Hawker Eats

Went on a Monday afternoon. No queue, but many stalls were not opened for business. Not sure if most of them chose Mon as their off day.

The thick, black treacle (aka the gula melaka) is ultra shiok! It is more viscous than other Gula melaka I have tried before and it really elevates this chendol above others. There is a subtle tinge of smokiness from the palm sugar but it is not overly sweet. In fact, I find it refreshing and light.

The shaved ice was rather compacted and kinda of hard.

The silky soft green worms with coconut milk is subtly salty to contrast with the sweet taste of chendol.

There are additional toppings like sweetened red beans and attap-chee (aka seeds) that provides more bite to the delightful dessert!

This must be the best char siew rice I have tried thus far in my life. The roast pork is also very good.

The char siew/ roast pork are slightly fatty, but very moist, tender, and flavoursome. Not overly salty. The crackling of the roast pork was crispy too. Both meats were slightly fatty, but the fats were a good trade-off for the moist, tender meats. Can easily remove them if you mind.. Has a sufficient amount of charred bits which are so fragrant and savoury.
Char Siew actually has a good balance of sweetness and savouriness.

The sambal-like chilli is also very good too. Complements the meats very well though they are good enough to eat them on their own.

This is a one dish that makes gg (back) to ABC Brickworks Food Center well worth it!!!

No queue on a weekday evening. This stall uses a wireless paging system. So, even if there's a queue, you don't have to stand there physically.

My hub tried the skewers said they are good and are worth every cent!

Short queue on a weekday at about 8 plus in the evening.

Quite generous with char siew slices. Decent taste and quality, but on the hard side. At least they are not paper-thin.

The fried wanton is nice, but a tad salty. Soup is good. Much better than soups from other wanton mee stalls. Peppery and savoury. Wanton in soup meaty and well-marinated.

The highlight of this stall is the springy wanton mee and the well-balanced chilli sauce. Not overly spicy and complements the mee v well.

This is definitely a wanton mee at least two notches above your average wanton mee.

I will revisit this place just for the wanton mee.

First of all, we wanted to get the chicken nuggets; not sure how many pieces for $5 tho. (Only written as 'chicken nuggets $5 TODAY ONLY' on small chalkboard in front of cashier). Nvm that they didn't remove that when they were out of nuggets.

After we were told they were out of chicken nuggets, my hub ordered the fries instead.
I looked around for the price/ menu ... Not written anywhere.
Then I realised it costs $8. 🤦🏻‍♀️

The 'other menu', besides the small chalkboard in front of the cashier, was a bigger chalkboard (like the height of a painting size easel). But it wasn't the complete menu too.
I spotted some laminated A4 sheets pasted at a counter away from the cashier, at waist level. I presumed those sld be the menu/ pricelist since I can't see the tiny photographs as well.🤷‍♀️
Apparently there a menu at the cashier.

Since this is a food (hawker) centre, it would be good to at least offer different sizes like S/M/L for the fries instead of making people pay $8 for the fries.

2 of us struggled, but could only finish half the fries.
My wanton mee costs $4 only loh.

This stall has some areas for serious improvement.
And $8 for fries @a food centre = not quite worth.

Date visited: 12/6/2019 (Mon, 8:40pm)

No queue. Generally quiet at Changi Village. No queue at Mizzy or other Nasi Lemak stalls as well.

We actually ordered their signature chicken chop hor fun and the original Ipoh hor fun. Added veggies at an extra cost of $0.50.

I have always liked their Ipoh hor fun and I started eating there even before the renovation of Changi V Hawker Ctr, where wing kee and amigos were still side-by-side competitors.

The thin kway teow and the thickened brown sauce that it was swathed in was absolutely delicious! They managed to maintain a consistent standard. In fact, after trying out their Ipoh hor fun, I find almost every Ipoh hor fun I have tried elsewhere not as good. They are my benchmark of a good plate of Ipoh hor fun. And it is all because of the sauce.

The mushroom was really flavoursome too.

However, the serving size of their chicken chop (of their signature chicken chop hot fun) is no longer like before. We were shocked to see the chicken chop size reduced by about half!

