Went to Tiong Bahru for makan last Saturday evening. The new market is vastly different from the old, some say it has lost its old character and charm. but it is definitely bigger, airier, less crowded and drier. carpark lots are still hard to come by, the chwee kuey is still the same, except the stall is smaller and the gigantic steamer has disappeared. couldn't find the old zhu za tang that i so loved when i was still wearing the pleated blue uniform.
last night we had a most scrumptious bbq dinner at the original swizzle inn . much much much better than the dinner we had some days back with O and K at the branch in warwick. woo.... i had the char-grilled prime rib and the much famed rum swizzle, while hao-e had the margarita shrimp and strawberry daiquiri. blogging about it brings back nice memories. heh. Oh! C and i found some fresh watercress at the marketplace yesterday. so today's lunch we had watercress soup. i've been yearning for some light clear vegetable soup for some time... especially after a discussion with HL about the lack of vege variety here, and how she spotted kailan on the island! KAILAN !!! how did they manage to get their hands on kailan ?! i was joking with HL that one of the chefs must have secretly brought over some seeds and planted some in his back garden. or else why doesn't kailan appear in the vege aisle of the marketplace as well?! oh, and i bought some canned longan, jackfrui...
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