It has been quite some time since we had visited Amoy Street Food Centre during the weekday lunch hours — it does seem that there are quite a number of new tenants which had moved in to the both the lower and upper floors of the food centre since our previous visit. One of the latest additions to Amoy Street Food Centre would be 家尝面 Homemade Noodles — a new stall that can be found on the lower floor of the food centre. One can easily find locate the stall; it is situated beside Amoy Don; a stall that has been around Amoy Street Food Centre for a while that serves up locally-inspired Japanese rice bowls. As the namesake of the stall suggests, 家尝面 Homemade Noodles is a stall that specialises in noodles — whilst we were unable to catch them in action making the noodles from scratch since we visited 家尝面 Homemade Noodles right before the office crowd hits the food centre for lunch time, one would definitely notice the covered noodle maker that is placed on the counter-top; a position that can be said as pretty prominent for those whom are walking by the stall. Just like most stalls opened by hawkerpreneurs, the stall features a modern signage with an eye-catching blue background; there are only three items being listed on the menu at 家尝面 Homemade Noodles — the Signature Handmade Noodles, Fishball Handmade Noodles and the Dry Curry Chicken Handmade Noodles.

We aren’t too much of a fan of fishballs, while we were also pretty lazy to deal with the situation of having to deal with bone-in chicken chunks whilst having a bowl of noodles — we found ourselves going straight for the Signature Handmade Noodles without much hesitation. While the menu does not describe about the elements that came with the Signature Handmade Noodles, one is able to notice how the Signature Handmade Noodles comes with pork slices, pork lard, spinach, beansprouts, minced pork, half-boiled egg, spring onions and Ikan Bilis. Considering how 家尝面 Homemade Noodles does make their own noodles, there isn’t an option for patrons to pick across different types of noodles to be served with their order — the noodles come with a default option of their signature handmade noodles. This made for a rather interesting combination — while one would probably notice how the bowl comes with elements that is much akin to a bowl of minced meat noodles that is typically had with Mee Pok / Mee Kia, the noodles that come with the Signature Handmade Noodles are much closer to that of Ban Mian. Tossed in a dark sauce with a bit of chili oil, the entire mix of flavours did feel closer to dry tossed noodles that one might find in a Ban Mian / Fish Soup specialty store. That being said, the sauce does come with a rather piquant note — probably coming from the use of chili oil; whilst not being in any way spicy, did caught us a little off-guard considering how we accidentally choked on it. The noodles itself was definitely a highlight; they carried quite a good bite on its own; caught the savoury sauce pretty well. Amongst the other elements included, we really liked the crispy pork lard that wasn’t too greasy and delivered that crunch; the minced pork provided a meaty bite, though items that we weren’t too fond of included the pork slices that carried a noticeable porky stench, and the raw beansprouts. Still, a bowl of noodles that one could certainly feel the effort placed in the making of the handmade noodles — and a relatively affordable eat at $6.