Thasevi Food

237 & 239 Jalan Kayu
Opening Hours: 24 hours; closed on last Tuesdays of the month and on Fridays for prayers from noon to 2.30pm

If you want crispy and THE roti prata, this is the place to go to. It’s the original Jalan Kayu roti prata since the 1960s and the one and only in Singapore, it insists. The crispy and cheese prata are good even when eaten on their own. Ask for the more delicious mutton or chicken curry rather than the one that normally comes with the prata. The stall also has tissue prata, which is extremely crispy, and prata with ice-cream and garlic. Expect to pay S$0.60 for a plain prata and S$1.20 for one with egg.

For the benefit of those who don’t know what roti prata is, it is composed of dough containing copious amounts of fat, egg, flour and water. The form of fat used is usually ghee (clarified butter). The entire mixture is kneaded thoroughly, flattened, oiled and folded repeatedly. It is then allowed to proof and rise, and the process is repeated. The final round of preparation consists of flattening the dough ball, coating it with oil and then cooking on a flat iron skillet with a lot of oil. The ideal roti is flat, fluffy on the inside but crispy and flaky on the outside.

Tiong Shian Porridge

265 New Bridge Road, Ann Kway Building
Tel: 6221 1596 / 6222 3911
Opening Hours: 7am to 2.30am, closed on alternate Mondays
Website: http://www.sbestfood.com/tiongshian.htm

In case you don’t know what is Tiong Shian porridge, I’ll mention that it’s the famous Chinatown porridge at the coffeeshop near the main road, and it’s very near the Chinatown food centre. Now do I hear a “orh, that one har?” Hehehe… oh yes, it’s that one lor. Now you know.

They have all kinds of porridge and since I’m not the kind to take frog porridge, I usually go for century egg (S$3.20 a bowl) or chicken porridge (S$2.70 a bowl). I also like their fried hoon chang (S$5 a plate).

My pet peeve about this place is having to find a seat. People and more people are everywhere and not a seat in sight for me. But since they’re open till very late (or very early in the morning), I guess you can wait and wait until someone finished his/her food and you finally get your seat.

Kueh Pie Tee From Red Lips Food

• Blk 3017, Bedok North St. 5, Gourmet East Kitchen, #06-32, Singapore 486121 Tel: 6448 1048 Fax: 6448 8439
• Email addy: contact@redlipsfoods.com
• Blk 429, Ang Mo Kio Ave 3, #11-2576, Singapore 560429 Tel: 6456 5928 Fax: 6552 3257
• Email addy: rochkoh@yahoo.com
• Website: http://www.redlipsfoods.com/products.htm

If you are having a party or just want to have kueh pie tee, go order the kueh pie tee from Red Lips. They have a party pack which offers an all-in-one, ready to eat package of Kueh Pie Tees complete with traditional peranakan vegetable filling, their famous “Got Kick” chilli sauce and parsley topping.

If you just want to have the Kueh Pie Tee cups, you can get them from their distributors stated

here.

Their KPT cups come in 2 sizes:- mini or normal. For ideas on fillings other than the traditional vegetable filling, you can also go here.

Price list for their Kueh Pie Tee Cups:

• Normal-size: 30 Cups - S$6.00
• Normal-size: 50 Cups - S$9.00
• Mini-size: 50 mini Cups - S$7.50
• Mini-size: 80 mini Cups - S$11.00

Niu Che Shui (Chinatown) Glutinous Rice

#01-155 Chinatown Temporary Market & Food Centre
Tel: 9660 3179
Opening Hours: 6.30am to 11.30am, closed on Thursdays

Although too much glutinous rice can cause indigestion to many, it’s worth joining the perpetual queue and get your hands on both varieties – eat the savoury first and have the sweet one as dessert. They sprinkle a spoon of crispy fried shallots which gives the soft dish an extra nice texture and taste.

