River South (Hoe Nam) Prawn Noodles 河南肉骨大虾面 (Macpherson)

Abalone Clams & Big Prawn Noodles $5.50

I have heard about River South (Hoe Nam) Prawn Noodles 河南肉骨大虾面 for sometime but have not tried it as I seldom pass by this area of Singapore.

River South (Hoe Nam) Prawn Noodles as its name suggest specialises in prawn noodles. It is so popular and famous that it owns the entire coffeeshop and in fact is the only stall in that coffeeshop (other than the drink stall). This reminds me of the famous Bak Chor Mee (minced meat noodles); Hill Street Tai Hwa Pork Noodle which also owns the entire coffeeshop. 

They offer a wide range of prawn noodles (normal prawns or big prawns) with the option to add abalone clams, intestines, pig tails or baby abalone.

Abalone Clams & Big Prawn Noodles $5.50

I visited on a weekday at around 2.30 pm. I wanted to order their Intestines & Big Prawn Noodles but it was sold out. Hence, I ordered the Abalone Clams & Big Prawn Noodles $5.50 instead.

I ordered the dry version which was served with a bowl of soup. The chilli sauce was decent. What stood out was the freshness of the prawns. Although there were not very big, the prawns were extremely fresh and sweet in taste. Also, the prawns were deshelled, except for the head and tail.

The bowl of soup also stood out. It was yummlicious! In terms of appearance, it was slightly cloudy and light brown in colour. Taste wise, it was robust and tasty; full of umami flavour. It is one of the best prawn soup I have had. Unfortunately, there is a charge of $1 for refill of soup. Else, I would probably have refilled the soup several times. 

Now I understand why the prawn noodles at River South (Hoe Nam) Prawn Noodles has been so highly raved about! 

River South (Hoe Nam) Prawn Noodles 河南肉骨大虾面 (Macpherson)

31 Thai Thong Crescent 

Singapore 347859

Tell: +65 62819293

Opening Hours: Tue to Sun 6.30am - 4.30pm

                          Closed on Mon

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The Old Stall Famous Hokkien Prawn Noodles 第四代福建虾面 (Alexandra Village Food Centre)

Pork Ribs Noodle with Prawns $5

You may have heard of The Old Stall Famous Hokkien Prawn Noodles 第四代福建虾面  as it has been in operation since 1943 where it was located along Hokkien Street. Today, it can be found in at least 2 hawker centres (i.e. Hong Lim Food Centre and Alexandra Village Food Centre).

As the stall name suggests, it specialises in serving prawn noodles.

Pork Ribs Noodle with Prawns $5

Pork Ribs Noodle with Prawns (dry with chilli) $5 served with kangkong, beansprouts, pork ribs, prawns and pork lard, was sprinkled with their popular chilli powder. The dish was ordinary with nothing much to shout about except for the chilli powder. The seasoning base for the noodles was disappointing. The soup which they claimed that no MSG was added was tasty and full of umami flavour.

Their chilli powder was so popular because they fried their chilli powder with dried prawns (Hae Bee) which gave it a distinctive fragrance. They retail the chilli powder in small tubs at $4. 

The Old Stall Famous Hokkien Prawn Noodles 第四代福建虾面 (Alexandra Village Food Centre)

Blk 120 Bukit Merah Lane 1, 
Alexandra Village Food Centre
Singapore 150120
Opening Hours : Fri to Wed 9am to 730pm
                           Closed on Thurs

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Zhen Zhen Porridge 真真粥品 (Maxwell Food Centre)

Century Egg and Shredded Chicken Porridge with Egg 皮蛋鸡肉粥加蛋 $3.30

You may have heard of this well known porridge stall at Maxwell Food Centre (hawker centre) called Zhen Zhen Porridge 真真粥品. Although there are several stalls in the food centre selling porridge, this is the most popular stall with long queues during peak hours.

Zhen Zhen Porridge serves Cantonese style porridge where the rice grain is cooked till it is of a semi-solid consistency.

Menu

They are also famed for their fresh raw fish (Song-fish) salad. But they have temporarily stopped selling this after the National Environment Agency (NEA) asked more than 70 raw fish porridge stalls to temporarily stop selling raw fish dishes made from Song fish, also known as Asian Bighead Carp, and Toman fish, also known as Snakehead. This arose because of the link between the consumption of raw fish and Group B Streptococcus (GBS) infection.

