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Ruyi Chinese fast food restaurant at Changi Airport Terminal 1 served a nice meal for Mrupupup.  Mrupupup ordered a set consisting of zhajiang mee, herbal jelly and very nice soup.  The restaurant, named  Ruyi  which means 'As One's Wishes' in Chinese, is the first fast-food Chinese restaurant to be introduced in Singapore and the place is 24 hours. Ruyi also serves dim sum, noodles and rice based meals. The Ruyi set meal costs about $11.80. The taste was very nice for the zhajiang mee and Mrupupup liked the herbal jelly (long time never had one). Ruyi was quiet (not many people) and one need not squeeze with the crowd during meal times to have a decent Chinese meal. Pretty nice meal place for dinner - Ruyi.

Mrupupup encountered this dish named 'Cuttlefish Kang Kong'  华记鱿鱼蕹菜  at the Blk 16 Bedok South Hawker Centre #01-193. Never knew this cuttlefish kang kong dish existed in a hawker centre. The dish is special and comes with cuttlefish (fresh and soft), kang kong vegetables, pineapple slices, peanuts, bean sprouts and lots of special sauce (sweet and sour). The cuttlefish kang kong costs $3 per plate and tastes very nice. Mrupupup never had a sweet and sour tasting dish for a long time! This stall has been in operations since the 1980s and it was the first time Mrupupup discovered it! Wah! Watch out for the long queue! The reason for the stall's popularity is due to the use of the fresh ingredients. A simple dish and made well with very fresh ingredients. Mrupupup totally enjoyed the tender cuttlefish, fresh vegetables and nice sauce to go with it all. Yummsss!

There is a pau store at Blk 4 Changi Village Road #01-2082 and named as Johore Bahru Handmade Pau. Think this pau store has been around for a many years and has a few outlets in Singapore. Mrupupup tried out their paus (Chinese made steamed buns). These paus, steamed came with many types of fillings like chicken, pork, red bean or coffee paste. Guessed the unique nature of the Johore Bahru paus were their funny names given to the paus, like 'kung fu' kick pau (filled with chicken filling) and the Hong Kong TV Star 'Amy Yip' Giant paus (very huge steamed paus with pork and egg). Mrupupup liked their char siew pau for their nice taste and packed with lots of char siew pork meat. The coffee paste steamed pau was not bad too. Pretty good snack time from Johore Bahru Pau store, do remember to steam the buns before eating. The steamed buns (paus) range from $1- $3 in price depending on what buns you order. Think Johore Bahru Handmade Pau is 'generous' with their filli

Mrupupup was attracted to a stall that sells wanton mee in a coffeeshop located at Blk 46 Holland Drive. The stall's name was interesting 'Red Ring Wanton Mee'. Guessed the 'red ring' referred to the red colour of the char siew that came along with the noodles. The stall was interesting because the lady said that the wanton mee only came with a special sauce that was spicy, and they did not serve wanton mee with non-spicy sauce, unlike other places where wanton mee could be in sweet black sauce. Anyway, Mrupupup tried the red ring wanton mee ($3 small) portion and tasted unique and nice. The fried wanton (fried dumpling) about two pieces were made on the spot and crispy to the taste. The noodles tasted tangy and nice. The char siew 'red ring' meat was tender. Overall, although the portion was small, tasted good. Good for light meal during lunch time! OK, Mrupupup should eat 'light' at times.

Mrupupup went to the newly renovated Chinatown Point. Mrupupup walked around the Chinatown Point and stumbled upon a Taiwanese eatery known as 'Eat at Taipei'  吃在台北  (at level 1, next to Toast Box). Well, one could guess the place served up Taiwanese food. 'Eat at Taipei' at Chinatown Point is their second outlet in Singapore, the other outlet is at JCube in Jurong. Mrupupup tried the 'coffin' toast' - about $8 (1st time trying!) which looked like a coffin, actually fried bread filled with thick white sauce, prawns, squid and fish slices. 'Coffin toast' was unique and first time for Mrupupup.  We next tried the ginger duck soup (about $4.90) which came in a small bowl but was filled with ingredients and the thick herbal soup (quite good!). 'Eat at Taipei' was a pretty good place to try Taiwanese food and Mrupupup would come again to try their desserts like shaved ice dessert & bubble tea.

