Swee Kee (Ka-Soh) Fishhead Noodle House @ Amoy Street

This was lunch last Saturday afternoon with 20 other friends after our Bible Study Fellowship. It was our last meeting for the year and we are going for a break till next year. So we thought we will 'eat' as a closing.

Our food organiser had arranged to go somewhere else, but due to last minute changes, we just came here instead. It is nearer and we don't need to arrange any transport. It's walking distance from where we meet.



First thing that greeted us was mr lard. We have one friend who was saying, are you sure it is lard? It looks like some pickled salted veg or something.

We said it is lard. Try it. He said, "no way jose". Guess what? We kept telling him it's nice, try it, try it, and he tried it like half way through the meal. Guess what? He nearly finish all of it! LOL...



While mr lardy was mostly untouched in the beginning, ms achar was popular. really popular and some even wanted to order more. :-)



So what did we eat?

Their famous Pai Ku Wang. Deep fried pork ribs that's delicious. Dip it in the sweet black sauce. If you are a fan of fried food, I am sure you can finish it all up!



We also had the San Lou Hor Fun. A very nice rendition of this dish.




Another of their signature dish is the prawn paste chicken. Again, fried food lovers will love it. Close your eyes now, think about crispy chicken and when you bite it, it gives out a crispy crunch. The fragrant smell of prawn paste that has been exploded after it hits the hot oil.



We asked if anyone eat bittergourd. We realised that many people like bittergourd! That's really surprising! I thought only those outcast like me eat bittergourd. It seems almost everyone on the table eats it!

So, we had a bittergourd omelet. Not bad. The bittergourd was not dry inside. Still a little wet, the way many of us like it. (we think there's too much eggs and too little bittergourd though!)



We did order another veg, just in case those who did not say they did not like bittergourd was too shy to say it. Sambal Kangkong. Has this become the most common vegetable dish to order in Singapore I wonder....



For the namesake of the shop. We ordered the Fishhead (or in this case, the fish slices) Noodles. They said there's no added milk in their soup. Whitish soup is from the long hours of boiling.
(psst, we think it's so so lah..)



It was a good time of eating and fellowship.

I wonder if our 'food coordinator' will be planning some makan trips while we are having a 'holiday'. (we know the food coordinator is reading... hehe..)


Swee Kee (Ka-Soh) Fishhead Noodle House @ Amoy Street
96 Amoy Street
Singapore 069916

Tel: 6224 9920
Hours: 11:45 - 14:30, 17:30 - 22:45 daily.

Cafe Hacienda @ Dempsey

After the meal in yesterday's post, we thought we would walk around a bit to digest some food before we have drinks. So we 'tried' to walk, but it was just too hot! Barely 10 steps in the heat, we walked into Jones the Grocer. Nice place... Communal Tables, so just like the cafes in Sydney. (eg Bill's).

We thought we could have tea and coffee here. But it was just too packed and so noisy! We looked at some of their stuff, but we were not in the mood to buy anything after a heavy meal. We went over to Dome. Full house. Walked over to B&J, and it was packed too. Arrghh.

Should we go back to TPS to have tea? We thought hard. Suddenly, we turned around and behind us was a big sign board of all the shops and restaurants around. (Did the sign just appeared? haha) We saw Cafe Hacienda and decided we will go there, if it's packed, we shall just go home!

Walked down a block and we came to this place. It was nice and cool inside. There's a lot of people here too, but there's a table empty just for us. The crowd here is more quiet too! Immediately we like this place. I like the books they have there!



I noticed something though after we placed our orders.
No matter how hot the weather is, ladies usually would still order a 'hot drink'. Why?

Momo had Earl Grey Buddha. Oh just look at the lacey tea bag.



Little girl also had a hot drink. I think it was Honey and Lemon.



Aunt needs her caffeine. Her Cafe latte. Yes, also a hot drink.



The guys on the other hand, preferred cold drinks!

Chocolate Crunch. This is a really thick chocolate milkshake! It's full of little chocolate balls inside! Plus a kitkat.



Uncle had the Iced Lemon Tea.



Another thing we notice. Ladies like to have hot drinks, and with their hot drinks, they need to have something to eat.

Cheesecake... I had a tiny bite and it was not bad.



