Chicken is a very common dish in everybody’s meal table, there are so many different method of cooking it. I guess most people will have heard of Kampong chicken, which is quite unlike your typical chicken found in most places.
The normal chicken is usually injected with hormones, to make them grow faster so that the people who rear the chicken can get more profits. Most people thinks that it isn’t that healthy if the chickens are injected.
Kampong Chickens are different, they are usually rear in a manner where they are allowed to “run free”, instead of staying all day in the cages like the normal chicken. The “run free” manner of growing the chicken allows them to train and “strengthen” their legs and bodies, which make the chicken meat firmer and nicer to eat.
My friend had a craving for kampung chicken, so we went to Chicken House along the stretch of Upper Thomson road where they sell only Kampung chicken.
Half a chicken cost $11, and there are also other dishes like internal organs, vegetables, and thai style chicken feet available.
Apparently the store got featured in some publications as well.
Kampong chicken for 2 people ($8) I guess we can easily finish half a chicken as well, but we just ordered Kampong chicken for 2 servings. Unless you haven’t eaten Kampong chicken before, you should roughly know the texture and taste of it.
Kampong chicken is less meaty compared to the normal chicken, but in this way you won’t get so sick of eating too much meat. The chicken is firmer and nicer to eat!
Oyster sauce Kai Lan ($4) The oyster sauce kai lan is very normal, not very well stir-fried, we couldn’t really finish the vegetables.
Total Bill was $17.10 for 2 person, we had lime juice as well, which in my opinion is one of the beverage that goes well with many type of different food. The Kampong chicken is good, and i guess not that many places sell kampong chicken in Singapore.
So if you got a craving for Kampong chicken, you know where to go!
You are always welcome to visit ladyironchef for a full-up on this trip. Whatever written herein are my genuine feelings expressed in words that may be subjected to my personal distortion or biasness. Feel free to furnish me with comments, may it be positive or negative : )
Ever since the demise of A&W in Singapore, Waffletown is probably the only fast food outlet in Singapore that serves up fried chicken and waffles in a small unit reminiscent of an old school American diner.
Located at Balmoral Plaza, the place isn't big and comes with brown table tops and orange chairs affixed to the ground just like A&W in the old days. A very serene sense of nostalgia sets in and one can't help but relish in the comfort it offers.
2 Piece Chicken Set - The chicken skin was crispy sans the layer of fats beneath, which of course is the lesser of two evils. Meat was moist and juicy and didn't come across as oily as those served up by KFC. Only downside was the seasoning of the chicken, which I personally felt was a little inadequate. The accompanying fries and coleslaw tasted like those ready made ones you can buy off the shelves from any supermarket.
Waffle with Blueberry and Vanilla Ice Cream & Waffle with Blackberry and Rum and Raisin Ice Cream - Since the place is called waffletown, its really a no brainer that waffles are their specialty. The waffles were very crispy but that in itself presents a problem, to me at least. Crispy waffles aren't moist and my idea of an ideal waffle should be crisp on the outside yet moist and full of bite on the inside. It must also be fragrant. Waffletown's waffles fulfilled the aroma criteria but they were crispy inside out, which made it a little like eating crackers. Fortunately, thats where the toppings and ice cream come into play, lending the waffles with additional flavour and moisture. All in all a good eat.
At about $6.70 for a 2 piece chicken set that comes with 2 sides and a drink, Waffletown goes for about the same price as KFC. Quality is much higher here though but there is the problem of location.
Bangkok was hot, dusty, and smelly. That said, it's a great (and I mean GREAT) place to shop!
Chatuchak Weekend Market was da bomb man! I think I only walked like a tiny fraction of the entire market, but the selection was already mindboggling enough for me. :D
Bangkok also has massage parlours everywhere. The cheapest I've found was a 1 hr back, leg, and foot massage for 150 Baht.
They come in extremely handy when you've just walked the whole day and have sore and aching feet.
Beware of Patpong though. Do not go into strip bars that you can't see the inside of (i.e. have to walk up some long winding staircase to a door kind).
E2Max at Cathay isn't your normal LAN shop. Well, sure, it has computers, but it has BETTER ones and then some.
