The signature soup stock with 'ding' noodles (maggi) with luncheon meat and fried pork slices.
Normal. O remarked the soup tasted odd while i thought it just tasted... eggy. About $8.
One half of their Pig's Trotters with garlic and chili powder. Very nice, one of the leaner pig's trotters i've tried, crispy yet tender on the inside. The garlic / chili powder also added another dimension to it's taste. Pricey though at about $6-7 for two.
Home made soya bean curd with strawberry. We mused that it would be bean curd with half a strawberry sliced into eight pieces and hold and behold, came the exact thing we imagined. That said the bean curd was smooth with the right amount of sweetness and the strawberry actually complimented the overall taste very well. $2.50
Overall the meal (included a hongkong iced milk tea and another egg white/milk dessert) came up to $25. Not exactly value for the quality but ok for a quite respite from the oppressing heat outside.
After shopping we wanted to head to Victor's kitchen for dim sum at sunshine plaza but we arrived at almost 8 and they close at 8 daily (closed on mons) so we left in disappointment. Ended up at Uno Beef at 19a Dover crescent near Singapore polytechnic. Supposedly this place serves good steak at a coffeeshop environment with reasonable prices.
Some pictures to illustrate...
The free bread. Tasted like really nice garlic bread... if served a day ago. Felt like yesterday's really nice garlic bread. Passable but could be better.
Mushroom soup. Probably of canned variety but hot and well stirred so at $2 / bowl we're not complaining. Another piece of bread! Surprisingly this one tasted much better.
O had a ribeye steak medium rare which came sizzling on a hot plate. Comes with beans half a tomato and an interesting potato ball which was nice and soft with a buttery taste to it. I quite liked the steak though O thought it was slightly overly well done (probably due to the sizzling). There were fats in the rib eye which O did not appreciate but the overall verdict is a above average steak - not a bad steak for very reasonable prices. Coffeeshop = no ambience but it's only $11...
The star of the evening!!!
A really thick juicy slab of sirloin (w/ back pepper) which came sizzling as well. This is also supposed to be medium rare and come exactly in that state despite the sizzling. I reckon this to be due to the thickness of the steak. At $10 it's an absolute steal~
My mouth waters just thinking about it. If i had to compare it, i've probably paid 20-30+ at places like philly's steak house or jack's place for something like this. Like i said, a steal.
Tough on the outside and reddish pink on the inside, i would say it was as good as i thought (and the reviews give on this place)
Will be back again! Though i will take a bus instead of walking from dover MRT.
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