The Dui's Adventure started out at 12noon at Payar Lebar MRT station. From there we took a short walk to Joo Chiat Road for lunch at Guan Hoe Soon Nyonya Restaurant. We ordered the Curry Fish Head and Hainanese Pork Chop. The rice and tea were free flow, and they do not charge GST or service charges at this place. Plus, there is usually no crowd there as its far away from any main road, and is a family run restaurant.
After lunch at around 3pm, we set out to explore Geylang Serai. It was just hours of walking in street market spread across multiple fields from Geylang Road all the way to Payar Lebar MRT. The streets were decorated with colourful clothings, colourful drinks, and colourful food as show in the photo here. We walked from 3pm - 11pm just exploring the bazaar! And we didn't even cover all the shops at the other side of Geylang Road!
The only misfortune we had on this trip was spending $3.50 on a Malay food call Botok-Botok. When we came across it, it looked so much like Penang Otak-Otak that we just had to try one! After confirming with the seller that it was indeed fish cook in santan (coconut milk), we purchased one to share. What a disappointment it turned out to be. It was nothing like the creamy fragrant Otak-Otak of Penang. It was instead big chunks of fish (with bones!) cooked in coconut husk and un-identified leaves (which doesn't taste a bit like the soft daun kadok in Penang Otak-Otak. Grrrr! For our homesickness for Penang food, we wasted money eating something that was totally weird! So beware all you Penang people visiting Geylang Serai! Don't be fooled by the appearance of the Botok-Botok!
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Guan Hoe Soon Nyonya Restaurant
Hari Raya Aidilfitri
Geylang Serai
Penang Otak Otak
As usual, like all other pasar malam during this puasa period, stalls that sell the extremely healty Ramli Burger get the most business.
ReplyDeleteRamli Burger should open a fast food chain like McDonalds!
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