Sunday brunch in true Singaporean way is consumed at a hawker centre. Maxwell Market over the weekends is almost like a ghost town with a couple that bother enough to feed the hungry.
Grumpy old men and women over a pot of boiling oil frying dough sticks is quite a regular sight at this stall. At 50 cents per piece, this is one of those stalls "lost and found" and validated by Mediacorp ten times over.
Beng Seng
#01-88
Open early to feed those with a caffeine addiction.
Not the bestest doughsticks around, truly it's about that cuppa kopi gao and youtiao that makes brunch so greasy yet Singaporean.
All things fish cake in noodles, I would prefer my bak chor mee over this anyday but this really isn't too bad!
Ho Kee Pau
#01-45-46
How about lotus paste bun from Ho Kee to sweeten things up? I love their caramel brown lotus seed paste and thick pau skin.
Bring on the weekdays where all stalls are open in full vigour.
Sisaket Thai Food
#01-85
This spot has always been for thai food but Sisaket replaced yet another in this corner. Wildly popular during lunch and even dinner, we were not expecting a gastronomical surprise
Thai Fried Rice ($4.50)
Described as "taking a wok to stir fry the rice", the outlook of the dish was hardly appealing. Wok hei or not, this was a superb dish. Well infused with thai herbs, the tom yum flavour was delicately woven into the dish. Hardly oily, so this is the way that all fried rice dishes should be! Best part is, ingredients were hardly hearty with prawns, squid, egg and carrot but so delicious!
Oriental Stall Duck Noodle Duck Rice
#01-19
I've probably only encountered two memorable braised ducks in hawker centers, one at Dunman Food Center and the other at Maxwell.
Tender loving goodness in every bite. Power goes to the chilli sauce that is by no means ordinary - the difference between chilli sauce from a duck rice stall and chicken rice stall is then, the latter is accompanied by ginger and is usually spicier than the former. Nonetheless, my only lament is - I should have bought a bigger portion!
Ye Lai Xiang Tasty Barbecue
#01-94
Hainanese style western food is what makes this stall tick. With origins dating back to 1971 at Tanglin Halt Market, it has made a couple of relocations to Commonwealth Crescent Food Centre and subsequently Commonwealth Avenue Cooked Food Centre. Queues are brisk and as neverending as the Teochew Porridge stall just doors away.
They pride themselves in the specially created sauce - somewhat like ketchup but they label it 'barbecue sauce'.
Chicken Chop ($6)
Two slices of grilled chicken chop doused in their signature sauce and served with a french bun, butter, fries and baked beans. I cannot help but compare this with Wow Wild West from ABC Market with the same price range. I would prefer if it were grilled a tad long over the grill for the added smokey fragrance. A pity the sweet bun was not seared over the grill too. Nonetheless, this is worth a try!
Special Shanghai Tim Sum Tong Xin Ju
#01-92
I have been blown away by Alexandra Food Village's Shanghainese food that I look forward to sussing out the same eats at different hawker centers. They are popular judging from the quick queues that form and takeaways for their famous panfried dumplings. Even in that short time span in the queue, some were dejected upon hearing that their fried rice cake is sold out.
The menu is simple with limited items and I zoomed in on those that appealed.
Spicy Sour Soup ($3)
I was surprised that the lady reached for two bowls and it got me thinking if I ordered it in the wrong size. Then, a bowl so large arrived that further affirmed that it could have been miscommunication but I was wrong. 3 buckeroos for a portion more than enough to feed 4, much less two. Between us, we were filled by just finishing this. It is a starchy spicy and sour soup without the oomph that a chinaman would expect.
Dumplings ($4)
These homemade dumplings were rather ordinary though, I could have been spoilt rotten by Alexandra's.
Joy Feast Beef Noodle
#01-36
Beef Rice and Soup
This rice bowl came with a hearty beef soup which made the rest of the dishes seem promising. The beef rice was a bean sauce laden stew. While the meat cuts were decent, the sauce got to me for being a mismatch with the rice, somewhat savoury and spicy and odd.
Stir Fried Kangkong in Bean Sauce
The same annoying bean sauce was used to fry kangkong. Laced with an occasional spike of spice, this would have been tons better fried with belachan.
Lao Ban Soyabean
#01-91
Original ($1.50)
I was surprised to find this open after 8pm on a weekday and with stock! They seemed to have tweaked the recipe considerably, this time it tasted just like 51 without a trace of bicarbonate that coats the teeth and tongue uncomfortably. A perfect antidote to the scorching night climate. Let's hope it stays this way!
