I miss Tanjung Bungah Goreng Pisang

I just had a very disappointing banana fritter. Sob Sob.
I blame the cute little tourist girl who was happily munching on hers in front of me at the table we shared.

Geez, talk about the power of suggestion and illusion. My weak minded tummy, why you so greedy!

Sigh. The lack luster of that banana fritter made me miss the best banana fritters I've ever tasted, in Penang, Malaysia.

ARGH I miss those Banana Fritters.

Photo credit: PenangFoodForThought

 

 

The skin is so crispy and it tastes so good.

 

Dating a culinary guy makes me so picky man! But seriously, this banana fritter I just ate had this weird after taste of too much frying batter that did not seem to compliment the banana.

 

But the stall I got my banana fritter from today is rather popular.

 

Wonder whether it will be as popular when people taste the real and awesome Tanjung Bungah Banana Fritters.

 

 

 I'm not impressed by these (SGD1.50 per banana fritter summore!!!!)

 

Night 14: MyKuali Penang White Curry Instant Noodles

Hahaha! Superman, do you remember lugging back that box of instant noodles for me? <3

A box was lugged that day

The highly popular latest craze instant noodles, The MyKuali Penang White Curry Instant Noodles, which takes after the Penang's beloved White Curry Noodles, has been all the rage amongst the Penang Foodies, or Foodies in general.

This craze made it easy for what I suspect was a marketing ploy, to plan for a "shortage" of these noodles, in its homeland, Malaysia, in order for the word of it to spread far and wide.

It worked really well, but when these noodles surfaced in large quantums in supermarkets around Singapore, there were some pretty vocal folks that openly accused MyKuali on their Facebook page of playing with supply and demand to increase their popularity.

Who can blame MyKuali????? Free marketing yo! Get real!

Anyway, mom gave me a heads up on the situation and told me that there was "black market" sales of these noodles at RM10 per SINGLE PACKET. The normal price is RM6.80 for 4 packets.

WALAOEH. One packet of instant noodles nia leh!

Seeing as my mom and dad were really keen on the noodles, I obliged and roped in my boy to hunt down the elusive MyKuali noodles.

We found them at Bishan's Giant Supermarket, sold at SGD 4.20 per 4 packets, which is still reasonable, as compared to the RM10 per packet rubbish.

I got the boyfie to cook me a pack for dinner the same night and he absolutely LOVED it, but I felt otherwise. Perhaps it's because I really really love the Penang Curry Noodles much more than the instant noodles.

The Real Penang White Curry Mee

Anyhow, I was packing to go home on Wednesday night, and when I opened my suitcase, I really could not resist but to snap a picture of the instant noodles I was bringing/smuggling home for mommy.

Noodle smuggler me

Epic shit. Smuggling home instant noodles to Malaysia from Singapore, which were originally made in Malaysia.

Whatever lah! Ho Chiak to me is only my ORIGINAL PENANG WHITE CURRY NOODLES.

Sushi Zanmai, One Utama

Back in KL for the Easter weekend with the family.

We headed to our fav hang out mall, One Utama to get our necessities in the comforts of a less-crazy-less-annoying crowd environment. 

One cuisine we love as a family, is Japanese. Mom's not too fond of Western or Western-related cuisines, haha.

Basically we queued for Zanmai as it was the most decent mid range food available that everyone agreed on.

I tried something new, an Avocado Salmon dish that I felt was really good.

Avocado Salmon (RM7.80)

 

Funny-not-so-nice things that happened:

1) Dad ordered a coffee that he had to self-prepare. "I-kid-you-not"

Key-Coffee (D.I.Y) (RM 6)

Dad meticulously studying the coffee-bag

2) The RM13.80 priced Salmon Belly, was not fresh. It was served warm.

Warm Salmon Belly (RM13.80)

I, needless to say, sent it back.

Overall, I still had a pleasant dinner sesh, despite the warm salmon belly which I was very much looking forward to. But oh well!

The Landing Point, Fullerton Bay Hotel

The babes and I had a thorough blast for the week and decided we needed to indulge in a chill and posh factor for the weekend.

