Balestier Tau Sar Piah Deli @ Balestier Road

I went to my aunt's house few days ago and she offered me some 'tau sar piah'. One of her friend was at Balestier Road in the morning and had bought an extra box for my aunt.

I was hungry and I gladly accepted the offer to have some.





There are around 4 or 5 shops along Balestier Road that sells 'tau sar piah'. Everyone has their favourite shop and I guess this must be aunt's friend's favourite.

I shall not label it the 'best tau sar piah' as some are in the habit of labeling everything the best. LOL... But the ones here sure is very nice! Each costs 50 cents.




There were two different kinds of tau sar piah in the box.

Pardon me as I was enjoying it so much, I can't remember which is salty and which is sweet. I think this is the salty / savoury filling version.





The one with the sesame seeds (I think) is the sweet filling version.





The fillings looked the same for both flavours. Let your tongue tell you the difference. ;-)

The pastry was light and fluffy. The filling was also not too overwhelmingly sweet or salty. After eating one, you would like having another.

Looking at these photos now, I feel like having some!




Which shop along Balestier Road is your favourite tau sar piah shop?



Balestier Tau Sar Piah Deli
611 Balestier Road
Singapore 329918

Tel: 9797 8255 / 6252 4631

Original Herbal Shop @ Balestier Road

After eating at two different places, we still had some space for desserts in our stomach. ;-)
To cool down after eating so much, we went to the Original Herbal Shop. It's my first time to this shop!





6 of us, we ordered the following:
Nic had the Black Sesame Seed Paste. I remember it smelling good!





Nic said he needed to cool down. So he had this black bitter concoction! The 24 Herb Special Herbal Tea. Haha. I took a photo of him drinking this. It sure looked bitter and disgusting from his reaction!

I think this bowl came from the big huge container in the first photo!





Hungry Cow and I had the Ginseng Honey Suckle Chrysanthemum Tea. (Cold ones from the fridge)
I was so thirsty and this was a thirst quencher!




AromaCookery had the Longan Stewed Papaya with Rock Sugar.
Looks so delicious isn't it?





Momo and Camemberu ordered the same dessert.
They each had a Longan & White Fungus dessert. Looks good too!



Looks like an interesting place to have good old fashion desserts.


Original Herbal Shop
414 Balestier Road
Singapore 329806

Tel: 6250 5567

Ah Hak Bak Kut Teh @ Balestier Road

After the dinner at 2nd Kitchen, we went for a 2nd dinner!
We were walking around looking for food and we saw this shop that has many people eating Bak Kut Teh. 

I remember it was not bad before. It must have been a few years ago that I ate here with my colleauges. We were hoping it was as nice as it was. But sadly, standard seems to have dropped. (or it is because the food at 2nd Kitchen was better compared to this? hehe)




Anyway, we ordered the usual stuff and ate. The You Tiao.





The Bak Kut Teh meat was ok, but the soup was not as peppery or tasteful as I remembered.
The others agreed with me too. It's $5.50 per portion of 3 pieces of meat.




But we found the braised trotters nicer than the BKT. $5 each.
It's a little fatty, but some like it, but some not. :-)




The second bowl of it. Maybe we like the trotters because of the sauce which is tastier?




Momo and I like the Bak Kut Teh at a little shop in Clementi better. :-)
But if you are hungry and need food, this is ok lah...


Ah Hak Bak Kut Teh
395/397 Balestier Road
Singapore 329800

2nd Kitchen @ Balestier Road

We had a food outing with a few other food bloggers again. This time to a place called 2nd Kitchen on  Balestier Road. If you get lost, look for Value Hotel, it's on the ground floor of this hotel.

It's kind of small, with only a small section of it inside the building (ie air-conditioned). If you like to sit outdoors, then don't worry about seating. There's more seats outside.





The rest of the foodies did their homework. They know what's nice here. (I was lazy and only want to eat haha..)

One of the must try is their Fried Bee Hoon with Lala. 

