More often than not, one stumbles on a random eating place. It is almost an accident, and completely unscripted that we find somewhere in the heartlands to have a simple meal, and then get to enjoy it. That is simply Singapore. Good food is everywhere. Here is one of them, Wan Hao Kopitiam, located in Bukit Batok (yes, that most "Hungarian" of housing estates) Block 217.
It is early evening, and after a home visit to Ming Yen and Amy's cat Miki, we spy this colourful kopitiam (coffee shop) off Bukit Bartok Steet 21. It's a regular HDB kopitiam / food court. It's crowded with diners, a sure sign that the food is good, and off we go for our comfort foods. We were not disappointed.
Janet got her "humful" laksa, while my usual choice is a Vietnamese beef pho (beef rice noodles in soup). And both were hits. The cockles were not those puny ones that come from a can but actual hum which would even warm up Jamus Lim's heart. And my pho was dac biet, or "special", a word which I learnt in Ho Chi Minh City, which is the same as the Chinese word te bie. It's full of meaty goodness and the broth is just as savoury.
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| Jamus Lim, eat your heart out! |
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| A pho bo hard to forget. |
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| Must try the other stalls as well |
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| Looks like the god of fortune has visited here many times. |
BUKIT BARTOK BLOCK 217
somewhere near Bluebeard's Castle
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