Sinma Live Bull Frog Claypot Porridge

Sinma chain is pretty popular in Geylang but this particular one at New Bridge Road is often overshadow by its ever crowded next door neighbour Tiong Shian Porridge Centre. My friends and I decided that we will have late supper here.
Although the place is rather quiet, the service here is good. Well, their speciality here is definitely the claypot frog porridge. Its a must try here. You can also have the claypot frog dish done in the style (scallion and ginger or gong bao) you want and goes well with the plain porridge. Their other dishes are great too! I love their marmite chicken too.

A great alternative if your preferred frog leg stalls are out or closed, the frog leg porridge here is pretty decent.
In fact, because people give them a miss, the service levels and portions here are actually better, probably to entice more people. You can also request for just legs if you don’t really eat the whole frog and they’ll be okay with it.

No queue, very decent.
It’s hard to break out when you’re standing in the shadows… okay, my analogy might be a little dramatic but on some level that’s whats happening on the porridge front in Chinatown.
Long time porridge superstar Tiong Shian steals so much of the limelight that it’s neighbour Sinma can’t get any attention. Well, one day when I arrived at TIong shian to get my porridge fix. I think it was a friday night. My heart sank, I started moaning and groaning at the sight of the long queue, lack of seats and crowd waiting for Chinatown’s favourite porridge.
To save time, I decided to give the eatery next door a try, the sign said «clay pot live bull frog porridge», and that’s what I wanted to order from Tiong Shian anyway. The food came and I must say, it wasn’t too shabby. It was actually good.
Note to self, give new things a try. GIve Sinma a try next time you want porridge and can’t be bothered to queue up. Tell me what you think!