Yee Jia Chun, Telok Ayer Street
Yee Jia Chun is fast becoming one of my favourite haunts for lunch. It's light, healthy and yet substantial to satiate any hunger pangs that may plague you in the late afternoon if you eat too light a meal during lunch.
The Lotus Root Soup ($4) was heavily accented with the flavours of braised peanuts and pork bones. Lotus roots provided some crunch.
The Winter Melon Soup ($4) was the lightest and clearest of the day, and a very clean taste to it. Although it was steaming hot, the winter melon, with it's "cooling" properties, helped cool off the internal digestive system.
The Black Fungus Mushroom Soup ($4) had moreish, woodsy overtones, with black fungus lending a crunchy texture and health benefits to the delicate chicken based soup.
The Sauteed Cabbage ($1.50) was delicately seasoned with soy, not too salty but a tad oily.
The Pumpkin Rice ($2) was nice and fluffy, with hints of sweet mashed pumpkin. This somehow married well with the savoury soup.
The Yam Rice ($2) wasn't as sweet as the pumpkin version, but sweet nonetheless. Dried shrimp grounded the rice with its salty dried seafood accent.
Yee Jia Chun
173 Telok Ayer Street
Tel: 9002 5750
Open Mondays to Fridays from 11am to 3pm
Website: www.yeejiachun.com
The Lotus Root Soup ($4) was heavily accented with the flavours of braised peanuts and pork bones. Lotus roots provided some crunch.
The Winter Melon Soup ($4) was the lightest and clearest of the day, and a very clean taste to it. Although it was steaming hot, the winter melon, with it's "cooling" properties, helped cool off the internal digestive system.
The Black Fungus Mushroom Soup ($4) had moreish, woodsy overtones, with black fungus lending a crunchy texture and health benefits to the delicate chicken based soup.
The Sauteed Cabbage ($1.50) was delicately seasoned with soy, not too salty but a tad oily.
The Pumpkin Rice ($2) was nice and fluffy, with hints of sweet mashed pumpkin. This somehow married well with the savoury soup.
The Yam Rice ($2) wasn't as sweet as the pumpkin version, but sweet nonetheless. Dried shrimp grounded the rice with its salty dried seafood accent.
Yee Jia Chun
173 Telok Ayer Street
Tel: 9002 5750
Open Mondays to Fridays from 11am to 3pm
Website: www.yeejiachun.com
Comments
You no more eat Korae food anymore?
Jong Un
I'm actually heading to Seoul in May, and I'm planning to eat a lot of Korean food then. There's really no point eating at the Korean restaurants in Singapore because the ones in Seoul are so much more authentic.