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I hadn't eaten this in a few years but I regret getting it for dinner. Wanton mee is never suitable for dinner, even if it's decent.

We love our hawker food. And I couldn’t be happier with these umami-rich, grilled scallops topped with creamy mentaiko mayonnaise at hawker price!

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This Michelin Bib Gourmand stall has been serving delicious clean-tasting pig offals and rice noodle sheets since 1984, with founder Phua Gek Sia starting at 3am, and working 14 to 16 hours a day.
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Braised in a light soy and herb stock, the large intestine, pork belly, pig's stomach, and dried tofu puffs, have a tender light chew to texture, with pleasant earthy herbal salty sweet savoury flavour.
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Paired with a bowl of wide flat kway teow / rice noodles, the sheets thin and smooth with grainy sweet herbal salty flavour from the warm soup / broth.
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Generously portioned and filling, yum.
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Kway Chap
To-Ricos Guo Shi
@ Old Airport Road Food Centre, 51 Old Airport Road #01-135
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More details:
https://ivanteh-runningman.blogspot.com/2024/05/best-of-singapore-hawkers-kway-chap.html

Smaller than expected, not wet and not dark, but ticked many boxes and satisfying.

Operating since the early 1990s, this long-serving stall is known for their generous portions and wide variety of desserts.
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Over a mound of soft shaved ice and wobbly aiyu jelly, is drizzled a simple syrup and lime juice, stacked with juicy fruit cocktail (peach, pear, green grapes, nata de coco), and springy rainbow tadpole jelly.
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Refreshing burst of fruity zesty sour sweet floral flavour, great to cool off.
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Ice Jelly Fruit Cocktail
Blanco Court Cold & Hot Dessert
@ Old Airport Road Food Centre, 51 Old Airport Road #01-137
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More details:
https://ivanteh-runningman.blogspot.com/2024/04/best-of-singapore-hawkers-ice-jelly-fruit-cocktail.html

Unkai has been around for some time but I have only made a trip down to check them out recently.

They were pretty much sold out by the time I got there so I tried the comparatively "boring' salmon and teriyaki chicken bento instead.

I liked that the salmon was not overcooked and dry and the sauces was not saccharine sweet. The chicken was also tender and juicy.

Fresh sashimi, oysters and scallops are certainly not dishes you would find in a hawker centre. Hopefully I get a chance to try them the next time I visit Unkai!

One of the popular char kway teow stall at Old Airport road is Lao Fu Zi Fried Kway Teow!

The wait is around 15-25mins! Got the $8 portion this time round and it had prawns as well!

Added a little chilli this time round and I felt it was too mild, can go for more chilli the next time!

But during this visit, there were a few noodle bits that were charred and hard..

Location: 51 Old Airport Rd, #01-12 Food Centre, Singapore 390051

Operating since the early 1990s, this long-serving stall is known for their generous portions and wide variety of desserts.
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Over a mound of soft shaved ice drizzled with a little syrup and lime juice, is stacked layers of slippery honey sea coconut, springy coconut water jelly, ang juicy logan.
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Has lovely bright floral fruity earthy sweet flavour.
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Honey Sea Coconut And Nata De Coco
Blanco Court Cold & Hot Dessert
@ Old Airport Road Food Centre, 51 Old Airport Road #01-137
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More details:
https://ivanteh-runningman.blogspot.com/2023/12/best-of-singapore-hawkers-honey-sea-coconut.html

Old Airport Road Food Centre is home to many famous hawker stalls and we were so satisfied with everything that we ordered!

1️⃣Oyster Omelette ($8 medium portion) from Famous Old Airport Road Oyster: Now this is one oyster omelette you have to try. Without using any flour, their oyster omelette is full of egg and I love how some parts were crispy! Their oysters were fresh, plump and succulent, perfect with tangy chilli.

2️⃣Black Char Kway Teow ($5) from Lao Fu Zi Fried Kway Teow: this is a long time favourite among many of the people living around the area. I like how their kway teow noodles were cooked perfectly, as they were still springy! Definitely a decent plate, with fresh cockles and a right balance of sweet and savoury.

3️⃣Spicy Lala Kalguksu ($8) from Wooga Jjajang: one of the newer additions to this hawker centre, their Kalguksu really hit the spot. With just the right amount of spiciness, coupled with a flavourful seafood broth, this is one bowl to get when it rains! The noodles were very springy and there was such a generous amount of clams given!

4️⃣Durian Chendol ($3.50) from Nyonya Chendol: Looking at how thick the gula melaka is, I know this is going to be a good bowl. With a good balance of sweet and savoury, this bowl shouts rich flavours from the thick coconut milk and gula melaka. The durian portion was also generous and it was very fragrant. Perfect end to the meal!

Since 1963, fans of Ng Hock Wah signature 'dry' rendition queue for up to 45 minutes - though with the introduction of digital buzzing, the lines are now invisible.
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Their legacy stretches back to hawker legend Ng Tong, who together with brother Ng Seng, created the Singaporean style version of this dish.
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Each batch of long cylindrical yellow egg noodles and thin bee hoon / rice vermicelli noodles have fully absorbed the pork and prawn stock, and tossed with chicken egg, result in a soft chew with lovely smoky grainy eggy sweet salty savoury flavour.
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The garnishes of bouncy squid and crunchy deshelled prawns lend body, and smoky sweet savoury flavour. Balanced with good wok hei / breath of the wok.
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A squeeze of lime juice and cut red chili in soy sauce lend zesty tangy sour salty spicy flavour, cutting through with a zing.
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Hokkien Mee
Nam Sing Hokkien Fried Mee
@ Old Airport Road Food Centre, 51 Old Airport Road #01-32
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More details:
https://ivanteh-runningman.blogspot.com/2023/08/best-of-singapore-hawkers-hokkien-mee.html

Arrived at this Michelin Bib Gourmand Friend Hokkien Mee stall at Old Airport Road Hawker Centre at 10.49am. Was already #8 in the queue and #3 was the next to be served. As I am not a big fan of the drier version of Fried Hokkien Mee, I only ordered the small portion at $5.00.

Got my noodles at 10.49am so only a 10 minute wait. You may ask why even 10 minutes wait for only 5 customers in front. Apparently they have to prepare a lot of take away orders. Packets after packets. In between they will cover the dine in orders.

First thing that stuck me beside the dryness of the noodles is that they use the thinner version of bee hoon. But this worked to their advantage as it was more capable of soaking up the umami rich flavours of the prawn stock. The other thing that I found unique was that they provide sliced chilli instead of chilli sauce. This I did not appreciate as much as it just imparted a raw spiciness to the noodles and I missed the savoury spicy chilli sauce that I am so used to.

What I did appreciate was the smokiness and little charred bits of noodles which you will not get from the wet versions. For $5, you get three halves of prawns (tail on) and a few rather large slices of squid. But no lard or sliced pork which was a disappointment because if I am going to risk the calories and the cholesterol, there better be lard and pork in sinful amounts.

Overall not bad but not my top favourite for reasons above.

It has been multiple trips here and always turned away due to long waiting time.

So this time I decided to make my trip early in the morning as they just open at 10am. Thankfully it is only a short wait.

Also just right in time to celebrate their recognition in Michelin Guide’s Bib Gourmand entrance this year.

The overall taste was good, just find it a bit too dry for me. The portion for big size wasn’t as big as I would expected but it comes with pieces of shrimp that mostly peeled.

Unlike the usual way, they provided the cut chilli with lime instead of sambal.