Good food doesn't have to be expensive, just like this Ippon Dry Ramen from IPPON @ippon_fusion_bowl! Crowned with a generous portion of green scallions, pickled vegetables, black fungus, and minced pork stew, the bed of ramen tucked underneath had a decent QQ bite and absorbed the rich broth from the pork stew. Poke through the onsen egg in the centre and let the noodles soak up the creamy molten yolk. The lightly grilled chashu slices were tender and well-braised with their in-house recipe. While most mazesoba/dry ramen places serve sliced pork of similar style & quality, it's interesting to note that the chashu skin here is a bit jelly-like. Lowkey wish there were more pieces cos I enjoyed them!
The best part? This bowl only costs $6.50 - a relatively cheaper option for mazesoba while tasting just as good. If ramen's not your thing, they also offer affordable donburi bowls that won't break the bank!
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📍 Address: 1 Tampines Walk, #01-72, Our Tampines Hub Hawker Centre, Singapore 528523. 11.30 am to 2.30 pm, 5 to 8 pm, closed on Wednesdays.
Set C (S$2.50)
‘Cos it’s Friday
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Address 🛖 : 495 Tampines Avenue 5, # 01-33 Hawker Centre @ Our Tampines Hub, Singapore 🇸🇬 529 649
Set C (S$2.50)
French Toast served with Kaya
Accompanied with Teh
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Address 🛖 : 495 Tampines Avenue 5, # 01-33 Hawker Centre @ Our Tampines Hub, Singapore 🇸🇬 529 649
Regular portion plate of Chicken rice.
Yummy tender meat texture.
Not bad!
鸡饭套餐
Roasted chicken meat with fluffy rice and green veggies.
Only $5 a set.
Yummy!
From Best Zaika
Satisfying portion of nasi briyani, tender chicken meat inside.
The side served curry & sliced onions go together with it.
Yummy!
$6.50
From Mommy Rendang
Really satisfied the craving of beef rendang over rice.
Spicy level just about right.
Tender beef texture & creamy sauce.
The brown sauce is thick and flavourful. Chicken nice and tender.
One of the more popular stores here at OTHHC.
Craving satisfied with this classic food centre style pork chop.
Pan grilled 2 slices of seasoned pork, deep fried crispy fries, scoop of coleslaw and serving of baked beans.
Definitely will return for it.
Botak Cantonese Porridge serves one of our favourite Cantonese porridges in Singapore and we visit several times a month for dinner! 😋 The porridge has been cooked sufficiently long until it has become smooth and silky, which we absolutely love! The porridge also comes with youtiao, which we advise to eat before mixing into the porridge as the youtiao becomes soggy thereafter!
The fish porridge contains the same fish usually used in 鱼片米粉 and the fish didn't have the fishy taste, which was a plus for us! However, the fish porridge is one of the more expensive items on the menu, costing $4.50, which is even more expensive than the mixed porridge! We always add another 50 cents for the egg as well, although we were slightly disappointed that the egg yolk was broken this time round!
Try not to visit the stall too late if you want to try the porridge, as there have been ocassions where we went at 9 pm to find the porridge already sold out. 😭
😋❤️ Smooth & creamy cantonese porridge (S$2.80) in Tampines. Value for money comforting meal.
Ordered the meatball porridge with added egg (Extra $0.50). There's a few meatballs buried below. Love the creamy consistency of the porridge. Looks bland but is actually flavourful, not very salty. The youtiao was super crispy. Recommend 👍
📍Location:
Botak Cantonese Porridge (#01-65)
Our Tampines Hub Hawker Centre
The porridge from Botak Delicacy is one of our favourite porridge stalls in Singapore!! 😁 We love the porridge here because it has been cooked until it is very soft, and in fact, you cannot even see the individual grains of rice! The porridge comes with a pretty generous serving of youtiao as well, which is really crispy and we always finish the youtiao before eating the porridge otherwise the youtiao will get soggy.
The ingredients for the mixed porridge are also very generous. You get fish, meatballs, cuttlefish and pig liver in your porridge for only $4! For an additional 50 cents, you can add an egg which we always do as well! The stall cooks the egg in a pretty unique way - the egg white is poured into the pot for cooking, and the cooked porridge is poured over the egg yolk which is left in the bowl. Hence, do ensure that the porridge covers the egg yolk in order to cook it a little!
The stall is open till at least 9 pm at night, although there is a chance that the porridge might sell out before then! Hence, go early and get the porridge for breakfast or lunch if you want to enjoy this warm delight!
From the dessert stall.
Popular item.
Crushed ice.
Drizzled with coloured sweet syrup.
Soft chilled red bean.
Covered by the ice:
Few pieces of palm (attap) seeds, generous amount of grass jelly cubes, more agar agar jelly cubes.
Nice.
From Warong Kim
炒萝卜糕
Quick pan-fried (steamed radish) carrot cake, with bits of chopped preserved radish and hand beaten eggs.
Light bites.
From HJ Salim
Fluffy rice, signature chilli paste, hand beaten egg omelette & deep fried chicken wing.
Not bad!
Interesting-looking stall. The goreng dishes just felt very Malaysian. It's okay. Quite a lot of meat. Although they play up the spiciness, I found it acceptable.
From Yuan Ji Handmade Noodle
Yummy portion of handmade noodles.
Savoury good!
In the past this was belly-filling fuel for the rickshaw pullers whom this dish is named after. They needed something cheap and energy-packed to power the back-breaking work they did and this fit the bill while being tasty to boot.
In the thick and umami-packed broth, there was some dried shrimp, vegetables and fishcake, as well as plenty of fried shallots. However, while the noodles proved to be very filling, they were unfortunately cooked to death - mushy and lacking any texture. Still, I'm glad I tried this heritage and hard-to-find dish.
Taste: 2/5
