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Location - Blk 159, Mei Chin Road, Singapore 140159
Venue - Mei Ling Market & Food Centre
Stall - 美玲路 卤鸭 卤鸡 #02-22

Price - S$3.80 (See below)
Food - 4.5/5
Value for money - 4/5
Service - Self Service
Ambience - 4.5/5

Braised Duck Rice
Another good find at Mei Ling food centre.
The braised duck rice is simply delicious. The duck meat is tender and juicy. The sauce, a right mixed of spices and flavoring, accentuates the taste of the braised duck but it does not overwhelm the meat. The chillie sauce is finely blended. The braised duck orgrans is also palatable.



It is not that expensive. A 5 persons serving of duck meat, a plate of assorted organs and 5 plate of white rice cost us S$19. That's only S$3.80 per pax ->Reviewed by JC

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新记 Chicken Rice ~ Mei Ling Market & Food Centre

Location - Blk 159, Mei Chin Road, Singapore 140159
Venue - Mei Ling Market & Food Centre
Stall - 新记驰名鸡饭 #02-22

Price -
Food - 4.5/5
Value for money - 3.8/5
Service - Self Service
Ambience - 4.5/5

Chicken Rice
Today, we wanted to have chicken rice for lunch and as recommended by some collegues, we decided to try out the famous Sin Kee chicken rice in Mei Ling market and food centre. We have problem finding this food centre as it is quite out of the way and sandwiched in between a multi-storey carpark and the surrounding HDB flats.
The newly renovated food centre is very spacious and cooling, a good ambience for having lunch in a hot afternoon. Being new, it is also relatively clean.
In my humble opinion, for a chicken rice to be rated as 5 star, it must have very good rice, chicken and chillie sauce.
The rice serve by this stall is very fragrant and tasty. The rice is neither soggy or oily. You can literally see every single grains of rice yet the grains are neither too hard or too soft, just nice.



The chicken meat is juicy, not oily and tender with slices of cucumber placed beneath the chicken meat.



Finally, the chillie sauce is a little bit sweet with a touch of vinegar and is definitely not hot. For those who prefer fiery hot chillie sauce, this will be disappointing but it is still up to standard compared to many other stalls. However, there's no soup, yes, you hear me right, no soup. Anyway, I'm not really keen about the soup.
We also ordered a plate of beansprout. It is perfectly cooked and served with simple yet delicious sauce.



Bottomline is, it is highly recommended. All of us are completely satisfied with today's lunch, as we always said "happy meal", indeed, BTW, we spend a total of S$19 on a plate of chicken for 3, 6 bowl of rice and a plate of beansprout ->Reviewed by JC

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Thaksin Beef Noodle ~ Seah Im Food Centre

Location - Blk 2 Seah Im Road, Singapore 099114
Venue - Seah Im Food Centre
Stall - Thaksin Beef Noodles, #01-44

Price - S$3.50(standard), S$4(value), S$5(Supreme), S$6(Supreme)
Food - 4/5
Value for money - 4/5
Service - Self Service
Ambience - 3.5/5

Beef Noodle
In case you are unaware, Seah Im food centre is located opposite to Habourfront.
Thaksin beef noodles, as the name implies, sells halal thai style beef noodles in soup. This stall in Seah Im is the original stall and there is one more stall in clementi.
The soup is flavoured with herbs and spices which is different from the usual chinese style beef noodles and there is no MSG added as told which is a plus point.
The stewed beef and tripe (stomach)are tender and not rubbery. If you are not into tripe, you can asked for the stewed beef pieces only.
The beef noodles is garnished sparsely with kang kong, bean sprouts, thai basil and coriander.



The vinegar chillie padi sauce is a little bit too sour for my liking and the grounded chillie padi flakes are extremely fiery, it burns literally.
Bottomline, it is delicious ->Reviewed by JC

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Steamed Fish Head ~ Bukit Merah View

Location - Blk 115，Bukit Merah View , Singapore 151115
Venue - Bukit Merah View Market and Food Centre
Stall - 福星小吃

Price - approx. S$7 (steamed fish head)
Food - 4/5
Value for money - 4/5
Service - Self Service
Ambience - 4/5

Steamed Fish Head (Cze Char)
Once upon a time, I could never imagine myself eating fish head and I also couldn't understand back then the passion some of the connoisseur have for fish. However, many years later, I then realised having tried it myself, fish head could be absolutely sumptuous if prepared right. Now, I especially adore steamed fish for its freshness and abundance collagen.

