and so the mission begins

yes i've set a personal mission for myself: to eat as much local fare as possible before i leave. i sooooo have to have everything so that my tummy won't have any gastronomical regrets when i fly off to michigan. that means you won't catch me at mcdonald's, kfc or yoshinoya. it's hawker and kopitiam for me from now onwards. SFI cookhouse not included though.

after prawn mee and char kway teow at maxwell yesterday, i had katong marvelicious laksa for lunch today.
for dinner in the evening, i went to ben hong's place. the hong kong street coffee shop is rather famous. i hadn't tried the good stuff on the menu before, so with an open mind, i stepped in.

the bee hoon with fish slices was tasty, but i didn't get the same kick outta it as compared to the holland V XO version. this one had a much weaker hua diao jiu in it instead. but i suspected benH was slightly tipsy after downing his bee hoon.

the before (foreground) and after (background) of the prawn paste fried chicken.

i hadn't played bridge in a long while. engaging in the game after dinner was a fantastic way to relax while letting the digestive juices get to work. we realised that guanming hadn't gone to the toilet the entire day, even after gulping down a carton of soya bean milk, a bowl of laksa, a cup of bubble tea, 2 glasses of barley and plenty of fish bee hoon soup. it's surprising what we term 'humanly possible'.

and so now i'm left with hokkien mee, satay bee hoon and chilli crab. it's a pretty short cravings list, but i'll think of more. suggestions are welcomed.