Century Egg and Shredded Chicken Porridge with Egg 皮蛋鸡肉粥加蛋 $3.30

Century Egg and Shredded Chicken Porridge with Egg 皮蛋鸡肉粥加蛋 $3.30

This is the Century Egg and Shredded Chicken Porridge with Egg 皮蛋鸡肉粥加蛋 $3.30. All the rice grains were cooked till they were all dissolved. The porridge was thick and silky. The porridge was delicious and tasty. For $3.30, this is so value for money they were so generous with the ingredients.

ps: the pictures does not do the porridge any justice as it tasted way better than it looks. 

Zhen Zhen Porridge 真真粥品 (Maxwell Food Centre)

#01-54 Maxwell Food Centre

1 Kadayanallur Street  

Singapore 069184

Opening Hours: Wed to Mon 5.30am - 2.30pm

                          Closed on Tue

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Smoothie House 永康街思慕昔 (Taiwan, Taipei)

Super Fruits Mix Mango Snowflake Ice and Super Mango Snowflake Ice with Sorbet

Smoothie House 永康街思慕昔 also located at Yong Kang Street is located directly opposite Fried Scallion Pancakes 天津葱油饼.

As its name suggest, it serves shaved ice. It occupies two storey building which is air-conditioned. Although the seating capacity is limited at level 1, there are lots of space at level two.

Menu

Menu

They offered few selection of items; just four shaved ice and five smoothie items. Their menu is catered to tourist, as it comes with English, Chinese, Japanese and even Korean language on it.We wanted to order the Super Mango Snowflake Ice with Panna Cotta. However, the item was not available. In the end, we ordered the Super Fruits Mix Mango Snowflake Ice and Super Mango Snowflake Ice with Sorbet.

 Super Mango Snowflake Ice with Sorbet 180 TWD (S$7.80)

Super Mango Snowflake Ice with Sorbet 180 TWD (S$7.80) consisted of shaved ice with mango syrup, mango chunks and a scoop of mango sorbet.

Super Fruits Mix Mango Snowflake Ice 190 TWD (S$8.30)

Super Fruits Mix Mango Snowflake Ice 190 TWD (S$8.30) consisted of shaved ice with mango syrup, kiwi and strawberries chunks and a scoop of mango sorbet.

The portion was huge. Although there was five of us, we had difficulty finishing these 2 shaved ice. The fruits were fresh. Taste wise, they added a tad too much syrup and it was too sweet.  Though this was not too bad, personally I prefer the shaved ice that I had in South Korea.

Smoothie House 永康街思慕昔 (Taiwan, Taipei)

No. 15, Yongkang St, Da’an District, Taipei City, Taiwan 106
台北市大安區永康街15號
Tel: 886 2 2341 8555
Opening Hours: Daily 10am – 11pm
Website 

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Fried Scallion Pancakes 天津葱油饼 (Taiwan, Taipei)

Fried Scallion Pancake (Plain) 25 TWD (S$1)

 After our meal at Yong Kang Beef Noodles 永康牛肉麵, we were walking towards Smoothie House 思慕昔 (Mango Snowflake Ice) when this stall selling Fried Scallion (Spring Onion) Pancakes called 天津葱油饼 caught our attention. 

This stall is located opposite Smoothie House 思慕昔 along Yongkang Street and there was long queue at this stall. It sold a variety of fried scallion pancakes (plain, with egg, ham, cheese, etc). 

Menu

 They sell just 6 varieties of fried scallion pancakes

Look at the amount of scallion pancakes they are frying... and yet there is a long queue. We had to wait about 10 minutes for ours.

These scallion pancakes are made from dough (instead of batter) folded with oil and minced scallions. In a way, it is similar to roti prata which is made from dough. 

Fried Scallion Pancake with Egg and Ham 40 TWD (S$1.75)

The Fried Scallion Pancake (Plain) 25 TWD (S$1) was crisp, fluffy and tasty. As for the Fried Scallion Pancake with Egg and Ham 40 TWD (S$1.75), it was less crispy, but still delicious.

The Fried Scallion Pancakes were simple yet delicious. No wonder there was a queue. 

Fried Scallion Pancakes 天津葱油饼 (Taiwan, Taipei)
No. 1號, Lane 6, Yongkang St, Da’an District, Taipei City, Taiwan 106

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328 Yi Jia Teochew Fish Porridge.Fish Soup 一家潮州魚粥.魚湯 (Tekka Food Centre)

Pomfret Mee Sua $5

328 Yi Jia Teochew Fish Porridge.Fish Soup 一家潮州魚粥.魚湯 is a fish soup stall located in Tekka Hawker Centre / Food Centre.

You may find the name familiar as it has a similar stall in Maxwell Food Centre. 

