Left: The stall front | Right: Cooking ‘em cow parts

Being cow lovers (eaters), Lyn and I decided just to go ahead and give that interesting local delicacy a go. I mean its not everyday you get to savour interesting and weird types of food overseas and to top it off, its easy for us Chinese since we eat almost anything. So we thought..”Ahhh what the heck!!” With that, we picked up a bowl of assorted tripe and another with really big top shells.

Left: Tripe with mustard, chilli and BBQ sauce | Right: Top shell

The cow parts are rather interesting and mostly flavoured with the broth it is cooked with. Some parts were pretty tender while the others were hard, but if there is one common characteristics about them is that they are salty. But add a little mustard, chilli and BBQ sauce, and your palate will change almost immediately giving you a symphony of flavour with a mixture of sweet, salty and bitter taste.

The top shell on the other hand was really nothing much to shout about and to be honest, I have never really seen top shells that big. It is mostly chewy and hard on the inside but very sandy. I am not too sure if the chefs/cooks did that on purpose or if their food washing skills need massive tweaking but either way, I can’t stand sandy food. Not too used to the sandy top shell, we ate about half a bowl and threw the rest away. I know I know..what a waste, but seriously…we tried. Apart from the ones we ate, the stall has other varieties of food including the skewered ones we had at Jaffe Road the night/early morning before.

Left: Skewered food | Right: Other varieties

Sticking to our original Krispy Kreme plan, we took quick walk to Lee Garden Road to pay homage to the doughnut makers. I can’t tell you how ecstatic I was. Although some would think that Krispy Kreme is rather overpriced and overrated, it is one of those places I must visit when travelling overseas (depending if they are available in that country). Visiting Krispy Kreme to me is like how Hard Rock Cafe collectors visit Hard Rock Cafe…a must go place (if you have time)

Yeeeeah Baby!!

Feeling only half satisfied after the local delights we had earlier, we decided on three doughnuts (two original glazed and one chocolate cruller) and two lattes. Okay okay..I had two and Lyn had one..but hey..we did share..a little . As pricing go, S$2 for a doughnut is a little steep and the lattes are pretty much pegged with Starbucks. But that is a price we both agreed is worth it..especially coming from a country of doughnut lovers but not enough doughnut companies.

Left: My doughnuts… | Right: …and latte

After enjoying every bit of the doughnuts and coffee, I took a quick walk around the little shop in a bid to find out how the doughnut experts make the doughnuts. Although a sign did indicate that they are demonstrating how Krispy Kreme doughnuts are made, I can’t help to wonder where the heck the staffs are. The kitchen was empty.

Left: Now demonstrating… | Right: …with nobody around

So for a moment we were thinking that either we are so sugar high that we are starting to see through people or the meaning of demonstrating to them is that their staffs are on strike and they ain’t coming in until their terms are met. But whatever it was, we didn’t get to see how the doughnuts are made..too bad for us .

All in all, I must admit it is a pretty interesting experience to me having gone through two extremes of East and West food. Although it is true that I must have been through something like this countless of times but I guess as a food lover, such experiences are always new and different to me every time. I bet Lyn can vouch for that .

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