Seng Hiang Bak Chor Mee 成香肉脞面 (85 Fengshan Food Centre)

Minced Pork Noodles $3.00

During this visit to 85 Fengshan Food Centre, we decided to try Seng Hiang Bak Chor Mee 成香肉脞面 Minced Pork Noodles (Bak Chor Mee Soup).

This food centre is famous for their soup version Minced Meat Noodles. There are two stalls (i.e. Xing Ji Rou Cuo Mian and Seng Hiang Bak Chor Mee) selling this side by side, next to each other. Normally, I will just go for Xing Ji Rou Cuo Mian's version.  But since recently, I heard that both stall's standard are on par, I decided to try Seng Hiang Bak Chor Mee 成香肉脞面's version.

While Xing Ji Rou Cuo Mian sells only the soup version of the Minced Meat Noodles, Seng Hiang sells both dry and soup versions.

Minced Meat Noodles $3.00

The Minced Meat Noodles $3 was served with meatballs, minced meat, pork lard and garnished with slices of red chilli and spring onion. Frankly, we were not too satisfied with this hence, we decided to call a similar version from the other stall for comparison.

Both Xing Ji Rou Cuo Mian 兴记肉脞面 and Seng Hiang Bak Chor Mee 成香肉脞面 Minced Pork Noodles (Bak Chor Mee Soup) looks alike. Can you guess which is from which stall?

Well, the left one is from Xing Ji Rou Cuo Mian ($2.50) while the right one is from Seng Hiang Bak Chor Mee ($3.00).

Noodles
XJ version was soft and more springy whereas SH version was harder and stiff.

Meatball
XJ version was bouncier, tastier and softer compared to SH version

Minced Meat
XJ version had a good balance of fats and meat, and was tender and fluffy. On the other hand, SH version had just too much fats compared to meat.

Soup
XJ version was tasty, and flavourful whereas SH version was on the salty end.

In terms of the overall taste, we all agreed that Xing Ji Rou Cuo Mian (XJ) version beats Seng Hiang Bak Chor Mee (SH) hands down. Well, taste is subjective. One man's meat is another man's poison.

Seng Hiang Bak Chor Mee 成香肉脞面 (85 Fengshan Food Centre)

Blk 85 Bedok North St 4 #01-08 

85 Fengshan Food Centre 

Tel: +65 9018 9846

Opening Hours: Daily 5pm to 1am

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Minced Meat Noodles (Sim Lim Square Food Court) 2nd Post

Abalone Mushroom Minced Meat Noodle $4

With the recent Sim Lim Square Saga on customers being scammed, most people (locals and foreigners) are avoiding the shopping mall. Most of us would have forgotten that there is a food court at Sim Lim Square basement. What I would like to highlight is that the Minced Meat Noodles at Sim Lim Square is worth a try. Delicious and value for money. (no hidden cost, no warranty charges, no need to sign any contract!)

It has been around 2.5 years since I last visited this stall.  Some of the food items remained at the same price while others were increased by $0.30 to $0.50. There was a queue of around 5 persons when I visited during lunch time on a weekday. 

The bowl of pork lard which used to be placed at the front of the counter was now placed at the back of the counter. Nevertheless, I am sure if you require more pork lard you can request for it.

Abalone Mushroom Minced Meat Noodle $4, Dumpling Soup $1

I ordered a bowl of Abalone Mushroom Minced Meat Noodle $4 and added a bowl of Dumpling Soup $1. 

Abalone Mushroom Minced Meat Noodle $4

Look at the variety of ingredients (mushrooms, fishball, meatball, minced meat, prawn, bean sprouts, fish cake, dumpling, lettuce, scallion) given in this bowl of Abalone Mushroom Minced Meat Noodle which is priced at just $4. Value for money and delicious! 

Dumpling Soup $1

There were 3 pieces of dumplings in the Dumpling Soup. The dumplings were decent and at $1 it was so value for money too!

Mini Pot Noodle $5

 On another visit, I ordered the Mini Pot Noodle which cost $5.

Mini Pot Noodle $5

The bowl of noodles stole the limelight from the mini pot. Look at the ingredients in this bowl of noodles. Normally when such a dish is order, the noodles be accompanied by only beansprouts. But in this case, it was accompanied with braised mushrooms, dumpling and even a slice of abalone!