Menu

As its name suggests, the stall specialises in selling fish soup and porridge. 

They offer a variety of fish such as batang fish and pomfret fish, and prawns with porridge, rice or noodles (e.g. bee hoon and mee sua). 

Batang Fish

The batang fish (also known Spanish Mackeral) is the most popular food fish in Singapore that most fish stall offers. The sliced of batang fish are all deboned.

Pomfret and Fish Roe

They sell the pomfret fish which is popular among teochews. The pomfret they use is likely to be the Chinese Silver Pomfret 斗鲳. Sometimes, the pomfret gets sold out pretty early at around 1230pm. As you can see in the above photo, they also sell fish roe. 

Pomfret Mee Sua $5

This is the Pomfret Mee Sua $5. The freshness of the fish is an essential point. The slices of  fish were smooth and nicely cut with sweet tasting meat. There are several slices with bones though, which not some people will it troublesome and dislike the whole dish. 

Fish (Batang) Soup $4

On another occasion, I ordered the Fish (Batang) Soup $4 with rice of course. Similarly, the fish slices were smooth and fresh.

During both occasion, I thought that the soup was clear but too bland. The essence of the fish was not extracted. This stall offers many condiments including salted beans (a favourite among teochews), shredded ginger, raw garlic and the usual chilli padi with light soy sauce. This is a huge plus point for me as I love adding salted beans into my chilli padi with light soy sauce. This is the way how teochew love to savour their fish (pl do not judge me).  =)

328 Yi Jia Teochew Fish Porridge.Fish Soup 一家潮州魚粥.魚湯 (Tekka Food Centre)

665 Buffalo Road 

#01-330 Tekka Centre 

Singapore 210665

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Yong Kang Beef Noodles 永康牛肉麵 (Taiwan, Taipei)

Braised Beef with Noodle in Spicy Broth 红烧牛肉麺

Yong Kang Beef Noodles 永康牛肉麵 opened since 1963 is known to be one of the best beef noodles restaurant in Tapei especially for their Spicy Broth 红烧 variety. Yong Kang Beef Noodles is located at Yong Kang Street 永康牛, a dining destination in Taipei with restaurants, cafes  and carts selling all types of food that cater to all budgets. This is also the place where the original Din Tai Feng restaurant is located at.

We arrived at the restaurant for lunch at around 2 pm as we got lost along the way. Despite the late timing, there was still a queue in front of the stall.

Menu

 This is the menu for tourist with translation of the dishes in different languages.

Wanton with Hot Chilli Sauce 红烧抄手

When we saw that they had the Wanton with Hot Chilli Sauce 红烧抄手, we knew that we just had to order it. As you can see from the photo, the wantons are placed on top of the chilli oil and pepper. It is extremely spicy and addictive! Not for the faint hearted.

Braised Beef with Noodle in Spicy Broth 红烧牛肉麺

This is the signature Braised Beef with Noodle in Spicy Broth 红烧牛肉麺 which is raved to be one of the best. The Australian beef servings are generous and so tender with a melt-in-the-mouth sensation. As for the noodles, they were decent, smooth and chewy. The spicy broth was a winner. It was spicy but so flavourful. No doubt one of the best beef noodles we ate in Taiwan!

Braised Beef with Noodle in Clear Broth 清燉牛肉麺

As for the Braised Beef with Noodle in Clear Broth 清燉牛肉麺, the only difference was that the broth was not spicy. It was still flavourful nevertheless. I prefer the one with spicy broth, this version would be good for those who cannot take spicy food.

This name card shows the location and address of the restaurant. The beef noodles definitely made this trip worthwhile. A must try!

Yong Kang Beef Noodles 永康牛肉麵 (Taiwan, Taipei)

台北市金山南路二段31巷17號 

No. 17, Street 31, Jinshan South Road Section 2, Taipei

Tel: 02 2351 1051 

Opening Hours: Daily: 11am to 9.30 pm
Directions: From Dongmen MRT 東門 (Tamsui-Xinyi Line - Red), Exit 4, walk straight and turn right immediately into the small road. Walk straight till you see Jinhua Primary School. Take a right turn and you will see the restaurant a few units away.  
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Marché Mövenpick Singapore: 1 For 1 Breakfast Set Promotion (till 31 Mar 2016)

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