Hawker Food

Michelin Braised Duck stall at Ghim Moh Food Center. Really good braised duck and offals.

Arrived at 12.30 and the queue was about 18 pax ahead of me. Ordered duck meat for two and added other stuff. Total damage was $18.80 for two persons and the plate came with liver, gizzard. Tau Pok, braised egg and braise pork belly.

Rice was drenched with braise sauce and really so delicious that you can have it on its own. The duck meat, boneless, was very tender and when paired with their special chilli sauce, you can’t stop. Unlike others, their soup had no herbal taste but yet it was refreshing to drink.

Well deserving their Michelin Bib Gourmand.

A bowl of very good laksa, full of flavours and decent portion, unlike other laksa stalls. I noticed that this stall blanches the noodles first before adding the laksa gravy whereas other blanch their noodles using the laksa gravy. Apparent there is no loss in flavours using the former process.

Cockles and prawns were fresh and the tau pok fully soaks up the laksa gravy.

Well deserving their Bib Gourmand.

Arrived at 12.30pm at the peak of lunch time. Although it took a while to get a table at this popular food center, surprisingly there was no queue at this stall.

In spite of what’s stated on their signboard and menu, there was no sign of BBQ chicken wings nor satay (see video). Just duck rice, Kway Chap and Pork Trotters Noodles.

So I ordered their pork trotters noodle and added a braised egg and a piece of tau pok. Total $6.00.

The noodles was of the thick yellow type. By itself it was virtually tasteless even with the braised sauce. Fortunately I did add their chilli paste which had a lot of flavours and packed quite a bit of heat.

I did like their pork trotters. The skin was very chewy and the collagen plentiful. Meat was fall off the bone tender. But the soup was hopeless. Just salty.

In summary, not fantastic pork trotters noodle. Maybe just go for the pork trotters if you are in the mood.

Good traditional Hainanese Beef Noodles. Soup is not your average clear beef broth but thickened and yet not starchy. Lots of beef flavour. Good chilli sauce provided. Suggest you add some into your noodles if you are into spicy food and keep a small saucer for dipping.

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.

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.

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.

Been eating here for ages since I moved to West Coast. This is my go to place for cheap and good wanton noodles.

At $3.50 a plate, you simply cannot beat that. The portion is decent although I wished they’d use the normal alkaline wanton noodles for more al dente bite. The wantons were also thicker in the skin but char siew was sweet and tender enough.

The MVP is their pickled green chilli. They have got the sourness and heat of the chilli perfectly balanced. Just toss a couple of slices into your noodles and it elevates the taste immediately.

Sometimes I’ll add braised chicken feet. Theirs does not have a lot of collagen but has good flavour and the flesh comes off the bones easily.

Recommended if you need a quick, good and cheap meal in West Coast area.

First ate here years ago when I was not based in Singapore. I recall back then, good Hong Kong style roast meat restaurants were quite scarce In Clementi West Coast area. Besides roast meat, they also have wantan mee, zichar and they sell Nasi Lemak and porridge in the morning.

After my return I continue to frequent this place basically ordering the same duck drumstick rice with added roast pork, braised egg and double boiled water cress soup.

The quality dropped and the portion has been reduced over the years but price has increased to over $10 now. Only the double boiled soup has remained consistent in portion and taste. Quite disappointing.