$3.80 Char siew CCF
- Not my favourite handmade ccf skin. Tastes sweet somehow. Slightly thicker than what I would prefer.
- Sauce is okay, but don't quite like the chilli

$3.80 Lontong CCF
- Sounds very interesting but can't say I like it
- Comes with long beans, cabbage, carrots and legit lontong sauce

NOTES:
- New shop with a queue

PRICE:
$4 dumplings (15pc)
$4 Dan Dan Mian
$5 Zha Jiang Mian
All nett pricing

WAITING TIME: Went during off peak hour, we were the only diners so it took under 5 minutes

REMARKS:
- Noodles texture is very interesting, not your usual la mian. Looks like the thin version of korean jjajangmyeon noodles and almost as chewy.
- We both didn't like the Zha Jiang Mian. The seasoning was too strong and not well balanced.
- Dan Dan Mian was nicer but not your usual DDM with peanut sauce. One would think this is just a Spicy Mala Noodles with minced meat.
- Dumplings are nice and super cheap!
- Drinks here are cheap, around $1+
- Coffeeshop plastic chairs, no music, no ambience, but cheap!

WILL WE RETURN? Will not specially return but may pop by for cheap dumplings if we are nearby.

PRICE: $6

WAITING TIME: ~ 5 min on a weekday around 1.15pm

REMARKS:
- Pork chop does resemble the one at DTF
- Fried rice is cooked with the short grain pearl rice
- Fried rice wasn't well seasoned so we added soy sauce and it tasted better after
- Compared to DTF, it's half the price but more than half as good
- Compared to KOFR, mmmm...this slightly loses out to KOFR which is more similar to DTF. But service and waiting time is better here for sure.

PRICE: $4.50

WAITING TIME: ~ 5 mins on a weekday at 1.15pm

REMARKS:
- First thought: 'Skippy peanut butter...?'
- Strong taste of peanut butter
- Comes with minced pork meat and cabbage
- Noodles texture is very nice
- Portion is decent
- Tastes nicer when you add their chilli sauce (the DTF style chilli sauce)

PRICE: $3

WAITING TIME: About 5 mins on a weekday at 1.15pm

REMARKS:
- Noodles texture is soooo good
- Generous portion
- Taste wise, not exactly like the scallion oil noodles we know of. The scallion taste is hardly noticeable. There's a subtle vinegar taste which is usually not present in scallion oil noodles.

PRICE:
$4.50/$5.50 dry wanton mee

WAITING TIME:
Not crowded on a weekday 7pm so we got a table immediately and food was served within 5 minutes

REMARKS:
- The larger bowl comes with 5 wantons
- Noodles taste as good as ever. Not your usual wanton mee noodles.
- We both felt the chilli doesn't taste as spicy as before. Pity. No kick.
- Portion is okay

PRICE: $8.90 + service charge
No GST

WAITING TIME: Got a table for two immediately when we reached past 8.30pm on a weekday. Food arrived 6 minutes after ordering. 👍

REMARKS:
- Different type of noodles from the Bún bò Huế. This is thinner.
- Soup wise, the Bún bò Huế is a lot more flavourful
- Came with a lot of ingredients
- Very generous portion

WILL WE RETURN? YES. Under $20 for two bowls of authentic vietnamese noodles in town is a pretty good deal.

PRICE: $8.90 + service charge
No GST

WAITING TIME: Got a table for two immediately when we reached past 8.30pm on a weekday. Food arrived 6 minutes after ordering. 👍

REMARKS:
- Small space, better suited for dining in pairs
- Very Viet vibes (music, staff, decor)
- FOOD IS GOOD
- Finished every bit of this bowl that tasted so authentic
- Beef is slightly tough
- Customised mine such that there's no bean sprouts

WILL WE RETURN? YES. Under $20 for two bowls of authentic vietnamese noodles in town is a pretty good deal.

PRICE: $6.50 for medium

WAITING TIME: 10 mins on a Monday evening
(They open from 6.30pm)

REMARKS:
- Not very good social distancing here. Very cramped. Not possible to sit 1 metre apart from the table behind and in front of you.
- Noodles portion for medium is really quite sad. Less noodles than what you'll get for a $3 or $3.50 bowl at any coffeeshop.
- Herjiao quality has improved greatly from last time
- Still no match for the previous Songkee, tbh. The only thing that's better is the significantly shorter waiting time.

PRICE: $4/5

WAITING TIME: >5 min on a Sat morning

REMARKS:
- Interesting cook who wears a cowboy hat
- Very thick and long strips of carrot cake
- Good for those who love chyepoh but we both found it a little too much (we finished the carrot cake but there was a bed of chyepoh left)

PRICE: $3.50

WAITING TIME: There's always a queue during lunchtime. But we went late at 2pm on a weekday so it was only a 5-min waiting time.

REMARKS:
- WOK HEI GAO GAO
- The wok hei was no joke. Which also meant I was very busy picking out the many many bits of char away.
- Moist and super flavourful
- Comes with pork lard, chinese sausage, fishcake
- We opted for no bean sprouts and no cockles

WILL WE RETURN? Have been eating this quite a number of times!

PRICE: $3

WAITING TIME: Queued for half an hour on a Monday at 1pm

REMARKS:
- Sheng mian soup's soup was more flavourful than the small bowls of soup accompanying the dry sheng mian
- Found the mian fen guo too thick for our liking
- *Favourite* Sheng mian dry: flavourful seasoning, comes with big prawn and bits of pork meat, texture of noodles was really nice and special -- not your usual soft 'you mian'
- They are open on Mondays!

WILL WE RETURN? Definitely. $3 for this lovely bowl of noodles is so worth it.