Serving KL-style wanton mee for near a decade in Tai Seng

Wanton mee has been a basic dish for Singaporeans to get pleasure from. Despite being mentioned to be a Cantonese dish, I feel it’s relatively fascinating that there are totally different variations on the market, equivalent to Sen Gen Wanton Mee at Tai Seng‘s KL-style wanton mee.

Is there a distinction? Surprisingly, sure. KL wanton mee has a beneficiant serving to of darkish soy sauce whereas the standard ones we’re used to are with out, choosing a transparent oil-based gravy as an alternative. The actual query is— would it not style higher? I headed down with full intention to seek out out.

The location stunned me, as I had not anticipated Sen Gen Wanton Mee to be in such an obscure place. It’s situated inside Rinting Berjaya Eating House, which is alongside Upper Paya Lebar Road. I had handed it a pair occasions earlier than connecting the dots that this was the place I used to be trying to find. The lunch crowd exhibits up round 11.30am and you may count on the entire coffeeshop to be full. 

With Lady Luck on my facet, I occurred to occupy a seat earlier than the lunch crowd arrived. Somehow, the rowdy ambiance of loud chatter made for a comforting eating expertise. Since the followers have been solely pointing in direction of sure spots, you should definitely make a wise seating selection earlier than it’s too late!

Sen Gen Wanton Mee had a neat storefront, which gave plus factors to the tidiness of the place. Since the stall specialises in wanton mee, I used to be not all too stunned on the small collection of menu objects, and with the choice consisting of a complete of 8 objects, I made my very apparent choice.

What I attempted at Sen Gen Wanton Mee

I had initially needed to order the Wanton Noodle (S$3) with the Fried Wanton (S$3.50) to check out each the primary and facet dishes, however to my nice shock, I noticed the Fried Wanton Noodle (S$4.50) on the menu and proceeded to order that as an alternative. Talk about killing 2 birds with 1 stone!

My first impressions weren’t nice. Admittedly, I had anticipated a much bigger portion for its S$4.50 price ticket, however on the similar time, I appreciated that they didn’t skimp on the components, as I noticed fairly quite a lot of char siew and fried wantons.

To my reduction, the fried wanton had extra meat than fried ends, which is commonly not the case. Unfortunately, the meat inside did lack a little bit flavour, not being as satisfying as I had hoped. Dipping it into the soy sauce did the trick, making for a short salty save.

Despite the darkish hue of the darkish soy sauce, the coated noodles tasted shockingly bland — I couldn’t style a lot of something, be it salt or candy. The solely saving grace of the whole dish was the noodles, which had a pleasant QQ and springy texture, which might make for a relatively good noodle soup. In all honesty, I do like my meals relatively salty so it might maybe simply be my acquired style buds.

With the char siew being the primary protein, I used to be fairly pleased with its amount. Being on the flakier and smaller facet, it made for straightforward heartening bites. For those that adore chewable and non-fatty char siew, this is able to little question suit your invoice. 

With my love for greens with a superb chew, these basic greens have been relatively interesting to munch on, particularly because it was soaked at nighttime soy sauce. This dish would swimsuit of us who simply need easy consolation meals, with no out-of-the-ordinary BS. I, being the straightforward ol’ me, loved the simplicity of this basic dish.

Unexpectedly, the soup was not the standard soup full of MSG. Rather, it tasted heat and comforting, much like a basic fish ball soup. 

According to one other meals assessment, the soup had initially include dumplings and scallions, which appeared to have been taken out within the present menu. A disgrace actually, because the soup would have been extra appreciated if it got here with such.

Final ideas

In my opinion, the meals right here wasn’t too unhealthy. However, for these anticipating superb issues and stay far-off, this will likely fall in need of expectations. Perhaps, if I had a longing for wanton mee and was close by, I’d come to eat right here once more. 

Expected harm: S$3 – S$8 per pax 

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