Sing Hi 辛海 is one of those coffeeshop stalls that we had only noticed whilst going around the HDB estate which the coffeeshop that houses it is situated in — the outlet which we had noticed and visited eventually is the one that is located within the recently revamped Kim San Leng coffeeshop at Blk 130 Jurong Gateway Road; we do know of another outlet which is operating out of Food City Eating House by Yue Hua in the East as well at 1550 Bedok North Avenue 4. Irregardless, the same coffeeshop which houses Sing Hi at Jurong East is also the same one which an outlet of Cheeky Bee Hoon is also located. Sing Hi’s signages claim that they are a brand “From The Old Market i” — something which we are unable to catch nor verify considering the haphazard way that it has been written; would probably be interesting to know of its history nonetheless. One thing for certain though is that their Jurong East coffeeshop stall is fairly easy to find — it occupies a unit around the corner with dual frontage; one side facing the walkway of the HDB block it is situated in, and the other side facing inwards into the coffeeshop; the signages facing into the coffeeshop being of a rather deep hue of blue. One thing that can be secure from the menu of Sing Hi is that the stall seems to emphasise quite a fair bit of Malaysian fare — the menu comprises of a Malaysian-style noodle dishes ranging from Traditional Lor Mee Hokkien Style, Traditional Prawn Noodle, Hakka Yong Tofu, and Handmade Noodle with Traditional Scallop Base Soup.

What prompted us to make a mental note to drop by Sing Hi after going past the stall on a random occasion was because we had noticed that the stall actually serves up Chicken Cutlet Ipoh Hor Fun; while Ipoh-style Hor Fun is something that is not too difficult to look for around the island, most variants coming with chicken would usually be served with shredded chicken — stalls that serve up fried chicken with their Ipoh-style Hor Fun like Amigo and Weng Kee (both at Changi Village Food Centre) are pretty much a rarity still. interestingly, the Chicken Cutlet Ipoh Hor Fun from Sing Hi is actually listed in their Traditional Lor Mee Hokkien Style section of the menu as the last item listed — this is for good reason. Digging into the Chicken Cutlet Ipoh Hor Fun, it starts to get increasingly obvious that the gravy used for the Ipoh Hor Fun itself does seem to at least include what they have used for their actual Lor Mee offerings — the gravy here is pretty much starchy like what one would have expected the consistency to be for the gravy that typically comes with Lor Mee; the flavours being lightly savoury without being overly complex not clouds the tastebuds. We personally loved it after adding a dash of the chili which they had provided on the side; basically lifts the gravy by adding a bright note that makes the gravy incredibly easy to have — all that without being particularly spicy and should work well even for those whom have low tolerance to spiciness. The chunks of fried chicken still had some crispy bits despite having absorbed some of the gravy; the chicken chunks being juicy and did not require much effort to chew through — great to have in the same way like how shark nuggets are just great accompaniments to Lor Mee. We opted or the small-sized version of the Chicken Cutlet Ipoh Hor Fun at $5 and found the portion to be appropriately-sized; Sing Hi also offers an upsized variant at $6.80 as well. Guess Sing Hi would probably be the spot for us to head to whenever we crave for Chicken Cutlet Ipoh Hor Fun in the future; definitely a more accessible location than Weng Kee at Changi Village to us for sure!

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