There has been much buzz about diff at the new Local Chapter coffeeshop within CT Hub 2 serving up specialty coffee — with that being said, the coffeeshop has also seen a fresh line-up of stalls that now occupy the stall units ever since Local Chapter coffeeshop had taken over the premises of the entire coffeeshop from the previous operator, Jin Hai Wan Eating House. One of stalls operating out of Local Chapter coffeeshop would be that of 家乡手作面 Jia Xiang Handmade Noodle — they occupy the stall unit that is situated in between the Yong Tau Foo stall and the Nasi Padang stall there. As its namesake suggests, the stall specialises in Malaysian-style handmade noodles with the likes of Mee Hoon Kueh, You Mian, Ban Mee and JB Pork Noodle.

Jia Xiang Handmade Noodle serves up their JB Pork Noodle in two different size variants; the Small and the Large, while they also do offer two different types of noodles with the dish — we had opted for our order to come with yellow noodles. The JB Pork Noodle is presented with two noodles; one of which where one can find the noodles tossed in dark sauce and coming with crispy pork lard, while the soup containing the pork elements comes in a separate bowl. We felt that Jia Xiang Handmade Noodle does well for the soup; this was definitely flavourful having absorbed all of the goodness of the pork that is being included in the dish — all savoury whilst coming with a clean finish. The pork slices were pretty delightful where it was tender and didn’t require much effort to chew; also free from any undesirable porky stench, though. Other elements that can be found within the soup included some leafy greens, as well as pork meatballs. With everything said, the bowl of noodles weren’t very much to our liking; there is a strong note of dried solefish going on within the sauce mix that wasn’t helped by the strong flavours of lye in the noodles, though the crispy pork lard does come in huge chunks that delivered a crunch when chewed upon.