ABC Brickworks Food Centre

ABC Brickworks Food Centre is located in Bukit Merah District. According to some google search that I have made, this placed used to be the site of a brewery in the 1930s. And the ABC food center got its' name from the Archipelago Brewery Company which was set up in Alexandra road in 1931.

I got to know this place from the food review introduction by "U-weekly - 优1周" magazine on their 196 issues in September 2009 on Penang Laksa - 槟城辣沙. I remember there used to be a Penang Laksa stall near our area many years back and I still can re-called the taste of it's sweet and spicy soup.

Today, based on the information given in the magazine, we managed to find Jason Penang Cuisine which is located at #01-113 in the ABC food center. The signboard and colour of the stall was kind of attractive in "Bright Yellow" colour as it easily caught our attention. After finding a good place to settle down, I went forward to take a look at their menu on what are their speciality.

Although from the photo, you might not find the dish as appetising as it look, but when you give it a try, you might like it according to your preference. To me, the soup is still not to the standard that I expected it to be. But overall, you still can give it try for the small size portion. Other than their famous Penang Laksa, I also saw some good reviews on their Penang Cha Kuey Tiao. Maybe we might give it a try next round when we visit this market again.....


Walking around the food center, we spot this Western cuisine stall known as "WOW WOW WEST" where they have this HUGE Cheese Sausage that caught our attention. The atmposher of the stall makes me feel like I am having western food in a foreign country...... Look at the texture of the cross section of the cross section of the sausage, isn't it look great!

Wow Wow West
Unit number: #01-133

Other than their signature Pork Cheese Sausage, they also have a good range of Western set dishes like, Chicken Chop, Chicken Cutlet, Pork chops, Steaks, Fish N Chips and etc. We saw that most of the table around the stall are having Chicken Chop, so without hesitate we also order a plate of it which is served with huge portion of chicken cutlets, crinkle-cut fries, beans and salad. The chicken cutlet is well cooked and it is drenched in a tasty black pepper sauce that left you to crave for more.

For those who stays or work around this area, I am sure you have tried most of their dishes and agreed that the portion is really huge to be handle by one person :)

Hearty Sakae Dinner

Tonight Grandma is not preparing any dinner as she is caught up with some church activities. On the other hand, Rey was excited as he can look forward to grab some of his favourite snack outside rather than his usual meal. But we were rather too tired to think of where to go for dinner after a long day at work. So Rey suggest that he wanted to eat his favourite Sakae Sushi...........

As I still have some credit in my Sakae Card, we decided to head for Sushi Dinner as what Rey has suggested. We reached there about 8pm and Rey is already too hungry to wait for his favourite Tamago to be "appear" on the conveyor belt. So he starts off with 2 plates of his 2nd favourite on the list - "Kanikama"(which is sushi rice topped with cooked imitation crabmeat)

While waiting for our orders to be served, we kick off with this little treat before meal. Initially I thought of getting the Lychee flavour which we had previously, but it's not available today. So the waitress recommend us to try this Strawberry flavour instead. Overall it still taste great but I still prefer the Lychee Flavour maybe due to it's light and refreshing fragrant :)

Everyone of us loves the Gari(Ginger Pickle) that is available in Sakae. It is say that these ginger pickle is used to freshen the palate between sushi bites as well as aids the body in digestion. I love the sweet and sour taste that goes well especially with salmon and deep-fry stuffs. So next round when you are in Sakae or any Japanese Restaurant do look-up for this special little treat that you might fall in love with.

Tonight we are not having any sushi other than Rey's having his Kanikama. I order Tempura Udon because I feel like having something soupy rather than rice and Rey also can have one of his Tempura Prawn (天婦羅) to go with his sushi.

On and off I do see people ordering this Salmon Don which is a bowl of sushi rice top with generous amount of fresh Salmon slices, cucumber, lemon and a spoonful of Fish roes and some nori strips. This set cost S$7.99 comes with a bowl of Miso Soup which is great for it's value.