The portion is a bit small for the 6 of us, but it was delicious though. A little salty which probably made it so tasty. You can see it's quite generous with the Lala (and also chinese cooking wine too!).





You like hor fun, then you will most probably like this Sliced Giant Garoupa Hor Fun. (Cooked wat tan hor style) It comes covered with egg sauce on top, so we got to dig the ingredients out to show you the contents. :-p

As salty as the dish above, but we like it!





This is Sambal Winged Beans. It was recommended by the service staff. He said they have their own farm (I think was in Kranji or something like that) and these are fresh from their farm.

The veggies sure are fresh and very spicy and delicious! If you are a rice person, order a bowl and I am sure you can finish this up in an instant!





This is the garoupa's "Photophores". Huh? What's that? Go 'bing' or 'google' to find out!

We looked at the menu and wondered what is nice, and the service staff recommended this. He said due to popular demand, they prepare more nowadays. Previously it was only available if you called to reserve it.

The soup looks very milky. You know why? It's because it is fish bones and scales that has been boiled till it disintegrated! I wonder how long they took to prepare this! There's ginseng in it as well! Try it if you like soup. 





We also had another dish that's not available on the menu. They did not want to sell it to us. LOL. Only for their regular customers he said. They finally decide to serve it to us,  but I think I shall not post the photo here. :-)

But we wondered if it's because of the big cameras around the table. They decided to give us a dessert treat. We were served mochi with toasted desiccated coconut.



Each of us paid around $14.
We felt like eating more and went for more food elsewhere! (we are gluttons!)


2nd Kitchen
592 Balestier Rd
#01-03
Singapore 718813

Tel: 62543676

Founder Bak Kut Teh @ Balestier Road

We were feeling hungry and we met up again to eat. This time the location is at Founder Bak Kut Teh. Some says it's the place to go in Singapore for Bak Kut Teh. There's even a queue for a place at this restaurant. We queued up for 15 mins before we got a table for 7.



Momo and I think this place is famous because of this 'famous wall' where has the photos of famous stars. Can you spot the famous stars on this wall? This is only 1 of the many walls filled with photos of the owner with HK / Taiwan / Singapore stars.



As this is the first time we were here, we did not know 'how' to order. We did not know we got to specify if we wanted those huge ribs that many tables got. Those ribs that the rest got can cover your face!

Since we did not specify, we were served the usual chopped up pieces instead. Momo 'the girl with braces' found it tough to eat though. I guess we got served meat that was a bit tough. Tough luck. (pun intended).

But if you like peppery soup, this is for you. Bowl of Peppery Pork Rib Soup - $8.



Those who like innards can order this, the innards soup. $8
I don't eat this because I have a phobia of them, I remember being forced to eat liver as a kid. Anyone there got forced feed these 'nutritious' stuff by their grandmas?



But I like their 'xian cai' / preserve vegetables though. I have a weak spot for this. I wished they used whole garlic bulbs instead. I love to suck the garlic out from the whole garlic that has been stew till they are soft.



The soy sauce tofu skin. Some like it, I find it OK lah. It doesn't impress. They are accompaniments after all. LOL



You Tiao. Use them to soak up the soup!



The Braised Tao Pok. Sorry to say it, but I think this dish CMI lah.
I guess I don't like dishes that are super salty. 



But the following dish saved the day. It is delicious, so very delicious! It's even better than the pork ribs.
This braised pork trotter dish ($8) has meat falls off the bone yet the meat's not soft and mushy / disintegrated. You can even feel the person who prepares this puts his/her heart to it!



Do you like your Bak Kut Teh with rice? Some of us do. Some like it with 3 bowls. hehe...



Momo and I will come back here again, but for the Pork Trotters and maybe order the correct ribs next time.
But we won't order the accompaniment dishes though.

Who knows you might meet some famous stars eating here. :-)

Founder Bak Kut Teh
347 Balestier Road
Singapore 329777

Tel: 63526192
Hours: Open daily except Tuesday, Lunch: 12 noon - 2pm, Dinner/Supper: 6pm - 2.30am