Monday, 20 June 2011

Cafeteria: AH Garden Cafe @ Alexandra Hospital

Contrary to popular belief, I have not fallen off the face of the earth. Rather I have been rather busy these few weeks rolling out a project in Alexandra Hospital. So what better way to marry work and food than to feature food from the Alexandra Hospital Cafeteria which is located in the bottom of the Administration block. If you are coming from the main lobby, you have to cross the carpark to get to the building.
Hospital Food courts and cafeterias have never been famous for their food so is the food as bad as they say? So here is my recommendation if you happen to be in the neighbourhood.
Chicken Cutlet Noodle
 The Chicken Cutlet Noodle is available from the Noodle stall (see above) which also sells Siao Wan Mian (literally Small bowl noodles), Bak Chor Mee (Minced Pork noodles) etc. But my favourite is still this dish. 
The noodles are blanched and mixed in well with the sauce and chilli. The noodles still exhibit a bit of springiness. This is then topped off with slices of deep fried chicken cutlet. Pieces of deep fried pork lard are also added for good measure. I like the fact that the sauce mix is not turned into gravy "soup" which a lot of stalls have the bad habit of doing lately. Once you mix in the sauces by adding excessive soup, it kind of defeats the purpose of ordering dry noodles. This is the best dish by far in the whole cafeteria. Highly Recommended!! 
Price: S$3.50 per bowl
Other Recommendations & things to note:
One hot dessert that is worth trying is the Pulot Hitam (Black Rice Porridge mixed with Coconut Milk) . When I ordered this at the dessert stall, I was expecting the small bowl you normally see at most hawker centres and food courts. Imagine my surprise when I got a bowl of this size.
This is almost a meal by itself and is only priced at S$1.20. Definitely a steal.

Other things to tryI also patronise the Muslim stall often. 3 small "epok" curry puffs (choice of potato, sardine and both) for S$1 washed down with a Kopi Gao (Thick Coffee) from the drinks stall in the morning is a good start to the day. Also tried the Lontong (Rice cakes with vegetable curry) and Mee Rebus @ S$2.50 (Yellow Noodles in thick gravy) which are safe bets too. You even have a healthier brown rice option when you order rice with dishes. 

Please note as this is a cafeteria, please do your part by clearing your trays, plates and bowls after eating and drinking. 

Where: Alexandra Hospital, 378 Alexandra Road, 159964. Admin Block Level 1

1 comment:

bufflie said...

Salad is healthy but adding too much salt into the chick peas and soaking apples into salt watter for too long isnt. Please do something about it as it is not the first time it happen.

Thank you.