Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Tong Shui Cafe - Another HKG style Eatery

This was a terribly hot weekend, Mr HB and I were look for a cool place to hang out with the young ones.
After 2 straight days at Suntec, we figured we need a change.
So Mr HB suggested that we go to the airport for dinner and chill out (pun intended).

We were looking for food upon arrival. Could it be a coincidence that we just read about TSC's ala carte buffet in the Straits Times this morning for $18.88 in celebration of stg (cant rmb). So well, we decided to give this a try.
Mr HB is not really a fan of buffet and since this is our first visit, we decided to access this place before concluding if the buffet is worth busting our calorie budget for.

The menu is quite extensive, which is quite common for a Cha Chan Teng. After some mulling, our orders are as such
1. Fried noodles (sheng mien) with chic chop
2. Fish steak with rice
3. Thick toast with peanut butter and condensed milk
4. Cold bean curd with durian puree5. Milk tea (with chin chow)

Eating with the young ones is never a peaceful affair. We usually have to take turns to eat and it's usually in a hurried manner. This is bad for a foodie as this means we do not give the food it's due appreciation but well, parents do not really have this luxury.
So guys, u should really learn to appreciate your folks more. Do take your mom out for a nice meal this weekend - mother's day.

OK, I digressed a bit. Coming back to the food.Mr HB had the honour of gg first. I did not manage to try his food but he said that the noodles were unimpressive, relateively normal.
I thought my fish steak was quite good. The fish was battered and fried to a nice crisp with some sweet sauce. The rice was not very well cooked though with some grains kinda tough.

Thick toast is as a thick toast should be, slapped with peanut butter and drizzled with condensed milk. I do find this enjoyable but not any better than the other cha chan tengs i've been to.

Milk tea is something that I'll like to grip about. It has barely got any milk taste in it and the overall effect is a bland and some-wat bitter taste. Not good.

We also ordered a bean curd with durian puree to share as this looks interesting. The durian puree and bean curd go surprisingly well together but it could be better if there is more puree in this order.

Tong Shui Cafe
Airport Boulevard,
#036-087 Changi Airport T2 - Public Area,
Singapore

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