You see, for those that aren't familiar with the LAN shop scene here in Singapore, they're usually:
1) Run by young boys, full of young boys = Filth. You really don't want to lift up the keyboard to find out what ancient rubbish is under it.
2) Damn bloody stuffy and hot. Cutting costs I think?
So E2Max is a very refreshing change from the usual. It also has 'private lounges' of sorts that have sofas, widescreen LCD TVs, for chilling out while playing XBox. And it's CLEAN.
Eh, it's just a really nice place to be gaming, lah.
But of course, there's a price to pay. Prices are double (or almost triple) of the normal LAN shops.
The taxi fares are killing my wallet now that it jumps $0.20 each time instead of the old $0.10.
Another gripe I have about Comfort (and all other cab companies in Singapore generally) is that it's either there are too many cabs on the roads, or none at all.
The 'none at all' part conveniently happens when it starts raining. Suddenly all the empty cabs on the road just magically disappear.
Did they go take shelter because their roof is leaking? Are their windshield wipers all spoilt? Are they afraid of the rain? Did they forget to bring their jacket? Are they waiting for desperate customers to call the taxi booking hotline?
I've been a MaxOnline user since well, forever, and I gotta say that although it may not provide top-notch service all the time, it's still the best we have here in our Sunny Island.
I only experience downtime probably around once a month, and while it irritates me, it'll do. :)
Suddenly having carving for pies, so I went down to White Sand shopping centre and look for Polar puffs & cakes.
I purchase 2 chicken pie from them. Promotion price is 2 for $2.90. Usual price is 1 for $1.80.
The outer layer of the pastry is hot and crispy. The butter smell is strong. The filling were still hot when bitting the chicken pie. It has carrots, onions, potatos, geen peas and chicken cube. It has abit of pepper taste not too satly.
I used to remember few years back my dad has always brought puffs for us as supper. At that time the puffs were cheap. Now it has grown abit ex.
The chicken pie was not bad. It nice, just that it is abit oily. Will try the cakes next time.
Over the weekend, not too sure where to have our dinner... We choose Sakae SuShi.
We order 2 Green tea as our drinks, 1 Sashimi Salad, 1 Chicken Shiogayaki Don and 5 colour plate sushi.
1 Sashimi Salad with salad sauce - $7.99
It has lots of greens at the bottom, few slice of salmon, swordfish, cutter fish, ebi and fish roe. We pour half of the sauce into the salad. Not sure what it make of for the sauce but I can taste there is lemon juice and there is some seasme seeds. It taste sweet and sour.
1 Chicken Shiogayaki Don with miso soup - $9.99
Fried Chicken cube with some mayonise cabbage and carrot slice on top of the rice. I can taste there is some ginger taste on the chicken. It goes ok with the rice without any sauce of sides to go with the rice is dry and bland. For the price, the portion is abit small.
1 Inari Cheese(2 pcs) - $2.29
It has salmon, egg, cucumber and floss. The egg crep is bland, can't really taste the cheese. It taste sweet when you bite together.
1 Sun Maki(2 pcs) - $2.29
On top has abit of crab mayonise, avocado. Around the maki there is lots of fish roe. Inside of the of maki there is crab stick and cucumber.
1 Maki(2 pcs) - $2.29
Inside the maki there is cucumber, egg and floss. It wrap with seaweed and rice at the outside. The maki looks big as there is lots of rice.
2 Fried Tofu(4 pcs) - $4.58
Sping onion with sauce on top of the tofu. The outer layer of the tofu is hot and crispy. The tofu is soft. It goes well with the sauce.
Total Bill: $33.28 (10% card discount) (Including Tea, 10% Service charge & 7% GST) (U.P:$$36.70)
Sun Moulin is located just beside the Isetan Japanese Supermarket at Lido. My food partner and i went there after our lunch at Tetsu. I believe those who frequent the supermarket will need no introduction to this delightful bakery.
There are quite a wide range of breads, pastries, and cakes around, with prices ranging from 1 to 2 bucks, quite similar to your more commonly found Breadtalk and Four Leaves.
I was so full from the lunch at Tetsu, but my food partner is amazing, she brought quite a few home!
She has tried almost all the bread and pastries at Sun Moulin, so below are some of the ones which she highly recommended.
