Tried this much vaunted Fried Hokkien Prawn Noodles. Great umami taste from the prawn broth used. $5.50 large portion came with three small shrimps tail on and some sliced pork belly. Chilli sauce provided on the side is slightly sweet and not packing a lot of heat. Also, the portion is small, certainly not sufficient for those with big appetites.

Overall a good fried Hokkien prawn noodle but not fantastic.

Stall in Clementi selling cheap and healthy steamed food and soup.

Ordered their Combo A which comes with a steamed protein poured over a bowl of rice plus a double boiled soup. The slates egg meat patty was not overcooked and so it was juicy. But no hint of salted egg there. Soup was simple umami and just a hint of pepper.

Recommended if you are looking a simple and healthy meal.

This stall at Pasir Panjang Food Center is full of surprises.

First of all, it is open half the week. Secondly, the heap of vegetables on top of the Char Kway Teow is humongous. And they use very tender and sweet Cai Xin.

Then unlike other stalls, for $8, you get lots of cockles (I counted 16). Plump ones too, cooked just right.

The time taken to cook my plate was very short. After a minute or two, my plate of CKT was ready. And yet there is wok heat in there.

But there is no bean sprout, no fish cakes and no Chinese sausage.

Sumptuous and healthy, if there is such a thing for CKT.

Located in a little known food center in the middle of Jalan Bukit Merah, this sister shop of the famous Veerasamy Road Jin Xi Lai (Mui Xiong) that serves delectable thick sliced liver soup, is the exact copy sans incredible waiting times. But it is still a 20 mins wait during non peak hours!

My Mee Kia Dry with chilli sauce and extra vinegar was a little soft on the bite. Chilli and vinegar portions were just right though. And the soup… Lots of umami taste from hours of blanching minced meat in the same broth, without the queer porcine taste. The three slices of thick liver were crunchy on the outside and impossibly tender on the inside, testimony to their blanching skills!

All in, the Veerasamy Road outlet pips this one by just a tad, in terms of the noodles. But over there, the waiting time is so long, regardless what time of the day from start to end. And over here, the ambiance is better (see video) with ample parking.

Been planning to try this shop that serves good coffee and traditional peanut pancake, plus other traditional breakfast items. At 11am, the shop is still filled with breakfast customers.

Ordered coffee and one piece of traditional peanut pancake, not the crispy type. The pancakes were a little chewy from the fermented dough, ample ground peanuts sandwiched between the two slices of the wedge, and not too sweet which suits me fine.

Coffee was legit good with robust taste of roasted beans. It was most enjoyable to sip the bitter hot coffee (black without sugar) and interpose with slightly sweet mouthful of chewy dough.

Strongly recommend for light breakfast or brunch.

Decent Wantan Mee in Yuhua but unfortunately overshadowed by the other very famous stall.

Noodles were cooked right, chilli sauce was a tad lacking in terms of heat but the soup was missing the flavour of Tee Por fish. The portion for $3.50 was decent enough for me although those with big appetites may need a second serving. Two dumplings were included and these were fresh and plump. The Char Siew could have been a bit more tender though.

Overall not too bad so I am keen to try the other items on their menu.

Arrived at 11am at this much vaunted stall selling Sheng Mian and Mee Hoon Kway. Long queue even before lunch hour proper. Ordered MHK soup, medium portion for $5.00.

In summary, I was disappointed. The broth was too bland and the MHK was torn into small but thick pieces which made them chewy but tasteless. The two prawns were shell on so eating them required peeling of the shells. So messy. The pork and mince meat were equally bland and tasteless. The saving grace was the portion which was more than adequate for the average person.

Definitely not worth the queue. Perhaps their Sheng Mian is better but definitely not their MHK.

Came at lunch time and there was no queue. Ordered their Small Bowl Noodles for $5.50. Mee Kia dry with chilli sauce and vinegar.

Noodles were a little under cooked. Their chilli sauce was a tad too sweet for me and not fragrant. No taste of vinegar at all. Portion was huge though. Fishball and meat ball were factory made so not too impressive.

Pro tip- add some soup to the dry noodles before mixing it up with chilli sauce. Noodles tends to dry up quickly after the blanching and clump together.

With today’s inflation, at $2.50 per serving, one cannot really complain about the taste or size of the serving. It’s not the best around and certainly could improve on the taste but it was fast and cheap. Got some wok heat and gave me two shrimps plus a few pieces of sliced fish cakes.

Located in one of the legacy “smoking allowed” Kopitiam, I had my worst prawn noodle year to date from this stall.

First of all, the soup just tasted like salt water without any of the umami of prawns. The chilli sauce for the dry yellow noodles was just greasy with none of the usual fragrance of chilli nor the heat.

Pork ribs were tender but lacks flavour. The pig tails were even worse with hint of porcine smell.

Finally the attitude of the auntie helming the stall could be better. Her brusque responses matching her sullen appearance, gives the impression of not welcoming my order.

Given the poor taste of this prawn noodles, I am quite sure I won’t be back any time soon.

The place is located in a small food court in level B1 of Bukit Timah Plaza, along with a couple of other stalls. Limited seats so sharing if tables during lunch time is required.

My order of duck rice with braised egg and fried bean curd was $5.70. Looked for the Yam in the rice but I couldn’t find any even though the unmistakable taste of Yam is in there. Smothered in braised sauce, I can go for the rice just by itself.

Then there is the braised duck. The portion was generous, duck meat was very tender and boneless. The accompanying soup was a little sweet and had a faint hint of anise and cinnamon, key ingredients of a good braise sauce.

Yummy!

Still feeling peckish after my bowl of fishball noodles, I ordered a plate of Chee cheong fun from this stall. At $2.00, it is again under sized in my opinion.

Quite normal taste, nothing to get excited about. Perhaps the taste would be better if I had asked for chilli sauce to be added.