I love a good char siew pau. My favourite char siew paus are from Tiong Bahru Pau and Teck Kee Tanglin Pau.

Taste wise, I will place the char siew pau from this place in the same league as Tiong Bahru Pau and Teck Kee Tanglin Pau.

The char siew filling is not the roast/ brown-coloured type that I prefer, but after I tried their chee cheong fun, I knew I had to try their char siew pau and fan choy out as well too.

I wouldn't say the (pau) skin is thin, but fortunately, it is soft and light, and it doesn't stick to my teeth.

The amount of pork filling here is slightly less(er) than Tiong Bahru Pau's BBQ pork bun. This stall uses minced/ shredded BBQ pork whereas Tiong Bahru Pau uses chunks of bbq pork. While the BBQ pork filling here has/use less spices (than Tiong Bahru Pau) to flavour their bbq pork filling, the moistness of the delectable sauce makes up for it.

I find the balance of sweetness and savouriness of the char siew filling here on point and I prefer my char siew paus to be both savoury and sweet (perhaps even a tad more on the sweet side).

IMO, the char siew pau from this humble place definitely tastes better than the ones from other so-called (more) famous Pau Shops (Tanjong Rhu Pau/ Teochew Handmade Pau/ Nam Kee Pau).

Definitely worth trying out and coming back for!

  • 1 Like

This very simple steamed rice rolls is made of rice flour, corn starch, water, and a bit of cooking oil and salt.

Chee cheong fun is also known as steamed rice rolls in English. They are usually made of rice flour, corn starch, water, and some salt and cooking oil, steamed to perfection and served with (thick, dark) sweet sauce or (light) savory sauce.

Steamed rice rolls are either commercially produced or handmade. Johor Bahru Pau / Tim-Sum's cheong fun is handmade. They offer prawn chee cheong fun (at $3.20 per serving) too.

The rice rolls are made fresh when you order. They are, as expected, soft, silky and smooth.

The sauce that came with the chee cheong fun is the light, watery, savoury type. It has a subtle sweetness but it is not overly sweet (unlike Pin Wei's @ Pek Kio FC's Chee Cheong Fun sauce, which I find too sweet).

The char siew filling here gave me a surprise! Usu the char siew filling you get for the chee cheong fun are the dry, minced BBQ pork type. However, the char siew filling here is moist as it comes in a gloppy sauce. You might think the gooey sauce would ruin the rice rolls, but I assure you, it doesn't! A wonderful complement! Very delicious indeed!

Johor Bahru Pau/Tim-Sum is a place really worth visiting! Very affordable handmade paus/ dim sum. Besides very reasonable prices, the ingredients used are fresh and most importantly, most of the paus and dim sum are delicious!

It has been a while I had a pau (refer to photograph) this large. By the way, they have even bigger-sized paus like the (XL) Amy Yip's Jumbo Pau ($3.80) and the (XXL) Sure Win Pau ($4.50).

I had the Pork (Big) Pau. When I tore the pau open, the "zhup" (read: broth) from the pau dripped out. What a wonderfully juicy Pau! The pau/ filling is fantastic; the fragrance from the rich pork broth was awesome. The pork pau was stuffed full of ingredients; chunks of tasty pork, diced chestnuts, chives and a quarter of an (hard-boiled) egg with yolk.

The pau skin is light, soft, and doesn't stick to my teeth.

Very delicious pau; coupled with the use of fresh ingredients, it makes this Pau a very delicious one!

$5.50 (With duck giblets added)
.
A very nice braised duck rice. The gravy is flavorful and they give a generous ammount of cilantro and cucumber to cut the heavy meat. The meat is also flavorful but could have been more tender. The chilli is very good, spicy and piquant. Overall, recommend.

  • 2 Likes

If you want to avoid queuing for a long time, best to go really early or/and avoid lunch hour.

For only $4, you get handmade curly mee, 2pcs of tender braised pork ribs, 2 boiled wantons, 1 Chinese dumpling (水饺), 1 fried wanton, char siew and green veggies.

I read that the mee is the highlight here; it is done with egg whites, and it is also alkaline-free. However, the mee wasn't al dente, bite could have been better; a tad overcooked.

  • 1 Like

Went on a Monday afternoon. No queue, but many stalls were not opened for business. Not sure if most of them chose Mon as their off day.

The thick, black treacle (aka the gula melaka) is ultra shiok! It is more viscous than other Gula melaka I have tried before and it really elevates this chendol above others. There is a subtle tinge of smokiness from the palm sugar but it is not overly sweet. In fact, I find it refreshing and light.

The shaved ice was rather compacted and kinda of hard.

The silky soft green worms with coconut milk is subtly salty to contrast with the sweet taste of chendol.

