In all honesty, I found the service really rushed and a bit rude. It was a quiet afternoon and I was the only customer ordering at the time, but the server made me feel as if I was taking up so much of her time. She would finish off my sentences and gave me a strange look when I ordered the "Nasi Lemak". I mean I probably pronounced it wrong or something, but that really made me feel uncomfortable. 

All the eateries in Spice Alley only accept card, so make sure you have that on you!

You are given a little ticket and your number is called out when the food is ready. My food didn't take too long to arrive and it comes out on a TV dinner style metal tray. I am much more used to seeing roti served on this hahaha. You also have to pick your own cutlery from the side of the stall and I'm super pleased to find that with the exception of a plastic soup spoon, everything else is wooden and biodegradable. Sure I admit I don't like the feel of wooden utensils when eating and it imposes a wooden taste, but it does help the environment just that little bit more!

Nasi Lemak w/ Beef Rendang $13

- This is relatively expensive compared to everything else in Spice Alley (but still very affordable overall)

- The rice is so fragrant and full of coconut and pandan aroma. It's really well done!

- The beef rendang was also really good and very very tender

- Disappointed to find only one half of a boiled egg with a small spoon of sambal on top. The sambal was actually delicious but it was sweet rather than spicy. Is that normal?

Edit: I read on Wikipedia that a sweeter sambal is preferred in Singaporean nasi lemak so that it won't overpower the dish!

- Okay and probably the component of this nasi lemak that confused me the most because I've never seen it before is the curried vegetables. They are slightly pickled so they have a sweet x sour taste and are still crunchy.. also coated in a curry seasoning. It's tasty by itself but because I'm not used to this, I think that it takes away from the nasi lemak!

Vanessa's: Pad See Ew (from Bang Luck) $10.80

- This looks so humble in my opinion, there's nothing fancy but theres a lot of good flavour going on

- I had some of this and the sauce used is SO good, it's very more-ish!

- I think my only critique is that I wish it had a little more char and 'wok breath'

Shared: Xiao Long Bao (from Hong Kong Diner)

- Mmm xiao long bao, how I love dumplings!

- The skins on this are a teeny tiny tad thick so that they aren't as delicate as expected, however they are so good. The dumplings are served fresh so the soup inside is initially very hot, and the meat is tasty!

Vanessa's entire attire including that gold watch literally just turned this into 

FLATLAY PERFECTION!

Cheeezzzeeee

Straightening my short hair can be a little annoying because the ends are extremely choppy so matter how good of a job I do, they still end up flicking out. And also it just takes away so much volume. But straightening really is better than leaving it natural because if I do, those flicks go so out of control that my head looks like a Christmas tree…

Anyway that post lecture and quiz feed were just what we needed to feel a whole lot better about our rumbling tummies. We headed over to Central Park's La Mama del Gelato Anitas afterwards for some ICE CREAM! They didn't have the flavour Vanessa was looking for so we ended up sharing a scoop of Rum & Fig. Which by the way tastes nothing like rum or fig. Just strongly of white chocolate!

Hehe okay so I'll end the post here with a few more photos of me x me & Vanessa!