Welcome to the Black (Tap) Parade

It's been a while since we ate at Black Tap (一, 二, 三, 四,五). About a year and a half by estimates. I've been looking forward to this.

In all the times we've been here, we've never imagined getting one of their Crazy Shakes. Reason is kinda obvious. But because there were more of us today, we got a Cinnamon Bun Shake. I'm not ashamed to admit that I liked it. Great cinnamon-y vanilla shake with crunchy stuff, cream cheese and cream. Old fashioned flavours. Hell the cinnamon bun put a smile in me. 

I got their Old Fashioned burger today. It has shiitake mushrooms which I'm usually not a fan of but this burger was delicious. The hefty patty was beefy and the Swiss cheese subtle. Very happy with it.

Black Tap's coffee shake wasn't great. Wouldn't say it's good even. Wouldn't get it again. Coffee was weak-ish and not satisfying as a flavour. Shake Shack makes a better coffee shake than this.

A banana lassi from Mohd Hanifa Drinks

We were seated near Mohd Hanifa Drinks (#01-255 Tekka Market & Food Centre, 665 Buffalo Road) and decided to get a banana lassi from them. I was initially a little concerned seeing that there were no bananas in the stall......

The proprietor Houdini-ed for a short while after taking my order, returned with a couple of bananas and proceeded to blend them with a few spoons of curd and crushed ice. This was nicely done. Great banana flavour infused into the lassi which wasn't made dilute by excessive ice. There was just enough to chill the drink. Will come back for it.

Prata Saga Sambal Berlada, Tekka Food Centre

If anyone's wondering, that's two double egg pratas that's banjir-ed and has extra sambal on the side from Prata Saga Sambal Berlada (#01-258 Tekka Market & Food Centre, 665 Buffalo Road). There's even a piece of surprise lamb tendon on top of those prata if you could tell. I'm not a fan of that dalcha because it had a sweetness which I did not expect. What impressed me was how everything rounded up beautifully when paired with the spicy sambal. Will definitely be back.

Mushroom triple cheeseburger and taro pie from McD

Flavour for the season at McD is their creamy mushroom cheeseburger. This one's the triple cheeseburger version. Why creamy? Because there's some creamy pepper mayo thing inside. For a triple cheeseburger, it felt kinda puny.

Not bad tasting though. Not much of the pepper mayo getting through but definitely feeling/tasting those mushrooms. I like this - it's just a little too damned small for what they were charging. Half of its price tag would sound fair.

That's the custard taro pie. Also enjoyed this. The taro fillings and the custard taste separated - which I thought might not have been the case since both were wet and hot and ready to slide into each other. Not complaining.

白鸡尾, livers and egg from Hwa Kee Lemon Chicken Rice (华记柠檬鸡饭)

Re-revisiting Hwa Kee Lemon Chicken Rice and this time is for the 白鸡尾 that never happened in the first time. Competently done meat from the chicken thighs that was tender, layered by a nice application of soya sauce and sesame oil. I'm ranking the fried lemon chicken and this poached one on top among their chicken offerings.

Ye Lai Xiang Teochew Porridge (夜来香潮州粥), Bukit Merah View

We've passed by Ye Lai Xiang Teochew Porridge (116 Bukit Merah View, #01-217) on some occasions but have never encountered a queue as long as this time round when we intended to get some. This was the same coffee shop that houses 吉隆坡正記葉子楣手工包點 and Sheng Ji Fishball Noodle.

Ordered a bunch of dishes that could conceivably be considered favourites amongst the commonly seen offerings from Teochew porridge stalls.

That's fried pork belly that's been marinated with fermented red bean curd (南乳). Not freshly fried by the time we got our portions but the flavour's not bad. I can imagine how much better they might be if we had gotten a fresh batch.

This was chap chye with red fermented bean curd. The stewing liquid has a pink hue which was probably not so obvious in the photo. For the record, that fermented bean curd flavour was there but not in your face.

We love us some hairy gourd (节瓜) with tang hoon sometimes.

Nice salty minced pork with fermented black beans. Rice thieves!

Stewed tau kee (dried beancurd sheets). These aren't the better ones around but it got the job done.

Otah's decent. Would love for them to pack more heat but I'm not complaining.