Mei Xuan Food Centre

9th September, Wednesday

Roast duck noodles

Although I have worked around this area for 4 years, I haven't tried this stall before despite loving roast duck and roast pork. K ordered this today. Well, looks like I didn't miss much over these 4 years. The roast duck was decent, nothing special.

K likes the noodles, but I found it average.

V's verdict: 6/10
K's verdict: 7/10


Roast pork

Their roast pork was so-so only too. The skin wasn't crispy. But at least the meat was quite all right.

V's verdict: 6/10
K's verdict: 7/10

Thye Hong Cafe, Gourmet Corner

13th July, Monday

Wanted to have the sliced fish bee hoon at Thye Hong Cafe, but at 12pm the whole frigging place was full. And there were around 20 people queueing for the sliced fish bee hoon already. -.-

So my colleagues and I decided to da bao instead. Bought sliced fish bee hoon and some roasted meats from the well known stall beside the cafe (Gourmet Corner).


Sliced fish bee hoon (旺盛)

This was not bad, but not as good as the tom yam sliced fish bee hoon I had last time. I am definitely eating the tom yam next time instead. $3.50 + $0.20

V's verdict: 7/10


Roasted meats (Gourmet Corner)

There's also always a long queue at this stall, but they are very efficient (there's 8 people manning the stall!). But it's damn expensive! I told the person "roast duck and roast pork for 3 people" and the cost came up to $25. Goodness!

Interestingly, they only served breast meat for the duck. I think if you want the drumstick, you need to order it specifically. I am sure it will cost a bomb.

The roast duck breast was excellent, I must admit. It was tender; probably the most tender I have ever eaten before. The roast pork was not bad, but not as good as the roast duck.

V's verdict:
8/10 (roast duck)
7/10 (roast pork)

Golden Shoe Food Centre

18th June, Thursday

(Now all the pictures I upload are center-aligned, even though I tried pressing left-align and right-align and whatever-align. -.- )

Fried rice with salted fish (Fried rice Cantonese Flavor)

This is on the third floor, stall number 03-20. The owner is a Chinaman who was quite friendly. After frying the rice, he asked if I wanted any chopped spring onion to go with it. I declined. The truth is, I was afraid that he will use his bare hands to take the spring onion.

Well, he thought that I didn't like spring onion (I love spring onion, actually), so he said he will add just a bit for me to try. And he started rambling about how healthy spring onion is, and once I should try and get used to it, etc etc. I could only nod helplessly and thought of how I am going to scrape away the spring onion later.

Fortunately, he simply tapped the side of the container and let some spring onion drop inside. Whew! A hygienic Chinaman!

Taste-wise, this was okay. Not enough salted fish though, in my opinion. $3.50 + $0.20

V's verdict: 6.5/10


Roast pork (Wing Garden Roasted Pork & Herbal Soup)

I asked if they sell $2 worth of roast pork, and the owner said the minimum is $4. I offered $3, and he agreed. And that's a lot of roast pork!

The meat was okay; I have had better ones. But their skin was deliciously crispy. Not bad!

V's verdict: 7.5/10

Golden Shoe Food Centre

21st May, Thursday

Roast pork (Lim's Chicken & Roasted Delights)

I ordered this as an afterthought. It's on the second floor, and I was surprised that they were willing to sell me some roast pork for $2. And I was given quite a reasonable amount of pork for $2. Many other stalls only sell if you order like, $5 of roast pork.

Anyway since I ordered it as takeaway and the meat was placed in a transparent plastic bag, it looked too unsightly for me to take a picture of it. And such a picture wouldn't do it justice, because it was actually quite good! The meat was delicious, the skin was crispy. The only thing is
that there was too much fat; for pieces there was actually more fat than meat.

Will definitely visit it again and take a proper picture!

V's verdict: 8/10

Update on 26th May 2009: I revisited it and sadly, it wasn't that good this time. Maybe the standard isn't consistent. My verdict this time = 6/10