I had a pot of steaming hot century egg congee.
Nah, I didn’t cook this. Someone at the nice air-conditioned Hong Kong cafe cooked it for me. All I had to do was eat and pay $6.90 at the counter.
Actually, I almost had the cafe made me a delicious looking nutritious crab congee but after I realised that it comes at a whopping special price of $29.90, I quietly settled for just an eye feast on the crab congee picture.
Maybe they’ll charge me $9.90 if I bring my own crab next time huh?
Congee on a hot day? Did u have an ice cream after that?
Question question, is there a difference between congee and porridge?
Comment by Erika — Thu, 6 Jul 2006 @ 1:50 am
Wah that is quite expensive for congee!
Comment by Loong — Thu, 6 Jul 2006 @ 5:25 am
Don’t u feel even hotter after eating the hot congee?
So expensive, more expensive than a 1.5lb lobster here!
$29.90 for a crab congee?!
Comment by crazymommy — Thu, 6 Jul 2006 @ 6:51 am
Woh.. congee on a hot day is like going into a steam bath under the sun..
But the aircon sure would help.
Comment by zara's mama — Thu, 6 Jul 2006 @ 9:06 am
yum! looks so creamy and good. I can never cook congee because I don’t have the patience to stand at the stove, to watch and stir. I always end up with “chao tar” porridge… and spill-over congee on the stove.
Comment by earthember — Thu, 6 Jul 2006 @ 9:12 am
The crab congee sounds yummy but too expensive to try! But why congee on a hot afternoon?
Comment by domestic rat — Thu, 6 Jul 2006 @ 10:18 am
Hey, the hongkong cafe at hougang is opening another branch at Cineplex but hvn’t got the chance to try the food although ofn is so near…
Comment by Ashes — Thu, 6 Jul 2006 @ 10:50 am
Whoof! claypot somemore, still piping hot, can see the congee bubbling like a erupting soon volcano. Lucky the cafe is air-conditioned.
Comment by wtpgrr — Thu, 6 Jul 2006 @ 11:23 am
isn’t 6.90 a little expensive for century egg nia?? kekeke….but as long as you like it can liao!!! but I am lousy at eating congee leh….take very long, probably slower than my kids ah….kekekeke
Comment by Jan (My lovely Rays) — Thu, 6 Jul 2006 @ 12:19 pm
Since my Mum’s Cantonese and Dad’s Teochew, I almost always had congee or Teochew porridge at home everyday. So congee in hot ar cold weather suits me fine.
Comment by mother superior — Thu, 6 Jul 2006 @ 12:32 pm
i don’t really fancy congee…i prefer Teochew porridge though i’m Hokkien
Haha..your last sentence, that’s what i always tell hubby: ‘next time we bring our own *insert ingredients*, then maybe they’ll charge us cheaper..’
Comment by Eileen — Thu, 6 Jul 2006 @ 3:18 pm
Actually I wanted some ice-cream but the picture of the congee on the menu looked very yummy so decided to order that instead. People, I’ll be insane if I hadn’t eaten it under the air-con. Anyway, I also had an ice cold lycee tea drink to go with it.
It’s ex considering it wasn’t as large as what it looked. Oh well, I don’t eat this everyday…
And yes, the price of the crab congee is
Erika: Think they mean the same thing since congee is rice porridge? Not very sure.
Comment by sesame — Fri, 7 Jul 2006 @ 12:30 pm