Lunch at home and dinner at Punggol Nasi Lemak

Lunch was home-cooked sambal kangkong,mapo tofu and rice.

Dinner at Punggol Nasi Lemak, Jalan Besar

My ex classmate and I visited another ex classmate's mother wake at Singapore Casket this evening. After the visit, as we were walking along Jalan Besar we saw the Punggol Nasi Lemak joint. This must be the third outlet and so we went inside the half filled cafe. We ordered menu 1 which is the top picture and menu 2. Menu 1 is $4 whereas menu 2 is 30 cents more. We were pleasantly surprise the food was as good as the other 2 outlets. I will definitely visit this place again.

Address: 371 Jalan Besar, #01-01, Singapore 208998
Telephone: 6293 0020
Opening hours: Noon – 11pm daily, closed every Thursday

My new neighbourhood, a few blocks away

Just a 30 minute walk away, a new neighbourhood has sprung up. It comprised of half a dozen of HDB (Housing Development  Board or government subsidized flats) block of flats or apartments.
The neighbourhood looks clean and well designed. It has more greenery than most neighbourhood. Most of the blocks are 22 storey high. Facing this place is a river which is covered by trees and plants.
There is a gym and 2 children playground. There is a basement carpark for each block. This a 4 & 5 roomed mixed neighbourhood.
A 4 roomed flat which has an area of about 900 sq ft cost around S$300 whereas a 1,100 sq ft. 5 roomed flat cost about $400.  A 4 or 5 roomed flat actually made up of 3 bedrooms, a living room and a dinning room (for the 4 roomed unit, the living and dinning area is combined together). All 4 or 5 roomed flats come with a kitchen, a wash area and 2 bathrooms cum toilets.

3 Classic Jokes

NO. 1 
A man was so jealous of his newly born baby that he put poison on the wife's nipples
while she was asleep. The next day, their driver died of poisoning. 

NO.2 
A man is dying of cancer, but keeps telling people he is dying of AIDS. 
His son asked Dad why? He answered so that when I am dead, no one will sleep with your mum. 


NO.3 
A lady lost three panties in her house and blamed her maid in front of the husband. 
Maid said sir you are my witness you know I never wear panties.

Late lunch@ Tanjong Katong Road

It's a wet morning with the rain falling intermittently. We didn't go out for breakfast but instead ate at home.
Later in the afternoon, hopefully after the rain has stopped, we will venture out to the East Coast for our lunch/dinner.

Late lunch at Tanjong Katong (East Coast)

We left for our lunch at about 3pm. At this time, the eateries will be quite empty and we could also get a free car park along the road.
We started with Eng's Noodles ($4.50 a small bowl) which was what we have missed for a while now. After Eng's we proceeded to Kay Lee's roasted meat & rice ($6.50c a plate). I had the roasted duck and roasted pork rice and my wife had the char siew and roasted pork rice. The food at Eng's and Kay Lee's were fabulous. We enjoyed ourselves. The places were deserted.
Next, we crossed the road and tried the ice-cream. My wife had the combo and I, the Mao Shang durian ice-cream. The place was quiet expect for a few young girls. The durian ice-cream was quite expensive. The bill came up to $13 for 2.

Ok alright I know you are tired of me talking about Chong Pang most of the time. Perhaps tomorrow I will blog about something else or some other places.....till then good night everyone....sweet dreams but don't dream of the food that I love at C........

BTW my blogger friend used to live at Chong Pang.

Breakfast@ Chong Pang hawker centre/ We feel like living there

The topmost picture is the Loh Mee @ Chong Pang hawker centre recommended by my blogger friend. It was nice and yummy and had a few pieces of fried wanton in it. It also has half an egg plus ngo hiang,garlic etc. The gravy is thick and tasty. Good recommendation!
The second picture does not look too nice because the chwee kueh were smashed up due to the wrapping. I tar pow the chwee kueh from a stall there and brought it to a kopi shop nearby and eat them with my kopi O.

