Mee rebus is some of the under-the-radar Malay dishes of all time. This deceptively easy concoction of boiled (rebus) yellow noodles and viscous brown gravy is commonly relegated to the enjoyment of barely older people.
There’s a cause why most genuine mee rebus stalls/recipes are a minimum of 5 a long time outdated (and even older). This dish is simply meant to be loved from era to era. I’ve made your first step of mee rebus wokeness simpler with 10 legit mee rebus spots that can have you ever bowl-ing for extra!
1965 was the yr Yunos N Family first began out, and this yr can be vital in our historical past, because it’s the yr Singapore gained independence. It was began by the late Haji Yunos Ahmad as a push cart stall at Hastings Road, although now now you can get pleasure from a bowl of mee rebus at 724 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 6.
Not solely does it boast historical past behind its bowls, however Yunos N Family additionally affords over 9 mee rebus variations, together with Mee Rebus Tarik (S$6.90) which is mee rebus with satay sticks and Mee Rebus Ribs (S$7), which has ribs which might be slide-off-the-bone tender. Their satays (S$0.80 per stick) had been fairly good too.
724 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 6, Ang Mo Kio Central Market & Food Centre, #01-01, Singapore 560724
Mon to Sat: 11am – 7pm
Closed on Sun
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Many residents of Bedok will concentrate on the “fat lady” that manned Inspirasi even after passing the enterprise over to her brother. Mdm Saoana is the unofficial mascot of Inspirasi, as she has served low-cost and scrumptious mee rebus since she was 14 years outdated — when it was offered from a trishaw!
Since then, a bowl of mee rebus has elevated its value to S$3, however what hasn’t lately? However, the mee rebus gravy has misplaced none of its efficiency. It is made specifically from rooster bones inventory, dried anchovies, candy potatoes, fermented bean paste and curry powder, simply as the way it was 50 years in the past!
208B New Upper Changi Road, Bedok Interchange Hawker Centre, #01-11, Singapore 460207
Mon to Sat: 11.30am – 8.30pm
Closed on Sun
I keep in mind my go to to Aunty Sham Ayam Penyet as an impromptu one. I’ve by no means heard of it and was solely at Berseh Food Center to evaluation one other place that was closed. Aunty Sham Ayam Penyet is run by Aunty Sham, a 70-year-old of Javanese origins with 30 years of expertise within the meals and beverage business.
And each ounce of that truth is translated to her rendition of Mee Rebus (S$3.50). I discovered the gravy to be satisfyingly spicy by design. Its addition of mini fried tofu, beansprouts and soft-boiled egg helped elevate the already scrumptious bowl to a must-try with its contribution to each flavours and textures.
166 Jalan Besar, Berseh Food Centre, #01-09, Singapore 208877
Tue to Sun: 8am – 7pm
Closed on Mon
If a hawker stall claims to be a favorite of each former Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong and the late former President S R Nathan, then you realize you’ve most likely bought the true deal. That’s precisely the case with Rahim Muslim Food which has been open since 1957!
What units it other than different mee rebus stalls is its incorporation of satay sauce with each order. The regular Mee Rebus (S$3.50) comes with egg and crunchy and nutty satay sauce. Its different units, Mee Rebus Power (S$5) and Mee Rebus Extra Special (S$6.50), include rooster, with the latter serving a drumstick rooster on prime of the mee rebus!
453A Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10, Chong Boon Market, #01-01
Mon to Sat: 12.30pm – 7pm
Closed on Sun
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5. Lina’s Cafe
Not all good mee rebus is located at hawker centres which, understandably, may not be everybody’s cup of tea with its normally heat setting in addition to questionable hygiene requirements (at occasions). That’s the place Lina’s Cafe is available in with a contemporary cafe setting.
Despite the trendy setting, its mee rebus recipe is something however, with it being an unique recipe from the Seventies. The Mee Rebus Special Mak Timah (S$5) comes with a mini begedil in addition to a lot of noodle decisions similar to Yellow Mee, Kway Teow or Bee Hoon. There’s additionally Pasta Rebus (S$6) that’s penne with mee rebus gravy.
As a further bonus, Lina’s Cafe is each autism-friendly and goals to unfold consciousness of autism!
