A nice relaxing Sunday. The weather was cool, the air was clear. My family was looking for something quick and easy to eat before we hang out somewhere to have some needed quality time over coffee.
We're quite fed up with the usual fast food joints, though truth be told I wouldn't mind having another KFC this week :).
Living in the Jurong area, naturally we are drawn towards Jurong East and its trifecta of malls as a source of entertainment; JEM, Westgate and JCube. They even provide shuttle buses from Westgate to IMM (another mall nearby which offers more variety in terms of halal eateries). If you don't care for buses, there is even a connecting bridge from Westgate to IMM!
We have been making lesser and lesser trips to town due to this convenience.
For this particular Sunday though, we decided to pay a quick visit to Westgate! As usual, it's crowded, but I always like the vibe there, but maybe it's because I often go there to eat. Anticipation of food really gives me a good mood.
If you guys are in the area, please do come for a visit :), don't forget to bring your passport -_-! as my friends often joke (haha very funny, whatever). More information about Westgate can be found here.
Anyways, my husband thought we should eat at Papparich for a simple, delicious, good value, comfort food.
Papparich is a franchise from Malaysia, not to be confused with Pappamia, which I initially thought that they were the same, but turns out I was wrong :D.
I have been coming to eat here for quite some time now (ever since Westgate opens), and it never disappoints! So this visit, I expected the same experience as always.
Sitting down, I already knew what I wanted! There are about 3-4 go to dishes that I like here, and when I don't feel like trying anything new, I'd just pick out of the 3-4 favorites in my list.
Today I'm feeling like Pappa Char Kuay Teow, greasy, savory, spicy goodness.
My relationship with Kuay Teow started long way back, almost 20 years ago and 20 kilograms ago. My family's house happens to be right beside the kuay teow carts headquarters, meaning that all kuay teow on carts around the neighborhood, belong to the boss vendor next door. Therefore, before they went out for business every night, I'd have the privilege to shout my order from the 2nd story of my house to one of the abangs, 'Pesen Bang! Pedes!' almost every night (this may have explained the 20 kg?).
Weirldy enough, the kuay teow actually tasted like rubbish, but I just kept eating it out of habit. Fortunately (or unfortunately) because of this experience (growing up with sub standard kuay teow dishes), I'd appreciate any kuay teow dish I taste anywhere else, they all taste delicious to me! (though a person sitting next to me would down right say that they taste bad, true story, this happened).
Anyways, what about this char kuay teow dish? Am I not biased when I say they're delicious? Don't worry, my husband also agrees, and his palate did not endure the rigorous assault growing up.
Just looking at it you know you're going to have something good. I mean look at that!
I love kuay teow! I just have to say this out loud, it's a textural thing. I love the soft, springy and slight chewy feel of the kuay teow in my mouth, and the nice crunch of the bean sprouts is a perfect addition to the whole dish.
I love that the prawns were not overcooked, and they tasted sweet, and the cockles gave it the needed kick. What I was not impressed with, was the chili sauce that came with it. It's a personal opinion though, because for me personally, I want to fully enjoy the kuay teow. So it is best accompanied by cut chili padi. I just need the heat, but the overall taste and seasoning of the kuay teow is already perfect! No need to add anything else into it, including the chili sauce.
So it goes without saying, I ate it all up :). Well actually, I left like 2 measly spoon fulls because I felt guilty. It was quite a big portion, you know. I SHOULDN'T have finished it all.
My husband often wondered what in the world is the purpose for me leaving just a small portion of food left, it's only several more calories to go. It will still show on the hips, or flabby arms is more like it, lengan pentungan.
This visit, my husband had the Pappa Wat Tan Hor ( flat noodles with egg gravy), this is my other favorite, actually my number 1 favorite! :D
When his order came, I had a fleeting imagination of greedily scarfing down the two dishes*so shameful.
But, looking at that, can you blame me?
The gravy is to die for! and I wouldn't mind sneaking away the plate to the nearest rest room to have a private licking session.
This goes very well with the pickled sliced jalapenos or what is called as jeruk here :D. I'm amused by this since in bahasa Indonesia, jeruk is orange. So you can imagine my expression when I first came to Singapore and people offer jeruk to go with my food.
It was mostly flat, the expression that is, but my eyes were bulging out of confusion.
As always, this one came out perfect last Sunday, of course I excused myself to have a couple of slurps of the gravy :). 'I need a straw here!'
For Naylla, her favorite (and also mine, the number 2 favorite, and the char kuay teow is number 3) is the chicken rice.
I love the serving plate. I think it's new, it's the first time I've seen it here. The part that my daughter anticipates the most for is the chicken skin, yumm. Not too fatty, nor gamy and was packed with flavors. She also finished the whole thing.
It was another happy visit after all, and we all left with a satisfied tummy, fun memories, and a little bit more love for Papparich, not to mention a fuller and pudgier gut.
