Famous Chicken Rice @ Changi Village Blk 5

The boy and I would head to Changi Village for supper once in a while, but on very rare occasions, we would pop by for lunch at the famous chicken rice place opposite Cheers. Besides Hainanese chicken, they also serve a variety of side dishes like kailan, beansprouts and fried fritters. One of the better quality chicken rice in Singapore, with the only downside being the annoying houseflies that will buzz around your legs and table as you eat. That, and no aircon, which probably makes it a better location for dinner than lunch.

Includes free flow of soup (on occasion you'll get peanut soup!) which you can help yourself to, from a common pot. I normally order either a cold chestnut or lime juice to go with my meal.

Beansprouts in soya sauce, topped with fried ikan bilis and chopped chillies.

Fried cuttlefish paste dough fritters is one of my favourite foods, but sometimes these are over-fried till they're a tad too hard and oily. With sesame seeds and mayonaise for dipping.

After our meal, we'll take a leisurely drive to town via Changi Coast Road, with the airport to our right and the sea to our left :)

Minced Pork Noodles @ Blk 85 Bedok North

As we have supper rather frequently, we keep a lookout for new places which serve food that is good and cheap. One night, stumped for a place to spend time together and have little chit chats, the boy remembered good reviews on the hawker food in Bedok that he had come across recently on the internet. The only thing was, he didn't remember exactly where in Bedok. Thus we drove blind around Bedok, and came to block 85 which was still bustling at 11pm.

I didn't find the food at this hawker centre appealing, but seeing that one stall had put up newspaper cuttings featuring their food as well as the awards they received, I decided to give it a try. They were selling mince pork noodles, which isn't uncommon, except that the meat is ground to the consistency of puree, and cooked by simply pouring hot soup over it and letting it stand for however long it took for the noodles to cook. Although I have an issue with eating pork cooked this way, I must admit that it melts in your mouth and is really addictive. Topped with a spoonful of cut red chillies, it was difficult for me to resist going back for more.