328 Katong Laksa

Laksa is a dish in Singapore that needs no further introduction and probably one of the must try dish for tourist. Laksa has thick coconut gravy with bee hoon topped with prawns, fish cakes, chilli and laksa leaves! And despite this being one of the famous national dishes, Fussy boyfriend pointed out that after food hunting for so long, we have not blogged anything on laksa before - WHICH IS TRUE!

So we decided to blog this as this was the first laksa place we thought of! And is also a good choice as it's really shiok to drink the laksa soup on rainy days!















The laksa is actually quite well known for their way of eating - the thick bee hoon has already been cut short so that you can savour this dish using just a spoon together with the gravy and ingredient, and nothing else, no chopsticks, no fork. So just be prepared!

And when a particular food is famous, there will always tend to be a group of people selling the same food, and this is one of them as we spotted at least 3 stores selling laksa on the same stretch.




















Laksa comes in 3 different servings (small, medium and big)

The place also houses both outdoors and indoor (air con) seats and the place is really hard to miss as it's really plastered with alot of photos on celebrities and famous people coming to eat laksa here!

Waiting time was really fast before the piping hot laksa was served to us. Fussy boyfriend loves to have it in it's original flavour (ie: without chilli!). And Picky Girlfriend's version was something like the below and adding extra chilli anytime she wants! :)








































So Picky girlfriend really loves the fact that the the chilli is always placed at each table, so reachable and you can put as much as you want! :)

The chilli was really fragrant and adds an extra oomph to the laksa soup base! Another thing that we love was the fact that the prawns have already been cleared off its shells and the intestines which made it really easy to eat.




















The soup was so good that we finished it to the last drop. It has the sufficient coconut taste we were looking without being too "jelat" and of the right thickness. The first thing that strike us on the gravy was the strong taste of hae bee (dried shrimps) and we love it!

To add to what we were already having, we added otah which serves as a good complement to the laksa. Yummy otah was wrapped in banana leaf, and otah in banana leaf always seems to taste better for some reason. Dip it with laksa gravy makes it taste yummier too!




















Picky Girlfriend and Fussy Boyfriend's rating for laksa: 4.25/5

328 Katong Laksa
51 East Coast Road

Opening hours: 8am - 10 pm
How to get there: Bus 10, 12, 14 and 32

Tom Yam Goong Thai Food

Still on the coupon frenzy, Picky Girlfriend bought another set of coupons for a Thai buffet meal! Thai food always never fails to attract, the spicy tom yam, tangy mango salad, flavoursome green curry are Picky Girlfriend's weakness!

Sometimes coupon website like this really offers quite alot of choices and so it's a good time to try things we have not tried before and at a discounted rate! Sale of coupon is always limited so do look out for yummy food deals here.







































Sawat-Dee krup!

At first impression, the buffet spread offered was very similar to the Suan Thai buffet we have tried previously. A total of 26 items are available, with some items as a one time order at $18 is really quite a steal.




















It was already quite late when we reached the restaurant for dinner (Probably close to 8.30pm) and the place was really crowded so it was lucky that we made prior reservation.



































Under the buffet menu, ice lemon tea is also served free flow, and both Picky Girlfriend and Fussy Boyfriend really love this drink as it is very refreshing! And of course the "fire-saving" alternative for Fussy Boyfriend when he finds any of the food items too spicy ;)

Probably due to the crowd, it took a while before our orders were served and in between some orders were missed. But luckily the-very-shiok tom yam soup made up for it!




















Dont be judged by the clear tom yam soup colour, it can be quite spicy! Definitely gives you the kick and drink it while it's hot! We also love the fact that all the prawns' intentines are cleaned up and are super crunchy!

Picky Girlfriend can't help but ordered another serving of tom yam soup! (tom yam prawn is a one time order, or you can still order tom yam soup with chicken - which taste the same with just a chance of the main ingredient).















This is another multiple orders which we had - Fish Fillet in 3 flavour sauce. A little sour, sweet and crispy, all the right combination which made the fish taste yummy!

Papaya salad we tried out of curiosity as this is really not the usual kind of dish we will order, and it was surprisingly good! Crunchy, sourish with a tinge of spicyness by the chilli padi really increased the appetite!




















Other items we tried! Must try include green curry and pineapple rice. Raisins can be found in the pineapple rice which made it tastier! The pomelo salad was quite refreshing too.





















There are actually more dishes we didnt manage to try since we weren't too hungry. For beef lovers, there are really quite a few options (can't rate the beef dishes cos both Picky Girlfriend and Fussy Boyfriend do not eat beef, so let us know if you have a chance to try it!). Full buffet list can be found here.

And more importantly it is Halal certified which gives another option for our Muslim friends! What other buffets do you know of that is Halal certified, let us know! :)

Picky Girlfriend and Fussy Boyfriend's rating for Thai buffet: 3.5/5
(Price of all day buffet - $18 nett!)

Tom Yam Goong Thai Food
351 Bedok Road
Simpang Bedok

Opening Hours : Mon - Thurs (11.30am - 3pm, 5pm-10pm), Fri - Sun (11.30 - 10pm)
How to get there:
Bus Service 2, 9 and 10