4 Season Taiwanese Cuisine 四季台湾 at Joo chiat

4 Season Taiwanese Cuisine (Part1)
Address
454/456 Joo Chiat Rd S(427669)

Business Hours

I cant take my eyes off this fluffy french toast topped with vanilla ice cream...looks like sponge cake or a ice-cream waffles issit ?!! Its exactly like the one I saw on the menu with a sweet mini strawberry decorated on the side and two chocolate sticks to compliment the chocolate sauce. Doubt anyone can resist this french toast ! The toast is enough for 2 to share and it cost around $5 plus. This is definitely a favourite for those who have a sweet tooth and love chocolate ! The combination was superb. It is soft inside and crisp on the outer layer. Apart from the desserts,  I saw a variety of delicious food on the menu and guess what, I can't wait for the next visit !! Do drop by for a simple dinner and desserts with your loved ones to sweeten up the evening. Feel free to comment in the comment Box friends...
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Thasevi Roti Prata at Jalan Kayu

Thasevi Roti Prata
Address
237/239 Jalan Kayu

Business Hours
Daily: 24 hours

When its supper time, the first item to popped out of my mind is non other than Prata. This dish is soso common in Singapore that you can find at least one Prata store in every neighborhood. How different can this piece of dough taste from stall to stall. We seek Mr.Google for the answer. Ask and it shall be given- we found out the best Prata places in Singapore. Thasevi Roti Prata at Jalan Kayu is one of them.

 

This Prata stall located deeper down Jalan Kayu is 24hours. There are more than 10 varieties of Prata. We ordered the 'Kosong' and egg prata the tradition kind. Yes! This prata is indeed different. It is not oily. We had terrible oily Prata before thats why. It is crispy on the outside, soft and hot on the inside. There was only fish curry left, so we do not have a choice.

But of course Jalan Kayu is inconvenient at night for those who do not have their own transport. For those young couples who got their flats at fernvale, you are lucky.

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Lao Pan Beancurd at Old Airport Road FC

Lao Pan Beancurd
Address
Old Airport Road Block 51 Market & Food Centre, 51 Old Airport Road 390051

Business hours
Tuesday-Saturday: 1130am – 8pm
Sunday: 1pm - 8pm
(Closed on Monday)

We have heard of the Lao Pan Beancurd at Old Airport Road food centre, but we didn't expect the queue to be so long, ''Q from the beancurd stall pass 2 stall, and back to the stall''. Haha. Be warned that you'll probably won't get to patronize their beancurd if you arrived after 8pm on a weekend. After our first failed attempt, we decided to head straight for the beancurd shop. There were about 20 patrons in the queue. Every minute the queue kept stacking up. Well, you would probably agree that this was the longest beancurd queue in singapore.  We queued 1/2 hour or more just to taste this 'ultimate' beancurd. On average, these people bought at least 10 beancurd at one go. There are the Original flavour - $1.50, Almond flavour - $2.50 and the normal beancurd drink.



Unlike traditional beancurd, there were no sugar syrup used in this bowl of ultimate beancurd. It has a silky texture. The taste and texture was not the only intriguing  factor, every mouth of beancurd melts instantly in your mouth. I would say it was better than Selegie and Yonghe's beancurd. Trust me you have got to try this. *The taste of the beancurd somewhat resembled to the taste of the pearls you drink with the bubble tea, so for those who do not really favour bubble tea, might have a different point of view.
Food lover, do share how you feel about this beancurd. !

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Lao Fu Zi Char kway tiao at Old Airport Road FC

If you think that I'm those type who eat healthily and live healthily, yes! you are right. But one of my favourite hawker food that I had failed miserably to resist is Char Kway Tiao, and 'Hum' is definitely the best friend of Char Kway Tiao, it goes well with it.
Our Foodhunt brought us together and our good friend Yanjun to the famous Old Airport Road FC. There are many food stall here, much more than bedok85, for those who stay in the East. Even after a walk around the food center, Mel and Yanjun could not decide what to have for dinner. I knew what I want.



There was a long queue at this Lao Fu Zi Char Kway Tiao stall. Over-rated or genuine, I decided to give it a try. It took about 10mins before I got my share. Good or bad? Yes, this is good stuff, or else it would not be worth blogging. Some char kway tiao are quite soggy and wet, this plate really taste chared and it has generous portion of 'hum'. That explained the long queue. I'm calling all those Char Kway Tiao lover out there to give this a try.



