I love talking about food. Too bad, ACJC does not provide good food. It is my honour as an unofficial food critic to complain like a STOMPer and not go to STOMP because it sucks anyway. Before I start, I must follow a rating system, ok, it's easy to follow: it's the 1 to 5 out of 5 rating system.
Let's start from the drinks stall. Nice snacks like toasted bread although sometimes it's sold out. Haribo is good. The popular but super diluted Milo bottle is a rip-off at $1, why not buy a Milo 80cents transparent cup version which contains more Milo at a less diluted state. Ice coffee bottle is good strong coffee which is enough to keep you awake in class or exam. Ice teh is a little dilute but good enough. Ribena is a bit dilute. Best thing about this stall is that you can buy relatively cheap 500ml bottles of drinks like coke, sprite, H2O, 100 plus, etc... yes, at $1 only.
Verdict: 3.5/5
Next up, the snack stall. Waffles are the best thing, suit yourself, buy any flavour you prefer. Potato wedges are sinful but delicious, but always buy them when they are hot, otherwise they suck. Sandwiches are alright only. Chicken chip is so-so. I like the fishballs. Paus are delicious if you don't want to eat anything else. I still don't get why people continue to eat the big Japanese sugar biscuit when you can get sick of it after eating like half of it. Basically, in this stall, everything is edible and good.
Verdict: 4/5
Next, the sandwich stall, which the owners got sick of selling noodles and switched to sandwiches instead. I thought that the fried dumplings of the noodles stall was nice though. Basically, this sandwich stall is inexperienced and I think they have diversified too much to selling all kinds of crap. I ate from here only twice. Ok, give them just a pass as find the food a little less than average.
Verdict: 2.5/5
Next, the taste of the orient stall or economy rice. The bottom line is, the new owners suck. First, they give too little and they actually count the portion they give, so they are not generous enough. Secondly, variety sucks because some food many people can't live without are missing from the menu. Thirdly, I don't like the new guy's face lol, dunno why. But the auntie with the cash is polite haha, a rare one.
Verdict: 1.5/5 so get out of here please!
Next, the fruit stall. This rocks the most, especially when you specifically ask them to not add water to dilute your juice and everything will taste nice if you don't mind paying just a bit more. For cut fruit, pineapples are surprisingly good. But their sugarcane juice may sometimes taste weird though haha. Overall, this fruit stall is good, and they sell way cheaper than their hawker centre counterparts.
Verdict: 4.5/5
Next, the malay food stall, makan bagus. I like this stall but as usual, it's an old malay woman serving the food and the queue will be very slow haha. Beef rendang is above average. Fried chicken drumstick is nice, especially with the chilli sauce. I cannot take the sambal stingray, too hot, cos the last time I experienced 10 full minutes of freaking hot hot hottness in my mouth that I almost died, and the water cooler was futile. Beef noodles are good and is cheap as dirt. Ai ya good stall! Bagus!
Verdict: 3.5/5
Next, the indian food stall. Ok la. Their fried rice is good but wait long long long long. Their roti prata is horrible, not cripsy at all. Papadam is zomg good. Friendly people. I likes.
Verdict: 3.5/5
Next, the Yong Tau Foo stall. Everytime I eat this, I will fear that I will get stomachache, like poor Jasmine who was hospitalised. Manfred says Tuesday are Yong Tau Foo day, supposedly the food is the most fresh on that day or it's early break, so fresh Yong Tau Foo cos its early in the morning! If you look carefully in the soup, you could possibly find an insect lol.
Verdict: 2.5/5 they are lucky that they are not out of the canteen due to hygiene problems
Next, the pig and chick stall. Why is this so popular? Because it is fast and reasonably priced unless you buy lotsa additional stuff, and its the only proper thing that you can eat in ACJC. The rice is tasteless and never ever buy the char siew. Porridge is good. And always, always, spam your food with free fried onions and black soya sauce to make your food tasty. However, if you look at the chicken macaroni soup, you will always see many insect parts or whole insects in it, makes you wonder if insects form part of the ingredients to make this dish haha.
Verdict: 3/5 Boo for finding foreign matter in soup and tasteless rice!
Next, the Western food stall. Forget this stall. They make me wonder how they make ends meet. Overpriced, untasty, unappetizing, a stall doomed for failure... need I say more? But still make edible food though.
Verdict: 1.5/5
Finally, the heritage cafe... hmm... we call it cafe anyway. Infamous for long waiting times, bad service and overpriced stuff haha. Only thing good here is the torikatsu burger, a sinful and expensive but super delicious. I would come here only to buy the cold 1.5 litre 100 plus and take some cups and enjoy with my friends after some sort of physical stuff.
Verdict: 2/5
Indeed, ACJC has a food crisis. Somebody should step in to remedy this problem and tame the tastebuds of ACSians who think that bad food is normal in school. My solution: if you have the time and money, always go out of school to eat. Go to dover market and eat lemon chicken rice, ban mian, char kway teow, fried hokkien mee and drink $1 bubble tea. Go to holland village and enjoy burger king, subway, the hawker food there, crystal jade, and other nice stuff. Go to Ghim Moh market and eat the super famous and freaking nice char kway teow. Anymore suggestions, anyone?
