Lam’s Noodles @ Sin Ming
I am not overly impressed by this Bah Chor Mee. The noodles is so so and the chili also not fantastic. If you like braised pig intestines, then they have this ter hoon that I see a lot of people ordering. The pig knucke also very popular.
Lam’s Noodles @ Sin Ming
22 Sin Ming Road, HDB Block Coffee Shop
The Beef House (Syed Alwi Road)
This is a hakka stall selling all the Hakka delicacies. The food here are all handmade by the stall owners, the beef balls, yong tau foo, sson kuey, suan pan zi.
The beef balls are really chewy, with a firm, bouncy texture. The best beef balls in Singapore. I tapao for steamboat during Chinese New Year.
Since the closure of the business of the ANN JI at the Mosque street, you hardly able to find hakka YTF with good noodles. The beef house cook very ggod dried noodles as they mix the minced meat with special sauce. You do not need to add chili to the noodles. The Yong Tau Foo are handmade and generally the are qwuite good (though ANN JI is still the best ever which I really miss a lot!!). Chili is very nice too.
Soon Kuey with good mix of ingridients but I find that the one at Shunfu FC is still better than the Beef House.
The Beef House (Syed Alwi Road)
217 Syed Alwi Road, Gar Lok Eating House
8am – 6pm (Closed on Fri)
Dalian Teochew Meepok
I am quite certain most of the meepok fans will not miss this stall and it is famous and has been feature in so many food shows / media reviews.
I cant help but to include in my blog as it is one of may famous teochew meepok (top 5, may be). In fact I first fall in love with Dalian of their branch at the Kai Juan Coffeeshop 395 Balestier Road. The father of this stall used to cook over at Balestier and I understand it is now maned by the cousin. I prefer the stall at Balestier as it is till cooked by the owner (the cousin) while the stall here are done by the Chinese employees.
The meepok is quite special and very different from other stalls. I guess they could have ordered from the factory with different receipe to make the meepok. The meepok is very different as compared to say 5 years ago where it is more starchy. Now, I find that somehow the QQ feel is a bit over done and is like eating Sarawak QQ Low Mee.
The ingredient is quite abundant : fishball, meat ball. minced meat, lean pork, shrimp, fishcake, her kiow and mushroom. Most of the stuff supplied by the factory. They give teepok too but I find the teepok not crispy as it was not well fried. The chili supposed to be their specialty (their version is quite similar to Ah Hor at Sam Leong Street) where they use hae bee, candle nut, dried chilis and teepok. Again, I find that it is not as tasty as in the past. Ah Hor’s chili is so much better than Dalian.
Side order Fishcake $3 / piece – ordinary.
Overall, I find the standard is not as good as before. It is no longer have that traditional 古早味teochew meepok as it becomes very commercial and run by the employees (mix of MAlaysian and Chinese nationals). It reminded me of Joo Chiat Fei Fei Wonton Mee as you hardly see the 2 fat siblings at the stall (unless there are interviews by the media). The young boss should spend more time at the shop to ensure high quality standard being maintained.
Dalian Teochew Meepok
69 Syed Alwi Road
24 hours daily
Hong Yun Seafood
This Sze Char stall is famous for its fried white beehoon (Bai Mee Fen). It comes with prawns, squid and egg, and also bits of crispy lard.
The fried beehoon flavour gets from from the lard bits. It is very different from the normal hor fun / beehoon with gravy. It is dry version and did not add any dark soy sauce. The blanjan chili is quite good to go with the beehoon.
As there are only my wife and I, we ordered one more dish which is ko lor meat. It turns out to be quite good (not the best but can get by).
I understand the stall also sell quite decent Curry fishhead, Butter Squid, Sweet potatoes leaves and kuo kee soup (as seen many other tables order these dishes). Will try the other stuff in our next visit with my sons.
Hong Yun Seafood
Blk 124 Lorong 1 Toa Payoh #01-459
First to Review: hoohuiqinSwee Heng Hillview Steam Food
This is a sister-stall of the more famous Hillview Steam Food at 91 Whampoa Drive #01-10 Whampoa Drive Makan Place Block 91. Unlike other economic bee hoon, Hillview steams the beehoon after frying – which make the beehoon softer but not soggy.
