Showing posts with label ban mian. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ban mian. Show all posts

Tuesday, 1 April 2014

KIN KIN PAN MEE...KL VERSION

I was disgusted on hearing that I needed to queue 3 hours for a bowl of ban mian or in this case, pan mee at MacPherson. And this being the Singapore version of the KL's made its allure even stronger.

But I had the good fortune of trying the KL version some days back. It was great. Nothing similar in Singapore. And the chilli and egg were not like what I am seeing in FB posts on the 3-hour pan mee.

3 teaspoons of chilli would be about right.

The well poached egg.

With chilli added, 4.5/5

The fishballs and the fried beancurd skin are good!

Monday, 30 December 2013

GEYLANG BAN MIAN: IF YOU ARE PATIENT AND LIKE BAN MIAN

I had the opportunity to travel to the east side recently for an errand. 

The Geylang Ban Mian was on the itinerary as well.

The chilli is nice and very similar to that offered by Qiulian Ban Mian in the mid-90s.


Some people like their ban mian soupy. Some like it dry.

I decided to go for the dry since I can have the soup on the side.

It smelt like Bovril the moment the bowl landed on the table 35 mins later.

Seriously, that beefy smell emanated from whatever sauce they used in that dark concoction.

But it didn't taste like Bovril. 

4.1/5
The Geylang Ban Mian. Only if you are in the east and not pressed for time.