Soft An-pan ($2) The soft An-pan is actually more familiar to most of us as the red bean paste bun. But at Sun Moulin, they use Hawaiian Bread dough. Soft and fluffy!
Belgian Waffle ($1.30) The Belgian Waffle caught my attention first because i’m a sucker for good waffles. And at $1.30 its definitely worth a try, even though the waffle might be a little small in size. It will be excellent if you managed to get them hot off the pan.
Zebra Mini Croissant There are a few selections of Croissant here, with $0.65 for one, $1.80 for 3, and $2.70 for 5. Naturally the more you get the cheaper it is.
Petit Sesame Croissant Crispy layer of dough, with black and white sesame.
Mini croissant Mini-size croissant, try the original taste!
Mini Choc Croissant Your mini croissant now comes in chocolate flavour!
Double Taste Bun ($2) Enjoy 2 kind of home-made taste, chocolate and custard cream inside.
My food partner got the double taste bun for me, and boy the bread is really good! Peeling off part of the bread, fills my nose with aroma of the warm chocolate and custard cream.
The bread is super soft, and its delicious even eaten on its own!
Total bill for 5 items were $9.10. I only tried one of the bread, and i’m already thinking of going back to Sun Moulin for more! My plan is to go there on an empty stomach, then order a lot of different bread to have them for lunch!
Sun Moulin’s bread are definitely better than your typical bakeries (you-know-what), and the prices are also in about the same range with the most expensive bread at 2 bucks.
You are always welcome to visit ladyironchef for a full-up on this trip. Whatever written herein are my genuine feelings expressed in words that may be subjected to my personal distortion or biasness. Feel free to furnish me with comments, may it be positive or negative : )
1=SGD 0.0587
Chicken is a very common dish in everybody’s meal table, there are so many different method of cooking it. I guess most people will have heard of Kampong chicken, which is quite unlike your typical chicken found in most places.
The normal chicken is usually injected with hormones, to make them grow faster so that the people who rear the chicken can get more profits. Most people thinks that it isn’t that healthy if the chickens are injected.
Kampong Chickens are different, they are usually rear in a manner where they are allowed to “run free”, instead of staying all day in the cages like the normal chicken. The “run free” manner of growing the chicken allows them to train and “strengthen” their legs and bodies, which make the chicken meat firmer and nicer to eat.
My friend had a craving for kampung chicken, so we went to Chicken House along the stretch of Upper Thomson road where they sell only Kampung chicken.
Half a chicken cost $11, and there are also other dishes like internal organs, vegetables, and thai style chicken feet available.
Apparently the store got featured in some publications as well.
Kampong chicken for 2 people ($8)
I guess we can easily finish half a chicken as well, but we just ordered Kampong chicken for 2 servings. Unless you haven’t eaten Kampong chicken before, you should roughly know the texture and taste of it.
Kampong chicken is less meaty compared to the normal chicken, but in this way you won’t get so sick of eating too much meat. The chicken is firmer and nicer to eat!
Oyster sauce Kai Lan ($4)
The oyster sauce kai lan is very normal, not very well stir-fried, we couldn’t really finish the vegetables.
Total Bill was $17.10 for 2 person, we had lime juice as well, which in my opinion is one of the beverage that goes well with many type of different food. The Kampong chicken is good, and i guess not that many places sell kampong chicken in Singapore.
So if you got a craving for Kampong chicken, you know where to go!
You are always welcome to visit ladyironchef for a full-up on this trip. Whatever written herein are my genuine feelings expressed in words that may be subjected to my personal distortion or biasness. Feel free to furnish me with comments, may it be positive or negative : )
” Kampong chicken, they run free! “
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Ever since the demise of A&W in Singapore, Waffletown is probably the only fast food outlet in Singapore that serves up fried chicken and waffles in a small unit reminiscent of an old school American diner.
Located at Balmoral Plaza, the place isn't big and comes with brown table tops and orange chairs affixed to the ground just like A&W in the old days. A very serene sense of nostalgia sets in and one can't help but relish in the comfort it offers.
