Archive for the '10 dollar lunch' Category

After the Singa­por­ean Style Fish epis­ode, I decided to return to Hoka Res­taur­ant to see if there was some­thing on the menu that excited my taste buds. I ordered as I was get­ting seated and two minutes later, a reg­u­lar Chilli Chicken and rice was on my table. Chilli Chicken con­sisted of chicken, cap­sicum, baby sweetcorn, […]

I was won­der­ing down Wil­liam Street, one lunch­time won­der­ing what to eat, when I spot­ted Hoka’s lunch time spe­cial list which included Singa­por­ean Style Fish & Rice. Intrigued, as I never heard of Singa­por­ean Style Fish before, I walked in as a hungry cyc­list and ordered a large Singa­por­ean Style Fish & Rice for $10.

Ray’s Kit­chen has taken over from Maks Place on Wil­liam Street. Still has the same sig­nage, same tired decor, and an almost identical menu of Malaysian/Singaporean hawker dishes. While I ate spar­ingly at Maks Place, I really enjoyed their Roti and Mur­t­abak, but gen­er­ally found the noodle and rice dishes dis­ap­point­ing. So what did I order first time at Ray’s Kitchen …

Mela

Veget­able Biryani

Still recov­er­ing from a cold, I thought about try­ing to treat my taste buds to some subtle fla­vours for a few seconds, before decid­ing my taste buds need to taste real fla­vours and I made the trek up …

Tak Chee House, Wil­liam Street
Tues­day 3 October

Is my reg­u­lar Tues­day lunch­time status update from me when I check in to the Tak Chee House on FourSquare.

So why do I choose Hain­anese Chicken Rice from the Tak Chee House, every Tuesday …

Franki Nguyen recom­men­ded Tra Vinh to me last year and I made the long trek up Wil­liam Street passed my cur­rent favour­ite Viet­namese Noodle House, Phong Vinh to Bris­bane Streer to Tra Vinh.