Penang Seafood Restaurant

We went to this place 3 Sundays in a row after church with various people because when you find a good thing, you milk it for all its worth - until it either gets too expensive, too crowded or the quality drops. It's probably getting too crowded these days, although we've never had problems finding a table.

What their menu looks like

 

I love their seafood fried rice. Amazing wok hei.

Their assam laksa is very thick and rich - better than it looks in the photo. Much better.

What the noodles look like. Very good quality assam laksa with lots of fish.

Their char kuey teow was all right - not to-die-for amazing, but decent.

I liked the sambal kangkong - it's a simple dish but not everyone can do it well. The stems were crunchy and the sambal was sufficiently tasty without being too salty. 

 

Their salted egg prawns were not too bad as well, but a bit pricy at $20plus for less than 10 prawns.

We tried their prawn noodle soup and it was a pretty good bowl as well, with a thick rich stock.

Pretty yummy noodles

We also ordered some clams that came with a nice thick sweet sauce that had a bit of dark soy, sambal and chilli.

The clams were fresh and large - definitely worth ordering again.

 

Penang Seafood Restaurant
No. 76 Geylang Lor 25A - along the same stretch of shophouses just adjacent to the Aljunied MRT Station. Tel: 68413002
Open 11am to 12mn daily

Latteria Mozzarella Bar

Latteria Mozzarella Bar takes the prize for the BEST. RESTAURANT. WEEK. MENU. EVER. In my opinion, at least. This was also because I had just been to another expensive European restaurant along Duxton Rd that had tried to, in my opinion, pull a fast one on innocent people with their pathetic RW menu, which really upset me (more of that in a later post).

Back to LMB and RW. My philosophy for RW is that it's meant to get me to try places I wouldn't normally visit, or new restaurants that appear appealing. And LMB has managed to convince me that they are worth a repeat visit even during non-RW season.  Their servings are generous, the food is delicious and their service extremely on-the-ball. Couldn't ask for anything more.

Their bread - crusty on the outside, soft on the inside, and served warm with an EVO + balsamic vinegar drip. Refilled with a smile.

The starter: crab & stracciatella cheese salad with roast zucchini. Stracciatellia is a type of mozzarella that comes in shreds, and it was excellent with the crabmeat. The entire ensemble came wrapped in rocket. The flavours blended together perfectly.  

 

The carbs, or the primo: Smoked Scamorza & Porcini Mushrooms Risotto. One of the most perfect risottos ever - the flavours of the porcini and cheese came together so nicely in this dish, and the rice grains were great to bite into. 

The main, or secondi: Grilled Beef Sirloin Tagliata with Rucola and Truffle Sauce.  We were amazed at this dish - it was tender, flavourful and large (tagliata means sliced). The truffle sauce was such a treat.

Done to medium perfection.

 

Dolce: Lemon Pannacotta with Balsamic Strawberries- this was perhaps not as brilliant as the earlier courses, but we were so full by the time that it didn't really matter. And dessert came with coffee or tea.

Seriously the best quality and best value meal for $25+++, ever. Would I go back to spend more money there? You bet.

40 Duxton Hill, tel: 68661988

http://www.latteriamb.com/

Coming up next: The worst RW meal ever.

Uncle Leong Seafood at Toa Payoh

I was first introduced to the possibility of not going to Jumbo for seafood when a university friend brought me to Uncle Leong while they were still opposite Mellben at Ang Mo Kio St 22.  When they moved to Punggol, the thought of driving across the country became too intimidating, but I recently found out they've opened another branch at Toa Payoh Lorong 8, which was much closer to home. They're in a coffeeshop, so BYO-ing one of our favourite bottles without corkage was possible.  

 We also brought back some parma ham from Florence, which we had on top of rockmelon

 

 The perfect entree - albeit with plastic cups and toothpicks

Salted egg crab - this was very yummy. They were generous with the sauce, and the crab was fat and meaty.

Seafood tofu - I must confess I didn't try this.  

This was the dish I first fell in love with with 6 years ago - their crab bee hoon soup was as good as ever.

Full of goodness, with soup top-ups available at extra cost. 

Salt egg prawn - this was pretty yummy

 Fish skin is my new favourite dish - excellent. 

 Find them at http://www.uncleleongseafood.com/

Yakinikutei Aochan Reprise

We went to Yakinikutei Aochan after a super long hiatus, and were glad to find it just as good as ever. This was a yuzu liqueur, which was pretty yummy.

All the stuff that we ordered that night - for 2 people.

Wagyu harami (I think)

Can't recall what this was - negi something

Ox tongue - I love this stuff.

 

Ox tongue roasting on a gas fire

Ox tongue roasting on an open fire

Beef ribs. Mmmmm

Super sweet tomatoes

Yukke - the freshest raw beef with a raw egg yolk and nashi pear strips

Grilling the veggies

And beef ribs

And harami slices

Almost there

 Best with steamed rice.

Ming Kee Live Seafood Reprise

It's been some time since we've ventured out to Ming Kee. We were there one Sunday night a few weeks back for a celebratory dinner of sorts, since the husband had just passed his exams.

  

 

The fish skin was excellent. It's stuff that you can crave out of nowhere, and I imagine it would be fantastic with a cold beer. 

The tofu, broccoli and mushroom dish was all right. Nothing to get excited about.

My favourite dish - clams with garlic and soy.

The clams are super fresh, and the sauce is so good you can even drink it on its own.

Guinness pork ribs - great with steamed rice

Steamed patin fish with black bean sauce - this was okay. I'm not a big fish fan and could have done without this.

We had a crab bee hoon - this was fairly massive. And extremely delicious. It had a more subtle flavour than Sin Huat's version, and I think I like this one better. 

Kung po pork - kinda weird, since the pork slices were sliced thinly. But ok with rice.

Veggies with salted and preserved eggs - ok with rice, but nothing to scream about.

We also had Udders Mao Shan Wang mooncakes for dessert afterwards - udderly fabulous.

Bukit Merah View Carrot Cake

After reading Leslie Tay's post on this place, we decided we had to give it a try and agreed with him completely that this, perhaps, is the best chye tow kueh in Singapore. The rice cakes are soft and fluffy with a slight crust, and the servings of egg are pretty generous, well balanced with random bits of chye poh.

Leslie Tay's recommendation that the black version has a slight edge over the white version is also spot on. I'm normally a fan of the white version, and while it isn't bad, the black one is slightly more tasty and interesting. 

The servings are very generous, with each of these plates at $2.50 each. 

Bukit Merah View Carrot Cake
Blk 115 Bukit Merah View
#01-37

Putien

After a week of Italian food, lunch at Putien was a seriously happyfying meal. The bee hoon with their chilli sauce is one of the most yummy things.