre, the soup one tastes much better. The sweet soup plus the minced pork and chewy pork ball is a very good combination. The noodle is also very tangy

Overall Review: There are many stalls selling similar food. But those stalls I featured are my favourite. Expect to wait at least half an hour for the Bak Chor Mee during meal time and on weekends

Details of the place: 85 Bedok North Street 4

Eddy's Treat

Helping my cousin to do some advertising on her small business. Readers of my blog, if you have parties, weddings, etc and want to get cupcakes. Do support.

This time I only managed to buy 2 types as a treat to my colleagues.

Nutella Banana Cupcake

Comments: I like how the cupcake is fluffy and not too sweet. Not really a fan of chocolate but the nutella and banana blended well.

Red Velvet Cupcake

Comments: The cream is not too sweet nor too messy when eating. The cream has some volume. The inside is just nice. Delicious.

Overall Review: Cheaper and nicer than most cupcake stalls. Do delivery for only $5. Start placing your orders now.

Website: Eddy's Treat

3号Crab Delicacy

Got treated to a sumptuous dinner by my friend/boss. Never knew of such an awesome crab place until that night. Place gets quite pack even at 9 p.m. It would be good to make a reservation.

Appetizers: Sliced Bitter Gourd + Honey and peanuts $3

Comments: Bitter Gourd and Honey springs up your taste buds for a good meal.

Famous Stew Cabbage Chicken $28 (L)

Comments: The chicken was quite tough, cabbage nicely cooked, but a difficult dish to eat as dissecting the chicken can be a handful.

Sambal Sweet Potato Leaf $12 (M)

Comments: Instead of the normal kangkong, we chose sweet potato leaf with sambal instead. Sweet potato leaf is really soft and tasty. Do try it some time.

Fresh Crabmeat Fried Rice $18 (M)

Comments: Can't go wrong with crabmeat fried rice, especially when it comes out hot. The crabmeat is really fresh and the rice is really tasty.

Fried Chilli Mussel $18 (M)

Comments: Did not really like the dish. Wanted to order la-la (shellfish) instead, but chose the wrong dish. The mussels did not have much meat and had a bit a of fishy taste.

Hot Plate Beancurd $18 (M)

Comments: My favourite dish. The bed of egg at the bottom with the crispy on the outside soft on the inside tofu on top, this dish is delicious. The sauce is not too salty with the little shrimps and vegetables, this dish a must order.

Famous Fried Beehoon with Crab Stew $54 (S)

Comments: This is their specialty and it did not disappoint. The soup is really nice, sweet with the taste of crab essence. You could drink the soup all day.

Special Black Pepper Crab $91.50 (L) *almost 2kg crab*

Comments: Their crab was really fresh, the pepper sauce was not too dry, nor too spicy. The sweet taste of the crab due to its freshness made the dish really enjoyable. Although I'm not really a fan of Black Pepper Crab, I really enjoyed the dish.

Overall Review: Like the place for its food. Fresh crab is always makes the food extremely delicious. The food is not really that expensive either. A great place for really nice food.

Website: 3 Crab Delicacy Seafood

Details of the place: 265/267 Outram Road Singapore 169059

Contact: +65 63272148

                +65 6227 8002

Gurney Drive

Penang is known as a  food haven in Malaysia, so when this place was introduce to me, I decided to give it a try.

The Entrance @ Terminal 3 (airport)

Ampla Juice (L) $3.80 and Nutmeg Juice (R) $3.50

Both regular size

Comments: The Ampla juice tastes nicer than the Nutmeg. The Nutmeg has a bit of bitter taste, but it's good for health.

Penang Side Dish Platter $13.90

Comments: Enjoyed the cheese tofu, could really taste the cheese inside. The lemon chicken was not bad too, crispy and the lemon sauce was nice. The chicken wing and drumstick was a bit dry. The Lor Bak: A must try Penang dish. Succulent pork, seasoned with a special concoction of spices, rolled and wrapped in crispy-thin, homemade beancurd sheets.

Penang Hokkien Prawn Noodle $6.50

Comments: That's extra chilli by the way, just the way my friend likes it. The soup was very tasty, noodles tangy, prawn very fresh. A really nice dish especially for people who like prawn noodles.

Premium Seafood Fried Koay Teow $10.90

Comments: Really love the sweetness in this dish. Fresh prawns used, there were cockles, squid. A bit spicy but the sweetness blends perfectly. Could order the cheaper alternative at $7.50 if you wish to.

King of Chendol $5.90

Comments: After a sumptuous meal, it's always nice to have some local dessert. Chendol is one of my favorite dessert. This one has lots of Gula Melaka. The fillings are as good as other places, too bad not atap chee. 

