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Was going around Aperia Mall the other day and came across some changes in the tenancy of the stalls within the Food Master food court at Level 2 — taking over the stall that used to serve up mainland Chinese-style mini bowls at the entrance of the food court is a new Japanese cuisine stall named Harami Sashimi & Donburi. One would notice at the stall front near the chiller stocked with sashimi a poster providing a short introductory paragraph of Chef Patrick whom helms the stall — turns out, Chef Patrick was previously from the now-defunct Ichiho Donburi & Sushi which was an independently-run Japanese restaurant situated in its own space at the same level of the same mall. Harami Sashimi & Donburi’s menu is actually pretty varied for a stall serving up Japanese cuisine in a food court — its menu comprises of sections such as Appetiser, Sashimi Platter / Ala Carte Sashimi, Donburi, Salad and Rice.
The Tendon is an item that is being listed in the Donburi section of the menu at Harami Sushi & Donburi — Harami Sushi & Donburi does not describe the elements that come with the various dishes that they have to offer; with that being said, it can be observed from our order of the Tendon that it does come with deep-fried elements like shrimp, pumpkin, capsicum, eggplant, salmon and shiitake mushroom that sits on top of a bed of rice. Patrons can also add $2.50 on top of the default price of any Donburi to add a Green Salad and a bowl of Miso Soup; an add-on which we did not opt for. Going for the tempura pieces, we did find that all of the Tendon pieces were pretty well-executed at Harami Sushi & Donburi; the Tempura batter used for the deep-fried pieces are light, crispy and airy — none of the pieces felt particularly greasy here. Of the lot, our favourite would be the salmon where the fish was still especially moist and flaky — almost no effort required to chew through. Other elements like the capsicum and the pumpkin provided a good crunch. Meanwhile, the bed of short grain rice does come pearly and a little sticky like how it should; all that whilst drizzled with a sweet and savoury sauce that provides sufficient flavour and moisture to the rice that makes it easy to have — the inclusion of tempura batter crumbs also adding an element of crunch to the rice as well.
Malaysian style run by Malaysian. Sounds awesome on paper but overall quite average, especially the meats.
[GEYLANG BAHRU, SINGAPORE] It's my first time to geylang bahru hawker centre, and Hui Wei was the obviously popular one. I ordered their Chilli Ban Mian ($7 for large) and I can see why 😍
This is one bowl of ban mian that is unapologetically sinful. Scoops of pork lard, soy sauce, homemade chilli and meat sauce created a wonderful blend of sweet and savoury flavours that were bursting with umami. The noodles were made in-house and cooked al dente, with a really good mouthfeel. The onsen egg was like the cream on the cake, helping to gel all flavours together. This is really intense and I devoured the bowl within minutes 😂
If I'm around the area, I'm definitely coming back here 😍 perhaps I will go easier on the chilli, as it packed a punch 😮 ban mian fans please try!
Top Quali Tea was one of those establishments that we had previously visited when they had first made their appearance in the local F&B scene here — these folks have recently expanded their operations, adding on another outlet that is situated within Kallang Leisure Park apart from their first outlet that is at Oxley Tower in the Central Business District. Top Quali Tea takes over the former premises of the now-defunct outlet of Presotea; Top Quali Tea has kept some of the furnishings and fittings of the former tenant intact. Still keeping pretty much to their niche (being a tea wholesaler that is operating “under the supervision of a certified Japanese tea instructor”) by offering Matcha and Hojicha beverages as a highlight, they do serve up a larger selection of said beverages with some interesting options such as the flexibility of adding different flavoured foams to the beverage that keep things fun and fresh for the patrons. Apart from their beverage offerings, Top Quali Tea also serves up a variety of dessert such as Matcha / Hojicha Jelly and Ice Cream to complement their beverage offerings as well.
