Lao Wang Traditional Hokkien Mee 老王传统福建面

Read about this new Hokkien Fried Prawn Mee place in Clementi, purportedly the best, so I decided to give it a try.

Located in a Kopitiam along Clementi Ave 1, a place where footfall is a bit light, this stall and it’s neighbours do provide a wide range of interesting options (see video).

Back to the Hokkien Mee, first of all the price is not cheap. Starts at $6 and you don’t get sotong until you buy the medium portion at $9. Both will have three shrimps, tail on, sliced pork and noodles.

Theirs is supposedly the wetter type but alas, by the time I reached home, it became the dryer version. Must endeavour to eat on the spot. Flavour wise, this is certainly one of the better fried Hokkien mee in the West but still off when you compare against those in Bukit Batok. One other thing to note - this stall will levy an extra charge if you ask for more lard bits or even sambal chilli. I find this practice to be particularly ugly, especially when they forgot to add extra lard bits for me, even though they charged me $2 extra! Don’t think there is anything sinister about it, just that the employees are new and muddling through internal communications. As evident from their initial failures to pack my medium portion noodles and sheepishly admitting to being new and lack practice.

Well, practice makes perfect so please practice more!