Iftar at Enak Enak @ East Coast Seafood Centre

Alhamdulillah for Enak Enak to open its branch right beside the beach, and of course Allah for answering to my endless Halal food prayers (hehehe!).

I have always wished for a Halal seafood restaurant by the beach. I mean, what's the problem of opening one right in East Coast park?

It's amazing to sit by the beach, enjoy the view, the breeze, the food.

Our initial plan was to Iftar at the one in Simpang Bedok but it was fully reserved.

The lady who took my call kindly gave me the number to the East Coast branch. I'm so so so glad to have taken it.

That's my husband's upsized drink :D it's huge!!

 I didn't want to have any seafood like prawns, lobsters etc.... went for something light instead.
鱼片河粉 :D I love it!

We ordered some dim sum (I forgot to take pictures of all of them...hehee!) only took picture of this 流沙包！The salted egg paste just flows out...piping hot... yummy!!

 We sat till we saw the moon...all round and bright.... (sorry phone camera not so good hor)


Ok and here's the address:

They also have prayer area. Just need to ask them for direction to it.
No need to rush off after break fast.

MyshaAllah.

Hidden Halal Treasure 2: Chinese Herbal Soup

I have been searching for Halal Chinese Herbal Soup since the last time I ever had once at Jurong Point....many many years ago (oh! how old am I now? hehehe!)

But this time, cos of baby, laziness in cooking the soup, and plus my mum's endless worries... hehehe! I have to find one....get it and drink it!

So, here we are....from this Restaurant named Singa Goody at Paya Lebar Square, basement 1.

Just add $3.50(or was it $3.80...hehe...sorry forgot about it after seeing th delicious brownie!) you get a dessert and a drink (they have a wide variety of herbal and nutritious drinks)

They served the dessert and drinks first, so it doesn't "clash" with your soup.
So if you are thinking "Huh? eat brownie and drink herbal soup? wat the....?" well you can always just have the soup and maybe eat with other dishes and side dishes that they have on their menu.

Here's the menu......

Maybe its my baby lah.... i finished the brownie...

And the soup came after that....
I had the Dong Cong Cao Chicken soup (cordyceps chicken soup) which stated on their menu that its a "Brain booster".
Very good for 补脑and 提神 ....

A little peek at what's in the soup...

The soup must have been boiled for really long hours, cos it tasted really thick, flavourful, well-blended together... 

Oh yes, the rice was charged separately at $1.00.

So total if its just a soup and a rice.... its about $8.00 to $9.00.... 

looking at the ingredients in the soup and the price of cordyceps u can find outside... you'll know that this is very reasonable price.

If you come with someone, do try out the other soup that serves with half spring chicken like their Emperor Herbal Chicken Soup. I think it's more worth it and happier to share together.

I see people eating curry and mini steamboats there.... gotta try them out soon! Wheeeee!!!!!

Do check them out on their facebook page for more exciting dishes! https://www.facebook.com/singagoodyfanpage

Laksa Yong Tau Foo by Yummy Yong Tau Foo @ JEMS

Hi all! It's been a while since I last updated my blog.
Been really bz, working, home, eating, drinking etcetc. :D
Well I just had some YUMMY Yong Tau Foo laksa and I just had to squeeze out time to share about it.

I feel that the freshness of the ingredients is most important, YUMMY did it!

Next is the soup base...they have laksa and of course the non-spicy yong tau foo soup and you can have it dry too.

All of them are great!

This in the picture, the laksa gravy is thick, fragrant... spicyness just right for me.

As usual you can choose rice, noodles or even without them.

I love it!

Address: JEMS

Stall No: 19 50 Jurong Gateway Road #05-01 Singapore 608549

Hidden Halal treasure: 786 Char Kway Teow

I can't wait to share about this after eating it!

Chinese Fried Char Kway Teow!

Its full of cockles too!

It's done by a Chinese Muslim.

With a recipe and stall passed down by his grandma,

he took over and did everything the Muslim way.

Alhamdulillah, it's right nearby my workplace.

Everyone can eat.  

It opens at 2pm though, which is after lunchtime.

The noodles and kway teow are smooth, tangy, not too soft or too hard.

Very fresh vege and cockles.

You can request to add more chili if u want.

Address: 115 Bukit Merah View Market and Hawker Centre

Stall: 786 Char Kway Teo

Owner: Brother Anis Ng

Opening hours: 2pm till 10.30pm.

