Food Tales

There's now a Hong Kong Cafe at 380 East Coast Road (between Still Road and Telok Kurau Road) where they sell all kinds of snacks and food from the former British territory. On the whole, they're pretty decent, but one thing above all others deserves mention: The French Toast with Peanut Butter.

I kid you not. This humble-looking piece of dough is loaded with scrumptious goodness. Every mouthful is a greasy, sweet, syrupy, sticky mix of heaven. I didn't care about the tasty authentic char siew (roast pork). I only wanted more French Toast.

Best thing about the place: They're open till 5 am every single day. New supper hangout, yay.

And now for something else food-related.

While at K Box Marine Parade I discovered a little roach crawling around a service area where they kept open containers of snacks. I burnt it with my cigarette repeatedly, but it kept scurrying away. Perhaps it was cruel of me, but I think roaches are the one creature on earth that deserves every nasty end they can get. Anyway it escaped, thought not without pain.

Moral of the story: Don't be so quick to gobble up those snacks you find in a karaoke, unless you see them prepared in front of you.

And of course, the service left much to be desired. Cutting a customer off in mid-song is not cool, even if he may be overstaying his welcome. But then again, it is K Box, so I wasn't all that surprised.