Quan Ji (Amoy Street Food Centre)

[TANJONG PAGAR, SINGAPORE] I've been a long time patroniser of this stall, starting from the time I was an intern working around the area 😂 their quality does seem consistent over the years, offering fish soups that is really quite worth it considering there is little to no queue, as compared to the popular ones upstairs.

Their Fried Fish Soup ($6.50) comes default with milk, and the soup itself is flavourful yet not too salty. The thick rice noodles are perfectly cooked, with a surprising bouncy bite. They are very generous with their veggies, which is a nice touch! Fish slices are thick and meaty, sweet yet succulent.

I think what's special is that they add fried pork lard into this dish, which adds another dimension of flavour. The pieces were really fresh, with a satisfying crunch and explosion of umami flavours that makes you chase it down with soup. With that combination, you will finish the bowl quicker than you expected.

Definitely an option to consider while you're in Amoy Street Food Centre, especially when the recent wet weather calls for it! 🤩

I don't usually have my fish soup with milk, but this hits different. Their $6 fried fish soup was of a pretty huge portion, with thick fried fish slices. The fish slices were very fresh, succulent and naturally sweet! Their soup really was the winning card, as it was so robust with the rich fish stock, flavours all intensified with a splash of shaoxing wine and milk. Extremely lovely. Definitely a bowl I don't mind having every day!

pork ribs rice 7/10, nice flavours. pricey side

Made a trip down to Amoy Street Food Centre and I realised that this stall was significantly larger than others. Along with the long lunch queue, I decided to try their food as well.

I got the Beef Hor Fun ($6) and it was so delicious. The hor fun had noticeable wok hei and they were all drenched in this fermented bean sauce that has such complex flavours! You get umami, savouriness as well as aromatics from each bite. Furthermore, the beef slices were tender and some were pretty thick!

If I do work around here, I can see myself coming back for this regularly!

This was my first meal after Phase 2 (Heightened Alert). Ordered the Sheng Mian which had a nice wok hei, it’s loaded with big crunchy prawns atop the egg omelette. The sautéed vegetables was good despite oily with the generous pork lard. They even gave another small plate of pork lard as a side.

I had been craving this for a while, so I ordered the $20 dish alone! It's meant for sharing so obviously I couldn't finish. It's really one of a kind. The fluffy and runny egg completely covers a basic stir-fried noodle that's like sheng mian. What powers the noodles is lard - lots of it. As it's my virgin experience, I don't know was it me, but the noodles seemed semi-cooked only. The only other ingredient, and it's a stunning one, are the giant and crunchy prawns.