Braised Duck

This is duck is fantastic. It's very basic, but it hits the spot. All this for $3. You can find 'Duck man' in a small food court on Sultan Gate Place, next door to the 'Claypot Chicken man' from an earlier post...
http://singforyadinner.blogspot.com/2010/10/chicken-claypot.html

Senayan City - Urban Kitchen, Indonesian Food

On a recent business trip to Jakarta, my work colleagues treated me to some traditional Indonesian cuisine.

Sop Buntut - Oxtail Soup

Buntut Goreng - Fried Oxtail

Iga Bakar - Grilled Spare Ribs

Sate Ayam - Chicken Satay

Nasi Timbel with tempe - Fermented Soy Bean

Ikan Asm - Salted Fish

Sayur Asem - Tamarind Soup

Ayam Goreng - Fried Chicken

Nasi Timbel - Rice wrapped in Banana Leaves

Gabo Gabo - Vegetables with Peanut sauce

Sagu Rangi (Grilled) - Tapioca Dessert drizzled with melted brown Sugar (Yum!)

As I mentioned, it was a feast! And the food was fantastic, I would recommend any of the dishes, but my favourite was the Iga Bakar.

Stingray and Gluttons bay

Gluttons bay is a Makansutra sponsored Food Court. Makansutra publishes food guides and celebrates Asian food culture and lifestyle. Subsequently, this is meant to be one of the best food courts in Singapore, so I took the opportunity to try Stingray... and... I thought it was delicious!

Apparently the seasoning and marinade helped, but I thought it tasted great. Tasty, meaty, not very fishy and no bones, all things I look for in fish dishes!

I had a portion of White Carrot cake on the side, not that great, check out an early post to find out more about carrot cake.

Definitely worth a trip.

Whilst visiting Gluttons Bay I was lucky enough to catch the end of The Trees & The Wild playing at the Mosaic Festival.

Chicken Feet and the Singapore Food Trail

This is a new Food court that has opened under the Singapore Flyer. It is a retro 1960's theme, based on classic Singapore street food.

We had Hong Kong Dim Sum, and tried Chicken Feet for the first time. Hmmm, what can I say about them? Not great, not much meat, a bit slimy and lots of bones.

313 Food Court

313 is a new shopping centre on Orchard Road. The Food Court on the top floor has a wide variety of food stalls. I opted for the 'Mini Wok delights' Hor Fun Beef Noodles. All good. The biggest highlight from my visit was the fact the drinks were sold on Segways.

Carrot Cake, "Chai Tau Kway" 菜头粿

You may be thinking, "this ain't no Carrot cake fool!", but it is Chinese Carrot Cake, well, Hong Kong Carrot cake actually from Luk Yu, in the Food Opera, Ion Centre. I am still not sure what the exact ingredients are??? After a bit of research, it looks like it is a baked cake, which the main ingredient is a root vegetable, such as White Carrot, Turnip or Radish, with fish added, something like dried shrimps. Once baked it is cut in to chunks and fried with noodles. The end result is something that I think tastes and feels like slice fried scallops. It tastes great!

Lor Mee 鹵麵

Lor Mee is very popular in Singapore. Lor Mee refers to the thick yellow noodles in this thick starchy gravy. I particularly like this dish, because of the variety of ingredients. Wontons, fish, fish cakes, eggs, squid, beef, it's all thrown in there! Chili's and Vinegar are added for that extra kick.

Herbs and Spices

In a tiny, little Hawker Centre near where we are living at the moment, Joo Chat Place, there is Indian Italian fusion stall. Random as it sounds, it is fantastic. I have eaten Curry, Pizza, Naan, Okra and this Slow Cooked Beef Risotto. Great value too. They won't be there long though, they are moving to the Arab quarter in the New Year. Definitely one to watch as they move out of their little hawker centre into a restaurant.

Satay Street

At night fall, the street behind Lau Pat Sat Hawker Centre comes to life with dozens of Satay Stalls, all claiming they do "the best Satay in Singapore" if not the world! So once you get over the hustle of every stall wanting you to sample their Satay, and take a seat on a table in the busy closed off street, you realise they all do exactly the same. Choose from 5 or 6 set menus, varying from enough Satay for 1 person, up to enough for a small country. We chose Set C, between 3 of us, which was about 60 pieces, plus, compacted rice, cucumber and of course the sweet nutty Satay sauce.

Masala Dosa

Unsure which Marsala Dora it was, it had what I recognise as Bombay potato in the middle and quite a lot of chili and black pepper. You can probably guess why I chose this... I saw an Indian guy with something spilling off the side of his tray and in a 'Little Britain' stylee, I just pointed and said "I want that one!"

We were visiting Lau Pat Sat Hawker Centre. It is a Victorian building with dozens of food stalls, with origins from all over Asia. Hawker centers are dotted all over Singapore and many are open 24 hours. This is the best one I have been too... so far! Lots of choice, cheap (but they all are) and the Architecture is great, they also have live music on a pavilion stage in the evenings.