Kowloon Cafe @ China Square

One of the better HK cafes in SG amongst the many which opened following the HK cafe fad

Have went a couple of times in the last few weeks ordering different stuff each and time and have to say that it has seldom disappoint.

Try the XO Carrot cake for an appetiser and the fried rice with scallops, char siew etc... or the dry beef hor fun etc... etc.. etc..

Yumz...

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China Square
51 Telok Ayer Street
Kowloon Cafe Opening hours: 7am to 10pm (Mon-Fri)
11am to 9pm (Sat)

Been a while

Christmas, New year and Chinese new year....

Time away from writing....

Realised that I like to eat but I keep forgetting to photograph the food or review it after... haha... well, since this is just simply my own off the time blog, decided to just do what I like when I like... hehe...

Local Food at Hong Lim

Seems to be blogging about this place more often, guess cos it's near and the food is not bad.

Had the Roast meat from Xiao Long Roast Meat (fellow is a big fan of Bruce Lee) yesterday, it's fairly Hong Kong style which is not bad, a little different from the usual singapore version in that the sauce was more tasty and the char siew a little better, not so the roast duck though, that was quite average, although not bad.

Will retry this store from time to time but not regularly.

This morning had the wanton mee from the famous ji kee (i think), previously tried the fried chicken noodle and found the chicken ok but not so the noodles, it's the same thing this time round... Most wanton mee store should really change to sell Char Siew Rice.... their char siew was fantastic and will put most famous roast meat store to shame, unfortunately not so the rest of their items, the noodles was not too my taste, neither was the sauce, the wanton lacked prawn which I felt will have added to the crunchiness... it was full of meat, far be it for me to complain about meat but sometimes.....hehe

Thai Express North Point

As my photos for the dinner at St Regis is not ready, will do this post first.

Was too hungry to take photos and realised our mistakes after dinner.. hehe... well, no remorse. Ordered a set meal for the wife as she wanted something different from the regular Curry Softshell Crab which she often have. To compensate we ordered the Fried Softshell Crab from the appetizer section as I have read some reviews that it was not comparable if not better then the curried version. I ordered a Seafood Green Curry for myself (if you had read my other post, you will realised that it is one of my fav thai dishes.

The tips from foursquare was to avoid this branch as their service sucks big time, we read only after we set down but apparently the staff might have read as well since they were actually quite all right, prompt in service and such, only complaint was that the wifey's set meal and softshell crab came a lot earlier than mine curry and we had to wait a while but what's a short wait with great company... :-)

Food was all right, the set meal thai pan cake was great with the sauce, the tom yum soup was clear and deceptively spicy, not my fav as I liked mine in-between. Softshell crab was nothing to rave about, the curried version was definitely better, the green curry was avg which makes it disappointing to me...Overall I guess 3 stars, will go back but won't order the green curry again.

Backlog

Signz... this is what happens when you don't post for a few days, backlog accumulates.. hehe, sounds like work but I guess it's fairly enjoyable still since it's food...

Short updates:-

Had wedding dinner at St Regis Singapore last Saturday, photos and review to follow in another post, dinner at Sunday at Thai Express North Point, no photos but a short review in a follow up post, breakfast yesterday at Hong Lim Temp Market, dinner nearby coffeeshop fried rice, breakfast today at Hong Lim Temp Market all to be posted in a review posting.

Food Courts

Been eating food courts recently so not much to blog about but guess will do a simple comparison of a few of those I had over the last few days.

Kopitiam, seems like it's almost everywhere but I might be mistaking other food courts for it since it's so nondescript and commonplace, guess that's one of their success as a brand, however, nothing much to recommend except for the many outlets. Food is common and about same standards as the local coffee shop or hawker center, paying the premium simply for the air con and seats are less even.

S11, a few around, food in general better as it is a semi hawker, great gathering place as they are often open till the wee hours of the morning, not many have aircon though so be prepared to sweat it out on a hot night.

Food Republic, food is good but so is the price, quite a few specialty, loves the smoked duck in suntec and the hargao (shrimp dumplings) at most of the food republic, easily comparable to restaurant standards for the dim sum and might be pricer than some considering the har gao comes at $4 per 3 pieces.

Dinner last night @ A Loy Thai Shaw Center

No interesting food in-between, had a birthday celebration in A Loy Thai at Shaw Center last night.

Good food but long queue, was made to wait despite reservations. Ordered and paid and was told the food will take 30 mins, luckily they got it wrong and it came in 15...

Ordered the Papaya Salad, Tom Yum Soup, White Basil Pork and the Pandan Chicken for a table for 4, was worried that the food might be insufficient but guess it's good for me (been meaning to go for a diet for the longest).

Not a Salad or Tom Yum person but got to say the tom yum soup was the best I had in a while, at least it suited my taste, not too spicy yet tasty. The white Basil Pork was nothing to rave about but the Pandan Chicken was to die for.

Will definitely go back if just for the Pandan Chicken but have to make reservations ... 4 stars