not knowing that i was eating in the
famous beef kway teow coffeeshop



if you go to geylang, you will come across more than one food stall selling frog porridge. one is eminent frog porridge at lorong 19 and the other is the original claypot frog porridge at lorong 9. you cannot miss the one at lorong 9 as it is the first shop on the left as you turn - if you are driving - into lorong 9.

at this junction of lorong 9 and geylang road, there are two coffeeshops. the one on your right - again, if you drive - is the famous beef kway teow (fried chinese, flat, rice noodles served with tender slices of beef in black bean sauce).

as it was raining heavily and there were no more dry seats at the frog porridge shop, i asked one of the stall attendants where i could get a seat. she directed me to the shop opposite. she told me that it was no problem for me to be at the other shop as she would send the food over, to the other side of the road. there seems to be an understanding between the two shops that their patrons may sit at either shop.

i was totally ignorant of the fact that i was in the shop which i had heard so much about. the famous geylang beef kway teow at lorong 9. as i was all focussed on trying the frog porridge, i did not order any food from the shop except a hot drink (milo).

i find the balestier road's frog porridge better than the original at geylang. the sauce was more and thicker at the balestier shop and the porridge was more gluey; the porridge at geylang was comparatively more watery. the prices are the same, at geylang and at balestier.