The Premium Matcha Jelly does come with elements such as Dango (i.e. Japanese Sweet Dumplings) and Azuki Red Bean paste — for those whom prefer Hojicha, Top Quali Tea also does serve up a Premium Hojicha Jelly featuring the same elements except with the matcha jelly being swapped out with the hojicha jelly; there are also beverages like the Matcha / Hojicha Latte with Jelly, Hojichacano / Matchacano with Jelly, White Cloud Matcha with Jelly and the Matcha / Hojicha Sparkling with Jelly that features the same jelly as what is served with the Premium Matcha / Hojicha Jelly. One thing we liked about the Premium Matcha Jelly is how it is being served unsweetened; this allows the patrons to have a clean taste of the notes of the matcha used in the making of the matcha jelly in its truest, unadulterated form. The flavours of the matcha jelly is subtle; not thing too heavy on the tastebuds, yet one can detect the bitter undertones of the Japanese tea linger at the back of the tongue. We personally would have preferred the Dango to have come with a little bit of Kuromitsu (i.e. Japanese Black Sugar syrup) that would add a slight contrast of sweetness to the neutral-tasting dumplings — these were however pretty chewy; a consistency that we liked them to be. The scoop of Azuki Red Bean paste that came on the side also seemed to be focused on the earthiness of red beans rather than to add any sweetness to the dessert and gave it another dimension of flavours.
Come here for the drinks , amazing coffee n tea . I wld eat opposite at Kiong Siak Bakery just opposite
No wonder this obscure place in a hard-to-find mall has a Michelin bib gourmand. The chicken is juicy and well-marinated, with savoury complexity. The skin is deliciously crispy. The coconut rice is fluffy and mildly fragrant. The sambal is scrumptious. This place deserves better marketing and a higher-traffic location!
$14 nasi lemak better be perfect. All the components were excellent, similar to other high-end nasi lemaks. If anything, the rice a bit little.
Was scrolling around the phone and got to learn about the existence of a stall named Tem Tem Curry Puff 心心咖喱卜 that is situated within Geylang Bahru Food Centre — the food centre itself is located within a short distance away from Geylang Bahru MRT Station along the Downtown Line, while the stall is neighbours with a Mei Nv Lor Mee 美女卤面 that is located on the right of Tem Tem Curry Puff. Tem Tem Curry Puff takes over the former premises of a beverage stall itself; as the namesake of the stall suggests, Tem Tem Curry Puff specialises in serving up curry puffs. Offering patrons with three (3) different variations of curry puffs, patrons would be able to pick between the Black Pepper Chicken Puff, Sardine Puff and the Curry Chicken Potato with Egg Puff at Tem Tem Curry Puff.
We managed to get a freshly-fried batch of Curry Chicken Potato with Egg Puff that just came out of deep fryer when we made our visit to the stall. The namesake of the curry puff does hint about all of the elements that is included in the curry puff itself which includes curry chicken, chunks of curry potato and egg within. Taking a bite into the curry puff, one would notice the lamination of the dough here that provides somewhat of a layered texture whilst being suitably buttery and crisp. As one breaks the curry puffs apart, the fillings within the curry chicken puff reveal itself; the puff does come reasonably packed with said fillings — the curry chicken and potatoes having absorbed the flavours of the curry that it is marinated with the curry paste, the curry chicken being pretty soft and tender. One can also find curry gravy within the curry puff itself that further adds on to the fillings within the puff — a stronger punch of curry fragrance whilst also carrying a very mild hint of spiciness that should be manageable for most tastebuds. Overall, quite a good curry puff — also probably the reason why the display case is often emptied out of curry puffs since most of them are snapped up quite quickly once they are out of the fryer!
[Kallang, Singapore 🇸🇬]
Hawker centre stall
Pork Rib Prawn Mee 排骨虾面 (S$6)
Mee poh dry spicy version
Came with sliced pork, sliced fish cake, 3 pieces of pork ribs, 2 peeled prawns, plus a couple of crispy pork lards.
