Hello Savouries!
Today we headed over again to Woodland Bazaar in the afternoon to check out the stalls.
The other day, we headed there in the evening at about 9ish and most of the stalls are close except for the hipsters drinks. foods and burger ramly stalls.
Ever since I've tasted burger ramly in Malaysia, I dah tak pandang burger ramly Singapore.
Unless there is something similar, do update me okay?
I will go and buy and give it a try myself.
I headed there in search for traditional malay kuih and to give it a try and see if its to my liking.
Because, seriously. IT IS SO HARD TO GET KUIH MELAYU YANG SEDAP.
I have tried kuih jongkong, which was given by a neighbor past Ramadan. It was so nice!
I ended up trying 2 to 3 stalls at geylang bazaar only to be dissapointed.
Either it has already gone bad ( pasal masak tak betul ) or the kuih and sugar syrup has already diffused together.
Which its not suppose to be that way.
So let me share my opinion on what we bought.
Headed to woodland bazaar just for this!
KUIH MELAYU!
Walked around the bazaar to look see which stall do I buy from.
And this stall caught my attention.
They have wide range of kuih for you to choose.
From donuts, to kuih keria, to kuih jong kong, to badak berendam.
You name it, they have it. Yeah, that kinda stall.
The kuih that I bought today is at 4 pieces for $2.00.
So you can choose, from kuih jongkong,kuih lapis, pulut bakar and kuih abuk-abuk.
Yeah, the picture did not lie. There are six pieces.
I remembered ordering 2 kuih jong kong and 2 pulut bakar.
Only to realise when i reached home that the makcik, gave me 1 abuk-abuk and 1 kuih koci pulut hitam.
Rezeki bulan Ramadan. Semoga gerai makcik dimurahkan rezeki. Amin.
So, I decided to try the pulut bakar first though I badly am craving for kuih jong kong actually.
Pulut bakar is basically glutinous rice with serunding. That is cooked in banana leave for its fragrant taste. I unwrapped it and saw how much serunding was packed together with the pulut. Im impressed.Serunding tak lokek and just nice for the pulut and serunding to be filled in your mouth at every bite. Delicious. In terms of taste, i give it 4.5/5! Because the serunding has so much flavours and ketumbar jintan too. This is the kind of pulut bakar yang you makan, you tak hampa babe.
What you expect from bazaar food right? For bazaar food, it is worth the 4.5 ratings to me. Cheap and good I must say.
So this got my expectations up high but I am telling you to be dissapointed.
Nenek opened the kuih abok-abok to only find abok. HAHAHAHAHAHHA.
pun intended.
No, seriously, we are finding for the gula melaka. Where is it? Tertinggal dekat melaka ke makcik?
So, that aside, since its free. It's ok.
I started to open my kuih jong kong, smell it to see whether it is still edible or not.
yknow la sometimes kuih kuih that have coconut will spoil quite fast. And I don't blame the seller.
Because guys, really. Reality check, god knows how early they woke up to prepare us this food.
But am still dissapointed because the banana leave is filled with only flour. Where is the gula melaka? Where?
With that, in my own conclusion, either the gula melaka, makcik tertinggal at melaka or, they ran out of gula melaka or... i wont say the other word.
But trust me, their kuih keria and donut is so tempting. The sugar crystals that formed, really made me want to grabbed like $2.00 worth but ini semuanya NAFSU ya guys.
Overall, I would say, this stall is not overall good. Like every food you choose is nice. But you know, there is this kind of mindset. kalau satu makanan sedap, means all sedap. But I wonder what happened to this stall. Maybe there are few makciks that do the cookings, so different people different style I guess.
I will come back for the pulut bakar and perhaps try the other kuihs. Especially their kuih keria. Shall I update you then Savouries?
This stall will be 3/5 for now. Till the next try of kuihs make a second round of verdict yes?
Next of, I tried the Nasi Bukhari. It is pronounced as Book-qo-ri. Because at first I confidently exclaimed i wanted to get the "NASI Book-kari" and my cousin was like, this is huruf qo bukan ka. heh. k, whatever.
I walked around the stall for like 3-4 times contemplating whether the 4 of us could finish this set.
But I gave in because I saw the abang open the periuk and the daging is saying hello baby to me.