Besides this stall, the other good plate of char kway tiao will be at the army market opposite Golden Mile Complex which I'll sure drop by soon...

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Tiong Bahru Pau

People's Park Complex Food Center
Address
32 New Market Road, 050032

It was about six years ago together with my poly friends (yanjun, cabin, brian, yibin) and I did a food race. One of the food point was Tiong Bahru bao (the original shop house store at Tiong Bahru). I was not fascinated with bao at all and this was because I had not tried Tiong Bahru bao. The first bao we ordered that hot afternoon was 'Tau Pau' (big bao) and we were warned that it was very hot inside. We were mentally prepared but did not expect that the bao was actually quite soupy. The first bite splattered much of the gravy onto our mouth and it tasted heavenly.

Today, they had opened up a few outlets in Singapore. We stumbled upon one at People's Park FC and I ordered the same old tau bao ($1.50) again without any hesitation. I must admit that it was not as good as i recalled, but still good. Mel love it at first bite, but of course I am confident that she would love every single food i recommend. The store lady owner was nice and friendly, she talked to us and allowed us to take a picture of the store.

For those who do not fancy the good old bao, try this. I heard the char siew bao was good too.
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Poy Kee Yong Tau Foo at People's Park FC, chinatown

Poy Kee Yong Tau Foo
Address
People's Park Food Centre
#01-1066
11am to 7pm daily 

This is a teochew styled yong tau foo that my parents brought me to eat. Many years it stood here in People's park food market and been a decade since I first tried it.

All their yong tau foo were self-made and you do not have to worry on what to pick as they will decide for you. The highlight of this yong tau foo that i favour very much is the noodle. Each bite was just right, not too hard and very QQ.

If you ever step into chinatown people's park, try this and also the tiong bahru bao.

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Hakka Abacus seeds

This rare traditional Hakka dish (Abacus Seed or Suan Pan Zi) is eaten during festive celebrations like Chinese New Year, Dragon Boat Festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival for prosperity. It is known to have originated from the Hakka district of Dabu, in Guangdong, China. Some prepared this prosperity dish to humor the old folks during festive, as it signifies that they will have an abundance of wealth to count up on their abacus for the year. 

Edmund specially ordered this Abacus seeds so that I could try and it was delicious. A plate of Hakka Abacus seeds cost $3.50. Those who prefer chewy taste should try this! Its is round in shape and fried with minced meat with little gravy to go along with the seeds. After eating such a unique dish, I decided to check out other places that actually served such dish. But apparently, I was told that there issit out there now. Pretty sad. I also read upon that this Hakka dish is known for being a 'difficult' dish.  The multiple steps of having to steam, mould the dough seeds, boil and then fry them can be very time-consuming.  Also, the dough to form need to have the right consistency to have a slight 'spring' or chewiness in texture.  A well-formed abacus seed should be no bigger than the size of an abacus bead, smooth and shiny (when cooked) with no cracks. 

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Big Prawn noodle at Lavender Food Market

亚巴街大虾面

Address
380 Jalan Besar, #01-10 Lavender Food Square

Business Hours
Daily: 10am – 3am
(Closed Alt Thu)

We love Prawns! There are Har kow, Black pepper prawn, Cereal prawn, Prawn cracker and not forgetting Prawn noodle! This delectable bowl of giant prawn noodle can be found in the singapore's central food haven, Lavender food market. Did I mentioned 'GIANT', Yes! the prawns compared to those shrinking ones you find in ordinary prawn noodle is the defining factor. Each bowl of giant prawn noodle cost $5 and to some, it seems rather expensive.

This prawn noodle has the most succulent giant prawn we have ever tried. Every bite entice you for more of it. Indeed, as the signboard named 'BIG PRAWNS', but when it comes to the broth we felt that it is not as flavored as Beach Road prawn noodle at East Coast. For those who savour the soup of prawn noodles should patronise the outlet at siglap, while for those who can't do without the big juicy prawns, should try the one at Lavender Food Market ! 

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Prawn noodle house at East Coast

Beach Road Prawn Mee Eating House
Address
370 East Road Road
Singapore 428981
Tel: 63457196

Business hours
Daily: 8am – 4pm
(Closed on Tue)

























This is one of the well-known prawn mee noodle in East Coast and if you happen to be around the area, do satisfy your stomach with the tasty and big prawn mee or the prawn mee pork ribs.

