Shrimp Cakes and Sugarcane Skewers

Our last snack before the Starship concert was from the Singapore kiosk. This kiosk was in a really crowded part of the showcase, especially at concert time. We both had traveled to Singapore once before (over 4 years ago) and were hoping the food from the kiosk would bring back memories of the delicious food we had there.


We were hoping the menu would have something like laksa but sadly it did not:


We tried the beef rendang (coconut braised beef) with jasmine rice ($3.25):


M's take - This was OK. It had a lot of flavor (but that also meant that it had a lot of sodium). We have had rendang at various restaurants though, which did a better job at it.

A's take - In a word, disappointing. There wasn't the normal heat you normally get from a rendang, and overall the flavors didn't seem quite right. Maybe this is traditional rendang, but I don't think every other restaurant we've tried was wrong.

We also tried the shrimp cake on a sugarcane skewer with Singapore noodles ($3.50):


M's take - This dish was a mix of highs and lows. I liked the shrimp cake a lot. It was like a big dumpling (or as A says, a meatball - that's probably more accurate). But the Singapore noodles were so bland! I'm used to the Singapore noodles with lots of flavor and curry, but these had very little flavor and were kind of disappointing.

A's take - We love Singapore noodles, but these just weren't that great. No flavor, and not really much of anything. The shrimp cake thing was tasty. Nice and soft, definite shrimp flavor to it, and really reminiscent of a giant shrimp meatball. The sugarcane stick was actually fun for me. I've always enjoyed gnawing on sugarcane and getting the nice sweetness that comes out. M wasn't quite as good at it so she let me enjoy it more.

Favorite dishes at the Singapore kiosk:
A: Because of the shrimp cake and sugarcane it's the noodles, but the noodles themselves weren't very good.
M: Shrimp cake (but not the Singapore noodles)