Here's a video of the visit:
More information about Papparich can be found in:
http://www.papparich.com.sg/index.htm
Westgate
3 gateway drive #03-06
Westgate
Singapore 608532
Tel: 6465 9586
Operation hours: 10.00 am - 10.00 pm
We're quite fed up with the usual fast food joints, though truth be told I wouldn't mind having another KFC this week :).
Living in the Jurong area, naturally we are drawn towards Jurong East and its trifecta of malls as a source of entertainment; JEM, Westgate and JCube. They even provide shuttle buses from Westgate to IMM (another mall nearby which offers more variety in terms of halal eateries). If you don't care for buses, there is even a connecting bridge from Westgate to IMM!
We have been making lesser and lesser trips to town due to this convenience.
For this particular Sunday though, we decided to pay a quick visit to Westgate! As usual, it's crowded, but I always like the vibe there, but maybe it's because I often go there to eat. Anticipation of food really gives me a good mood.
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Anyways, my husband thought we should eat at Papparich for a simple, delicious, good value, comfort food.
Papparich is a franchise from Malaysia, not to be confused with Pappamia, which I initially thought that they were the same, but turns out I was wrong :D.
I have been coming to eat here for quite some time now (ever since Westgate opens), and it never disappoints! So this visit, I expected the same experience as always.
Sitting down, I already knew what I wanted! There are about 3-4 go to dishes that I like here, and when I don't feel like trying anything new, I'd just pick out of the 3-4 favorites in my list.
Today I'm feeling like Pappa Char Kuay Teow, greasy, savory, spicy goodness.
My relationship with Kuay Teow started long way back, almost 20 years ago and 20 kilograms ago. My family's house happens to be right beside the kuay teow carts headquarters, meaning that all kuay teow on carts around the neighborhood, belong to the boss vendor next door. Therefore, before they went out for business every night, I'd have the privilege to shout my order from the 2nd story of my house to one of the abangs, 'Pesen Bang! Pedes!' almost every night (this may have explained the 20 kg?).
Weirldy enough, the kuay teow actually tasted like rubbish, but I just kept eating it out of habit. Fortunately (or unfortunately) because of this experience (growing up with sub standard kuay teow dishes), I'd appreciate any kuay teow dish I taste anywhere else, they all taste delicious to me! (though a person sitting next to me would down right say that they taste bad, true story, this happened).
Anyways, what about this char kuay teow dish? Am I not biased when I say they're delicious? Don't worry, my husband also agrees, and his palate did not endure the rigorous assault growing up.
Just looking at it you know you're going to have something good. I mean look at that!
I love kuay teow! I just have to say this out loud, it's a textural thing. I love the soft, springy and slight chewy feel of the kuay teow in my mouth, and the nice crunch of the bean sprouts is a perfect addition to the whole dish.
I love that the prawns were not overcooked, and they tasted sweet, and the cockles gave it the needed kick. What I was not impressed with, was the chili sauce that came with it. It's a personal opinion though, because for me personally, I want to fully enjoy the kuay teow. So it is best accompanied by cut chili padi. I just need the heat, but the overall taste and seasoning of the kuay teow is already perfect! No need to add anything else into it, including the chili sauce.
So it goes without saying, I ate it all up :). Well actually, I left like 2 measly spoon fulls because I felt guilty. It was quite a big portion, you know. I SHOULDN'T have finished it all.
My husband often wondered what in the world is the purpose for me leaving just a small portion of food left, it's only several more calories to go. It will still show on the hips, or flabby arms is more like it, lengan pentungan.
This visit, my husband had the Pappa Wat Tan Hor ( flat noodles with egg gravy), this is my other favorite, actually my number 1 favorite! :D
When his order came, I had a fleeting imagination of greedily scarfing down the two dishes*so shameful.
But, looking at that, can you blame me?
The gravy is to die for! and I wouldn't mind sneaking away the plate to the nearest rest room to have a private licking session.
This goes very well with the pickled sliced jalapenos or what is called as jeruk here :D. I'm amused by this since in bahasa Indonesia, jeruk is orange. So you can imagine my expression when I first came to Singapore and people offer jeruk to go with my food.
It was mostly flat, the expression that is, but my eyes were bulging out of confusion.
As always, this one came out perfect last Sunday, of course I excused myself to have a couple of slurps of the gravy :). 'I need a straw here!'
For Naylla, her favorite (and also mine, the number 2 favorite, and the char kuay teow is number 3) is the chicken rice.
I love the serving plate. I think it's new, it's the first time I've seen it here. The part that my daughter anticipates the most for is the chicken skin, yumm. Not too fatty, nor gamy and was packed with flavors. She also finished the whole thing.
It was another happy visit after all, and we all left with a satisfied tummy, fun memories, and a little bit more love for Papparich, not to mention a fuller and pudgier gut.
Here's a video of the visit:
More information about Papparich can be found in:
http://www.papparich.com.sg/index.htm
Westgate
3 gateway drive #03-06
Westgate
Singapore 608532
Tel: 6465 9586
Operation hours: 10.00 am - 10.00 pm
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