The best thing about this prawn mee is the soup. The soup taste perfect with the QQ noodles and easy to peel off the prawn shells. However, some may find the soup a little oily. Next to it is a stall selling ngoh hiang, century egg, chinese sausage, and all the friedelicious food! We went around lunch time 2.30pm and the crowd was expected. We ordered two bowls of prawn noodles, ngoh hiang and some fried fish cake.

Overall, the prawn mee is definitely second best to Lavender Market Big Prawns, but the soup is incomparable to any so far. Given the big portion, the price of a bowl is $4.50 onwards. For those who weight food over price, this should be listed in your foodhunt list, while for those who feel that a plate of chicken rice should not cost more than $2, should still consider giving this a try, at least ONCE !

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记得吃 (Liang Seah Street)

Ji De Chi (Liang Seah Street)

Address

8 Liang Seah Street, #01-03

Business Hours

Sunday - Thursday: 11am - 11pm 

Friday - Saturday: 11am -11.30pm

There are quite a few dessert shops along Liang Seah. Besides Ah Chew Desserts, Ji De Chi is up for challenge. What an easy and unique name for a shop that sells desserts! When I stepped into the shop, the appealing smell of durian caught me.  First thought that came to my mind was the DURIAN puree, topped with a scoop of durian flesh. The portion was so small that I finished the whole bowl within the next few minutes. Yummy !

There are many variety of desserts up for grabs.
1. Durian Pamelo Sago
2. Durian Puff Roll
3. Almond / Sesame / Walnut / Chestnut Paste
4. Ginger Milk cur
5. Red Glutinous rice ball etc..

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Swee Choon Dim Sum Cafe

Swee Choon Dim-Sum Restaurant
Address
187/191 Jalan Besar, S208882
Tel: 6225 7788

Business Hours

Monday–Saturday
6pm – 10am  
Sunday & Public Holidays
Open till 12noon  
(Closed on Tuesday Night)


This Dim Sum restaurant has established itself for more than 50years, probably your parents and even grandparents had patronised it. Located within the central food haven  near Mustafa, Swee Choon serves yummy Shanghai and Hong kong style dim sum. The price slightly pricier, with the food and varieties comparable with Geylang 126.

  

  We have Ryan and Yiling with us this time for our late night supper hunt. :) We were there at about 11pm, there was a queue in front of the cafe but the wait was short. The good news were there was seats outside and pre-order was possible. One of the must try here is their authentic mee sua kueh. Some like and dislike about this kueh, it is very crispy on the outside while soft and moist in the inside. The beancurd prawn roll was filled with plenty of fresh prawn and was surprisingly better than 126. The good size soupy xiaolong bao filled us with the touch of good old Shanghaiese Dim sum.

  

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Yong He beancurd at Geylang

Yong He Beancurd
Address

517 Geylang Road Lorong 27A

Business Hours
Opens 24hours daily

Those who enjoy savouring beancurd together with youtiao (deep-fried dough) should drop by Yong He Beancurd eating house. It serves delicious crispy youtiao that goes perfectly with a bowl of hot/cold beancurd.

We were around the area for a meal and crave for some light hot/cold desserts... beancurd, so we decided to head to Yong He instead of Selegie which was quite far. 
This would probably be my 4th time visiting this cafe and I still prefer the beancurd at Selegie.  It is much silkier but their youtiao is definitely not as good as the Yong He. Come to think of it, been a long time since i patronise the Selegie beancurd. I wonder if they maintain their standard.




Besides their specialities, Yong He served Dim sums and other small dishes. Have not tried most of the tim sums yet because we are a frequent customers of 126 DIM SUM and Swee Choon. Hmmm..

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Geylang Wen Dao Shi ''搵到食''

  
Wen Dao Shi
Address
126 Sims Avenue
Tel:  6746 4757

Business Hours

24Hours

This is one of our favourite supper spots. Wen Dao shi 搵到食as the name coincided with its address 126 sim avenue serves tim sum 24/7. This eating place smacks right in the heart of Singapore's famous red light district, which is no other than geylang. Selling tim sum at ok prices, hungry customers flow in seamlessly every hour. There was once we were there at 2am, it was still packed.

Our favourite includes fried prawn rolls, Har kow, kong bau, and not forgetting the must-have big chunk century-egg minced meat congee. 

  

Dipping and savouring each bit in their dou-jiang chilli signals our senses to want more of everything. This is definitely one of the few heavenly late night supper spots in sg.

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Leong Kee Bak Kut Teh

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