Whampo hawker center fed us for breakfast. 3 dishes only; Mee Siam, a tamarind based noodle dish that packs quite a tang; Lontong, a coconut milk based dish with veggies and rice cakes, my personal favorite that was smooth and silky down the gullet; lastly, Vegetarian Beehoon, gluten flattened out, rolled up and then fried and served with vermicelli-like noodles. A smash hit for the vegetarians in the food court (aka Buddhists.) I know what you're thinking. What was your breakfast dessert? Why donuts of course! Fresh fried long donuts, so light and soft on the inside and delicately crispy on the outside that your 2nd stomach (aka per the locals "dessert stomach") welcomes it with open esophageal sphincter.
We had an invitation to eat a home prepared sashimi meal, so we made room by accepting an invitation to "The Dutch Club" for aquarobics. The health benefits lay squarely in the amount of laughter that occurred instead of the actual workout. Once I got that damn board under my feet in the deep end, I was cruising like the Silver Surfer. We weren't going to eat, but our host didn't seem to take NO for an answer, so we indulged in a mere 4 plates and dessert. I refused to take pictures because, technically it didn't happen, but truthfully I admit it did. Oh well, on to the dinner we were supposed to have empty stomachs for.
Hands down, I've never eaten better salmon. Marinated for a day in atablespoon of saki and soya sauce concoction did only one thing...bring out the fatty luscious flavor of the fish without the fishy smell or aftertaste. Luscious beyond belief. Thank you Tom Kondo, you Japanese culinary magician!
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