Mrupupup went to the Canton Paradise at Star Vista Shopping Mall (near to Buona Vista Train station) and felt like in 'paradise' for the Chinese food the place served. Mrupupup had very nice egg custard buns, dim sum, Chinese pastries, and good wanton noodles. Canton Paradise served up good Chinese food. The egg custard bun was oozing out with yellow century-egg yolk and was very hot! Mrupupup ate the bun very delicately. For the Char Siew pastries, it was soft and need to slowly eat the char siew pastry bit by bit. The wanton noodles soup dish was their signature dish. The noodles was freshly made and the wanton were made with prawns. The noodle soup base was nice and was a light meal so as to leave some room for the custard buns and dim sum pastries. More Chinese Dim Sum please from Canton Paradise! Yummsss!

Today was the first time Mrupupup tried the famous Mellben crabs. The eating place sells seafood and is most famous for selling crabs in chilli sauce, butter crabs, crabs in claypot and many more versions. Mrupupup tried for the first time their butter crabs. Wow, now Mrupupup understood why people can wait up to an hour for a spot at this eating place to try their crabs. The crab was fresh (only one big crab) and cooked in a buttery sauce which was very unique and slightly spicy. Mrupupup took one hour to eat the crab and enjoyed every piece of the crab cooked in the special buttery sauce. Tasted super nice! Well, Mrupupup would come to Mellben Seafood place located at Blk 232 Ang Mo Kio Ave 3 during off-peak hours like after 9pm on a weekday as there was no queue. Mrupupup would only come to Mellben when people would like to give a  treat because the one piece of large crab cooked in any method would cost $50, very expensive and unique eating experience. When you go to Mellben Seafoo

On a Sunday, Mrupupup went to eat hairy crab and dim sum from China at Swatow Chinese restaurant at Blk 181 Toa Payoh Lorong 4. These small size crabs from China with lots of hair on their legs are in season right now. Mrupupup went to the Swatow restaurant which was super busy! Mrupupup never tried hairy crab and was the first time eating this creature. The staff from Swatow had to specially dissect the Hairy crab in front of Mrupupup. Mrupupup slowly enjoyed the crab which was sweet, nice and kind of juicy but the meat was not much. Well, it was fun trying the hairy crab which costs $19.90 per piece but Mrupupup preferred chilli or steam crabs. Take note Swatow restaurnt can be super crowded during holidays and sundays. Mrupupup went on a sunday and it was took 45minutes to enter the restaurant. Singaporeans just loved to eat dim sum and there were many birthday celebrations held in the restaurant with 'Happy Birthday' song played many times. Check out the photos - and one

Something is wrong with Mrupupup. Mrupupup just want to write about food in Maxwell Road Food Centre. Mrupupup missed the chicken rice store in this food centre. Take note the Maxwell Road Food Centre is under renovations till end of 2012. Now, Mrupupup dreams of eating chicken rice. Mrupupup tried the Ah Tai Hainanese Chicken Rice (Stall 7) and found it to be very nice. The chunky meat and fragrant rice made eating chicken rice a pleasant experience. Mrupupup queued for some time to get the chicken rice. Yummys. Guessed the Ah Tai store, with the chef who formerly was from a rival chicken rice stall in the same food centre named 'Tian Tian' would be doing well for a long time.

Taste Paradise is one traditional Chinese restaurant that serves very nice 'xiao long bao'. Mrupupup enjoyed Chinese dishes and loved to come to Taste Paradise at Level 4 Ion Orchard Singapore. Mrupupup ordered the signature pork noodles in soup, Zha Jiang mee (spicy noodles) and of course their 'xiao long bao'. The xiao long bao is a small dumpling 'handmade' and with pork & soup in the dumpling. The xiao long bao is one delicate food item and do handle with care so as not to break the skin of the dumpling too early. The pork noodles with pork slices and an egg was very nice and Mrupupup finished the whole bowl! The pork soup was nicely done and loved the handmade noodles. The zha jiang mee was a bit spicy for Mrupupup. Mrupupup finished the meal with a traditional dessert with jelly bits in it which was a nice way to round off a meal. Xiao Long Bao (about $7 for 6), Pork Noodles ($10.80) and Zha Jiang Mee ($9.80) plus Jelly dessert ($3.80). Do take note th