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Both dishes are $16.80

Applewood bacon tomato mozzarella 6/10

The pasta was too bland and too dry

Cant even taste or even smell a hint of any smoky flavour on the bacon

Mentaiko Cream Carbonara 8/10

Best iteration of Mentaiko I ever tasted

Mentaiko wasnt overpowering in terms of smell and taste

Missing some bacon to complement it

The other carbonara dish had bacon and is $3 lesser

As I was looking at my map to look for more places to explore, I decided to visit the Blk4A Jalani Batu Hawker Centre. I found out this hawker stall has a long queue and decided to try it.The nearby drinks store also served strong Teh C at $1.40. I ordered the $5.00 Wanton Mee and the portion is big. I think that this is 1 of the cheap and good stores I have ever experienced.

I ate Indian rojak at Punggol Coast Hawker Centre last night...

It was a meal that's both hit and miss though.

The sauce was very salty and lacked peanuts.

The condiments were very fresh, both cucumber and onions. Cut green chilli provided extra kick!

Tofu was also fresh and soft. No weird smell or funny taste at all.

However, fish cake and potato felt "old". Egg fritter was too doughy.

In the end, I couldn't finish everything; which is kinda unusual for me. I did wish it had been a tastier meal.

Now I'm wondering: since Tekka Centre houses a good concentration of Indian stalls, could the best rojak be found there?

I know the briyani and naan sold there are tip-top!

Looking forward to recommendations, whether in Little India or elsewhere. I'll travel for good eats ;)

Thought it would be a weird taste experience but surprising not too confusing on the palate. That’s because it was largely the chocolate which I can taste which is above average quality. The prawn cracker component lacks the umami’s taste and fragrance, and wasn’t obvious, which was not surprising looking at the chocolate-to-cracker ratio in my 3rd picture. In my later bites I attempted to allow the chocolate to melt first and that was the only time I could subtly taste the prawn flavour.

The overall experience would probably be similar if the cracker was substituted with any sort of savoury cracker. If I want a chocolate or prawn cracker, I will get them separately according to my preferred brands. I’m unlikely to buy this again but probably won’t reject one if gifted.