This unassuming stall to be reviewed today is a typical cze char stall just like many others in Singapore and is the corner stall facing the road. Their signature dish is purportedly, the steamed fish head. There are a variety of fish head used for this dish including red garoupa, carp etc.
Our favorite is the big head grass carp 松鱼 which is a freshwater fish. Normally, freshwater fish is acquainted with mud-taste when cooked but the owner skilfully rid off the "muddy" taste.



I think, in steaming a fish head, the timing is real important as it will determine the meat quality; i.e. its tenderness and succulence. With this stall, the fish head is indeed succulent, fresh and tender. Not to forget, near the gills and around the eyes are filled with gelatin! Yummy, as collagen is good for your complexion, I guess.
The steamed fish head is garnished with toufu, lard (optional), fried shallots and spring onions. The sauce is nothing more than just soya sauce, perhaps a dash of sesame oil and some seasonings.

One more thing worth mentioning is the price of a steamed fish head (approx S$7) is relatively cheaper than others. If you're into fish head and is around that area, its worth trying ->Reviewed by JC

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Bukit Timah Market and Food Centre -> 泉香鱼口粥

Location - 116，Upper Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 588172
Venue - Bukit Timah Market & Food Centre
Stall - 泉香鱼口粥 #02-146 (老字号)

Price - S$4.50 onwards
Food - 4/5
Value for money - 3.5/5
Service - Self Service
Ambience - 3.5/5

Fish Soup with White Rice
Located in Upper Bukit Timah, it is assumably one of the best fish soup in the West. In my opinion, what makes a fish soup irresistable is the taste of the soup and the freshness of the fish.

At Quan Xiang as this stall is called, the soup sprinkle with fried shallots is sweet and light on the palate. For those who likes the soup light would love it. The fish slices are fresh and tender. Additionally, the chillie paste that comes with the set is fiery hot,literally and is definitely not for the weak hearted. To me the burning sensation of the chillie adds on to the fish freshness and lightness of the soup, a deadly combination indeed.



This stall sells 2 type of fish namely; batang and red garoupa. The red garoupa unquestionably will be more expensive...

Batang fish S$4 to S$6
Red Garoupa S$6 to S$10
White rice S$0.50

Again, the portion is quite small for the S$4 serving ->Reviewed by JC

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Peoples Park Complex Food Centre -> TeoChew Bakso

Location - Blk 32, New Market Road, Singapore 050032
Venue - Peoples Park Complex Food Centre
Stall - 潮洲鱼丸#01-1086

Price - S$3 to S$4
Food - 4.5/5
Value for money - 4/5
Service - Self Service
Ambience - 4/5

TeoChew Bakso (fishball noodles)
The stall's name, TeoChew Bakso, is quite intriguing. I google for the word "Bakso" and it literally means meatballs in Bahasa Indonesia. However, this stall is definitely not selling any meatballs but instead fishball noodles.

I must say this is one hell of a fishball noodles as it tastes heavenly, literally. The fishballs and fishcakes are homemade to a fine perfection. You can taste the freshness of the ingredients. The sauce mixed with the noodles is just nice although the smell of the vinegar is relatively quite strong but it definitely don't taste sour. The fishballs and fishcakes are large compared to many similar stalls.

What is on offer then?
(1) Kway Teow Bakso Soup
(2) Mee Bakso Kering
(3) Mi Kia Bakso Kering



The only nitpicking I can come up with is that the portion is quite small for a S$3 serving and the soup is quite plain. Do expect quite a queue during lunch hours ->Reviewed by JC

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Toa Payoh Lor 5 Food Centre -> 碧芳饭店

Location - Blk 75, Lorong 5 Toa Payoh, Singapore 310075
Venue - Lorong 5 Toa Payoh Food Centre
Stall - 碧芳饭店 #01-346N

Price - Approx S$3 to S$4 per person
Food - 4/5
Value for money - 5/5
Service - Self Service
Ambience - 4/5

TeoChew Porridge
One of our favorite haunt for Teow Chew porridge is the food centre located at Lorong 5 Toa Payoh. This unassuming stall sells cheap but palatable and appetizing dishes. For 8 dishes, 6 bowl of porridge and 6 bowl of rice, it costs only S$20. Well, I would consider that as a real bargain.

Though the dishes serve are simple and those that you will find in many similar stalls but it is tasty. We are pretty health conscious and so quite particular about MSG. The food served here are agreeably quite light in artificial seasoning yet savory.



One of the main highlights of the stall is the braised duck meat. Normally, duck meat is characterised by its rough texture but in this case, it is tender, nicely braised and the sauce is well mixed, thus adding to the overall completeness of this dish.



