冰馆 Ice Monster @ Plaza Singapura

After movies, I was feeling really famished. Din know where to eat and ED suggested just finding a place to have dinner at Plaza Singapura. In the end I decided to have Zha Jiang Mian (Braised Minced Pork Noodles) at Ice Monster (located at the basement)

We ordered 2 bowls of Zha Jiang Mian, a plate of Gyozas (6 pcs) and a bowl of fresh fruits with shaved ice.

We waited for quite some time before the noodles came. The food totally disappoint us. Noodles were cold and the sauce was really diluted. It wasn’t nice at all.

The gyozas hadn’t arrived even after we had finished our noodles. When it finally came, it doesn’t taste nice either. Filling is really little and it was too oily.

Finally our shaved ice was here. We ordered the mixed fruit shaved ice that comprised of strawberries, kiwis and mangoes cubes on top of the ice. Only the mangoes tasted sweet. The other 2 fruits are simply too sourish.

Overall, the food wasn’t nice at all. Don’t think we would go back there again.

Zha Jiang Mian – Braised Bean Sauce Noodles?

Bak Chor Mee again? No… it’s Zha Jiang Mian or Braised Bean Sauce Noodles.

 

I was craving for this ever since Tues. Well, actually on Tues, Hyacinthus and I went to this Sichuan restaurant (Chuan Jiang Hao Zi Steamboat Restaurant) at Chinatown and we ordered a bowl of Zha Jiang Mian each. However when it was served, it doesn’t look like Zha Jiang Mian to me. Looks more like Bak Chor Mee but the soupy version. Furthermore, the noodles looks to me like instant noodles instead of those that’s normally handmade.

Anyway, I had very delicious Zha Jiang Mian today from Long Xi Zhong Hua Xiao Chi. Their pan-fried gyozas and dumplings are very delicious too. But I did not order them today as I don’t think I could finish so much food alone.

Long Xi Jing Hua Xiao Chi
173 Telor Ayer Street S(068622)
(Near to Tanjong Pagar MRT Station)
Tel: 6324 3588

Opening Hours: 11.30 am to 3.00 pm

Bak Chor Mee

Not really a great fan of Bak Chor Mee (Minced Meat Noodles) but ED was raving about how nice the noodles were from this stall in Ang Mo Kio. So we decided to have our lunch there.

When we reached there, a long queue was seen forming from the stall. ED told me to sit down while he queued for our food. Took him 35 mins later to place his orders and get the food. I was starving by the time he came back with the noodles on the serving tray.

A standard serving cost $2.50. If you want a bigger serving, it’s $3.

The noodles comes drenched in this dark soya braised mushroom sauce and very spicy chilli paste. I can’t take spicy stuff so I had the soupy version while ED ordered the dry version that comes with the sauce and chilli. I like the soup. It’s full of favour and a strong taste of the pork bones. Each bowl of noodles comes with minced meat, sliced meat, braised mushrooms slices and pork liver slices. ED hates pork liver so he asked the stall owner to exclude that for his order.

Joo Heng Mushroom Minced Pork Mee
Yio Chu Kang Market and Hawker Centre
Blk 628 Ang Mo Kio Ave 4 #01-04

Parklane Fried Wanton Noodles House

This is ED’s fav fried wanton noodles stall. He had been frequenting this stall since his secondary school days. He told me that at that time this stall was located in a coffeeshop at Parklane shopping centre. Due to increasing stall rentals, the stall owner moved to its current location at Sunshine Plaza. The vacant stall at the coffeeshop was taken over by the coffeeshop owner and he started selling similar wanton noodles. Some people who do not know that the authentic Parklane Fried Wanton Noodles stall had moved, continued to patronise the stall operated by the coffeeshop owner.

From one outlet at Sunshine Plaza, it expanded to a few outlets around Singapore. Another one is located at Boon Tat Street.

Quite alot of celebrities patronise this wanton noodles stall. You can see that from the pictures of the various celebrities posing with the owner being displayed on the shop glass window.

Fried Wanton Noodles. I only like the fried wanton but not the noodles as I find that it had too strong an alkaline taste for my liking.

Fried Wanton. $2 per plate. Very thin wanton skin with so little meat inside that you can hardly taste it. But i like the crispyness of this fried wanton. Some people might complain that there is too little filling in the wanton but to me, I find that it’s just nice.

The stall not only sells fried wanton noodles but also char siew rice, pork cutlet rice, chicken cutlet rice and fish cutlet rice. The Sunshine Plaza outlet also sells assorted double boiled soup.

Chicken cutlet rice

Overall I would say the food is ok. Prefer the rice than the noodles. And the double boiled soup is favourful too.

Parklane Zha Yun Tun Mee House

91 Bencoolen Street,
Sunshine Plaza #01-53/85
Tel: 68359212
Hours
11am – 8pm

21 Boon Tat Street
Singapore 069620
Hours
10am – 4pm (Mon – Fri)
Closed on Sat and Sun

Fried Hokkien Prawn Mee

Used to love eating fried hokkien prawn noodles till I developed severe allergies to prawns that I had no choice but to give it up. There is this stall at Tanglin Halt Hawker Centre which sells very very very nice and delicious fried hokkien prawn noodles.

The pic of this plate of noodles was taken at Suntec’s Food Republic. Verdict is… the Tanglin Halt one is much better than this one.