Fong Sheng Fried Kway Teow

By longing at the queue and hearing the constant "clinging clanging" sound from the hit of the wok with the Chinese turner from the stall of Fong Sheng Fried Kway Teow has been a typical scene during the peak hours. Despite a tough competition between the 2 popular Fried Kway Teow Stalls in the Food Center, both of them do have their school of fans.

Stall of Fong Sheng Fried Kway Teow

Every bite was burst full of flavours from the Wok Hei taste, a mixture of blood cockles, Chinese sausages, fishcakes, beansprouts and eggs.

Fried Kway Teow (Big) - $4.50

The taste was definitely satisfying and manned by a friendly senior couple. If you love the ingredients of blood cockles and Chinese sausage, you can't miss this out!

Ingredients

Comparing its competitor's stall Day Night Fried Kway Teow 日夜炒粿条, I would say that both of them has their own unique attraction. While Fong Sheng uses a broader type of Kway Teow and was generous with its ingredients like Chinese sausage and blood cockles, Day Night Fried Kway Teow put them in sparingly but if you are someone who prefers a savoury taste to more ingredients, you might want to head to another stall. 

What do you like? A broader Kway Teow or Kway Teow Kia for your CKT?

Rating: 3.5 / 5

Fong Sheng Fried Kway Teow
Location:  Bukit Merah Central Food Centre, 163 Bukit Merah Central, #02-13, Singapore 150163

Ah Wei Claypot Food

 While waiting for the group to enjoy their durian feast nearby, we headed to Qing Feng Huat for our quick dinner. The place consist of many stalls in the evening and we were simply spoilt for choices.

Qing Feng Huat

After walking a few rounds, we finally decided on Ah Wei Claypot food.

Ah Wei Claypot Food

We had the signatures Claypot E-Mee Dry and Claypot Lou Shi Fun Dry from their menu. These are commonly found in Malaysian cuisine. 

The flavor of Claypot E-Mee Dry is a harmonious blend of savory, umami, and sometimes slightly sweet notes. The stir-frying process imparts a wok hei (breath of the wok) aroma and adds depth to the overall taste. The sauce, often a combination of soy sauce, oyster sauce, and other seasonings, coats the noodles and ingredients, infusing them with its savory goodness.

Claypot E-Mee Dry 瓦煲焖老鼠粉 - RM 10

The dish offers a delightful interplay of textures. The egg noodles are typically cooked to a perfect balance between softness and a slight chewiness. The addition of meat contributes a tender and succulent texture.

Claypot Lou Shi Fun Dry 瓦煲焖伊面 - RM 10

The use of claypot in preparation of the dish is notable. The claypot retains and distribute the heat evenly which also means that the noodle at the bottom get a slightly crispy texture while the top remains tender. Enjoy this dual texture of the dish!

Its just so yummy

Overall, the dishes were comforting and flavorful dish that captures the essence of Malaysian cuisine. The variety of flavors and textures, resulting in a well-rounded and satisfying eating experience. 

Ah Wei Claypot Food
Location: Qing Feng Huat Restaurant, 2, Jalan Bestari 7/2,Taman Nusa Bestari,81300 Skudai, Johor, Malaysia.

Union "Chee Pow Kai"

 After shifting its stall to a few places, Union "Chee Pow Kai" is being located back to the original location at the same coffee shop but in a renovated environment. The renovation had kind of maximise the use of space and more new stall fronts had surfaced.

Union "Chee Pow Kai"

Pricing had been increased after the move. Each piece of chicken cost $2.40 now. No doubt that the taste still tastes as good and fragrant. I'm starting to feel the pinch for my meal by spending. Nonetheless, I start self-consoling that we only have this once in a blue moon.

10 Pieces of Chicken - $24

There are still customers who called in a made orders then collect them in tubs. Seriously, the Chinese Wine had strongly infused the chicken meat and every piece is well marinated too.

