Tai Seng Fish Soup 泰成鱼湯 (Taman Jurong)

Over the long weekend, I decided to make my way to Taman Jurong to try this stall that made it to Michelin Guide Bin Gourmand recently.

Surprisingly there's wasn’t any queue here, but for other stalls instead. So I gotten my order pretty fast.

A warm bowl of fish soup was so comforting during this cold weather. The soup was tasty and comes with few slices of fish meat.

Amongst all the Bib Gourmands, this stall at Taman Jurong Food Center must be having the lowest Google Review stars. Out of curiosity, I decided to check it out.

Arriving at 11am in the morning, there wasn’t anyone in the queue. My heart was sinking fast. Ordered a standard bowl of fish soup at $5.50 and within a minute, I got my soup. Interaction with the two lady stall workers was minimal and nothing unpleasant happened. They also did not get my order wrong. Bit of an anti-climax at this stage.

The soup itself had a lot of umami. So maybe there is some MSG in it. But honestly if you want zero MSG in your food, eat home cooked meals. Fish meat was fresh and tender, sliced not too thinly, about 7 pieces altogether. In the soup was also bok Choy and deep fried eggs or what’s commonly called the egg bomb.

The star of the show was their chilli sauce. It’s been a while since I experienced running nose from spicy chilli so I must describe this particular chilli sauce as pure terror, packed with a lot of heat. Not for those who are weak in this field but together with the fish, it was heavenly.

So if we set aside emotions and the ambience, at this price, with this level of freshness of fish, coupled with their chilli sauce, no wonder they got a Bib Gourmand and may I add its well deserved.