Yun Yun Nu Rou Mian

We are planning to bring the whole family to Japan next year in February (Feb09) and this brought about a massive ripple effect on the habitual behaviour of our little family, in one word - cost cutting.
A trip to Japan is by no means a cheap holiday so we figured that we need to start saving money in order to achieve our target. Compounded with the effects of inflation, it is inevitable that we reach this conclusion sooner than later.

So instead of having our meals at the regular restaurants, we are cutting them down to the bare minimum (Mr HB's taget is once a month but i think that is highly unrealistic). So now, instead of seeking out good restaurant food, we seek out good hawker fare.

With Old Aiport Food Centre in the vicinity, I can foresee many more trips here in the months to come.
This day, I decided to have beef ball kway teow soup after some walking around and the sky blue signboard with a cow happened to catch my eye.

A bowl of this set me back by $3 which is very decent considering that every other coffee shop have raised their prices (with some even cutting back on their ingredients despite the raise). A handful of soft and chewy kway teow partially immersed in the delightful broth completed with 7 beef balls. This is definately something I will be having again.

Old Airport Road Food Centre

Soon Huat Cold & Hot Dessert - Absoluately Value for $$

This is my favourite coffee shop dessert stall in Singapore. They are very very generous with the ingredients and by far one of the cheapest in Singapore. Not to mention the polite and efficient stall owner.On a hot day, I will go there specially just to eat cold dessert to cool myself down. Highly recommended if you are in the vicinity.

Must Tries: Red tea longnan, peanut ice kachang, many more....

Soon Huat Cold & Hot Dessert
Blk 105 Hougang Avenue 1,
#02-43 ,
Singapore

Serangoon Garden Confectionary - Great Buns Everyday

Introducing my favourite breakfast hunt - Serangoon Garden Bakery & Confectionary.

Selling a range of different buns from sausage, hamburger (it's actually iluncheon meat), peanut, ham & cheese, butter, raisin, otah, yam....blah blah blah.... to egg tarts, cream puff, cakes (walnut, banana, butter...etc) at prices found in the 70's.

Most of the buns go for $0.50 to $0.60 (where to find these days?! esp after the GST hike).
All the buns are freshly baked and they usually end their day by mid-afternoon when all the food is sold out. This ensures that nothing gets leftover and customers get fresh supplies everyday. This is prbly one of the factors that attributed to the success of Ah Seng.



Other than the freshness of the food, they are also generous in the ingredients used for the buns.

Personal favourites include peanut bun (yum yum with LOADS of peanut) and hamburger (thick slice of luncheon meat as opposed to others with thin miserly sad looking slice). Eat it with a cup of hot coffee or milk tea.....hmmm....heavenly....


Definately recommended to bread lovers.

Must Tries: Peanut, Hamburger, Banana cake

Serangoon Garden Confectionary
49A Serangoon Gardens Way,
Stall 45,
Serangoon Gardens Market And Food Centre,
Singapore

Lao Song Huat - My favourite Noodle Store

Yep. This is my favourite noodle stall in Singapore and my default lunch item during weekends when we are at home. And yes, I just had it this afternoon (today is Sunday) again.

I love the noodles from this stall - tangy and smooth in texture. It's like those scenes you see in cartoons where they can slurp the entire noodle into their mouth in 1 breath. And the stall owners are not stingy with their ingredients. Together with the heavenly noodles, you will get lots of fishballs, fishcake slices and lean meat slices as well - simply delicious!A must try!

Must Tries: Any noodle!

Lao Song Huat Fishball Noodles
49A Serangoon Gardens Way,
#01-14 Serangoon Gardens Market And Food Centre,
Singapore

Fatman Satay - Best satay in Singapore, some say JB!

This is where you can find sticks of meat glazed with honey and bbqed to perfection over charcoal fire.

Served in a few different flavours - chicken, beef, mutton and now prawns (seems like a weird satay choice).The satay sauce is exceptional and has lots of peanuts in it.

It is so good that most people will ask for extra satay sauce. The good news is "Fatman" is not stingy with the wonderful satay and allows refill (if you ask nicely of course).

This is definately the place if you are looking for yummilicious satay.

Must Tries: Satay!

Fatman Satay
51 Old Airport Road,
#01-117D Old Airport Road Food Centre,
Singapore