Monday, September 10, 2007

Redhill Curry Rice: Everything is good!

With iwatch_ueat, liverpool and SCS Butter


I am so glad that SCS Butter recommended this Curry Rice stall to me. When I eat at an economic rice stall, I usually order the same old dishes, namely Egg Tofu, Sweet and Sour Pork, Vegetables and maybe the curry chicken. Humans are such creatures of habit, or is it that we simply prefer to stick with what we know rather then venture into untested territory?

Anyway, I am so enamored with this particular Curry Rice stall because their selection of dishes are a little different from the rest and almost every dish here is really shiok! Seriously, if you arrange just a bit of each dish on a single plate and decorated it nicely, you could have a 10 course degustation menu!

The first thing that got my eyes wide open was the sambal which you scoop for yourself. My first taste of it was that "What the heck did they put in this" holy grail experience. After that, I was sold on the rest of the dishes. The sambal was sweet and tasted like its got chye poh inside, but the stall owner assured me that there isn't any in it. I could simply have the rice and the sambal and be really happy. 4.75/5 (Because it is not spicy, may people may not even consider this sambal and may disagree with this rating. But for me, it was sweet, savoury and super shiok)

Then there was the crispy pork which are almost like eating chewy Keropok (Fish Crackers). The contrast between the crispy pork and the soft rice drenched in savoury curry must be one of those "ahhh, I needed that" experience when you are really hungry. 4.25/5



This might look like Tau Pok (Fried Bean Curd) but it is not. It is their homemade fish paste wrapped in Tau Kee (Dried Bean Sheets) braised in a soy based sauce. The homemade fish paste is made from Batang fish and has excellent flavour and texture. I just loved the way the Deep Fried Tau Kee soaks up that tasty gravy! 4.5/5



Although this Curry Rice stall reminded me somewhat of the Hainanese Style Curry Rice, the owners are Teochew, not Hainanese and the food is not typically Teochew either. Except for maybe this Braised Pork which was one of the best I ever tasted. The texture was "melt in your mouth" perfect and the "Kiam Pang" flavour of the Pork really lingers at the back of your tongue after you swallow the tasty morsel. If only three layer pork was not bad for you! I could just savour a few slices of these with Steamed Buns! 4.5/5



Finally, the Fish Rolls. As I said earlier, their fish paste is made from Batang Fish which has a different taste from many places that use Yellowtail. The texture is soft but bouncy at the same time. They also added a bit of minced meat into the paste. Very very good. Must try this! 4.5/5

Conclusion

Everything is good! No Kidding! I'll be back again and again and again!

Redhill Curry Rice
Redhill Market and Food Centre
Blk 85 Red Hill Close
#01-95 (Facing Main Road)
10.30am to 9.30pm
Sunday Closed
96523471
Recommended by SCS Butter

15 comments:

liverpool1965 said...

Will go back for the fish rolls and braised pork. Crispy pork a bit too dry for my liking...:)

ieat said...

They have the normal pork chops under the counter! They don't have space to display everything! Oh and the Chap Chye was also very good.

SCS butter said...

There's a mixed vegetable thats quite good too. Didn't see it that day.

Dawn said...

talking about curry rice. Here is a stall which I love- hainanese chicken chop curry rice. You can go try it. I know it is open for lunch. Not sure about dinner.

check out my blog entry on it
http://dawnling.blogspot.com/2007/08/best-chicken-chop.html

ieat said...

Yes you are the 2nd or 3rd person to mention this stall, which means that I really do need to check it out soon. Any makankakis interested this Thursday? I just rang them and they are open up till 8pm.

passerby said...

you should try out the curry rice beside bukit ho swee market. its underneath a hdb block. after tasting that you will know that redhill market is overated.
:)
address should be: 40 Jalan Bukit Ho Swee SINGAPORE 160040

Anonymous said...

Their sotong is nice and tender too.

ieat said...

Ay SCS Butter, maybe you should check out this place recommended by passerby eh since you are the one who recommended this Redhill Curry Rice?

happybelly said...

yes scs butter, why dun you do a special report, like a guest reporter.. :)

ladyironchef said...

yep.. this store is definitly one of the better economic rice store around, and the price is cheap : )

The Dictator said...

i had my dinner yesterday there. It really suits my liking coz i dont like spicy food! Not spicy at all!

The crispy pork chop is really good, better than another famous stall i ate. My dad always bring me to that stall and pple queue up for their pork chop.

Sadly, not many people can appreciate good food and best of all, they think they can.

YJ said...

harlow ieat!

u should try the khoon khee big prawn mee.. (kun ji).. v fresh prawn, with pork ribs, noodles.. selling at $3. soup also v sweet.

the mixed porridge at the dim sum stall also v delicious, a few ingredients mixed together only $2 (add 20 cents if take away i think).

also muz try fei zai xiang wanton mee~

many people say guang hui zi char stall food v nice.. but i hate to queue for 45 mins just to wait for a pack of fried rice..

u might want to try my recommendations at redhill market again.

Anonymous said...

checked out Redhill FC yesterday, in case you are planning a trip...it's closed for renos..re-opens 21 Nov 2007.

Fried Rice said...

This store not bad...

wallace said...

i went there today. the food was pretty ok, i guess it would be nicer if it wasnt so cold. if only they serve it warm.

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