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Punggol Nasi Lemak Centre – Upper Serangoon Review

// April 8th, 2010 // No Comments » // Blogroll, Food, Singapore

Being Malaysian, I’m fairly picky over the quality of my nasi lemak. In Singapore, the definition of nasi lemak is somewhat different from across the causeway. In Singapore, nasi lemak is somewhat a blend of sweet sambal, coconut rice, otak-otak (otah as referred here in SG) and maybe a fried tiny fish or chicken wing. Fellow Malaysian’s would probably agree with me that the Malaysian styli is probably much more enticing, with flowing curry, beef rendang and scorching hot sambals as standard fare.

I have been on the hunt for a similar nasi lemak since I arrived in Singapore 2 years ago. Been to recommendations that were “supposedly” best in town but still no joy. Latest addition, the Punggol Nasi Lemak Centre on Upper Serangoon Road. Decided to drive past at around 1am hoping to skip the queues, but no getting away even at 1am. Fairly quick to clear however.

So did I finally find it?

Nope. Nada. Same ole, same ole. Was it good? Well yeah! Could probably go down as one of the better ones for the “Singapore Styli Nasi Lemak”. Definitely worth a try if you are around the area, but probably not so much if you are gonna go there just for that.

Anyhow, meanwhile, if you are a little like me craving the Malaysian Nasi Lemak, the closest fix is to get it at Old Town Coffee franchises around Singapore.

Punggol Nasi Lemak
965 Upper Serangoon Rd
Opening Hours : 6pm-5am

Singapore Breakfast All Day – Wild Honey, Mandarin Gallery

// March 13th, 2010 // No Comments » // Blogroll, Food, Singapore

Nothing beats waking up on a Saturday morning after a hard week’s work to a nice cuppa and breakfast with fresh morning breeze in your face and warm sunshine on your skin. Something I sorely miss from my days in Sydney. My favourite Saturday hangouts back then were Campos and Urban Bites.

When I moved to Singapore, I enjoyed a style of breakfast which I’d always had growing up. Kaya butter toast, half boiled eggs and steamy hot Teh C. Love it as a daily breakkie for my Mon-Fri grind days, but come the Saturday or Sunday, I still prefer the usual hearty westernized breakfast like I used to love in Australia. So I set out in search for a similar joint in Singapore, and after 2 years, I finally found something worthy! (tried and tested many, none made the cut… )

The place is known as “Wild Honey”. It is located right smack on Orchard Road in a new shopping mall, Mandarin Gallery. This place serves up a variety of breakfasts classified by countries. For example, they have an Italian themed breakfast with frittata, fontina cheese, and tomato. Then they have a Tunisian breakfast with chorizo, eggs and tomato stew. Besides these 2, they have Japanese, English, Mexican and California just to name a few. They don’t have menus and you self-order at the counter. Alternatively, their pictorial menus are loaded onto 2 x iPod Touch near the ordering counter. This is really borderline funky / annoying. It is a fairly small joint, so it is best to go early to put your name down and go for a stroll. Coffee is fairly good at Wild Honey. They use Australian Roasted Vittoria Coffee, which I’m used to. However, I must say that the serving sizes aren’t all that huge, and you don’t really get to customise your breakfast anyhow you want it (or at least I didn’t try, pretty much just the sets). While the breakfast is good, they also don’t have the Aussie favourite. Vegemite toast and maybe a bacon and egg sandwich topped with BBQ sauce.

For me, this is as close as it gets to “fresh morning breeze and warm sunshine with good breakfast”, or if you prefer “cool air-conditioning and warm downlights with good food”. I do highly recommend this place. And btw, did I mentioned that breakfast is “ALL DAY”?! Enjoy.

Wild Honey
Mandarin Gallery,
Orchard Road, Singapore.
Telephone: +65 62353900

www.wildhoney.com.sg

Note : Didn’t bring my camera, so I just nicked photos from their site.