7 Jalan Pisang, Singapore 199074
+65 9187 2094
Mon: 11am – 7.30pm
Tue to Sat: 11am – 8.30pm
Closed on Sun & first Mon of the month
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There’s one thing fairly charming with how Warong H.J Sukarjo makes use of outdated Malay to spell out mee rebos. What’s equally charming is how the stall has been run by two makciks, who’re sisters, for over 43 years! Their stall is situated inside The Marketplace @ 58 and is just open for 3 days per week.
Warong H.J Sukarjo’s Mee Rebus (S$3.50) is your normal good mee rebus affair. It can be beneficiant with its toppings similar to cubed tofu, fried shallots and spring onions. Its sauce can be nutty and creamy and is expertly balanced with its candy and salty notes. However, the addition of candy sauce provides a further umami end to your mee rebus!
58 New Upper Changi Road, #01-183, Singapore 461058
Fri to Sun: 9.15am – 2.30pm
Closed on Mon to Thu
Unlike one of many earlier entries, Hj Waliti Hj Mazuki truly has a photograph of the late former president S R Nathan with, presumably, homeowners or cooks from the stall. If that didn’t seize your eye’s consideration, then the costs will definitely do, with the most affordable merchandise being the Mee Rebus with out Egg (S$2.50).
If you need the entire mee rebus expertise, you possibly can go for the OG Mee Rebus for a measly S$3. Surprisingly, the sauce is cooked with items of mutton to additional enrich the usually wealthy and savoury mee rebus gravy. If for some cause, mee rebus isn’t your factor, there are many different Malay dishes at a really inexpensive value!
14 Haig Road, Haig Road Market, #01-18, Singapore 430014
+65 9187 2094
Daily: 5am – 8pm
Closed on alternate Fri
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Located reverse Hj Waliti Hj Mazuki, Afandi Hawa and Family Mee Rebus was based by Afandi Ahmad on the outdated Paya Lebar Airport in 1967. It is presently run by his son, Ahmad, a second-generation proprietor that took over the enterprise in 2008. It most likely has essentially the most distinctive approach of creating mee rebus gravy by utilizing a mix of substances similar to shrimp, flower crab and mutton.
A bowl of Mee Rebus prices S$3, which is dust low-cost when you think about the variety of substances used for the gravy. And it’s not only for numbers as the additional substances add a candy and savoury flavour. There’s additionally a slight brininess from the shrimp and flower crab.
14 Haig Road, Haig Road Market and Food Centre, #01-21, Singapore 430014
Thu to Tue: 10.30am – 8pm
Closed on Wed
You know your meals is subsequent degree when individuals wish to recreate them, and Warong Pak Sapari permits this by providing each its mee rebus and soto paste which is actually the very first thing you see when queuing for a bowl. Don’t let that deter you from getting a bowl from the supply although as this stall has been going sturdy for five a long time!
Every Mee Rebus (S$3.80) appears deceptively easy and much like each other however the style will sway you, and this positively will. When I had it, the sauce was barely heavier than your normal choices. Yet once more, the fried tofu and boiled egg added a lot to the general Mee Rebus flavours. Their Mee Soto (S$3.80) was additionally very nicely finished.
Recently, Adam Road Mee Soto opened in CIMP Plaza offering mee rebus and mee soto that makes use of the exact same paste supplied by Warong Pak Sapari. Lunch won’t ever be the identical!
2 Adam Road, Adam Road Food Centre, Singapore 289876
Sat to Thu: 8am – 4pm
Closed on Fri
10. Hassan Stall
Hassan Stall’s story nearly reads like a script from a neighborhood drama. Starting out as a makeshift stall within the late Hassan’s kampung home in 1959, it was additionally one of many first stalls to be opened in Changi Village Hawker Centre in 1975.
The stall is now manned by his son, Azman, his youthful sister, in addition to his aunt, who would be the final era to proceed the enterprise as no different relations are concerned with persevering with it.
Azman has gone by way of many obstacles similar to serving drug addicts, motorbike gangs and prostitutes (all distinguished at the moment). There was additionally an occasion the place an enormous quick meals chain supplied him S$0.50 per plate to make use of his mee rebus gravy.
Thankfully, its Mee Rebus (S$3.50) is a healthful expertise. Thick sauce, chunky items of fatty beef and a recipe that different aspiring stall assistants can’t replicate even with directions, that is positively historical past in a bowl.
2 Changi Village Road, #01-29, Singapore 500002
Daily: 8am – 10pm
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