Wanton with Sesame and Peanut Sauce (10 pcs) Caught wind of the new 千里香馄饨 • 重庆小面 when we were scrolling around the phone not too long ago — these do seem like a somewhat new establishment that had opened up a while back at in 88 咖啡屋 Coffee House that is situated at the foot of Blk 88 Bedok North Street 4; this would be the very same neighbourhood where Bedok 85 Fengshan Food Centre is located, with the coffeeshop being the one where one can also find an outlet of Bangkok Street Mookata around. 千里香馄饨 • 重庆小面 occupies a stall unit that is situated in the corner of the coffeeshop that faces our directly to Bedok North Street 4; the stall unit that it occupies is around twice the size of the standard coffeeshop stall. The stall itself is one that is fairly noticeable — the signage comprises of a bright orange band with the name of the stall being prominently written on the top, with a slimmer white band running beneath it; there is also a cartoonish wonton logo on the left side while an illustration of one of its noodle offerings can be found on the right. 千里香馄饨 • 重庆小面 is a stall that somewhat follows the trend that Yuen Kee Dumpling 袁记云饺 has created; there is a display case where one can find the various wontons with different filings that they have to offer — these being available in ala-carte in Medium and Large portion sizes comprising of 12 pieces and 18 pieces respectively, while they also do offer a whole variety of noodle dishes as well.
Whilst 千里香馄饨 • 重庆小面 does serve up their wantons in ala-carte format in both Medium and Large portion sizes coming in 12 pieces and 18 pieces respectively, it is noted that there is an item that is listed under the Side Dish section of the menu being the Wanton with Sesame and Peanut Sauce (10 pcs) / Wanton with Sichuan Spicy Oil (10 pcs). Noting how the former does sound fairly similar to that of what Yuen Kee Dumpling serves up, we found ourselves going for the Wanton with Sesame and Peanut Sauce (10 pcs). It is noted that patrons do not have a choice on the type of wontons that comes served up with the Wanton with Sesame and Peanut Sauce (10 pcs) — the dish comes default with the Signature Pork Wanton. The size of the wontons at 千里香馄饨 • 重庆小面 are a bit smaller than that of what other similar establishments are serving up — the wontons do come with a silky smooth wrapper and does come with a reasonable amount of meat fillings inside. The meat fillings do come with a firm meaty bite; all that whilst it does not come with any undesirable porky stench. Coming with a mix of sesame oil and peanut sauce, this would be fairly similar to that of the Viral Mixed Sauce with Chili Oil that Yuen Kee Dumpling serves up sans the chili oil. One could definitely get the hint of the fragrance of sesame oil amidst the nutty and creamy peanut sauce that covers all of the wontons above — further topped with coriander that further adds its distinct notes to cut through all of the flavours of the sauce.
We also went with the Tomato Luncheon Meat Noodles during our visit to 千里香馄饨 • 重庆小面. Those looking to have noodles that feature Luncheon Meat can also find the Golden Soup Luncheon Meat Noodles on the menu, while other variants of Tomato Noodles here includes the Tomato Marbled Beef Noodle and Tomato Prawn Paste Noodle. The noodles here are pretty much Chinese-style La Mian; comes with thin strands while the La Mian also carries a fair bit of bite — we did feel that the tomato soup wasn’t quite as full-bodied as how we would have liked it to be, though it does carry a bit of a tangy note and does come with bits of sliced up tomato that helps to enhance the flavours and texture of the dish. The diced luncheon meat does seem to have been pan-fried a little before being added to the noodles; one side being a little bit crisp, whilst coming with a familiar hint of saltishness that is typical of cured meat. Again, the Tomato Luncheon Meat Noodles also comes with a pile of coriander going atop; the notes of the coriander adding yet another contrast of flavours to the dish. Overall, we do feel that 千里香馄饨 • 重庆小面 does make for a decent alternative to that of Yuen Kee Dumpling where their wonton offerings are of concern; no doubt that there are still some difference in the size of the wontons and the execution of its sauces — that being said, they do make for a good alternative considering how there hasn’t been a Yuen Kee Dumpling outlet / alternative of Yuen Kee Dumpling in the East at the time of writing that serves up freshly-made wontons. With prices of its wontons being set at $4.80 for the Wanton with Sesame and Peanut Sauce (10 pcs) and the ala-carte wantons being priced from $4.90 to $7.20 across the Medium and Large portion sizes, they do make for a decent option to think about to share across the table.
