Buddy Hoagies in Ang Mo Kio

We were craving for western food and Buddy Hoagies in AMK was the ideal place for us (so we thought). We used to frequent the one at Waterway Point but today we decided to try out their new outlet at Djitsun Mall, AMK.
The food here is not as good as at Waterway and so was the service. On top of that, we were slapped with a 10% service charge. Before this, it wasn't the practice to impose the service charge.
The thing is when you start imposing extra charges which you did not do from the beginning, it will be hard for the customers to swallow (unless your food is so good people don't mind paying more).

Japanese restaurant in Ang Mo Kio

This is the charasi don (2 sets) we had at Jubilee Square, AMK Ave8 (near AMK Hub) for lunch. Each set cost $14.80 ++. For 2 sets we ordered, we were given another lunch set free of charge. The free set is the saba set (below pic) but without the rice. In other words, if you order 2 sets, you will get one for free. However, for the free set, it must not be more in value than the original set you ordered...example the charasi don set we ordered was $14.80 and the free saba set was $12.80.

The restaurant is called Haru Haru. The ambience was nice and pleasant. There was no queue even during lunch time although it was 90% full. Service was good and food was as good as Sushiro at Thomson Plaza (Sushiro's queue is perpetually very long and the place is small).
Strongly recommended if you love Japanese food.

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. 

Porridge for breakfast and Home cooked lunch

Had the Teochew porridge for our breakfast from a coffee shop nearby our place. It consists of 2 pieces of sambal sting ray, veggies, fried spicy cuttlefish and a piece of tofu. All this cost $13.
We had home cooked food for lunch. It was char siew, lots of veggies, rice and miso soup.
Only 2 good meals are enough for us.

Our favourite kway chup

After our kopi and papaya at home ( 2 hours later) we drove to Tampines St 11 for our favourite kway chup and pig's trotter ($16). This stall selling the kway chup is not doing as well as say 10 years ago. Business is down but the quality of the food is still as good. The lady hawker told me the rental she is paying for the stall is $6,000 per month and this is the third increase since a few years ago.
She would relinquish her business if the rental should go up again,she told me.
However, my guess is, she makes a net profit of around $15,000 a month. She does not employ any worker except the dish washer guy. Her husband is also helping out in the business.

After yesterday's junk food, today's meals are healthier

After that 6 slices of bak kuah and kueh kueh, today's meals are more meaningful and healthier. First, it was papaya for breakfast followed by a home-cooked lunch comprising of sweet sour pork, bitter gourd fried with pork and a bowl of miso soup.
We were at a wet market in AMK and wanted to buy some fishes. It turned out that just 2 small pomfret weighing about 300 gram each cost a total of $25. It was daylight robbery and so instead, we bought a chunk of pork (shoulder 650 gram) which cost only $6.

Today's unhealthy but shiok meals

Besides, the mee rebus and the satay bak kuah, I ate 2 pieces of Bengawan Solo kueh lapis and marble cake. Today, I really went all out to have these junk food. The bak kuah was the tastier of all. I bought 600 grams and ate about 4 slices in one go and kept the rest in the fridge. This was the first time I've ever heard or tasted the satay bak kuah. It's on promotion and for the 600 grams it cost only $18 which is rather inexpensive. 

Thai food@ Food Scholar

Tried the Thai food at Food Scholar. Queue was quite long and the staff was slow especially the cooks. I had to wait 25 minutes for my Tom Yam seafood fried rice ($6). My wife ordered the Pad Thai ($5) (bottom picture)and she waited 15 minutes. Overall the food was quite tasty but rather expensive. The portion were small especially the Tom Yam seafood fried rice ( 2 shrimps and 2 slices of cuttle fish).

It is not Seletar Kopi but Food Scholar now !

I mentioned that I was at Seletar Kopi yesterday. It's now known as Food Scholar. It will have  Indian food, Malay food, Western food and a dessert stall besides the other food like Korean, Ban Mian etc as mentioned in yesterday's post. Hope the new additions would be better than before.

New Seletar Kopi@ Greenwich is now opened

We visited the old Seletar Kopi (Kopitiam). It was closed for about 4 months as business wasn't good. The new owner took over but although the name has changed the place is still the same. Not much renovation was done and there are a few same food stalls there. Our favourite Ban Mian stall was there and so was the Yong Tau Foo stall, Korean food stall and the Chicken rice stall. The only new addition was the Thai Food stall (closed today which is Monday)which we understand is selling delicious Thai cuisine.
We ordered Ban Mian ($4 formerly was $4.40) and after that had the Old Chung Kee's Cheesy fried chicken ($2.50) which was tasty. Then we proceeded for our tea at Toast Box (next door).

It is a great Sunday

Since I went to AMK to pay the deposit for the rental of the room for the cabin crew wannabes "Talks", I stopped at Long Xjing  stall for my favorite fish soup and rice. The queue is usually long but within 15 minutes I was served. It's value for money plus the fish served was fresh.

Busy schedule so ate out

We were busy with work that my wife does not have the time to cook. Besides, shopping at the supermarket for veggies and groceries today (Saturday) is quite challenging. We ended up eating Yong Tau Fu for breakfast and Nasi Lemak for dinner.

Salad,soup and bread buffet in Japan

Order either the onion rings or fries as your main course and you get to eat the all-you-can salad, soup and bread for only $13. 

This was my dinner. Didn't eat lunch as I had the Toast Box  Mee Siam set for brunch. My dinner was quite nutritious. It was made up of (clockwise from top left) niku jaga, fried bitter gourd, miso soup, Japanese rice and fried sardines (fish).

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.

Lunching with my schoolmates and teacher

Was at Shaw House Food Republic this afternoon with my ex-teacher and schoolmates. I had the beef soup and rice ($9.80). After lunch, a few of us adjourned to Toast Box for our usual kopi and toasts.
The gentleman in the blue shirt (next to me) was an engineer and the one in the white shirt next to Mr Koh is a medical specialist (still practising) Mr Koh will be flying back to Canada next week.

Hotel buffet breakfast in Japan

We stayed at a hotel near Kurosaki Station, Kitakyushu Japan (last week). It was a large room for two and came with a eat-all-you-can breakfast. The room was super clean and had comfortable Simmons mattresses.
The rate was around S$ 250 for two. It was quite expensive as it is situated near the train station.