The food court at Galaxy Mall
One interesting thing is that in this food court you don't pay at the individual stall. There's a centralized cashier where one make payment at. They will issue you a receipt. Then approach a waiter who will help you 'redeem' your food. I wanted to collect the food with receipt myself, but apparently it is not allowed. Only the waiter can collect the food for you.
Understandably as it is a work day, the food court (in fact the whole mall) is not very crowded. Which is good, honestly Singapore (and Singapore malls) is getting too crowded for my liking, and it's good to go somewhere less crowded for a change.
Traditional stall for soto seller
My choice fall on Pempek, which hails from Palembang, South Sumatra. To describe it, it's a dish made from fish and flour, which is then made into batter, and fried in hot oil. The resulting 'fish cake' is served with cubed cucumber and noodles in a plate of sour-and-spicy gravy. It is not sour like vinegar, somewhat more like pickles, but it also tastes a little sweet. The seller will add sambal / chilli paste as requested.
There are variations of the 'fish cake', some served plain, some with boiled egg as filling, etc. It wouldn't do the dish justice just describing the taste and ingredient here, and I think this is one of the best tasting Indonesian dish around.
My half-eaten pempek (forgot to take pic earlier)
