@eat3bowlssg has always been a familiar name, but I’ve never had the opportunity to dine upon their food until they opened their newest outlet in Compass One. They serve up no frills Taiwanese fare at amazingly affordable prices, which explains the snaking queue at their restaurant. My patience was rewarded with a sizeable bowl of Braised Pork Rice, or Lu Rou Fan as it is called in Chinese, at a very affordable $6.30 nett. That’s right, no tax or service charge here!⠀
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The price was already a thing to savour, and the sheer sumptuousness of this lu rou fan made it all the more enjoyable. Fatty pork belly is chopped up and stewed in a delicious soya sauce based stock, along with a fair few herbs. The pork belly imparts its fatty goodness to the stellar sauce, making it tremendously tasty and sticky from all the collagen that has leached out. The herbs complement the saltiness of the soy sauce so sublimely, and all of that is just pure flavour paradise. Better yet, Eat 3 Bowls is incredibly charitable with the sauce, liberally dousing each bowl of steamed short grain rice with this mouthwatering meat sauce.⠀
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The lu rou fan does get a bit too luxurious to handle after a while, so order a White Radish Pork Ball Soup for $6.50 nett to alleviate the fatty, rich onslaught on your tastebuds. The subtly salty & sweet soup will gently wash off the fat from the lush lu rou fan, and the soft chunks of radish will finish cleansing your palette with its understated sweetness. The pork balls were regrettably rubbery, but at least they were tasty enough. Still, this comforting bowl of soup is definitely worth its place on your dinner table.⠀
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With food this piquant at prices this delightful, you will definitely eat more than three bowls and still be able to afford it.