L32 Handmade Noodles (Geylang)

Noodles have a nice texture, it’s slightly softer than al dente but still has a bite. I like this but it’s considered soft for the true al dente standard. Tastes a bit like pasta?? It’s rather smooth and kinda slippery. Portions here are p large.

Dark sauce is fine, tasty enough - not sure if there’s lard but it’s not very oily. Sliced pork is lean, not v tender, some pieces were kinda tough. Minced pork was softer. Ikan bilis was crunchy, shallots fragrant.

Egg drop soup was tasty!! Not salty. Overall, enjoyed my bowl of noodles, it’s quite shiok when piping hot. Compared to my fav penang heng heng, this feels more like an everyday option, as it’s not as lardy and noodles are not as thick and filling.

I have been eating this almost once every month for awhile now, but still not sick of it! This is the kind of the comfort that is so good that I do not mind eating it often! My typical orders here are the banmian soup/dry with meatball! On this visit however, we wanted to get the meehoonkueh soup version for the other bowl, but somehow the orders were not taken properly and we got a banmian soup instead (their staff communication seems to have a lot of issues, as other customer also seemed to have got their orders wrong too ohwell).

But anw, L32 has opened a new stall at Aljunied market area at 118 Aljunied Ave 2! They are located at the second floor foodcourt (above sheng shiong)! This foodcourt is air conditioned and there is much more space (shorter queue it seems too)! So if you will like to try this, head to their newer outlet instead of the original outlet at Lorong 32 Geylang (long queue, long wait, not enough seats, non-airconditioned, table dining along the road)

Hand-torn mee hoon kueh tossed in a savoury dark sauce with pork slices, minced pork, vegetables and umami fried anchovies. I always go for the dry version for its flavourful sauce and the addition of chilli helps balance out the sweetness and adds some spicy kick to it. Be prepared to wait at least 30mins during peak meal hours 》$5.80

Other than the usuals, they also serve a variety of toppings/combinations ranging from 🐷 pork, 🐔 chicken, fishball, meatball, 🦐 prawn, 🐟 sliced fish and clam. Other choices of noodles include ban mian, U-mian, bee hoon and mee sua.

Ordered some ngoh hiang to snack and feed my stomach while waiting for my L32 handmade noodles from the same coffee shop. The prawn crackers from this stall are irresistibly crispy and crunchy with sprinkles of peanut over the dish 》$8

This popular Ban mian stall at Geylang was very crowded when I visited on a Friday dinner night.

Their soup version is more popular as cannsee around 80% of the diners having the soup version.

I personally prefer dry version my ban mian. And the dry version here is also very good. What I like is their homemade chilli, their homemade minced meat chunks and their ikan bilis.

The star for me is their ikan bilis.

Noodles were rather QQ(bouncy).

Definitely my top 5 Ban Mian I have eaten.

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📍L32 Handmade Noodles, Geylang📍
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Had a super satisfying bowl of Ban Mian at Geylang for lunch🍜. The noodles here are handmade, with a good bite. You can choose from Mee Hoon Kueh, Ban mian and U-mian and our favourite is the Mee Hoon Kueh! Lots of ways to customise your Ban Mian as well, as you can get the one with pork🥩 or meatball, even fishball and fish slices🐟 as well! But our favourite is still the one with pork, a classic option! It was super hot in the afternoon and we were sweating buckets while slurping down the Ban Mian, but no regrets honestly~ 🥵