白鸡尾, livers and egg from Hwa Kee Lemon Chicken Rice (华记柠檬鸡饭)

Re-revisiting Hwa Kee Lemon Chicken Rice and this time is for the 白鸡尾 that never happened in the first time. Competently done meat from the chicken thighs that was tender, layered by a nice application of soya sauce and sesame oil. I'm ranking the fried lemon chicken and this poached one on top among their chicken offerings.

Ye Lai Xiang Teochew Porridge (夜来香潮州粥), Bukit Merah View

We've passed by Ye Lai Xiang Teochew Porridge (116 Bukit Merah View, #01-217) on some occasions but have never encountered a queue as long as this time round when we intended to get some. This was the same coffee shop that houses 吉隆坡正記葉子楣手工包點 and Sheng Ji Fishball Noodle.

Ordered a bunch of dishes that could conceivably be considered favourites amongst the commonly seen offerings from Teochew porridge stalls.

That's fried pork belly that's been marinated with fermented red bean curd (南乳). Not freshly fried by the time we got our portions but the flavour's not bad. I can imagine how much better they might be if we had gotten a fresh batch.

This was chap chye with red fermented bean curd. The stewing liquid has a pink hue which was probably not so obvious in the photo. For the record, that fermented bean curd flavour was there but not in your face.

We love us some hairy gourd (节瓜) with tang hoon sometimes.

Nice salty minced pork with fermented black beans. Rice thieves!

Stewed tau kee (dried beancurd sheets). These aren't the better ones around but it got the job done.

Otah's decent. Would love for them to pack more heat but I'm not complaining.

Farhana West Coast, Tekka Food Centre

Pretty decent Indian rojak from Farhana West Coast (#01-262 Tekka Market & Food Centre, 665 Buffalo Road). The breads were freshly refried on order and that dip was filled with crushed peanuts. What got my attention though were the thick slices of paru goreng. Check out the lattices on them. They were tender like fish cakes. Can you believe it?

BSM in garlic bagel from Two Men Bagel House

Haven't had the BSM from Two Men Bagel House ( 一, 二, 三, 四, 五, 六, 七, 八, 九, 十, 十一, 十二, 十三, 十四, 十五, 十六, 十七, 十八, 十九, 二十) before but apparently that's from the TMBH Classics section of their menu so I guess it's been around. Egg, cheese and bologna with a hint of that maple butter. Breakfast-y. This one was piping hot with the innards spilling out as I ate.

Ms. Durian, Jalan Besar

Heard about Ms Durian (11 Kelantan Road, tel/Whatsapp : +65 6962 0057) so we finally made it down to try...whatever it was they had.

Like their durian coffee which was a cold brew served with an ice ball.

Drink had a good balance between the durian and coffee but neither was particularly potent. Was pretty milky.

Matcha mango milk did not have much mango taste. It was there, just too subtle in the the background.

Breaded fried Brie with fruit compote - nice crunchy exterior with melty insides which was kinda drowned out by both the crunchy exterior and the accompanying compote. I thought this would have been nicer if it was Camembert.

Tom yam pasta had a nice lemongrass flavour. I liked it but it didn't taste particularly tom yam to me.

Most intriguing was their mao shan wang nasi lemak. Most of the flavour in the rice was from the durian and not coconut and we couldn't definitively tell what type of durian it was. Wouldn't have associated nasi lemak with it. Fried chicken was nice. Most awesome item on the plate was...*drumroll*...the fiery sambal which I wasn't sure what they expected us to use on. I ate it with the egg and cucumbers because I didn't want to waste it and it did not make sense with the rice.

Mao shan wang ice cream puffs were not bad but were puny. Two biter max.

There was a whiskey mao shan wang cake which didn't contain the slightest hint of whiskey. Lovely cake but overpriced.

Durian tiramisu was pretty good though. Both the durian mousse and espresso were potent and balanced. Wouldn't expect to see a concoction like this at any part of the world aside from our sunny shores and northern neighbour.

Fong Hup Koka Noodle (豐合可口麵), Jalan Bukit Merah

Decent bowl of tom yum Koka noodle from Fong Hup Koka Noodle (Detian Coffee Shop, 28 Jalan Bukit Merah) with a spicy tangy tomato flavour. There's marinated minced and slice pork (and a hidden egg) in it but the quantity of meat felt somewhat sparse. I liked that they did not overcook those noodles. Not as awesome as I recall from the bowl at Hai Xian Zhu Zhou though.