Thai Table

was reading a food blog yesterday and felt really guilty.
the blogger even though with not so good quality pictures, short description and some weird stories manage to capture my attention with reviews on rare eateries. some interesting places in chinatown that i am so eager to try out now.

thai food for bday for me this year.
Tom Yam soup for me and boy. the soup was on the spicy side, not too sour. it was quite worth the money given the amount of ingredients (sorry not reflected well in this pic). placed over a flame to ensure that there is hot soup throughout the dinner.

Thai Fish Cake
was just ok. i think slightly dry, not to my liking. the coconut milk on top smelled rather heavy and didnt complement the fish cakes well.

minced chicken with basil leaves wasnt to my liking too. slightly milky, onions made it taste overly sweet. this dish supposedly goes well with rice, but too sweet to go along.

Baby Kailan was good. with golden garlic sprinkled on top. effort made to enhance the appeal of vegetables. if you have kids, there's mushrooms as well.

Vermicelli was perfect. the wok taste was nice and fragrant enhanced by the huge variety of ingredients. the vermicelli was not too soft, QQness was still preserved. especially like the black fungus adding to the colour.

Fish on the other hand was good but lost to competitor NAKHON. fish was smaller, less meaty. the sauce was too watery to coat the fish whenever you take it up. however fish was fresh and fried to the right crispiness.

Auntie note: quite value for money, free parking but hard to find a slot. staff is friendly and place is not packed to the brim. good for couples dating.

Overall, thai table was good. call up earlier for sri lanka crabs for low low price. will come back again if i had no idea what to eat i guess.

20 Jalan Pari Burong

Singapore 488686

Daily 1130-3 and 530-10

Not G6 but G7

Alright, the lazy saturday afternoon reminded me that its march. I know i didnt post as promised. So as a form of apology, shall do some real intro of good food.

G7 Sim Ma Seafood Tze Char

Was with boy there for new year's eve. The quatity of food is for 2. First up, salted egg crabs. Crabs are deep fried before stirring in the salted eggs but i think its slightly over fried making it too dry. Meat is slightly dry and compacted. Salted eggs on the other hand was thick, not too salty but can do better if its slightly more buttery. I guess if there were less customers on that day, chef will definitely do a thumbs up salted egg crab for me.

Yummy frogs.
What is special is the sauce. Gong Bao sauce that is thick enough to stir in your porridge. Slightly on the spicy side to wet your appetite. The meat is soft and tender, dropping off its bone without trying too hard.

French beans with shrimps.
Yummy to the max. Super crunchy and juicy.
The shrimps is even fried till crispy together with lard and garlic.
A perfect blend as the slightly salty dried shrimps give the natural flavour to the dish without much effort.

Home made tofu.
Tofu was soft and tender. The slight eggy taste melts in your mouth and doesnt leave a squeaky after taste. The sauce was of the right thickness and is meat sauce was super tasty with the mushrooms marinated in. Boy was saying the sauce will definitely taste good stirred with rice.
Overall this place is definitely worth visiting. Reasonably priced and good food.
A low point would be the location, although it is quite accessible by bus its is located at the middle of no where.
Auntie note: There is a promotion where you can get free frogs if you order more than 2 frogs.
This sounds odd. The promotion is something like buy 2 get 1 free. Buy 3 get 2 free.
So get more people to go eat together!
G7 Sin Ma Live Seafood Restaurant
Address: 161 Geylang Road Lorong 3, #01-01/02 Geylang Conservation Area, Singapore Tel: 6743 2201

24 hours Bah Kut Teh

Sin Heng Claypot Bah Kut Teh 24 hours but closed on mondays.

Conclusions?

Best for supper and value for money.

Huge variety and refillable soup.

bad and limited parking system.



Prawn omelette

for a $8 value it can be much bigger.

Eggs was smooth and quite thick for the texture but left overs on the plate was shiny and gives you a shock.

More prawns could have been better.



Ma you and ginger chicken.

Sauce is thick and goes super well with rice.

chicken wings is chopped up into smaller pieces to soak up the sauce.


Bah Kut Teh soup is the peppery kind more than the herbal soup kind. It is always served boiling. Pork ribs are served generously and we always share a large bowl even when we have 8 of us. Refillable right?

Baby Kailan used to be better in the past. Now it is harder and less flavourful. Plus we once found a vege worm in the plate. But was given an exchange.

Oats prawn was also better last time. Now its not as crispy, the head is too hard to be eaten. Less Oats. But overall prices are reasonable and if going with a group of friends it is value for money.

Aunty note: Food is value for money, no Gst and service charge. but charged for towels. Parking is free, but be prepared to move your vehicle half way whenever there is a free slot.

Sin Heng Bak Koot Teh439 Joo Chiat RoadTel: +65 6345 8754
Open 24 hours
Closed Mondays

Ah Loy Thai

The girly outings again! This time in search of cheap thai food! ]
Miss Loong and i all excited to eat! But..... the queue was quite long so we decided to take more more more pictures!


Just a sneak peek at the dishes! They were all good and thus empty plates left!

First up: Tom Yam Soup.

The soup is not the clear broth but the milky kind. The milky soup minimised the sour taste which is the specialty of tomyam soup. I always prefer the clear broth kind but this is equally good because it was spicy and the milk neutralised it a little, makes it easier to drink as it slides down your throat. The ingredients as well was in abundance. Huge sotong, prawns and mushrooms. Just this pot alone was enough to feed the 3 hungry girls.

