Archive for September 2008
Maxwell Food Centre
And so we’re back. After some irrelevant posts for our last few entries dating back to last December (tsktsk), here’s one written in the true sense of the makantrail spirit! (Applause pls)
We decided to go back to Maxwell food centre again because sadly I’ve not tried Tian Tian Chicken Rice despite telling myself I should eons ago.
And so bearing a runny nose with a sneeze rate of 20/min, I went to meet the 2 hungry losers guys to fill our empty stomach with yummy local food.
Frankly, 1:00 pm is not a good time to visit the place because it was frigging lunch hour and the queues at the stalls are insanely long. 11:00 am would be a good time because it’s not the mass lunch hour and all the stalls should be open.
So after camping around and finally securing a table for ourselves, we went ahead to queue up for the food.
And here’s what we came back with.
Tian Tian Chicken Rice
Chin Chin Porridge
Char Kway Teow
Don’t be fooled by the appearances. 1 second after this was taken, we began devouring the food like hungry wolves. Can you see the hunger in our eyes?
Still full of ingredients after we’re halfway through it.
On to the reviews!
WL: The chicken rice was not particularly nice neither was it bad. Maybe because it was left on the table for quite some time while we waited for the porridge. (Curse the long queue!) But the sauce at the bottom thick with oil and chicken juices was particularly flavourful. The chilli if I remembered correctly was quite refreshing, not too spciy but it still has a subtle sting and sourish tinge that lead the way for subsequent helpings.
PB: It tastes different from the last time i ate, which i can conclude that they might not be very consistent, i tasted better and also lousier servings. Not really worth it since you going to be prepared to queue for more than half an hour!!!! (3.5/5)
WL: Onto the porridge! This is the first time I’ve tasted such smooth porridge. Seriously it was real smooth. If it was sold at a desert stall, they would have called it rice paste along with yam paste and black sasame paste. Along with generous amount of century eggs, pork and garnishing, every spoonful is like the first spoonful! Pity we didn’t buy doughsticks to go along with it.
PB: This porridge really rulez! is extremely smooth till u can find a grain of rice in it. Together with their tasty ingredient, this ought to be one of the best porridge we have eaten. Haha but do be patient while queing for it, else you might get a high blood pressure before tasting it 
(4/5)
WL: The fried kway teow honestly tasted normal and was a little cold when we got around to eating it. (Thanks to the #$%#$ long queue for porridge again).
PB: haha Just like any other hawker centre fried kway teow. was bougth just becoz our beloved zi xuan is craving for it….. (2.5/5)
So here you go! Look out for our next entry when it happens!
PB: See you guys next time!