Ji De Chi

There are all kinds of Hong Kong style dessert stalls around Singapore and just in Chinatown area, there are about 4 or more stalls. Like in People's Park Center, located a corner of the second floor, you will find "Dessert Hut - 甜品小屋" and "Tong Shui - 糖水". Today we are going to take a look at this stall known as "Ji De Chi - 记得吃".

Upon looking at the menu, we actually wanted to try their Durian Bake Puff Roll, but we were informed that it is out of stock. So we settle for this "Mango in Sticky Rice Roll - 芒果糯米卷". We will quite disappointed with the item that is being served, from the photo you can see that the rice roll is so thick and it's kind of hard which is not as good as it look. I am not sure whether does it taste the same in all the 3 outlets or maybe in certain days, it might just taste soft and nice.....Em...maybe have to take a risk to order another time in a different outlet.

Whenever I visit any of these Dessert stalls, there are always two items that I will order, it is either Almond Paste of Mango Pomelo. And I have read from magazine review that there is something special about their "Almond Paste With black Glutinous Rice Ball - 杏仁糊加黑糯米球". Apart from the normal Almond Paste, they actually add a scoop of the Black Glutinous Rice in it to enhance the taste and fragrance.

Here comes my serving on this "Durian with Pomelo Sago - 榴莲飘香". I have being eying the poster of this dessert outside the stall for quite sometime whenever we walk past during lunch hour...... And today, I finally have a chance to try out their signature Durian dessert. It consists of Durian Paste, fresh durian flesh, sago and some fresh pomelo. Em... although the taste was great, but I think I still prefer the Nonya Durian Pengat.

If you are looking for some new desserts to try on or some light tea-time snacks like Yam cake, Rice Dumpling, Chee Cheong Fun and etc. You might like to give one of their 3 outlet a visit when you are free at:- Jurong Point(New Wing), Liang Seah St or Chinatown Point.

Old Airport Road Food Centre

Old Airport Road, Block 51 Market & Food Centre is located somewhere near Geylang. In this food centre you can always see people queuing at most of the popular stalls like Cha Kuey Teow, Prawn Noodles, Wanton Mee and etc. Today, we happen to drop by that area due to the Church service at the in-door stadium.

There are really too many choices of food to choose from, I was so excited about those food that I can't decide which food that I want to try out on. While walking around the food center, I saw quite a number of people carrying/buying/eating Otah. After searching around, I found this stall known as "Tan Beng Oath Delight", they have different size of Oath available for your selection and on top of that, they also sell Nasi Lemak. So without hesitate, I grab a pack of Egg and Fish Nasi Lemak together with their famous Otah. The Oath taste great and you can either eat it together with the rice or just plain on itself. The lady boss is very friendly and nice, she even gave me a name card and say that we can call to order in bulk for party or BBQ. If you are interested, you can give them a call at: 9436 0738 or 9694 5755.

I recommend this "Xin Mei Congee", a must try at this Food Center, the congee although cost slightly higher in price, but the texture was great. It's so fragrance and smooth when you eat it hot. This stall offer a good range of congee from fish, chicken, meat and etc. And something special about this stall is, they actually made their own deep-fry fritter(you tiao - 油条) which is so crispy and goes well with the congee. My boy who is a picky eater, finished almost half of the congee and the you tiao which he comments is nice and tasty.

Facing the main road entrance of the Carpark, there are two Prawn Noodle stalls together in the same row just a few stalls away from each other. The one that we decided to try is this "Albert Street Prawn Noodle" while the other down the corner is the "Whitley Road Big Prawn Noodle". We waited for about 15 minutes or so before the noodle was served to our table. The outlook of the noodle seems great, with about 2.5 medium size big prawn that is being cut into half. And from the photo, you still can see there are some egg roe in the prawn and it also comes with some extra chilli powder which you might prefer to add into the soup. Overall, the soup base is sweet, fragrance and worth trying. Perhaps next round, we shall order a bowl from "Whitely Road" stall and see what is the different between the two stalls. But if you have tried both the noodle from both the stall before, maybe you might be able to share with me your view.........