Geylang Abalone Chilli Noodles

[Bugis, Singapore 🇸🇬]

Superior Chilli Noodles 一品辣椒面 (S$13.80)
Mee Poh in less spicy version
Minced meat 肉碎 which the staff had just freshly cooked which looked chunky and tasted flavourful, abalone 鲍鱼, scallop 扇贝, bursting porkball 肉丸, pig’s skin 猪皮, fried tau kee roll 炸腐皮卷, sliced fish cake 鱼饼, crispy pork lard topped the noodle. Accompanied with a bowl of milky broth.

Geylang Abalone Chilli Noodles 芽笼鲍鱼辣椒面
Address 🛖 : Broadway Food Court, 1 Rochor Canal Road, # B1-08/09 Sim Lim Square, Singapore 🇸🇬 188504
MRT 🚇 : Rochor (DT13) Downtown Line

This was very much something that we managed to find whilst scrolling through social media — got to learn about this establishment named Geylang Abalone Chilli Noodles via their social media accounts. These folks are actually situated in the basement of Sim Lim Square; occupying a stall in the Broadway Food Court there, Geylang Abalone Chilli Noodles takes over the stall that was formerly occupied by the generically named “Fishball Minced Meat Noodle” that has since become Sim Lim Square Bak Chor Mee at Lengkok Bahru (or perhaps better known as JJ Lin’s favourite minced meat noodles that he brought Jay Chou to). With the stall sporting an eye-catching signage and also being situated rather near to the entrance of the food court nearest to the carpark, Geylang Abalone Chilli Noodles should be fairly easy to locate. Whilst Geylang Abalone Chilli Noodles is a stall that seems to offer items that are of almost the same nature as what one would expect out of a stall specialising in local-style minced meat noodles, it is worth noting that Geylang Abalone Chilli Noodles does take its very own approach in the dishes that they serve up. There is certainly a hipster approach to how they take things here, with the menu seemingly being focused on their Signature Chilli Noodles; also the most basic item that they offer, though the most outlandish creation that they have to offer would be the Prosperity Abalone Noodles that comes with an abundance of abalone at $26.80. Apart from their individually-sized noodle dishes, Geylang Abalone Chilli Noodles also do serve up side dishes like their Sibei HOH Porkball Soup and Fried Tau Kee Roll for those intending to share a side around the table.

One thing that is well noted about the various noodle offerings at Geylang Abalone Chilli Noodles is how they are essentially all chili noodle dishes — the dishes mostly differ in the condiments that they come with. Whilst the Signature Chili Noodles is the most basic offering that they have that is observed to have come with pork lard, braised mushrooms, minced pork, Fried Tau Kee Roll, fish cake and pig skin, it is the Geylang Abalone Chilli Noodles (named after the namesake of the stall) that actually comes with Abalone and a single porkball on top of everything else that comes with the Signature Chili Noodles. For our order of the Geylang Abalone Chilli Noodles, we went with the noodle option of Mee Pok, though the stall offers Mee Kia, Yellow Noodles, Mee Tai Mak (more on this later as well); all orders of noodles also do come accompanied with a bowl of soup too. Giving our Mee Pok a toss before digging in, it does turn out that the chili noodles aren’t exactly the usual Mee Pok that one would find at typical minced meat / fishball noodle stalls. This was actually closer to that of KL-style Chili Pan Mee; the chili coming with a deeper, earthier kick of flavours with a fiery kick that was just so good. We did later find out the best choice of noodles to go with the chili noodles here was actually the Mee Tai Mak when we made a separate order for the Signature Chili Noodles — the chili oil being lacquered around then noodles provided an added shiok-ness whilst coming with a punchier note of spiciness that should tickle the tastebuds even for those whom are tolerable to moderate levels of spiciness. The sheer fact that the noodles all came with minced meat and strips of black fungus also brings the version with Mee Tai Mak closer to that of JB-style Mee Tai Mak as well.

Each of the elements are all well-executed in their own right; the Fried Tau Kee coming all crisp without being limp nor greasy, and came with fish paste with for a bouncy bite, while the pork lard was also crisp without feeling as though it was coated with a layer of oil on the outside. The abalone was not too rubbery and was actually juicy, though the clear winner for us was the porkballs — these were pretty much bouncy, broth-filled pork balls with broth that instantly squirts in the mouth as one chews on them with its savoury goodness. The accompanying bowl of soup the felt clean in its flavours and really refreshing, though one can also taste hints of sweetness of corn that does seem to help reset the tastebuds considering the heavier savoury flavours of the bowl of noodles. Prices of the offerings at Geylang Abalone Chilli Noodles do vary quite wildly depending on which bowl one goes for — the priciest bowl here costs $26.80 as mentioned above; there are also variants that are priced at $13.80 being the Supreme Chili Noodles as well. Whilst all these do sound pretty ambitious and basically being bowls that mostly focus on serving up an onslaught of “premium” ingredients at a mark up, the more basic items such as the Signature Chili Noodles and the Geylang Abalone Chilli Noodles are priced at $5.80 and $9.80 respectively. The latter does seem to be a little high-priced, though we still feel that it is rather worth the price point considering what has been included and the way all the elements are executed. Hoping that these guys would be able to maintain their standards or further improve their recipes in the long run — these folks are pretty much off a good start based on what we have experienced during our visit. Will be looking forward to be back for their Mee Tai Mak since we are likely to crave for it again — also wishing these folks on the best in what is to come!