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wah this damn good say srs the noodles were silky and the sauce had such a unique taste (idk i only can say it taste like those from a restaurant HAHAHA) and the char siew. the cAramelisAtIOn. the char. the fatty juiciness. okay cons: can be less oily & portion can be bigger but otherwise i love this🥰

- Mee pok was springy with a firm chewy bite 😋
- Fish dumpling, that’s bouncy chewy fish paste skin packed with meat, was my fav amongst the other ingredients — scallop, prawn, minced pork and pork slices.
- Ikura wasn’t the freshest, bursted easily while mixing the noodles, but I enjoyed the savoury fishy flavour.
- Personally preferred it less oily though the sauce was spicy yet vinegary and coated every noodle strand well!

Madam Oh Guat Keng has been serving her homely rendition since before January 2008.
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The soy braising stock imparts a light herbal salty savoury earthy flavour, to the chewy small intestines, tender large intestines, tender pork belly, soft peanuts, spongy dried tofu puffs, and springy chicken egg.
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Nicely clean-tasting, with the braised peanuts lending a lovely contrast.
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The stock pairs nicely with the slippery silky wide flat kway teow / rice noodles, carrying a mild grainy herbal salty sweet flavour. Bits of fried shallots complete.
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Kway Chap
Yi Fa Kway Chap
@ Old Airport Road Food Centre, 51 Old Airport Road #01-70
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https://ivanteh-runningman.blogspot.com/2024/05/best-of-singapore-hawkers-kway-chap.html

This Michelin Bib Gourmand stall has been serving delicious clean-tasting pig offals and rice noodle sheets since 1984, with founder Phua Gek Sia starting at 3am, and working 14 to 16 hours a day.
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Braised in a light soy and herb stock, the large intestine, pork belly, pig's stomach, and dried tofu puffs, have a tender light chew to texture, with pleasant earthy herbal salty sweet savoury flavour.
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Paired with a bowl of wide flat kway teow / rice noodles, the sheets thin and smooth with grainy sweet herbal salty flavour from the warm soup / broth.
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Generously portioned and filling, yum.
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Kway Chap
To-Ricos Guo Shi
@ Old Airport Road Food Centre, 51 Old Airport Road #01-135
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More details:
https://ivanteh-runningman.blogspot.com/2024/05/best-of-singapore-hawkers-kway-chap.html

Smaller than expected, not wet and not dark, but ticked many boxes and satisfying.

Now a chain but still very good.

[Old Airport Road, Singapore 🇸🇬]
[Hawker Centre]

Old Airport Road Food Centre is well known for its wide variety of delectable hawker eats. One of them is Roast Paradise which is in a humble stall at one corner. The well charred char siew caught my attention almost immediately.

For the 4 of us, we had the following

Triple Roast Platter
Which consisted of
Char Siew 叉烧,
Roast Pork 烧肉, and
Roast Duck 烧鸭
Rice 饭 (S$1) x 2
Hakka Noodles 客家面 (S$3.20) x 2

The well charred fatty char siew was well caramelized, served with a special savoury sweet dark sauce. The fatty roast pork was served with a sweet mustard sauce. Love its crispy crust. The roast duck was more boney than preferred. The Hakka noodle which looked like mee poh, was topped with minced meat and chopped spring onion. The noodle may looked plain, but tasted simply yummy with lard oil in it. The plain looking rice was savoury too, similar to chicken rice with hints of garlic, ginger, and lard oil in it.

Don’t forget to help yourself to the soup at the counter which was full of cabbage and chunks of tender pork. The broth was well flavoured and tasted distinctive of Dang Gui 当归 (Chinese Angelica) .

By the way the hawker centre will closed for 4 months due to renovations from June. Guess I just made it before the upcoming closure.

Roast Paradise 烧味天堂 @roastparadise
Address 🛖 : Blk 51 Old Airport Road, # 01-121 Old Airport Road Food Centre, Singapore 🇸🇬 390061
Open 🕰️ :
Tue - Sun : 10.30am - 6.30pm
MRT 🚇 : Dakota (CC8) Circle Line

Operating since the early 1990s, this long-serving stall is known for their generous portions and wide variety of desserts.
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Over a mound of soft shaved ice and wobbly aiyu jelly, is drizzled a simple syrup and lime juice, stacked with juicy fruit cocktail (peach, pear, green grapes, nata de coco), and springy rainbow tadpole jelly.
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Refreshing burst of fruity zesty sour sweet floral flavour, great to cool off.
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Ice Jelly Fruit Cocktail
Blanco Court Cold & Hot Dessert
@ Old Airport Road Food Centre, 51 Old Airport Road #01-137
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More details:
https://ivanteh-runningman.blogspot.com/2024/04/best-of-singapore-hawkers-ice-jelly-fruit-cocktail.html

I was surprised to see a jajangmyeon-focused hawker stall. It also gave the dish a twist by offering various toppings. I love pig trotter and I love jajangmyeon so it's a no-brainer. I was surprised again by how good it was. The noodles and the sauce were restaurant standard, I dare say. I like how the pork had a balance of lean and fat.

I'm back to try their KFC. They're very well battered and fried. It's better when fresh though, so don't leave them too long. Soy garlic was slightly better, as the other was quite generic.

Thi was one sinful meal with roast paradise. Chose the three types of roasted meat so that I could try all at once, but realised that the char siew sio bak combination would’ve sufficed considering the normal tasting roasted duck. The char siew on the other hand, blew my mind. It has the perfect char and fat to meat ratio, and flavourful bite to it. I personally don’t like the normal sweet char siew with rice lathered in the sauce, so this was different and way better. The roast pork was juicy, though I was hoping its skin would be crispier. Tried their lava egg as an add on but it wasn’t anything unexpected, would just focus my energy on the char siew and roast pork in the future😍

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The temperatures here are crazy this month… glad to rediscover the ol’Chendol … this iced balanced mix of Peranakan origin hits the spot on a hot day !! Four thumbs out of 5 from “i”