Hjh Maimunah Mini (Tampines Mall)

With a diverse foodie culture, we have no lack of options in the hawker centre, from your local hawker heroes to novel overseas concepts. I will always fall back on my comfort food and one of them has got to be the nasi padang, a rice dish with your selected accompanying sides. One such place that I usually patronise will be HJH Maimunah, a legendary brand that was awarded the Michelin Bib Gourmand for consecutive years. My usual order will always be a protein of fried chicken or chicken gulai, sambal goreng and another dish of either sayur lodeh, bergedil or ikan bilis with tempeh goreng. A comforting plate that will surely hit you with the food coma thereafter.

I ordered begedil, ikan bilis and kacang, sambal goreng and Bean sprouts (towgay) with rice.

While I’m a fan of Hjh Maimunah and this review might be biased 😬 In any case, I did have a 50-50 experience to this meal.

Let’s start with the good: I loved the begedil. It was slightly crispy (though it could be crispier) on the outside and tender on the inside. When I took a bite it was packed with flavour likely from the spices. Definitely worth adding to any nasi padang! The ikan bilis was not as crispy so that was a tad sad. The sambal goreng could have been a little spicer but i’m not complaining.

The bad: the most disappointing was the towgay which was quite bitter - mmmm. I wonder if anyone had a similar experience 🤔

Regardless, there’s so much to choose. I would recommend to mix and match but watch out for the towgay!

Mine will usually be the ayam goreng bumbu, sayur lemak lodeh and sambal goreng. On days when I feel like pampering myself, I will add a begedel. On a side note, do you know that there’s a HJH Maimunah in Tampines? Even though this is a mini concept, it still has a wide variety of dishes and kuehs for you to choose from.
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✨ HJH Maimunah Mini
📍 4 Tampines Central 5, Tampines Mall Kopitiam, Unit 04-27/28/29, Singapore 529510
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