This is a very belated post, seeing as we went on the food trip on the 8th of July. I've been trying to get slide.com to put more pictures into the slides, but I don't know what's wrong with the system, so I've given up and put in whatever pictures can be put up there. Meanwhile, I've to find somemore websites which will allow me to put multiple photos. Blogger's too idiotic to use.
Ok anyway, our first stop was to try the rice balls and bread at Square 2, at Novena. Photos below!
For this, only Merrilyn, Si Jia and I went, coz Pony and Kaori were not free in early afternoon. I think the rice balls are worth a try. It's a departure from the oily and rather unhealthy foods we are exposed to outside- I felt very "clean" and healthy after eating it. They have a variety of 6 different types of rice to choose from, namely purple rice, brown rice, mixed grain rice, wheatgerm brown rice, red rice and ice lake wild rice. And there are 46 different types of fillings to choose from! So the basic idea is this:
1) Choose the type of rice you want
2) Select 5 types of fillings that you want inside your rice ball.
They'll then layer your rice, and then put the fillings inside, then ball it up tightly, and tada! You have your rice ball!
Si Jia's rice ball was mostly fruits- raisins, green apple (and many more, can't remember), Merrilyn's one... I think had chicken and vegetables, mine was mostly spicy; I had hae bee hiam and spicy something else inside. All in all, it was a rather good variety of rice balls. If you want to try healthy food, try here!
After that, we tried the bread at Mama Bakery, also at Square 2. It's opened by an old Japanese lady. We shared 3 different types of buns- the seafood vege mango, the red bean, and another one I think had wasabi and seafood. So sorry I can't remember the names!! I bought the Choco Bowl home for my family to try, since it's their best seller, and my mother loves it. Verdict for Mama Bakery? Oishii!
So that was lunch. Next stop was to the fish slice bee hoon which Merrilyn discovered at Bugis, and where we met Kaori and Pony. Photos are below!
As Merrilyn, Si Jia and I were still full from the lunch earlier, we opted to share a bowl of the noodles. Verdict? They were nice, and I rather liked the soup, which was creamy. I like fish slice soup with milk inside. The fish was rather fresh as well. Business there is brisk, and perhaps the next time I visit that place, I'll try the fish head curry. It looked quite popular while we were there. Anyone wants to try it? =)
The next stop was desserts which was near to the Fish slice bee hoon place. Again, as we all wanted to save some space in our stomachs for dinner, we shared the dessert. Merrilyn, Si Jia and I shared the ginger in barley, and the egg water dessert, while Pony and Kaori shared in something which looked like ice kachang. I felt the ginger dish was too hot for my taste, probably cos I don't really like ginger, but overall, I thought the sweetness of the dessert and the ginger went rather well.
Dinner next was at Aston's. Haha, I finally know how to go to that part of the East. The stretch of East Coast Rd and Siglap's a really inaccessible place to go to, but I'm glad I found out how to go. As you might have guessed by now, I love Aston's. I'd recommend it to anyone who wants to eat Western food. Besides, that region has alot of food that looks promising, so the knowledge of how to go there is definitely useful. Anyway, the photos are below.
We also celebrated Pony's birthday at Aston's. I bought a chocolate truffle cake from Savoury Fare, and while I was waiting for the shopkeeper to write her name on the cake, I browsed around and saw that they sold trick candles that cannot be blown out. So what would good friends do? Buy the candles of course! She had quite a time blowing the candles out, and I must say, I was quite surprised that the candles could last so long. Haha, you should have seen Pony's face when the candles came back on! That was priceless. Alas, I wasn't quick enough to take a photo of that expression; maybe next time, eh?
After that, we set off to Bedok Interchange to go home. Or so we thought. Merrilyn and Si Jia had just dropped off at Tanah Merah MRT station when we reached Bedok 85. I recommended the place to Kaori, since she's a visitor to Singapore, and is very interested in our local food. So we dropped off there and went to have supper. I ordered the minced meat noodle for Kaori, and Pony ordered 10 sticks of satay and otah. By this time, Pony and I were really really full, and I'd expect Pony to be fuller than me, since all I had for dinner was a bowl of mushroom soup, while she had the Prime Rib-eye steak (I wish I'd had that, but my appetite during that period of time was shite. A pity, really). But anyway, Kaori responded to the minced meat noodles with a "oishii!" upon the first mouth of the noodles, which I felt rather happy upon hearing it. She finished the whole bowl of noodles, and while Pony and I had 4 sticks of satay, she finished the rest of it including the ketupat, and the otah, all the while praising our food. Haha, I felt really happy that she likes our local food so much. Makes me feel proud of our food. We should make her our spokesperson! At the same time, I was in awe of her appetite. Remember the places we mentioned above? With the exception of the first stop at Square 2, Kaori was an active participant in all the other stops- she ate a full meal at each of them! And the thing is, from the photos, she's NOT FAT. Makes you wonder, doesn't it? ;)
Yep, so that was the end of our food trip. I would say this food trip was a success, and I got to eat food which I haven't eaten before, and learnt ways of going to various places, AND got to introduce our local food to a foreigner! Though this is an unofficial food trip, hopefully there'll be another one next year?
Oh yah, before I end off, if there are errors in the names of the dishes or places we went, do tell me, yah? I wanna be as accurate as possible... Haha... I realise I should have taken photos of the signboard or something, and noted down the dishes we ate. No matter, I'll do that the next time!