Those whom are living around the North might find the name 505 Sembawang Minced Meat Noodle fairly familiar; this is an establishment that is best known for their minced meat noodles that has first started out as a coffeeshop stall at Blk 505 Canberra Link, though they also do operate an individually-run dining establishment at Blk 233 Yishun Street 21 that operates as a 24-hour eatery. These folks have just opened yet another individually-run dining establishment; this time name 505 Niang Dou Foo that is situated at Hougang Green Shopping Mall, replacing the now-defunct outlet of Mana Lagi there. Unlike the outlet at Yishun, one thing that is noted about its location at Hougang is the addition of Yong Tau Foo dishes atop of its minced meat noodles and Laksa offerings; there is also the lack of curry rice items being offered at Hougang — otherwise the menu is rather similar to that of what is available at Yishun.

The Yong Tau Foo at 505 Niang Dou Foo is being served in a set of six (6) pieces with a choice of carb where patrons can opt between several types of noodles and rice; patrons can also opt for the Yong Tau Foo to be served with soup or dry — the latter would comprise of options such as Prawn Soup, Tom Yam Soup or Laksa. We found ourselves picking our six desired items from the display chiller, whilst opting for our order to come with Chee Cheong Fun (priced at an extra $1.20 above the base price) and to come with Laksa. Going for a mix of fried items and soup items, we actually quite liked how the Laksa Yong Tau Foo turned out to be here — the Laksa gravy itself is one that is especially rich, creamy and umami. definitely fragrant from the various spices and aromatics that had went into the preparation process of the broth. We did feel that the Laksa gravy could be a little heavy when had as a standard bowl of Laksa; that being said, opting for the Chee Cheong Fun made it a delight to have especially since the rice vermicelli rolls are a little lighter and complimented the Laksa gravy just fine. We also liked how the fried items — especially so for the eggplant stuffed with minced meat that is all soft on the outside and savoury with slight crisp on the exterior of the meat; all that without being too greasy.