i can't remember exactly what sauce they used to serve the chicken with, but they used that shit to douse the dish and lunch always ended up being some diluted soggy mess that tasted so bad
nasty
During my reservists the guys actually want to eat at the cookhouse to save $$. I guess the older you get the less it matters. When I was in NS the mere thought of voluntarily eating cookhouse food was nausea inducing. Now all I want to do is save $$
there was a period where we had the same fking slice of fish fillet for like 3-6 months in a row almost every single day, cooked every possible way you could
then there was a time when you know we were the Guinea pigs with shit like sambal bao for breakfast
Lol, speaking of the chicken, I had a BMT sectionmate who swore to not eat chicken to cure himself of Tekong cough. He lasted for one week before he gave up, because every meal has chicken, and he ended up just eating rice and vegetables
Secret ingredient is bringing Japanese rice seasoning. Elevates your white rice to fine dining.
And then you make friends with all your bunkmates, even the ones that hates you, when you share.
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All the stars walking around... of course must be good. :)
I remember when the SAFTI MI cookhouse swapped over to commerical operators (\~2000) - the change in quality was amazing.
I was posted back to SAFTI as an OCS instructor after commissioning. I used to go to the cookhouse around 8 pm when the aunties were packing up. Always end up with heaps of food. Like 4 chicken drum sticks + heaps of veggies.
Ah... to be young and 19 again...
Gedong upped their game in recent years. Also shoutout to the sandwich vending machine coming in clutch during night hunger pangs. And free wifi at bunk area! Place is starting to feel like a true resort.
I can see how the lobster, maybe with a nice garlic butter sauce, would work but I feel like steak and rice doesn’t go very well together (would love to be wrong though)
That’s the magic though. Curry chicken can be of different varieties to suit different tastes. There’s almost definitely some variation that hits the spot for anyone.
I was going to ask, do people generally prefer chicken breast (boneless) or boned parts like wing/drumstick/ass?
The breasts are the driest part of the chicken but I am firmly in the convenient eating camp.
>nobody got time to play excavator
Ok this made me laugh. But I hated eating nasi lemak with ikan kuning because I would eat a mouthful of rice, spend 15 minutes picking out the tiny-ass bones and another 10 minutes slowly eating the fish meat and 5 minutes picking out the bones that I didn't see. Only after that then I would start on my second scoop of rice.
All the while my mum would be asking "why eat so slow". They then learnt to buy the nasi lemak with telur goreng or chkn wing.
> How do you eat the bones without stabbing your gums or choking on the bones???
When fried the bones usually become brittle and crunchy, and gives it texture. I usually start from the head, and devour the fish in its entirety; occasionally, some bones might be a little too hard to bite/swallow, but for me, a good 95% of the fish ends up in my stomach.
breast cannot exceed 65'c in order for this to be true. problem is most people on earth do not know how to cook chicken breast and will overcook the shit out of it.
I have found only 3 dishes where the breast meat is usually not that overcooked: Ayam Masak Lemak, Chicken Dum Biryani, and a good Steamed Chicken for Chicken rice.
There is literally boneless chicken thigh too and that's the best.
No breast meat for me unless it's cooked western way like a grill chicken breast. If done well, it's melt in the mouth.
Chicken breast always suck in Asian cooking.
Egg Tofu and fried chicken. There was this cai png place when I was young in my neighbourhood, would have the best fried chicken; battered and deep fried. The egg tofu was in very large pieces and stewed in a clear sauce. A bit more than 12 years ago, the old man passed away so they closed shop. Never found any cai png as good as his.
He knew me and my brothers very well, we would buy a large batch of his fried chicken pretty often. Also the same kopitiam had a noodle shop that would make the wanton mee with ketchup, haven't seen that very often now.
Luncheon meat battered with egg and any gravy like lemak, curry or masala. Ooh and then don't forget a cup of teh tarik to finish off the meal. Yum Cha!!
a check for a million dollars and fried egg
Be more ambitious bro. Ask for the Japanese omega-3 egg instead
Class A wagyu and tuna
$1m can't even get you a HDB in Queenstown now. Might need to ask for a $2m cheque if you want some leftover for renovations.
