Review of Havelock Turtle Soup ● Hidden Gem Right Under Our Noses 合洛山瑞

Recently, I shared about my favourite turtle soup places in Singapore - Tan Ser Seng in Geylang and Fu He (Hock Hoe) in Berseh Food Centre. Then, a few buddies asked why I never go said I should try Havelock Turtle Soup.

So, here I am 😬

Stall name: Havelock Turtle Soup  合洛山瑞

Address: 22A Havelock Road, stall #01-04, Singapore 162022 (stall in Havelock Cooked Food Centre)

Nearest MRT: 10 minutes slow walk from Havelock and Tiong Bahru stations

Tel: 6273 3061

Hours: 9:00am - 3:00pm (Sun, Mon, Tues off)

What's Cendol Got to Do with Mee Tai Mak & Faloodeh

Where did cendol come from?

There are two hypotheses out there.

Some say cendol came from faloodeh, a sweet cold dessert from Persia (today's Iran).

Others theorise that cendol is derived from mee tai mak or rat noodles 🤔

So, who is right?

Review of Prachak Roasted Duck ● Century Old Gem in Bangkok Silom Bang Rak

We went to look for breakfast / brunch along Charoen Krung Road before hopping on the free boat shuttle to Iconsiam from the Saphan Taksin pier.

Restaurant name: Prachak Roasted Duck 新记

Address: 1415 Charoen Krung Road, Silom, Bang Rak, Bangkok 10500

Nearest MRT: 5 minutes walk from Saphan Taksin BTS station

Tel: +66 2234 3755

Hours: 8:30am - 8:30pm

Review of Sheng Ji Fish Ball Bak Chor Mee @ 116 Bukit Merah View ● Old School No Gimmicks 1940s Recipe 昇记

Went to Bukit Merah View to look for a simple breakfast after my medical appointment. Browsed the Facebook posts of Tengcc who knows a lot of nice noodle places in Singapore. The noodles at Sheng Ji Fishball looks delicious in Tengcc's post 🙏

Stall name: Sheng Ji Fishball Noodle 昇记

Address: 116 Bukit Merah View, #01-217, Singapore 151116 (inside Kim San Leng coffee shop)

Nearest MRT: 10 minutes walk from Tiong Bahru station

Hours: 6:00am - 4:00pm

Review of Jok Prince Porridge ● Famous Chao Tah "Burnt" Congee of Silom Bangkok 王子戏院猪肉粥

✍ 22 Mar 2023. Our simple plan was to catch some hyperlocal breakfast in Silom before hopping on the free boat shuttle from Saphan Tatsin pier to the iconic Iconsiam shopping mall. 

Restaurant name: Jok Prince

Address: 1391 Charoen Krung Road, Khwaeng Silom, Bang Rak, Bangkok 10500

Nearest MRT: 10 minutes walk from Saphan Tatsin station

Tel: +668 1916 4390

Hours: 6:00 am 1:00 pm | 3:00pm - 11:00 pm

Review of Famous Stewed Pork Leg Rice in Bangkok ● Kha Mu Charoensang Silom

Stewed pork leg in Thailand is like chicken rice in Singapore - they are everywhere and I have not yet come across a really bad one since I first tasted fell in love with it in the 1980s. Good stewed pork leg stalls are everywhere in Bangkok and Kha Mu Charoensang Silom is one of the best that I have tasted so far. (My most memorable one was a random one in Hat Yai but I have no idea where that stall was as it was pre-blogging days a long time ago.)

Restaurant name: Kha Mu Charoensang Silom ขาหมูเจริญแสงสีลม

Address: 492/6 ถ.สีลม ติด Soi Charoen Krung 49, Suriya Wong, Bang Rak, Bangkok 10500

Nearest MRT: 15 minutes walk from Saphan Tatsin BTS station

Tel: +66 2234 8036

Hours: 7:00am - 1:00pm

Review of T & K Seafood ● Green Shirt Crazy Popular Enigma of Yaowarat Bangkok

The crowd at T & K Seafood in Bangkok's Chinatown scares me - I am not kidding. I've been here at least three, if not four times, and the experience is always the same. The crowd is crazy, the food is not particularly memorable not bad, the price isn't really cheap, staff are friendly (they try their best) but service is hurried because of the crush, yet somehow we kept going back if we are in Yaowarat during dinner time. I don't really get it 🤔 😬

Restaurant name: T & K Seafood

Address: 49, 51 Phadung Dao Road, Samphanthawong, Bangkok 10100, Thailand (Yaowarat)

Nearest MRT: 15 minutes walk from Wat Mangkon station

Tel: +6622234519

Hours: 4:00pm - 12:00 midnight

Review of Jalan Tua Kong Lau Lim Mee Pok @ 248 Tanjong Katong Road

Jalan Tua Kong Lau Lim Mee Pok really needs no introduction. They are the stalwart of Simpang Bedok and just opened a branch at Tanjong Katong Road run by second generation owner Lu Yi.

Restaurant name: Jalan Tua Kong Lau Lim Mee Pok (The Art of Mee Pok)

Address: 248 Tanjong Katong Road, Singapore 437036

Nearest MRT: 10 minutes walk from Paya Lebar station

Tel: 89403068

Hours: 8:00am - 8:00pm

Nepalese Food in Johor Bahru ● Review of Restoran Sunset Meadow

Looking for new options for lunch in downtown JB, I noticed Restoran Sunset Meadow just across Jalan Wong Ah Fook from JBCC Johor Bahru City Centre.

Restaurant name: Restoran Sunset Meadow

Address:  Jalan Wong Ah Fook, Bandar Johor Bahru, 80000

Tel: +607 222 3176

Hours: 11:00am - 8:00pm

1000 Year Old Herbal Medicine Inspiration For Original Bak Kut Teh 太平惠民和剂局方

Bak kut teh was first concocted as a tonic to help Singapore River coolies who often suffer pains, injuries, and lack of energy from overwork and effects of opium addiction.

Things get hazy here as there is no record of who or when the first bak kut teh was concocted, nor what was the first bak kut teh like.