Don - Your Personal Pie Club (China Square Central)

Don - Your Personal Pie Club located at China Square Central started out serving pies. Today, it has expanded its product range from Chicken Pies to Crab Bee Hoon! What a combination! (Western plus Chinese). Although this place is not halal certified, they use no pork and lard. In addition, their chicken used in the pies are from a halal supplier. (check out the write up on the chicken pie at the last section of this post)

Don - Your Personal Pie Club has received several recognitions from newspapers, TV programmes and magazines for its Chicken Pie and even Crab Bee Hoon.

Pipping hot pies!

Don's Chicken Pie (top), Chicken Shephard's Pie (Bottom)

The Don's Chicken Pie and Chicken Shephard's Pie are the two pies that have garnered many reviews online!

Menu (a)

Menu (b)

Lots of seating capacity at the back of the shop.

Claypot Crab Bee Hoon $19.00

Presenting Don - Your Personal Pie Club's Claypot Crab Bee Hoon! I have not tried this dish over here before. But have heard so much raves about it that I know, I had to make a trip down one day to try this!

The Claypot Crab Bee Hoon's broth had a slight hint of herbal (e.g. dang gui) taste in it. It was very flavourful and unique, different from the other Crab Bee Hoon soup (maybe due to slight herbal taste in it). I felt that the flavour of the roe of the crab, ginger and yam was not fully infused in this broth. There were 2 big pieces of fried Yam in it, along with vegetables, bee hoon and of course the Crab!

The crab is medium size. This is the star of the dish and it did not disappoint! The crab was very fresh! The crab meat was firm, sweet and you can easily pull out the whole crab meat from the shell be it the body, legs or even claws. (How many times have you done this? Most of the time the crab meat just sticks to the shell).

Don's Chicken Pie 

Don's Chicken Pie (Whole) $18.00

As we were still feeling hungry, we decided to buy Don's Chicken Pie (Whole) back home and ask for a quarter of it to be taken out on a plate for our consumption.

The chicken pie consisted of ingredients that include corn, carrot, potato, sliced boiled egg, mushrooms, peppercorn and chicken! Look at the above pictures and you will notice how big and thick this pie is! The other crust was not too thick is not too thick, just sufficient to hold the ingredients. It was very crispy, light and fluffy! The filling inside was flavourful and fragrant. However, I felt that the flavour of the spices was not as strong as before. Nevertheless, this is still one Chicken Pie worth coming back for!

Although  Don - Your Personal Pie Club is not halal certified, they do not use any pork and lard. In addition, their chicken used in the pies are from a halal supplier. Hence, Muslim friends can enjoy this  pie too.

For takeaways, you will be given a solid box that will keep your pie warm for a few hours!

Overall, I like my dining experience at Don - Your Personal Pie Club. Both the Claypot Crab Bee Hoon and Don's Chicken Pie were delicious! Now I understand why there has been so much positive word of mouth on the Claypot Crab Bee Hoon! If I am working in the CBD area, I am sure I will be eating this every week!

Don - Your Personal Pie Club (China Square Central)
20 Cross Street 
#01-34 China Square Central
Tel: 6327 4344
Delivery Hotline: 6536 0925
Opening Hours: Daily 8am to 9pm
Website
Nearest MRT Station: Chinatown  or Raffles Place
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Tiong Shian Porridge 長城粥品 (New Bridge Road)

Tiong Shian Porridge has been around for a long time. It is located at a coffee shop which is just a stone throw away from Chinatown MRT Station, along New Bridge Road.

Tiong Shian Porridge

Tiong Shian Porridge specialises in serving porridge and also claypot frog leg porridge. 

Went on two different occasions. During the first occasion, we arrived during dinner time and this place was filled to the brim! We ordered and waited for close to half an hour before the food arrived.

Plain Porridge $0.60

The Plain Porridge is so cheap! Just $0.60 for such a big bowl of porridge! Cheap and good!

Raw Fish $3.70

I had already mixed up the Raw Fish with the sauce, hence this unsightly picture. This picture does not do this dish any justice. Looks quite appetising right? Well....it was awesome! The fish was very fresh with no fishy smell. Saw that most tables ordered this item too. For $3.70 this dish is very certainty worth it. A must try dish!

Dried Chilli Frog Leg $8.00

The Dried Chilli Frog Leg was delicious. Right amount of spiciness and the frog leg was well cooked. It was tender and fragrant having absorbed the sauce. Adding the sauce to the Plain Porridge made it even more aromatic! Shiokolicious! 

Dried Chilli Fish Head $8.50

I have never tried claypot Dried Chilli Fish Head before. I was quite surprised that the chilli fish head was so delicious. Well, maybe part of the reason was because I quite like fish head (to me anything with bones, tend to be nicer; more tender) . Moreover, the sauce was so aromatic, similar to the sauce from the Dried Chilli Frog Leg. 

On the second occasion, I also patronised the place for dinner. This time I went slightly earlier at 6pm. The place was similar packed! Hence, yet again, we waited half an hour.

Any guess what this is?

Well, it is not plain porridge. 

Century Egg Porridge $3.80

It is Century Egg Porridge! There seems to be a lack of flavour in the porridge. Porridge was quite smooth. Moreover, the century egg was of good quality.

Frog with Ginger Onion $8.00

This time we ordered the Frog with Ginger Onion. The sauce this time was sweet and salty, not spicy with a distinct ginger fragrant. Shiok, but I still prefer the Dried Chilli Frog Leg.

Plain Porridge $0.60

Mix the sauce from the Frog with Ginger Onion with the plain porridge. And throw in some of the frog legs will make this plain porridge so delicious that you wonder why it cost 60 cents.

Overall, Tiong Shian Porridge is certainty a place to come for its porridge, claypot frog leg and raw fish! If the place is packed, there are seats upstairs. Not a bad place except that it can get really warm. Be prepared to sweat it out. But for the food, it is well worth it! Can't really compare to the one at Geyland Lorong 9 as I have forgotten the taste (the last time I was there was 8 years ago). Many gems in Chinatown to explore. Lots of good food nearby. I will certainty be back if I have the time.

Tiong Shian Porridge 長城粥品 (New Bridge Road)
265 New Bridge Road, Ann Kway Building
Tel: 6221 1596 / 6222 3911
Opening Hours: Daily 8am to 4am

Tiong Shian Porridge 長城粥品 (Whampoa Drive)

Blk 82 Whampoa Drive

#01-973

Tel: 6254 0952

Opening Hours: Mon to Fri 9am - 230pm, 4pm - 12am

                        Sat 9am - 12am