Arnold's Fried Chicken

There are quite a few restaurants that serve Fried Chicken in Singapore, and one of Mky's favourites from young is Arnold's Fried Chicken, at City Plaza. Although the restaurant looks like a fast-food type restaurant, there is actually staff that serves you, all the way from the greeter who seats you, to you receiving your food at your table. This seems a little confusing at first, but I found out later that the fast-food counters are more for take-out orders and for the end-of-meal payment.

On to the food~! From the many reviews on HungryGoWhere, there are many who rave about Arnold's being the best Fried Chicken in Singapore. And both Mky and I quite agree! Succulent, juicy chicken with the crispy and oh-so-tasty skin as a flavoured accompaniment. (I'll leave the food description to Mky to take over).

And those fries~! Crispy fries that are thicker than your fast-food average - Mky believes that they fry the potatoes with a little of the chicken batter to give it that awesome flavour. I could eat that all day!



Arnold's Fried Chicken
810 Geylang Road
#02-99/101
Tel: +65 6746 2372
City Plaza

Savor Rye La Mian Xiao Long Bao Restaurant

 

We chanced upon this noodle house, and what a surprise find it was, especially for a noodle fiend like me. It seems the cuisine here is Shanghainese and is slightly different from the normal Chinese fare we get elsewhere.  The texture of the noodles is consistent and springy that gives the impression that you're getting your money's worth of carbs in every bite - just the way I love my chinese 拉面 (la mian). haha.. 

Unusually, Mky also likes this restaurant. She doesn't quite share the same enthusiasm that I do for noodles, but this restaurant has one particular dish that is quite unique and rare to see in the Singapore food circuit - Tomato & Egg Noodles. The sauce for this dish is heavy on tomatoes and very tasty (albeit healthy), with wisps of egg floating within the thickened soup. We've been here twice and Mky has ordered the same dish both times. She tends to do this a few times when she finds a dish she likes until the explorer in her starts getting experimental.

 

We tried the 小龙包 (Xiao Long Bao) which was so-so. In comparison with my favourite 小龙包 at Chinatown Food Centre, the skin was too thick dulling the enjoyment of having the warm broth burst out after a delicate bite.

Overall, for a Chinese restaurant, the food is light on MSG - I find myself not getting the post-makan MSG effect - and the dishes are quite competent. One caveat though, the small restaurant has a very limited seating capacity, and if you go at the peak hours, you might find yourself sharing a table with other patrons.


Savor Rye La Mian Xiao Long Bao Restaurant
3 Kampong Bahru Road, Singapore
Tel: +65 6223 5038

Home-Made: Beetroot Couscous/ Quinoa Salad

Mky was inspired to make a couscous salad one weekend. However, she had to hold on to that urge for an entire week due to the lack of time. By the following week, she had so many ideas and was just bursting to get started! In this instance, she mixed in quinoa as well. Presenting, the Beetroot Couscous/Quinoa salad that Mky made!

I'll leave her to describe the process. I vaguely remember the process enough to describe it! It was a very sweet and sour dish, and a great balance of carbo, protein and greens. It can be eaten both warm or cold.

 

For dinner that night, Mky also grilled a few pieces of chicken with tumeric along with a grilled pineapple to supplement the dish. Fantastic!

This last pic shows Mky's own dish, having a little bit of a rabbity flourish to it. =)

Emerald Garden Thai Food

One of our fave eating/drinking places, Bar Bar Black Sheep, is host to a few very interesting food stalls. The original reason we went there was to try out the burgers from Smokin' Frogz. There's also very excellent Indian food there, which we've recently shared with our friends to rave reviews. But seeing as how Thailand has just voted in their new Prime Minister, we'll focus on the Thai outlet called Emerald Garden Thai Food.

Here we have the Papaya Salad. A fantastic dish made fabulous by the sauce used. Mky should be able to explain what it is.

Of course, what would a visit to Bar Bar's be without imbibing an exotic import? We gave the Tetley's Bitter a go, and we liked it - foamy like a Kilkeny.

Me is not a spice-lover, and so Mky will have to describe their Tom Yum soup for you. I can only say there was a lot of seafood in it!

And finally, the dish of the night - the Pork ?? This dish is listed as an appetizer on the menu... and it costs a whopping $12. But considering you're getting a whole lotta tasty meat, its not bad. Mky and I ate it as our shared main with rice. It made a nice balanced meal when eaten together with our other orders.


Emerald Garden Thai Food
@ Bar Bar Black Sheep
879 Bukit Timah Road