2 Piece Chicken Set - The chicken skin was crispy sans the layer of fats beneath, which of course is the lesser of two evils. Meat was moist and juicy and didn't come across as oily as those served up by KFC. Only downside was the seasoning of the chicken, which I personally felt was a little inadequate. The accompanying fries and coleslaw tasted like those ready made ones you can buy off the shelves from any supermarket.
Waffle with Blueberry and Vanilla Ice Cream & Waffle with Blackberry and Rum and Raisin Ice Cream - Since the place is called waffletown, its really a no brainer that waffles are their specialty. The waffles were very crispy but that in itself presents a problem, to me at least. Crispy waffles aren't moist and my idea of an ideal waffle should be crisp on the outside yet moist and full of bite on the inside. It must also be fragrant. Waffletown's waffles fulfilled the aroma criteria but they were crispy inside out, which made it a little like eating crackers. Fortunately, thats where the toppings and ice cream come into play, lending the waffles with additional flavour and moisture. All in all a good eat.
At about $6.70 for a 2 piece chicken set that comes with 2 sides and a drink, Waffletown goes for about the same price as KFC. Quality is much higher here though but there is the problem of location.
See all my pictures here.
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Bangkok was hot, dusty, and smelly. That said, it's a great (and I mean GREAT) place to shop!
Chatuchak Weekend Market was da bomb man! I think I only walked like a tiny fraction of the entire market, but the selection was already mindboggling enough for me. :D
Bangkok also has massage parlours everywhere. The cheapest I've found was a 1 hr back, leg, and foot massage for 150 Baht.
They come in extremely handy when you've just walked the whole day and have sore and aching feet.
Beware of Patpong though. Do not go into strip bars that you can't see the inside of (i.e. have to walk up some long winding staircase to a door kind).
Rating given:
E2Max at Cathay isn't your normal LAN shop. Well, sure, it has computers, but it has BETTER ones and then some.
You see, for those that aren't familiar with the LAN shop scene here in Singapore, they're usually:
1) Run by young boys, full of young boys = Filth. You really don't want to lift up the keyboard to find out what ancient rubbish is under it.
2) Damn bloody stuffy and hot. Cutting costs I think?
So E2Max is a very refreshing change from the usual. It also has 'private lounges' of sorts that have sofas, widescreen LCD TVs, for chilling out while playing XBox. And it's CLEAN.
Eh, it's just a really nice place to be gaming, lah.
But of course, there's a price to pay. Prices are double (or almost triple) of the normal LAN shops.
Rating given:
I was in love with Facebook when I first joined it, because Friendster was just getting way overboard with clutter. It was also really slow.
I thought Facebook was a fast, clean application that served its purpose well.
That was until they decided to implement all those bandwidth-sucking features, like telling you who's online now and whatnot.
And let's not forget the dreadful application spamming. Seriously, I really, really, REALLY don't really want to know Which Ice Cream Colour I Am. =/
Good bye Facebook, you have been the one for me. :(
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The taxi fares are killing my wallet now that it jumps $0.20 each time instead of the old $0.10.
Another gripe I have about Comfort (and all other cab companies in Singapore generally) is that it's either there are too many cabs on the roads, or none at all.
The 'none at all' part conveniently happens when it starts raining. Suddenly all the empty cabs on the road just magically disappear.
Did they go take shelter because their roof is leaking? Are their windshield wipers all spoilt? Are they afraid of the rain? Did they forget to bring their jacket? Are they waiting for desperate customers to call the taxi booking hotline?
We'll never know.
Rating given:
I've been a MaxOnline user since well, forever, and I gotta say that although it may not provide top-notch service all the time, it's still the best we have here in our Sunny Island.
I only experience downtime probably around once a month, and while it irritates me, it'll do. :)
It is bloody expensive though.
Rating given:
Suddenly having carving for pies, so I went down to White Sand shopping centre and look for Polar puffs & cakes.
I purchase 2 chicken pie from them. Promotion price is 2 for $2.90. Usual price is 1 for $1.80.
The outer layer of the pastry is hot and crispy. The butter smell is strong. The filling were still hot when bitting the chicken pie. It has carrots, onions, potatos, geen peas and chicken cube. It has abit of pepper taste not too satly.
