Han Fung Korean BBQ Restaurant @ Cheong Chin Nam Road

We were at Cheong Chin Nam Road the other day to hunt for some food. We noticed the place seems to have changed behind the high boarded up area. A few restaurants have closed down and new ones opened! We ended up having the Korean BBQ Restaurant because it has been there for some time and we have not tried it before!


(p/s a full restaurant list along Cheong Chin Nam Road is available at bukittimah.net)

^^^ banchan ^^^

The selection was OK. The 3 of us thought the kimchi was quite nice. A little more fermented that most places, but not too fermented. You know what I mean right? The seaweed /sea grass like thingy was not bad too.

^^^ Bul Go Gi ^^^

The aroma of the Bul Go Gi from the next table tempted us to order it. It was quite all right. It's a bit on the sweetish side, but very appetizing. The sweetish sauce that you see over white rice was nice. I was addicted to the sauce. LOL



We did not have to grill the meat ourselves. The service staff did it for us at another table and when it's almost done, brought the hot plate with the portable gas stove over. How convenient!



For the first few bites, we wrap the beef with garlic strips with the veggies. But after wrapping a few pieces we got lazy. We ate directly from the hot plate. :-)

^^^ So Go Ki ^^^

For the second dish, we thought we would try something healthier like soup. We ordered the Beef Hot Pot. In the receipt it says So Go Ki. I can't remember the name on the menu.

If you like beefy smelling and tasting soup, you might want to try this. There were lots of leeks, zucchinis, mushrooms and toufu in addition to the strips of beef inside. Below it all were lots of Korean glass noodles.



It was quite a big pot and it took a while for the soup to boil. The soup finally boiled 'violently' when we were finishing our bulgogi.

It was worth the wait I guess. A very hot hearty soup awaits. The glass noodles made it quite filling dish.




We had 3 persons and the 2 dishes above with 3 rice was enough to feed us. Price was around $50.


We might be back to try other stuff. We remembered this place being very quiet previously, but there seems to be quite popular nowadays. I think I still prefer the 'one' at Lorong Kilat :-)



Han Fung Korean BBQ Restaurant
16 Cheong Chin Nam Road
Singapore 599740

OldTown White Coffee @ Bukit Timah

This was our dinner at OldTown White Coffee at Yuk Tong Avenue, near Cheong Chin Nam Road at Bukit Timah.

It was a humid night and of all things, we wanted to have Nasi Lemak. We could go to food centres and get some Nasi Lemak, but our minds kept telling us, "no you will regret going to the food centre with no air-con".

So, we thought of OldTown White Coffee!

Their Nasi Lemak is not too bad lah. Not the best around, but on a hungry night this was what we could think of and it's not too far from home.

We like it because it has everything. Peanuts, crispy fried ikan bilis, fried chicken wings, falf-boiled egg, cucumbers and generous of sambal.




I had my nasi lemak with OldTown's cold chocolate drink.
Sis had it with a hot lemon tea.



OldTown White Coffee
9 Yuk Tong Avenue
Singapore 596314

5 Star Chicken Rice @ Cheong Chin Nam Road

It seems we come here for Chicken Rice every Lunar New Year! Relatives who loves Singapore chicken rice are visiting again and here we are at the same place every year. This place has air-con and it can fit in a huge group of us!

Oh, this year they have Yu Sheng. But errrr.. the ones here not so nice lah. Can give it a miss. :-p




We are here to eat chicken. Steamed Chicken.....




Or Roast Chicken... we like them all..




Of course we need to have vegetables....




Another plate of vegetables....





Some other side dishes as well....
The sea cucumber and mushroom dish.




Some Hainanese Pork Chops.




And other parts of the chicken! The chicken feet in thai chilli sauce.




The innards of the chicken too!




Yeah, if you see doubles, yes, they are doubles..




Somehow eating chicken rice is so very satisfying. Don't you think so?
Everything else taste quite good, except for the Yu sheng. :-)


Five Star Hainanese Chicken Rice
6/7 Cheong Chin Nam Road
Singapore 599731

Five Star Kampong Chicken Rice @ Cheong Chin Nam Road

This was dinner with a group of Year 12 / Pre-U friends just the other week. We used to meet every month, but everyone got busy with so many things, we did not have time to meet up. So we decided to meet up again.

While thinking of where to go, there was this repeated food programme on TV that help me decide. It was one where Fiona Xie and Gurmit Singh was on. Gurmit was introducing his favourite Chicken Rice from Five Star. OK lah! Since Gurmit likes it, we like it to! haha..

There were 11 adults and 3 kids this time. Some could not make it last minute, a family was on home quarantine, one just delivered a newborn baby, etc... But there's this big tables available at Five Star. So big and round that the table can fit all of us!


Those who were early did the ordering. We just flipped through the menu and decided on what to eat by what gets our eye's attention. So here's what we ate:

We had "half half". Half a Roast Kampung Chicken.



And half a 'White' Kampong Chicken.
We realise that the white chicken is more popular! When the white chicken's gone, there's still half the 'roast' ones.



The Salad You Tiao. Medium Portion.
Fried You Tiao always seem to a hit eh?



When we ordered the Thai Style Crystal Chicken Feet, some were skeptical that anyone will eat it. So we ordered a small portion of it. Well, the skeptics did like it and were converted! If you never tried chicken feet before, try it!



Ngo Hiang Prawn Rolls. The kids can eat it too.



Sweet Potato Leaves with Garlic. Another dish that when you order, always suits most people's tastes.