Tender meat. Flavourful broth.
Shi Dai Prawn Noodle 时代虾面
Address 🛖 : 17 Upper Boon Keng Road, # 01-18 Upper Boon Keng Market & Food Centre, Singapore 🇸🇬 380017
Open ⏰ : Sat, Sun, Tue, Thu : 7am - 1.30pm
MRT 🚇 : Kallang
There has been much buzz about diff at the new Local Chapter coffeeshop within CT Hub 2 serving up specialty coffee — with that being said, the coffeeshop has also seen a fresh line-up of stalls that now occupy the stall units ever since Local Chapter coffeeshop had taken over the premises of the entire coffeeshop from the previous operator, Jin Hai Wan Eating House. One of stalls operating out of Local Chapter coffeeshop would be that of 家乡手作面 Jia Xiang Handmade Noodle — they occupy the stall unit that is situated in between the Yong Tau Foo stall and the Nasi Padang stall there. As its namesake suggests, the stall specialises in Malaysian-style handmade noodles with the likes of Mee Hoon Kueh, You Mian, Ban Mee and JB Pork Noodle.
Jia Xiang Handmade Noodle serves up their JB Pork Noodle in two different size variants; the Small and the Large, while they also do offer two different types of noodles with the dish — we had opted for our order to come with yellow noodles. The JB Pork Noodle is presented with two noodles; one of which where one can find the noodles tossed in dark sauce and coming with crispy pork lard, while the soup containing the pork elements comes in a separate bowl. We felt that Jia Xiang Handmade Noodle does well for the soup; this was definitely flavourful having absorbed all of the goodness of the pork that is being included in the dish — all savoury whilst coming with a clean finish. The pork slices were pretty delightful where it was tender and didn’t require much effort to chew; also free from any undesirable porky stench, though. Other elements that can be found within the soup included some leafy greens, as well as pork meatballs. With everything said, the bowl of noodles weren’t very much to our liking; there is a strong note of dried solefish going on within the sauce mix that wasn’t helped by the strong flavours of lye in the noodles, though the crispy pork lard does come in huge chunks that delivered a crunch when chewed upon.
There has been quite some talk about diff recently on social media — these folks are a little bit unique considering how they are running a coffee stand out of a stall situated within the coffeeshop; located within the new Local Chapter coffeeshop at CT Hub 2 (previously occupied by Jin Hai Wan Eating House). Interestingly, diff is not the only beverage stall situated within the coffeeshop; there is also Kopi+ that acts as the typical coffee stall serving up local Nanyang-style Kopi & Teh alongside typical toast offerings within the coffeeshop as well. diff is decked rather differently from the standard coffeeshop stall; its sleek looks for its counter being more similar to that of takeaway coffee kiosks in the Central Business District instead. diff serves up espresso-based specialty coffee, filter coffee, tea, matcha and drinking chocolate for its beverages, whilst they also have a line-up of vienoisseries and cakes that are stocked in their display cases to pair up with the beverages. Both their espresso-based specialty coffee and filter coffee offerings are brewed using beans roasted by Fluid that runs their own premises at 24 Opal Crescent.
diff does offer a line-up of Kek Lapis in their display case during our visit to the establishment — the three flavours would namely be the Original, Pandan and Chocolate; we found ourselves going for the Original version. All Kek Lapis variants are served in quite a substantially-sized square slab at diff. The Kek Lapis (Original) at diff does come a little bit dense like how one would expect Kek Lapis to come with, though we also note that it is one of the lighter Kek Lapis that we have come across — possibly the reason why these folks do serve it in the portion size that they do. We do find that the Kek Lapis was a pretty good accompaniment to both the White and the Black from the Coffee section of the menu here; the Kek Lapis does come being suitably sweet, all that whilst carrying distinct notes of spices such as that of cinnamon and nutmeg that come through quite evidently as well.
Promo flavour. Good, no complaints.