Yummy Paper Wrapped Chicken

While previously when they were located in Clementi Road, there were many other items on the menu like Prawn Fritters, Fried Rice Etc. How I wish they can bring back those items in the good old days. 

While having just Chicken is not enough, we had the Egg Noodles too. They were tossed in fragrant condiments and topped with some greens. Well, still simple and favourable to us. 

Egg Noodles - $5 

Rating: 4 / 5

Union Chee Pow Kai
Location: Blk 267A Toh Guan Road, Singapore 601267

Overscoop

 Alert for dessert lovers! Overscoop is a dessert cafe that specialises in waffles, croffles and gelato! They adopted an interesting concept with a mini scoop over on top of each other and thus their business name Overscoop.

Overscoop at West Coast Plaza

The interior design of the Overscoop was comfortable, with clouds as hanging ornaments. The furnishings were simple.

Interior

The Teriyaki bowl was served with salad base, brown rice ramen, Carrot, corn, cucumber, cherry tomato, pineapple, teriyaki chicken and tossed in sesame sauce. It was both appetizing and refreshing. During this order, we got an Overscoop with a spoonful of potato.

Teriyaki Overbowl 照烧鸡肉沙拉 - $9.80

The waffle is worth a try topped with icing powder and chocolate syrup surrounding the plate. It has a crispy exterior with a fluffy texture on the inside. The Speculoos Gelato scoop I had was not too sweet. Our Overscoop was Blueberry Yoghurt Gelato.

Waffle with Ice Cream

Embrace the coastal breeze while you indulge in the refreshing goodness of their Acai Bowls. Our Acai Serving was served in this aesthetical faux coconut husk bowl with wooden spoon.

Acai Bowl

The Acai Bowl was refreshing and cooling. We had Mango Sorbet as overscoop. In the Bowl, Granola, Fruits, Cocoa Nibs and coconut flakes were included too.

Over Acai Bowl

Here's what we had at Overscoop. Are you able to spot that little scoop?

Our Meal

Thank you Overscoop and PRSalon for having us.

Overscoop
Location: West Coast Plaza, 157 West Coast Road, #B1-57 Singapore 127371

Paintblush Pte Ltd

I have been wanting to try Art Jamming for a long time as I have been seeing people having fun while making their artistic creations from scratch on a blank canvas.

PaintBlush offers a good experience of art jamming different from others are it always us to bring your own bottles & snacks and enjoy them in painting with some awesome music and also ending off the session with a complimentary photobooth.

PaintBlush

At PaintBlush, its about the experience and they believe that its more important to have fun thus the studio allows us to bring in our drinks and snacks. 

Where Masterpieces are Created

Art Jamming price includes canvas, acrylic paints and palette, brushes, easel stand and paintbrush apron.

Palette and Acrylic Paints

No doubt that everyone paints with the same reference painting, everyone's individuality and personality shine through in their interpretation of the painting. Did you spot the outstanding portrait?

Across the Horizon

With the patience and advice from the instructor, I managed to paint this masterpiece. To be honest, I haven't been touching the paintbrush since I left secondary school days. I can't believe I'm holding brush and painting again after so many years.

My Masterpiece

It was a pleasant experience, that we got to enjoy a bottle of wine while painting. It really gives us more creativity.  Share the joys with my mates and have a fun time painting. You can bring your own wine/drinks/BBT!

Wine

We ended our session with our masterpieces at the photo booth against the artistic backdrop. 

Photobooth

Photos will be sent to participants via WhatsApp in around 1-2 weeks time. 

Complimentary Photos 

My 1st experience of Art Jamming was great and therapeutic. It had kind of took my stress away and I'm enjoying every moment of my painting session. Jacky who was our Art Instructor was supportive and encouraging. The environment was cosy too with a good ambience.

Thank you PaintBlush and Scale Micro Influencers for having us.

