The demands of work, motherhood and the chore of deciding what to have for dinner every night pushed us into trying out tingkat dinners. Plus staying in Punggol doesn't help much with the food situation. So I scoured the internet and found Hong Choo which received pretty good reviews. So we signed up for the 10 day tingkat trial consisting of 3 dishes and 1 soup and here's what we have received.
 |
| Bittergourd Soup - Tasty Stewed potatoes - Watery sauce Cabbage with Tau Kee - Slightly oily but good! Steamed fish - Really good! |
 |
| Fried omelette with hot dog - Don't fancy Cabbage - Good Steamed minced pork - portion small otherwise good Sichuan veg + chicken soup - Tasty without being too salty |
 |
| Sambal stingray - Really yummy but fish was slightly soggy by dinner time Mixed vegetables with chicken - As usual, too little Fried Beansprouts - Pretty decent Wintermelon soup - Slightly bland |
 |
| Blackbean soup - Tasty Xiao bai cai - Decent Tofu - Tasty! Wish there was more! Stir fried pork - Pretty good! |
 |
| Curry chicken wings - Yummy but too little! *obviously* Baby spinach - Good Deep fried fish fillet - Really yummy! Meatball soup - Tasted like ba chor mee soup |
 |
| Tau Pok - Good Oriental Sauce Chicken wings - Awesome! Curry fish - Really yummy but too little gravy! Watercress soup -Soup was bland with too little vegetables |
 |
| Cabbage - Tasty Stir fried pork with onion - pretty good Steamed egg - Portion.too.small (3mm thick) Fish ball soup - Like fishball soup from a fishball noodle stall |
 |
| Spinach - Good Soy Sauce chicken - Yummy! Chilli fish fillet - Pretty decent Seaweed soup - Bland |
 |
| Stewed pork belly - Portion too little but otherwise yummy! Chap Chye - So so good! Hot dogs with ngoh hiang - Much too peppery Chicken soup - Bland with floating chicken bits |
 |
| Cabbage - Oily but nice Steamed pork - Nice but too little (about 3mm thick) Sweet and sour fish - Good sauce and good portion size Fish dumpling soup - Not too bad |
We like Hong Choo because it taste very much like home cooked food unlike some other Tingkat dinners which are MSG laden. But I have to lament that the portion is on the smaller side and despite 2 attempts to get them to increase the portion, it was still somewhat insufficient. Hubby and I ended up cooking a more rice or adding another side dish of our own on some nights.
The fish dishes from Hong Choo were impressive! No dory fish or batang nonsense but proper good quality ones like grouper steak. Overall, for the price and the taste with the exception of some hotdog dishes which I seriously am not keen on, Hong Choo is definitely worth a try! They operate out of a small kitchen unlike big commercial ones and do not have pre-set menus because they believe in cooking what is fresh from the market on the day itself.
We have decided to continue with Hong Choo because of the reasonable price and the quality of food. Shall review them again after a month!
Hong Choo Catering Service
126 Joo Seng Road, Singapore 368355
Hi,
ReplyDeleteWould like to know whether you are still continue tingkat with Heng Choo?
Thinking to cater tingkat as i will not be able to prepare dinner after fetching my son from child care.
Thought of tingkat, might be a healthy choice than taobao.
And i'm also staying at punggol:)
Thanks
Hi Priscillia,
DeleteSo sorry for the late reply! Yes I'll choose hong choo again because I like that the meals are non msg-laden. But the problem is my hubby is a big eater and the portions are almost always not enough. I'll recommend ordering 3 pax for 2 people if you want a fuller meal! :)
Hi,
ReplyDeleteI understand from Hong Choo the dinner has to be eaten by 7pm? Sometimes if we work late after 7pm, is it ok to store in the fridge and heat up to eat later? Thanks.
I don't see why not. If you put it into the fridge when it arrives and heat it up later it should be ok! Just don't leave it out in the open till after 7pm!
ReplyDelete