Maxwell Food Center Food Finds

Maxwell Food Court

Paid a visit to Maxwell food center before its scheduled renovation on 28 Sept 2012. I took the opportunity to try again my favorite stalls there!

Tian Tian Chicken Rice Stall

 Chicken Rice

 Laksa Noodle Soup

 Laska with cockles 

 Pisang Goreng (Fried Banana Fritters)

Sedap Singapore Series: Lor 8 Geylang

A Singapore Food Safari Series.






Singapore is a food lover's paradise, the country where people are passionate about their food and how they eat their food. I was oh-so-ready coming to this country, just as prepared as I was for my comprehensive finals in Pediatrics last semester. Of course, I was not to go in battle unarmed. I researched very well for dishes Singapore is known for; and not just only that, I also sought (electronically) for the right places to get them.





First stop: a small eatery along Lorong 8 Geylang (since this was the nearest, well-ventilated eating place we could find around the area). This was the first meal I took since the take-off in Manila. Geographically, it was just a (gazillion) few steps from our hotel, which was along Sims avenue, Lorong 3 Geylang.






Various dishes to choose from: meats, fish, vegetables, und so weite


I guess this is a hawker stall, basically it is Singapore's version of carinderia or turo-turo. As an outsider, I don't really know what the dishes were but sure they look appetizing and yummy basing from the aroma and texture of the dishes that appeared before me. I just pointed to auntie(fyi: auntie is the term used to address a middle age female in Singapore) the viands I think I would like to eat, as a combo meal, served with rice on a single plate.



Barbecued Pork + Spicy Ribs with rice = SG$2.50

This was my dish. I must say that even though I really don't know what I was pointing then, the dishes I picked were quite scrumptious. They were full of flavor and tasted fresh, or freshly- cooked.



Barbecued Pork + Garlic Kangkong + Something Omelet with rice



Fried Tofu + Garlic Kangkong with rice = SG$2.00


You can choose 1, 2 or 3 different dishes, may it be vegetables or meat. Prices range from SG$2 to SG$4 depending on the combination that you took.


Funny thing is that in order to sit so you can eat, you have to buy drinks from the adjacent drinks stall, since they own the area where the tables were. So I ordered Horlicks. I specifically said for it to be cold slash iced, but I guess the girl didn't understand my trying hard Singlish. So thus, it was served hot, piping hot. When I asked for ice, I was shocked to know that they are selling it, 30SGcents a cup. Whatta. Oh well. I guess they are taking advantage of the hot-slash-humid temperature there. :)



More Sedap Singapore Series to come! :D

Orchard Road

Orchard Road, Mega Atrium

Makansutra-ish type of dining experience. Exclusive Singaporean hawker food.
Food is sub-standard, and quite expensive compared to its counterpart.

Nothing special, even disappointing. Prata was good, except for the super diluted curry dipping sauce. Chicken rice was okay. Laksa was super disappointing, as well as the oyster omelet.
Service was great. The servers were very friendly and attentive to the clients' needs. Food needs improvement though.


Orchard Road in 2/f Bridgeway
Mega Mall

i know for a fact you get poor quality photos using Nokia E72

Makansutra Asian Food Village

Another one from KF Seetoh. Makansutra Asian Food Village is designed in an open-kitchen island setup with 14 stations serving Filipino, Singaporean, Malaysian, Thai, Indian and a few Western dishes. It is similar to a food court or Kopitiam style where you can order from any of the self-service cashiers. It is like going to a hawker place located in the middle of a restaurant setting (OAP).










We just went there to eat at Makansutra, didn't enter Ocean Park :)

Highlights:


Roti Prata - This one is a winner. Aside from being cheap (P90), it tasted great with or without the curry dipping sauce. It was made to order by hand, which is then pan fried to a golden brown crisp. It was crispy on the outside and chewy when you reach the middle part. The curry accentuates the moist and fresh flavor of the flat bread.




Singaporean Laksa - Spicy and Hot, just as I expected! A curry based noodle soup topped with shrimps and strips of squid.



Hainanese Chicken Rice



Cheon Fan Asado



Downside:
Tom Yum Soup

If there was one dish we ordered that is a waste of money, it would be the tom yum soup. The soup was like the ones you get free when you order a value meal in any fast food joint. It only contained 1 or 2 shrimps, and the serving does not justify the P110 price imposed on it. Not worth trying either.




Oyster omelet - It was like scrambled egg topped with a few pieces of oyster. It was a tad oily too.





Phad Thai - Som's phad thai is way better than this one. This looks bland and also tasted bland. The nutty component of the dish was missing, and to add there was just 1 piece of shrimp present in the dish.




Improvement is needed in some of the dishes.


Makansutra Asian Food Village
2nd Floor, Manila Ocean Park
(behind Quirino Grandstand)