Rong Cheng Delight

Rong Cheng Delight is located in the same row as Ron Sheng Fish Head Bee Hoon in Jurong East. Having spotted Rong Cheng Delight ever since I had its neighbour Fish Head Bee Hoon, we always have such plan to dine there after seeing so many plates of Cai Po Fish Head doles out from their kitchen. However, it was always tough to order Cze Char with just 2 pax.

Rong Cheng Delight

We were going to the near by Famous Fish Cze Char, unfortunately it was closed for the day and we had decided Rong Cheng Delight as an alternative.

The Cai Po Fish Head did impress. Fish head was fresh and heavily covered with cut spring onions, chilli and Chai Po (Preserved Vegetables bits) in sweet gravy. If you are thinking that the dish will be salty because of the generous use of Chai Po, this isnt the case here. Reversely, I find the dish tantalizing and ends with a great sweet frehness note.

Cai Po Fish Head - $28

Fresh and yummy, these Crayfish were cook in the style of local chilli crab with eggs in tomato & chilli based gravy that was so addictive. Believe me, you just won't leave your bowl of rice plain without scooping the delicious gravy back onto your bowl. We had 3 big crayfish and these meat were tender and went easy to de-shell with the forks.

Sambal Crayfish - $26

Not the usual Dou Miao I had that was in little stalks. This was the bigger version of Dou Miao and was stirred fried with minced garlic.

Dou Miao - $8

Awesome minced meat egg we had! Love its fluffiness and adequate amount of meat stuffing in it. Though egg is a common home cook dish, once a while we will still order this as we will never get such texture of egg if we do it at home. Cze Char Stall's egg has always been much better as they have a better wok and flame power to achieve such delicious fluffy egg.

Minced Meat Egg - $8

No doubt about them being reputable and popular in the Market. If Zai Shun is closed, Rong Cheng Delight can be a good alternative if you want to have some "Fishy Eats".

Rating: 3.5 / 5

Rong Cheng Delight
Location:  Yuhua Village Market & Food Centre, Blk 254 Jurong East Street 24, Singapore 600254

Pezzi Bistro 柏斯意大利餐廳

Was a little bit surprise that my colleagues had brought me here for the first meal of the week. I thought we will be having some main street Cha Chang Ting Hong Kong Lunch but guess what. They brought us to some nearby bistro in Fanling. To be honest, for so many trips that I have been to Hong Kong, I have never known of such place. Perhaps I would say, when you work overseas, you get to explore places from a different angle than being a tourist.

Facade of Pezzi Bistro

What? Italian Cuisine in Hong Kong? That made me kind of excited!

Pezzi Bistro

Promotion

Interior was chic settings laid with vintage style furniture and brick walls. I have never been to any Italian eateries in Hong Kong and this was an eye opener to me. It looked as though during the night the entire place will be turned into a pub upon seeing the number of hard liquor and wines on the shelving.

Interior

Set meals come with soup of the day as well as beverage that can be served together with the food or at the last course. Soup of the day of cream of brocolli and was well executed with a dash of olive oil and some garnishing. It was tasty and not too creamy for a start. For Italian Cuisine, there was also a plate of bread and olive oil for dipping while waiting for our meals.

Soup of the day - Cream of Broccoli

Handcrafted Pizza was thin crust topped with cheese, tomatoes, anchovy and arugula (rocket). Those who enjoy pizza but not wanting to full the stomach full of carbohydrates will definitely enjoy this 8 slices of thin crusted pizza.

Handcrafted Pizza with Anchovy & Arugula - $138 HKD

Fettucine was prepared to Al Dente perfection together with Marsala Wine Braised  AUS Beef Cheek with some pieces of cheese. By the look at it, my tummy already groaning. Yum Yum!

Marsala Wine Braised AUS Beef Cheek Fettucine - 128

I was looking for a light meal and decided on a piece of Halibut Fillet. The dish caught me off guard with a thin crispy layer of its skin letting off a slight crunch with the ever soft tender fresh fish meat. Halibut fillet was complimented by a bed of vegetables with tomatoes and potatoes.

Pan Seared Grassland Halibut Fillet - $148 HKD

Another noteworthy item on the lunch menu will be this 80g of US Black Angus Rib Eye that was well prepared to customer's preference of doneness for beef. Meat was tendered and delivered as per request for criss cross lines from the charcoal grilled.

Charcoal Grilled US Black Angus Rib Eye (80g) - $158 HKD

Ending our meal with Tea or Coffee. I had chosen lemon tea and it was a tepot of Lipton Yellow Label tea with 2 slices of fresh lemon in my cup.

Lemon Tea

Staff were forthcoming and attentive. It makes such a good environment to dine in on top of their more than decent quality food served. I don't mind coming back given the chance. 

