Food Republic (VivoCity)

This is the second in a series of posts of eating places in VivoCity. I went through a phase of coming here really often... but that was before the festive season set in. I love this place! It's got everything in one place (the perfect place to spend a rainy afternoon :) and it's in the West (yay!). The trick in coming here is to come during non-peak hours - like on a Wednesday evening - but of course that only applies during non-festive season :)

I love the Food Republic at Wisma Atria so I was quite excited to check out the latest Food Republic outlet at VivoCity. I read in a newspaper article that one of the most famous bak chor mee stalls had a stall here and I was looking forward to trying it out - but of course with my arse-luck, the stall was closed that day... I was there again recently and it looked like the famous bak chor mee stall has been replaced by an unknown bak chor mee seller... Crap!

No bak chor mee so I ended up trying the famous Depot Road Claypot Laksa $6.50 instead. I've had it once years ago at the original Depot Road stall with C, who used to call it the stomachache-inducing laksa...


Not as spicy as I would have liked it, it was great how there was so much liao (ingredients) in it :) I thought it was a bit expensive though...

We also had Wu Xiang (Ngoh Hiang) - and I haven't had this in ages!


Forgot how much I like the prawn cracker thingy... and the deep fried tofu here is amazing - crispy on the outside and soft on the inside...

Lots of other stalls worth trying here including the Pu Tien Restaurant located inside Food Republic... but I'm not going anywhere near VivoCity till the whole festive season is over!

Chicken Murtabak at Food Republic (Wisma)

Was in town when I had a craving for prata, and heard that the prata stall at Food Republic was pretty good so decided to try it out.

I ordered the Chicken Murtabak... watching the guy cook your prata is probably not the best idea especially when you see how much lard goes into it. Depressing, but not enough to stop me from eating it :)


Such a huge serving for just $5! Comparable to other prata stalls - I remember paying $5 for the one at Jalan Kayu.

Stuffed with chicken and onions, it's impossible to finish it on your own. Even for a big eater like me :)

That's why I love going to Food Republic... for a food court, it's got pretty good food at very reasonable prices. Have a post on the newly open Food Republic at Vivo City coming up... erm... soon!

Beef Noodles at Scotts Food Court

This is another post on things that I've (strangely enough) never had before...

My friends and I used to hang out at Scotts Food Court a lot when we were in secondary school... afterall our school was just a few bus-stops away. And pretty much every time we were here, we would have Beef Noodles.

My friends would always have the dry version, with the brown gooey sauce... but there was just something about the sauce that looked very unappetizing to me so I've always had the soup version.

In the spirit of trying new things, I tried the dry version recently...


And loved it! Finished the whole bowl of noodles, which really doesn't happen very often with me anymore. The sauce was much tastier than I thought, and no lumps in it (for some reason I imagined there would be some).

But the best thing about this Beef Noodle stall is the chilli. My usual practice is to squeeze a lime in one dish of the chilli sauce, and dunk the beef into it. I love the chilli so much I normally have two saucers of it :)

This food court is such an instituition... unfortunately it will be closing pretty soon as the whole building is undergoing renovation. Go while you still can!

Food Republic

Just in case anyone complains that I shouldn't be watching calories and having a 'healthy' Grilled Chicken Tofu Burger for lunch, take a look at what I had for dinner :

My favourite Hokkien Mee from Thye Hong (just look for the stall with the queue)

and Chicken Satay!


Can anyone really say I'm watching my weight??