Close on Thursdays.

Lunch at $3.50 :D

When pockets are tight sometimes, it is shops like Ananas Cafe that saves my life :D
This is a fried rice with long beans and fried chicken cutlet. Side with some chili.
Bought it from the Tiong Bahru branch.
Simple, affordable and superb!
Thank Allah.

Apart from rice, they also have been hoon, kway teow, noodles, outher sides such as chicken wings, fish cakes, fried vege (different vege during different days), fried eggs etcetc.

They also have chicken rice at $2.00 per packet.

Good Food at Sportshub

I went on course at the Sports Hub last week.

It's always exciting to eat there! Lots of great food around... here are what I ate last week...

 
 
I had breakfast at Coffee Bean. Yummy, warm scrambled Egg and Smoked Salmon, with the fresh salad at the side. The customer service is much better in the morning (personal opinion) than any other time when its crowded.

Korean Kimchi fried rice at the food court. Spicy, yummy! Love every bits of it.

 

Yes I was at Encik Tan again. This time, Laksa. The gravy was thick, and spicyness is just right for me. With cockles! *slurp*
I kind of like it more than the one I had at Cafe O, flavour and temperature suits me here.

My colleagues who came to the Sports Hub for the same workshop (which lasted for 4 days)... came to Encik Tan for lunch on all 4 days :D They even brought all other colleagues along.

That's how delicious the food here is.

Mee Sua... the simple dish that warms my heart...

People may think its nothing much to talk about when it comes to mee sua... cos u can get it anywhere... once a year u'll eat it at home for your Lunar Birthday...

Well for a Chinese Muslim who stays with In-Laws... "Mee Sua" is an Alien dish... its almost a "Delicacy".

When I miss my parents... dishes like these warms my heart.

Here is my simplest mee sua... cooked by me... yes :D

I didn't add the eggs.... cos I didn't want to. 

But with the eggs it would have been perfect.

hehe!

What's next? Been trying to do proper fried wanton...shall I? Check out about it. 

Halal or Not? Hashima...雪蛤 aka Snow Jelly

From a really young age, 雪蛤 (xue ha; xue ge; which I recently found out that the English term is Hashima) has been like birds nest, shark fins kind of deli for me.

I used to hear people saying that its another kind of birds nest, just not from the saliva of a bird.

It was also explained to me that it has better health and complexion benefits than birds nest.

I never thought too much of it in detail, as in where it came from till sometime 3 years ago after conversion.

Being a Muslim, whatever gets into my mouth, if I am not sure of it, I will definitely check it out.

It was one fine day while I was pregnant with my son that my mum passed a bottle of Hashima to me.

I screened through the list of ingredients... seems fine to me...until I looked at the words "雪蛤“ again, that urged me to find out more.

The word "蛤" itself refers to frogs, and toads e.g. "蛤蟆" or "癞蛤蟆想吃天鹅肉".

Which, led me to thinking... "are these from frogs? toads? OMG!"

Here are findings I got from "Mr Google":

1. It was a famous dessert ingredient made from the dried fat tissue found near the fallopian tubes of true frogs.

2. Usually from Asiatic Grass frogs (Rana chensinensis).

3. These tissues are good for health and complexion.
4. Many more details which I didn't really want to look further.

According to my knowledge, frogs and toads are not to be consumed by Muslims.
Do let me know privately via emails if you happen to know otherwise.
I do want to find out more about things as a Muslim.

Cafe O

Had a good meal at Cafe O yesterday.

The Laksa, even though no cockles in it.... had pretty good and thick gravy. I just wished it was hotter in temperature cos it turned cold very fast in the airconditioned place.

Then there was the tissue prata which my friend ordered.

It was huge! See! it can't even fit into my picture totally! Very crispy, the drizzle of milk made it taste a little sweet and an extra fragrance. I like that. Something to enjoy with your love ones. Kind of fun to eat a tissue prata together.

Encik Tan

Hi Encik Tan!

this shop with really nice old time coffeeshop setting is at Kallang Wave.
They serve many delicious Chinese food such as popiah, oyster omelette, carrot cake, desserts like chendol etcetc

I had wonton noodles:

The chilli's not spicy though...so when you are there, you may want them to add more chilli into your noodles.
I haven't got to try other food there as I was rushing to go home after a workshop.
Next time! This hungry librarian shall eat more from Encik Tan next time :D