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Roadside shophouse unit, spacious and airy. Just a 10min walk from Dakota MRT.

Sambal Promfet ($40): Huge, sufficient portion for the 5 of us. Fish was fresh with a nicely crisp exterior, and generously topped with this delicious sambal. Sambal was the highlight, we kept eating it with the rest of the dishes.
Crab Beehoon ($48): Decently sized whole crab, with sweet and plump flesh. Beehoon was rich and intense, but became slightly surfeiting towards the end.
Tofu w/ Crabmeat ($12): Tofu was good, and the gravy made it better with lump of crabmeat.
Sweet Potato Leaf ($10), Spinach w/ Trio Egg ($12): Nice, but not great. Had better in plenty other places.
Fried Rice ($6): Average, but portion was amazing for the price.
Homemade Prawn Roll ($10): Meaty and bursting with juices. This was nice.

Opened in June 2013 by the Red Ginger Group, this casual eatery is known for their delicious Malay-Peranakan dishes, and typically attracts queues during meal times.
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Their rendition has springy rice vermicelli noodles, crisp garlic chives, crisp bean sprouts, spongy tofu puffs, and bouncy hard boiled chicken egg, with grainy vegetal herbal eggy sweet savoury flavour.
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The gravy is thin and mellow, with mild savoury sweet zesty sour tangy spice flavour, with a slight kick from added lime juice.
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The unique addition is otah, the tender soft spiced fish paste having a smoky savoury salty spice flavour.
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Mee Siam
Rumah Sayang
@ Jem, 50 Jurong Gateway Road #B1-41
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More details:
https://ivanteh-runningman.blogspot.com/2025/07/best-of-singapore-hawkers-mee-siam.html

Diligently serving delicious plates 24 hours a day since the 1980s, their rendition is beloved for the springy al-dente rice vermicelli noodles with grainy sweet flavour, and the thin yet enticing gravy with sour zesty tangy sweet spice flavour.
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The crisp garlic chives, spongy tofu puffs, crisp bean sprouts, and bouncy hard boiled chicken egg, lend vegetal herbal sweet grainy savoury eggy flavour.
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Fresh lime is squeezed over for added kick, while crushed peanuts lend a firm crunch and nutty flavour.
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Mee Siam
401 Nyonya Mee Siam
@ 401 Hougang Avenue 10 #01-1158
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More details:
https://ivanteh-runningman.blogspot.com/2025/07/best-of-singapore-hawkers-mee-siam.html

It’s the first time I’m having this style of steam fish head with fermented soy bean & crispy pork lard . I love it. The size of the fish head is generous and fresh

9 November 2024

From Five Star HK Style Handmade Dim Sum
Another item to return for, deep fried prawn dumplings and slice fish congee.
Both felt like comfort food.

From Five Star HK Style Handmade Dim Sum
Addictive plate of crispy fried radish cake.
Highly recommended item.

The porridge had wok hey. Although there is no meat, the porridge still had umami. They fried it with dried shrimps, dried squid and yam. Very unique in in SG. Recommend to try again.

We ordered Mellben Crab Meat Fried Rice ($15 small) and this was such a pleasant surprise. The golden fried rice was packed with wok hei and egg fragrance, and it came with a generous serving of crab meat. For $15, I think it was a good deal.

The French Beans with Minced Meat ($20 small) was very good - the minced meat and dried shrimps was very fragrant and the french beans were fried well - couldn’t stop eating this.

The Stir-Fried Wagyu Black Pepper Beef ($30 small) was not bad but I think it was not worth the price point.

The Crab Claypot Vermicelli Soup was still as good as I remembered it to be! The soup was full of flavour and umami, and it was so satisfying to slurp down all that goodness with the vermicelli. The crab was also big and fleshy. Although this was quite expensive ($103 for 1kg plus), thankfully the taste did not let down.