So we got ourselves all dressed up, chic and shit, and moved our asses to town on a Sunday. 

To be honest, the food really wasn't much fun, pretty average, and quite costly. 

First row is mostly choc based stuff (too sweet for me)

 Second row of savouries, I enjoyed these, my favs are the Lobster, and Salmon

Final row of more sweet stuff

This is how it works:

1) Order your tea

2) It'll come with your tea and a 2-dimensional sphere of finger foods (savory and sweet) 

- unlimited refills from 3pm to 5.30pm

3) Eat, drink and soak in the view (if you get a good seat)

4) Pay your bill and wince at the SGD 45++ bite to your wallet

At the end of the day, we wanted to have a good time, with a different setting.

With that in mind, the price seemed worthwhile. (to a certain extent)

The reason for the exorbitance

The Loft Cafe

Was initially dreading today's lunch session as both Laughing Buddha & 7UP were paying the team a visit at the project site. (dreading the latter more than the former, sue me)

However, Laughing Buddha decided to give us a treat and the lunch was quite enjoyable!

The Loft Café (upstairs), is also known as the The Loft Pancakes & Waffles (downstairs), is fully air-conditioned and has lovely sofas for non-meal goers to relax and chill. If you didn't bring anything to entertain yourself, they even provide books and magazines for your browsing pleasure.

What I really liked was the FOOD.
I had an Aglio Olio with additional bacon as it did not come with any.

Oooo I loved the bacon because it was fried to a golden crisp. The smell was absolutely delish and well, if the boyfie and I were here, we'd be analyzing the dish much more.

I definitely wanna bring him here when he comes back to Singapore.

~Yum Yum for S$13.90~

Location: 268A South Bridge Road (off Smith Street) Singapore 058817

By MRT:
Chinatown MRT (Walk another 7 mins, nearer to the big temple, opposite the Maxwell Food Court)

Operating hours:
Tues - Sat 9am-10pm
Sunday 9am-9pm
Monday Closed

Kin Kin Chili Pan Mee Singapore

Alright. So my good sense says I should shaddap with the whining and write something about my beloved, FOOD.

Last week, I found out that Kin Kin Chili Pan Mee from KL was finally in Singapore. Imagine my total excitement! I practically wanted to eat it at that moment. Hence the boyfie, who is a total food-die-hard as well (yes he was still in town), said we would go that day itself.

For those who don't know, Kin Kin Chili Pan Mee is best known for its DRY CHILI PAN MEE. <3

We reached Kin Kin by 8pm, it was closed. WHAT? Yes, they sold out.
We then found out they had only begun operations for a few days, OMG.
Opened since 22nd March only!

We tried the next day, and arrived by 7pm. Frustration greeted us, sold out, CLOSED.

I told my boyfie, the only way, was Saturday.

We arrived by 10.30am, Kin Kin starts operations at 11am. We were the 5th in line. JOY TO THE WORLD!

Kin Kin's Singapore dry chili pan mee, is awesome. I love the chili and eat it as is. Yes. As is.

Ommmmm nom nom nom nom.

Dry chili pan mee is an absolute heaven-made creation.

Ok so what's different about it compared to the Malaysian branch???

What I love:
1) The taste is absolutely consistent
2) The outlet is super clean
3) The outlet is air conditioned (only the Cheras and Publika branch [food court] are in Malaysia)
4) The owners have a systematic way of handling customers to avoid over-crowding the place

What I don't really fancy
1) The meatballs added to the noodles, to me, they are a bit stinky?? (only my opinion, kay)
2) It's kinda far (not located in the CBD) - see location details after the picture!

But heck, AWESOME.

 -OM NOM NOM NOM-

 -the beloved chili i loveeeee-

 -the queue-

 -the interior, as you can see at the door, there's crowd control!!-

-the counter to order, they operate on a pay first then wait basis-

Location: 534 Macpherson Road, Singapore 368220

By MRT:
Tai Seng MRT (Walk another 10 mins)

By taxi:
Ask for Macpherson Road, opposite the Caltex Station, they are able to get you there quite smoothly.

I'll be back for you!