When it comes to Science canteen, many will flock and queue for two stalls - the noodle stall and the chicken rice stall. As I always wanted to know which stall does their food better, and whether they're really worth the hype, my bf and I decided to buy the same thing from each stall and do a blind taste test. We ordered the wanton mee and requested for more char siew, more wantons and more vege; the noodle stall's (top) cost only $2.50, and the chicken rice stall's (bottom) came up to $5. However, the chicken rice stall's portion is really almost double that of the noodle stall's, with 8 wantons given as compared to 4.

We did 3 rounds of blind taste test, each on the noodles, char siew, and wantons. Surprisingly, we chose the same stall for each component and the clear winner goes to......

Chicken rice stall!!!

While both noodles had the alkaline aftertaste, the sauce from the chicken rice stall was more flavourful. The char siew was also more tender, as compared to the noodle stall's which were dry and doesn't exude the porky fragrance that the former has. Lastly, the wantons were bigger and more delicious due to the addition of chives and water chestnuts, while the noodle stall's were just plain pork which tasted flat.

However, this result may only apply to their wanton mee; I know of other noodle varieties from the noodle stall which are popular among the people too (:

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