Cost of each portion is S$1 per plate; you can ask for a mix of both savoury and sweet which will also cost you S$1.

Note: This review was extracted from Makansutra with a bit of my personal comments at the bottom.

Puteri Mas Pte Ltd

• 475 Joo Chiat Road
  Tel: 6344 8629
  Opening Hours: 10.30am to 6.30pm, Tuesdays to Fridays; 10.30am to 5pm, Sat & Sun; closed on Mondays


• #01-187B Suntec City Mall
  Tel: 6235 8768
  Opening Hours: 10am to 10pm

Durian lovers unite! And go try these D24 durian puffs (20 pcs for S$9!). The pastry is pretty tasteless but the durian puree is pure gold.

Lao Zhong Zhong Five Spice Stall

Lao Zhong Zhong Coffeeshop
Tai Thong Crescent (just opposite the Jackson Centre)

In Singapore, ngor-hiang, or ngoh-heong, is commonly used to refer to a type of meat sausage made with a thin translucent beancurd skin somewhat similar to caul fat. Stalls selling this normally have a variety of other fried fritters, prawn fritters, beancurd (tau-kwa) and fish-cakes to go with the cut-up rolls. It is common to eat an ala carte selection with a plate of beehoon (vermicelli) together with sweet dipping and chilli sauces. These stalls are very much the Chinese equivalent of the Indian Rojak stalls.

This is the one and only Lao Zhong Zhong Five Spice Stall. I love to eat the ngor hiang at this stall as they have so many varieties and yet the prices remain very reasonable for good quality food.

Only gripe is that they don’t have bee hoon to go with their wu xiang.

Poh Cheu

Blk 127 Bukit Merah Lane 1 #01-230 (near to Alexandra Village Food Centre)
Tel: 6276 2287
Opening Hours: 8am to 6pm, off on Sunday & Public Holidays
Website: http://www.sbestfood.com/pohcheu.htm

This stall specializes in a wide range of hand-made ang ku kuehs (prices range from S$0.50 to S$0.80) with different fillings (peanut, green bean, salted bean (tou sha), durian, yam, coconut, red bean, coffee, mango & green tea). Ang ku kueh is a rice flour cake filled with whatever filling you choose from the range.

Stall also has other traditional kuehs and pastries such as soon kueh (steamed Chinese dumpling made of rice flour skin with chopped turnips strips as filling), glutinous rice, etc.

If you spend more than S$50, you get one box of soon kueh free. I’ve never spent more than S$50 here (who’s going to finish all the kuehs if i do?), so I don’t know how many pieces are free.

Ji Xiang Confectionary

Blk 1 Everton Park #01-33
Tel: 6223 1631
Opening Hours: 9am to 5pm daily

This ang ku kueh specialist takes over two shop units in the sleepy neighbourhood of Everton Park, off Cantonment Road. It has a crew of at least five aunties preparing the kueh at any one time.

Pieces are often sold out by lunch time, so you are advised to place advance orders and pick them up the next day.

Their kueh, which comes in six flavours - green bean, peanut, salty bean, corn, coconut (40 cents each) and yam (50 cents each) - boasts a firm consistency and a drier filling than most other shops.

Poh Guan Cake House

Blk 531 Upper Cross Street, #01-57
Hong Lim Complex
Tel: 6534 0136
Website: http://www.pohguan.com/

This is the not the modern cake shop. They sell traditional Chinese cakes like tau sar piah, fatt gou (huat kueh), etc. They also sell snacks like tapioca curry chips, etc.

During Chinese New Year, they also churn out cookies and egg rolls, etc. Their Chinese New Year cookies and egg rolls and pineapple tarts sell out fast, so it’s best to place your order early.

They also sell the kueh pie tee cups (from Red Lips).

I don’t know why their address show Blk 531 when they are located at Blk 536, so I’ve linked to Blk 536 instead. Their location is directly opposite the Hong Lim Food Centre.