Overall Review: Really enjoyed the food there. It may be considered slightly expensive given that most of those food can be found at cheaper prices at hawker centres. But the food is considered to be tastier than those is hawker centers.

Website: Gurney Drive

Details of the Place: Gurney Drive Locations

Ayam Penyet RIA

There are many Ayam Penyet restaurants in Lucky Plaza. It's like a Monopoly. Ayam Penyet, also known as smashed crispy chicken is one of my favourite malay dishes. Sadly this ayam penyet restaurant I went to did not taste as good.

Ice Campur $3.50

Happy Soda $2.10

Comments: Tastes like Bandung and 7-up

Kerupuk $1.50

Comments: Can never go wrong with Kerupuk

Baby Squid $7

Comments: The squid really small and quite hard, more crumbs than squid.

Fried Promfret $6.90

Comments: Felt that the fish was really dry. It it was fried better, the inside would be moist and soft, while the outside would be crispy.

Ayam Penyet $6.90

Comments: Even with a drumstick/thigh, it could not save the dish. The chicken was so dry, probably over-cooked. The tofu was not that great too.

Overall review:  Although the restaurant was quite full during dinner time, I feel the food there is not that nice, plus it's kinda over-priced. A nice ayam penyet is one that I've eaten almost every week when I was working in NUH. It's the stall in the kent-ridge wing kopitiam. A side-note, the chilli here is REALLY SPICY. So eat with care.

Details of the place: 

304 Orchard Road

#01-45, #04-25/26 Lucky Plaza

Tel: +65 6235 6390

NYDC

Had a primary school gathering recently and it was held at NYDC. NYDC has been around in Singapore for the longest time and this probably my 1st time here and I felt the food was really quite good.

Mushroom Chicken Soup

Comment: Ordinary tasting soup

The Handcrafted Beef Burger

Comments: It looks good and my friend who ate this said it tasted good. Did not get a chance to try it though, you guys can try it for yourselves.

Spaghetti Bolognaise

Comments: 3 people ordered it, 3 people finished it, so I guess it's nice.

3 Amigos About $13

Comments: Apparently this did not taste as nice as it seems and sounds. The pasta was tasteless, and quite soggy.

Mushroom Ham About $13

Comments: This was really good. Topped up with their dynamite chilli for $1 and it's really nice (not recommended for people who can't take spicy). I took rice instead of pasta. The rice tasted like chicken rice though. The mushroom was also nice.

Various types of Ice Cream

Comments: You can't go wrong with ice creams can you. Anyway NYDC is suppose to be famous for their desserts.

Overall Review: The food was quite good. Maybe western do not appeal to the Asian crowd, when we were there, it was not crowded. I would highly recommend this place for gatherings because the decor is just very warm. Although I did not have a chance to try their desserts, it is known to be good, so do go try. Sorry I did not have the prices for some dishes.

Website: NYDC

Bangkok Jam

Found out about this chain restaurant at the new Plaza Singapura (PS) extension. As a lover of Thai Food, I decided to try it out. Sadly I was quite disappointed, price was quite expensive and food was so-so. Apparently the outlet in PS charges $1 more on all their dishes as compared to their online menu. 

Thai Milk Tea $5.80

Comments: Probably the most expensive milk tea I have ever bought and it wasn't as nice as those that I have tasted. 

Blended Fresh Coconut $7 

(Topped with Ice Cream)

Comments: I can conclude, blended coconut ice is not nice at all, and for $7, it was really quite a waste of money.

Kailan with Roast Pork $10.90

Comments: The roast pork was really dry and hard. Kinda expensive for a vegetables dish

 Stir-fried Egg Noodle with Bacon & Crabmeat $12.90

Comments:  Quite a plain dish. I think there was not much crabmeat in it too.

Soft-Shell Crab in Mellow Yellow Curry $15.90

Comments: Probably the nicest dish among all the dish I ordered. But after eating a lot of it, it gets pretty hard on the throat. I think because of the curry.

Seafood in Red Tom Yum $8.90

Comments: Disappointed with the Tom Yum soup because it tasted like Maggi Curry soup. The 1st mouthful I took, it choked me because it was really spicy and there was no milk. The seafood was fresh though but it was really not a nice dish

Overall Review: Overall it was bad. Did not really like the food. Nakhon kitchen would still be a better choice for Thai food. Would not recommend anybody to here for nice Thai food, probably only for people for a quick bite, but even then, the food is really expensive. 

Website: Bangkok Jam (for people who do not believe my review)

PUTIEN Restaurant

A restaurant that sells Hinghwa food. Affordable and delicious food is the only thing I can describe about this chain of restaurants. Ordered quite a lot of food for a table of around 10 people.

PUTIEN Style Century Egg $5.90

Comments: This is absolutely delicious. I kept eating and eating and eating. Have to try it, that is of course if you don't like century egg.

