rojak @ dunman food centre




did not know that joo chiat has become so colourful after sunset. the neon lights, the many food shops and the restored building that is now hotel 81 make it an interesting place. discovered a number of good eating places, like canton wok, teck's teochew porridge, emperor's soup and more than one vietnamese restaurants. the ria ayam penyet had only about four customers on a saturday night.

but did not eat at any of these places. instead, went to have rojak at dunman food centre. those who live in the east, especially those in siglap, joo chiat and telok kurau will know that the dunman food centre abounds in good food. there is a small car park which is grossly inadequate for the kind of crowd that it attracts. i was told you could park at certain lots at the police station across the road.

apart from makan legend's lau hong ser rojak, there are the two popular wanton mee stalls - eng & seng, heng heng prawn mee stall, a frog porridge stall and the stall that sells soon kueh. these are the more popular stalls at dunman food centre. tekong stall sells beancurd at 80 cents a bowl but if you have tasted beancurd city's, you know that this one is not its match.

to order the rojak, you have to go right up to the owner and give him your order. he will then let you know how long the wait will be. if you order the crunchy tau pok, the wait is usually shorter. you can actually call up to place your order. while i was there, i saw him take two calls.

found it as good as the hoover's rojak at whampoa food centre. have not tried the one at old airport road and the clementi brother's.