This ๐—›๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ($4/5/6) at ABC Brickworks commands regular ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐Ÿญ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ and it's on the Michelin Guide as one of the two Hokkien Mee to be awarded with Bib Gourmands. That good? I think so, especially when it turned out even better than my last visit.
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Out of the Hokkien Mee I've tried, I deem them to have the best Hokkien Mee sambal chili โ€” it brought a certain ๐’‹๐’† ๐’๐’† ๐’”๐’‚๐’Š๐’” ๐’’๐’–๐’๐’Š that set it apart from other renditions. The ikan bilis loaded chili was beautifully sapid with wafts of fragrance and an endearing controlled sweetness โ€” all while retaining a decent fiery kick.
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Decades of mastery churned out a plate of springy noodles which were moderately moist but not soakingly wet, which is perhaps my preferred texture. The stock was rich but not the most intense, resulting in a meticulously balanced profile perfumed with mild but tangible wok hei.
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Many people enjoy crazy rich flavours, but I often find those too heavy-handed with little elegance in balancing. I think this subdued profile was purposeful in creating an undemanding canvas which permitted the sambal (and citrus) freedom to seamlessly bleed into any void and pop with its bold personality. The outcome was a balanced but simultaneously complex profile, with each facet of flavour being eloquently enunciated without conflict.
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[๐™Œ๐™ช๐™š๐™š๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™ฃ] ๐™๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐˜ฝ๐™–๐™๐™ง๐™ช ๐™”๐™ž ๐™Ž๐™๐™š๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™๐™ง๐™ž๐™š๐™™ ๐™ƒ๐™ค๐™ ๐™ ๐™ž๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™ˆ๐™š๐™š
๐Ÿ“ ๐—”๐—•๐—– ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ, ๐Ÿฒ ๐—๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ธ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ต, #๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿญ-๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ, ๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฒ
โฑ๏ธ(Thurs-Tues) 3pm-1045pm; ๐’„๐’๐’๐’”๐’†๐’… ๐’๐’ ๐‘พ๐’†๐’…๐’๐’†๐’”๐’…๐’‚๐’š๐’”
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* Crazy long queue during peak hours (up to 1 hour), you can call in to reserve a packet to take away or come after 9pm instead where I waited only 10 mins.