brought a friend to the famous tiong bahru market for lunch as she wanted to go somewhere with good food, and she wanted to try those stuff dat i blogged about. so i brought her there, and ordered a number of stuff to share. after the delicious lor mee dat i blogged abt sumtime back, we also tried the porridge stall dat was featured in TV (pic above). had the pork porridge and the yu sheng (raw fish slices/sashimi-chinese-style). the pork porridge was not bad, the porridge isnt too lumpy nor is it too watery, as the host had commented, it was of a pretty gd consistency. it was pretty flavourful too, with lean pork slices, pork balls, liver and minced pork in it ( couldnt see very clearly from the pic, sorry!), quite a chokeful of ingredients eh! the yu sheng was reported to be really fresh, so we had to have a plate! it defintely didnt fail us. the raw fish slices came with lots of accompaniments like ginger strips, cut chilli, lettuce strips and half a lime. and it was drizzled with a slightly salty and tangy sauce which i couldnt really tell wat it was made of (was guessing sesame oil, lime juice and dunno wat else). even my friend who have never dared to try sashimi couldnt resist trying a piece, and she liked it! because there was no fishy smell dat always puts pple off, and it isnt sliced too thickly. however, a downside is dat some of the slightly bigger slices came with a little bit of bone fragments, which can get a little irritating. other den dat, pretty nice!
well, after all the food, my friend was craving for a cold dessert, so i recommended her this ice cream ice kachang from 1 of the better dessert stalls there. pretty unusual combi huh? i didnt try it, so couldnt really comment, but my friend said it was not bad. there were alot of "goodies" underneath the mountain like corn, red beans, chin chow cubes, jelly cubes and i cant remember wat else. all for $2!
well, since i travelled all the way there, i had to buy sum food bk home rite? so at dad's request, bought bk 8 pieces of Jian Bo Shui Kueh which was reputed to be quite good too. the shui (chwee) kueh was pretty smooth, even though i only get to eat it when it was quite cool already. the fried radish (chye poh) wasnt too oily too, and the portions were rather sufficient, not too stingy. and the chilli packs a punch man!

other den the chwee kueh, bought bk some snacks from the Xi De Li snack stall there too. featured above is the "butterfly", curry puff and hum chin peng (clockwise from left). didnt managed to try the "butterfly" coz was snapped up by the time i started looking for it at home, so couldnt comment much. the curry puff was pretty average though, was filled mainly with lots of curry potatoes, dats abt it, stuff u can find in alot of places. the hum chin peng was pretty ok too, maybe its becoz i only ate it the next day, after microwaving it after taking it out of the fridge, so it was a little hard. shld try it fresh next time.

Prices:
porridge-$3
yu sheng-$4 for small portion
ice cream ice kachang-$2
chwee kueh-$2.30 for 8 (becoz i requested the chye poh to be separated)
"butterfly"-$1.50 (i tink)
hum chin peng-$1.50 (i tink)
curry puff-$2 for 3