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Wanton Mee (Review)

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Wanton Mee (Review)

Some people say it is sacrilegious to do a kway kar mee review (read: Chicken Feet Noodles) and not have one for the quintessential wanton mee. Alright, guilty, as charged. Here you go. But it’s the same stall at Sembawang Estate wat. Google maps it: postal code 751313

Anyway my wife wanted sui jiao mian (read: shrimp/meat dumplings) for breakfast and I thought I may as well have wanton mee (read: dumpling noodles). And thus the opportunity to do this somewhat half-baked review on a very lazy Saturday morning.

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It was going to be a long wait for the delicious noodles. The queue on weekends was usually long and convoluted. It was insane to say the least. The stall this morning was surrounded as if the wanton mee uncle kena ambushed. I bet something’s up.

It was always interesting to see the reactions on the faces of the people waiting. And they usually like to crowd around the stall waiting for their orders. I think more so if they felt that the queuing system had been compromised for whatever reason. It’s usually like that.

As a seasoned Singaporean foodie, I was determined and unfazed by these petty squabbles, my mission is to get my wanton mee and nothing short of a nuclear explosion would stop me. But I totally understand the frustration of waiting and having your orders missed out.

So I thanked the guy, albeit silently, when he left in a huff of deprived anguish of having to wait “very long” for his takeaway. I guess he decided that pride and dignity was more important to him than being slow talked
by some wanton mee uncle. As for me, I have no problems with waiting, and quickly made my order.

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Two eggs and a cup of kopi is the best way to “wait for the wanton mee order” IMHO. The kopi auntie told me 4 minutes and this time I decided to use my heightened powers of estimation to time the cooking of my precious soft boiled eggs.

Sadly, I was unfortunately distracted by Candy Crush and my eggs were slightly overcooked, and the rest is like they say – history. I slurped the eggs in a hurry and just as I was about to wash it down with coffee, the wanton mee uncle came by and said “你有order吗? 好了! Wanton Mee 跟水饺面 c bo?”

Very nice indeed.

Bon Appetit!

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Chicken Feet Noodles (Review)

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Chicken Feet Noodles (Review)

I don’t usually review heartland delights, but sometimes these boutique cooks of local delicacies are so adept at their craft that it warrants notable praise. Sometimes they behave like artisan chefs much like the ones I recently met at DSTLLRY.

The only difference between them is that the heartland uncle and auntie working at the wanton mee stall spend, and also have, less time making small talk with their customers but spend more time churning out the food. But that aside, the intensity with which they operate is just fever-pitched madness if you think about it. Sometimes customer orders for their wanton mee can be 10 packets at a time. It’s an endless stream of noodles flying in and out of the strainer scoop. The signature whacking of the ladle against the edge of the cooking pot is also very telling – “the chef is making brisk bucks”. Okay I just had to say that.

So today, I decided to try their kway kar mee (read: chicken feet noodles) and it’s nothing short of oh-my-gosh awesome!

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The delicately braised chicken feet or kway kar was just simply delicious. I added an extra order of their fabulous wanton which I couldn’t get enough of. It cost me an additional 50 cents! Amazing value.

The way they make their meat dumplings just reminds me of those dim sum places, very Hong Kong style. You probably had better wanton noodles but for the price ($3 and if you add wanton it’s additional 50 cents) and the fact that it was within my estate, I thought it was a rare find and a gem. It is the same price for the kway kar mee, so that’s a major plus for me. Some places sell chicken feet noodles a little more expensive than the regular wanton noodles.

Here’s the postal code location for those die hard fans who would want to venture a kway kar mee expedition. Go ahead Google maps it, it’s chicken feet I’m sure.

Postal Code: 751313

Bon Appetit!