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Pho with lemongrass chicken and spring rolls

Lately, I’ve been kinda cutting my budget on food because of the upcoming Japan trip (and its associated expenses). So whenever I hang out with my friend (or even boyfriend), we tried to choose something costs less than SGD 20. Good thing is my friend just came back from her Taiwan trip and hence, she does not mind having meal which does not cost a bomb. However, she wanted to go for grocery at Fairprice so we had to choose somewhere which has Fairprice and near her house in the west. Thankfully, I noticed that Clementi Mall has So Pho, a Vietnamese restaurant which sells a rather reasonably priced Vietnamese food like pho (Vietnamese noodle) and rice.

I prefer dry pho to the soup version I’m not sure why. Probably it’s because the sauce (which is on the sweet rather than spicy side) goes better with the spring rolls, the chicken and the noodle when they are dry. But then again, this is probably just tastebud preference which differ from one person to another. I don’t know. So Pho’s rendition of noodle with lemongrass chicken and spring rolls taste pretty good and look at how much veggies they throw on this bowl of noodle. The noodle is pretty a lot for me and I kinda regretted eating too much of it because I ended up a bit too full for my liking. Hahaha.

Oh right, this is actually the first photo of Piggy Brown which I asked my friend to help me buy from Line Friends store in Taiwan. Actually the fake version is way way way cheaper (and you can find them in Bugis Junction) but the real one is of course, better done and cuteeerrr. With the price I’m paying for this bag charm/ my meal companion, I do expect a very good quality made Piggy Brown of course. The real version costs me around SGD 20 omg. I’m so tempted to buy fake Foxy Brown at SGD 6 but I suppose maybe next time. XD

Right, back to the noodle (I’m so easily distracted, really). Price-wise it’s pretty wallet-friendly because it’s less than SGD 20 even after tax and service charge. So yeah, I’m quite happy with this meal. I should probably eat more at hawker centre on weekdays for this wallet-dieting regime that I’m currently living with. Unti next time!

I Eat Alone at Comnam Vietnamese Street Eats, Raffles City

Small plates and value lunch set menu from Comnam Raffles City

Fragrant rice menu from Comnam Raffles City

Buzzer to collect food at Comnam Raffles City

Lemongrass chicken fragrant rice from Comnam Raffles City

The blazing sun recently does not make me feel like going to have lunch at hawker centre or the famous fish soup stall at Arcade (although it’s air-conditioned but you won’t feel it because of the heat from the kitchen + crowd). So when I have no lunch appointment, I ended up wandering in the shopping mall because oh boy, I think all the shopping malls in Singapore blast their air-conditioning system to the max because I really feel comfortably cool inside the mall. So with the blast of air-conditioner in Raffles City, I am deciding what to have for lunch by myself. I’ve been spending me-time so often at Saboten Express, so I decided today is not the day to go to Saboten Express.

That’s when I saw that there is no queue line at Comnam. I quickly scanned the eatery to see if it can be considered friendly enough for a solo diner and ohh, there’s a guy who’s eating alone there. Comnam has table for two/ section with high chair/ communal table which I feel will not make solo diners feel uncomfortable. Since seating seems to be no problemo, I just walked inside and reserve a small table while thinking of what to order. There’s ordering chit and menu on each table so you can take your time to decide what to eat if you manage to reserve a table beforehand.

Comnam has a variety of rice and noodle dishes in its menu. You can order small plates to go as side dishes for your main noodle/ rice too. But since its sister restaurant Nam Nam (which is located right beside Comnam) specialises in pho, which is a form of noodle, I would think that Comnam should be better with its rice dishes. So with this way of thinking, I chose lemongrass chili chicken fragrant rice for my lunch. It costs SGD 9.90 so I suppose it’s still within my SGD 10 budget for lunch in shopping mall. I left my cute Cony to guard the table while I made my way to the counter to make order and in return, the cashier gave me a buzzer. That’s good since I don’t have to stand there forever to wait for my order.

The lemongrass chili chicken fragrant rice comes with onsen egg which I don’t think it’s delicacy in Vietnam, so I suppose this dish must have been touched with an element of fusion-ism. But the lemongrass and chili sauce that they use to marinate the chicken soak into the meats perfectly. The rice that Comnam serve is not normal white rice. It seems to have a bit of quinoa texture although I don’t think they are quinoa (because quinoa would make the price of the dish increase exorbitantly). I quite like the whole dish and polish it together with Cony (ok kidding, I polish it all by myself).

Atmosphere wise, since there are many solo diners having lunch there, I don’t feel awkward at all to eat alone here at Comnam. So I think I would probably come back again for another visit here when I’m by myself.