This stall has been recognised since July 2019 by the Michelin guide, but I've enjoyed their rendition from as early as April 2012.
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Their broth is thin yet tasty with earthy savoury sweet spice flavour, with chunky compressed rice cakes that hold softly together with grainy sweet flavour.
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The stewed vegetables (cabbage, carrots, string beans, jicama turnip) are soft and chunky too, with pleasant vegetal sweet spice flavour.
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A bouncy hard boiled egg with eggy sweet flavour, a spongy tofu bean curd with grainy sweet flavour, and fragrant crumbly toasted grated coconut lending earthy nutty sweet flavour, completes.
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Lontong Sayur Lodeh
Pondok Makan Indonesia
@ Albert Centre Market And Food Centre, 270 Queen Street #01-123
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Serving well before August 2014 and named after 'Nusantara (Outer Islands)', this stall attracts fast-moving queues at peak meal times.
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Homely comfort dish, the aromatic broth is rich with lemongrass, galangal, ginger, turmeric, and coconut milk, creamy and velvety with savoury sweet earthy spice flavour.
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The stewed vegetables (cabbage, string beans, jicama turnip) are fall-apart soft with vegetal sweet spice flavour, complementing the dense chewy compressed rice cakes with grainy sweet notes.
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The spongy tofu bean curd absorbs the flavour profile of the broth, while heaps of serunding / fried coconut shreds lend an earthy nutty sweet spicy kick.
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Lontong Sayur Lodeh
Nusa & Tara
@ ABC Brickworks Food Centre, 6 Jalan Bukit Merah #01-22
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This popular stall has been serving well before May 2014, though it has shifted location within the same hawker centre since the refurbishment.
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The immediate standouts here are the large spongy triangle of tofu bean curd, grainy sweet savoury in taste, and the bright hue of the creamy spiced coconut milk broth with robust sweet savoury earthy spice flavour.
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The base is formed with rectangles of dense chewy compressed rice cakes with grainy sweet flavour, and bouncy spherical halves of hard boiled egg with eggy sweet flavour.
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The soft tender stewed vegetables (cabbage, carrots, string beans, jicama turnip), along with kerisik / grated toasted coconut flakes, are stacked high, lending vegetal earthy sweet nutty flavour.
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Lontong Sayur Lodeh
Haji Daliman Korner
@ Seah Im Food Centre, 2 Seah Im Road #01-32
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Established by Muhammad Sani in 2009, this shop is named for his wife's village in Bandung, West Java, Java, Indonesia. This beloved stall draws long queues daily for their delicious yet affordable fare.
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No surprise their ingredients are fresh daily, with preparations for dishes commencing well before dawn.
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Their rendition has a broth with creamy rich savoury sweet spice flavour. The stewed vegetables (cabbage, carrots, string beans, jicama turnip) are all piled high, tender with flavours from the broth.
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The dense compressed rice cakes are chewy soft with grainy sweet flavour, the bouncy whole hard boiled egg has eggy sweet flavour, and the spongy tofu bean curd picks up the taste profile of the broth well.
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The crumbly kerisik / toasted grated coconut with earthy nutty sweet flavour, and chunky sambal belachan / fermented shrimp chili paste with savoury salty spice flavour, lend depth and body.
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Lontong Sayur Lodeh
Desa Rancapanggung Malay Cuisine
@ 739 Bedok Reservoir Road #01-3139
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Opened and operated by the family of Singaporean goalkeeper Hassan Sunny since September 2020, this stall regularly attracts fans and personalities of Singaporean soccer.
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Their rendition tends towards the mild side, though no less delicious, with a sweet savoury earthy spice broth resplendent with kerisik / grated toasted coconut, turmeric, and coconut milk.
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The stewed vegetables (cabbage, string beans, carrot, jicama turnip) are tender with vegetal earthy sweet flavour. I like that the dense soft compressed rice cakes are cut into small bite size chunks, carrying grainy sweet flavour.
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There's a bouncy whole hard boiled egg with eggy sweet flavour, and spongy tofu bean curd with grainy sweet flavour that absorbs the tasty broth well.
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Lontong Sayur Lodeh
Dapur Hassan
@ 144 Tampines Street 12 #01-400
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Established since September 2005, this stall serves a hearty and delicious rendition that already includes a tender begedil / perkedel / fried potato patty with starchy salty savoury sweet flavour by default.
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The dense soft compressed rice cake has grainy earthy sweet flavour, while the stewed vegetables (cabbage, string beans, carrots, jicama turnip) are tender with vegetal earthy sweet spice flavour.
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The spongy tofu bean curd is large with grainy sweet savoury flavour, while a bouncy whole hard boiled egg lends eggy sweet flavour.
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A generous topping of crumbly kerisik / grated toasted coconut with earthy nutty sweet flavour completes. Portion is generous and filling.
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Lontong Sayur Lodeh
AlRahman Kitchen
@ Geylang Serai Market And Food Centre, 1 Geylang Serai #02-139
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Or Seafood Egg Custard, is among the most luxurious and delicious renditions we've had.
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The large helping of soft wobbly steamed egg custard with eggy savoury sweet flavour, is packed with premium seafood.
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Includes 2 bouncy deshelled prawn / ebi chunks with sweet savoury flavour, 2 springy scallop / hotate pieces with briny salty sweet flavour, and half of a chewy abalone / awabi with meaty sweet savoury flavour.