Pezzi Bistro 柏斯意大利餐廳
Location: Fu Kwai Building, G/F, 1 , Luen Wo Rd, Luen Wo Hui, Fanling, Hong Kong

Tengawa Hokkaido White Curry

Hokkaido white curry anyone? Tengawa is located and 2nd floor of Millenia walk along the Japanese Restaurant Street. Claiming that they are the first in Singapore offering Japanese White Curry, they have limited items on the menu.

Tengawa Hokkaido White Curry

Its a 30 pax cosy restaurant with modern Japanese like furnishing around. What makes the difference between their curry is that Hokkaido White Curry is made from Hokkaido milk without turmeric. In appearance, its more like a creamy stew with hints of curry fragrant and spiciness.

Interior

Each curry set comes with a Chawanmushi and Miso Soup. Rice, miso soup and pickles were all refillable. Chawanmushi is some noteworthy item here as it was extremely silky and came with a whiff of truffle taste, allowing a pleasant surprise. The truffle was not overpowering thus bringing out a good marriage between the tasty egg and truffle oil.

Chawanmushi

Miso Soup

Perfectly done in terms of aesthetics as well as the crunchy Chicken Katsu that leave no trace of greasiness. Katsu was crispy on the outside giving a good texture and on top of that, the meat was tender and not too dry.

Crunchy Chicken Katsu - $15.80 +

The meal was simple with carrots in the creamy white curry by the side of the rice. For this portion, somehow I felt that the curry is not enough for my rice.

Chicken Katsu

The Juicy Japanese Style Hamburg White Curry Set was not too bad too. Everything of the set remains the same as the former except that the chicken katsu was replaced by a piece of pork hamburg juicy patty that was well seasoned and pan-fried, making it a nice thin crust.

Juicy Hamburg Set - $15.80 +

Hamburg Patty

I chance upon Tengawa while doing some window shopping and it was quite good experiencing curry in a different colour (not the usual cream orange red). It feels unique. While some Japanese Curry eateries are offering a choice of spiciness level, there is no preference for customer here as it is fixed. Anyway, I would say it is rather mild, thus it is still suitable for people who do not really take spicy food. Its worth a try if you have not experience white curry before.

Rating: 3 / 5

Tengawa Hokkaido White Curry
Location: Millenia Walk, #02-16, 9 Raffles Blvd, Singapore 039596

Shatin Chicken Congee 沙田強記雞粥

Upon hearing my colleagues taking us for porridge, I was elated as most of the time in Hong Kong, we wont get to eat porridge besides those orders from a Dim Sum Breakfast, what's more its a local recommendation and this won't go any wrong.

沙田強記雞粥

Through my colleagues, this is the famous Chicken Congee place in Shatin. As usual, out of curiosity, I walked down the street and was surprised by the number of shop units Shatin Chicken Congee has occupied. I took a look into their open kitchen, and came to realized such scene on street is quite common and unlike Singapore, most of us won't get to see this nowadays.

Preparation of porridge in the Kitchen

Congee was served in a big pot to share among 4 of us. The type of serving in stainless steel pot with a familar design ladle brings memory back of home cook food at home. Not only that, it packed full of homely aroma as the entire pot was placed in front of my eyes.

Congee

Cantonese is known for their watery type of porridge which we call it congee. The rice is being boiled and simmered under the heat for long hours thus the texture of the porridge.

Congee with Meat

With the nature sweet taste of the chicken, the congee just taste better than plain.

Chicken

Lala was tasty and cooked among ginger, fried garlic in reducing of the seafood stench. Broth was sweet with nature taste from the Lala and light. It makes it simple to just drink the broth.

清酒煮

I'm not too much of pigeon fan as they have a distinct gamey taste that somehow is much stronger than the roast duck. Though skin is pretty crispy and best part it was not too oily. For those who enjoy roasted pigeon, this should be something that suits you.

Roasted Pigeon

The comfort food from the greens. It was kind of milky in taste and totally different from what I had eaten all along. The bite was crunchy like Gang Kong but the way it was prepared was good I thought.

Vegetables

Wonderful and fresh preparation of the prawns. These prawns were steamed on a bed of vermicelli topped with alot of garlic, spring onions and celery.
 

Steamed Garlic Prawns

Entire experience was quite pleasant. No doubt that we are in Hong Kong, the kind of service here was totally different from what I had experienced in my previous trips as an identity of tourist. At least over here, service crews were not arrogant and chase us off after dinner to clear the seats. They gave us all the time to chit chat and clear the empty dishes politely. I won't mind being back here if there is a chance.

Shatin Chicken Congee 沙田強記雞粥

Location: 大圍積存街12號地下

                 G/F, 6-12 Chik Chuen Street, Tai Wai, Hong Kong

Cottage Spices

It was our last meal before heading back to Singapore and we decided to have another try of Nyonya food. We walked somewhere nearing to our hotel and realise that most of the Peranakan restaurants were closed on a Tuesday and have no idea why.

