Hawker Noodles

Spring roll is crisp with crunchy turnips, zai er is crunchy. The mock meat is decent, beehoon is quite moist and springy! They also have egg noodles if you’re not feeling like having beehoon, it tastes like wedding noodles that is nicely fried too. Cabbage is soft but still crunchy. Another veg beehoon stall to add to my rotation!

This is from their outlet at United Square’s food court.

Surprisingly decent banmian! I didn’t mind the texture of the noodles even tho it was a bit soft and thinner than usual banmian. Slurpy and tbh felt a bit like pasta but in a non-Italian sauce 😂 The ingredients were okay, minced meat was soft and dumplings crunchy, I wish they gave more than that token amount of vegetables tho. Added on an egg (+$0.50) bc I wanted a runny yolk. I am appalled that I paid $7 for ban mian tho.

Yummy! The noodles are similar to HK egg noodles, was springy and had a nice bite, tossed in a dark sauce but there was a bit too much sauce tbh. The charsiew was flavourful and tender, but kinda too fatty for my liking - will ask for a leaner cut next time! Lots of veg, lard was crisp and good too! I usually just have 1 smol piece to check if it’s nice and I think this is a worthy one to have. Wantons were delish too! There’s 2 pieces, and each is silky smooth and stuffed to the brim with prawns, pork, scallions, and black fungus. Flavour was great, and was tender and bouncy. Liked that u can add scallions and green chilli on your own.

Wanton mee was springy and tossed in a dark sauce, reminds me a bit of tian xiang at margaret drive! The charsiew was not bad, I was thrown off by the red colouring but it’s actl p tender and tasty, I also liked that my portion was rather lean, as I don’t like so much fat. Comes with 3 boiled wantons (decent tasting, adequately filled with meat) in a mild peppery soup, and some greens. If you’re into lard u can ask them to scoop some on, the guy before me did that.

Overall I enjoyed the bowl, especially with the green chilli. I like it bc it’s of a similar style to tian xiang which we ate pretty frequently some time ago, but for both there’s nothing particularly outstanding, it’s just a nice reliable wanton mee that satisfies. It’s very popular tho, so be prepared to wait! They’ll give u a number tag and flash the number when the order is ready.

The noodles were decent, my meepok was reasonably springy, but could do with more vinegar. The mee tai mak had sufficient vinegar tho. Ingredients-wise, there’s 2 types of fishballs (I prefer the scraggly looking one that looks more handmade as it’s softer), fishcakes, a prawn ball (was bouncy!), and 2 other items (idk how to describe them but they are made out of fish paste). Was decent but not impressive. They don’t serve the teochew herkiao in their noodles so u gotta order a separate bowl of soup with it, which I’ll do next time. Went for size M as per the lady’s advice, as she mentioned the size S ($5) one doesn’t have much ingredients. But I think I’ll stick to S bc M was a bit much!

Noodles are the hk-style egg noodles, which were springy but I wished the auntie put a bit more sauce for my plate, it was a tad dry and I had to loosen it with the soup. My friend’s noodles looked less dry so it depends on your luck I guess! The char siew was nicely caramelised and didn’t taste too burnt even at the edges, but some pieces were a bit tough and dry, while others were wonderfully tender. But you can tell that this charsiew is much better than the lousy, thinly-sliced cardboard types. Has a decent amount of fat on each piece (not too much, I scraped it off and it wasn’t a lot) but enough for those fatty charsiew folks I believe! I love that they give kailan, it’s blanched and not overcooked. Not my first choice when I come to Chinatown, but still a decent lunch option!

It was nice but I think I still prefer @/swancitynoodlehouse's kolo mee, their noodles taste better to me! Bc of how fragrant (lard, probably) their sauce is. Both are at amoy lvl 2, both are good options if you feel like eating some delish springy noodles. This one comes with boiled (slippery smooth with a reasonable amount of filling) & fried wantons (v crunchy and freshly fried), charsiew (kinda dry), napa cabbage, and minced pork. Added lots of sour green chili which I love!! The soup is also p decent, it’s light and clear but tasty. Would buy again!!

Not the biggest fan of this - it’s alright but it’s not as nice as other dry noodles in the area, I prefer this stall for their soup MHK. The noodles are not as springy/qq as I would’ve liked, prefer it to have more of a bite to it. The sauce kinda lacks some depth of flavour, I don’t enjoy chili in my banmian so perhaps you should go for the spicy version bc I’ve seen good reviews for the chilli banmian. The mushrooms are huge and juicy and flavourful, poached egg had runny yolks, and I like that there’s black fungus as it adds a nice soft crunchiness to the dish. There’s minced pork, ikan bilis, as well as some flavouring/powder(?) that I would opt out of next time. There’s spinach in a small bowl of soup as well for some greens. Overall still a decent lunch option, but I’ll still go for their soup mhk!

Had this at their new Koufu HQ outlet at woodlands! Thought this was a pretty decent bowl of noodles, I particularly liked the fragrant shallot oil the noodles were tossed in, tho it got a bit too oily at the end. Minced meat was tasty but not the most tender, while charsiew was shockingly red (I don’t rly like such red charsiew bc they tend to be v dry) but tasted alright - not dry but rather lean and not very juicy. The Kampua noodles were not as springy as I would have liked, but it was not overcooked and had a bite to it. I still prefer the Kampua noodles from Swan City @ Amoy hawker but this is an okay rendition! Maybe some veg would be great.

What a SATISFYING lunch!! Maybe I was rly cold and hungry after a draining work day but this bowl of hot noodles rly just warmed up my core and I rly enjoyed it. Look at how THICC the noodles are!! So chewy and qq without feeling too doughy. Highly rec to eat in-store tho, I’ve had this dapao-ed and it does get a bit doughy. Tbh nam kee’s banmian is q similar also, the thicker (not as flat) type of noodles.

Ingredients were yummy too. Ikan bilis was crunchy, minced meat was flavourful. Sauce was good! It looks like it’s just dark sauce but it’s not as flat as some others I’ve tried; it’s v tasty esp w the added richness from the yolk of the onsen egg mixed into the sauce.
Braised mushrooms are fragrant and juicy and v tasty. They give a decent amount of spinach for some greens.
Soup was alright, not salty and had a mild anchovy taste.

So yummy! I loved it.

I loooove ah yi! I usually get their meehoonkueh but I wanted to try their other menu options. The youmian is slurpy and has a bite to it, tossed in a black sauce. It’s quite similar to prince noodles, except that the sauce ends up a wee bit starchier when mixed with the noodles - prince’s sauce is more thin. Comes with minced meat and spinach, plus crunchy fragrant shallots and ikan bilis. Very satisfied! I also like that it’s filling but doesn’t make me SUPER full compared to when eating the mhk.

Prices have gone up slightly but it’s still very cheap! I’ve reviewed this before - it’s not say *super* good but it’s something we keep going back to, it’s good enough. I prefer the black sauce one (this is the white one), bc the noodles are a bit alkaliny and the black sauce masks that. We opt for no charsiew bc it’s quite dry. Fried wantons are crispy and boiled wantons are slippery smooth, not very alkaliny. Noodles are springy and very nice when piping hot! Green chilli is a must.