China Food Scandal in RP!
..okay, so it’s not really a food scandal – but I think that got your attention, didn’t it?
For now, I have decided to be kinda “guai” (or rather, leaning towards the more docile side) – and instead of posting geeky stuff, followed by kinky stuff with innuendos, and well, vulgarities, I’ll post er, food.
No, really. Food in the literal sense – as in those that you eat for dinner and all. REALLY!
That said, allow me to introduce to you some rather fine, well-cooked delicacies in which my school, RP, (well, technically they subcontracted the food to ISS Catering – the Cafe 155 guys, who then subcontracted it to the China vendors – but what the hell). If nobody files anything, I’m gonna file it.
Since this is a story about Chinese food, I shall use “Chinese synonyms” to describe it – because, if I remember correctly, my command of chinese was kinda, well, bad.
Here goes:
On one wind and day sunny morning (which literally means – “yi ge feng he ri li de zao chen“), I decided to take Fish (yes – you mean you don’t know who’s Fish? go Google the word, “fish” then 
) to the good ol’ Cafe 155 located in RP.
Well, yes, we all heard the scandal whereby nose was and cockroaches and feelers and flies were found in food from various stores, but well, no, I’m not so lucky to taste such tainted delicacies served by our dilligent canteen vendors.
(This makes me think, er, if we were only capable of spotting foreign entities inside our food at THIS age, damn, what have I been eating for the past 10+ years of government education?)
The queue was kinda long everywhere, so of course, we opted for shorter queues: Fish actually went to the fishball noodles store, which typically had undersized portions of noodles for $2 – think of it as noodles in which you had at Secondary School – not the coffee shop portions.
I, of course, decided to be more adventureous (Read: “Kay Kiang“) and went for the only China-ran, I mean, er, China-national ran food store in the school, the one which had stickers all over for a name like “Liu Da Ma”.
Man, I must tell you – they serve the finest China-Chinese cuisine I’ve ever tasted!
Having ordered Fried Dumplings and Fried Rice from them, I was amazed at the cashier’s impeccable service – he flashed me that look which told me that he was deep-in-thought about food, so much that he was in a daze at times. Of course, cannot blame him for that, he must be a dedicated cashier at heart, so thoughtful about his food.
I do believe that due to the cashier cum chef’s enthusiasm, he apparently applied secret ancient Chinese methodology (which is non-existent by *any* local eatery or chef) to simmer these dumplings in oil.
Look how the base forms a delicious black crisp.
Of course, the dumplings had very nicely mixed feelings, which tasted like “jiu chai” mixed with raw pork (meat?). I see that the chef had found a way to make Medium-rare Pork, which of course adds to the juiciness of the whole thing. The versatility of the chef’s skills never fails to impress a layman like me!
Such amazing cooking style which due to Singapore’s cultural advancement, can only be uncovered by native chefs like this. It is exceptionally rare to find perfectly friend dumplings, I tell you.
Though I must say, due to a lack of cultural clashes (in turns of taste), I gleefully contributed these dumplings to the “Return Tray” counter, hoping some other hungry soul could appreciate them.
The next dish, the fried rice, was also tastefully fried.
Each mouthful had the distinct taste of recycled vegetable oil – which, during this global oil crisis, is a commendable effort on the chef’s part to probably re-use the oil which fried the dumplings to re-fry the rice.
One could easily feel the mouth being doubly coated with oil after the very first spoon – and I must say, it’s an amazing taste, so much that I had to compliment it with my milk tea which effectively musked it’s taste. Such added recycled oil brings great flavour to the rice.
Don’t you notice how the oil seems to make the rice just GLOW in the morning (well, actually, artificial) lights of the cafe/canteen? Notice how the rich colours seem to highlight the generous spread of ingredients used! Wow!
With that said, I shall leave you guys to drool over these amazing dumplings which, honestly, was beyond me, and I do believe it would be beyond anyone of you with “standard” taste buds.
The China-Chinese people in the food and milk industry have their tradition deeply set within melamine, the pride and joy of their produce, and this is way superior than what we have in Singapore’s culture, man!
first. why many of my Singaporean classmates feel fried rice is very tasty? please do not criticize others using your subjective judgement.
secondly. please do not post one burnt dumpling to aprove the whole quality of the dumpling is bad. some examply can’t present the whole unit. like so many singaporean guy have gangtooth, can I conclude every Singaporean guy have gangtooth? Since China-cuisine can open in RP, that means official department has inspected and checked already, if you don’t feel satisfied, you can complain to RP.
lastly why don’t u common on the other local vendors first. To find self’s problem is more important find other’s problem. I think you also can gain many things.
chill man Lenny. Anyway, did I saw anything wrong with dumplings? I saw parts of blue black areas in the picture.
