This XO Minced Meat Noodle (XO 肉脞麵) at Sembawang Shopping Centre used to be a cheap place to sate the hunger. But not anymore after they revamped the menu (shown below is the old menu) by coming up with small, medium and large portions range. For the same price I used to pay, I am getting a small portion which is way lesser than previously.
Mum got her Laksa (叻沙), a popular dish in Singapore, containing influences from Chinese, Malay, and other cultures. At its core, laksa is a spicy soup comprising the base ingredients of coconut milk, dried shrimp, fishcake, fish balls, fried bean curd puffs, blood cockles and prawns. This bowl doesn’t have prawns and mum don’t like cockles so we asked for it to be excluded. The noodles here is the thick rice vermicelli and topped with finely chopped laksa leaves (Persicaria odorata).
I went with the dry style XO Minced Meat Noodle (XO 肉脞面), opting for thin yellow noodles. For the toppings, it came with minced pork, sliced pork, braised mushroom, fish ball, fishcake, a fried wanton and crispy tempura bits. Mix the noodles up with the savoury brown sauce and tuck in.
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I love food. Big fan of food. am I consistently and constantly hungry. Food is the best thing. Wow. Can’t believe I live on a planet where I can eat and taste. I can bring food for my friends. I can slice it in half. I can make an ugly bacon egg sandwich just for me. I can reheat food. I can melt cheese on chips. I can give my friends the black licorice jelly beans. I can give my cat a tiny piece of chicken from my bowl. I can cook food. I can season grilled foods spicy in separate batches for my friends with a low spice tolerance. Wow. You can eat . you should eat. I love a burger.
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GIFT GIVING
Various from Arcana Twilight, Food Fantasy, and Twisted Wonderland; featured in alphabetical order. Romantic/platonic is unspecified, characters may be mentioned multiple times.
They give you something they think you'd like, or something that reminds them of you. Maybe it's in your favourite colour, maybe it's your favourite food. Whatever it is, it was out on a whim, totally unplanned, unexpected. They didn't care how much it cost that much; if it was something they could pay for and something they know you'd like, they're getting it for you! They really hope you like it.
Alpheratz, Arcturus, Bamboo Rice, Blue Cheese, Cater Diamond, Deuce Spade, Floyd Leech, Kalim Al Asim, Pollux, Soufflé, Sukiyaki, Sweet Tofu, Tempura
Their gift to you something that you might've been mentioning often. They play it off at first, saying how you've been so annoying about it for a couple of days and thought to buy it for you so you won't speak about it anymore. What they won't tell you is that they've secretly been hoping you don't get it; either because they've already prepared it for you and are waiting for the right moment to gift it, or because they ordered it online and it's taking a lot longer than expected to get it. Regardless, they tell you "it's no big deal" when you receive it. They might not say the same about the way your eyes light up while saying thank you. Your happiness is certainly a big deal to them.
Ace Trappola, Alpheratz, Boston Lobster, Leona Kingscholar, Salty Tofu, Turkey, Sebek Zigvolt
Their gift is something you casually spoke about once and never talked about it again; whether you were shy to express your want again or simply didn't think to mention it again didn't matter, as they had already decided to look for it and to surprise you with it later. They're successful, mostly because you likely forgot about ever mentioning it ever again. Did they read your mind? Or perhaps they've paid more attention to you and your wants than you realize.
Black Tea, Brownie, Cater Diamond, Jade Leech, Pekking Duck, Realgar Wine, Rook Hunt, Sirius, Vil Schoenheit, Jamil Viper, Vega
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[ID: 3 GIFs of someone preparing a bowl of curry with rice. In the first GIF, they ladle sauce into half a bowl, the other half filled with rice. In the second, they put a line of tempura flakes and a line of red bell peppers on half of the rice. In the third, they use tongs to put shredded beef belly on the rest of the rice, and sprinkle scallions on it. End ID]
beef belly curry (source) :•]
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Brought mum to try the Japanese foods at Tokyo Shokudo (東京食堂) located in Northpoint City. This restaurant chain is halal certified so all the pork ingredients had been replaced with chicken. Browsing through the menu, I picked their recommended tempura rice dish while I chose ramen for mum.
The Signature Tendon (特製天丼) priced at S$13.90++ came piled with an assortment of fried battered prawn, fish, vegetables and a sheet of nori or seaweed. As I lifted out some of the crispy tempura items to get to the rice below, there it is, a hidden fried egg still warm with oozing egg yolk! Mixed the yolk into the rice and proceeded to devour the donburi.
The portion in mum’s Chicken Cha Shu Yuzu Ramen (鶏チャーシューラーメン) seems underwhelming considering it cost the same S$13.90++. Unfortunately, mum didn’t take to the ramen with modern twist. She found the yuzu and ramen combination flavours strange so she didn’t finish her meal. :(
Menu courtesy of Tokyo Shokudo.
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人参と人参の葉っぱと玉ねぎのかき揚げ、チャーハン、ミニトマトと三つ葉のお吸いもの。
Kakiage & Fried Rice Dinner - June 2023
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