The Dragon Chamber – Incognito Modern Chinese Cuisine

Admittedly, I was drawn to The Dragon Chamber because of how fascinating it is to enter the premises – through what looks like a fridge door.

Enter the Dragon Chamber

I was on the hunt for a Chinese restaurant to bring my tourist friend from the US to. The interior seats here looked comfortable enough for a good catch up session. & indeed, it was… Not too noisy as well, as the tables were spaced out nicely.

Interior & Bar Area of The Dragon Chamber

There are several unique, head-turning items on their menu, e.g. Dragon Claw ($60++), D*** Soup ($30++) (just a crocodile’s penis in soup), Flaming Pineapple Beef ($32++), but for the less adventurous there are regular, tasty options to choose from. & vegetarian options as well.

I was pleasantly surprised by the Wasabi Prawn with Tobiko ($26++ Small/$48++ Large). Several places over-fry the prawns & they end up being dry on the inside, overly oily on the outside… But not The Dragon Chamber.

This small portion was enough for 2 pax to share. The batter was light & crispy, & the sautéed de-shelled prawns remained juicy with a firm bite to them. Wasabi sauce was more creamy than spicy; I would’ve liked more of a kick to it, but that isn’t a crime. Lots of tobiko atop each piece for that added crunch. Would order this again.

As a yolk-porn egg lover, I couldn’t pass up the Wagyu Truffle Beef Hor Fun ($32++ Small/$58++ Large). Coupled with the fact that it has everything I love in a bowl.

While I found the presence of truffle lacking in this dish, it made up for it on other fronts: Silky smooth noodles & tender slices of wagyu beef, tied together by a copious amount of rich sauce to tantalize your taste buds.

After this was served to our table, our waitress broke the yolk & mixed everything nicely for us. So get your phones/cameras out for a nice video opportunity, & some oohs & aahs….

💳 Accepts credit cards
🌬 Air-conditioned seats only
🖥 Accepts reservations – I used Chope
💦 Water is not chargeable

Meow Xiang Vegetarian 妙香斋素食 – Very Meh Zeh Bee Hoon

If anyone knows of good vegetarian bee hoon in the East side of Singapore, please let me know…. ‘Cos this wasn’t it. Even though this is supposedly a famous stall. My all-time favourite spot is in Jurong West, & that’s quite a journey.

I mean, I finished this plate of Zeh Bee Hoon 斋米粉 ($2.50 nett), so it wasn’t terrible. It just lacked the finesse & oomph that I look for in vegetarian bee hoon… Call me a snob, but perhaps I’ve been spoilt by my favourite stall.

My preference is for saucey noodles – so I found the bee hoon in this too dry for my liking. Ingredients were also quite basic (passable).

Chilli was pretty good though, so I’ll give them that. & they open really early in the morning, so if you were up at 6AM like me hunting for food & with this specific craving… Maybe give this a shot.

But it’s unlikely I’ll be buying this again.

💵 Cash only; no electronic payments
📍 Located in Bedok 85 Market

Fei Chang Hao – Ribbon-style Chee Cheong Fun

Fei Chang Hao 妃肠好 serves ribbon-style Chee Cheong Fun, which I find quite unique in Singapore. I followed them to their new location at Food Haven Coffeeshop (5 Upper Boon Keng Rd, #01-22), from their original location in Boon Keng Market where I first fell in love with them.

Priced affordably & substantial in quantity, I went for the You Tiao Rice Roll 炸两肠粉 ($3.90 nett) today. I paid extra (+$0.50 nett) to add an egg just ‘cos it compliments it well. This was a good portion for a tea-time snack, having had brunch in the late morning & I was feeling peckish before dinner time.

I really like the silky smooth texture of the CCF, which is consistent across their other options as well – as it should. The sauce was enough to dip each piece around without drowning the whole dish. Iirc, they used to be a Burpple Beyond merchant – but I’d willingly pay full price for this. & you know I’d return again… & again.

💵 Cash only; no electronic payments
📍 Located within Food Haven Coffeeshop (5 Upper Boon Keng Rd, #01-22)

Healthy Lo Hei with Lean Bento

Can’t decide what I love more about Lean Bento – that their food is delicious & healthy, or that they constantly innovate to keep things fresh & exciting. This festive season, check out their unique Lo Hei specialties, served from 14 Jan – 26 Feb 2021 (excluding Sun), in the various portion sizes that you need.

Pictured above is the Plentiful Wealth Lo Hei Gift Box for 1 pax – yes, that’s right, I can lo my own hei by myself! Perfect for my solo dinner on a busy work day. This $29.88 deal comes with a set of cutlery & a bottle of water. TBH, I’m not hot about disposables, but I acknowledge the convenience if you want to eat this outside of home.

Bottled water for thirsty people like me

It’s presentable too, which makes it great as a gift. With an ingredient cheering label in Chinese on the inside of the cover, that gets plus points for convenience (but remember, don’t flout the rules this CNY). More importantly, it’s delicious & healthy 😄 My favourite ingredient is the freshwater unagi. A great substitute to the traditional sashimi that you’d usually find – a particularly meaningful replacement for me as I can’t eat raw fish.

To me, this is the star of the show. Grilled lovingly & with a velvety smooth texture, it glides down your throat for that oomph shiok factor. Against a bed of fresh homemade ingredients – julienned carrot, white radish, dragonfruit cubes, golden egg crepe, citrus & melon strips, & so on. Topped off with a great miso dressing – there is no lingering saccharine taste from the sweet sauce in traditional lo heis. With such complementary flavours, I actually used up the whole sauce portion – which I normally don’t, but this was too good to pass up.

Might I add, also – the golden crackers, a hot crowd favourite? These are low-fat, tasty & guilt-free. I mean, I don’t count calories… But for what it’s worth, this dish in its entirety is under 650kcal a serving, with Protein 35g, Carbohydrate 62g, Fat 29g, Fibre 8g.

Thank you Charleswanmushi for sending over this Lean Bento gift box! A great start to the oxpicious new year 🤩

Eventasty Beef Noodles – Optimising Cashback with Shopback GO

Don’t you just love it with you get to have a good meal & optimize your returns for eating out?

Case in point: Clicked through Shopback to make a booking via Eatigo = $1.50 cashback:

At the time I dined at Eventasty 一碗田 Hand-pulled Noodles, the Eatigo discount was a cool 40% = even more savings!

Ordered my bowl of Marinated Beef Shank Noodles ($7.90+); was impressed that you can add more noodles to your order FOR FREE #carbsoncarbs.

Boosted my cashback on Shopback GO to 10%:

Paid with my linked credit card & my cashback was tracked instantaneously:

Don’t get me wrong, this isn’t the best bowl of beef noodles ever. The beef slides are fairly thin (though delicious). I think the additional noodles meant that my soup was absorbed by them extra quickly, too. But the noodles are well made, what little I tasted of the soup was refreshing & tasty. & the chilli I added to my bowl was shiok!

Overall, it was a comforting bowl of noodles in this cold weather, & was a very affordable meal for me. & yes, I would dine here again. They have some other options like tomato soup bases & dry mushroom sauce noodles that I’d be keen to try.

You can also watch chef actually pull your noodles!

💳 Accepts credit cards
🌬 Air-conditioned seats available
☀ Al fresco seats available
🖥 Accepts reservations – I used Eatigo via Shopback
🍽 Shopback GO partner
📱 Accepts FavePay (but you won’t get Shopback GO cashback then)
📶 Free WiFi available (Funan is a Capitaland Mall)
🙋🏻 Service charge applicable
🚫 No GST