Hidden Hawkers

Very generous bowls of Fish Slice Ee Mee & Tom Yum Seafood Soup. The tom yum is tasty with a good tartness kick without making you thirsty and just the right level of spiciness. The seafood soups comes with a good variety of real seafood - squid, big prawns and fish slices. The clear soup is clean with a natural sweetness of fish without the fishiness. Special mention to their super spicy homemade chili.

Use to be Old Street Yong Tau Foo from Redhill & Amoy Street. Now with air-conditioned seating and a new item to their menu, very shiok Nasi Lemak (which always sell out by early afternoon!) I love their fresh ingredients and self-made chili & sweet sauce! Only at $4.20, I filled my belly without breaking my wallet. Most importantly, very friendly service from the young couple as always!

This no-frills yong tau foo stall run by 3 elderlies is more than meets the eye. All their ingredients are self made and fried once. You can either go with rice or bee hoon (soup or dry). That's it. For 5 pieces it's $3 if I remember correctly. I waited for about 20 minutes on a Saturday about 1pm.

Their chili sauce and sweet sauce taste traditional and different from the usual, most definitely self-made. The chili is bright orange with a good kick. Soup is infused with the pure sweetness of soy beans instead of the usual anchovy base. Their tofus and other ingredients are fresh and simple. Overall, good comfort food and a happy belly.

No frills wanton noodles cooked to right bounciness, minimal seasoning and deliciously hand-made dumplings. Soup is clear with simple anchovies base. To literally spice it up, their own made chilli sauce is the bomb (labeled with a warning sign) so add sparingly at your own risk. Overall a simple yet delicious dish that hits the spot.

This stall serves a good selection of comfort food, especially great for cool weather - porridge, ee mee & koka noodles. I picked the chilli koka noodles (with additional half-cooked egg) while the wife had tom yum koka noodles, and both are equally shiok. Generous servings of vegetables and meat, including liver that was cooked just right. Flavorful and warming for our tummies. All for $6.90. One more place to come back to during rainy weather.

The young husband and wife team recently opened another stall at the Amoy St Food Centre. The husband is running it while his wife is running the original stall at Redhill. Consistency is one of the most challenging thing for a food business but I gotta say this new stall remain to it's original taste with fresh ingredients. Kudos to the young couple and their hard work to bring affordable good food to the table!

Whether fried or non-fried ingredients, everything taste freshly made. Their home made chili and sweet sauce is rich but well-balanced, bringing the ingredients to the next level of shiok! The stock is rich with umami without overkill. Most importantly, fill your cravings without emptying your wallet.

The mee sua thickens the soup and makes for a natural lip balm effect with every slurp. The herbal flavour is strong enough yet not too overwhelming, which I think is not easy to find in Singapore. It's usually too peppery or too bland or too "gelat", hence I find this rather balanced for my taste, even better than the famous Seng Kee's in my humble opinion. The kidneys are also cooked to perfect doneness. A claypot of kidney or pork ribs mee sua comes at an affordable $4.50 price tag. However I found that the braised pig trotters too lean and tough for my liking.