Iced Bitter Gourd $4.90

Comments: I love bitter gourd, but the way the bitter gourd is made in this restaurant, the bitterness will go missing. Firstly, the bitter gourd is slightly sliced into strips and "freeze" with shaved ice. Before eating, you have to dip the bitter gourd in honey provided and the cool, sweet taste is enough to appetize your tastebuds

Cold Jellyfish in XO sauce $7.90

Comments: Can't really taste the XO taste. Can order if you enjoy eating jellyfish.

Seaweed with Mini Shrimps $6.90

Comments: Normal tasting

(Autumn Menu) Hairy Crabs Price Unknown

Comments: Hairy Crab only comes once a year. Apparently in Oct is the season of female crabs and Nov is the season of male crabs. The staff here will dissect the crab till you can eat with minimal effort.

(Autumn Menu) Hairy Crab

Comments: I was surprised to find so much roe in a male hairy crab. I can't imagine how much there would be in a female one. The roe is sweet but slightly dry, like eating salted egg.

Braised Pig Intestine $9.90

Comments: The pig intestine is thick and chewy, but the thing is, it is not very tasteful. Maybe needs a bit more marination.

Braised Bamboo Shoot $6.90

Comments: Erm, nothing really special about this dish.

Abalone

Abalone $11.90

Comments: The abalone is slightly marinated. Made just right, not too chewy, no fishy smell. Love the presentation and the taste.

(Autumn menu) Claypot Beancurd in Crab Roe Sauce $13.90 / $20.90

Comment: This is the ultimate comfort food. So delicious, a bowl of rice with this is enough to make me contented. 

Bamboo Herbal Prawn $4.90

Comments: I love this soup. The herbal taste is strong, the 2 prawns given is very fresh and sweet, giving the soup a sweet taste too. Served hot for maximum enjoyment.

Claypot Sea Cucumber with Chestnut $35.90 / $53.90

Comments: This is a must order always in my family, firstly because we like to eat sea cucumber. Secondly, there is a whole assortment of vegetables in there such as broccoli, mushrooms, roast pork, chestnut and a few more other stuff. The gravy is tasty and not too salty.

PUTIEN Sweet and Sour Pork with Lychees $11.90 / $17.90

Comments: Similar to the normal sweet and sour pork found elsewhere, this sweet and sour pork is slightly sweeter because of the lychee taste. If only they made the pork crispier.

Deep Fried Live Squirrel Fish with Gravy $35.90

Comments: To be honest, I have never seen a squirrel fish before. Apparently the head has not much meat as compared to other fishes, but the meat is as delicious as other fishes. Fried perfectly, it's crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. The sauce is something like the sweet and sour sauce.

Fried Egg Plant with Pork Floss $8.90 / $13.90

Comments: This is one of my favorite dishes in PUTIEN. Although it's suppose to be Fried Egg Plant, but the batter and pork floss covers the taste of the egg plant perfectly that when you eat it, it tastes just like eating a dough fritter "you tiao" that is dipped with pork floss.

Spinach with Salted Egg & Century Egg in Supreme Stock $12.90 / $18.90

Comments: One of my all time favorite dishes, but I normally prefer mine with 3 eggs, the 2 eggs stated and normal chicken egg. The stock is very tasty, the spinach not over-cooked. Can't really go wrong with this dish.

Stir-Fried Yam $10.90 / $16.90

Comments: The yam is sweet and crispy, only thing I did not like about this dish is that the yam pieces are cut quite big. If you eat too fast, it leaves a very dry throat.

The Bun

The Meat

Shredded Meat with Bun $3.90 per piece (Min 2.)

Comments: Don't look down on this dish because this combination is super delicious. Mix with PUTIEN's special chilli sauce, it's really nice. The bun is slightly roasted, so it's crispy and lightly glazed to give it a sweet taste. The meat is very tasty, together with the onion. A really nice dish.

PUTIEN Style Oyster Omelette $16.90 / $23.90

Comments: Tastes very different from the normal oyster omelette or better known as "ao jian". It is fried a bit more crispy instead of fluffy. Does not entice me to eat more after a few mouthful though.

Fried Hinghwa Bee Hoon $7.90 / $15.90 / $23.90

Comments: What better way to end a dinner. Instead of eating those heavy noodles/rice, ordering bee hoon is better as it is not as filling. The bee hoon is also very tasty with the amount of seafood in it. Not too dry too.

Overall review: A great place for a family/business lunch or dinner. The food won't disappoint.  From a small restaurant in Kitchener road to having 7 other outlets now in Singapore, this restaurant really has grown. The do pack in the crowds on weekends, so it's best to call and make a reservation at a restaurant near you.

Details of the place: Putien Outlets

Website: PUTIEN Restaurant

Tel: Please click the outlets link above.