Cottage Spices

Fortunately, we passed by Cottage Spices and spotted the Trip Advisor logo.

Cottage Spices Facade

Soon after we headed into the restaurant, the friendly server handed in their menu to us.

Menu

Interior furnishing is quite down to earth, nothing fanciful in decorations. They have the oldest kinds of tiling on the walls as well as the floor. The dining area is well ventilated via air con and wall mounted fans.

Peak Hours

We ordered Lime Plum Juice while waiting for the dishes to be cooked.

Lime Plum Juice - RM 3.50

Fluffy omlette with Cincalok. Besides that having it moist, it goes well to plain rice alone.

Telur Dadar Cincarol

Straight forward and simple with lady fingers pairing up with Sambal Belachan. Never felt so contented with ladies fingers!

Bendish Sambal Belachan - RM 15.00 (Small)

Skipping the Chilli Version, we decided to go for something lighter and had the Teochew Style Steamed Fish. Server has clarified that it will be a portion of the fish instead of the fish tail that is shown on the picture. Fish was absolutely fresh, well executed in tasty broth made up by coriander, gingers, tomato and plums.

Teochew Style Steamed Fish

What I like most is all in its soup that brings out the freshness of fish together with the Teochew style of the dish.

Fresh Fish

Last but not least, a dessert that we must have and not to skipped while we are still in Melaka - The Cendol. Nyonya Cendol has a good hint of coconut milk fragrant with Gula Melaka, topped with coconut jelly as well as tasty red beans.

Nyonya Cendol - RM 3.80

In terms of Service, Cottage Spices fares more better than Restoran Ole Sayang. Servers came with a smile and polite when taking orders. They are more professional in handling customers and if you notice, they leave a stool against the wall at every table for diners to place their bags on. This make us feels very cozy. Morever the quality of food in which Cottage Spices doles out from the kitchen tastes good with a homely favour.

Rating: 3.5 / 5

Cottage Spices
Location: 171, Jalan Merdeka, Taman Melaka Raya, 75000 Melaka, Malaysia

Jai Thai

Jai Thai is known for its value for money authentic thai cuisine. With 4 outlets around, half of Jai Thai outlets are serving Halal Menu while the other half consists of non-halal menu. We visited the outlet in Clover Way which is tuck away among the neighbourhood estate.

Jai Thai

Interior is simple with Thai music playing in the background. Servers are mostly Thai and you can hear them communicating in Thai language among themselves.

Interior 

Haven't seen this on Thai Menu for sometimes and Thai Chendol makes up of Thai Ruby, green jelly, sago and taste refreshing with the light coconut milk with ice.

Thai Chendol

A good start to the thai food with the finger food on a mix platter. The platter contains 4 kinds of fried items like Thai Fish Cake, Deep Fried Beancurd, Prawn Cake and Popiah accompanied with fragrant chilli and peanut dipping sauce.

Mixed Platter - $8 (Small) 

No Papaya salad in their menu but you can choose to have Tang Hoon Salad or mango Salad.

Mango Salad - $7 (Small) 

Preferring noodles to rice, we ordered Phad Thai to pair along with other side dishes. Phad Thai taste sweet and appetizing, ordinary.

Phad Thai Prawn - $10 (Medium)

Well executed deep fried fish fillet with sweet tamarind sauce, a perfect go with either a plain bowl of rice or just as finger food alone.

Deep Fried Fish Fillet with Tamarind Sauce - $8 (Small)

Comparing the Thai Food that we had in the neighborhood in a few posts back, Jai Thai's Pandan Chicken is no doubt the best between them! Pandan Chicken is sold at a minimum of 2 pieces and each costing $2.50. The golden brown chicken meat was plump and juicy, dressed nicely in pandan leaves with roasted sesame seeds on it.

Pandan Chicken - $2.50 / Pcs

Chicken or Seafood? Clear or Chilli Base? That are the common options we have for Tom Yum Soup.
Ingredients include, prawn, sotong, msuhrooms and fried fish. We seldom get to see fried fish in the soup and this is not very common. The taste is pretty good with slight spiciness giving you the fiery kick!

Tom Yum Seafood Soup - $7 (Small)

One of the Kid's friendly meal option with no chili for your consideration. Fried Tang Hoon is moist and appetizing fried together with chicken and vegetables.

Fried Tang Hoon - $7

One place off the To-Visit List! I have been waiting to visit Jai Thai every time I pass by their outlet in Bugis. Considering the price and quality of food, the standard is there and decent. I won't mind recommending people there for a pocket-friendly Thai Food over in Jai Thai.

Rating: 3.5 / 5

Jai Thai

Location: 7 Clover Way Singapore 579080