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Was actually headed to Luk Lu Eating House along Beach Road to check out a Hainanese curry rice stall but found it to be closed when we were there. That being said, we got reminded about the existence of Wan Thai when we were there. There was a point of time where Thai-style Wanton Noodles had been quite the rage across the island — the said dish is still well-represented by Soi 19 Thai Wanton Mee which has since expanded its operations across multiple outlets around the island. While there are other lesser-known establishments serving up the same dish across the island such as that of Huay Kwang Thai Wanton Mee and Wonton Mama around, it is perhaps Wan Thai that is the most elusive of the lot. This isn’t the first Thai Wanton Mee specialty stall that is located within Luk Lu Eating House — in fact, the same coffeeshop did used to house the now-defunct Fatty Thai as well; the coffeeshop (better known for its claypot rice and Vietnamese pho) being located at the junction between Beach Road and Aliwal Street looking much like a Malaysian-style Da Pai Dang establishment given how the dining area of the coffeeshop is situated outside of its dedicated space indoors. Wan Thai occupies a corner of the coffeeshop; the menu only comprising of five (5) items — the Ba Mee Kiao Moo Dang (i.e. Wanton Mee), Khao Ka Moo (i.e. Pig Trotter Rice), Chicken Cutlet Noodle, Pig Trotter Noodle and Geow Grob (i.e. Fried Wanton).

All orders at Wan Thai are actually prepared ala-minute and despite being pretty much a one-woman show, the food does get served up rather quickly here. It has been quite a while since we have had Thai-style Wanton Noodles, and given how this is also an item that Wan Thai is notable for, we had decided to give it a go. There are two sizes of the Ba Mee Kiao Moo Dang (Wanton Mee) at Wan Thai; the $4.50 portion size and the $5.50 portion size, which we went for the former. Wan Thai does not describe on the elements that comes with their Ba Mee Kiao Moo Dang (Wanton Mee), though it can be observed from our order that the item comes with the usual suspects — a dry egg noodle dish tossed in a white sauce that comes with chunks of Char Siew, Fried Wantons and some blanched greens, and accompanied with a bowl of soup that also comes with two (2) soup wantons. Interestingly, Wan Thai doesn’t actually provide the chili flakes that one would typically find at an establishment specialising in Thai-style Wanton Noodles at the self-service area; instead, patrons would have to specify whether they would like their order of the Ba Mee Kiao Moo Dang (Wanton Mee) to come spicy or non-spicy upon making their order at the counter. Giving the noodles a bit of a toss before digging in, we liked how there was sufficient white sauce going around to provide the noodles with a good flavour — the pork lard in the white sauce inherently giving a good hint of savouriness to the noodles while the noodles were pretty springy.

It seems that the lady behind the counter did manage to have a grasp on the level of spiciness of the bowl of noodles pretty well — there was just a sprinkle of the chili flakes added since we have went for the spicy variant here. The Thai chili flakes usually comes all fiery with quite an intense spicy punch if one adds a little too much to their noodles; the amount added to the noodles here was just enough to tingle the tastebuds without the spiciness overwhelming the entire dish. The Char Siew here does come chunky with a good, meaty bite — not too sweet nor dry. Both the fried and soup wantons were decent — the wantons coming with quite a decent amount of fillings within; the fried ones being slightly more memorable since these were crisp and did not seem to be in any way greasy. The blanched greens provided a refreshing crunch to give the entire bowl a balance. One thing that is notable to have been missing in the Ba Mee Kiao Moo Dang (Wanton Mee) here would be the addition of crispy pork lard which could have given the entire bowl more contrast of textures overall. Having tried quite a number of Thai-style Wanton Mee across the island, Wan Thai’s version does come across as a little more basic as compared to that of Soi 19 Thai Wanton Mee’s rendition that comes with a lot more goodies by default such as the likes of the fish sausage; that being said, their Ba Mee Kiao Moo Dang (Wanton Mee) is still one that is done well enough to satisfy any cravings for Thai-style wanton noodles especially for those whom are working around the Nicoll Highway area.

got the half/half set with velvety mushroom stroganoff and the sg chicken & mushroom ragout!

Was feeling like having soup so I decided to try this shop. The shop also states that there's no msg.

Got the Herbal Chicken Soup and a bowl of rice which came to a total of $8.50.
The soup was really good. It had an Umami flavour to it, some dried seafood taste. It was also sweet and savoury enough. The chicken was tender as well. Sadly there wasn't any mushroom in the soup but there were ginko nut, lotus nut, red date, wolfberry, some herb and some algae seaweed. Rice was not bad. It was short grain rice.

The uncle at the shop was also quite friendly and speaks English.

Overall I really enjoyed the soup and would go back to try another again.

Headed to Blanco Court Fried Fish Noodles after seeing pretty positive reviews about their fish noodles. A decent fish noodle option, though I am not sure if it’s all that rave. It’s a nice, comforting bowl which serves its purpose, but the flavour is not the most mind blowing.

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Had this delicious Fish Soup ($7). There wasn't much fish but I like the soup and the egg inside

Order the mixed bowl of fried fish and sliced fish!

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This got to be my 2nd favourite soup from TSS (after Tangy Tomato). Very rich in flavour and the spicy kick made it very appetising! It's packed with quite a lot of ingredients too (corn, mushrooms, cabbage, mock sausage etc). The sausage was too soft imo but overall, the soup is still pretty good. Got 2 sets of soup for around $20 thanks to a member's promotion (:

Though I often frequent the outlet at Harbourfront Centre, this was the first time I’ve visited the one at Bugis Junction food court. The staff are really proactive at calling out to customers to buy soup, and are quite friendly too.

I was a bit lost with the menu here as it’s slightly different from what the HFC branch offers. I believe the regular herbal chicken soup that I usually order there has been replaced with black chicken at this outlet, and the herbal chicken soup I ended up ordering comes with a different mix of herbs as well as white fungus. I believe that this outlet might be better stocked as it was around 8.40pm but they still had enough of this soup and pumpkin rice (it was close to closing time due to earlier closing hours at 9pm a la COVID19 measures).

The chicken wasn’t as tender as what I’d hoped, but it still wasn’t bad. The soup had a sweeter, more mellow taste than what I usually get at HFC, but I enjoyed the taste just as much! Love the pumpkin rice here too, its as flavourful as I remembered, and the pumpkin is moist and mashed, with a few chunks still evident in the rice.

*note: if you have the stamp card from other outlets, remember to get stamps from this outlet too!

*how to save: the whole food court is FavePay friendly so feel free to use FavePay and get cashback at any of the other food court stalls too! :)

Is super yummy ! i love their set consist of soup , bread and drinks hehe their bread is soft and crispy !

One of the best fish soups in Singapore!