こんな入口でしたが...（過去形になってる理由はこの記事後半で判ります）
中華街から徒歩でいけるマックスウェル・フードコートが本店だけど... 冷房が無いし並ぶから大嫌い。
トレーで受領すると、こうなってるわけです。
この後からかけてるゼラチン質のタレが絶妙なんだよね。皮剥いてある胡瓜が下に隠れてるけど、それも美味しい。
他店と食べ比べると、塩味を抑えて、それでいて鶏からの出汁がよく利いていて、なかなか絶妙な加減なのが判る。
でも、このそっけなさが、チキンやライスをクリーミィなペッパーと濃厚で甘い老醤を一緒に食べ進むと、いい感じ。
唐辛子ソースが、後からしっかり辛いんだけど、それなのにクリーミィさも感じます。
老醤は Can I have dark soya. please? って頼むと出てくる隠れアイテムでした。←過去形
で、食べに行ったのが金曜日。
なんか、隣の店が閉店してる。･･･つか、半分くらいの店が撤去してて、入れ替え戦？とか思いました。
フードコート全体が閉鎖されました！ 天天のラベンダー店も撤退です！せっかく冷房が効いてて中華街へ通う途中に寄れる便利な支店を見つけたのに、大変残念です。またグルメ激戦区のカトン地区に再出店して欲しいものです。
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7月16日(月)、Hotel Boss のバス停で降りて新装開店してどうなったか見てきました。
半分中華系、もう半分がドイツっぽい雰囲気でまとめてあって、劣化したビアホールみたい。
もうオーマイさんや僕が立ち寄る魅力的な要素は無くなってしまいました。二度と来ないでしょう。
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ナナメ向かいのデザート屋で、アイス・カチャンのコーン抜きという「全部入りかき氷」を喜々として注文。赤いのは氷イチゴ、緑は氷メロンなのは日本と一緒。違っている部分は... 黄色がマンゴーで、茶色は Molasses（廃糖蜜）または椰子蜜です。最初、茶色い部分は緑と赤が混ざって減法混色を起こしているんだろうと、写真大 → 印刷会社 → ゲーム屋のデザイン設計 と進んだ色に関する知識が邪魔をして、廃糖蜜の風味を発見したのは数回食べた後でした。(苦笑)
さらにコンデンスミルクがかかってるし、底の方には小豆やパンダンゼリーやアロエヴェラのゼリーも潜んでいます。本当ならスイートコーンまで入るんだけど、さすがにそれは許容範囲を超えるので、コーンだけ抜きにしてもらいました。
「うん、いい感じ。次回はパンダンもアロエも抜いてコンデンスミルク増量。金は払う」で注文する予定だったのに。（こういう店って上から目線で I'll pay for it. って言えば何でもカスタマイズ出来るから、大好き♪）
もうこの Hotel Boss 前でバスを降りることもないでしょう。
新しいかき氷屋さんも見つけなくちゃいけないし。
でもオーガニックなアイスクリーム屋は見つけた。後で記事になります。
ゲイ・ワールド・ホテル。･･･私、怖いわ。 窓、みんな閉まってるし。
こんなことろに泊まったら新しい世界が拡がってしまいそうです。
（他にも拡がってしまいそうな体の器官があるけど、あえて割愛）
なにこのジュースのなまえわっ！？ 絶対に日本人の受けを狙って作った製品だなっ！？
ちなみに、味はほとんどオレンジジュースのまんまでした...。なんか変に期待して残念。
今度から「オーマイさん、オマンﾋﾟｰ 買っていきましょう！ オマンﾋﾟｰ」って... 間違いなく引くな。やめておこう。
（この記事見られただけで次の合宿をキャンセルかまされるかも...(汗)）
でも翌朝はオーマイさんのご到着にあわせて早起きしました。この後は本格的に大食らいになります。
obaKoba-sann,
ReplyDeleteSingapore Island must have an unusually lot of inexpensive locations for consuming food.
Why you don’t arrange for fine dining in Singapore may come from your state of mind that paying out much money for each customer is thought to be foolish there.
