Saturday morning fever

Good morning world.

It's daybreak and we haven't slept at all.

We hopped into a cab hoping for some comfort food at Fong Seng Nasi Lemak only to see the shutters down illuminated only by the orange glow of the Buzz news stand.

It's alright.

Uncle, traffic light ahead turn right.

West Coast Market.

Just go straight.

Just for one hungry stomach.

3 in the North, just one in the West.

So we lost at open numbers.

Please proceed.

To bring us to no man's land.

Let's eat!

The cheong fun wasn't well steamed.

Translucent on the edges but the middle sections were still tough n rubbery.

I'm pretty sure he flirted with the auntie for the dollop of radish.

Tsk tsk.

I'm definitely biased when it comes to chwee kueh but I have standards alright.

The radish was salty oily.

Tremendously satisfying with the bland steamed rice cakes.

And just because you know I'd murder the chilli. :)

There never lived a plate of economical noodles so well devoured.

Oh sides.

Let me name thy sides to you.

Luncheon meat, fried chicken wing, cuttlefish patty, fried egg and cheese hotdog. oh my.

And it's unfair how you devour everything with a first name fried with no negative repercussions on your physique.

Health perhaps.

I imagine clogged arteries creeping up on you.

Nothing like a glass of hO Ho HO- hot horlicks. :)

2.5 hours of sleep and I'm out and about headed for home.

Lunch.

Could not be more satisfying.

So the only thing I wouldn't touch would be the intestines.

Everything else. :)

I loved the pickled vegetable ends.

Diced and cooked till soft (by duck fat) and sweet.

And as much as I never liked everything that looked like an internal organ,

I've started eating liver.

If only for its iron rich content.

A murky salted vegetable soup with liver and lean meat.

And a small bowl of kway.

Bliss came at a price of $11.70 for three.

Gotta love the Ang Mo Kio neighbourhood :)

Scene 1 Take #1:

Lao San Kway Chap

Blk 232 Ang Mo Kio Ave 3

12.30 p.m.

Sunday

 Three Hungry People

Dad (patiently waiting for his turn) : *thinks* Hmm. What should I order?

Lady with bike helmet (swings plastic bag around) : My tupperware is leaky. My soup is dripping all over me. Can I get it changed? (in dialect)

The boss (reaches for some braised fatty meat) : *thinks* I will continue to prepare the order. Just change the plastic bag or something already...

Everyone in the scene: *burps*

And... it's a wrap!

Block 724 Ang Mo Kio Central Market Food Centre

A $9 standard serving set for 2 pax. 

Just to satisfy a girl friend's cravings of kway chap and duck. The stall that I planned on going to at Blk 226H Kebun Baru Market was closed at 4pm so I had to make an emergency call to tell her to head towards AMK Central instead where I remembered that there was a stall selling duck rice that I had eaten previously. Her food item cravings were satisfied but we honestly could have done better. The kway here was the thickest i've ever tried. When kway fails. The meal has failed. *shakes head sorrowfully. The upside is, the duck is still as nice as I remembered. If you're here for duck, take duck rice. No kway. No way.

I wasn't going to leave that place with substandard kway. Neither was I going to let her travel all the way down for nothing. I did what I had to do. I made a beeline for my tasty -and- trusty char kway teow stall for an order with extra vegetables. I carried my plate of char kway teow heaven back to the table bursting with pride. "Try this!" I couldn't stop smiling. As if I was the cook. Well, a girl could dream right? :)

Mmm. Kway the way it should be done. Full of wok hei. It was the difference of heaven and hell for these two types of kways. I know it's unfair to be comparing a plate of lard fried kway teow with kway chap but honestly, this kway was the right way to go. really have to stop it with the puns. They are unintended by the way.

Full bodied taste. Fried slightly wet just the way I like it. Crispy bits of lard, a small offering of blood clams, slices of waxed sausages and the only healthy items of beansprouts and greens. If there's anything worth the extra calories.

This. Is it. :)

What's your dinner going to be tonight?

I just had a green curry craving triggered off. When am I going to satisfy that craving?