Food and theft at Simei Point

Each time I visit Simei area, I will not hesitate to eat the Hainanese chicken rice and the bar cho mee at a coffee shop opposite the Simei mrt station. The chicken rice is tasty and the chilli sauce is hot and concentrated. The stall also provides soup (help yourself), pickles,ginger sauce and thick soya sauce. The one above which I had was $3.
Next, the bar cho mee (small coffee shop). I seldom miss this one too. For $3.50, I had a nice big bowl of noodles plus the minced meat and pork balls. The sauce is what makes the bar cho mee tasty.
The last picture is about the shop theft committed at Fairprice supermarket. Quite surprising that people still want to commit crime in Singapore with so many cameras around. One could hardly escape from being arrested.

Hainanese Chicken Rice and Bar Cho Mee @ Hougang Central

Was at Hougang Central and tried the chicken rice as well as the bar cho mee. Both stalls are at Seng Huat Coffee House (block 811, Hougang Central 530811). To avoid the long Q, go during off-peak hours. The chicken, chilli and rice was good. The bar cho mee was even better. They were $3 and $3.50 respectively.

This ba-chor-mee was from 473 Sengkang coffee shop. It was quite good but expensive as it cost $3.80 when the average is $3.30. Don't think I will ever order it again. It did not have mushrooms at all although compensated by fish/meat balls.

Bar-cho-mee @ 205D, Compassvale Lane

This bar cho mee stall is at 205D (coffee shop), Compassvale Lane, Sengkang. It opens from 4 pm till late and closes on Sunday. The Q is usually long but it is worth the wait. The sauce and the minced meat are out of this world. It is better than my favourite at 446, Jalan Kayu. Besides it is cheaper than @ 446 by 20 cents ($3.30). Some days, the hawkers close the stall at their whims and fancies. I supposed the husband and wife team have made enough money that do not intend to work hard anymore. 

Bar cho mee and Chicken rice @ AMK Blk 51

I was around the Ang Mo Kio area running some errands for the family and had the bar cho mee ($3.50) and chicken rice set ($3.50) at block 51 (next to AMK Hub). I didn't finish eating the noodles because it wasn't up to my expectation. I kept some space for my stomach and tried the Hainanese chicken rice which was good. In fact, the peanut soup was so good and plentiful I think it is worth around $2.

Sunday meals, all hawker food

It was bachor mee for breakfast and all the above for dinner. The roasted meat ($7) was from blk 628 AMK hawker food center and so was the fried Hokkien mee ($4) and bubor cha cha ($2.50). The Hokkien mee may not look appetizing but it was really good. The bubor cha cha was fantastic. We were there about 4:30 pm and there was a long Q at the roasted meat stall. It was a worthwhile 20 minute wait.

My parent-in-laws' neighbors gave them 3 baskets of persimmon fruits. Their neighbors had so much fruits on their tree that they started to distribute them to their friends and neighbors. The persimmon fruits are sweet and juicy, I was told. We should have been in Japan this autumn but due to work commitment were unable to be there.

Sunday meals 

Had ba-chor-mee for brunch and home-cooked food for dinner (nikujaga, salad, fried sambal long beans, sambal goreng and white rice).

Coconut and Mee Pok

This coconut is too "old" and the meat is thick and tough. The coconut water didn't taste good and so I did not finished it ($3).
The mee pok was delicious and it came from my favorite hawker stall near Jalan Kayu. For $3.50, it was a bargain.

Breakfast @ a coffee shop

Although today is a public holiday (Hari Raya Haji), the coffee shop at our place isn't crowded at all. We took the opportunity to have a go at our favourite ba-chor-mee ($3.50 each bowl). We noticed that there is a new stall selling Hainanese chicken rice and so we ordered a plate of chicken breast meat ($7) to go with our noodles. The noodles and chicken was tasty especially with the chicken rice chilli sauce.

My huge lunch @ Hougang Interchange/MRT Station

Yesterday, I ate only 1 meal (lunch) and was very hungry by 1pm. I adjourned to Hougang Interchange/MRT Station and had lunch at one of the coffee shops. First, it was the ba-chor-mee ($3.50) followed by the Hainanese chicken rice ($4 with rice, breast meat, gizzards and liver). Both dishes were delicious and priced reasonably. In fact, this was my first time eating at this place. I chose the food according the queue of people. Long queue of people usually mean that the food is good and cheap.

