Set Lunch @ Ah Hoi's Kitchen, Traders Hotel

Ah Hoi's Kitchen

@ Traders Hotel, 1A Cuscaden Road

5 "L's" - (L to R) William Lim, Richard Lim, Phillip Lim, Dick Lee & Lim Seng

Double Boiled Peanut Soup with Chicken & Dried Cuttlefish

Ah Hoi's Special Bento Set (Prawn Ngoh Hiang,  Honey Glazed Chicken, Wok Fried French Beans with Dried Shrimps & Steamed Rice)

Spicy Bento Set (Tahu Goreng with Spicy Peanut Sauce, Sambal Kangkong, Chicken Curry &   Steamed Rice)

Singapore Bento Set (Hokkien Spring Roll, Poached Tender Kampong Chicken, Shanghai Green with Oyster Sauce & Fragrant Steamed Rice)

 

Today, the four yaukwees, together with another SJI schoolmate, Lim Seng, had our lunch at Ah Hoi's Kitchen located in Traders Hotel. Richard, Ah Seng & William ordered the Ah Hoi's Special Set, while Phillip had the Spicy Set and Dick, the Singapore Set. It was good value @ S$11.90++.

The meal was delicious and spiced up with Ah Seng's humorous nature which was most entertaining. We had coffee at the food court in Tanglin Mall before we went our separate ways. 

Meng Meng Roast Duck - Taman Austin Heights

Meng Meng Roast Duck

Emperor Duck Combination

Sambal Kangkong 

 Crispy Kampung Fish

 Sambal Sotong

 Old Cucumber Soup

Today, the four yaukwees, decided to go Taman Daya for dim sum. But lucky as we always are, it was closed. 

While driving around Austin Heights for an alternative place to eat, Phillip recalled eating at this restaurant with some golf kakis sometime back.

We ordered the above dishes which were very well prepared and tasty. It was a satisfying meal.

Next, we visited My Pharmacy nearby for our usual medicine, followed by grocery shopping at Tesco Supermart in Tebrau City before heading back to Singapore.

It was a short but fun filled trip.

Restoran Gim Cheng - Taman Daya, Johore Bahru

Pork Knuckles

 Lotus Leaf Sticky Rice

Carrot Cake

Pork Ribs

This morning, Dick & William went to JB for lunch. We decided to have dim sum and Dick suggested trying out this eatery which had very good reviews written by a local food blogger. Check out his comments of this place and other interesting eateries in Johore Bahru @ www.johorkaki.blogspot.sg

This place is about 15 minutes drive from JB via the EDL Highway.  We arrived at 11.45am. This corner coffee shop in a sleepy little town has a peaceful ambience, airy and complete with the sound of running water from a nearby drain. Most importantly, it's clean and no warplanes (houseflies) for you to practice your tai chi.

Traditional style pushcarts of dim sum came by our table and we ordered the above dishes. The quality of the food was fresh and surprisingly good. Most of the items have a succulent prawn stuffed in it. Both of us consumed a total of 13 dishes at the cost of Rm50 (S$20) which includes a pot of Chinese tea. Worth considering Round 2.

After lunch, we did some shopping at Holiday Plaza & Taman Sentosa before returning to Singapore.

Earth Jar Treasure Health Soup

 Pots of soup kept in urn

 11 Varieties of soup

 Black Bean Pig's Tail Soup

Rice with Mushroom, Dried Shrimps & Cabbage

A friend of mine read about this unique eatery in the Sunday Times and recommended it to me. 

Today, we took a bus to this eatery at 77 Eating House, Block 22 Sin Ming Road. There are four coffee shops along this block. 

We arrived there at 11am and I settled for the above Black Bean Pig's Tail Soup. I was pleasantly surprised by the soup. It tasted just like those my grandmother used to cook in the 1960's, except for the lack of sliced chye poh. The generous pieces of pig's tail, black beans, black eye peas & herbs made the soup very satisfying. One pot contains about 3.5 rice bowls of soup.

We wanted to try the Teochew Char Kway Teow in the same coffee shop but our tanks were full. Besides this soup stall, the Braised Duck & Mixed Vegetable Rice stalls also have long queues.


The coffee shop a few doors away has a famous Bak-Kut-Teh stall & Ah Or Seafood from Ellenborough Market @ Merchant Road.