Mini Pot Noodle $5

In the mini pot, the ingredients were quite usual with the likes of minced meat, prawn, fish ball, meat ball, fisk cake, dumpling and an egg. The mini pot tasted was so-so.

Minced Meat Noodles (Sim Lim Square Food Court)

1 Rochor Canal Road Basement 1

Stall 23, Sim Lim Square 

Opening Hours: Daily 11am to 11pm

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Jin Xi lai (Mui Siong) Minced Meat Noodle 金喜来梅松肉脞面 (Rochor Centre)

*Closing on 31 Oct 2015
Shifted to 3791 Jalan Bukit Merah #01-03 E-Centre, Singapore 159471*

金喜来梅松肉脞面 Jin Xi lai (Mui Siong) Minced Meat Noodle is a Minced Meat Noodle (Bak Chor Mee) stall located at Good Time Coffee Shop in Rochor Centre. I first chanced upon this stall 3 years ago and have been coming back frequently for it. I have been wanting to write on this but have not got the chance. Well, its never too late! 

I have only visited this stall during weekdays for lunch and on all occasions the waiting time varies from 20 minutes to 1 hour. That is how popular this stall! It would be ideal to ask how long the waiting time would be before ordering. They specialises in both Minced Meat Noodles (Bak Chor Mee) and Fishball Noodles. The former is more popular. The cost of each bowl ranges from $3 to $3.50. So affordable. Some customers would also add liver at an extra cost of $0.50 (reason for this? find out more below).\

Business at this stall is so good that they even occupy the next unit next to it to take orders and prepare the ingredients.

Bak Chor Mee (Mee Pok) Dry $3.50 

Bak Chor Mee (Mee Pok) Dry $3.50 is what I normally order. Yes, I upsized it from $3 to $3.50. 

Bak Chor Mee (Mee Pok) Dry $3.50 

Scallions and shallots were added on top of the Mee Pok. It was decent but not fantastic. 

Bak Chor Mee (Mee Pok) Dry $3.50 

As I upgraded to $3.50, my bowl of soup came in a bigger bowl. Ingredients such as fishball, fishcakes, minced meat, fishcakes and livers were put into the soup. The ingredients were all normal. But what I particularly like (and what made me keep coming back were two things). The livers and the soup.

The liver was perfectly cooked, not overcooked. It was soft and in terms of thickness and size was just perfect (not thinly sliced or in small pieces like what you would normally get elsewhere). The liver was also very fresh! If you like livers, this place would not disappoint!

As for the soup, it was very flavourful and tasty. There was a hint of smokey fragrant and tasted as if it was cooked using a charcoal stove, but they were probably using gas stove. I do not think that they added MSG as I always finish the soup and do not feel thirsty after that. 

Bak Chor Mee (Kway Teow) Soup $3

I seldom order my Bak Chor Mee with soup. But I was curious how this stall would fare with it. Hence, I ordered the Bak Chor Mee (Kway Teow) Soup $3. 

Bak Chor Mee (Kway Teow) Soup $3

Decent bowl of Kway Teow Soup, but I still prefer mined dry with chilli.

Overall, I would recommend this Minced Meat Noodle (Bak Chor Mee) stall. The price here is value for money and taste wise it beats most places. 

Jin Xi lai (Mui Siong) Minced Meat Noodle 金喜来梅松肉脞面 (Rochor Centre)

Good Time Coffee Shop

Blk 1 Rochor Road 

Rochor Centre
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Ming Fa Fishball 明发鱼圆 (Upper Thomson Road)

Ming Fa Fishball 明发鱼圆 (Upper Thomson Road) also know as Meng Kitchen 日夜小厨 is located along Upper Thomson Road, around 10 to 15 minutes away from Marymount MRT station. Ming Fa Fishball 明发鱼圆 is famous for their Mushroom Minced Meat Noodles (aka Bak Chor Mee). 

It is located along the same row of shop houses as The Roti Prata House, Salted Caramel and Udders! This place enjoys a higher traffic during evenings and at night compared to the day. Many Singaporeans would come to this area for supper. Hence, if you would like to satisfy your Bak Chor Mee craving at night, do be prepared to queue and jostle for a table.

Mushroom Minced Meat Noodles $4

As I visited at 4pm on Sunday, there was no queue and the place was only one quarter. Who eats Bak Chor Mee at such a timing anyway. 

