Smoked duck rolls & plates of Malaysian-style noodles from $3.80 at Hougang

Sometimes, the easier the stall title, the higher the meals. An ideal instance can be HK Wanton Mee situated at Ci Yuan Hawker Centre. I’m undecided if the ‘HK’ within the title stands for Hong Kong, however I did discover out that the homeowners hail from Malaysia.

I found this stall a number of months in the past after I ordered takeaway, and was blown away by how tasty their noodles had been. I felt I wanted to introduce this stall to my fellow readers at Sethlui.com, and so I returned to check out their different choices.

What I attempted at HK Wanton Noodle

I kickstarted my lunch with the Wanton Noodles (S$3.80). On the plate was a heap of noodles, slices of char siew, one fried wanton and inexperienced greens. It was accompanied by a bowl of soup containing 2 items of boiled wantons.

The noodles had been finer than our regular mee kia, just like these served at Hong Kong eateries.

After giving the noodles an excellent toss, the skinny golden strands of mee had not solely absorbed the savoury and spicy notes coming from the sauce combine, however had additionally taken on an attractive darker hue.

Every slurp of the noodles was pure enjoyment— {smooth} and completely seasoned.

Don’t count on charred and fatty slices of char siew right here, they serve your old-school selection— lean and meaty. The one and solely treasured piece of fried wanton was nothing to shout about. It simply offered a pleasant crispy factor to the plate.

Besides the noodles, the opposite star of the dish was the boiled wanton. The meat was remarkably tasty and the pores and skin was silky delicate.

I wasn’t having excessive hopes of the clear broth, however I used to be blown away after I had my first spoonful. It was clean-tasting and naturally candy. I wished an additional big bowl all to myself.

I used to be intrigued by the following dish, the Braised Soft Pork Ribs Noodles (S$5). It is a dish not generally seen at hawker stalls (no less than in my view).

It had about 5 items of soppy pork ribs, a mattress of high-quality noodles doused in the dead of night sauce combine with items of inexperienced veggies.

Describing the pork ribs as delicate can be an understatement. The meat was fall-of-the-bone tender and had fragrant flavours of the herbs that had been used within the braising liquid.

I simply popped the entire thing in my mouth and spat out the tiny items of soppy bone. Super satisfying!

I then moved on to the following dish, the Smoked Duck Roll (S$4.50 for five pcs). I used to be just a little disenchanted with the measly portion, which didn’t actually justify its worth. There had been 5 golden-brown items of rolls, served with a dollop of mayo. I’d have appreciated the rolls to have been bigger.

Despite ending every roll in 2 bites, the saving grace was its style. After my tooth sank by the crispy and paper-thin pores and skin, my style buds had been greeted by the smoky and creamy notes coming from the items of smoked duck (meat and fatty pores and skin included).

Dipping the rolls into the marginally candy mayonnaise lifted the expertise to a different degree. Simply divine!

The final dish I attempted was the Shredded Chicken Hor Fun (S$3.80). It had shreds of rooster, black mushrooms and inexperienced greens resting atop a pile of Ipoh-style skinny hor enjoyable. I requested a non-spicy model for this.

The hor enjoyable was ultra-smooth and had absorbed the delicate smoky notes of the darkish soya sauce combine. However, as a result of absence of chilli, the style of the Shredded Chicken Hor Fun paled as compared with the opposite 2 noodle dishes.

The mushrooms had tons of flavour jam-packed into its tiny physique, which created a celebration in my mouth after I popped them in.

The rooster shreds had been moist and tender whereas the inexperienced greens offered some hints of freshness in-between bites, decreasing the richness of the hor enjoyable.

Final ideas

The great-tasting noodles and wallet-friendly costs at HK Wanton Mee have transformed me to grow to be one among their common prospects.

I’m really appreciative that I discovered one other spot to get Malaysian-style noodles proper right here in Singapore. Keep them coming, I ain’t complaining!

Expected injury: S$4 – S$7.50 per pax

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