Putien @ Serangoon NEX

This year we went to the new Putien outlet at Nex Shopping Mall to celebrate my dad's birthday cum a reunion dinner with my cousins. The front of the restaurant is catered for small group of diners while the back of the restaurant partially hidden by the partition is for larger group.

On each table was the Putien Chilli sauce which was freshly made without any preservatives. The chilli sauce was really nice and you can even buy it off the counter.

Putien Chilli Sauce 4.2/5

I ordered a total of eight dishes. The stir fried yam was a simple dish whereby the yams were cut into rectangular shape and stir fried with some sweet sauce. The yams were cooked to perfection neither too hard nor soft and giving it a bit of crispiness.

Stir Fried Yam 4.2/5

The sea cucumber was my mum's favourite. I noticed her helping herself to several servicings. Besides the sea cucumber, theree were broccoli, roast pork, mushroom and chestnut in the dish.

Claypot Sea Cucumber with Chestnut

The sweet and sour pork was probably one of the best in town. Unfortunately I was late in snapping the picture and the lychees were gone.

Sweet and Sour Pork with Lychees 4.2/5

The shrimp roll surprised everyone at the table. It was the largest shrimp roll we have ever seen. It was really good but the size of it did not encourage us to go for more pieces.

Shrimp Roll 4.2/5

This is my first time ordering the deep fried chicken with garlic at Putien. It was also the dish I ate the most. The crispy golden skin was very yummy. Although it was deep fried, the meat was still moist and tender.

Deep Fried Chicken with Garlic 4.5/5

Unlike the commonly known Lor Mee which is starchy and dark in colour. Putien Lor Mee is white and soupy. It is one of their signature dishes and my favourite too.

Lor Mee 4.5/5

The Spinach with three eggs is a dish which I usually order when I dine at a Chinese restaurant. Putien's Spinach with Salted Egg and Century Egg in Supreme Stock was the best I have eaten.

Spinach with Salted Egg and Century Egg Supreme Stock 4.5/5

I ordered this dish because my younger sister wanted it. I only ordered 2 buns (the minimum order) since only she wanted it. The dish came with plastic gloves to stuff the shredded meat in between the bun. I took a bite of the shredded meat and it was so so only.

Shredded Meat with Bun 4/5

Putien
Serangoon NEX
23 Serangoon Central
#02-18/19
Nearest MRT: Serangoon (NE Line, CC Line)

Poy Kee Yong Tau Foo @ People's Park Cooked Food Centre

I was looking for lunch at Chinatown before commencing my Chinese New Year shopping. I roamed around People's Park Cooked Food Centre for a while and noticed the queue at the stall. The stall sells traditional Yong Tau Foo with noodles.

Typical there are 2 types of Yong Tau Foo stalls in Singapore. The modern stall displays a wide variety of selection and usually they are factory produced and mass distributed. The traditional stall sells a standard selection of Yong Tau Foo in each bowl which were usually made themselves.

Poy Kee Yong Tau Foo came with a standard selection of fish ball, bean curd with fish paste and fried bean curd skin with fish paste. My favourite was the fried bean curd skin with fish paste. The noodle also came with anchovies (ikan bilis) which is quite rare.

Yong Tau Foo 4.2/5

Noodle 4/5

Pok Kee Yong Tau Foo
People's Park Cooked Food Centre
#01-1066
Nearest MRT: Chinatown (NE Line, DT Line)