Paintblush Pte Ltd
Location: 73 Dunlop St, #02-00, Singapore 209401
Website

Surrey Hills (Raffles City)

In a short time span, Surrey Hills, the Melbourne Inspired Cafe has opened 4 outlets in Singapore. I got to first know about Surrey Hills with their first outlet at the Surrey Hills Jurong D'Arena. I have not visited their 2nd and 3rd outlet yet but let's visit their 4th Outlet located at Raffles City Mall.

Surrey Hill Grocer

The laid-back and inviting nature of the cafe theme is uniform in its outlets, featuring lush greeneries as well as cascading foliage. For those who love nature, this place definitely fits the bill with its cosy interior.

Interior

This outlet features the chain's first-ever opened kitchen with a charming mini grocer as well as an outlet-exclusive dining menu that includes seafood dishes by MasterChef Singapore Season 2 Winner - Chef Derek Cheong.

Mini Grocer

While the world today talks about sustainability, Surrey Hills's serviette does give us a ponder with the wording "If you ate today, Thank a farmer".

If you ate today, Thank a Farmer

Up on the wall

The Farm Style Mushroom Soup is unique and has an exclusive color combination with truffle sweet potato foam topping up with a bowl of delicious Mushroom Soup. Pair it up with the fragrant garlic toast and enjoy!

Farm Style Mushroom Soup - $16

The Duck Leg Confit was charred till crispiness at its skin and was aromatic. Spaghetti was cooked to Al Dente perfection with mushroom ragout. What a good combination! Best of all, we get to enjoy the mushroom bits and chunks too.

Crispy Duck Leg Confit - $28

One of the popular dishes to order will be this Seafood Shashuka. It is spiced and made with seafood broth served with eggs, prawns, Hokkaido Scallops and pork chorizo sausage.

Seafood Shashuka - $42

Apparently, one of us was tempted by the tatter tots and hence had this order. Wagyu was served with master burger sauce, and aged cheddar in a brioche bun and paired with vegetables as well as yummy caramelised onions.

Wagyu Burger - $32

The Barramundi was locally farmed, brined and pan-seared. It was decked up by a bed of quinoa rice with aromatic coconut broth and served with burnt cauliflower.

Barramundi - $38

I would like to visit their 2nd and 3rd outlet for exclusive dishes that we have yet to try out as well as experience the Australian Backyard Vibes!

Rating: 4 / 5

Surrey Hills (Raffles City)
Location: 252 North Bridge Road, #03-42, Singapore 179103

Day Night Fried Kway Teow 日夜炒粿条

Whenever there is a craving, there will be a fix. :)  While our favourite Fried Kway Teow Stall in Clementi had dropped its standard, we decided to look around for a better one. 

Day Night Fried Kway Teow

With the media articles plastering the glass, it is undeniable they are reputable and received numerous awards and been published on popular food blogs. Every plate of Char Kway Teow is fried to order which means if you are ordering 5 plates at one go, uncle will have to cook for 5 rounds.

Man Behind the Wok

Here's a wet version of Char Kway Teow. For its appearance and its smoky fragrance, it had already bought my vote. Every plate of CKT was served with a lime. The plate of Kway Teow noodles used was narrower ones and not those typical kind we often grab from the hawkers.

Char Kway Teow - $4.50 (Big)

CKT was sweet and savoury in its sweet dark sauce. CKT was served with Chinese Sausage, fishcakes, beansprouts, eggs and mini cockles. The use of crispy pork lard also elevates the taste of the dish.

Char Kway Teow

We were lucky that we were early and got our orders before the crowd came. Overall I find that the CKT is definitely above average standard and we will definitely be back again to fix our Char Kway Teow craving should there be any.

Chinese Sausage

Rating: 4 / 5

Day Night Fried Kway Teow 日夜炒粿条
Location: Bukit Merah Central Food Centre, 163 Bukit Merah Central, #02-41, Singapore 150163