We ordered some greens to have a healthier meal. The rest of the vegetables aren't very common so we decided to order Kangkong. If you are think of sambal Kangkong this will be a healthier version. The KangKong is fried with chilli and garlic instead. My mom does it this way as well but theirs were better. Crispier, slightly sweet and very moist.

The fish is worth ordering too! It was of considerable size for the price we paid. It is crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. I am not boasting. It truely was soft till we had quite a hard time picking up the pieces. Speaking from experience, most likely the fish was first steamed, then quickly deep fried in oil for a few seconds before it was served with the special chilli sauce. The chilli sauce is not the usual thai sweet chilli, its not sweet at all and tasted a great deal of lemon grass and some ginger. I'm not a fan for lemon grass but felt this was still acceptable.

This is the favourite dish for the day. Fried calamari in Butter sauce. The calamari was coated with a thin layer of batter and it soaked up the fragrance of the butter making it soft smooth and chewy yet not losing its crispiness. The butter was lightly salted and had a tinge of salted egg aroma.

Phad thai was ok, more on the sweet side. The noodles were al dente, very QQ and smooth. However, it was quite oily when we were finishing it. The prawns were huge though. They put in the extra effort to provide us with peanut powder and a small slice of lime. Good Job!

Pandan chicken was great! I always had the impression that pandan chicken is dry and quite tasteless. AhLoy Thai did a great job by serving flavourful, tender, juicy chicken that is well marinated. Together with the chilli sauce provided it was a match made in heaven!

The chilli on the left is the best chilli! Hot spicy to the max!

They even provided other sauces to let customers have the best for their taste buds!

We had the superb thai iced tea! I super love Thai iced tea because it had a weaker tea leaves taste and the milk is much richer than the normal big breakfast. I'm such a 挑 person.


The interior is slightly dark, but it is a good place for a great catch up. Many groups of OLs came for that night. Girl watching guys.

Reasonable pricing and good service (without service charge). It will be on my top must eat list.

Auntie note: Try to come early as the last order is at 8pm and there is a constant never ending queue. The aunties may look grumpy but they are nice ppl.

Ah Loy Thai

100 Beach Road #01-39/40 Shaw Tower Singapore

Sinho the best neighbourhood tzi char

The next day right after Long Beach i went to a neighbourhood tzi char that produces much better quality and quantity. Service was fine, we didn't have to ask twice for bowls, didn't have to bear with moody staff.
Treat from boy's uncle was great, with loads of dishes that we try to squeeze into our stomach.

First up: Fish maw soup with crab meat.
There were loads of other ingredients: Tofu, Carrots, Black fungus, Eggs Plus fish maw and crab definitely.

Crab meat was plentiful, i had approx 7 crab meat this size in my small bowl.

The table had 8 people and each had 2 servings.

It was as good as shark fin's soup, seafood freshness and smooth.....



2nd dish: 五香and sotong 油条 appetizer

the youtiao was better, crispy on the outside, sweet mayonaise, bacon bits to bring out the 咸香of the fillings.



The 五香lost its appeal because the batter wasn't thick enough to be crispy, the meat was not tender enough and wasn't compact enough to give the bite.

Roast chicken was good, crispy skin, not too fat. The meat was well marinated with 五香 powder. Yes, it is crucial to add that to roast chicken if you do not know. The meat was tender and juicy. Well cooked as even the breast meat wasn't too dry. They even put in effort to place some crispy keropok on top. Good job.

Exact same dish as Long Beach but a neighbourhood stall manage to do a better job.

Baby squid was well fried till crispy but perhaps it was bigger in size, it wasn't as dry as LB's. The colour of the sauce is lighter and most probably it was less charred and didn't taste burnt. Slightly on the sweet side. Sauce was lighter and more aromatic.

My fav dish: I call it the "ORH KUAN" which means yam ring in dialect

The yam was smooth and wasn't too dry, manage to fry it without leaving a tinge of oil. (to do this the stall must be very careful to change the oil used for frying the yam ring very often as the yam soaks up the oil very easily)

The vegetable: Sambal Kang Kong

The very common veg to order. Not too spicy, even suitable for children yet the sambal is very fragrant. Goes well with rice. You can also taste the little dried shrimps added. Good effort.

Boy's fav: Salad prawn

This simple dish can be done at home. Deep fried prawns tossed with mayonaise.

But the mayo sauce is different. It has a sweet and sour taste that is more intense than those off the shelves.

The voted best dish: Hot plate tofu

The hot plate tofu here is wonderful, home made tofu, it is not so eggy like egg tofu and much more flavourful than plain tofu. The tofu is soft and silky, moisture filled. The sauce is "mushroomy", with minced meat and even pork lard! What's more there were even prawns! Best for those who like to eat rice. Like me.

Fishy dish: Deep fried fish with sweet and sour sauce

Fish was normal. Not much taste. But the sauce was fine. Just very common sweet and sour sauce. Nothing special.

They even have a website. I'm amazed!

The pictures are clear.

Auntie note: The prices here are reasonable. On the cheaper side. Except for the fish.

There is a daily promotion that is worth going.

I ate 1 crab with boy the other day and it only costs $20. Good deal because it is on a friday when crabs are only selling for $28/Kg!!!!!!!

Please make reservations during special occassions.

Blk 515 #01-181 Bedok North Ave 2
Tel : 6445 7798 HP 9693 8265