Hearty Breakfast!

Don't people try to sleep in and get as much rest on Saturdays, since they do not need to work? Well, not my family. Usually, we will be out of the house by 8 am doing our weekly marketing- either in supermarkets or wet markets. (Depending on mood, or which supermarket on better offers)

But this morning, we were out of the house by 7:30am as we met my family at Chinatown complex for breakfast. Recently undergone renovation but now they are back to its original location. Chinatown used to be our favourite haunt where my family goes there for breakfast, including weekdays. I remembered how I used to go there before my uni starts with my family at 7am.

From those days till now, we have been ordering the same old stuff - chwee kway, glutinuous rice, and yong tau foo.

They used to sell the best chwee kway that I have taken in my life - the steamed flour that just melts in your mouth with the perfect crunch and softness and fragrance in the chai por! But the old man has retired and the tradition just stops there. So sad..

Now, we just had to stick with the Bedok Chain of Chwee Kway which is also found in Chinatown. It's decent but not as good as what I used to have because the Bedok Chwee Kway's chai por is too fine...that I can't feel the crunch.



Here's the yummy authentic, tradition glutinuous rice that is so tasty! Used to be 50 cents, then 70 cents or $1. Now, my brother who bought from the stall said it has increased to $1.50! Wow! Anyway, I would still buy! It looks plain because its not the usual black, dark soy sauce rice with lots of spring onions, dried mushrooms etc that you see in stalls..but this is just soft peanut white glutinuous rice which though look uninteresting, but as you all know, looks can be deceiving!





And lastly, our main dish which is the yong tau foo! Who would know that yong tau foo actually taste delicious with chicken rice chilli??!! Did you know that I went to a foodcourt one day and ordered the franchise yong tau foo- the traditional ones that you cant pick and choose(which off hand I cant remember the name), and I went to a chicken rice stall to get their chilli to put in my dried mee..and it tasted so nice! So, this Chinatown stall is where I got my inspiration from.

This stall also has a long queue..about 10-15 in the line. So be prepared. But it's worth waiting.






As for Caleb, he was enjoying his bowl of pork porridge with egg which Janine shared with him.





Yes, now he eats with us and would share our food. At night, he would eat normal rice with a little bit of gravy or soup...and if we have steamed fish or some stewed potatoes or carrots, he would eat that too! He enjoys eating adult food as well as to drink his water, the adult way- from a normal cup!

Anyway, after breakfast, we went downstairs to the Chinatown wet market to buy groceries. I bought saito fish paste to make my own fish cakes. I loved going to Chinatown wet markets as they are just so different from other wet markets. Their selection of fish is amazing! And to see disgusting, humongous bloody fish heads, as well as freshly de-skinned frogs just got me hopping with excitement.