Fat mama
B1 - 06A

I love supporting new stalls - especially so when you can tell that the stall owners are first time food operators. I find that they tend to put more “ feelings” and care into food preparation and you’d be able to taste more of what michael Pollan calls the “ handtaste”.

Having concluded a meeting at raffles and just early enough before the mad crowd rushes in , I found this new stall called Fat mama. If I remember correctly , this stall has changed hands so many times - from frozen yoghurt to pastas and now - local food .

Craving for a good bowl of mee siam and that I didn’t want to pay through my nose through it in this expensive part of town , the 3.50 price tag was too alluring to ignore .

So after cross examining whether the owners used pre packed Mee siam paste and whether they use microwave - I was happy to place my order 😊 ( because I detest pre packed gravies and I detest microwaves ).

From the first look of the Mee siam , I fell in love with it . No watery sauce Nor thick layer of chilli oil floating above my Mee siam .

Served piping hot , the Mee siam had a powerful punch in flavour and a good tangy- ness from the tamarind and a smooth richness from the Tau Cheo ( you could still see beans floating in the rich gravy ).

My only complaint is that styrofoam bowls were used 😰 which is both a health hazard and an environmental hazard. The other thing that I didn’t particularly like were the Tau Pok puffs because they had a slight stale oil smell to them.

Then again , I would still say that this is a pretty good bow of Mee siam overall .

I would love to try the gado gado someday because the owners claim that their sauce is the Indonesian style type and is very very very good .