This ๐๐ผ๐ธ๐ธ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฒ ($4/5/6) at ABC Brickworks commands regular ๐พ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ญ ๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฟ 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 ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ 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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[๐๐ช๐๐๐ฃ๐จ๐ฉ๐ค๐ฌ๐ฃ] ๐๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐ง๐ช ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐
๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ฒ, ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐๐ธ๐ถ๐ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ต, #๐ฌ๐ญ-๐ญ๐ฏ, ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ฑ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฒ
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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.