We thought we would order some seafood, so we had the cereal prawns. We took cereal prawns so that the kids can eat it too.



The Hainanese Mei Cai with Braised Pork. OK lah...



The Fried Sotong. Sorry for the blurish looking photo.
It's not too bad. The sotong was not that chewy. But I think a few minutes more it will. Some pieces were on the 'border line' cases. haha..



It was great to meet up with everyone again. It seems the next meeting date has been confirmed too! See you all at the next outing!


Five Star Kampong Chicken Rice
6/7 Cheong Chin Nam Road
Singapore 599732

Tel: 6466 3000
Hours: Daily, 10.00 AM - 12 Midnight

Al-Ameen Eating House @ Bukit Timah

On the stretch of Cheong Chin Nam Road, Al-Ameen must be one of the busiest shops around. After the peranakan food the other day, one of our dear friend who is perpetually hungry wanted to eat some more. So from Beauty World Centre we crossed the road to Al-Ameen.

We ordered 3 ice kachang, but 'tak boleh' lah, the ice kacang here. Too much colouring. Also the red bean taste funny. 3 of us ate one bean each only. LOL...

But the Naan here is not too bad. This is the Cheese Naan. Looks tempting?



When our friend ordered, he was asked, you want any sauce? He said yes, Dahl please. LOL
So they served a huge portion, a thick meal portion of it. We were wondering, wow, this is different from the watery version elsewhere. It was only when he went to pay that he realised, it's the meal portion and it's $3. LOL....



We were already quite full, but he ordered this huge plate of Indian Rojak to share.



I could not eat anymore. I only had 2 or 3 pieces of stuff only.



The sauce is quite ok.



This place served so many kinds of food. Got to come back to try other stuff.
(and also avoid some stuff too)



Al-Ameen Eating House
2,3,4 Cheong Chin Nam Road
Singapore 599727

OldTown White Coffee @ Bukit Timah

Got a friend that has been going to this outlet to eat / study the last few weeks. Everytime he's here, he'll sms us to join him for the dinner part. Usually, I will be too lazy to get out and meet him for coffee.

Yesterday, I thought I should meet up. So, Momo, Sis and I met up with 'Gorilla'. LOL



It was not only coffee today, it was for dinner. I had the Nasi Lemak Special. $5.50. Sis got the same thing. I get tempted by sambal. :-p



They are quite generous with their kacang and ikan bilis and they have nice cold cucumbers.



Momo and Gorilla had the Nasi Rendang Set. $7.90 Just replace the fried chicken, hard boiled egg, kacang and ikan bilis with a big chicken rendang that you get this.



This photo does not show you the size of the chicken, but it is a huge drumstick.



Gorilla must be hungry. After his Nasi Rendang, he ordered a Curry Chicken Toast. $6.50
The more we look at him eat, the more tempting his chicken curry drumstick becomes. But we were too full to eat it anyway. So gorilla enjoyed himself eating it while telling us stories.



The toast is the brown bread toast. 3 pieces of it.



Oh, the usual drinks are ordered. White Coffee and Black Coffee. $2 each.


OldTown White Coffee
9 Yuk Tong Avenue
Singapore 596314

Five Star Hainanese Chicken Rice @ Upper Bukit Timah Road

We had relatives visiting Singapore and we met them for dinner. Aunt asked what they would like to eat, and they said: "the chicken rice that we had the last time we were here".

Looks like chicken rice in Singapore leaves a deep impression to visitors!

So, the whole 'clan' went to the chicken rice place that our aunt brought them the last time they were here, the Five Star Hainanese Chicken Rice shop.

Here's what we had:

The boneless 'white' chicken. We like their chicken here because it has less fat, yet the meat's still tender and juicy. (I think the chicken's kampung chicken if I remembered correctly)



Our 'clan' this time had 12 adults and 1 teenager. To feed the this clan, 4 plates of chicken was ordered. LOL



Enough to feed the clan? Of course not. We had doubles of the following dishes.
The chicken feet salad.

(We learn a new term for it. Our relos call it the 'white tyres'. LOL..)



The sweet and sour pork.



The spicy version of the Fan Su Ye.



For the spicy-challenged, the no-sambal version of Fan Su Ye.



For the fried food lovers, the Stuffed Fried You Tiao.



Finally, the stuff that I did not touch, the chicken gizzard.



Someone from the 'clan' is a future-in-law. He followed his girlfriend down to Singapore for a holiday. He's from Ipoh and we asked him how's the chicken rice here?

He said, "Well, almost there lah..." LOL...


Five Star Hainanese Chicken Rice
6/7 Cheong Chin Nam Road
Singapore 599731

Prince Taiwan Porridge @ Upper Bukit Timah

I think I posted this porridge place not too long ago. I went back there again all because a few of us wanted to eat porridge. This is the dinner that we had before we went for supper at OldTown in yesterday's post.

Creature of habits maybe? We order almost the same thing.
The taman fish that's fried till very crispy with dark sauce. Ugly but delicious food. LOL




The chicken in wine sauce, that's almost becoming standard.



My favourite vegetable to go with porridge. Heard some people said Sze Chuan Cai is not good for health, but we still ate it anyway.



The Mei Cai Kou Rou. Today's version seems nicer. Maybe the cook's in a really good mood today eh?



Cai Poh Eggs, another favourite with many people.



Aubergine with mince pork. Comfort food too.



Prince Taiwan Porridge
9 Cheong Chin Nam Road
Singapore 599734

Tel: 64670289
Hours: 11 am - 3 pm, 5 pm till very late.