Tiramisu which is quite nice too. Little girl's favourite, but Aunt did not want the little one to eat it, alcohol inside!



The little girl holding the Apple Crumble. This was nice and warm. Perfect to go with their hot drinks.



It's a nice little cafe. There's lots of reading materials here too. To finish reading those books, you might have to come daily for more than half a year!


Let's poll the audience.
On a hot day, do you like hot or cold drinks?


Cafe Hacienda
13 Dempsey Road
#01-07
Singapore 249674
Tel: 6476 2922

The Prime Society @ Dempsey

It was our Uncle's birthday and also our Uncle and Aunt's wedding anniversary. Momo said to me, let it be her treat this time. So Momo was tasked to do the planning. We asked Uncle his choice of cuisine, he said 'Western' (as usual). LOL.

So, it was proclaimeth on the first day in the month of November, in the year 2009 Anno Domini, lunch will be at The Prime Society. The edict was issued but where can ye find horses and horseman to proclaim it? Fret not for the decree was conveyed using the Short Messaging System.

Here we are at TPS.



Looks very classy in here. We were there at around 12 noon and no one's really there yet, so it was nice and quiet. We were looking at the menu and can't decide what to eat! We wanted to try everything!

The 'paper mat' that was in front of us was a diagram of an animal and what are the parts called. There was the pictoral diagram of cow, pig etc. We were talking about what's the nicest part to try and our server came. He was asking if we needed help. We casually asked him what's nice to eat, and he told us something which I could not remember. (I was twittering. haha). Everyone was chatting with the our server.

Suddenly when I look up, our server came back and showed us two pieces of meat. They must have been talking about meat. Ooo... you could see Momo and my cousin's eyes suddenly brightened! These two meat lovers was almost salivating.

The ladies talked further and then our server recommended that we should share a piece of rump steak. They have a special price for it too! He came back in a while and showed us this huge piece of meat with a bone. If we are willing to wait, they will prepare something very delicious for us.

That's it. We said yes. Uncle and Aunt also gave nod of approval and we waited patiently with great anticipation!

(We convince him to let us take a photo of the meat we are eating. No, they don't know who we are... LOL)



So, the meat went off immediately to the kitchen to be slowly cooked for us. Our server came back shortly to take the rest of our orders. We had oysters. Someone the whole table likes it raw. So raw it is...
That's a small glass of sparking water. It's to dip the oysters in if you want to remove the salty taste?



We saw a dumpling dish that had wagyu and wasabi dumplings. Momo wanted to try that, so here's our order. We were told it's usually comes in a bowl, but since we are sharing, the put it in little cups for us. How thoughtful of them.

The soup's warm and comforting. There's the little mushroom inside and it's either Wagyu beef dumpling or wasabi dumpling. The soup made me think of Bovril soup the ones that we eat when we were young. :-)



It was worth the wait. Ah... our Rump Steak ready. The aroma was absolutely captivating. All of us wanted it medium so it was just as we wanted. When we first ordered it we told them our aunt eat meat 'kosher style', ie no blood. No problem. After they serve the meat to us, we chose two nice slices to be brought back to the kitchen to grill it further, just for aunt.



The other view of our piece of meat. The long bone that I took up pretended to be a barbarian and started to bite it. LOL... You wont get to see the photos here. :-p



The sides that comes with the order of the steak:
- French beans and asparagus. So light and delicious.
- Baked potato cubes.
- Grilled Portobello mushrooms.



We had another side dish to go.



This is what I had. So tender, juicy and  love the crust that's so fragrant. (the nice crispy fragrant kind like roast pork). We had 3 kinds of sauce - blue cheese sauce, mushroom and beef jus.



Oh wait, the parts that you get to carve by ordering meat on the bone is also very nice. Those parts are crispy and almost divine.

We also sneaked a peak at Aunt's meat. It was still juicy but just without the clear bloody flowing out. She liked it. But our cousin took a bit and said, I prefer mine with blood. LOL....



Great lunch we had here. Thanks to Momo for treating us to this lovely Sunday afternoon meal.


The Prime Society @ Dempsey
10 Dempsey Road
#01-20
Singapore  247696

Tel: 6474  7427 (concidently 6474 RIBS)
Web: http://theprimesociety.com