Cheng’s at No. 27 - Hainanese comfort food

Found this place from the monthly magazine that the RC send out. I always read their food recommendations. Yes, I am auntie like that.

Cheng’s is a family owned restaurant specializing in Hainanese food. I follow up the magazine review from Cheng’s with ieatishootipost blog post on the restaurant. The food review seems promising!

The menu is simple and straight forward. The post on ieatishootipost covers like majority of food on the menu.

On this visit, we ordered the salted green mustard duck soup, crispy chicken with ginger and sambal French beans.

The salted green mustard duck soup is delicious but a tad too salty. After the meal, I had to keep drinking plenty of water but yet still feel quite thirsty. I am amazed that the duck meat in the soup is super tender and still juicy to eat after being boiled in the soup.

The crispy chicken with ginger is really good. I like the thin ginger slices and the chicken breast that actually tasted like pork. A quick blanch of oil with the slightly sour sauce made this an outstanding dish that goes well with rice.

The sambal French beans is light in its flavor with being overly spicy. The vegetables are very fresh and crunchy.

This is also a place I will recommend for simple Chinese lunch and/or dinner.

Food tasted 9 Sept 2017

Cheng's at No. 27

27 Yong Siak Street 

Singapore 168654
Tel: 6223 7883

Wed - Mon: 10 am - 3 pm, 5.30 pm - 10 pm 

Closed on Tuedays

Summerlong @ The Quayside, a good place to wind down

Gone were the days that we don’t read food reviews before patronizing a restaurant. So today, we stray from our usual habit and we simply walk in a restaurant that attracted us most.

And that is Summerlong – a Mediterranean cuisine.

I was attracted by the ambience of soft lights and soul music. The dining is alfresco with candles placed on every table. Colour is light pastels with wood furnishings and decorations. A very cosy and welcoming set up.

As we have not made a reservation (obviously), we got a bar table. But the seats are still comfortable enough. The lady that attended to us spoke to us in an ang mo accent and provided us some recommendations on food.

No complimentary water is served so we have to order water still or sparkling. We ordered Pinot gris and beer to go along with food.  

Starter is roasted sweet potato and chilli hummus. I was worried that it will be too spicy but was assured that this is more sweet then hot. In case you wondering like me what is hummus, its actually sweet potato mashed. This is served with 4 slices of bread that almost like a naan. This serving of bread is a little small and we have plenty of hummus left over so we topped up for another bowl of bread.

We also shared a sweet corn and goat cheese fritters with cardamom yoghurt. The fitter is well fried but what impressed me most is the yoghurt mixed with mint that enhances the flavor of the dip.

Final dish for the night is the Mediterranean pork ribs, pomegranate glaze with dukkah crust. The pork ribs are well cooked to a smoky flavor. I thought the dukkah crust is interesting as compared to the usual bbq pork ribs. Servings also a little small but good for us who are trying to lose a few kilos.

Strong recommendation and definitely the star restaurant for me for the month of September. 

Food tasted 30 Sept 2017

Summerlong @ The Quayside

60 Robertson Quay
#01-04
Singapore 238252
Tel: 6235 1225

Tues - Fri: 5 pm till midnight
Sat - Sun: 11.30 am - 3 pm, 6 pm till midnight

Closed on Mondays