I ordered the $4 Mushroom Minced Meat Noodles (Bak Chor Mee) with Mee Pok. It was served with a bowl of minced meat soup topped with seaweed and spring onions.

Mushroom Minced Meat Noodles (Mee Pok) $4

This bowl of Bak Chor Mee consisted of a meatball, minced meat, braised mushrooms, liver with bits of pork lard and spring onion.

The Mee Pok was cooked just right. Each strand of noodles was springy and firm. The chilli and vinegar base which was well conjugated complemented well with the noodles. 

Mushroom Minced Meat Noodles (Mee Kia) $4

Another bowl, this time a $4 Mushroom Minced Meat Noodles with Mee Kia.

Overall, it was an enjoyable bowl of Bak Chor Mee. Now you know where to get this at any time of the day even during the wee hours of the morning.

Ming Fa Fishball 明发鱼圆 (Upper Thomson Road)

246B Upper Thomson Road

Singapore 574370
Opening Hours: Daily 24 hours

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Lam's Abalone Noodle Restaurant 阿南鲍鱼面 (Marina Square)

Lam's Abalone Noodle Restaurant 阿南鲍鱼面 was established by a person known as Ah Lam. He first started out in the early 1950s selling "Mini Wok Noodle" before being one of the first to sell abalone noodle in a coffee shop. Today, the Lam's Abalone Noodle Restaurant which he found has 3 outlets (addresses are appended at the end of this post).

We visited the outlets in Marina Square which is located at level 4; the same level as the The Gallerie (Food Court), Wee Nam Kee Chicken Rice, Hotpot Culture and The Corner Place (Korean BBQ). The crowd on a weekend evening. 

Lam's Abalone Noodle Restaurant has its own seating capacity which was largely under-utilised during my visit on a weekend evening. One of the reason could be because most people would bring their food to the food court to join their friends or families. 

Menu 

Menu

The menu which ranges from noodles (e.g. abalone noodles, mini wok noodles, etc) to Salted Baked Chicken rice, dumplings soup to smoked duck!  

Signature Specialty Noodle $5.20

I ordered their Signature Specialty Noodle $5.20 which came with fish ball, sliced meat, minced meat, vegetables, seaweed, a prawn, half an egg, fish skin and crunchy pork lard. It was so full of ingredients that you would not be able to see the noodles (mee pok) underneath! It is similar to Bak Chor Mee (Minced meat noodles)

Signature Specialty Noodle $5.20

I was impressed with this bowl of Signature Specialty Noodle. The mee pok mixed with the pork lard and special sauce was just so fragrant and flavourful! The sauce made a huge difference. It had such a unique and delectable flavour that the more I ate it, the more I love it. The downside was that the prawn was not fresh. Nevertheless, I quite like this bowl of noodles!

Teochew Dumplings Soup $3.50

The Signature Specialty Noodle was so good that it ignite my taste buds. I was still hungry (after wolfing down the noodles) and longed for more. Hence, I made my way back to the counter and ordered a bowl of Teochew Dumplings Soup $3.50 with high expectations.

Teochew Dumplings Soup $3.50

It was a big mistake. Ouch. We both agreed that the Teochew Dumplings were badly executed. It was tasteless and the skin was just too thick.

Lam's Abalone Noodle Restaurant 阿南鲍鱼面 (Marina Square)
6 Raffles Boulevard
Marina Square
#04-101 The Gallerie Food Court
Singapore 039594
Tel: 6336 0848
Opening Hours: Daily 11am to 9pm
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Lam's Abalone Noodle Restaurant (Race Course)
460 Race Course Road 
Singapore 218700 
Tel: 6398 1154
Opening Hours: 10am to 10pm

Lam's Abalone Noodle Restaurant (Causeway Point)
1 Woodlands square
#04-01 Food Republic Causeway Point
Singapore 738099
Opening Hours: 10am to 10pm

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Tian Xin Wanton Noodle 天心云吞面 (Coleman Street)

Tian Xin Wanton Noodle 天心云吞面 is a stall specialising in noodles located in Sidewalk Eating House which is located at Excelsior Shopping Centre along Coleman Street. In fact, this Eating House is located just next to Funan Digital Mall, facing the Central Fire Station along Hill Street. 

Sidewalk Eating House was packed with hungry office workers during my visit on a weekday lunch hour. This was probably so due to the many offices located nearby. 

