Tuesday, December 25, 2018

Xin Heng Hong Mushroom Minced Pork Noodle : a new found favorite

A friend told me about the Bak Chor Mee from this particular stall and it reminded him of the already closed Joo Heng Mushroom Minced Pork Mee at AMK 628 Food Centre when he first tried it. The stall is manned by an Auntie solely. She looked up while cooking and asked for my order. I told her that I wanted the larger portion of Mushroom Minced Pork Noodle ($3/$4) with additional braised mushroom and liver for $6. There were another 2 customers in front of me and both of them ordered the Pork Ribs Noodle ($3/$5). I decided to order a portion of Pork Ribs for $3 and I asked to have it served separately. There are also choices of Fishball Noodle ($2.50/$3.00) and Mini Pot Noodle ($4/$5). I opted to have it with mee pok. 

While waiting for my order to be ready, I said, "A friend recommended your Bak Chor Mee so I travelled from Ang Mo Kio to here. He mentioned that the liver is nicely cooked. Most stalls usually sliced it too thin and cooked it for too long so it is not nice." I asked, "What time do you usually closed?" She replied, "I usually close around 2 pm but often earlier on weekends." She also said, "I am here as early as 4 am to start the preparation so I can open at 7 am. My husband usually sends me here from Seng Kang and he will come over to fetch me when I am done." She continued to say, "This stall is handed down to me and it has been around for more than 20 years."


It tasted close to Joo Heng Mushroom Minced Pork Mee but not as saucy. I will try having it with extra chilli next time. The perfectly cooked noodles were served with minced meat, fishball, liver, braised mushroom and a handful of bean sprouts, topped it with some shredded lettuce and red leaf lettuce. My dining companion said, "Wow, they actually served it with the "atas" lettuce that normally uses for salad, this is quite unusual." He then took a mouthful, nodded his head and said, "This is nice." I particularly enjoyed the braised mushroom and liver. 


The pork ribs were soft and it was served with branched beansprouts. My dining companion said, "I took notice that most of their customers actually ordered the Pork Ribs Noodle when I was here the previous times."


It was also served along with a bowl of lightly flavored soup that garnished with chopped spring onions.


Though not as popular but this is definitely better than the Lai Heng Mushroom Minced Meat Noodle. The best thing is I do not have to wait for 45 minutes just to eat it. 


XIN HENG HONG MUSHROOM MINCED PORK NOODLE
Block 210 Toa Payoh Lorong 8 #01-19 Lorong 8 Toa Payoh Food Centre SINGAPORE 310210
Operating Hours: 7.00 am to 2.00 pm (Closed on alternate Tuesdays)

9 comments:

  1. the lettuce she randomly buy from Fairprice when she goes home. So don't expect atas lettuce next time

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    1. Ha, that's what i thought coz i didn't see it in your picture.

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    2. https://imgur.com/a/JnuvXnc
      Seems like hai ji fish soup next door still closed. There's a old school prawn noodle behind. Doesn't open on Sunday though. Better than the more famous 631-136 am store

      If you walk outside. There's a House of Durian by the corner. The soft serve is wickedly good. But expensive at $4.

      I left a message in the previous post. Icymi.

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    3. Hai Kee was closed when I was there last Sunday. There was a notice pasted on the shuttle door stating that they will re-open on 24 Dec if I remember correctly. I am likely to go by this week for the either the seafood soup or the prawn noodle and soft serve.

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    4. The prawn mee stall at #01-40 has already sold out when I was there at about 12 pm. There is also a Soon Lee Prawn Mee, any good? Managed to try Hai Kee Seafood and the durian soft serve, it is $5 now. Taste is quite solid though.

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  2. Shun li is the 6.31pm to 1.36am stall I was talking about. They now have two shifts. They were good twenty years ago. That time, they opened at 09:30 pm! But standard has dropped.

    Did you notice many stalls have hai ji for their names?

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    1. There is a nice Hai Kee Teochew Char Kuay Teow at Telok Blangah Crescent Food Centre. There is also Hai Kee Soya Sauce Chicken Rice.

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    2. Sorry. I mean in the same center. Anyway, the prawn noodles were almost sold out by 11 am today.

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  3. The changi hokkien mee on the same row also not bad. At least edible.

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