Nam Heong Ipoh Heritage Cuisine (313@Somerset)

Nam Heong Ipoh Cuisine!

Visited Ipoh back in Sep 2019 (my second last overseas trip before covid struck)! Nam Heong Ipoh opened up a stall at 313 somserset foodcourt since June 2021! Have procrastinated long enough before finally coming to try it out! Was initially put off after reading not so good reviews about it online..

Tried the following food items:
🧡Chicken Sou ($2.20): Buttery flaky pastry crut with sweet bbq char siew!
🧡Egg Tart ($1.80): Flaky buttery crust with egg custard!
🧡Chee Cheong Fan with Minced Meat & Mushroom ($4.90): This turned out quite different from how I remembered it tasted like in Ipoh! This is different from our typical chee cheong fan. This is more like soupy char kway teow drenched in the mushroom minced meat sauce. I wasnt a fan of the tomato sweet sauce given though, and would have preferred if it was served separately
🧡Ipoh Hor Fan ($6.80): I quite like the broth for this! Tasted very homely, but with enough saltyness in the broth! So much better than the ones i had at old town white coffee which was bland and almost twice the price.

For drinks, we were actually looking forward to the white coffee, since it was the white coffee which it was famous for in Ipoh. We enquired and was told they were not allowed to serve the white coffee because they were right beside toast box haha. Hence we settled for the lemongrass lime drink.

Overall, the dishes are ok to me. But just price point slightly abit high. But you get aircon in the foodcourt!

So meh… Not warm, not flaky/crisp enough & not buttery too.🥲

Maybe you guys should go try So Good Bakery’s egg tarts at their Triple One Somerset Outlet😉 Just a short walk away. HAHAAAA

Homemade Assam Chee Cheong Fun (S$4.1)

Ipoh Kaya Puff (S$2)
Love the thin crispy crust.

Ipoh Crispy Turnip (S$3.50/ 2pcs)
Seems to have refried too many times

Sweet Pear & Red Dates (S$2.6)
- quite bland

Available at @namheongipoh_sg in @foodrepublicsg in @313somerset

The crust abit scrub, multilayered but no crisp. Custard was really good, can taste the eggs clearly.

Located in 313 Somerset’s Food Republic and brought in by our local celebrity Mark Lee, do expect a long queue especially during peak hours, but the wait for these Egg Tarts ($1.80) and Chicken Sou ($2.20) are well worth it. We also got one of their kaya puffs ($1.50) to try too but the egg tarts reign supreme, especially when you eat it fresh out of the oven. The layered buttery crust with the creamy egg custard is an optimal snack at any time of the day.
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✨ Nam Heong Singapore
📍 313 Orchard Road, 313 Somerset, Unit 05-01/02/03, Singapore 238895
🍴 [Self Funded]

Disappointed ☹️

After reading reviews about nam heong , I ordered the original Ipoh Chee Cheong fun with fervency .

Even before I had a taste of it - I knew it wasn’t good.

The plate was filled with water - a case of poor execution and the Cheong fun had tough sides - and to me , this only happens when the the Cheong fun is not fresh .

I kindly returned the plate and they were nice to return me my money .

Thankful for the great service but I left disappointed not having my Ipoh Chee Cheong fun cravings satisfied .

I hope standards improve soon .