Frankly, I had no idea what to eat and decided to just go for one with a queue (Singapore mentality tsk tsk). Hence, I settle for Tian Xin Wanton Noodle 天心云吞面 as there was about 10 people in the queue (the longest queue at the Eating House). I ordered the Minced Meat Noodles aka Bak Chor Mee. The Minced Meat Noodle was available at $3.50 or $4.50. As usual being a glutton, I ordered the $4.50 version. 

I seldom see any stall providing so many different type of condiments. Normally, the stall owners would add it for you themselves to control the quantity. 

Minced Meat Noodles $4.50

The Minced Meat Noodles $4.50 was served with a bowl of soup, similar to what you can get elsewhere. For my noodles, I ordered Mee Pok; flat yellow noodles. 

Minced Meat Noodles $4.50

Minced Meat Noodles $4.50

I was pleasantly surprised by the big bowl of Minced Meat Noodles which was filled to the brim. They were extremely generous with the ingredients and noodles. I should have ordered the $3.50 version (you have been warned). Despite the generosity, it was an average bowl of Minced Meat Noodles. It was a pity the Mee Pok was overcooked and had lost its springiness, and the sauce (including vinegar) was not flavourful enough. 

Undeniably, I must admit that this stall is reasonably price. In addition, the service provided was good. The Auntie was friendly; she would ask if you want certain items and always had a smile. Judging from the long queue, this seems to be one of the more popular stall.

Tian Xin Wanton Noodle 天心云吞面 (Coleman Street)

Coleman Street

Sidewalk Eating House

Excelsior Shopping Centre

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Ah Kow Mushroom Minced Pork Mee 亚九香菇肉脞麺 (Hong Lim Food Centre) - CLOSED

*edited - stall has closed down

 I am a huge fan of Teochew Style Bak Chor Mee (Minced Pork Noodles) and have always visited Hill Street Tai Hwa Pork Noodle (Lavendar) located at Crawford Lane to satisfy my craving.

Ah Kow Mushroom Minced Pork Mee 亚九香菇肉脞麺 located at Hong Lim Food Centre has been in operation for more than 60 years, like Hill Street Tai Hwa it also specialises in Teochew Style Bak Chor Mee. I have been eyeing this stall for sometime and took the opportunity to try this on a Saturday afternoon. 

I arrived slightly after 1pm and saw a long line of people queuing in front of the stall. There was more than 10 people in the queue in front of me. I contemplated patronising some other stalls as I was starving. But in the end, my desire to try this won the battle and I found myself queuing at this stall.

Other than the long queue, the only tell tale sign that this stall is famous/popular is the Singapore Hawker Legends Makansutra signboard showcased at the left of the shop front. 

Ah Kow Mushroom Minced Pork Mee offers just two items; Mushroom Minced Meat Noodle and Teochew Dumpling Soup which comes in 3 difference prices (again similar to Hill Street Tai Hwa). It also offers 6 types of noodles and the prices for adding extra ingredients were clearly stated on the menu pasted in front of the stall. 

The queue was extremely slow moving and I only got my food after queuing for 40 minutes! While I was in the queue, the greedy side of me decided on getting a Mushroom Minced Meat Noodle (Mee Pok) $4 and Teochew Dumpling Soup $4. After all, I had come down just for this and since I had to spent so much time queuing I may as well kill two birds with one stone and try both! Logical? 

Mushroom with Minced Meat Mee Pok $4

As with all authentic Teochew Style Bak Chor Mee, vinegar (an essential sauce) imported from China was added into the Mushroom Minced Meat Noodle (Mee Pok) $4. The ingredients which included minced meat, meat slices, braised mushrooms, dumplings and fried crispy flat fish (扁鱼) were fresh. I particularly liked the fact that they were generous with their fried crispy flat fish and braised mushrooms. However, the dumplings were disappointing as it lacked in terms of flavour and bite. Luckily, the special chilli sauce complement well with the vinegar (I requested for more vinegar). 

Teochew Dumpling Soup $4

The Teochew Dumpling Soup $4 reminded me of Xing Ji Rou Cuo Mian 兴记肉脞面 at Bedok 85 as it looked cloudy with minced meat floating in it.

Teochew Dumpling Soup $4

Teochew Dumpling Soup $4

The Teochew Dumpling Soup $4 consisted of 8 pieces of dumplings, minced meat, braised mushrooms, fried crispy flat fish (扁鱼), seaweed and Garland Chrysanthemum (Tang O).

