Plum And Rice Review: Pink Japanese Umeboshi Rice And Porridge Sets At A Bedok Hawker Stall
Even though it is tucked away in a hawker centre at Bedok, Plum and Rice is hard to miss. The young trio behind Plum and Rice combine their passion to keep the hawker scene alive with their arsenal of culinary skills to bring Chinese and Japanese flavours together.
With simple yet satisfying umeboshi rice and porridge sets at $4 to $6, this stall might just be your new hawker go-to. Food at Plum and Rice Each of their set meals comes with umeboshi rice, a side dish, a soup of the day and a meat dish. The rice is mixed with their special sauce, which is made from umeboshi AKA Japanese pickled plums.
Set A ($4) came with umeboshi rice, braised pork belly, stir-fried bean sprouts and a dainty bowl of winter melon soup. The nutritious umeboshi sauce is where the Jasmine rice gets its slightly pink hue from.
Just like the plums, their furikake seasoning is made in-house and gave the rice a nice crunch. The highlight of this set was the braised pork belly.
Ranging from black bean to lotus root, the soups at Plum and Rice switches up every few days. We had their winter melon soup that was made from a base of boiled soybeans.
I could taste the natural sweetness from the winter melon and wolfberries, as well as the robust, meaty savour from pork ribs. Crunchy and refreshing, the stir-fried bean sprouts complemented the rice and meat well.
There were even slices of taupok that took on the flavour of the bean sprouts and added a slightly chewy texture. Just like their soups, the sides change periodically and include dishes such as cucumber with bonito flakes, as well as cucumber with black fungus and plum sauce.
This set consists of umeboshi porridge, braised lean meat, a side dish and soup. The braised pork shoulder was completely stripped of fat and was saturated with dark sauce.
Compared to the fatty pork belly, this was slightly tougher, but this texture worked well with the soft porridge. This set comes with umeboshi rice, a side dish, a bowl of soup and fish.
Though I love pork, the fish was my favourite out of the three meat dishes offered. Ambience at Plum and Rice This stall is located in a hawker centre just five minutes away from Bedok MRT Station by foot.
The verdict Though the dishes Plum and Rice offer seem simple, their set meals manage to be both satisfying and comforting.
- Who: Plum · Rice · Japanese
- Money: $4 · $6, · $6 · $1.50
