Food Review: Song Kee Fishball Noodles @ Upper Serangoon Road

My friends tried this and told me it was awesome. So I met them and tried the Mee Kia as well. The place is big and airy and simple. I ordered the Mee Kia dry and a coffee. There were quite a lot of people so it took about 5 minutes to come. That is fine. I'm totally fine with waiting, as long as the food is not disappointing.

So once it came, I paid the waitress and tried it. First mouth, I tasted the full flavor of all the sauces the cook put into the noodles. Somehow, at this place, the mixture of sauces did not just seep down to the bottle of the bowl. The sauce was actually thoroughly coated around the noodle. There were many different sauces in the mixture but the most distinct was the vinegar. It was really good. If you are a person who does not like vinegar, this is not for you because it was really strong and I loved it. The noodles was cooked perfectly as well, al dente. The star of this dish was the fishballs. It was really one of the biggest, bounciest and awesomest fishballs I have tried before. It was really good.

Totally no regrets trying this out even though I already had a full meal at home less than an hour before this. So go ahead, try this place. They only open in the evenings and be prepared to queue up and wait for quite some time if there are many people. It is really alright to wait for good food. :)

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Food Review: Little Part 1 Cafe @ Jasmine Road

Recently went down to this place with my girlfriend after dinner for coffee. Just wanted to try this place. The place was nice and simple. The staff were really friendly and nice. We just ordered 2 coffees and a cheesecake. The cheesecake was nice, not the best and nothing special but still nice. The coffee was good too. Pricing was a little high for the beers. I think I saw the small bottle was $15. I'm not a beer person, but I think $15 is really expensive?

Anyway, this place was just real chill with nice and friendly staff. It is actually quite amazing how the staff of a stall can change your mood or your perception of that place. At first I was thinking I will not head down here anymore because of the pricing and also the fact that it seemed to me it was just another cafe. But on second thought, I really would come here if I wanted to chill and I was nearby, simply because I felt very welcome because of the staff. They were really nice, friendly and non-intruding. Appreciate such good service.

So is this place special? Not really. Would I come back? Yes. Why? Just because the place is chill and the staff are nice.

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Food Review: Kombi Rocks @ Yio Chu Kang

Girlfriend heard of this place and decided to head down here for dinner one night. The place is cool. Lots of retro stuff. The decoration is simple and pleasant. The place itself is not too small. I went there on a week day night at about 7pm so there wasn't much people there yet I guess. We went in and took a seat. Some random guy gave us a menu and we took a look at it. I found the choices really limited. Pricing was terrible as well. Everything was extremely expensive. The best part is, they served mostly local dishes like Fried Rice and stuff which was I think more $8. Sorry, I forgot the price. But having a famous seafood restaurant just maybe 50 steps away from your stall and charging such prices is not going to help the business.

We still ordered anyway. She ordered Iced Barley, I got a Cappucino. I also ordered a plate of pork ribs and a plate of fried rice. It was really sad and disappointing. Seriously. It was one of the worst I have tried. The fried rice was stale. It had extremely little ingredients. The rice itself was tasteless and did not have flavor whatsoever. The pork ribs I think cost more than $15. It looked good, but when I took the first bite, I was already quite put off. The meat was slightly chalky. And I know that when old pork is used for cooking, it tends to give this chalky taste in your mouth. It was horrible. The sauce the pork was in was good and simple. A tad too salty but fine. But again, the meat was not fresh! That was really bad.

Overall, the place is quite chill. I guess if you are looking to have some drinks, thats the place for you. Other than that, just head down to any zhe char stall for better food.

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