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Also strips of crunchy green onion with vegetal herbal sweet flavour, generous juicy globules of salmon fish roe / ikura, and 1 slice of tender crab stick surimi with sweet savoury flavour.
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Hearty and satisfying gourmet choice.
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Tora Tora Tora Japanese Restaurant
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The Hamachi Kama (SGD $23) or Grilled Yellowtail Fish Collar is large and chunky, with a generous portion of fish meat on the bone. It flakes off easily, and carries smoky meaty salty sweet savoury flavour, fresh and yummy. The fish skin carries a punchy salty smoky taste, making this enticing.
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Loved the reasonably priced Niku Udon (SGD $18) or Beef Udon Noodles here, which has a warm and comforting dashi soup / broth with earthy savoury sweet flavour.
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The thick chewy udon noodles carries grainy sweet flavour, the juicy tomato chunks lend vegetal sweet flavour, the crisp leeks lend vegetal bitter sweet flavour, and the tender chewy beef strips carry meaty savoury flavour.
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Completed with a wobbly onsen egg, mix it into the soup / broth for added eggy sweet flavour.
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The Wagyu Yakimeshi (SGD $30) or Wagyu Beef Fried Rice features Kagoshima wagyu beef chunks stir-fried with chicken eggs and Niigata white rice. The result is a plate of fluffy chewy tender goodness, bursting with deep meaty savoury grainy sweet eggy salty earthy flavour. We all loved this.
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Tora Tora Tora Japanese Restaurant
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The Fugu Mirin (SGD $15) or Grilled Dried Pufferfish features soft chewy sticky strips of dried pufferfish marinated in a sake / rice wine, grilled to perfection. Has an addictive smoky sweet salty savoury earthy flavour that entices you to reach for more.
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Served with a creamy dollop of Japanese mayonnaise topped with tobiko / flying fish roe that lends milky sweet briny salty flavour.
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The Tamago Yaki (SGD $10) or Rolled Egg Omelette features that signature spongy soft moist texture, with a distinct taste of the dashi broth that results in this egg omelette carrying an earthy savoury sweet flavour. Completed with juicy grated daikon radish for vegetal sweet flavour.
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The Tori Karaage (SGD $13) or Fried Chicken features juicy tender chunks of boneless chicken, coated in a crisp crunchy batter, carrying savoury salty sweet flavour. Hot and fresh, yum. Nice snack to pair with drinks.
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The Yuki No Yousei (SGD $12) or Grilled White Corn is sourced from Hokkaido, Japan. This carries a distinct smoky vegetal sweet flavour that's pronounced, bursting with a juicy crunchy chew to texture.
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The Tontoro (SGD $28) or Grilled Pork Collar is fatty and juicy crunchy, with smoky meaty savoury salty flavour. Addictive, we kept reaching for more.
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The Surume Ika (SGD $23) or Grilled Common Squid is lavishly marinated with teriyaki sauce, lending this a smoky sweet salty savoury flavour. The squid is fresh with a bouncy springy chew to texture, garnished with spring onions and fried shallots.
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Tora Tora Tora Japanese Restaurant
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Or Assorted Fish Cake Stew features a warm dashi soup / broth that carries lovely savoury earthy sweet flavour.
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There's 8 pieces within, including soft stewed daikon radish with vegetal salty earthy sweet savoury flavour, bouncy satsuma-age / fried fish cake with savoury herbal sweet flavour, and spongy soft money bag tofu puffs stuffed with chewy rice cakes with grainy sweet earthy flavour. I rather enjoyed this.
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Tora Tora Tora Japanese Restaurant
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Dining Experience @ Tora Tora Tora Japanese Restaurant.
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This Japanese izakaya is located on the rooftop of an industrial building, and there's almost no way to stumble upon this place by chance, so people that visit mostly hear about Tora Tora Tora Japanese Restaurant through word of mouth.
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The Sashimi Moriawase 8-Kinds (SGD $98) or Assorted 8-Kinds Raw Seafood dish is the premium option.
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As such, this features thick juicy succulent cuts of fresh fish and seafood, including shake harasu / salmon fish belly with fatty sweet savoury flavour, hotate / scallop with briny salty sweet flavour, hamachi / yellowtail fish with savoury sweet flavour, and kanpachi / greater amberjack fish with savoury sweet flavour.
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Also shime saba / cured mackerel fish with salty savoury sour flavour, mekajiki / swordfish with sweet oily savoury flavour, awabi / abalone with briny salty sweet flavour, and bafun uni / horse **** sea urchin with briny salty sweeet flavour.
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Completed with juicy cucumbers with vegetal sweet flavour, and a lemon wedge for a zesty tangy sour kick.
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Tora Tora Tora Japanese Restaurant
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This under-the-radar stall has been serving quietly for over 20 years, and despite their higher prices, customers return time-and-again.
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The secret lies in their soy braising stock, said to be eternally simmering over flame since the beginning, with the owners adding water and herbs regularly throughout the years, creating an exceptional depth of richness.
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This robust soy braising stock lends a deep earthy herbal salty savoury flavour, to the springy large intestines, tender pork belly, gelatinous braised pig's skin, crunchy braised pig's tongue, and bouncy chicken egg.
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The stock infuses the slippery smooth wide flat kway teow / rice noodles, carrying a bold earthy salty grainy sweet flavour. Bits of crisp spring onions complete.
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Kway Chap
Ya Wu (Ah Orh) Kway Chap & Bak Kut Teh
@ 138 Tampines Street 11 #01-116
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