In the hot weather like Singapore, it is always good to have a bowl of porridge for lunch and if coupled with delicious dishes, it would be irresistable. That's why we recommend this stall...->Reviewed by JC

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Maxwell Market -> 真真粥品

Location - 1 Kadayanallur street(maxwell road), Singapore 069184
Venue - Maxwell Road Food Centre (also known as Maxwell Market)
Stall - 真真粥品 #01-59 (Zhen Zhen Porridge)

Price - S$3
Food - 5/5
Value for money - 4.5/5
Service - Self Service
Ambience - 3.5/5

Fish/Chicken Porridge
This is the famous porridge stall in Maxwell market and could be one of the best cantonese styled porridge that I've eaten so far. Note that the queue is long and be prepared to wait for at least 1/2 an hour during lunch time.
They serve fish and chicken porridge. Worth mentioning is the fish porridge as it is served with 3 different variety of fish meat; i.e. the usual fish meat, fish belly and fish head.
Don't be fool by the presentation as it does look plain with an ample mixed of ginger slices,spring onions, fried shallots, sesame oil, preserved radish (chye poh)and of course the main ingredient, fish or chicken. This stall is very generous in their fish slices but point to note is that if you order fish belly or fish head, you will have to be extra careful as there is alot of fine fish bones. It takes patience to pick out the bones from the porridge and if you are in a rush, I would suggest you go for the fish meat or chicken porridge instead. Children are not recommended to take the fish porridge due to sheer amount of fish bones.
The fish is very fresh and tender which is one of its selling point worth appraising. For cantonese styled porridge, do not expect to find any grains of rice in the porridge but instead it is laboriously boiled into a gruel which is simply delicious. Its like drinking soup yet filling, not just watery.



The raw fish slices (yu sheng) as the side dish is quite refreshing with a squeeze of lime in it and plenty of toppings.

It's highly recommended to those who loves a simple meal of cantonese styled porridge ->Reviewed by JC

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Bukit Timah Market & Food Centre -> 合昌茶室

Location - 116，Upper Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 588172
Venue - Bukit Timah Market & Food Centre
Stall - 合昌茶室 #02-173

Price - S$0.80
Food - 4.5/5
Value for money - 4/5
Service - Self Service
Ambience - 3.5/5

Coffee/ Tea
The food we tried today is disappointing, hence we will not be reviewing any local food but instead we found a drink stall at the same food centre that sells very nice coffee and tea.
The coffee and tea are served in the traditional cermaic cup. The drinks are very fragrant and it tastes neither too sweet or too bland ->Reviewed by JC

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Fu Lu Shou Complex -> Queen Street Nasi Padang & Curry Fish Head

Location - 149, Rochor Road, Singapore 188425
Venue - Fu Lu Shou Complex
Stall - Queen Street Nasi Padang & Curry Fish Head, B1

Price - Average S$5 (slighly more expensive than usual economic vegetable rice by S$1.50 to S$2)
Food - 4/5
Value for money - 3.5/5
Service - Self Service
Ambience - 3/5 (Over crowded)

Nasi Padang
This stall sells a whole range of dishes including mutton rendang, fried chicken, stingray, fried eggs, yellow curry vegetables and more. The eatery is really crowded during lunch so go there early.
I tried the mutton rendang, fried eggs and stir fried haricot beans with tofu. Cost me S$5.
The mutton rendang is tender,savoury,delicious and highly recommended. The fried eggs and stir fried haricot beans with tofu are just normal. However, for those who like chillie, the chillie sauce is pretty nice and quite spicy.
My collegue tried the stir fried bean sprout and chillie stingray which costs him S$7, so be prepare to pay a little bit more, maybe S$1.50 to S$2 more than the usual economic vegetable rice ->Reviewed by JC

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Tiong Bahru Market -> 德盛豆花水

Location - 30, Seng Poh Road
Venue - Tiong Bahru Market
Stall - 德盛豆花水 #02-69 (Teck Seng Soya Bean Milk

Price - 豆花 S$0.70 (small)/ S$0.80 (big)/ S$1.30 (extra big)
Food - 4/5
Value for money - 4/5
Service - Self Service
Ambience - 4/5

Soya Beancurd
This beancurd although is not the most famous beancurd in Singapore, the texture is nevertheless, smooth and relatively soft. However, it is not those beancurd that melts in your mouth, literally. Overall, delicious
The S$0.80 serving is plenty and suffice for a hearty desert ->Reviewed by JC

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Tiong Bahru Market -> 忠于原味云吞面

Location - 30, Seng Poh Road
Venue - Tiong Bahru Market
Stall - 忠于原味云吞面 #02-30

Price - S$2.50 (small)/ S$3.50 (big)
Food - 4/5
Value for money - 4/5
Service - Self Service
Ambience - 4/5

