Wham! Burger

Today me, Colin and Zehan went down to China Square Food Centre to try out the famous Wham! Burger. The reviews have always puzzled me: firstly, opinions are varied, and those who say it's good concur that the stall barely receives any customers.

And indeed, there were barely any customers, as the queue from the adjacent fishball mee stall stretched across the front of Wham. Which was great for us, cos we didn't have to queue. So anyway we ordered a beef burger with cheese, a chicken and a fish burger, with two sides of fries and an onion rings.

And we thus embarked on what Colin called "burger promiscuity", taking a bite and swapping the burgers while the 2 office-worker dudes in front of us tried their very best to ignore us. Here's how it went:

The beef burger with cheese! Colin took one bite and at once had that cheesy "food program host" look on his face. To be sure, I snatched it out of his grip, which had evidently been weakened by sheer bliss. So I took a bite too, and at once had that cheesy "food program host" look on my face too! For $6.30,(with fries) I'd say this beats even Carl's Jr. (but then again I haven't tried a lot of Carl's Jr.)

The fish burger, which took the longest to prepare, was also my favourite. The first bite was full of fishy freshness and the fish meat was really white. (see top left pic) The stall also serves fish & chips, and I suspect that they use the same fish for that. Curiously enough, I was down to the last bite when I detected a distinct dory fish taste, which dampened my enthusiasm for it somewhat. But it was great overall!

And lastly, the chicken burger! They were pretty generous with the patty, which was satay-flavoured. Great for someone looking for a satay flavoured chicken burger, but I prefer mine battered and deep fried!

..yes I know, this is beginning to look a lot like a food blog. Just to prove that it isn't, here's a statement about my personal life:

I'm going to have homemade korean BBQ for dinner!

Abang Wan's Roti Prata

Not that I want to be racist or sexist, but roti prata is mostly made by plump moustached Indian uncles, and occasionally, young Indian men. Which is why Abang Wan's Roti Prata (I hope I got the name right) really got my attention, because the two pairs of hands making the prata belonged to a middle aged Malay woman and a teenage girl. (presumably her daughter) Naturally, the young lady caught my eye, because she happened to be rather pretty aside from the fact that she was flipping pratas.
Anyway, I had an onion prata, and it was great. Maybe it was the girl, maybe I just haven't had an onion prata for a long time-either way, I'm going back for more.

Botak Jones

This post is 2 (or was it 3?) weeks late..!
Anyway I finally went to try Botak Jones at Clementi a few weeks ago and it certainly lived up to the hype (and my very high expectations!) I was there early with my sis, and we had nothing to do so we ordered a $3 bowl of extremely addictive paprika fries for starters:



The both of us could have made a meal out of that (it was a lot) but we decided to save it for Fenglei while we went ahead and ordered the main courses: A 200g ribeye steak, medium well, cajun chicken and a Botak Burger with cheese. I practically inhaled the steak, which was..how to say..very beefy tasting, almost like Mac's patties (and that's not a bad thing, I know it should be but it's not) And the brown sauce, which is excessively salty on its own, went really well with the steak and fries. The cajun chicken wasn't as good-it was overcooked and tough, and didn't taste too great either. I probably would've been less harsh if I hadn't already tried eBlackboard's cajun chicken, (which incidentally is the best I've tried for $6) but on the good side, it came with a more generous slab of cheese. As for the Botak Burger, it tasted just like how it looked. (ie cheesy and beefy.. =P) Nothing spectacular, tasted very home-made, but good nonetheless!


The steak was just a biit pricey at $13.50 (ribeye set meal at jack's place for $14, includes soup, garlic bread, dessert and tea) but the chicken and burger were $6 and $5.50 respectively. I'll be back this Saturday for more!

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