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Dinner at Spencer Village – it’s been too long!

We haven’t been to Spencer Village for such a long time. I just had to order hainan chicken rice and a can of A&W root beer. This is one of my favourite combinations ever. There aren’t many things better than salty delicious chicken rice with a cold can of root beer. I could have this […]

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Three meals from Spencer Village

LunchWhen I have a hainan chicken rice craving, I usually have Penang Cuisine’s chicken rice. On this occasion I decided to give the Straits Cuisine stall’s hainan chicken rice a go. The verdict? Not bad at all! The rice wasn’t as garlicky as Penang Cuisine’s (I love really garlicky chicken rice!), but it had a […]

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Lunch at Spencer Village

A recent feed at Spencer Village (Spencer Road Shopping Centre, Thornlie)… I bought a packet of nasi lemak from Sarindo – I chose the fried fish version (you can choose between fish and chicken). As well as a piece of tumeric-flavoured fried fish, you get fried egg, three slices of fancy cut cucumber, ikan bilis […]

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Spencer Village dinner and takeaway

On the Friday night Jac flew out to NSW (that’s two Fridays ago), we had dinner at Spencer Village (Spencer Road Shopping Centre, Thornlie). I’m always happy to eat at Spencer’s, but I was especially pleased – I could grab some extra food takeaway to eat on the weekend, saving me time cooking. Jac wanted […]

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Thursday night dinner at Spencer Village

Another recent meal at Spencer Village (Spencer Road Shopping Centre, Thornlie – thanks, Aussie Tourist :)). I had char kway teow from Penang Foods. Jac had a salmon sashimi set from the Japanese stall, which comes with vegetable and prawn tempura, California roll sushi, and salad. Sorry, not many words tonight – I’m very tired. […

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Friday night dinner at Spencer Village

At Spencer Village (Spencer Road Shopping Centre, Thornlie) recently, Jac had a teriyaki fish salad from the Japanese stall. It’s very nice, but a very small meal indeed. I knew she’d need something else… I had been craving chee cheong fun (fresh rice flour roll) and yong tow foo (stuffed beancurd and vegetables) from Fook [&helli…

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Lunch at Spencer Village

At a recent lunch at Spencer Village (Spencer Road Shopping Centre, Thornlie) Jac was hoping to get fresh rice paper rolls from the Vietnamese stall, but they were still closed for the holidays. Her next choice was a teriyaki fish salad from the Japanese stall, but it was 11:30am when we got there, and they […]

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A trip to Spencer’s

Last Sunday I caught the train to Thornlie and to have lunch at my favourite food hall, Spencer Village (Spencer Road Shopping Centre, Thornlie) . As I walked across the bridge from the railway station, I could hear talking behind me. I turned around and saw two old Chinese women, two poh pohs, walking together. […]

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