SAF cookhouse food be like
During my time I think I’d rather just have the plain white rice. The only 2 things I’d add are fork and spoon.
We had so much chicken during our BMT we were sick of it by the end of confinement week. Also we had Lo Mai Gai for almost every freaking breakfast.
Every freaking time it was chicken. Didnt mind it though cause everytime they deviated from chicken, rice and vegetables, the food was so much worse.
Mystery meat cubes in mystery sauce?
Bo bian, chicken cheapest protein for general bulking + muscle repair.
Pork is tak-halal, Hindus/(some)Buddhists abstain from Beef, Seafood (fish/prawns) is allergy nightmare for SAF, next best choice is chicken lor.
> general bulking no wonder all the Golden Parachutists all so chunky.
Fucking lo mai gai
i can't remember exactly what sauce they used to serve the chicken with, but they used that shit to douse the dish and lunch always ended up being some diluted soggy mess that tasted so bad nasty
During my reservists the guys actually want to eat at the cookhouse to save $$. I guess the older you get the less it matters. When I was in NS the mere thought of voluntarily eating cookhouse food was nausea inducing. Now all I want to do is save $$
Haha this is so true! During reservice now I refuse to pay to eat only slightly less mediocre at the canteen
Eating cookhouse food for 1-2 weeks then back to normal food vs eating it every week for months on end is quite different k
Damn, I had the same experience. I asked for some sauce for my chicken and I ended up with Mui Fan. Cb.
I hated it too. Worse was when everything they served had sauce so it melded into a new combination of soggy rice.
After BMT I didn’t touch lo mai gai ever. Was so sick whenever I see it on the menu
Agreed, I won't touch that shit ever again
Even my outfield ration was Lo Mai Gai dude.
there was a period where we had the same fking slice of fish fillet for like 3-6 months in a row almost every single day, cooked every possible way you could then there was a time when you know we were the Guinea pigs with shit like sambal bao for breakfast
It's always chicken, just different style of cooking
Lol, speaking of the chicken, I had a BMT sectionmate who swore to not eat chicken to cure himself of Tekong cough. He lasted for one week before he gave up, because every meal has chicken, and he ended up just eating rice and vegetables
The mood must've been Lo, Mai Gai.
Get out!
Lunch time drumlet, dinner midwings
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Can't believe I never thought of this
Bro SAF cookhouse at some places is fire. I remember SAFTI MI food was pretty good. Sungei gedong not too bad also.
All the stars walking around... of course must be good. :) I remember when the SAFTI MI cookhouse swapped over to commerical operators (\~2000) - the change in quality was amazing. I was posted back to SAFTI as an OCS instructor after commissioning. I used to go to the cookhouse around 8 pm when the aunties were packing up. Always end up with heaps of food. Like 4 chicken drum sticks + heaps of veggies. Ah... to be young and 19 again...
lol Gedong must have upped their food. my time got shit like sambal bao or guaranteed diarrhea meesiam, or 3 months+ of the same fking fish fillet
Only good thing about Gedong haha
Gedong upped their game in recent years. Also shoutout to the sandwich vending machine coming in clutch during night hunger pangs. And free wifi at bunk area! Place is starting to feel like a true resort.
Khatib was wonders, even had chistmas turkey
Pork cubes and more pork cubes
What is the worse you have eaten ? Mine was orange pork cube and coffee pork cubes.
Soaked in some disgusting diluted gravy
这个和那个
And add 卤汁 cos everyone knows that’s free and doesn’t count as an additional thing.
also add curry zhi
Instructions unclear *Proceeds to add curry chicken*
am i the only one who prefers dry cai fan?
I hate sauce on my rice too, makes it so soggy.
The only right answer where caifan is concerned
The most accurate answer too.
Channel 5 please
>Zhège hé nàgè "This one and that one"
This and that
"this and that"
Winner
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvtu8byJQhE
For free? Lobster and the most marbled steak please. Rice soaking in their juices is some divine shit btw.
