SHIOK SHIOK noodles (Teck Ghee Court Market & Food Centre)

This is definitely shiok when you have it during cold weather.

A decent bowl of mee sua soup comes with lots of ingredients. I finished all the soup.

You can choose from either the thick or thin mee sua. And if you up for more taste, go for the XO addon to the soup.

It’s good too, the springy noodle toasted in mala sauce that definitely give spicy numbing but not overpowering.
Serve with meatball, minced meat and pork lard (their fish ball also sold out)
💰$4.5
📍Shiok shiok Noodle.
Blk 341 AMK avenue 1, #01-07

Black Mee Sua Soup - The mee sua was not too soft, and the broth was very robust, with the VSOP adding a nice fragrance.

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SHIOK SHIOK noodles is a spot that had been on my list ever since I had spotted them on social media quite some time back when they had first started operations within a canteen at Midview City in Sin Ming. Their limited operating hours though made it difficult for me to have planned a visit back then, and they have since relocated into the heartlands — now operating from a hawker stall at Teck Ghee Court Food Centre in Ang Mo Kio, the stall still serves up a menu that is pretty much almost the same as what they had previously been serving up at Midview City. While the stall primarily serves up Minced Meat Noodles, they also do serve up a Black Mee Sua Soup. The show-stopper here however would be their Spicy Mala Minced Meat Noodles — not an item that is unheard of these days, but definitely one that will garner some attention from patrons whom may have skimmed through the menu.

The guy behind in the counter was actually pretty proud of his creation — whilst serving up the noodles, he had actually mentioned to me that this is Singapore’s first Mala Minced Meat Noodles. He isn’t wrong though; while we have tried the more known rendition by Gimme Face’s at Hougang when they had first opened (which has since expanded to several outlets; they had also opened another outlet within the Teck Ghee Court neighbourhood in a coffeeshop nearby the food centre), we did recall hearing of SHIOK SHIOK noodles’ rendition before Gimme Face having started operations shortly after. Nonetheless, the Spicy Mala Minced Meat Noodles comes with elements such as fish cake, fishballs, pork ball, minced meat — the guy behind stall does actually check with their patrons if they are OK with spring onions and pork lard before adding them in. Patrons also get to pick their choice of noodles (Mee Pok, Mee Kia, Kway Teow, Mee Sua or Mee Tai Mak) for their order. A bowl of soup also accompanies the noodles as well. Mala lovers will be happy with this one — the smell of the Sichuan Peppers are already particularly strong as I was taking photos of the dish — and that was with my mask still on. Giving the noodles a toss before digging in, one couldn’t help but to notice how the noodles is laced with the standard Bak Chor Mee sauce base that is distinctively vinegary, but also comes with a punch from the Mala infusion that makes especially spicy even for those with a moderate tolerance to spiciness. Each slurp of the noodles provides for that ever-growing sensation of numbness and spiciness, but it is also the fragrance of the peppers here that make it especially alluring. That being said though, the dish itself is incredibly savoury and spicy — it is best to pair this up with a drink on the side rather than to have it alone as it does feel like it gets overwhelmingly really quickly. Looking past the sauce, the noodles are actually pretty springy and done with a good bite; found the noodles to come in a pretty good consistency while the other condiments were pretty decent; kudos to how they actually serve pork lard that is crispy without the feeling of it being too greasy here. Special mention also to the soup that is being served on the side here; it is undeniably cloudy and is packed with savoury flavour with a rather clean finish.

Having tried the Spicy Mala Minced Meat Noodles from SHIOK SHIOK noodles, whilst no doubt the infusion is one that interesting and is an attempt to bring the spicy variant of the local favourite to another level, I do find it true for all the variants of the same dish I had tried from different elements that it is more of a novelty dish to try for the curious. The heavy handed flavours of Mala doesn’t quite do the minced meat noodles justice overall, especially given how the sauce base for the usual bowl of minced meat noodles is often heavy enough; the combination of Mala into it just makes it a “jelak” affair really quickly. That being said, die-hard Mala fans may disagree; and I guess that such creations may be one that suits that demographic. Nonetheless, it is through the Spicy Mala Minced Meat Noodles that probably brings the patrons of SHIOK SHIOK noodles to their other dishes — and I must say that they do a pretty mean bowl of minced meat noodles taking the Mala out of the picture. Do head your way here if Mala-infused Minced Meat Noodles sound like your jam, but I would say that they are pretty worth the visit for a good bowl of minced meat noodles if one isn’t too far away from this area as well!