Blanco Court Prawn Noodle (Beach Road)

I have always wonder where is the best prawn noodle in Singapore. Many people have told me that it is at Adam’s road. Well, I tried it a long time ago and was not convinced that it was the best. 2 years ago,I heard about a prawn mee stall in kitchener road that has garnered lots of reviews, but have not tried it. Last year, I happened to chance upon this prawn mee stall along beach road called Blanco Court Prawn Noodle. Wow, its the best I have eaten so far. I made a trip twice recently to savour their prawn noodles (along with pictures) to show to readers. 

Menu (a)

Menu (b)

If you are a regular, you would have noticed that price has increased by $0.50. In addition, they now a new dish; Jumbo Prawn Noodle! I did not order this during my two visits. Hopefully I will be able to try this on my next visit and blog about it!

Despite there being a perpetual queue at Blanco Court Prawn Noodle, the waiting time at the queue and arrival of food is not long. They are very efficient! Look at the above picture. Each person has a task, it is like supply chain management. One does a part of the dish and then pass it down to the next person (left to right).

Prawn & Pork Ribs Noodle $5.50 (soup) 

The Prawn & Pork Ribs Noodle (soup) was topped with fragrant fried shallots. There are 3 pieces of prawns (half) and around 4 to 5 pieces of pork ribs. The prawns were fresh; firm meat that can be easily de-shelled. The beansprouts hidden underneath the noodle was not overcooked and go well with the noodles. Nothing to shout about the pork ribs except that they were tender. 

In a bowl of prawn noodle, the most important feature other than the prawn being fresh will be the soup. In this case, the soup was heavenly! Dark brown broth, rich and tasty flavour with umami taste from the prawns. Moreover, the soup is not oily. I found myself drinking spoonful after spoonful of this prawn soup. Totally souplicious! Certainty one of the best Prawn Noodle I have eaten.

If the soup is insufficient for you, feel free to bring your bowl to the counter and ask for more soup! I am guessing, this soup must have been prepared long before the stall opens with a combination of prawn heads, prawn meat, pork ribs and possibly lard. Any one has any idea? 

Prawn & Pork Ribs Noodle $5.50 (dry with chilli) 

Prawn & Pork Ribs Noodle $5.50 (dry with chilli)  

I am never a fan of dry prawn noodle, believe the best prawn noodle has to be 'eaten in the soup'. Nevertheless, I decided to try the Prawn & Pork Ribs Noodle (dry with chilli). The prawn noodles was topped with shallots. There is chilli powder at the side should you require it. Comparing the two dishes, I still prefer my Prawn Noodle to be served in soup! Reasons being I felt that the chilli masked the taste (sweetness) of the prawns and also the soup. Well, its a matter of personal opinion.

Blanco Court Prawn Noodle is a shop house with 3 stalls in it, the prawn mee stall, drink stall and Nor Hiang stall. Majority of the people order the prawn noodles. This shop house can cater to quite a large number of people, despite it being packed during lunch time. The good news is that the turnover rate is very fast. Most people eat and go. The queue for the prawn mee and the wait for the prawn mee is quite fast too. They are quite efficient! Although there is no air-con, the place is well ventilated. Moreover, it is cleaner that hawker centres. 

This is the best prawn noodle I have eaten so far. Anyone else has any recommendations on where the best prawn noodle stall in Singapore is? 

Blanco Court Prawn Noodle
243 Beach Road #01-01 
Tel:6396 8464
Opening Hours: Daily 715am to 4pm
                          Closed on Tuesday (Except when Tuesday is a public holiday)
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Minced Meat Noodle (Sim Lim Square Food Court)

Most people visit Sim Lim Square to shop for electronic goods and do not pay much attention to the food court located at the basement. I have heard that there is a famous Minced Meat Noodle (Bak Chor Mee) store located at the food court. Hence, decided make a trip down to this place during lunch on a weekday.

There was a short queue during lunch time; around 15 minutes wait.

Menu

Glad to know that there's no charge for extra mee!

Menu

I have no idea why I had a sudden craving for Abalone Mushroom Minced Meat Noodle. I ordered Mee Pok (chinese yellow noodle - flat) dry with chilli. As you collect your order, you can actually help yourself to the free flow of pork lard. First time I have seen such a practice. It is place along with the sauces and chilli.

Abalone Mushroom Minced Meat Noodle $5.00

Abalone Mushroom Minced Meat Noodle $5.00

Look at the portions of ingredients (mushrooms, fishball, meatball, minced meat, bean sprouts, fish cake, dumpling, lettuce, scallion) given in the Abalone Mushroom Minced Meat Noodle. The portions given are so generous, which is a rarity in food court today. Of course, only1 piece of abalone was given. A piece of dried crispy fish was added inside. The noodle was well cooked and the sauce at the bottom of the bowl contained a mixture of chilli, black vinegar and soya sauce. When tossed properly, the sauce complement the noodles nicely.

However, Hill Street Tai Hwa's version is certainly better. (Hill Street Tai Hwa's sauce was more aromatic) Still this is a very decent bowl of Minced Meat Noodle compared to those at other food courts if you are unable to visit Hill Street Tai Hwa.

Minced Meat Noodle (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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Salted Caramel (Upper Thomson Road)

Salted Caramel is situated along the row of shop houses where The Roti Prata House is. Salted Caramel specialising in producing ice cream using natural ingredients with no preservative or artificial sweeteners. Competition is quite keen now with so many other ice cream parlours such as Island Creamery, ICE CUBE, Sugalight Factory, Scoopz, Seventh Heaven Tom's Palette and Udders.

Flavours available displayed on the shop front.

Menu

As you can see from the Menu, besides ice cream, they have brownie and waffles too!

 Clockwise from Top Left: Earl Grey, Cookies & Cream, Horlicks Tim Tam (Triple Scoop $7)

Ironically, the Salted Caramel ice cream was so-so. My favourite is Earl Grey ice cream, intense fragrant of earl grey. It was not over sweet and was creamy yet refreshing. If you are a Earl Grey tea lover, this is strongly recommended. The Cookies and Cream ice cream was quite good too with generous chunks of cookies in it. 

The Horlicks Tim Tam had chunks of Tim Tam in it. One the first mouthful, the flavours of Horlicks and Tim Tam complemented each other quite well. However, after a few more mouthfuls, I felt that it was way too sweet.

During my visit, I noticed that the traffic flow is quite high. There was almost a constant flow of customers entering the shop. If you were to ask my honest opinion, well it is just another ice cream parlour. I will only come back here for it's Earl Grey ice cream if I happen to pass by.

Salted Caramel (Upper Thomson Road)
246G Upper Thomson Road
Thomson Garden Estate
Tel: 6753 1718
Opening Hours: Sun to Thu 12pm - 11pm
                         Fri to Sat 12pm - 2am
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