Sorry Lenny, I love fried rice, because I belief it is a dish which is simple, yet takes quite abit of skill to perfect.
To be honest, I posted 3 dumplings – the plate came with 6. Because I was hungry as hell, and to be honest, I wouldn’t mind buying another plate again, just to support your economy of china. But let it be said that I’m pro-democracy.
Isn’t it the same with everything? In Singapore, we also do something called “chao kheng” – meaning that after inspection, we can do all kids of shit – and no need to be scared
Perhaps that is what happened?
heya! (: sorry to trouble you but i had problem accessing the RP photo database as everything i type results in nothing found. is it just me?
Lol. Hey Kelvin, u’re not the first… I’ve heard many complains about that store and i was juz as “gei kiang” as you were. ‘xcept it wasn’t really the love for fried rice, but i am a big “zhi char” eater and have such meals for dinner most of the time, so simply couldn’t resist the temptation of patronising that stall. Lo and behold i had the same exact dish as what you had. Though my dumplings was not as “dimly coloured”, the quality of the dish is simply horrendous. With skin that seems it was made of expired flour, it was hard to chew into and what you get inside is a chunk of meat that really doesn’t seem like it was thawed properly as it’s greatly bonded together as though one of the ingredients was the best quality gelatin. As for the fried rice, you really couldn’t have placed it in a better description, i simply feel like having it “all over again”.
And Lenny, i don’t know if u’re being defensive because u’re a china man and simply trying to defend ur country man, but pls have some basis for a counter argument. I dunno y kelvin even bothered to make a reply to your rebuttal coz it makes no sense at all. So does passing O levels once makes you be able to pass it again if u take it the next year? It’s ridiculous! Just as kelvin said, it’s only “for the moment”. Why do checks have to be done constantly if a check determines a stalls credibility? If it is so, check once and forever hold you peace. But no, checks are done continually over periods of time. However,, jus like your exams, tests, or even assessments of behaviour in work place, all these are done with prior notice. You do know when your UT is coming up don’t u? So u prepare for it! I own a car, i have it modified till some extents are beyond legal permissibility, but when i know the LTA checks are coming, i’ll take it for remodification back to acceptable standards. Similarly just because you do all ur driving instructor taught u and hence meet the requirements and pass and get ur driving license, can u honestly say in driving for the next few years u’ll abide by EVERYTHING u’ve learnt and all the road rules? So please, save your retarded defensive arguments coz it’s totally illogical! Pinch yourself and wake up, be realistic, you are human, think like a human and not like some idealistic robot! Unless you can tell me the MOH (ministry of health if u dunno..) or Quality assessment boards sneak up on ur “idol’s” store unaware and every once in a while and they passed the test everytime, then i withdraw my argument, otherwise, please get a life and do urself a favour by consuming food from the other stalls before u end up in your demise.
**Sorry for the blabbering, i just can’t stand people who argue with no proper grounds, like you dun get enough of them in RP’s PBL system.
Ling, i agree with u, somthing’s wrong. Kel, r u getting owned by the school or u’re just being humble and let them be more powerful? Many times when i am under vpn i totally cannot enter this site, and when i am able to, just like Ling, the photo database now is worse than when it just started, you have to type EXACTLY the name that is of the person’s to get results. Things like student id, module or class or even juz surnames amount to zero results. What happened man..?
o.O Chris. got that bad meh?
To be honest, this semester, I’m just worn out as hell, hence only set the field to search under name.
I shall revise it, immediately =x Finally got someone actually tell me what’s the EXACT problem!
LOL!!!!! Recently I tried that store with 3 of my friends. We were attracted by the look and the quantity given! The service was extreamly fast and when we taste it… Wow it’s bland LOL and to think the dish I ordered is call Sweet and Sour Fish.
Hahaha for the past few days we been making fun of that stall. I dare my friend to by from that store again and I will pay for his lunch LOL! Here is a tips for those who plan to try LDM next time. There is a bottle of black vinegar at the store, be sure to apply in on your food or soup.
A chinese wuhan girl Mrs YI is a bitch!!!
i dono. it turned me very off.
i dunno, it turned me of since it opened, or was it when i first stepped into the school?
haa, i forgot. anyways. the food is, freaking oily, and bland. eew.
I tried it once for the Gong Bao Chicken.
It’s wasn’t singapore style, As it is Healthier i guess. With little Chicken Bits, Hidden in a Pool of Carrots and Peas.
I gave it a sencond try of the dumblings, It had a unique texture which i never tried b4. It is like the Man Tou, Quite hard, Guess the Chef wanna gave it a special roughness and it’s 2-3 times the size of a normal Dumblings.
After that, I nv tried it all my life, cause i preferred Singapore style of cooking. I guess