SOI 19 THAI WANTON MEE

SOI 19 THAI WANTON MEE

 

 

Soi 19 Woton Mee is using the wonton mee concept from Thailand.  The owner is a Singaporean though.

The queue is extremely long especially on the weekends so you got to be very patient to queue for the delicious noodles.

 

In Bangkok, I love to eat at Soi 38 Sukumvit Road.  They serve with no chili sauce but only nice noodles mixed with fish sauce, lard and add the wonton, char siew and crab meat.  Over here is quite similar except that there is no crab meat – which I believe is the costs issue.

 

 

The owner has certainly spent sometime to choose the right texture of noodles which is the most important part of this dish. With the fantistice texture with a lot of eggs, it has already won half of the battle.

 

The owner also fried the wonton – which you seldom find this in Thailand.  The owner also offer green chili which I think must be upon  the request of the local customers (die die must have chili).

 

I find that the taste of the soup can be improved though.

Very authentic offering of sugar, fish sauce, lard, chilli powder, fresh garlic – if you wish to add to the already very flavorful noodles.

    

The owner bought a lot of &0s bowls (those with rooster pictures) and the phone is made of steel (which is very Thai).  They sell 3 sizes Regular $3.5, Medium 4 and large 5.  I suggest you don’t tyry the large size which is really large.  Medium will be ok for guys and lady should stick to the regular.

 

 

 

Overall, this is my favorite wonton mee stall that I frequent quite regularly (normally I go there on the weekdays) whenever I miss my SOI 38 wontoon noodles.

SOI 19 THAI WANTON MEE

Block 151 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 5

Mon to Sun: 0715 – 1500

Kam Jia Zhuang Seafood Sze Char

Kam Jia Zhuang Seafood Sze Char

This Sze Char Stall is at  Blk 202 Ang Mo Kio Ave 3.  The stall is packed on the weekends but they serve quite fast and normally has no difficulty to get a table.

The stall won many food review awards and was featured in the TV program before.

Black current ribs is one of their signature dish…

 

You shall not miss to order their pumpkin sauce prawn which is another signature dish.  Highly recommended.

 

The fishhead curry and their braised taufu are very good too.  We ordered pork floss with eggplant..not bad; not too oily.

One of the dishes I like very much is their Hor Fun which have the wok hei….

 

Kam Jia Zhuang Seafood Sze Char

#01-1690, 202 Ang Mo Kio Ave 3

3 Pm to 11 Pm daily

Rahim Muslim Food

Rahim Muslim Food

 

This Malays food stall is famous for its Mee Rebus which is unique as the owner add the satay sauce on top of the noodles.  It used to be at the coffeeshop next to Kovan (the 亚城 teochew porridge).  They have won many food review awards – see below.

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The owner is a nice guy.  But when we do food review, we cannot be bias and not objective in our comment.  I will say that though adding the satay sauce is a unique recipe, I still think that satay sauce has made the noodles too sweet and overwhelming.  Good mee rebus will be coming from the gravy and frankly you cant taste much for this stall due to the satay sauce.  They are so many other good mee rebus stalls that do not required such gimmick – try that few stalls at Adams Road or Geylang – more authentic and back to basic.

The other unique recipe is that for $1.50 – $2, you can add additional shredded chicken to your mee rebus.  Again, I still think that it will be best to stick to the basic – Noodles, Gravy, Green Chili, Fried Shallot, Lime, (and may be begedil) – sedap!!

[The stall also sells satay and mee soto]

Rahim Muslim Food

Blk 721 Ang Mo Kio Ave 8, Coffee Shop next to Djitsun Complex

12pm – 8pm  (Mon-Sat)

Alternate Sundays close

 

Hong Chang Wanton Noodles

Hong Chang Wanton Noodles

 

 

This wonton mee stall in Ang Mo Kio is a typical example of everything is bad – but the queue is superb long.  The stall is next to the famous 喜相逢 yong tau foo which forever form a long queue (and frankly it  is one of the best Yong Tau Foo in Singapore)

 

As for this wonton mee, the noodles, chili, wonton, char siew are all sub-standard (I will rate them 2/10).  However, the queue is non stop like the YTF stall.  Strange thing really happen and sometime I must say you cannot don’t believe in Fengshui.  First one of all, the noodles are not eggy enough (must be ordering the lower grade).  You can taste a lot of KEE smell.  The charsiew is made by the owner – but it is so lean, dry and bland.  The wonton filing is so stingy and tasteless just like the soup.  Chili is nothing good to even worth mentioning.

Sometime, I will give the owner another chance and may be the wonton is very normal but may have some other nice side dishes.  So I ordered the braised chicken feet.  I only took one piece and returned the balance to the owner.  PLEASE do not order – it is worst ever chicken feet I ever tried in my life !!!  Taste like rubber.

 

 

Overall experience – BAD BAD BAD.  Speechless!