Enormous street vendors should be presenting enormous low-cost foods, at the same time flavor of their quality should be superior if only you cautiously pick up the business establishments serving food and drink.
Tian Tian Hainanese Chicken Rice appears actually to be one of the best and notable sellers.
I hear travelers from so many countries fly to the headquarter restaurant in Maxwell Food Court, enter in an extended line, prepared with escort published documents, and finally eat a plate of the provincial recognizable dish under NON air-conditioned hot and humid situations.
Unfortunately, those who are making unrealistically lengthened line in weekends must be generally Japanese sightseers.
It’s really sad news for both you and OhMy-sann that such an excellent location to taste such delicious chicken rice in which you don’t have to enter into long line nor don’t have to be patient in a severe environment with high temperature and high humidity was closed, isn’t it ?
best denki
Best Denki sensei,
DeleteI have two words for you in terms of the “Fine-Dining,” doctor.
“ Dress Attire ”
Several years ago, I have attended restaurant “Saint Pierre” twice, the French cuisine which is one and only member of Relais & Châteaux, and the second visit was with Oh-My san. That restaurant requires Smart-Casual dress attire. Also, when I visited Singapore very first time with my better-half, we stayed The Grand Suite at Raffles Hotel main building (booked thru Amex Fine Hotels & Resorts program (lol)), then we tried to dine at their dining room, (I forgot the name of restaurant… the other side of Tiffin Room, where the high-tea serves) then they requested me to dress a long sleeve shirt with tie! I had to go to Brooks Brothers in Raffles Tower to buy a shirt with long sleeves with French cuff, Peranakan inspired cuff links and a bow-tie… This semi-formal attire really reduced my appetite, I still remember. My biggest frustration was; I came from United States and had to shop at Brooks Brothers Singapore!?
Since then, I refrain from severe dress code restaurants in such steamy hot weather country. The place is definitely a big and modern city, but who cares? It’s too hot and people eating durians. (LOL)
Wearing smart casual attire under that weather must be critical to my cardiovascular health for sure!
Then, Tian Tian headquarter is in Maxwell, non-air-conditioned huge food court as sensei described. Numbers of tourists, they must be Japanese, Taiwanese, Hong Kongese, Koreans and Mainland Chinese with deeper pockets. They are making a line for hour or two to receive a set of chicken rice? They are absolutely, totally IDIOTS!!
I checked thru the venue once then never been there again. The Lavender store is sadly closed and previously they closed MY Tian Tian in Katong. However, I already found another one without making line, with well-air-conditioned. Where is in Bedok, east side of the island and close to Changi airport. But the access is quite easy, I found. From Hotel Indigo, Take bus route 10 (every 15-18 mn) and about 35 mn, then a minite or two on foot. Servicepersons are relatively friendlier than other Tian Tian (means, way lower than Japanese standard) but it taste exactly the same, and the set options are a bit wider. I’ve been to Bedok restaurant in June and July, and then I will be there again with Oh-My san in August.
Besides Tian Tian, Five-Star Hainanese Chicken Rice is quite competing. It’s about 4-5 minutes away from the hotel on foot, and they also have my favorite Dong Po Rou東坡肉. Or two doors down from Five-Star, there is Boon Tong Kee 文東記 restaurant which is also famous about Hainanese Chicken Rice. We are able to compare best of best Hainanese Chicken Rice in Singapore.
But, but, but… I have already booked “might be better than Paris” Creperie where is ranked #2 out of over 10,000 restaurants in Singapore and the owner became my friend, Super Peking Duck with Quails and Lobster at Asia’s Top 50 restaurant, then followed by “Super Lunch Sunday” gorgeous buffet at PARKROYAL on Pickering. We will spend significant amounts of money and endeavors for these three lunches. Therefore, we don’t have to try other fine dining in dinner time with strict dress codes. Those three lunches are the highest qualities in this island, Guaranteed.
This is the next Singapore visit plan. I certainly refrain from stricter dress attire, and then just enjoy the quality foods. It might be a bit pricy but best for good memories and experiences for us.