I used to remember few years back my dad has always brought puffs for us as supper. At that time the puffs were cheap. Now it has grown abit ex.
The chicken pie was not bad. It nice, just that it is abit oily. Will try the cakes next time.
Rating given:
Over the weekend, not too sure where to have our dinner... We choose Sakae SuShi.
We order 2 Green tea as our drinks, 1 Sashimi Salad, 1 Chicken Shiogayaki Don and 5 colour plate sushi.
1 Sashimi Salad with salad sauce - $7.99
It has lots of greens at the bottom, few slice of salmon, swordfish, cutter fish, ebi and fish roe. We pour half of the sauce into the salad. Not sure what it make of for the sauce but I can taste there is lemon juice and there is some seasme seeds. It taste sweet and sour.
1 Chicken Shiogayaki Don with miso soup - $9.99
Fried Chicken cube with some mayonise cabbage and carrot slice on top of the rice. I can taste there is some ginger taste on the chicken. It goes ok with the rice without any sauce of sides to go with the rice is dry and bland. For the price, the portion is abit small.
1 Inari Cheese(2 pcs) - $2.29
It has salmon, egg, cucumber and floss. The egg crep is bland, can't really taste the cheese. It taste sweet when you bite together.
1 Sun Maki(2 pcs) - $2.29
On top has abit of crab mayonise, avocado. Around the maki there is lots of fish roe. Inside of the of maki there is crab stick and cucumber.
1 Maki(2 pcs) - $2.29
Inside the maki there is cucumber, egg and floss. It wrap with seaweed and rice at the outside. The maki looks big as there is lots of rice.
2 Fried Tofu(4 pcs) - $4.58
Sping onion with sauce on top of the tofu. The outer layer of the tofu is hot and crispy. The tofu is soft. It goes well with the sauce.
Total Bill: $33.28 (10% card discount) (Including Tea, 10% Service charge & 7% GST) (U.P:$$36.70)
Rating given:
Sun Moulin is located just beside the Isetan Japanese Supermarket at Lido. My food partner and i went there after our lunch at Tetsu. I believe those who frequent the supermarket will need no introduction to this delightful bakery.
There are quite a wide range of breads, pastries, and cakes around, with prices ranging from 1 to 2 bucks, quite similar to your more commonly found Breadtalk and Four Leaves.
I was so full from the lunch at Tetsu, but my food partner is amazing, she brought quite a few home!
She has tried almost all the bread and pastries at Sun Moulin, so below are some of the ones which she highly recommended.
Soft An-pan ($2)
The soft An-pan is actually more familiar to most of us as the red bean paste bun. But at Sun Moulin, they use Hawaiian Bread dough. Soft and fluffy!
Belgian Waffle ($1.30)
The Belgian Waffle caught my attention first because i’m a sucker for good waffles. And at $1.30 its definitely worth a try, even though the waffle might be a little small in size. It will be excellent if you managed to get them hot off the pan.
Zebra Mini Croissant
There are a few selections of Croissant here, with $0.65 for one, $1.80 for 3, and $2.70 for 5. Naturally the more you get the cheaper it is.
Petit Sesame Croissant
Crispy layer of dough, with black and white sesame.
Mini croissant
Mini-size croissant, try the original taste!
Mini Choc Croissant
Your mini croissant now comes in chocolate flavour!
Double Taste Bun ($2)
Enjoy 2 kind of home-made taste, chocolate and custard cream inside.
My food partner got the double taste bun for me, and boy the bread is really good! Peeling off part of the bread, fills my nose with aroma of the warm chocolate and custard cream.
The bread is super soft, and its delicious even eaten on its own!
Total bill for 5 items were $9.10. I only tried one of the bread, and i’m already thinking of going back to Sun Moulin for more! My plan is to go there on an empty stomach, then order a lot of different bread to have them for lunch!
Sun Moulin’s bread are definitely better than your typical bakeries (you-know-what), and the prices are also in about the same range with the most expensive bread at 2 bucks.
You are always welcome to visit ladyironchef for a full-up on this trip. Whatever written herein are my genuine feelings expressed in words that may be subjected to my personal distortion or biasness. Feel free to furnish me with comments, may it be positive or negative : )
” My new favourite bakery “
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