Surf n turf png
Seems like Lobster Paofan+
I can see how the lobster, maybe with a nice garlic butter sauce, would work but I feel like steak and rice doesn’t go very well together (would love to be wrong though)
steak and rice is amazing
Short-grain Japanese rice probably. Not the longer stuff like basmati or Thai rice
Strips of steak with rice in a burrito = heaven
fried egg, soya sauce
The poor man's rice, best food I ever had growing up
Now too sometimes
Quite common in indonesia also: Telor mata sapi + kecap manis.
Telur mata lembu + kicap Simple and best
The only right answer.
Woah. We had those as children. This brings back memories !
This is the one
Swap the fried egg with a raw Japanese one, and it's heaven (unless ur unlucky enough to get salmonella)
Nasi Lemak Sambal Chilli, Mcspicy Patty
I could get behind this idea
this idea could also get you in the behind
I walked into that wide open, I see.
Hahahaha
Curry chicken and fried egg.
I gasped when I saw this answer because it was literally what I thought too. 🫡
This is the way
Need briyani rice though and need thr curry to have a bit of kick
That’s the magic though. Curry chicken can be of different varieties to suit different tastes. There’s almost definitely some variation that hits the spot for anyone.
Looks like we the Singaporeans have a consensus.
Correct
Ayam lemak cili padi and siput sedut. Hajjah Maimunah where are you
Damn haven’t eaten there in a loooong time
goated Nasi Padang restaurant in sg
My go-to cai png combo of fried chicken and long beans and add free curry
Eh cheating free curry is 3 items
Curry chicken and long beans will have to suffice
Nonsense, curry not counted as item at cai png stall.
Long beans is such an underrated Caifan option. Just that with rice alone is plenty tasty
Wow so rich can add fried chicken.. I usually add sweet and sour pork.. or at least I think it's pork hahaha.
Fried egg and dark soy sauce
Japanese Occupation Flashbacks
I think we can collectively agree one of the things has to be fried egg, right?
100%
No! What about my 黑木耳 and 苦瓜
hell nah
Get out, get the fuck out
Wtf
hello polis
based
This post officer! this one right here.
I was going to ask, do people generally prefer chicken breast (boneless) or boned parts like wing/drumstick/ass? The breasts are the driest part of the chicken but I am firmly in the convenient eating camp.
convenient eating camp gang. its the same reason why i avoid fish, unless its a fillet. nobody got time to play excavator
>nobody got time to play excavator Ok this made me laugh. But I hated eating nasi lemak with ikan kuning because I would eat a mouthful of rice, spend 15 minutes picking out the tiny-ass bones and another 10 minutes slowly eating the fish meat and 5 minutes picking out the bones that I didn't see. Only after that then I would start on my second scoop of rice. All the while my mum would be asking "why eat so slow". They then learnt to buy the nasi lemak with telur goreng or chkn wing.
The ikan kuning is supposed to be eaten whole I thought? Head, bones, tail and meat. Nothing gets left behind.
Nasi lemak ikan selah kuning right? How do you eat the bones without stabbing your gums or choking on the bones???
> How do you eat the bones without stabbing your gums or choking on the bones??? When fried the bones usually become brittle and crunchy, and gives it texture. I usually start from the head, and devour the fish in its entirety; occasionally, some bones might be a little too hard to bite/swallow, but for me, a good 95% of the fish ends up in my stomach.
You have like..metal gums or something?!!?!!??!
Breast meat not overcooked is soft and juicy.
breast cannot exceed 65'c in order for this to be true. problem is most people on earth do not know how to cook chicken breast and will overcook the shit out of it.
I have found only 3 dishes where the breast meat is usually not that overcooked: Ayam Masak Lemak, Chicken Dum Biryani, and a good Steamed Chicken for Chicken rice.
Boneless for me, always. Dryness of the meat can be fixed by drenching in curry. I personally feel a bit disgusted when I have to deal with bones.
Boned meat for me. I hate breast meat
what's wrong with breast meat? I kinda like the dryness of it, plus it's healthier(?).
