Red Star Dim Sum do not deserve any Stars

Red Star

Well, I had my hearty breakfast of 3 slices of bread with peanut butter, cheese and ham, and 3 eggs whites before heading down to this place. The layout of this place is very similar to Fortunate Restaurant, whereby fresh hot dim sums are pushed around by Dim Sum Ladies in trolleys. The a/c is damn cold la, maybe feeling cold and eating hot dim sum with make you feel more shiok?

Reading much reviews on this place, I came with much anticipation... but it does not live up to its name...

Pickled Veg: This is served before you ordered anything. I like this cold dish, as it really freshens you up. But too bad, its not free, it was added into the total cost, I think its $2 or $1.50

Here comes my hot tea pot of crystanthemum tea... bitter... but tea with dim sum is a must!

Egg Tarts: No eggy taste, very sweet. BAD! You want egg tarts? go to Tong Heng for nice soft eggy tarts. You want candy sweet tasting tarts? come here...

Century Egg with minced pork Congee: This is my favourite of all dishes. I like the smoothness, and the strong taste of scallops in the congee. GOOD!

Har Kow: I was looking forward to this, but sadly, the skin is very floury... what happen red star?! The Harkow is has size, but no quality. BAD!

This is some fish paste with mushroom thing: Basically it taste like fishball, except that it is really made of chunks of fish meat and it taste very fresh. The mushroom seated upon by the ball of fish paste. NOT TOO BAD!

Another highly anticipated dish is Siew Mais: It is big, it is chunky but it is very dry. You want good Siew mais? I think the "Tiong Bahru Pau" stall makes better siew mais, bigger better chuckier and meatier. OK LAH!

The Yam/Taro Dumpling: It is very oilyyyyy... but not too bad... pretty good, and I kind of like it. The filling is not too much, so you wont get sick after eating one. Also you can see some chunks of lard inside... so do take note, lard haters. I only realiese this after ordering, so no choice for me! NOT BAD LA!

Will I ever step into Red Star Again? Probably not

Red Star Restaurant
Blk 54 Chin Swee Road
#07-23
Singapore 160054

Happy Birday Ah Ma

Happy Birthday Ah Ma

I carried the cake and its damn heavy la... but what better use am i for than for such errands? lol

Tao for longevity - Not nice to eat one. -_-

Food products trainted with Melamine

These are made of melamine.





and they goes into these...

Taken from Asiaone.com

Melamine has been detected in three other China-made products, reported the Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA) today. These are:

1. Lotte Koala's March Cocoa Chocolate Biscuit
2. Hello Kitty Strawberry Cream Filled Biscuit
3. Unbranded non-dairy creamer in industrial pack

The two types of biscuits contained milk ingredients and have been recalled since Sept 19. The non-dairy creamer is meant for re-export and is not available in the retail market.

Melamine has also been found in 17 biscuit products from Malaysia. These are:

1. Julie's Golden Kaka Crackers
2. Julie's Wheat Crackers
3. Julie's Cottage Crackers (Vegetable Yeast Cracker)
4. Julie's Cottage Crackers (Original Yeast Cracker)
5. Julie's Chez Creamy Cheese Sandwich
6. Julie's Sugar Crackers (extra flaky)
7. Julie's Waferico Chocolate Coated Wafers with Chocolate Cream Filling
8. Julie's Cream Crackers
9. Julie's Minico Rich Chocolate Chip Cookies
10. Julie's Peanut Butter Sandwich
11. Julie's Cocoro Crispy Chocolate Wafer Rolls with Vanilla Filling
12. Julie's Le-Mond Puff Sandwich with Lemon Flavoured Cream
13. Khong Guan Assorted Biscuits
14. Khian Guan Biscuit Osborne
15. Leo Gold Finger Choco
16. Santa Chocolate Gold Fingers
17. Swan Chocolate Fingers

Powerful Words

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.—Confucius

Singapore Bakery and Confectionary

Singapore Bakery and Confectionary

A very old school Bakery. I remember during those days when i was younger (when i was still a cute white chubby primary school kid, lol), the aroma of the freshly baked bread never fails to attract my attention every morning.

My Primary school school used to stand just directly opposite this bakery, but now it has shifted to somewhere in Tampines. I have not bought anything from them since the 90s, and I was pleasantly surprised that this shop is still operating till now, everything remains more or less the same. They used to bake bread using coal-fired ovens, I am not sure if they still do, but i am very positive that no one does that anymore.

When I got there, the shop is already closing although it is only 3pm. There are not much bread left. Their very superrrrr soft and nice bread loaves (those that are used for making Kaya toast) are already all gone by then. But luckily, there is something left for me still. =)

Tada! Its a normal looking cream-roll that is not really normal, because the texture and taste is so different from those that are mass manufactured by Gardenia or other bakeries

the top layer has a very nice texture, somewhat firm. But the interior is so soft and fluffy like cotton! Sandwiched between the cottony bread is a thin layer of cream. The cream is not those homogenous cream we usually see in other cream rolls, it has some precipitates of sugar crystals suspended within it (sounds so engineering...haha, but i cant think of a better description for it) , giving it a very nice crunchy feeling while sicking your teeth into it!

This place is situated @
Blk 47 Lor 6 Toa Payoh