Mei Xuan Food Court

16th November, Monday

Sliced fish bee hoon

Set up by the same owner of the handmade noodles stall (Xin Heng). Well this was not bad; the soup was quite tasty. Everything else was decent.

V's verdict: 6.5/10

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

Golden Shoe Food Centre

28th July, Tuesday

Roasted chicken rice (民记）

Ordered this as takeaway, as this was one of the few stalls without a queue at all. during lunch time Well, Singaporeans love to queue and associate queues with good food, but before declaring that this stall is hopeless, I would like to say that the chicken rice was actually quite decent. The rice was all right, the chicken meat (all breast meat) was quite tender and okay. I wouldn't mind getting this again if every other stall had a long queue.

V's verdict: 6.5/10

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

27th May, Wednesday

Nasi Lemak (Market Street Nasi Lemak)



One of the few times I actually ate at Golden Shoe without buying takeaway! This was average only. The drumstick was dry. The fish were decent. The ikan bilis were good, though! But they only gave me such a small portion. The chilli was not bad too. But for this price, it's a pretty good value for money! $2.50

V's verdict: 6/10

Golden Shoe Food Centre

26th May, Tuesday

Roast chicken (Lim's Chicken & Roasted Delights)

Didn't get a chance to take this picture. Anyway, after tasting the delicious roast pork from this stall, I decided to try their roast chicken.

I was disappointed! The chicken was quite poorly done. The skin didn't taste good. The texture of the meat wasn't that tender and natural. The meat itself wasn't tasty too. And I ordered drumstick too, the supposedly best part of the chicken.

Sigh! I had high expectations... $3

V's verdict: 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

Golden Shoe Food Centre

20th May, Wednesday

Fried rice with salted fish (Poh Kee Kitchen, Noodles and Rice)



This is on the 3rd floor of Golden Shoe Food Centre. Okay, I love salted fish and I think that adding it to fried rice or beansprouts makes it taste fantastic! This dish was not bad, but not as good as I expected from fried rice with salted fish. So far, the best fried rice I have tasted was from Crab Party's (at Yio Chu Kang road, opposite Serangoon Stadium) sambal fried rice. This one is nowhere near their standard. $3.50

V's verdict: 6.5/10

Mei Xuan Food Court

14th May, Thursday

Fishball noodles (隆兴百万鱼圆)



This was quite good. The beansprouts were fresh, the seasoning was good, and compared to other fishball noodles, the chilli was also spicier. The texture of the fishballs was also quite "bouncy" and was tasty as well.

And they don't charge extra if you order takeaway. $3.50

V's verdict: 7.5/10

Golden Shoe Food Centre

13th May, Wednesday

幼面 (Qin Ping Ban Mian . Fish Soup . Pig's Organ Soup)



On the 2nd floor of Golden Shoe. Ordered takeaway again, and instead of pork, I asked for chicken.

The soup was not bad. To me, that's the most important. But the chicken tasted sour! I have ordered this before, and it never tasted like this. I threw away most of it. And the egg yolk was broken today, something I didn't like. I prefer my egg yolk to be intact and of course, not too cooked. Other than that, it was all right. And like most of the food at Golden Shoe, it's cheap too. $2.50 + $0.20

One thing that irks me is that the stallkeeper used his bare hands (the same hands that handle money) to hold the part of the disposable spoon you put into your mouth instead of the handle. I have seen this "practice" in many places. Are these people idiots or what? It's a good thing I brought my own spoon and chopsticks to office!

V's verdict: 6/10

Golden Shoe Food Centre

11th May, Monday

Lor Mee (Wei Nan Wang Hock Kian Lor Mee)



Located on the 3rd floor of Golden Shoe. My general impression of lor mee is that it is thick, heavy, and very filling. This one changed my mind.

I ordered this as takeaway. They packed the crispy stuff separately, which was a bonus. It came with lots of ingredients, including fish, so I was pleasantly surprised. The gravy is much thinner than other lor mee, but it didn't taste diluted. The only drawback is that their pork had the not-defrosted-properly taste, but it was quite mild.

The final thing is, it's dirt cheap. $2 / $3

V's verdict: 8/10

Aroma's Cafe, Mei Xuan Food Centre

7th May, Thursday

Aroma's Cafe:

Omelette with sausages



This wasn't the exact name, but it's quite long and I forgot to take it down. -.-

Located on the 5th floor of OUB Centre. We ordered this at 845am today. We were the only customers in the cafe, but this dish took twenty minutes to come! I was thinking, "it had better be good."

It wasn't.

The dish wasn't hot enough. The sausages were dry. The eggs were bland and tasted a bit stale. The tomatoes were also dry. Thumbs down for both the food and the service! $5.80

V's verdict: 4.5/10
K's verdict: 5/10


Mei Xuan Food Centre:

伊面 (Xin Heng Hand-Made Noodle)



I ordered this as takeaway after my gym workout today. This stall always has a long queue, but they are quite efficient and the queue moves along quite fast. This tasted okay, although I think the egg inside doesn't seem to fit the dish. The soup was not bad. $3.30 + $0.20

V's verdict: 6.5/10

Mei Xuan Food Court

22nd April, Wednesday

A food court at Raffles Place, formerly known as Mei Sin.

Lotus soup (一家村）：



Average. The 一家村 at Clifford Centre is better though. $3.50 for a bowl of soup, $0.50 for the rice.

V's verdict: 6.5/10
K's verdict: 6.0/10


Curry chicken noodles (Ah Heng Curry Chicken Bee Hoon):



Average. The soup was decent, but we both found the chicken rather tasteless, without any natural flavours.

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