Earlier this month, my coworker DT & I were working Saturday together & we ordered delivery from Tropika to our work place :P it was exciting! I’ve still been staying in .. *sigh* I don’t know; like on one hand, I know this is gonna be the new normal but I still have doubts & general uneasiness about going to crowded places, esp restaurants, where I’m exposing my face completely (in order to eat). So yeah, I’m still staying in~

Tropika Malaysian Cuisine is located in the south side now but when they had a location in the west side, I had gone there with university classmates for a meal. I remember enjoying my experience there & the food was good. I haven’t been ever since!

I ordered 1 order of their roti canai ($5.50). Ppl at work who’s eaten there said this is their must-have, so I went with their recommendation. The roti was pretty much cold when I was home so I heated it up in the toaster oven. Very chewy & slightly sweet. I’m certain I could have just eaten it on its own; however, it comes with a nice curry dipping sauce, which I also loved! It was slightly spicy (I’d say maybe 1.25/10!), highly sweet & the curry flavour wasn’t that strong. I think it’s child-friendly. My 6-yr old niece tried it & she was “okay” with it haha anyway, I enjoyed this appetizer a lot~ I wished they had option for an extra roti-only add-on bcos we had a lot of sauce left over. Oh! & I wished the sauce was slightly more thick... it was very watery.

Char Hor Fun ($17) - stir-fried flat rice noodle with chicken, shrimp, & spinach in an egg-glazed sauce. This wasn’t spicy & I ordered it mainly bcos my nieces were gonna eat it too so I gotta choose some non-spicy item(s). This was very disappointing, but I think it is honestly just my personal preference. Firstly, this was BLAND, like ... with caplocks. It had a light soy-sauce flavour but was still rather flavourless. It was rich in aroma though, bcos they put a LOT of sesame oil on this. It was crazy! I opened the box & was instantaneously shocked by the smell :O I’d say it came with a good quantity for $17 but . .. we had to add our own sauce to it.

I don’t want to compare but I have to bcos .. . yes haha you know Double Greetings...... I know it’s “Malaysian” cuisine vs “Cantonese” style cuisine but Double Greetings saucy flat noodles have that wok/smokiness to it still. This hor fun just did not. At all. & it was so lacking in comparison to the ones we’ve eaten at Double Greetings.

Beef & basil-fried rice ($17). WOOOWWWWWW!! This was amazingggg! It had smokiness to it! Can’t say it had a lot of beef but it was an excellent fried rice. Rice was slightly stiff but loose. Well-flavoured; quite spicy so not for those who can’t handle spicy foods. Basil flavour was there but not strong. Overall, I was really happy about this & would order it again! 

Evening shift work dinner order YUMMMM!!

This was from Tropika Malaysia Cuisine via Uber Eats. My 2 friends & I each got our own Singapore laksa, & shared everything else.

Top left: Chili crispy chicken wings - these weren't fried, so I'm assuming baked. The wings were kind of dry, but I didn't mind it too much. They were spicy, like 6.5/10. My 1st piece was very shocking lol it wasn't that it was VERY spicy, but the chili powder was concentrated bcos I took a piece from the top, so my bite was basically loaded with chili powder.

Top right: Sambal bunchies - this turned out to be fav dish aside from the laksa entree haha the beans were crunchy, the sauce was good, came with baby shrimps & a bit of tomato.

Bottom left: Skewers - sorry, I don't have pic of them out of the foil wrap. I had 1 chicken satay skewer & 1 bef satay skewer. I usually prefer the latter bcos I like beef but I liked the chicken one more. It was probably my fault bcos I saved the beef skewer for 2nd break so I microwaved it, & may have over-heated it so it became dry & chewy.

Bottom right: Roti canai - this was okay. .. I have no complaints about the roti; it was soft & slightly chewy. The texture was good & tasted slightly sweet. I didn't like the Malay curry sauce that much & didn't mind eating the roti as is but for some pieces, I used the satay sauce as dipping sauce instead.

& our laksa!

The packaging was great. I wished all restaurants did this with their noodle soups. The bottom of the bowl contained the broth & toppings, while the top half bowl contained the noodles & whatever else where sogginess would not be preferred. The laksa had the fried tofu & shrimps on the bottom along with the broth, & the vermicelli & bean sprouts were in the top compartment. Then you 'flip over' the top bowl so the contents enter the broth. So convenient!!

Laksa = 100%! LOVED IT!

Into The Lights, Free Level’in üyesi Petros Skoutaris’in solo şarkılarından oluşan unutulmuş bir CD baskını plak formatında tekrardan yayınladı. 2000 yılında kaydedilen bir aslında bir albüm olması düşünülen release’de aynı zamanda Manos Skaramagkas’ın bestelediği Skoutaris’in çaldığı şarkı da bulunuyor.

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