More visits coming my way for sure!
Grumpy old men and women over a pot of boiling oil frying dough sticks is quite a regular sight at this stall. At 50 cents per piece, this is one of those stalls "lost and found" and validated by Mediacorp ten times over.
Beng Seng
#01-88
Open early to feed those with a caffeine addiction.
Not the bestest doughsticks around, truly it's about that cuppa kopi gao and youtiao that makes brunch so greasy yet Singaporean.
All things fish cake in noodles, I would prefer my bak chor mee over this anyday but this really isn't too bad!
Ho Kee Pau
#01-45-46
How about lotus paste bun from Ho Kee to sweeten things up? I love their caramel brown lotus seed paste and thick pau skin.
Bring on the weekdays where all stalls are open in full vigour.
Sisaket Thai Food
#01-85
This spot has always been for thai food but Sisaket replaced yet another in this corner. Wildly popular during lunch and even dinner, we were not expecting a gastronomical surprise
Thai Fried Rice ($4.50)
Described as "taking a wok to stir fry the rice", the outlook of the dish was hardly appealing. Wok hei or not, this was a superb dish. Well infused with thai herbs, the tom yum flavour was delicately woven into the dish. Hardly oily, so this is the way that all fried rice dishes should be! Best part is, ingredients were hardly hearty with prawns, squid, egg and carrot but so delicious!
Oriental Stall Duck Noodle Duck Rice
#01-19
I've probably only encountered two memorable braised ducks in hawker centers, one at Dunman Food Center and the other at Maxwell.
Tender loving goodness in every bite. Power goes to the chilli sauce that is by no means ordinary - the difference between chilli sauce from a duck rice stall and chicken rice stall is then, the latter is accompanied by ginger and is usually spicier than the former. Nonetheless, my only lament is - I should have bought a bigger portion!
Ye Lai Xiang Tasty Barbecue
#01-94
Hainanese style western food is what makes this stall tick. With origins dating back to 1971 at Tanglin Halt Market, it has made a couple of relocations to Commonwealth Crescent Food Centre and subsequently Commonwealth Avenue Cooked Food Centre. Queues are brisk and as neverending as the Teochew Porridge stall just doors away.
They pride themselves in the specially created sauce - somewhat like ketchup but they label it 'barbecue sauce'.
Chicken Chop ($6)
Two slices of grilled chicken chop doused in their signature sauce and served with a french bun, butter, fries and baked beans. I cannot help but compare this with Wow Wild West from ABC Market with the same price range. I would prefer if it were grilled a tad long over the grill for the added smokey fragrance. A pity the sweet bun was not seared over the grill too. Nonetheless, this is worth a try!
Special Shanghai Tim Sum Tong Xin Ju
#01-92
I have been blown away by Alexandra Food Village's Shanghainese food that I look forward to sussing out the same eats at different hawker centers. They are popular judging from the quick queues that form and takeaways for their famous panfried dumplings. Even in that short time span in the queue, some were dejected upon hearing that their fried rice cake is sold out.
The menu is simple with limited items and I zoomed in on those that appealed.
Spicy Sour Soup ($3)
I was surprised that the lady reached for two bowls and it got me thinking if I ordered it in the wrong size. Then, a bowl so large arrived that further affirmed that it could have been miscommunication but I was wrong. 3 buckeroos for a portion more than enough to feed 4, much less two. Between us, we were filled by just finishing this. It is a starchy spicy and sour soup without the oomph that a chinaman would expect.
Dumplings ($4)
These homemade dumplings were rather ordinary though, I could have been spoilt rotten by Alexandra's.
Joy Feast Beef Noodle
#01-36
Beef Rice and Soup
This rice bowl came with a hearty beef soup which made the rest of the dishes seem promising. The beef rice was a bean sauce laden stew. While the meat cuts were decent, the sauce got to me for being a mismatch with the rice, somewhat savoury and spicy and odd.
Stir Fried Kangkong in Bean Sauce
The same annoying bean sauce was used to fry kangkong. Laced with an occasional spike of spice, this would have been tons better fried with belachan.
Lao Ban Soyabean
#01-91
Original ($1.50)
I was surprised to find this open after 8pm on a weekday and with stock! They seemed to have tweaked the recipe considerably, this time it tasted just like 51 without a trace of bicarbonate that coats the teeth and tongue uncomfortably. A perfect antidote to the scorching night climate. Let's hope it stays this way!
More visits coming my way for sure!
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