Ghim Moh 九江 Roast Meat

One of the few rice dishes that I like (other than sushi and fried rice) is the Roast Meat from Ghim Moh. They roast their own meats every day, and the husband and wife pair are very pleasant - not like those nasty nazi hawkers. They don't purposely dwaddle just to get a long que (or keep their long que long -like the horrible Clementi Popiah lady).

Personally, I don't like the roasted pork (with the crackling skin and layers of fat), so I usually get the char siew and duck rice ($3.50), or duck rice ($4).

The Shao La Fan is probably one of the best ones in the area, and the que gets really long during lunch time. I dont' know why I never ate it that much in JC but I did eat it quite a bit after that. Actually, I don't know why I even like this shao la fan cos I don't even eat the duck skin. But I like the sweet gravy that comes with it.

The stall is located in the middle (same row as the famous char kway teow) and its name starts with 九江 (red and white sign).

Chinatown Temporary Hawker Centre

It's the first time I'm visiting this even though I'm posted so near it! And the 2 most famous stores - the Hill Street Char Kway Teow and the Claypot Rice stalls were both closed.

The ikan billis yong tau foo is supposed to be very good, but then the que was so insanely long so I didn't try it. I don't like yong tau foo cos I used to have to eat it every week, and so I've eaten enough yong tau foo to last me a lifetime.


I had the Bak Chor Mee (it's another very long que store). It's ok, got 1 fishball, 1 meatball, and leanporkmincedpork and mushrooms and beansprouts.


I really liked the tang yuan! It's the best tang yuan I've eaten to date. Anyway, I just realised why tang yuan is called Ah Balling. I used to think it was the name of the person who invented tang yuan. But then today, I was standing in the super slow moving que when I decided to peer around and read signboards, and I realised that Ah Balling is actually 鸭Ya (Duck) 母Mu (mother) Ling (like icecream ling).

The que is very slow moving cos the tang yuan is made on the spot - not premade and left on trays. The tang yuan is had made and cooked straight away, and it's served in clear, fragrant pandan soup.

There are 6 flavours - the usual seaseme, peanut, red bean and yam, including a not so usual mung bean paste (think ang ku kueh) and durian.

The skin of each tang yuan is silky smooth, and it's fresh and soft.

It's $2 for 6 flavours - freshly made.

This is the best tang yuan I've tasted - totally worth the que.

Hai Seng Ah-Balling
Chinatown Complex Temporary Market
(Next to Otram Park MRT)
Business Hours 12pm to 9pm
Thursday 12pm to 6pm


Fish dropped her currypuff on herself this morning.

Fried Ban Mian - Dover Hawker Centre

Went to dover hawker centre on monday for lunch. There's quite alot of parking spaces even with the lunch crowd (not very crowded anyway). The boneless chicken rice there is supposed to be very famous - not bad but i like the ghim moh one better... But it's really cheap only 2 bucks and there is quite alot of meat.

Anyway, since i don't really like rice, i decided to try the ban mian (i like the mee hoon kuey cos i can use a spoon to eat it - and i won't need to use chopsticks cos my noodles will keep slipping out and splashing about). Ban Mian is one of my more favourite dishes to eat in a hawker centre cos i like how the noodles taste fresh and i think they don't add in preservatives (not like the yellow wax/colouring in the yellow noodles). And the soup is full of flavour cos they use ikan bilis for the soup base.

This stall has ban mian with a twist - they have 'Dry Ban Mian', which is actually the normal ban mian noodles, but then it's stir fried with cabbage, minced pork and crab sticks, along with a large helping of fried ikan bilis and shallots.

It's not too oily (not oozing with oil like most fried noodles) , no wok (tze char) taste and it's seasoned lightly with some sauce.

It comes with a bowl of soup (the same soup base as the normal soup ban mian) which has lots of dark green vegetables and a bit of minced pork.

Dried ban mian costs about $3 or $3.50 (i can't really rememver though)