Gone are
the day when I need to slow boil soups and keep them in 5 bags of zip lock bags
for my kids. I used to boil nutritious soup every Sunday and store them in the
freezer. My special “soup bags” are my life saviour for the last 8 years and my
Sundays will be spent buying pork ribs, corns, radish, lotus or pumpkins. These
“soup bags” can be used to make porridge, noodles soup and even mac and cheese!
So,
I stopped doing this 4 years back when I started catering Tingkat orders and I
did some trial and error before I commit. The most challenging part was to suit
my kids’ taste buds and I did my research. To all moms out there, yes, kids’
well-being is our utmost priority!
Luckily
for most of the catering tingkat providers, they do provide tingkat trial periods
before we commit to the monthly package. And now they also do flexible days and
allow cancellation (of course not too last minute cancellation)
Here
is what I have shortlisted for the best tingkat caterers in Singapore, you can
take reference and try it out yourself.
This
is my top favourite premium tingkat catering in Singapore and I have been
using
them for 4 years. Le Xin Catering wins my kids’ heart and voting, mainly
due to
the soup. They love soup and they voted Le Xin Catering as one with the
best
soup.
The
soup is tasty but not too salty and you don’t have the msg after-taste after
drinking the soup. The variety is good and Le Xin Catering actually plan your
soup menu carefully, they will only plan for 1 heaty soup for the whole week
and balance off with 2 cooling soup for the week. For example, herbal chicken
soup for Monday pair with, water cress pork rib soup and sweet corn soup for
the same week. Our favourite soup will be Huai San chicken soup, bak kut teh
soup, Tomato & egg soup and of course, my salted vegetable duck soup. Le
Xin Catering has a comprehensive menu and they do not repeat their soup menu in
the same month. You can view their monthly Tingkat catering menu here, https://lexincatering.com.sg/project/tingkat/
. I heard that they might be
changing their menu soon and I really hope our favourite soup stays!
If
you are looking for healthier choice for premium tingkat catering, Le Xin
Catering is also one with no msg, low cholesterol and salt meals planning, I
guess this is because of the vegetable oil that they use. For their deep-fried
dishes, I do not need to use kitchen towel to blot the oil away so I guess its
pretty healthy. Yes, I do blot away oil. The ingredients are always fresh, the
vegetables are properly cleaned. You will not experience unpleasant bites with
the vegetables for sure.
Their specialty is actually
their wok-fried dishes that actually make them so popular even after so many
years. The dishes still have the wok taste and they
are
really the essence of the Chinese cooking. We can never achieve this kind of
aroma as we need high flames as this is not possible in our homes now. The last
thing we want is a messy and oily kitchen just for a meal and the clothes in
our yard stinks!
We
usually re-heat the dishes twice as I usually work late and I will get my kids
to eat their dinner earlier. They have to finish their dinner by 730pm as they
need to be in bed latest by 1030pm. Kids in Singapore need to wake up very
early for school so they need to digest their food well before bed. So, I will
usually re-heat the remaining dishes around 8pm. The dishes still taste good,
no worries! The trick is to microwave them while they are covered partially.
Le
Xin Catering is not stingy with their portions so if you have kids in primary
school, you can order for 2 pax if 3 of you are sharing the food. Special
request can be made, if you need extra portion of the soup. The portion is just
nice for my family, it could be we are already custom to the portion.
One
very important point is that Le Xin Catering offers healthy or special options
like brown rice, no msg,no chilli, no bones and a lot more varieties! If you
think that tingkat catering only offers rice and rice, then you will be
surprise that Le Xin offers fried beehoon and fried macaroni as well. And your
family will be happy for a change. I am happy that we have switched to brown
rice, I think my kids were able adapt with the help of delicious soup.
Best
Catering was my 2nd option after Le Xin Catering and I tried Best
Catering some months back, to let my family try out new menu. Im
pleasantly
surprised with the taste and the variety as well. Best Catering
score 2nd
place in my heart, as the dishes are a mixture of traditional dish
and some
fusion of Chinese cooking. You will get to see mei cai with
meat and Szechuan
chicken. These 2 are my top favourite dishes of
course!
My
kids love the curry chicken, bbq chicken chop and fried dumplings,
they are
really tasty! The variety of dishes is good and our family love most
of them.
The dishes come in tingkat which reminds me of the old days
times. It could be
presentation plays a part, it makes you think the food
taste better! We can cut
down on waste disposal but I will have to wash
them every night, and Best
Catering will collect them back the next day,
The
delivery time is prompt and the food is still warm when they arrive. So my kids
ended up eating dinner early, its also good in a way.
One of the reasons why we did not continue
our tingkat service was that my family missed Le Xin Catering soups. My kids’
appetite was much
better when we were on Le Xin Catering, so even though I do
not mind
continuing Best Catering. They are very picky when it comes to food so
it is
not easy to find one that they like and they can eat the same food over and over again.
03 Mom’s Kitchen
I
was introduced by my sister to try out Mom’s Kitchen and it was the first
tingkat catering that I tried. She insisted that I must use this because they
use olive oil and the soup is good. Being new to tingkat catering, I thought I need to rush home to collect my food, gosh! It was a joke, they can hang outside your door if you are not at home. So, after many days of rushing home,
I realised that they can actually hang outside your door. So, no more stressing
over collection of our food.
The
service was not that fantastic as I remembered when I first call up
Mom’s
Kitchen, the person was abit rude and impatient when I asked afew
questions.
The delivery man was also unfriendly and left my food at the
gate without even
waiting for me to open the door. I guess they have a lot of locations to cover
so we have to be more understanding. And I had a really bad experience when I
called to cancel my delivery (it was within the stipulated time period) and I
got scolded. So, I tried to explain that
I thought I am still within the cancellation time frame for the day and I had something
urgent to attend to. I do mind paying the meal but I do not
want the food to be
hanging there through the night. I do not want lizards
and cockroaches to be
lured to my house. Mom’s Kitchen did not want to
entertain my explaining and
started scolding me. But I heard their service level went up a lot, it was like
many years ago when I tried Mom’s Kitchen.
This
is also one of the best catering tingkat in my list, the dishes are also not oily and the soup does not taste too salty (like Le Xin Catering). The variety
is good, but most of the dishes are not liking to their taste buds. So, I gotta
switch out. Generally, I will say the dishes are not oily and the soups are
healthy. No msg as well for Mom’s Kitchen and the ingredients were fresh, a good option for kids if you want them to eat healthier food.
Nothing
special about the presentation except that it is fuss-free. The
packaging comes
in microwavable containers so its pretty easy and simple to heat up. The
portion is generous as well, we also ordered for 3 pax when
there are 4 of us. Mom’s
Kitchen is abit pricey among the 3 tingkat catering in Singapore, but I will
say, when it comes to food, we can spend abit more.
So,
here is my tips on how to choose a suitable tingkat caterer,
·
Look
at their menu first
Scan through their online
menu, most of them are available on their websites. Decide if the dishes are
what your family will like.
·
Go
for tingkat trial
Before you commit to the packages,
go for a trial period, you can taste a few tingkat catering brands to see which
one fits best
·
Flexible
days are available
Most of the tingkat catering
companies in Singapore offers flexible days. You can choose 3, 4 or 5 days packages,
so that you can plan to eat out with your family on certain days of the week
·
Healthy
options
Some of the tingkat
catering brands offer no msg, low salt, less oily menu, healthier grain option.
You can even request for more vegetables, more soup and less rice. You can
explore more or ask them before you sign up
·
Easy
sign up & cancellation
Catering industry has progressed
so much and yes, they have! You can place your order online with options available
and you can even cancel online.
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