Joo Chiat Beef Noodles

One of the few stores open on a Monday night. Got the Mixed Beef Noodles (Soup) at the $6 portion, and was pleasantly surprised by the generous servings of meat. The rice noodles were also springy with a firm bite, couldn't help but slurp it up until I finished the noodles before the meat! Broth leans towards Chinese-style, might try the dry version next time.

Incredible!

Despite the colour looking like your normal gravy, the flavour is completely different. It's not herbal at all, rather there's an intense thick sweet umami, with almost a little bit of funk, I'm guessing fermented bean curd?

And while the chili doesn't work w the soup ingredients, it works well w the strong gravy here, coming thru despite the flavourbomb of a gravy

So, so good. Must try

Soup is quite unique, a very clean broth that doesn't taste quite like any beef broth I've had, cos the sweetness is minimal but it's still powerful. Today, maybe because we came as soon as they opened, the pepper taste is way too strong.

All of the toppings were cooked V well. Rice noodles were great too

Chili is quite strong and doesn't rlly work w the toppings

The best clear hainanese broth Ive had. Insanely complex, beefy, and deep