So I enquired the price for nasi bukhari daging and handed over my cash. YOU WON!
Nasi Bukhari is at $6.50 and on normal days, I would say its abit pricey but for today, why I bought it is because of its not melampau portion just nice to eat for iftar.
Verdict?
Well, I'm really not sure. I will be very biased. Because I dont know how nasi bukhari should taste like. The first time i tasted nasi bukhari is home cooked by this one makcik. It is the best and very delicious! sedap till i can tambah2. Because its not muak and the flavours are just nice.
But this is my second time buying nasi bukhari and both times, I'm not as impressed. Yer la, how can you compare home cooked food to stall food right?
But judging based on the taste, it is edible. There are enough rampah, flavour and ingredients in the rice itself. just that, certain part of the beef is abit hard. prefer it to be soft. case cocok sikit je dah hancur.
And I bough roti boyan. This is im not sure really from boyan or not. but it is well known in the malay food, so ok la. I put together as malay traditional kuih ok?
Basically roti boyan is mashed potatoes with onions, garlic, fried shallots and celery.
Some makcik do add in diced hard boiled eggs. But the original recipe, Im still uncertain if eggs are included.
Just like epok-epok,those curry puffs. you know, those add on with eggs. Its a nice feeling right to have eggs inside. its like opening a kinder joy. an extra ingredient. who wouldnt love it right?
roti boyan is best paired with sambal ikan bilis. SYIOK!
The best roti boyan is from my aunt or from Tampiness Interchange when it is freshly fried. Do ask for extra chilli. It is superb! Sedap!
So this particular roti boyan is at $2.50. it is pricey for the size compared to the Tampiness interchange ones.
The size is a little smaller than the piring you alas cawan teh gitu.
But look at it!
The foldings are so good!
This is what caught my attention.
It looks compact and well made!
But,nooooooooooooooooooope.
I rase the makcik forget to put salt. It is tasteless.
Im so dissapointed.
And so, i cecah la sambal. HAISH la guys.
Sambal rase macam air guys.
It turned me off, so.... I wont be going this shop again. ni macam 0.5/5.
I sedih!
So today, nenek cooked beef wanton soup.
Beef, potatoes, fishballs and hand made wanton.
I think this soup is nicely eaten with noodles. like kway teow and chilli kicap! PEEEERGGGGGHHHH! confirm confirm!
She made easy wantons today.
Perhaps, I shall share with you the playcheat recipe my nenek used to make this.
It is really easy and nice!
And I am biased la, because air tangan nenek mane yang tak sedap kan? hehe.
This is the first time nenek cooked cekodok ayam.
Selalu cekodok ikan bilis. Cucur manis.
This is cekodok ayam!
I will share the recipe in a seperate post ok?
Cekodok mane laa tak sedap?
The only thing is, though it is easy to make. most of the time, I is malas nak goreng. hehehehe.
Nenek also decided to make mango sticky rice for dessert today.
This, kalau korang malas nak masak, I pon tak tahu ape nak cakap.
You need glutinious rice. sugar syrup, coconut milk and mango.
Served cold. Sedap!
Just look at the juicy sweet mangoes! adui! Pakkal la, semput, kalau tak, dah makan tambah tambah dah.
Anddddddddd highlight of the night is burger Rizal!
It is basically home made burger ramly by my younger cousin who came from malaysia.
But as you know, burger ramly in singapore cant be trusted.
sometimes, there are no seasoning.
And at worse times, the patty arent even cooked.
The only reason i kept buying burger ramly in singapore is because i keep on hoping if it is not as good as the ones i have tasted in malaysia, at least it is half as good.
but no, im always always dissapointed.
here in singapore, the patties are half cooked and left aside and " reheat " when we order.
reheat! which means the centre of the patty is still not cooked because they dont also slice the patty in half. burger ramly is not meant to be eaten medium done eh guyss. so please.
He cooked with so much love and attention!
Basically, well seasoned patties, cheese and chilli sauce.
but trust me it is nicer than those at the bazaar.
Will share with you the " secret " techniques of cooking the patties in another post.
for now, aren't you drooling with me savouries?
Aren't this good?!
xoxo,savourydiary.
