Tag: Thai street food

Aroy Jing Jing and Mookata at Orto

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We were invited to Orto‘s Mookata and Aroy Jing Jing. Most of us are familiar with the barbeque style of Mookata but Aroy Jing Jing is new for us. It brings claypot style (Jim Jum) cuisine from North Eastern Thailand to Singapore.

Kids were kept busy adding ingredients into their claypot πŸ™‚
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Nice surrounding and good food, families get to enjoy cosy alfresco dinning.
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Green walkway and lotus pond nearby, kids are curious about the fishing activities.
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Sweetness from the meat, squid and prawn add to the flavorable broth (pork). Be it pork collar or belly, kids enjoyed all the tasty morsels. They patiently grill their favourite pieces and wait for it to sizzle.
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Boon Kang love the fresh prawn, and we are presented with Mookata’s three different chili level.
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Round 2 – We shifted indoor for some Aroy Jin Jing claypot (North Thailand cuisine).
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What is fascinating about Aroy Jing Jing is the Thai street facade.
We love the Thai posters and diners get to enjoy Thai pop too πŸ™‚

We forgot to mention that Mookata and Aroy Jing Jing most popular beverage is Thai iced tea (milk tea), ideal for Singapore’s humid weather.
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Steamboat style dining, and everything is boiled (chicken stock) over charcoal.
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We ordered mango sticky rice and red ruby for dessert. The mango sticky rice was not hot enough, but we love the refreshing red ruby.
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Orto is popular with families over the weekend, be it kids friendly activities, dining or fishing.
Personally, we still prefer Mookata over Aroy Jing Jing, kids love everything barbecued πŸ™‚

Orto children activities

Do read our Longkang fishing and Katapult (trampoline) experience at Orto too.
Pop by Orto website and Fanpage for the latest updates.

* Orto is located at 81 Lor Chencharu, and nearest station is Khatib MRT.

Soi Thai – Authentic Thai street food

We love Thai food, can you imagine Tom Yum on white rice, the smell of lemongrass. Our Tom Kam ($6) was just right for us, sour but not too spicy. Intoxicating !

Recently, a new Thai restaurant has pop up in Tampines. “Soi Thai Kitchen” offers Thai street food at affordable prices. Long queues can be expected over meal times.

Our coke came in old school coke bottle. Do you feel authentic already :p
Mummy and Daddy order their refreshing Lemongrass drink.

Kids will love the prawn cake ($8). We order two portions to satisfy everyone. Crunchy crust with a generous portion of prawn meat.

Furong egg, Thai style ($8). “Soi Thai” pack a lot of mince meat into this egg dish, to the delight of our kids.

Someone recommended their Claypot Prawn noodle ($14) to us. It is actually tang-hoon (vermicelli). We did not like this dish, maybe it is the vegetable (some herbal smell) or maybe we felt the tang-hoon is too stiff.

We ordered pineapple rice ($10) but it came too late, after we have almost finish our side dishes. We did not find the pineapple rice fantastic. On hindsight, we should have ordered plain rice instead to go with our Tom Yam.

We like the layback relax cafe. Everyone can eat in casual wear, and the staff are generally friendly and helpful.

We just love mango and sticky rice ($5) for our dessert. Try to wrap the warm rice over the cold mango, and stuff into your mouth.

Overall, the food is ok but maybe overrated. We love their Tom Yam and Prawn cake, but we thought the price is overpriced for a neighbourhood eatery. Do expect to queue up to 20 or 30 minutes for a table.

More food photos (local or foreign) can be found on our Food album. Daddy will recommend you to pop by Derrick’s review too.

Soi Thai is located at : 824 Tampines Street 81 s(520824)
Telephone : 6784 2421

**updated 2013 Jan – Singapore Laksa