Chong Pang, a nice place for living

I love the Chong Pang Market and Hawker Centre because of the food, wet market, coffee shops and other amenities.
I am a simple man, previously brought up in a kampong and loves the local food like chicken rice, porridge, chwee kueh, duck rice, satay, bbq chicken wings, nasi lemak, loh mee etc etc. CP has lots of local fares which I've just mentioned. Not only are they delicious but they are relatively cheap too.
CP also has a lot of stalls selling all kinds of fruits, eg: pineapples, papayas, oranges, apples, jack fruits, rambutans, jambu, mangoes etc etc. There are at least 4 coffee shops, barber/hairdressing shops, POSB bank, ATMS, hardware shops and almost anything you would want.
However, CP can be very crowded especially on weekends,public holidays, during the morning and lunch hours.
I wish I could buy a flat and live in CP. However, most of the HDB flats are 3 roomers ( 2 bedrooms & 1 living room. Total area is about 700 to 800 sq ft) built at least 30 years ago. I was curious and so I googled and saw an advertisement of an old 3 roomed flat with a sale price tag of S$330,000. I thought it's rather expensive as it is about 35 years old (99 year leasehold). It's fine I told my wife, who is also keen about living in CP, that we can always drive there from our place which is only 12 km away.

Breakfast@ home/Chong Pang Market/Community Club

Breakfast was prepared at home, the usual cheese toasts + bacon strips and a bowl of green mussel+ Okra+ mushroom + bacon soup. Kopi O was served on the side.
In the afternoon, we went to Chong Pang CC to do our CPF nomination stuff. Had some Hup Lee fried bee hoon and rojak.

You can get almost anything at Chong Pang Market

Went to Chong Pang Market/Hawker Center this afternoon for nasi lemak from a Chinese stall. It's as good if not better than the ones at Changi Village. I ordered the set "C" (shown in the photo above) which is very good. It comes with a piece of otak, fried chicken wing, long beans and the sambal. It is relatively cheap ($3) and the rice is green in colour because of the pandan leaves. Overall, worth going there to have this nasi lemak.
Next, I had the sugarcane juice which was delightfully refreshing on a hot humid afternoon. A small cup with ice cubes is $1.10 and it's from a stall called "Lucky". At other stalls in Chong Pang itself, it may cost you 20 cents more.
At downtown satay club, this cup of juice may cost you $2.

We also shopped for Jack fruits,potatoes,a pair of kitchen scissor,sieves etc etc.

Our favourite fish head curry restaurant

At Little India in the late morning and so dropped by Apollo Banana Leaf for its fish head curry. The fish head is served "whole" and not like many places where they halved the fish head. Quite reasonable priced. The rice with 2 tpyes of veggies are on a free flow basis. Bill came to about $31 which included gst and service charge.
The quality of the fish is above average and the curry is just right, not too spicy. This is our favourite fish head curry restaurant.

Nasi Lemak & Potato Curry Puff/SCDF/ Muhammad Ali

We were at Changi Cargo Terminal to export something early in the morning. After completing our assignment, we stopped by Changi Village again to try the International Nasi Lemak which we missed the day before. This time they have not open for business as it was too early (about 6 am). Most of the stalls were closed except for one which I can't recall the name. This nasi lemak stall was along the same row as International but right at the far end nearer to the bus interchange.
In our opinion, the nasi lemak (above) was the best, at least the rice which was aromatic and fragrant. The fried fish was average. The sambal was quite good although a little watery. They also sell curry potato and sardine puffs for a dollar per piece.
Like I said before, we would not go out of the way to try this type of mediocre nasi lemak.

SCDF's fire engines near my place

There was a flurry of activities next to my block of flats when I got home this afternoon. Apparently, one of the units had its cooking gas leaking and the firemen were there to help. In fact, there was no fire or emergency. In a matter of minutes, the SCDF people left the scene.

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Mizzy Corner Nasi Lemak

At Changi Village this afternoon to do some errands and end up eating nasi lemak at Mizzy Corner. A big disappointment for me as the fried fish they served were small ones. The last time I was there, Mizzy had bigger fishes. Overall, the quality has declined as compared to years ago. Nevertheless, it's still quite good. That said, I won't travel all the way to Changi Village just to eat Mizzy's nasi lemak.