Zhong Yu Yuan Wei Wanton Noodle @ Tiong Bahru Market & Food Centre

For the seek of planning the next Hawker Trail at Tiong Bahru Market & Food Centre, I went back to the food centre to check out some of the stalls and also to make sure that they are open on Sunday. Maureen was kind enough to help me out and so we were down at the food centre to have lunch and did some inital planning.

Char Siew Wanton Noodle 4.5/5

After waiting for a good 30 minutes, the bubbly Maureen came running to me with a plate of Char Siew Wanton Noodle ($5). Derrick! Derrick! I got the "Bu Jian Tian Char Siew (不见天叉烧)" I was like question marks all over my face. She explanined to me that this is the part of the pig that does not see the sky, the pig's armpit. It was the last piece which the stall owner wanted to save it for himself but was kind enough to sell it to her.

Indeed the Char Siew was beautifully marbled with a layer of fats around it. The char siew is more tender and juicy with a well marinated colour and a tad of charred aroma. I am afraid I have raised the bar for a good piece of char siew after having Bu Jian Tian Char Siew.


Zhong Yu Yuan Wei Wanton Noodle (忠于原味云吞面)
Tiong Bahru Market & Food Centre
30 Seng Poh Road
#02-30
Singapore 168898
Nearest MRT: Tiong Bahru (EW Line), Outram (EW Line, CC Line)

Opening Hours:
Daily: 1030am - 3pm
(Closed on Fri)

Direction:
1) Alight at Tiong Bahru MRT station. Take Exit A or B. Head east on Tiong Bahru Road towards Jalan Membina. Walk down Tiong Bahru and turn right onto Kim Pong Road. Turn left onto Lim Liak Street. Walk to destination at the end of the street. Journey time about 10 minutes.

2) Alight at Outram MRT station. Take Exit A or C. Walk to bus stop opposite Outram MRT station (Stop ID 06011). Take bus no. 33, 63, 75, 851 or 970. Alight 1 stop later at Blk 55 Tiong Bahru Road. Walk to destination about 200 meters away. Journey time 8 minutes.

Japanese Gourmet Journey @ Liang Court

Singaporeans favourite pastime has to be shopping and fooding. Last Sunday, courtesy of AsiaMalls Management I was down at Liang Court with Celes, Charlene and Zhihao to indulge in a Gourmet Journey at Liang Court. The Gourmet Journey at Liang Court runs from 6 to 29 July 2012.

Liang Court is like a little food heaven with 20 yummy tenants. Make your way down to Liang Court between 6 to 29 July and enjoy special promotion from these tenants. Example you can get 1 for 1 Korean Citron Juice from Each-a-Cup, 20% off Vietnamese drip creative coffee, 1 for 1 subs at Subway before 11am and more. Please refer to the Gourmet Journey brochure for more details. Terms and conditions applied.

If you love your Japanese snacks and food, come on down to Liang Court to check out the Meidi-Ya Food and Kitchenware sales.

Many of you may known of Tampopo at Liang Court. However did you know that the Tampopo group has opened Dulcet & Studio at Liang Court? This cosy cafe has an airy and spacious interiors where diners can relax within. The cafe is also home to a Cooking Studio that rents out its space for private events and cooking demos for up to 30 people.

After meeting up with the Celes, Charlene and Zhihao, we had a quick lunch at Dulcet & Studio before checking out a series of programmes at Liang Court from 1pm to 6pm.

After our lunch, we met this group of masked performancers making their way to the stage. A series of performances will be held on the weekend at 1pm. The sunday I was there, we watched the Mask Dance and Japanese Lion (Shishimai) dance performance.

The masked performancers on stage performancing. Their smiling masked face and performance brought lots of laughter and smile to the shoppers.

This masked little boy in the audiences caught my attention.

He was so engrossed watching the Japanese lion dance performance on stage.

He even went closer to check out the lion...is it sleeping?

I am NOT scare of you...face off between little boy and the lion.

Check out the smile from the audiences, they definitely enjoyed the performances. The performance was cultural interesting giving me an insight of the Japan culture. There are another 2 performances in the coming weekend. They are Special Miyake Daiko and Minyo, Japanese Folk Dance performance on 21 Jul 2012 Sat and 22 Jul 2012 Sun respectively.

There is also a colouring corner for the kids. The Gourmet Journey Coloring Book for Kids is a good way to keep them happy and occupied at the same time learned about the different Japanese food.

Next up was the Subway Tasters Challenge. The participants just need to spend a minimum of $20 in a single receipt to take part. The participants needed to guess the ingredients and sauces in the Subway subs. All participants will get a chance to dip in the Gourmet Draw with prizes. Winner getting 4 drawing chances, 3 for 1st runner up,  2 for 2nd runner up and 1 for consolation. Hence every participant will walk away a winner.

Zhihao was quite sporting to take part in the challenge. Coming last he still walked away a winner with a Sake Set from the Gourmet Draw.

Root Beer with Gelato

Strawberry Brownie Crepe

Chocolate Banana Crepe

I was kind of hungry and tried after spending the past 3 hours checking our the events at Liang Court. Celes and me went to take a snack break at Mazazu Crepe while Charlene and Zhihao did more shopping. Mazazu Cafe is a local franchise of the Japanese crepe chain, Mother's Crepe and Cafe. It offers shoppers a quick meal on the go. The eggy and buttery crepes can be filled with ingredients of your choice.

There were many things you can do at Liang Court besides Food and Retail. You can also pamper yourself with a leg massage, manicure or spa. Time really flies quickly and it was dinner time. A word of advice if you want to have dinner at Liang Court, you have to make reservation. Almost every restaurants were full. We even have to resort to putting our contact in the waiting list with 3 restaurants.

Okinawan Diner Nirai-Kanai was the first among the 3 restaurants to ring us that a table is available. We quickly made our way to the restaurant as we were all hungry after a long day at Liang Court. The cuisine is an interesting blend of Chinese, Polynesian and Japanese influence. I really enjoyed the cuisine and I would love to come back again to try the other dishes on their menu.

If you spend $120 in a maximum of 2 same-day receipts, you can redeem an adorable Sushi Cushion, while stocks last. Terms and condition applied so do check with the customer service. You can find out more of the Gourmet Journey at Liang Court here.

Lastly a big thanks to AsiaMalls Management for the vouchers.


Liang Court
177 River Valley Road
Singapore 179030
Tel: +65 63367184
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/Liang-Court/167594286594604
Website: www.liangcourt.com.sg