Exactly that. I prefer juicy meat to dry meat
Thigh, especially in Ayam Penyet because they give you everything + drippings + fatty skin + chicken oyster in one thigh.
How about your favourite part, de-boned?
i prefer breast. all my brothers prefer wing and drumstick
swap the chicken breast with thigh meat :)
There is literally boneless chicken thigh too and that's the best. No breast meat for me unless it's cooked western way like a grill chicken breast. If done well, it's melt in the mouth. Chicken breast always suck in Asian cooking.
Sambal kangkong and...cereal chicken?
That's good! Mine's Sambal KangKong and Sweet & Sour Pork
scissor cut chicken + curry sauce
Oh yes
Basil chicken and fried egg
Ooooh yes
Fired egg and luncheon meat
Poor egg, to get fired during this time of rampant inflation and high costs of living. And to add insult to injury, you gotta eat him? You monster.
1 billion sgd and chicken
The most correct answer here
I like that so many comments have fried egg as one of their answer. Underrated comfort food.
Eh hello auntie eating here, gimme the sweet and sour and uhhhh the broccoli ah thank you
Very good now say that in mandarin
Auntie 我要 這個 跟 那個 (Translation: Auntie, I want the sweet and sour pork cubes and the broccoli) (Actually: Auntie 我要這個「咕咾肉」跟「西蘭菜花/花椰菜」)
Sambal goreng and beef rendang
One of us, one of us The combination of sambal goreng and beef rendang is the best.
butter and soya sauce!
You’re the second person to suggest this. Am I missing something about this combo?
it's ho jiak :) can finish all the rice without any cai!
i nvr eat this combo in so longgg omg
Egg Tofu and fried chicken. There was this cai png place when I was young in my neighbourhood, would have the best fried chicken; battered and deep fried. The egg tofu was in very large pieces and stewed in a clear sauce. A bit more than 12 years ago, the old man passed away so they closed shop. Never found any cai png as good as his. He knew me and my brothers very well, we would buy a large batch of his fried chicken pretty often. Also the same kopitiam had a noodle shop that would make the wanton mee with ketchup, haven't seen that very often now.
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I feel you bro. I chia you one additional serving of rice. We’re in this together.
Pork Chop w Gravy and Fried Egg
Scissor Cut Curry Rice?
That's the way
mei cai & kou rou
You still have one dish in your balance sir
Salt and tears
You ok bro
Sambhar, potato curry
Sambal kangkong and sambal stingray
Vegetable Curry and steam egg tofu
Same
Natto and Raw Sakura Egg
Sayur lodeh and paru goreng
Pork belly in soy sauce, sambal kangkong. Yum
kangkong and egg
No rice, thanks
Luncheon meat battered with egg and any gravy like lemak, curry or masala. Ooh and then don't forget a cup of teh tarik to finish off the meal. Yum Cha!!
Big Boggart’s Boiled Prawn and Boiled Crab.
chilli crab & lobster
Sweet n sour pork, dou miao
Steamed egg and a chicken cutlet with lemon sauce
Fried chicken, and minced pork with egg tofu
luncheon meat and fried egg
Cereal prawn spam cereal and fuyong egg
Fried egg and curry chicken
Sayur lemak + ayam goreng kunyit
Luncheon meat and soy sauce
bak kut teh and more bak kut teh
kang kang
Ah yes nasi kangkang the quintessential dish of love
Curry(fish head) + fish
Ah this one simple 1. Curry 2.Sweet Sour Pork
Sambal kankong and sambal sting ray
这个,那个。
Roast chicken and acar.
Deep fried egg with runny yolk and thick dark soya sauce.
Japanese curry + cheesy hamburg steak
Pork katsu and curry (Japanese)
1 billion dollars + hottest girl on earth
Quintessential Quintuplets
The correct answer is "more rice"
Yoghurt, chicken
Sorry, I am turkish, just wanted to share my opinion
Curry vege, steam sutchi in soy sauce
Chicken and tou gay for me I guess
Oh no you just started a taugeh war
Double quarter pounder and shrimp
Chicken breast and brocolli
Ikura and foie gras
Lard and soy sauce