#285 - All Hawker Food Friday

 I think the haze 2 weeks back and the sudden

changes in the weather have given me the worst

flu of all time. So last Friday, I finally decided

to surrender the fight and went to the Polyclinic.

 

The line at the Polyclinic was surprisingly short

and I was seen by the doctor and was released with

an armful of medications earlier than expected.

 

The doctor promised me that taking said medications

will result in me being very drowsy ... heh that's not

good right? I better do things before I become very

sleepy.

 

So I went to Vertex and decided to check out what 

10$ can buy me LOL. It turns out I can't buy much

with 10$ ... and so I decided to just pig out. Food is

always there to make one happy :-)

 

Anyway, off I went to Lavender area, to be precise

the Army market at Beach Road.

 

Lunch was at the Thai Experience hawker. This

hawker is difficult to miss since it faces Golden Mile

and is always surrounded by Thais which seem to

be content with the cooking here. Needless to say

the food is authentic Thai and you only need to

see all the Thais eating at this place to believe me.

 

 

 

 

Next is Dessert at the Ah Balling Peanut Soup.

There are lots of 'pretenders' to the throne BUT this

is THE King !

 

I always, always order the Yam balls with peanut

soup. I always order five pieces as well since they

are just 2$ for 5 pieces.

 

 

After dessert is coffee.

Have you seen this Blog Post ?

Well, I have and I had to see for myself since

I'll be taking bus 145 home anyway and I will

pass by the North Bridge Hawker on the way

to the bus stop.

 

To be honest, when I first read that blog, I thought

to myself : "coffee with butter ??? yuck ".

 

But I thought I could always just don't finish the

coffee if it is really yucky, right? Well, when I

finally tasted it .... it wasn't bad .... actually it is

nice !

 

The thing is, that blog really hit the nail on the

head. That coffee shop indeed seemed to be stuck

in the 60s/70s. Even the old uncle who serves

coffee is still wearing the same white singlet

and stripped pajamas. It seems time stood still

and so I sipped my coffee like I was in Starbucks.

But the atmosphere in that coffee shop is much

better. Just you, your coffee, your thoughts

and nice people whose greetings is not :

Good Afternoon but 'cha pa bueh?'.

 

After a few minutes, I finished my buttered

coffee bought a bottle of mineral water and

took my medication. That should ensure that

I sleep immediately once I get home :-)