Credits: picture by Albino Rhino, taken from site Allrecipes.com
What can bring more joy than chomping down on your favourite food? tasting that much awaited morsel of food that you have waited with bated fervour for many days now. You can’t help but squeal in barely contained glee when that coveted dish is placed infront of you. If you do that then we are alike! There are many things I enjoy doing on my free days, catching up with old friends and bunking in to catch some of that elusive sleep, but there is a particular activity which I deeply relish and that is sniffing out good places to eat, and although this has become a slightly more expensive hobby in recent times, I feel a deluded sense of accomplishment when I find a place that neither my friends have ventured upon haha..
For starters, at the beginning of this year, my uncle brought us out for dinner. We drove from grey Toa Payoh to the likes and bustle of Simpang Bedok. At the farthest end of Simpang Bedok lies a restaurant called Sedap Corner, it had just opened then, and saw very few patrons on its premises. However the ambience and decor of the place was quite something- it generated a surburbia-zen like charm with its dimmed lights and concrete waterfall that were strategically placed outside the restaurant, and although it was easy to fall in love with the place, we were not easily swayed. As true connoiseur(s) of food tasters, we wondered if the food would live up to the ambience as they would like us to believe. The restaurant offers a pretty diverse menu- from Thai cuisine to Western delights and traverse a traditional menu of nasi belacan kampung and its compatriots.
For tastebuds that are game enough to try anything new, the Vietnamese Pho-Bo offers an electic taste, it is an acquired taste. Translucent rice noodles with beef balls mixed with a soup mixture, hints of coriander and fresh cilantro, the presentation of the meals is an art in itself, the Viet Pho-bo is placed on a wooden lacquered tray ,the noodles are placed in a huge bowl, they do serve large servings with a plate of fresh herbs on the side and a slice of lemon to adorn the plate as well. It also comes with a 3 compartmentalized dish, which consists 3 different paste that is to be dipped in to the Viet Pho-Bo soup. Pretty cool eh? But before any of you scurry to try this dish out, let me caution you-it is an acquired taste, if you are the type who thinks that i-like-my-noodles-fried- then stick to it. I can unabashedly admit, I’m p.r.e.t.t.y. adventurous with my food, but it took me some time to adjust to the taste of the Viet Pho, 2/3 of the way through the dish I felt like giving up (which rarely happens hahah..) this could be due to the large serving and the tangible taste of spicy notes of ginger and herbs on my tastebuds. Trust me the dish is not for the faint-hearted!
But there are favourites that you can enjoy, mee goreng mamak is an instant hit with the family. They added a new twist to an old classic, the serving were pretty generous, and the restaurant did not skimp on their ingredients, there were slices of squid, slivers of chicken, topped off with several flat shrimp wanton at the top.
The trip to Sedap Corner is not without its glamour quotient, if you enjoy watching Chef Bob Skuter strutting his stuff on the goggle-box, you can catch him in person (he’s not that hard to miss) as part of the 3 head chefs there. If you plan to head down to the restaurant, do head down in the late afternoon because you won’t have to wait for a seat, unlike its nights, where many expatriates and large families come to eat.
The prices are suitably priced for a set course, it is reasonably priced at $11-$15 dollars each and did i mention that its service is wonderful too? Kak Ju is one of the servers there and she prides herself informing customers of the daily specials with such candour and wit.
so if you are tired of eating at the run-of the- mill- kedai kopi, head down to:
Sedap Corner Restaurant (Singapore)
282 Bedok Road,
Singapore 469438
Tel: +65 6445 9987 (its at Simpang Bedok, its situated at the farthest end of road beside the Simpang Bedok Post office)
P/S: This eating establishment is run by Malays, isn’t it heartening to know 
so do your part and help spread the word , I am sure they could do with the additional business
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