Panda Bee

Recently, this place has been gaining popularity for its huge serving of British Fish & Chips ($8.80), so I decided to head down and give it a try. 🐼🐝

Woah! It’s really damn big! The set comes with a large piece of fish, a lemon wedge, fries, coleslaw, and tartar sauce. The light-to-medium batter was smooth and super crispy, each bite delivered a tastisfying crunch. The piping hot fish didn’t disappoint either, it was slightly moist, soft, and succulent. The flavour was clean and lightly savoury, and best of all, it wasn’t greasy.

The fries were hot, crispy, and lightly salted, while the coleslaw had a standard sweet, savoury, and mildly tangy taste. Overall, it was delicious, but be prepared for a long wait time of at least 30 minutes.
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🚩Panda Bee 🐼🐝, 761 Yishun Street 72, Singapore 760761
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One of the establishments that we have been hearing in some social media groups for quite a bit recently would be a certain Panda Bee that operates as a stall within a coffeeshop in Yishun; these folks do seem to be a recent addition to the Yishun neighbourhood – having located within the coffeeshop there is at the foot of Blk 761 Yishun Street 72. These folks are not exactly obvious on first sight; that being said, do look out for its white signboard with illustrations of its menu items which we found to be rather striking when compared to the signboard of its neighbours; one being an Chinese-style economy rice stall, and the other being a Fish Soup / Ban Mian stall. Occupying a space that is equivalent to the size of twice a typical stall unit within the coffeeshop, Panda Bee is an establishment that primarily serves up western fare. Though the stall does have its own menu board, Panda Bee is serving up a leaner menu at this current stage due to limited manpower — the temporary menu is one that is printed and laminated, and can be found plastered over the original menu board that can be found at the stall. The list of offerings available during the period when we had made our visit to Panda Bee includes the standard grills and chops that one can find at other stalls serving up western cuisine in hawker centres, coffeeshops and food courts, as well as pasta, burger dishes and baked rice as well.

One of the items at Panda Bee which had been highly raved about by netizens would be the British Fish & Chips; an item that is also illustrated on the signage of the establishment, Panda Bee describes their British Fish & Chips to come with elements such as Tartar Sauce, Crispy Fish, Crispy Fries and Fresh Coleslaw. On first look, one can already tell how the portion size of the British Fish & Chips at Panda Bee is already quite generous — the fish fillet is sized bigger than the plate, with the fish being already beyond the edges of the plate as well. Digging into the crispy fish itself, it is clear that Panda Bee’s British Fish & Chips delivered on the “British” aspect; the golden-brown fried batter being of the same style as the better-battered fried fish and chips rather than that of the ones that comes with panko crumbs — freshly-fried upon order, the batter is surprisingly light and crisp without feeling particularly greasy, all that whilst the flesh of the fish was moist and flaky. Our portion of the British Fish & Chips also comes with a surprisingly thick fish fillet so there’s definitely quite a fair bit of chunky fish to dig into; the fish fillet itself also tasted void of any undesirable muddy notes as well — a squeeze on the wedge of lemon and spreading of that tartar sauce on the side would add on to the flavours really well. Fries were crisp and not too greasy — all that whilst adequately seasoned; a crowd-pleaser. The accompanying coleslaw was served chilled just the way we like it to be — not being overly milky in flavour, yet sufficiently creamy whilst delivered a refreshing crunch which was a respite from all of the fried elements that came with the dish.

During the same visit, we had also managed to give their Meatball Pasta a try — same case as it is with the British Fish & Chips, it seems that the folks at Panda Bee are pretty generous with the portion size of the Meatball Pasta considering the amount of pasta that came within the pan that they had chosen for their choice of dining ware to come with their pasta dishes here. This was something closer to that of the pasta dishes that one would expect out of a stall serving up western cuisine in a coffeeshop / food court / hawker centre setting — a simple tomato-based pasta that comes with a sprinkle of powdered Parmesan cheese that comes with chicken(?) meatballs with a cheese filling within that seems to be similar to that of nacho cheese.; the meatballs being similar to that of Old Chang Kee’s Chicken Cheese Balls but served in a way that is non-fried.

Panda Bee is one of the very few Western cuisine stalls that serve up British-style Fish & Chips at a coffeeshop / food court / hawker centre setting — this, coupled with their wallet-friendly prices, big portion sizes and great execution of the British-style Fish & Chips does make them stand out from other similar establishments around; the British Fish & Chips being priced at $7.90 which is rather insanely value-for-money when one thinks about the portion size of the fish here along with the way the dish has been done. That being said, Panda Bee does seem to be a little bit overwhelmed by the demand with its tight manpower at the point of time when we made our visit there; whilst items like the British Fish & Chips require a longer waiting time, our order of the British Fish & Chips was missed — the folks were quick with their service recovery offering to serve our order to the table rather than to have us collect it at the stall; they had also offered the Meatball Pasta that we have had on the house as well to make up for it. Overall, Panda Bee does seem like an establishment that is sincere in wanting to serve its patrons the best that it can despite the manpower crunch; though the British Fish & Chips is undoubtedly the star of the show here that is totally worth making the visit for — as long as the queues remain manageable and when these folks manage to get the manpower to handle the increasing demand whilst maintaining the quality of their fare in the longer run!