 

Hong Chang Wanton Noodles

#01-21, Ang Mo Kio Food Centre, 724 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 6

Close : Sundays

Tip Top Curry Puff

Tip Top Curry Puff

This is the Chinese style curry puff.  The filing is well balance with egg, potatoes and chicken mixed with the curry spices that make one of the best curry puffs in Singapore.  The texture of the skin is just nice and crispy.  I find that the curry puff here is so much better than the over rated Old Chang Kee.

Every time passing by the stall at Ang Mo Kio, just have to buy a few for my family who are all craving for curry puff .

Tip Top Curry Puff

Blk 722 Ang Mo Kio Ave 8,

#01-2843 (coffee Shop next to Jubilee)

9.30am to 9.30pm, daily

Roti Prata @ Two Chefs Eating Place (Sin Ming)

Roti Prata @ Two Chefs Eating Place (Sin Ming)

 

The Roti Prata stall is at the famous Sze Char – Two Chefs at Sin Ming Estate.  This roti prata is one of the best in Singapore.  It is a good as the one in Sin Ming too – Blk 24 Sin Ming Road (Jin Fa Kopitiam).

 

 

I prefer to order gosong (no filing) roti prata as you can then taste the texture of the prata.  This stall make the gosong prata with crispy exterior but fluffy and  chewy inside.  It has the buttery sweet fragrance from the dough.  A good prata always depending on the 2 very important steps – making of the dough and leave it overnioght and then the flipping of the dough before cooking.  Both steps required very skillful cook to complete.  Many times, you get the dough made by machines from the Central Kitchen.  This stall is certainly hand-made them.

 

The only weakness as compared to Blk 24 is their curry sauce which is too oily.

 

 

 

Roti Prata @ Two Chefs Eating Place

Blk 409 Sin Ming Ave

#02-01, Singapore 570409

Tel: 6451 3812 / 9435 4197

 

Swee Kee Wonton Mee (Serangoon Gardens)

Swee Kee Wonton Mee (Serangoon Gardens)

 

Located at number 70, Serangoon Garden Estate coffee house.

The noodles texture is very nice and it has a lot of egg, specially made for this wonton stall.  You can add chili or dark soy sauce (KL style) or simply without any sauce.  The noodle texture is so good that you can eat it plain (with oil and soy sauce).  The char siew is very bland though and the wonton is nothing spectacular too.

 

Don’t  forget to order the swee kao soup too.

 

Swee Kee Wonton Mee (Serangoon Gardens)

70, Serangoon Garden Estate coffee house.

 

Dong Jin Snack (carrot fingers)

Dong Jin Snack (carrot Fingers)

The stall is located in the Hainanese Village Hawker centre at Hougang Ave 1.

Try the carrot fingers, $2 for 14 pieces.  Eat it when its hot…very tasty.

Yong Seng Teochew Fishball Noodle

Yong Seng Teochew Fishball Noodle

 

Yong Seng Mee Pok stall is located at the Hainanese Village Centre, Blk 105 Hougang Ave 1.  When we visited the hawker centre on a Saturday, my god, there are queues almost in every stall.  No wonder you can never get a car park nearby.  I recommend you park at the HDB open carpark opposite the hawker centre.  Take a few minutes walk – at least you can get a car park lot easily.

As usual, I can’t resist to try the mee pok.  I find that the ingredient (fishball, meatball, mushroom, fishcake, minced pork, he kiow) are quite good and generous.  The noodle texture is quite well done too.  However, I somehow find that there is something lacking in the sauce – the chili is not spicy hot enough and they can be more generous in the vinegar.  Also mee pok without teepo (fried dried fish) will just make the meepok not too authentic and da siok !

The saving grace is the soup which is extremely tasty and you don’t get too much of the MSG (hope they don’t add any!) and you can tell that they have boill the soup in long hours with the pork big bone and other liow.  I will go for kway tiow soup instead in my next visit.

Yong Seng Teochew Fishball Noodle

Hainanese Village Centre,Blk 105 Hougang Ave 1,#02-39

 6.30am till 2pm (daily)

Maisal Nasi Padang (Nasi Lemak)

Maisal Nasi Padang (Nasi Lemak)

 

 

A very old shop unit at the junction of Yio Chu Kang Road and Serangoon Road.  There are only about 4 tables at the corridor of the unit.  The stall is manned by 3 very senior Malay chefs, one of who is an old lady who is still very strong, active and healthy.

 

The nasi lemak rice is my favorite.  The rice cook with very well blend coconut milk and is extremely fragrant.  The chicken wings and the drum sticks are well marinated and deep fried till very crispy.  The chili is very good too and I will recommend you add the sayu lodeh gravy to mix with the rice and chili.  SIOK !

Maisal Nasi Padang (Nasi Lemak)

1J  Yio Chu Kang Road

(shop house unit – Near Serangoon Shopping Centre)