Ba-Chor-Mee or minced meat noodles

I prefer kway teow and noodle for my BCM. Usually people would ask for mee kia or mee pok. Well there is no hard and fast rule. This BCM is one of the best in SG. It is cheap and good ($3.50) and being sold at a coffee shop along Jalan Kayu. I had it for breakfast.

Noodles and fried rice for the day

At first, we thought of driving to AMK Jubilee SQ for Japanese food but at the last minute, I became too lazy to go that far for lunch. So we ended up at the coffee shop near our place and had ba chor mee instead. It was really nice. The chilli sauce was just right with more of the pork lard (requested).
In the evening, we cooked the bar kuah fried rice. Again, credit goes to my wife for that wonderful dish. 

Ba-Chor Mee and Toast Box Mee Goreng Set

Today, I had ba-chor mee for breakfast, niku jaga for lunch and mee goreng for dinner. Admittedly, except for the niku jaga, my meals were unhealthy. But then I craved for hawker food so badly.
Hopefully tomorrow's meals will be healthier.

Fighting spiders, my childhood favourite pastime

In the old days we do not have computers or any of today's social media gadgets. In fact, during my childhood days, television didn't even exist in Singapore. I am talking about the 1950s. As kids, our playthings were kites, fighting spiders, tops, rubber bands, marbles etc.
Today, I want to talk about one my favourite hobbies, fighting spiders.
Catching fighting spiders and letting them fight with other boys' spiders were one of the most thrilling pastimes for me. Besides, if your spider was a good fighter, it might even earn the title of "King Spider" in the kampong (village). To be the "King", your spider must be victorious in all the fights against spiders owned by other boys.
I used to catch the spiders in the bushes. Only male spiders fight so we did not catch the female spiders. The male ones had faces that were white in colour and the female black. We looked for leaves that were stuck together and in between them you might spot the spiders. We would use our hands and cupped the leaves and spread them on the roadside and the spider would jump out. We would then place it in an empty match box or a small container.
A "King" spider could fetch as much as 50 cents in my kampong. 50 cents was a lot of money back then especially for kids like us. 50 cents could buy us 5 plates of fried noodles in the school tuck shop. Besides, we would be very proud to be the owner of the "King".
Above is the video of the intense fighting between 2 spiders that I was talking about.

Bak chor mee (minced meat vinegar noodles)

Bak chor mee is a type of noodle dish that is served with minced pork. Bak chor mee means minced meat noodles with a bit of vinegar in Hokkien. This yummy mee is being sold in a coffee shop at block 446A, along Jalan Kayu (next to a Buddhist temple).
We had the above for breakfast.

For breakfast it was kopi O and fruits at home. Lunch was bar-cho-mee + hot pot and prata kosong (w/o egg). Dinner was Toast Box kopi O and a piece of seaweed floss bun.
In front of our flat, is a big celebration of a Chinese temple and it will go on for about a month. The PM of Singapore will be there to join in the festivities as this is his constituency.

Much talked about Japanese mee pok/ba chor mee, a disappointment

Tried the much talked-about noodles managed by a Japanese family at Clementi this morning. The queue was long. The mee pok was disappointingly average.
Nearer to our place, the mee pok is 10 times better and so is the one at Blk 444 Pasir Ris (below).

Heavy rainfall, photos from my apartment @ 5pm

Bukit Batok By-Election,breakfast and bean sprouts

Today is voting or polling day at the Bukit Batok constituency. the contest is between PAP's Murali Pillai and SDP chief Chee Soon Juan.
By 1pm, 50% of the 25,727 eligible voters have cast their votes.
Voting will close at 8 pm and thereafter counting will start.
By 11pm we should have the final result.
Who will be victorious? Let's wait till 11pm tonight.

Today's breakfast

This is a bowl of special bar chor mee. Besides the normal stuff, this one consists on a medium size prawn and a small portion of pig's trotter. This is in fact the most expensive on the menu ($5). The usual one is $3.50c
(bottom photo)

Growing bean sprouts in my apartment

This is day 4 of bean sprouts growth in my apartment. They are coming up nicely and so in the next 2 days, I can have them as my fibre/protein food. Will post here again tomorrow.

My spaghetti dinner