It was a terrible mistake ordering this. The dumplings as mentioned earlier was disappointing. To add on to this, the soup was bland although it looks so flavourful in the photos above.. 

Overall, the Bak Chor Mee was a decent. It was better than most other stalls, but not a die die must try. Moreover, Hill Street Tai Hwa's version was much better. As for the Teochew Dumpling Soup? My advice would be to give it a skip.

Ah Kow Mushroom Minced Pork Mee 亚九香菇肉脞麺 (Hong Lim Food Centre)

#02-42 Hong Lim Food Centre

531A, Upper Cross Street

Opening Hours: Thurs to Sun 8am to 5pm

                         Close from Mon to Wed

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Xing Ji Rou Cuo Mian 兴记肉脞面 (85 Fengshan Food Centre)

85 Fengshan Food Centre

It has been almost 10 years since I last visited 85 Fengshan Food Centre at Blk 85 Bedok North. This year, the newly furbished food centre reopened for business after undergoing a 10 months Hawker Centres Upgrading Programme (HUP). It would definitely be good, to visit this place again. I visited this place on a Saturday night at around 10pm. The hawker centre was paced! Filled to the brim with people.

One of the must try in this food centre is the Bak Chor Mee. There are three such stalls. Two of them  (i.e.  Xing Ji Rou Cuo Mian and Seng Hiang Bak Chor Mee) operating side by side, next to each other. It is quite weird that (direct) competitors seems to like being located side by side or be located in the same food centre. The Lao Ban Beancurd and its competitors (i.e. QQ Soya Bean, 51 Soya Beancurd) are another example. When the craze first started, they were all located in Old Airport Hawker Centre.  

One of the must order is definitely the famous soupy Minced Pork Noodles (Bak Chor Mee) from Xing Ji Rou Cuo Mian 兴记肉脞面. Over here, there is no need to choose between dry or wet version, chilli or no chilli, or vinegar or no vingear. Instead, there's only the Soup version.

We were told that the waiting time was at least half an hour. (Last week, we waited 1 hr and 3 mins for the Bak Chor Mee!!!) Since we have travel down specially from the North for this, we also ordered Chicken Wings and Oyster Omelette. These dishes helped kept us (to be exact - our fingers and mouth) busy while we waited for the Minced Pork Noodles to be served to us.

Minced Pork Noodles $2.50

Minced Pork Noodles $2.50

This bowl of Minced Pork Noodles was well-executed. It was worth the wait! It was served with meatballs and garnished with slices of red chilli and spring onion. The meatballs were bouncy, fresh, soft and tasty while the noodles were soft and springy (QQ). I thought that what made this bowl of minced pork noodles so unique was the Minced Meat and Soup.

Minced Meat (from another occasion)

The Minced Meat were all hidden at the bottom of the noodles. A generous portion was given and unlike those found elsewhere, these were tender and fluffy with a melt in the mouth sensation (there is no need to chewy). One reason was because, these minced meat were mixed with fats.

The Soup made from pork bones was superb. It was incredibly rich and packed with flavours. It must have cooked for hours to achieve such a taste. In addition, very small pieces of pork lard and fried garlic was added into the soup to enhance the oomph of this bowl of soup. The good news is that I doubt any MSG was added into the soup as I did not felt thirsty after having drank the whole bowl of soup..down to the last drop.

It was good (darn shiok) eating the Minced Pork Noodles (Bak Chor Mee) at Xing Ji Rou Cuo Mian 兴记肉脞面 again. This bowl of noodles is outstanding and worth the travel and wait! I envy those who live this hawker centre. They can come down anytime for supper. One of the best Minced Pork Noodles (Bak Chor Mee)!

Even thought we left at 1130pm, Fengshan Food Centre was still packed with people especially at the section where Xing Ji Rou Cuo Mian 兴记肉脞面 is located. Well, the night is still young, especially since it was the weekend; Saturday.

If you are wondering where would be a good place to park your vehicle, the carpark next to Blk 90 would be a good choice. It's just a stone throw away from the hawker centre (i.e. 5 minutes).

Xing Ji Rou Cuo Mian 兴记肉脞面 (85 Fengshan Food Centre)

Blk 85 Bedok North St 4 #01-07
85 Fengshan Food Centre

Tel: 98357884
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