Lee Kee Goreng Pisang: Save up your Calories! Bedok Interchange Food Centre Part 7 of 7

With smart, holydrummer and iwatch_ueat


I don't usually eat Goreng Pisang because I try to avoid deep fried, carbo rich food whenever I can. (The worse is the fried Mars Bar which I heard can now be found in Singapore!) However, when I find one as good as this one, I will make an exception!



I always liked my banana cooked. Every tried BBQing a banana? All the sugars inside caramelises and the banana becomes really smooth, creamy and sweet like a custard! Well the same thing happens when you deep fry the banana, except that you get a really crispy outside enclosing that creamy interior. The batter at this store is crispy and thin (which is good as you don't let all the flour) and they use Pisang Rajah which is nice and sweet. 4.25/5

Oh, BTW, iwatch_ueat specially bought the cheaper one (50 cents) and showed us that the smaller bananas were actually much sweeter!



Then we discovered a real gem! These Sweet Potato balls were made of Sweetened Mashed Sweet Potato with Coconut and Gula Melaka inside!! Almost like eating a deep fried Onde Onde! Yummy yum yum! (If they could somehow make the coconut filling wet it would be even more awesomer! sic) 4.5/5

Conclusion

Gotta give the sweet potato balls a try!

Lee Kee
Bedok Interchange Food Centre
#01-70
10am-11pm daily

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Hum Jin Pang: Ikea style Food: Do it yourself and pay less! Maxwell Food Centre Part 8 of 8

With smart, SurprisePocket, jezzz and iwatch_ueat


We almost gave this one a miss. At 7 Hum Chim Pangs for a dollar, I assumed that the people who are lining up were just all very Gian Chia (Love a good deal). The HCPs all looked so small, oily and black that it hardly looked appetizing.



The queue was about 5 persons long, so like Vultures, we just looked, went somewhere else and circled back. There was this lady who was hogging the wok for like more than 20 minutes. You would think she was one of the workers there, except for the fact that she had makeup on and was wearing a 1 color suit. Aiya, sister, you want to fry so badly, you can always buy some oil and do this at home what!! Apparently she bought $10 worth of HCP!! Things people do for a good deal!!



So anyway, I gave up waiting. But fortunately for me, some of my other makankakis were more patient and waited in line.

Unlike most other HCPs, the five spice salt on this one is on the outside of the HCP and the oil in the wok was all black because of all the five spice salt in the oil. After frying, the HCP was dipped into sugar. Phwaaa, the my first bite was like hitting a hole in one! How come nobody else does it this way? The sweet sugar crystals combined with the crispy savoury skin followed by the fragrant soft HCP inside was to die for! Phwaa Lao Ay!! My makankakis who had been waiting in line for so long ended up buying only $1 worth of HCP! What were you all thinking!!

Conclusion

Not just cheap, very cheap. Not just good, very good! And, I am willing to wait the next time I come to Maxwell FC. I think that says it all. 4.5/5

Hum Jin Pang
Maxwell Food Centre
Open 1pm to 8pm









Update 26 Nov 2006: Today I stood in line and waited 20 mins, holding my daughter and shouting at my son to get my $2 worth of HCP!! Still loving it!

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Pancake: Pandan Flavoured Mee Chian Kuay: Maxwell Food Centre Part 6 of 8

With smart, SurprisePocket, jezzz and iwatch_ueat


If you like Mee Chian Kuay, you should give this one a try. This Mee Chian Kuey is different because of the pandan flavouring they used. The skin is soft but at the same time chewy and fragrant. The peanut is good, though I always liked my peanut more sticky than dry. What I like about this one is the nice aftertaste the pandan flavour leaves on your tongue. 4/5

Pan Cake
Maxwell Food Centre
Stall 26
7am to 5pm Daily
7am to 3pm Sunday

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UFO: Unidentified Frying Object: Maxwell Food Centre Part 3 of 8

With smart, SurprisePocket, jezzz and iwatch_ueat


UFOs always appear when you least expect it and this one certainly did. It wasn't on our list of places to eat. We were just prowling along searching for our next makan quarry when it just came out of nowhere and immobilised us with its tractor beam. Oh my! There was a picture of Anthony Bourdain on the front of the stall!! Like mesmerized ruminating cows, we were slowly drawn to the light.

The last time I had Fuzhou Oyster Cake (Its proper name) must have been 20 years ago in Clementi when I still did not have to worry about my cholesterol levels. I remembered savouring every bit of the two UFOs which was all that I could afford at the time. (My parents gave me limited pocket money, which was good as I would be very much fatter if I had more money). But I can still remember how I would crave for it after Junior College.



This is for those who are wondering how a UFO is made. Put half the batter in a ladle, add the coriander, minced pork, prawns and oysters and cover with some more batter. Throw a few peanuts on top and dunck it into a vat of hot oil. Voila!



Absolutely out of this world!! The outside is crispy, but just underneath that crunchy surface the batter is still moist and soft and so tasty, having absorbed that wonderful savoury flavour of the oyster, prawns and minced pork. It just shiokadoodledoooooolicious! 4.5/5

Conclusion

Save up your calories because Resistance is futile!

Maxwell Fuzhou Oyster Cake
Maxwell Road Food Centre
Stall 22
10am to 6pm Daily

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