When I went to check out other photos posted here, I realised this reduction in their chicken chop serving size is here to stay; they have been consistent since dunno when.

They give (only) two slices of mushroom now. The wanton was crispy and well-marinated, but a tad too salty. Char siew slices are rather hard. The sambal chilli made my Ipoh hor fun (too) oily.

Wing Kee's standard has dropped tho I have to say they are still above average.

The Ipoh hor fun tastes good enough on its own. Salty enough as well.
Needn't add chilli unless you don't mind the oiliness.

The one improvement I like is the use of plastic plate and bowl now. After the renovation, they switched to disposable ware which I really dislike.

I will give Amigos (competitor, opposite them now) a try next time. They used to be equally good and I would just join whichever stall that has a shorter queue.

This stall was famous for their fries carrot cake, but they won the “Best of the Best” popiah in City Hawker Food Hunt.

The popiah is generously filled; it contains many ingredients. Besides the flavoursome and moist turnip, there's crabsticks, fried egg, peanuts, beansprouts etc. love the juiciness, as well as beansprouts.

A good popiah!

Date Visited: 10/6/2018 (Sun,3:30pm)

It is so much better to come here for lunch than to come here for dinner. Much more relaxing experience.

If you drive, be prepared to wait forever for a parking lot during dinner time. Unless you are luckier than the other 99 cars that are also waiting for a lot. And after that, you still gotta find seats. Challenging if you come in a big group. And after that, your still have to queue for your food.

I ordered the chicken and mutton satay ($0.60 each), plus the ketupat (rice cakes, $0.50 each). I don't think the ketupat is made by them though. They came in plastic wrappers.

The satays are good. Very well-marinated; sweet and savoury. In fact, more sweet than savoury, which is what I like for satay. Chunky pieces of meat and not some minced meat put together. The biggest chunks I had thus far. In Singapore and from other stalls there as well.

Satay sauce is good as well. Looks watery but is not. Sweet, thick, fragrant and not oily!

Love it!

Date visited: 9/6/2018 (Sat, 11am)

Can expect a 20-25 min wait on a Sat morning.

$9 for the plate of 料 (ingredients) and 3 bowls of kway.

Kway Chap here is two notches above your average kway chap. The pig's stomach was good, really tender. But if you prefer those that are more fatty/ chewy, then this may not be for you. The 'loh' (aka 卤汁)/ braising chap was good ,but not exactly outstanding. Still very good though. Ingredients used were fresh and that's important.

What I found to be exceptional was the kway! The kway was amazing! The kway was really thin, unbelievably soft, and smooth! I have not come across kway chap with kway this good!!!

Date visited: 7/6/2018 (Thur, 12:50pm)

The queue is normally long during lunch hour. Today, there wasn't really a queue... Probably because it is the Ramadan period now.

Their mee rebus is one of the best I had. Amazing!

Generous serving of yellow noodles which are perfectly cooked; springy noodles.

Gravy was richly flavoured and aromatic! The texture of the gravy was thick and it coats everything; from the noodles to the hard-boiled egg and even the beansprouts!

I read online that the key is their rich gloopy gravy is the low-and-slow cooking of their gravy, using a mixture of soybean, mutton, along with a well-balanced rempah (spice paste).

Warong Pak Sapari is also well-known for their mee soto! I'm going to try that next time!

Mee Soto was equally good!

Noodles was perfectly cooked; springy.

Soup was steaming hot and taste of broth was robust but not overpowering!

The chilli was power! It really packs a punch! You really gotta try their mee soto with their power chilli!

One of the best mee soto!

Date visited: 6/6/2018 (Wed, 12:15pm)

Usually, there's a snaking queue. On the day I went, there was no queue. Perhaps it was because it is the Ramadan period.

Personally, I like their Mee Rebus very much. Noodles was perfectly cooked; very springy. It is lightly sweet and lightly savoury.

A rather mild (curry) flavour compared to the very rich, creamy type with much peanuts added to it.

So, people who prefer very strong flavours (重口味) probably won't like this.

But this really hits the spot for me! One of the best I had.