Sam quickly settled in his wooden low-back baby chair & clamoured for his toy cars. I made my usual order of chicken tang hoon ball soup ($6.90 for a bowl of 3 pcs) for Sam, who can usually finish at least 1 of the large meatballs mixed with vermicelli.I like to order this dish for Sam, partly cos it's one of those foods Sam can easily feed himself with a fork, provided I cut up the meatball for him in advance of course. He can get both his proteins (chicken) and his carbohydrates (vermicelli) in a single bite! And it being a soupy dish, it's a much healthier alternative to other child-friendly foods, which are mostly deep fried.
But of course, being Sam, he refused to self-feed today. So I ended up having to feed him from his plastic rice bowl (standard Thai Express type) using the adult-sized fork. That's about the only un-child-friendly thing about this chain: they don't provide kid-size cutlery. Fortunately all their plates & bowls are plastic............
Decided to try a new dish today, instead of the usual prawn toast (minced prawns & chicken on bread, deep fried). The prawn balls ($6.90 for a plate of 5) were described on the menu as "crispy & chewy, kids love it!". Well, I loved it myself too, they were great with the accompanying sweet & sour chilli sauce.Sam seemed to be doing fine with the chicken tang hoon balls, so I ate 4 of the prawn balls, leaving only 1 for him. And as usual, it would turn out Sam loved the prawn ball with the 1/3 piece of whole prawn inside, & clamoured for more. Had to pacify him with promises of future visits......
Also tried a new drink today, the Sour Plum drink ($5.50). Sam only managed 2 sips. Turns out the drink is slightly fizzy (that's fine by me), has small pieces of plum fruit in it (ok also), and has several calamasi seeds mixed in - not ok! Sam got a seed through the straw on his 2nd sip. Luckily for me (cos I passed it to him to drink before trying it myself) Sam didn't choke on the small seed & was old enough to spit it out. Definitely not a drink for young children!!!!I ended up finishing the refreshing drink myself, uncovering more calamasi seeds in the process. Sam was, fortunately, contented with the free cold drinking water offered.
It's always nice to eat before the lunch crowd arrives, the service is so much better. The waiter & waitress today were very nice - picking up his toy cars when they crashed to the floor, offering a straw for his cold water, providing more serviettes without me asking. If only the bill would arrive more promptly...........the cashiers must be unused to customers signing up for Thai Express's own membership card, they took so long to process the previous customer's bill & application!!!!
Oh, DBS/POSB credit card holders get a 10% discount on bills exceeding $30. Well, me & Sam didn't eat that much today. ;)
Thai Express (Jurong Point)
#B1-65/66/67 Jurong Point
Tel: 68610167