Usually, the patrons will order the braised pork ribs or braised chicken feet to go with the steamed beehoon. I find that the spices used to braise the chicken feet is too strong. The stall also sells other normal economic fried noodles and nasi lemak (which are ordinary). Their specialty is still the the steamed beehoon.
You may try the peanut porridge which goes well with the steamed beehoon.
Swee Heng Hillview Steam Food
Teck Ghee Court, Blk 341 Ang Mo Kio Ave 1, #01-02,
0600 – 1200
Bahrakath Mutton Soup (Adams Road)
Unlike many other Indian food stall, this stall only sell Mutton Soup. You can have just meat, or brain, tongue, ribs, legs etc any part of a lamb. Minimum $5 but I always ask for $8 / bowl which will be more siok.
The spices they use top make the soup is well mix that created a very strong fragrance. I hope they can gheat up the soup more as by the time you drink the soup, it becomes a bit cold and that affect the tasty smell of the soup.
Bahrakath Mutton Soup
Adam Road Food Centre
No 10
2 Adam Road
Ibrahim Mee Stall (Adam’s Road FC)
The mee goreng here is good but not outstading. I prefer the mee goreng at Golden Mile FC (basement) than this stall. However, it is still better than most of the other ordinary mee goreng stalls in Singapore.
Ibrahim Mee Stall
No 4 and 16
Adam Road FC
11am – 4am
(Alternate Mondays off)
Adam’s Indian Rojak
I still have fond memories of the Indian Rojak at Waterloo Street street stalls in the 60s. They are so good that it is now hardly able to find as good rojak as the waterloo street stall. Partly also it will not be the same to eat in a hawker centre as compare to eating at the road side.
This Indian Rojak stall is quite good as the items are very fresh. Given the good business they havem the turnaround is fast and the food remain fresh. Hot, crispy and tasty. The gravy (combination of sweet potatoes, peanuts, chilli flakes, and gula Melaka) taste very good too. Not too starchy and not too sweet.
My favourite item is Tepong Kelapa – flour with shredded coconut. The prawn fritters are also very popular. The tepong kosong, tepong telur, and tepong kantang – the flour-based are all very good too.
Adam’s Indian Rojak
2 Adam Road, #01-05 Adam Road Food Centre
11am – 10pm
Closed on alternate Thursdays
Bukit Merah View Carrot Cake
The stalls are maned by 3 brothers, one cook in the morning shift and the other cook in the evening. The 3rd brother made the carrot cake. Made !! Yes, unlike other stalls who claim that they made the carrot cakes by steaming the cake from the rice flour, this stall actually mill the broken rice themselves to make carrot cake.
The carrot cakes are soft but not mushy. You can taste pinch of carrorts and radish but, frankly, it is not much difference from those made from rice flour. However, the stall deserve the foodie support as they are the only stall that still made the ingredient from scratch and maintain the original and traditional way of making the carrort cake. Somehow I prefer the carrot cake cooked by the brother in the evening shift.
Bukit Merah View Carrot Cake
Bukit Merah View Food Centre
Blk 115 Bukit Merah View
#01-37
0700 to 1400, 1800 to 0100
Open daily
Hup Chong Hakka Yong Dou Foo
This stall have quite good variety of Yong Tau Foo, and quite a number of items are self-made and not from factory supply. Their famous items are the fried meat ball and diang tau kua (fried and steamed). Recevied many food rewards and reviews and display on top of the stall.
I tend to compare this stall with the 喜相逢 at Ang Mo Kio Ave 6 Food Centre #01-23. Blk 724 as both stalls are quite similar in boosting their fried meat ball and the variety of self made items. I prefer 喜相逢 to Hup Chong as the meat ball are not over fried and more juicy. The other self made items are also taste better than Hup Chong (tau Kua etc). Most importantly, 喜相逢 heat up the fried items by frying again before serving while Hup Chong leave it as cold – which make a big difference.
Hup Chong Hakka Yong Dou Foo
Block 206, Toa Payoh North
6.30am to 3pm, 5pm to 8.30pm
Sunday closed
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