Jia Ji Mei Shi
“佳记美食” - Jia Ji Mei Shi
#02-161
Chinatown Complex
Ratings: 4.0/5.0
Very often, I find myself running out of words to describe a food that I’ve just tasted. Many times, the only word that I can think of to describe the food is “delicious”, or that the food just “taste exactly how it should taste”, or just “simply marvellous”.
Maybe I lack the vocabulary depth that will allow me to better describe these foods. Perhaps another reason is because I personally feel that eating a food sometimes feels like falling in love. The food just tastes right, feels right, and I just love it. Yet, there is no special reason attached to it. As a result, I occasionally find myself in a loss for words when I was trying to describe that taste of the food or that special flavour that has just oozed through my taste buds.
I guess every food emits its own unique flavour and there is just not enough words in the dictionary to describe every taste, smell, and texture. The only way to know it is to taste the food yourself.
That’s what I exactly feel about the food sold at “佳记美食”.
What the stall sells are simple hawker fare that most of us have taken for granted, for example the fried noodles that we usually “da bao” (take away) to the office for breakfast. It is these simple hawker fare which I feel that I’m really at a loss on how to describe them because I’ve never thought or wonder how should I ever describe their taste. They are no gastronomical experience, yet they’re food that makes your breakfast, lunch or supper (as in my case) tastes a lot better.
I had my supper there after shopping at the CNY street market at Chinatown. “佳记美食” is one of my mum’s favourite stall around Chinatown and she often patronises it whenever she’s in the area.
I personally feel that this stall at Chinatown complex sells one of the tastiest Chee Cheong Fan in Chinatown. The texture of the Chee Cheong Fan is smooth and the sauce complements the dish perfectly.
Another dish to try at the stall is the fried noodles and beehoon. My deepest impression of the fried noodles is that it’s very springy, which is also the best part of the noodles. Besides that, it is also not very oily and yes, it just tastes like how I feel fried noodles should taste. =P
Thus, I can only end off this entry by saying, order takeaway at this stall if you happen to work or live around the area, or have a snack at the stall if you happen to be around Chinatown. They’re simple hawker fare that’ll brighten up your meal unknowingly. Simple hawker fare that probably most of the time we never really bothers about.