There are additional toppings like sweetened red beans and attap-chee (aka seeds) that provides more bite to the delightful dessert!

This must be the best char siew rice I have tried thus far in my life. The roast pork is also very good.

The char siew/ roast pork are slightly fatty, but very moist, tender, and flavoursome. Not overly salty. The crackling of the roast pork was crispy too. Both meats were slightly fatty, but the fats were a good trade-off for the moist, tender meats. Can easily remove them if you mind.. Has a sufficient amount of charred bits which are so fragrant and savoury.
Char Siew actually has a good balance of sweetness and savouriness.

The sambal-like chilli is also very good too. Complements the meats very well though they are good enough to eat them on their own.

This is a one dish that makes gg (back) to ABC Brickworks Food Center well worth it!!!

No queue on a weekday evening. This stall uses a wireless paging system. So, even if there's a queue, you don't have to stand there physically.

My hub tried the skewers said they are good and are worth every cent!

  • 4 Likes

Short queue on a weekday at about 8 plus in the evening.

Quite generous with char siew slices. Decent taste and quality, but on the hard side. At least they are not paper-thin.

The fried wanton is nice, but a tad salty. Soup is good. Much better than soups from other wanton mee stalls. Peppery and savoury. Wanton in soup meaty and well-marinated.

The highlight of this stall is the springy wanton mee and the well-balanced chilli sauce. Not overly spicy and complements the mee v well.

This is definitely a wanton mee at least two notches above your average wanton mee.

I will revisit this place just for the wanton mee.

  • 3 Likes

First of all, we wanted to get the chicken nuggets; not sure how many pieces for $5 tho. (Only written as 'chicken nuggets $5 TODAY ONLY' on small chalkboard in front of cashier). Nvm that they didn't remove that when they were out of nuggets.

After we were told they were out of chicken nuggets, my hub ordered the fries instead.
I looked around for the price/ menu ... Not written anywhere.
Then I realised it costs $8. 🤦🏻‍♀️

The 'other menu', besides the small chalkboard in front of the cashier, was a bigger chalkboard (like the height of a painting size easel). But it wasn't the complete menu too.
I spotted some laminated A4 sheets pasted at a counter away from the cashier, at waist level. I presumed those sld be the menu/ pricelist since I can't see the tiny photographs as well.🤷‍♀️
Apparently there a menu at the cashier.

Since this is a food (hawker) centre, it would be good to at least offer different sizes like S/M/L for the fries instead of making people pay $8 for the fries.

2 of us struggled, but could only finish half the fries.
My wanton mee costs $4 only loh.

This stall has some areas for serious improvement.
And $8 for fries @a food centre = not quite worth.

  • 1 Like

Date visited: 12/6/2019 (Mon, 8:40pm)

No queue. Generally quiet at Changi Village. No queue at Mizzy or other Nasi Lemak stalls as well.

We actually ordered their signature chicken chop hor fun and the original Ipoh hor fun. Added veggies at an extra cost of $0.50.

I have always liked their Ipoh hor fun and I started eating there even before the renovation of Changi V Hawker Ctr, where wing kee and amigos were still side-by-side competitors.

The thin kway teow and the thickened brown sauce that it was swathed in was absolutely delicious! They managed to maintain a consistent standard. In fact, after trying out their Ipoh hor fun, I find almost every Ipoh hor fun I have tried elsewhere not as good. They are my benchmark of a good plate of Ipoh hor fun. And it is all because of the sauce.

The mushroom was really flavoursome too.

However, the serving size of their chicken chop (of their signature chicken chop hot fun) is no longer like before. We were shocked to see the chicken chop size reduced by about half!

When I went to check out other photos posted here, I realised this reduction in their chicken chop serving size is here to stay; they have been consistent since dunno when.

They give (only) two slices of mushroom now. The wanton was crispy and well-marinated, but a tad too salty. Char siew slices are rather hard. The sambal chilli made my Ipoh hor fun (too) oily.

Wing Kee's standard has dropped tho I have to say they are still above average.

The Ipoh hor fun tastes good enough on its own. Salty enough as well.
Needn't add chilli unless you don't mind the oiliness.

The one improvement I like is the use of plastic plate and bowl now. After the renovation, they switched to disposable ware which I really dislike.

I will give Amigos (competitor, opposite them now) a try next time. They used to be equally good and I would just join whichever stall that has a shorter queue.

  • 1 Like

This stall was famous for their fries carrot cake, but they won the “Best of the Best” popiah in City Hawker Food Hunt.

The popiah is generously filled; it contains many ingredients. Besides the flavoursome and moist turnip, there's crabsticks, fried egg, peanuts, beansprouts etc. love the juiciness, as well as beansprouts.

A good popiah!

  • 2 Likes