Seng Kee Black Chicken Herbal Soup, Changi Road, Singapore

I'll be going to Singapore again to visit my sister there today. So before that, I'll write up on the Seng Kee Black Chicken Herbal Soup that my friend Amy brought me to. This place is one of it's kind and a rare find in Singapore. Firstly, it will be hard for one to find tables laid out on the street like this in an eatery in Singapore. The next is that this restaurant opens until 4 a.m. a good supper haunt.

Feels more like Jalan Alor than Changi Road in Singapore.

The must have food here is of course their famous Kidney Mee Sua (腰只面线). Coming here should be easy because it's just opposite Kembangan MRT station but Amy and her boyfriend brought me here around 1am, so we came here in his Subaru WRX Impreza :p

Besides ordering a bowl of kidney mee sua, customers here also can order zi-char dishes and also choose the fresh seafood and meat from the chiller. There are many kind of seafood to choose from like different kind fishes, prawns, squids, crabs and clams.

Amy chose this red fish to be steamed. I never seen fish like this before lol. From the colour, I know that is fish came from the sea while in Malaysia we eat more river fishes.

Some of the dishes that Amy and her boyfriend ordered for us.

Sliced abalone with vegetable.

Minced pork tofu

Stir-fried Clams in Sweet, Sour and Spicy Sauce

The red fish that Amy chose was steamed in Teochew style which has a sourish gravy because of the plum used. The fish meat is quite smooth and tender. Taste is not too bad for a sea fish.

Teochew Steamed fish.

Kidney Mee Sua (腰只面线) seems to be a common dish in Singapore that is rarely seen in Malaysia. So, of course I must ordered a bowl to try it and I like pork kidney too. Took a sip of the herbal soup, oh my it's really good. No wonder people came all the way here to eat this. The mee sua absorbed the herbal soup and very nice. The only disappointment is that the kidney is slightly overcooked.

Kidney Mee Sua (腰只面线)

Claypot Chicken

Thank you Amy and her bf for bringing me here to try out the nice food here.

Overall the food here is very nice and there are a lot of choices of dishes that one can try out. If you like herbal soup and kidney, then this place is a must try for you if you are in Singapore.




Address:

Seng Kee Black Herbal Chicken Soup
467 Changi Road
Singapore
Tel: +65 9001 4000
Open from 5pm to 4am
(Opposite Kembangan MRT Station)

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New Shaolin (新少林寺)

How's your Chinese New Year holiday last week? Did you managed to watch the CNY movies? I started the CNY movies quite early this year. First I watched Homecoming and then thanks to Nuffnang Malaysia Glitterati Plus I got to watch New Shaolin (新少林寺) starring Andy Lau and Nicholas Tse featuring Jackie Chan.

Basically New Shaolin is a remake of the old film Shaolin. The story is basically after the fall of the Qing Dynasty, different warlords came into power and they will fight with each other to control the territory. Andy Lau's character is a powerful and merciless warlord general, he is later betrayed by his right hand man potrayed by Nicholas Tse. He then took asylum in Shaolin Temple. Nicholas Tse whom learned from his former general of course will stop at nothing to hunt him down. So, after finding out that his former general is hiding in Shaolin Temple, he launched a major attack at Shaolin Temple.

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The story is darker than of the old Shaolin Temple. Andy Lau's acting is nevertheless very good. He's acting is now more from inside out and back from external to internal rather than acting all out. While I think that Nicholas Tse is a bit overboard portraying the character, which I think should be deeper in thought rather than like an arrogant brat.

The choreographing of the fighting scene is not too bad. Also, most of the shaolin monks seen in the movie are real shaolin monk from the real shaolin temple. Of course the shaolin temple that is to be destroyed in the movie is a replica of the real one. My friend told me he almost cry when Andy Lau is giving the speech to among the monks after he became a shaolin monk and Nicholas Tse is attacking them.

Clearly a worthy watch in cinema during this CNY season.

Rating: 8/10

Happy Chinese New Year 2011!

Hello All My Dear Readers and Friends.

Happy Chinese New Year and Gong Xi Fa Cai!!!



Wishing all of you a prosperous new year and most importantly good health!

This year is Rabbit year but really more correctly it should be known as Metal Wood year in terms of Feng Shui. But whatever, hopefully this year will be a good year for all of us. I might not be able to update this blog during CNY or I am just plain lazy because of Chinese New Year mood muahaha. You might want to read on my review on the Valentine's Day set menu from Nagomi Shabu-shabu and California Pizza Kitchen to get some idea where to celebrate during that day. It's coming very soon, so be prepare.

Enjoy your CNY holiday everyone!