Ho Seng Kee - 何成記 云吞面 (City Square)

The famous Restoran Ho Seng Kee in Taman Century had set up another branch near to the causeway in City Square mall, level 6. 

The price is alot higher than their shop at Taman Century, handmade egg noodle is still available here too 

Homemade Barley drink - slightly sweet, taste great

I ordered their dry wanton noodle with black sauce and chilies. The noodles are springy and texture are just nice. Quite generous with the cha siew and wantons   

After mixture look

Soup prawn dumpling noodle, egg noodle is used too in this version. Rather disappointing in the prawn dumplings. It is not as filling compare to other shops that selling wanton. Rather small prawns are used and mixed with pork. 

We ordered wanton soups, the wantons are filled with pork meat only instead of a mixture of ingredients. But taste the filling taste sweet nonetheless

Verdict: 3/5 

Quite expensive and the standard of the wantons & prawn dumplings does not justify the price.

YY Kafei Dian 喜园咖啡店 - Beach Road/Purvis Street

YY Kafei Dian 喜园咖啡店 - Beach Road/Purvis Street

A crowded and busy old school Hainanese coffee shop located right at the end of Purvis street.

Make your order for all food and drinks at the counter.

Range of old school breakfast on display: Assorted breads, donuts, sugar cookies and muffins.

Back to the 60's chinese coffeeshop setting

Kopi, thick toast and half-boiled eggs ($4.90) - Thick toast was soft and fluffy on the interior with generous spread of home-made kaya and a thick slice of butter.

Typical Hainanese breakfast of early days

Hainanese chicken Rice ($4.00) - Both the steamed white chicken and roasted chicken were tender and rice was fragrant yet not oily. Overall food was on the salty side.

Verdict: 3.5/5

YY Kafei Dian sells a wide selection of Hainanese food which are equivalent to our typical local food. Zi cha menu is available as well for evening crowds.

Address: 37 Beach Road #01-01 Singapore 189678 (10min walk from Bugis Mrt Station, opposite National Library, at the end of Purvis street)

Opening Hours: Everyday 8am till 1030pm 

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Ya Hwa Kway Teow 亚华粿條 Johor baru

亚华粿條

Within a few minutes walk from Johor City square, this little old school shop sell delicious noodle soup that one will come back for it again after trying it out for the 1st time. The shop only sell one type of noodle dish, you can only choose the noodle or whether dry or soup.

They use charcoal and stove for all the cooking which enhance the taste of the food

You get to choose the type of noodle that you like. Available for selection are Yellow noodle, Kway Teow and Vermicelli. For just RM 5, you get to enjoy this old school dish with ingredients like minced pork, pork meat and pork liver. The clear soup is light, tasty and not salty.

The Kway teow is silky smooth and its not very oily which you can just slurp it in your mouth. Nom Nom Nom. The ingredients are fresh and not stinky, even the liver are freshly cooked. The soup really enhance the taste of the kway teow. 

Vermicelli soup

Price: RM5, RM8, and RM16. 

RM5 gets you the basic ingredient. For RM16, you get to enjoy abalone!! 

Operation Hours: Daily 7:30am to 2:30pm (closed on Saturdays)

Verdict: 3.5 / 5

Fish Ball Noodle Kedai Makanan Sang Heng 甡兴 (Johor baru)

Kedai Makanan Sang Heng 甡兴

This small little shop have been around for many years already. They serve old school fish ball noodle.

Cooked by this old uncle, he is the master of cooking the noodle and its broth. All his ingredients are available just beside his stove. One by one, the uncle cooked with his both hands and the experience that he had accumulated throughout the years.

Lao Shu Fen soup - Musky soup with lots of ingredients such as Sliced fish cake, pork ball, fish ball, minced pork and prawns. Of course, pork lard are added in, if not where to find the old school taste? ! The soup is surprising tasty and nice. The fishballs are handmade, they are springy and at the same time enough to give me a solid feeling. Tingle of sweetness too. Pork balls are fresh and do not have the stinky aftertaste.

Dry version - Same ingredients used, sliced fish cake, pork ball, fish ball, minced pork and prawns

Although the dry version do not have the soup to enhance the taste, but the noodle and ingredients are already very tasty. The broth that are used to cook the noodle and ingredients must be super tasty to provide such a taste.

Address: 7 Jalan Tan Hiok Nee, Johor Bahru Town (next to OCBC JB branch)

Hours: Daily 7:00am to 1:00pm (closed on Saturdays)

Verdict 4 / 5

Price: RM 5

Nice old school feeling and flavour that i get to experience again which i cannot find that in Singapore anymore. Delicious noodle prepared by the uncle. I will come back again.

Long queue during weekends morning and the waiting time is very long.

搵到食 Wen Dao Shi Dim Sum

搵到食 Wen Dao Shi - Sims Avenue

Wen Dao Shi is a famous cantonese dim sum eatery at Geylang which is frequently filled up by dinner and supper crowds. 

Prawn Rice Roll 虾肠粉 ($3.80) - Rice roll was nice and smooth and comes with a special sauce which is not too sweet.

Big Prawn Dumpling ($4.80) -  As the name suggest, these dumplings was filled with large and juicy fresh prawns, wrapped with thin skin. 

Liu Sha Bao 流沙包 ($4) - Though it was written as liu sha bao on the menu, it was in fact an effortless mini bite-size custard bun which contain corn paste. There was no traces of salted egg yolk or butter taste and the filling was not oozing. The bun suits the children but not for those who are looking for flowy liu sha bao. Coffeeshop serves better custard bun.

Thai-style Fried Crab Dong Fen 干炒泰式 冬粉螃蟹 ($18) - One of the signature must order dish when you are here. Broth was fully absorbed by the glass noodles and it was full of garlic fagrance. Unlike usual Thai glass noodles which was stir fried with brown sauce and starchy, this version of crab glass noodles was one of the best i have tried that is less oily, not starchy and not sticking together towards the end. Crab was fresh and juicy too. The serving was just nice to be shared between 2 to 3.

I would certainly visit this dim sum eatery again as the selection is dim sum is very extensive and there is some popular items that I have yet to try. Do drop by early to avoid the supper crowd. 

Operating hour: Daily: 24 Hours


Verdict: 3.5 /5
Price: $16 per pax
Address: 126 Sims Avenue Singapore 387449

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