Wanton Noodles
The noodles have a very springy texture and does not have an alkaline taste. The sauce and chillie is of the right mixture making it tasty.
The char siew is no ordinary pork meat but the famous pork armpits 不见天. It is thick, nicely barbecue and richly caramelised . But the wanton are just ok, nothing to shout about.
I personally felt that what makes this wanton noodles stand out is the texture and taste of the noodles. However, the queue is relatively long so be prepared to wait -> Reviewed by JC

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Berseh Food Centre -> 美香鱼汤

Location - 166, Jalan Besar, Singapore 208877
Venue - Berseh Food Centre
Stall - 美香 #02-44

Price - S$4 and above
Food - 4/5
Value for money - 4/5
Service - Self Service
Ambience - 3/5

Comments -
Fish Soup with White Rice
This stall only sells 2 types of set meal; i.e. black white set meal or white set meal.
Each set meal consists of a bowl of fish soup, rice and chillie. Extra chillie costs additional
S$0.20. Black = fried fish, White = cooked fish (non-fried).

The stall operates from 11:12am to around 2pm and so don't go there after 2pm. It is closed on every Wednesday and weekends. Go early as the queue gets relatively long during lunch.

The soup is tasty but slighty heavy taste for me and definitely not the MSG type of soup. The fish slices and vegetables are ample. The white rice is fragant although it looks oily but it doesn't taste oily at all. There is no wine or milk added to the soup unlike others. Personally, I prefer fish soup with wine added -> Reviewed by JC

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Tiong Bahru Market -> 滨海南咖哩鱼头

Location - 30, Seng Poh Road
Venue - Tiong Bahru Market
Stall - 滨海南咖哩鱼头 #02-14 (Marina South Curry Fish Head #02-14

Price - S$3 and above (Curry), $0.50 (Rice)
Food - 4/5
Value for money - 4/5
Service - Self Service
Ambience - 4/5

Comments -
Curry Chicken
The curry smell fragrant, not too spicy and is tasty. The chicken meat is relatively tender. Served hot with either bread or white rice, it is the perfect combination. The curry is neither too thick or too diluted and the coconut milk does not overwhelm the flavor.
This stall serves curry with either fish head, chicken, pork ribs, mutton or vegetables -> Reviewed by JC

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Rochor Centre -> 联发兴广州烧腊

Location - 1 Rochor Road, Singapore 180001
Venue - Rochor Centre, Good Time Coffee Shop
Stall - 联发兴广州烧腊

Price - S$3 and above
Food - 5/5
Value for money - 4/5
Service - Served
Ambience - 3.5/5

Comments -
Roasted Duck/ Roasted Meat/ Honey Char Siew
Simply delicious.
The top skin of the roasted meat is crispy and the meat itself is not overly dry.
The roasted duck is marinated with 当归，angelica but the angelica did not overpower the taste of the roasted duck. It only enhances the flavor of the roasted duck. So no need to worry about the angelica smell and taste as you will probably not noticed it. The skin is also crispy with the meat to be nicely done to almost perfection.
The char siew is not too fat and not too skinny. It is marinated with honey and the sweetness is again just nice. The meat is also very chewy.
The free soup is not MSG soup but specially prepared soup of the day and it's tasty.

However, parking is a problem at Rochor centre during lunch time as we waited for almost half an hour before getting into the car park at Rochor centre. But overall, it is worth the wait -> Reviewed by JC

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Golden Mile Food Centre -> 翠绿炒果条面

Location - 505 Beach Road, Singapore 199583
Venue - Golden Mile Food Centre #01-91 (same building as the army market)
Stall - 翠绿炒果条面

Price - S$3 - S$4
Food - 4.5/5
Value for money - 3/5 (small serving)
Service - Self Service
Ambience - 3/5

Comments -
Fried Kway Teow with silver fish
The fried kway teow is not too dry and not oily with the sweetness to be just nice. It comes with a good serving of green vegetable that is nicely cooked, the usual cockles and the special ingredient, the silver fish, crispy.
However, the serving is relatively small portion for the usual S$3 order. -> Reviewed by JC

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ABC Brickworks Market & Food Centre -> 瑞 記 云 吞 面

Location - Blk 6 Jalan Bukit Merah, Singapore 150006
Venue - ABC Brickworks Market & Food Centre #01-39
Stall - 瑞 記 云 吞 面

Price - S$2 - S$3
Food - 3/5
Value for money - 5/5
Service - Self Service
Ambience - 2/5 (relatively hot)

Comments -
Chicken Feet and Mushroom Noodle
The S$3 serving is very big portion, the chicken feet and mushroom are tasty 入 味 -> Reviewed by MCL

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