Shi Lin Food- Taiwanese snack bar

A lot of people don't know this, but there is a small centre of fobby boutiques on Dixon Street nr Chinatown.  Meelo and I found it a few months ago when we went exploring (I think we were in search of a WC).  Last time, everything was brand spanking new and there weren't too many stores open.  Yesterday, I revisited this place and found out that the little Taiwanese snackfoods store was open at last. HURRAH!

The store itself caught my eye. It's divided into two parts; savoury snacks and desserts.  I forgot to take photos of the dessert bar- it just looked like a watermelon :D

Honestly, I was really, really full from that burger in a bowl I had at The Counter, but I couldn't help but feel super curious about these Taiwanese snacks. Mmm. Ended up trying some.

 Menu..

Freaking yom.  I really recommend the "sausage wrapped in a rice sausage".  Basically it's a sausage of glutinous rice with another meat sausage sandwiched in it.  Doesn't sound so appealing, but when you watch it turning on the rack and smell of cooking sausages wafting into your face it just gets overwhelming. Smelled so good...

After Meidi's, I've discovered that I really like watching my food turn/spin. Hehe. It smelled so goooood.  As you can see ^ up there, there is a white sausage, and pink one.  The dude sliced open one of the white ones (rice) and put in half a pink one.  Something so simple can taste so good.

nomnom

Then there was Pigs blood & glutinous rice on a stick coated in peanut.

I've never had anything like this before. So weird, don't think it's something I will eat again.  I prefer the sausages.

Tea boiled eggs weren't so great.  He should have soaked them for longer.

This dessert was good!  SAY GOODBYE TO MEET FRESH, and HELLO TO THIS LITTLE BOWL OF GOODNESS!  Meet Fresh is overpriced, so incredibly stingy, slow, their ingredients are heavily processed and you can spend ages lining up!  This place had grass jelly which tasted like grass jelly and not just brown sugar!  We got a large clump of taro, brown sugar jelly (amazing texture), grass jelly on a bed of sweetened tofu.

Didn't like the tofu. It was a bit too curdled. But it's hard to make tofu which is nice and smooth.  We've tried to make it on numerous occassions and it only ever succeeded twice.  CURDLES TOO EASILY!

Brown sugar jelly, grass jelly, tofu and taro.

Lala. That's all. I forgot to take photos of the other food. Yum.  Goodbye Meet Fresh, never visiting you again.

I like, I really like their grass jelly which doesn't taste like grass jelly.

:(

grrrr. weekend is over already.

Hello new client. Hello new senior. Hello a week of unknown uncertainties.