I (MIGHT) WANT MY NOODLE

How do I put it?

It's an ok noodle place, if you are in the vicinity of Shaw Centre and you do not want to patronise Xi Yan. The prawn noodles was let down by the overcooked prawns and soggy prawn crackers. However, that bowl was full of tom yum-like flavour that begged for more noodles.

The meatball soup was so-so.

The char siew's excellent though.

That's it. 

Those ain't fries, they are prawn crackers. You'd better fish them out before they get soggy. 3.5/5

$3.50 for about 5 slices. Every slice was worth the 70ct. 4.25/5

THE BEST DRY WANTON MEE IN SINGAPORE?

ABC Market in the 1980s was very different from what it is now. There used to be a very happening wanton mee soup stall that was very good. Springy noodles in ikan bilis and yellow bean soup. Best.

Yes, best.

But how about dry wanton mee nowadays?

Nothing very compelling in the market. Some people like the one at Lavender. Some like the one at Chinatown. Some like the one at the kopitiam near their house which they ate almost everyday for 20 years.

Me?

I recently discovered Soi 19 at Ang Mo Kio. Thankfully. The dry wanton mee scene in Singapore has hope.

Please tell me which wanton mee stall in Singapore serves such condiments? Other than the usual green chilli, you get dried chilli flakes, deep fried garlic complete with skin and garlic cloves which were soaking in a jar of soury tangy vinegar.

The noodles here are sauceless. Yes. Sauceless. 

The fragrant oil used is good enough. The char siew is tender. The deep fried wanton has a nice pasty filling within. The killer here is the sliced 'lup cheong' which comes with the $5 version.

Like them on FB for opening hours.

FANTASTIC CHAR SIEW CHICKEN CUTLET CURRY NOODLES

I seldom use the word 'fantastic' to describe food. But this one really takes the cake and it's very 'value for money'.

To be sure, Cantonese Delights is located at Hong Lim Food Centre #02-03.

They sell a variety of noodles and such. But the killer dish, is their curry noodles.

The noodles, being the wanton mee variant, is seldom mixed with curry sauce. But it's done really well here.

Those who know me, know I love my curries. And this version does not fail me. The noodles are cooked and tossed into their standard green plate. A few ladles of curry is poured over it. I asked for the chicken cutlet and char siew combo.

All for only $3.50.

4.75/5

The cutlet is crispy and the char siew charred at the rights places. What's more, you get free flow chopped laksa leaves and pork lard bits.

You get heaven on the cheap.

HILL CITY CAFE'S DRY CURRY NOODLES - UNDERSTATED GOODNESS

If you had subsisted on instant noodles for most of your teenage years like me, you would have realised that Maggi's Curry Noodles was da bomb! Not that it can compare in this day and age against more richly-flavoured versions like Prima Taste's.

I stumbled across Hill City Cafe located at the basement of Central located at Clarke Quay. Very nondescript especially on a weekend.

Noodles sold there were of the exotic Malaysian variants. But one thing caught my eye. Dry curry noodles.

What in the world was that? How would it taste like? What sort of noodles did they use? Any proteins?

What you get is a plate of dark-sauced al dente noodles with char siew and chicken. Laden below was a umami loaded Maggi curry powder tasting sauce that was so old school and good. Not forgetting lard bits too.

4.75/5

Not cheap at $6. But worth every single cent of it.