Pretty Butterfly

Friday, November 07, 2003

Today....outing with mum to Chinatown....We went to Kreta Ayer Food Centre, the one where the basement has a wet market. i ate Hill Street Chay Keow Tiao, which my mum told me it was nice. i thought it was ok, nothing special. Just 1 row away, nice glutinous rice is sold in the mornings. She gave me a tour around the food centre promptly pointing out the stalls that serve nice food. She showed me the nice "Zhu Cheong Fun" in cantonese, "Zhu Chang Fen" in chinese. It will only open from 6am to 9am and 5pm onwards. From my mum's narration, the man is a grumpy old man.....Just a few rows from the zhu chang fen, claypot rice is supposed to be a delicious find only available after 5pm. Next up, i ate chendol from stall #02-156 which serve hot and cold desserts. The first taste was the obvious fragrance of fresh coconut milk and fresh ingredients in sweet assemble!! Oh my gosh, i'm a hopeless sweet tooth. :) I had to follow my mum go down to the wet market to buy her "yong tao hu", and commented to me nv buy fom stalls nearest the staircase as they tend to be more expensive. After making many twists and turns, we came to the store. My mum just pick out the yong tao hu with such expertise while i look on. After paying, she took out an ice cream tub and fill in those "yong tao hu". Typically auntie, u people must be thinking. Down a few stalls, she bought long beans and cucumbers. After the long winding route out of the market, we past by 18 Sago Street and bought 5 egg tarts from Leung Sang Hong Kong Pastries. They are my fav!!! Later we pop over to Maxwell Market to eat her fav Tian Tian Hainanese Chicken Rice stall 10. She happily ate it and there after brought me several stalls away, a famous Hum Jin Bang stall 28 where hum jin bangost 7 pieces for a dollar. Value for money!! And the fun part is to fry the hum jin bang urself, self service, later packing urself. They are 2 flavours, sweet and salty ones. Both have their merits!! So why wait and drool. Let's go eat!!!!

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