33 Vegetarian Food : mock chicken rice

Mr Sow, the owner, used to be selling chicken rice at this stall for 15 years together with his wife before he decided to convert it to a vegetarian stall in 2014 after he and his wife became vegetarian. This is not the usual vegetarian stall as they do not serve fried bee hoon nor economy mixed vegetable rice. Their menu consists of all sorts of mock chicken dishes, like Chicken Burger, Chicken Cutlet, Chicken Nuggets with fries, Curry Chicken Noodle, Thai Chicken, Lemon Chicken, Sweet & Sour Chicken and also Chicken Rice. Their most popular item on the menu is the Healthy Chicken Rice Set ($6.80). It consists of the mock version steamed chicken and roasted chicken made using tofu skin accompanied by a portion of achar and blanched vegetable with vegetarian oyster sauce together with a bowl of soup. I decided to go with the set. 

My dining companion was amazed by how realistically resembles the steamed chicken, it has a layer of jelly-like skin, just like the real stuff. He said, "I would have thought this is the real chicken just by looking at it but it did not quite taste like it." The roasted chicken actually reminded me of those fried beancurd sheets that are usually served with vegetarian fried bee hoon. 

The chilli and ginger paste actually tasted like those at the usual chicken rice stalls, which is good and it definitely enhanced the overall flavor. 

The texture of the rice rather light and fluffy but not as fragrant. That bowl of winter melon soup was quite flavorful though. 

Nonetheless, it is definitely a good alternative for vegetarians that miss eating the chicken rice. I am impressed with such a specially-curated vegetarian menu.

33 VEGETARIAN FOOD

Block 409 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10 #01-33 Teck Ghee Square Food Centre SINGAPORE 560409

Operating Hours: 11.00 am to 8.00 pm (Thu to Mon) / 11.00 am to 6.00 pm (Tue)

(Closed on Wednesdays)

Mei Seng Kway Teow Mee : cheap & good

This stall had the longest queue in the food centre during lunch on a Sunday. I decided to join the queue out of curiosity. There is the option to choose between the dry or soup at $2.50 and $3.00. They might be one of the few stalls that are still selling their bowls of noodles from $2.50. Where else to actually get a bowl of noodles at this price? The light of the signboard went off after I joined the queue. Two of the customers went to queue after me but was told no more and so, I was the lucky one to get their last bowl.

I went with the larger portion of mee pok, it was served along with a bowl of soup that contains ingredients like the fishball, fishcake, sliced meat and minced meat. 

After tossing the mee pok to mix it with the chill and chopped spring onion, my dining companion had his first mouthful and he said, "Their special chill did not taste as spicy as it looked. And, it actually made the mee pok tasted special and different from the others." The noodles were cooked well, it was tender but firm to the bite.

My dining companion tasted the soup and said, "The soup is unexpectedly tasty, it is nice. The combination of the noodles and soup is good." 

Most of their customers actually ordered the dry mee tai mak and it was also the first to run out. I like it enough to want to come back for more.

MEI SENG KWAY TEOW MEE

Block 409 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10 #01-37 Teck Ghee Square Food Centre SINGAPORE 560409

Operating Hours: 7.00 am to 4.00 pm

Dry Mee Sua : Comfort Food at its Best

I could not locate the stall name when i was there to try their Signature Dry Mee Sua for just $3.00. Dry mee sua is not as common as mee pok and mee kia as it required a certain technique to cook it well and to make sure it is done in just the right texture without getting too soggy. It was served with ingredients like minced meat, braised mushroom and fish balls. I have also requested for extra chilli to be added, though not as spicy as i liked it to be but it was quite tasty. 

As they are operating on 24 hrs, this is a good super spot for residents in the vicinity.

Sometimes, such simplicity is what most needed to fill up the stomach, not fanciful but comfort food at its best, live to eat and eat to live.

Block 409 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10 #01-02 Teck Ghee Square Food Centre SINGAPORE 560409

Operating Hours: 24 Hours