A meal from a rundown place

It was a terrible traffic Friday last week, what with terrible weather as well, so as usual, we either had to wait it out, let the heavy rain stop or get smaller before going back home on the bus, or hire the taxi. You know how it goes... Everyone calls at peak hours, and Kim Fook and I tried almost all the cab hire numbers already and nobody was picking up. So nope, we had to wait it out instead. Lousy luck.

And then the idea hit me. What about this ulu area just outside camp? We could go eat there and get some coins from the change for bus fare. Ok lah, steady go!

Place is damn rundown, like the old kampung buildings of the 60s and 70s, not too shabby but could use some maintenance. Ah what am I saying, this place isn't seeing a lot of customers anymore. Well maybe it used to be a hotspot back when Seletar Camp used to be way bigger than what it is today...

That being said, their nasi briyani is not too bad, delicious in fact. Hardly the kind you'd expect from a rundown place. Ironic that it'd be my first time eating there when I'm almost gonna go ORD this coming March. Still, at least I'd be able to tell others that hey, this place still exists in the Singapore map.

 

Just normal coffee-shop fare, and uhh... don't be put off by that half-eaten plate of nasi briyani. Before I remembered to take the photo down, half the mutton was already well moving into my stomach already by the time I realised.

 

 

Man, this place is ancient! Note the spray-paint on the metal sheet at the shack. That's where the coffee-shop is supposed to be, but nuh-uh. It's on the right, where the car is. You can see the doorframe to the coffeeshop from here, and that's exactly what it looks like from the side of the road.

 

 

 

Yet another view of this run-down coffeeshop. Maybe this one looks a little less ulu...