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My new site is:
https://gumchewerinsingapore.wordpress.com/
I will continue to eat strange, authentic and junk food in my travels.
Boat Noodles
I went to Bangkok Jam with some students last week for lunch. The lunch menu had ceased to exist. Everything else was kind of expensive for lunch, so I had this bowl of noodles, called boat noodles for some reason explained on the menu.
Rice noodles, pork meatballs, bean sprouts and lime juice- it would cost $2 in Thailand, but $10 here. 
I ordered it dry and the sweet and tangy broth was served on the side.
Don’t expect fast service here at lunch.
Ghost Pepper Wings
Last Sunday I felt like feces but I still went out like a trooper and typed up a few pages of science fiction crap that nobody wants to read.
Ghost peppers are supposed to be very spicy. Were they?
Not really. The chicken was spicy, and I liked the fried chicken immensely. I really liked the savory mashed potatoes made from scrAtch.
Spicy, yet greasy, I enjoyed it.
Noodles with Minced Pork and Pickled Vegetables (猪肉雪菜手工面）
I had this last Sunday at the Taiwanese noodle stall after I had recovered from a bad flu.
In that bowl of wonderful broth was a soft boiled egg, hand made noodles, fried anchovies, bok choy, fried leeks and chilies. It was magically restorative! I also had some cold steamed peanuts. That was a wonderful lunch. I never had anything like this when I lived in Taiwan, so I must not have gone to the right place.
This stall (part of a chain) is up on the fourth floor of 313 Somerset, in the Food Republic.
Dry Chicken Dumpling Soup
In Singapore a dry soup has the broth served separately.
I see Kotsujiru Nabe almost every day as it is located in Bugis Junction where I buy groceries at Cold Storage and work out at California Fitness.
It’s not bad at all and the broth is excellent. The noodles were dressed in soy sauce and the dumplings were light, being filled with chicken meat.
Roasted Pork Belly with Mung Bean Sprouts
This is more of a typical Singaporean meal than most of the meals I post.
Last Saturday I had the flu and my fridge was pretty empty, so I shuffled to the food court at the corner of Geylang Avenue and Lorong 29 to have this for lunch. I don’t really love the dark sweet sauce put on the pork. The pork belly was both chewy and crunchy as it should be. The broth was nice and peppery and the mung beans I ate because I felt deprived of vegetables.
I felt better later the next day.
Keisuke Tonkatsu Spring Ramen
As of a week ago, I have tried all four seasons of Keisuke’s Tonkatsu ramen.
This one contained basil and Parmesan cheese. Although leery at first, I reckoned I would give Keisuke the benefit of the doubt, as he is a master of ramen and Italian flavors can complement Japanese flavors sometimes.
The broth is already very savory and the cheese makes it even more full of umami, as Parmesan cheese contains natural MSG. Also in the bowl was black fungus (slightly rubbery) chopped pork, chives, seaweed and a perfectly cooked egg.
I had some of the pickled bean sprouts before the ramen arrived.
I like the green tea cola and I’m not crazy about green tea.
Beef Kofta Set Meal
I’ve been slacking posting updates recently.
I went to Pasar Bella in Suntec City about a week and a half ago. I ordered the Beef Kofta Set from Pita & Olives, the Arabic food stall.
As you can see, there were the patties (kofta) made from ground beef, a big mound of delicious hummus seasoned with paprika and garnished with police oil and whole chickpeas. The salad was comprised of tomatoes, cucumbers, olives and parsley.
Of course there was pita bread present.
It’s definitely one of my favorite stalls in my favorite food court.
Wagyu Beef Banh Mi
I don’t usually work out on Wednesday, so I have a bigger lunch than usual and in this instance, I went to NamNam Noodle Bar in Plaza Singapura.
What was in this dripping sandwich?
Wagyu beef, braised mushroom and pig’s head terrine according to the website.
It was very savory and the beef fat dripped a lot. I devoured it.
http://namnamnoodlebar.com.sg/
The mint orange iced tea was nice.
Classic Beef with Chicken Bacon
I couldn’t imagine the sorcery that transforms chicken flesh into something resembling cured and fried pork belly.
The last common ancestor of birds, which are modern day dinosaurs and mammals is way back in the Carboniferous period!
Mammals are the only living synapsids.[3] The synapsid lineage became distinct from the sauropsid lineage in the late Carboniferous period, between 320 and 315 million years ago.[4] The sauropsids are today’s reptiles and birds along with all the extinct animals more closely related to them than to mammals.[4] This does not include the mammal-like reptiles,
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution_of_mammals
Yeah, I think abou these things.
I was having an argument with my girlfriend, hence my dispensation towards MacDonalds.
The chicken bacon was texturally similar to real bacon, but lacked the fat and flavor.
The potato wedges with sour cream-type sauce were fine as comfort food, mediocre as an epicurean.
McDonalds in Singapore is halal, to grab that Malay dollar.
I chew gum in Singapore 