Song Fa Bak Kut Teh - Chinatown Point

Opening its 5th branch at the Chinatown Point, Song Fa Bak Kut Teh have made their cuisine easily accessible to the locals and tourists. Public transport such as MRT and bus are just nearby and thus this location draws the office crowd from CBD too. I rushed to queue during my lunch break in order to avoid the lunch crowd. Luck is on my side as i manage to have a table within 5 minutes. 

Well, Song Fa Bak Kut Teh has been around for such a long time, they even managed to attract tourists to visit their shops. Since previously I did not have a chance to try their food, so I decided to drop by and decide for myself if it is good.

The place is packed with customers during lunch time, i guess it will be much worse during dinner time!

Have a look at the menu

From main dishes to braised dishes to side dishes and drinks, you will be able to see what they have to offer at a glance 

Lots of waiters and waitresses can be seen, hence it is easy to catch their attention

Homemade Barley ($1.80) - Sweetness is just right. The barley are nearly mashed up, hence it is much more easier to drink with the straw 

Chili and dark soy sauce are provided

Braised Pig's Intestines ($6.50) - At a glance, it does not really look delicious, but after I took a bite, my mind really blew off. I am bewildered by how clean the intestines are washed, absolutely no intestine smell at all. The intestines are well marinated and braised, the sauce can be tasted when you chew at the intestine. Braised sauce is savoury but not overwhelming. Highly recommended to order!

Premium Loin Ribs ($9.50) - Wow, this is really an expensive premium dish. The meat is very tender, easily to separate the meat from the bones. Well marinated and tasty too. The soup is very peppery and taste of garlic and peppers. However, the broth lack of the sweetness from the meat which is what I am looking for. I am really disappointed with it. This is just a dish which the ribs and the soup are prepared separately. Totally no fusion at all.   

Remember  to return the wet tissue if you do not require it, it will be deducted off your bill

There are 2 queues which are operating simultaneously, one is located at the front door while the other queue is located in the shopping mall itself. I will suggest to queue inside the shopping mall since there is air conditioner compared to the front door queue. 

Queue inside shopping mall

Verdict: 3.5 /5

The taste of the food is fairly usual, I do not feel that there is any "wow" factor. Although the pig's intestines and the loin ribs are good, it somehow lack the flavour that I am looking for.

Service provided by the staff is prompt and courteous, i am surprised since they appeared to be very busy and chaotic at times. Good job there!

Considering the price of the food sold here, I find it abit steep. Overall, I may not come back here again. Recommend for first timer only.

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Outram Park Fried Kway Teow Mee

Outram Park Fried Kway Teow Mee

The rumored best Fried Kway Teow Mee in Singapore can be found in here at Hong Lim Food Center. There are quite alot of local delicacies which can be found here and is a very busy area during weekdays as most offices are located nearby. I visited the stall during a Saturday around 11am, but the queue is already quite long. Waiting time for my food took about 5-10mins which is quite reasonable. There is a lady taking down orders so as to shorten the waiting time.   

The fried kway teow which i observed, are cooked separately per order. All the eggs and noodles although are cooked together right at the start, but per portion of it will be cooked accordingly to the order. Hence, i must say this really take skills and good judgement of the heat so that the noodle wont be burned

With just cockles, noodles, bean sprouts, lots of garlic, lard, sweet soy sauce, chilli and some special sauces, such a wonderful dish is created. There are no chinese sausage or fish cakes served by this stall. The noodles are moist and eggy. You can find more lots of eggs covering the noodle. I like such a texture and it is sure additive. The sweet sauce is apply just at the right amount so that it wont be overly sweet. I really love it.

Verdict: 4 / 5

Price: $3, $4, $5

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New Soon Huat Bak Kut Teh 新順發肉骨茶

 新順發肉骨茶

New outlet jjust recently pop up here at Serangoon road. It is crowded when i reached here at a public holiday night. Lots of people are waiting for table or their food. Hence i decided to try out the bak kut teh here.

Delicious You Tiao ($1) and iced Ai yu ($2.20 Honey jelly) - You Tiao are fresh and chewy when eat it original, when soak in Bak Kut Teh soup, it quickly soften and absorb the soup quickly. Really love it.

Iced Ai Yu, abit sweet and sliced of the honey jelly can be found and drink through the straw 

Traditional Bak Kut Teh ($6) - This version of Bak Kut Teh is Cantonese style which is the herbal side. Trace of pepper can be found when drinking the soup. You can find gou qi zi, golden mushrooms, Tau Kee, a few pieces of sliced Pork liver and pork. Surprising thing is that the pork served are loin instead of pork rib which i preferred. Overall taste, faint herbal taste, the soup is tasty since the broth are cooked by using pork. Other than that, i do not find anything special. Oh, free flow of soup too upon request.

