Street Food Warms Your Heart: Xing Long Food Stall at Smith Street Food Centre

Saturday, December 31, 2011

Xing Long Food Stall at Smith Street Food Centre

After visiting Dad at SGH, Bob & I together with Grouch Two & Stanley headed for Smith Street Food Centre at Chinatown for a delicious dinner.

It was a breathtaking experience as we waited for the ERP lights to turn off as the clock strike 8pm. Just right after the ERP lights were off, the traffic light turn green and off we set off for Smith Street Food Centre.

I headed for Heng Ji Chicken Rice Stall to order a whole white chicken for S$20. Mrs Tan was very generous with the portion. I ask for more sesame seed oil in Cantonese to give the chicken the extra fragrant and Mrs Tan's assistant gleefully obliged.

Then I went over to Mr Ngoh's Xing Long Food Stall in the next row to order his stall's Specialty Song Fish Head Steamed in Hong Kong Style. I also ordered the Garlic Kang Kong.

Song Fish Head is doused in a sweet savoury sauce - I believe the Chef do use plum sauce, soya sauce, vinegar, sugar, sesame oil to prepare the gravy. On top of it, the fish head is generously drizzled in lard to give it that fragrant taste.

Garlic Stir Fry Kang Kong

Generally people always ordered Sambal Kang Kong. But I choose to order garlic stir fry Kang Kong as Stanley had a weak stomach and any thing spicy or curry like will see him visiting the "bank" to deposit soon right after devouring the food. So to save him from such agony we decided it should be the stomach friendly garlic Kang Kong instead. Part of the enjoyment of eating with your loved ones is when you consider their body constitution and you order food that in no way aggravate their condition.

Some tables away a family of three was devouring the Hey Zhor & Nai Bai & Cuttlefish Kang Kong , I had their consent to film it for your viewing pleasure.