San's Cuisine

It's not very often that I get to eat home-cooked food and that's largely due to the fact that both my wife and I are working and eating out or buying back makes more sense and is less troublesome. But absence makes the heart fonder and I sometimes crave for yummy home-cooked food that taste great, not so salty and definitely no MSG.

Maybe that's why I eat at San's Cuisine at least once every week, sometimes twice a week. I often call it home-cooked food in the heart of CBD. The friendly couple greets the long queue of customers as early as 11:15am with simple dishes cooked with Auntie's love, tender and care.

This fish is one of their best sellers. I do not usually order the fish as I'm the lazy kind of eater who loves to eat fast with large mouthful but my wife and her colleagues, together with many of their customers, love this fish. Pan-fried with a slit across the top of the fish filled with chilli.

The other hot seller is the prawn paste fried chicken cubes which is only available every Tuesday and Friday. It so hot that its sometimes gone before the main lunch crowd comes at 12noon. Their version of the prawn paste chicken is not red in colour, looking more brownish (on the left in the photo above). Its fried to perfection, crispy, slightly fluffy and not too salty.

Their other dishes are also good that it's hard to find things I don't like about. My colleague and I love the taste of their french beans, their curry chicken give a homely taste, the sliced pork is a must order for me, the braised chicken wing reminds me of my mum's cooking, and the thick chai poh omelette is the crowd favourite.

If you are in the CBD area and have cravings for home-cooked food, be sure to visit San's Cuisine.

50 Market Street #02-28 Golden Shoe Carpark
Singapore 048940

Tiong Bahru Wanton Mee

This is my favourite Wanton Mee stall. In fact, it serves the BEST Char Siew in my (humble) opinion. Doing this blog on a Sunday morning before breakfast is making me so hungry. This stall is so popular that the queue for this stall is usually long by 11:45am when the lunch time crowd from the CBD area eats.

The wanton mee comes in two sizes, $2.50 and $3.50. What I usually order is the $3.50 with Kway Teow (not a noodle person). What does the upsize give you? More Kway Teow, more Char Siew, additional Wu Xiang and Fried Dumpling.

Back to the highlight, the Char Siew. Marinated and grilled to perfection, the char siew has just the right texture and are usually lean. Those that love their char siew with the charred burnt edges would be delighted. You can see the colour of the Char Siew, so rich and inviting, unlike those of other wanton mee stalls which are usually pale red and almost pink. The sauce for the wanton mee is also specially created by Desmond, the stall owner.

The stall also served Jing Du Pork Ribs Noodles, Shredded Chicken Noodle and Dumpling Noodle/Soup. The Pork Ribs, a mix of tender meat and soft bones layered with the pork fats, is also a devil on its own. For the ultimate experience, add that to your upsized wanton mee and you would not be sorry. Warning though, it might be too much for you if your stomach is not a bottomless pit like mine.

50 Market Street #02-32 Golden Shoe Carpark Singapore 048940

Mon-Fri: Full Day
Sat: Half Day
Sun/PH: Closed