Dry version of Bak Kut Teh ($7) - Surprised that i can find a dry version which i wonder how am i suppose to eat. Instead of using lots of broth to cook the pork, soy sauce and lesser amount of broth are used to cook the meat. With the additional of dry chili and lady fingers, the dry Bak Kut Teh is alot more spicy, abit sweet due to the soy sauce and heavy after taste. It is nice to have that dark sauce to eat it with white rice, really make the plain white rice alot nicer. Again, i did not see my pork rib being used or serve in this version. Really disappointing. Fried sliced ginger are sprinkled on top of the Bak Kut Teh. 

 Sesame ginger chicken ($6) - I really like this dish alot. Very tasty and delicious. Sliced ginger and chucks of chicken meat are dump into the claypot and cooked with dark soy sauce, making the broth of this dish very appetizing. I like it especially because of the well cook chicken meat and the sauce which goes incredibly well.  

Operation Hours:

11am-11pm daily

Contact number: +65 62843717

Verdict: 3 / 5

I feel that the food here is generally normal, maybe for the exception of a surprise element in the dry version of Bak Kut Teh which lasted for awhile and cost $1 more because it is special and the better tasting Sesame ginger chicken. Hence the rating of the food is at the normal range. I still prefer the sesame ginger chicken that Bak Kut Teh.

Service here is slow and very slow. The reason of the long queue is because there is a shortage of staffs serving the customers, tables are left unclean with bowls and left over all over the tables. Only when big groups of customers swam in then the tables are cleared. Food serving time is slow too, maybe it is due to the time taken to cook individual pot of Bak Kut Teh?? Well, i am not sure of that. 

Price is at the acceptable range, $6 for a bowl of Bak Kut Teh is abit higher than normal compare to what you can find in a hawker centre. But there are no GST and service charge, hence it is still reasonable.

I do not think i will come back again. Unless under special circumstances. 

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Hua Kee Rojak and BBQ Seafood - Pasir Panjang Food Centre

Hua Kee Rojak and BBQ Seafood

If you have been t Pasir Panjang food center, you should have known that there are alot of stalls selling seafood. Hence, i am recommending this particular stall, Hua Kee. There are lots of variety of seafood to choose from, stingray to clams to fish to prawns. The food is especially tasty compare to the rest. Recommend all to try.

Mee Goreng ($10) - Hmm, if you have eaten this before, you know that typical mee goreng are just spicy and dry, sometimes you can just taste the strong yellow mee taste. However, this is actually taste sweet and spicy, abit of limey taste which enhance the Mee goreng flavours. Whats more, seafood mee goreng!!! Seafood such as prawns and squids are cooked together. The dish is big enough for 2-3 person to share.

Ngoh Hiang, Wu Xiang, ($10) - At first i thought it will be like the shape of what others are seling, round small circle shape of Ngoh Hiang. But it turn out to be big and cut into a oval shape. The Ngoh Hiang consist of various meats like minced pork and prawn and vegetables and other ingredients, which are then rolled inside a beancurd skin and deep-fried. It is served with in house-special sweet sauce. 

Just by eating this alone is already very delicious. The meat is well marinated and juicy. Dipped into the sweet sauce to try out different combination between the ngoh hiang and the sauce.

BBQ Stingray ($10) - Hot, hot and hot!! Very spicy chili sauce on top of the BBQ stingray. However, i still like it alot. The stingray is juicy and not over cooked. Dipped in their sweet and sour sauce to reduce the spiciness if you cant take so spicy food.  

Verdict: 3 / 5

Price: $10 onwards

This is one of the popular food center for seafoods and after work dinner place. Alot of variety of food selection for you can be found from this stall. I especially like the food here although it maybe a bit expensive if you are eating alone. Come with some friends and share this wonderful food.

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Mei Heong Yuen Dessert 味香园甜品 - (Chinatown)

Mei Heong Yuen Dessert  味香园甜品

I happened to drop by Chinatown for CNY shopping then i saw this stall located in the newly revamped Chinatown point, hence i went to try the dessert. Mei Heong Yuen had a total of 3 stalls opened in Singapore which is rather encouraging and show that they are doing quite well. The other stalls are at Temple street and Ion orchard basement level 4.

Full house and alot of people are waiting for seats. 

Caller given to customer to inform them for collection of their dessert once they are ready

Top Right - mango Sago

Top Left - Yuen yang, Peanut + Sesame 

Bottom - Water Chestnut + corn 

Tel: 6538 3892   

Operating Hours: 11:00 am to 10:00 pm daily

Verdict: 3.5 / 5

Price: $3

Great dessert, must try if you drop by.

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