PRICE:
Karata-men $7.50
Add egg $1.00
Top up for 3pc gyoza + hot mugi tea $3.50
Jjajangmen $5.50
Sparkling melon $1.00
(No GST and service charge)
WAITING TIME: Slightly more than 5 minutes
REMARKS:
- Can opt for free extra noodles
- Noodles were really, really incredibly thin. Unlike any ramen we have eaten before. Unlike what we first had at their first ever stall in a Ang Mo Kio coffeeshop. It's more like wanton mee than Japanese ramen.
- Soup in the karata-men is nice
- Will not order jjajangmen again. Too bland. Lacking a strong sauce.
- Tea is not refillable
PRICE:
Chicken rice $4.50++
Chicken thigh rice $5.50++
Onion omelette $6.50++
WAITING TIME: No queue to enter at 3.30pm on a weekday. Rice took less than 5 mins to arrive, onion omelette just slightly more
REMARKS:
- Addicted to the soup that is served with each plate of chicken rice. SO GOOD. A kind Auntie gave us two bowls of refill.
- The chicken rice itself -- not that impressive. Still prefer our local hainanese chicken rice (more savoury and fragrant)
- Don't quite enjoy the sauces either. Too sour for me.
PRICE: $7
Includes pork belly, mock fish maw, luncheon meat, sweet potato noodles
RATES: Counts by portion, not by weight.
Veg $1
Meats $2
Seafood/Beef/Mutton $3
Instant noodles $2
Rice $0.50
Base is FOC ❤
SPICINESS LEVEL: Ordered the spiciest. No peppercorn so it's not numbing. Fragrant. Not oily.
WAITING TIME: Long queue at 9.33pm on the eve of National Day. Ready for collection at 9.57pm.
WILL WE RETURN? Of course. This is already our 3rd visit to this stall since June this year. And we don't even stay in the East.
PRICE:
$4.80/5.80 - Our $5.80 portions include 5 boiled wantons
[ONLY $2.90 EACH AFTER BURRPLE BEYOND]
$1.70 Cucumber Lemonade
No GST/Service Charge
WAITING TIME: About 5 minutes on a weekday at 6pm
REMARKS:
- What differentiates this from the two Eng's shops, is that they provide a jar of fried garlic that we can help ourselves to. LOVE IT.
- Noodles is the same type as the two Eng's
- Charsiew is torched just before serving, hence the slightly charred edges
- Soup is very flavourful
- Chilli is not very hot. Makes the noodles salty after I added two spoonfuls of chilli in.
- Cucumber lemonade is nice
- Air-conditioned
WILL WE RETURN? Yes, to utilise the 3 remaining Burpple Beyond Deals
PRICE: $9.80 for 2 x Signature Souper Combo (nett price)
WAITING TIME: 11 minutes on a weekday around 8pm
REMARKS:
- Such a good deal we wished there were more of their Signature Souper Combo deal on Burpple Beyond!
- They ran out of the clam chowder soup and the french onion soup. So we got the mushroom and clam chowder. Both were great. Decent portions. "Soup Spoon but cheaper," we thought.
- The modern popiahs exceeded expectations! Loved both the Thai Chicken and Sesame Chicken. Loved them better than subway/KFC/Mcd wraps
WILL WE RETURN? Don't stay or work near here but may return if there were more of the Signature Souper Combo 1-FOR-1 deals on Burpple Beyond
PRICE:
Fried Rice (Small) $6
White Beehoon (Small) $6
* No GST, no Service Charge YAYYYYY
WAITING TIME: No queue to enter when we went past 9.30PM on a Friday. Slightly more than 5 minutes for food to reach the table.
REMARKS:
* Portion for the small fried rice is big
* Fried rice isn't fantastic, nothing to shout about
* Prefer their mee goreng but they ran out of mee and horfun
* White beehoon tasted a little bland this time; wasn't as enjoyable as it usually is
* Couldn't help wishing there was fried pork lard to go with the white beehoon
* Sitting outdoors along the parallel parking lots isn't quite ideal though. The smell and noise from cars entering and leaving the lots, yikes.
BILL: Premium dinner buffet for 2 comes up to be $148.02 after GST and service charge
* Inclusive of free flow drinks and Ben & Jerry's ice cream
REMARKS:
* Indoor and outdoor seating available
* Various types of dipping sauce
* Good variety of hot and cold drinks
* Cooked food such as fried rice, sushi, soba, gyoza, chicken skewers, mixed veggies
* 8 flavours of Ben & Jerry's ice cream
* Unsure of what is the wagyu beef grade but still a good experience trying wagyu beef dishes we never had before such as ox tongue, wagyu beef tataki and even wagyu beef tartare
* Service is good; our empty ingredient plates were promptly cleared by the polite Filipino staff
* We stuck to the 90-minute limit and stopped ordering and barbecuing when the time was up. We continued to sit for a while more, drinking and eating ice cream and there was no pressure from the staff for us to leave. Appreciated that.
* It did get a bit gelat towards the end though
* Pork cheek fillet was superrrr fatty and tough to chew
* Enjoyed the wagyu beef short plate and scallops the most
DEAL: $5.90++ Set with green tea
DEAL PERIOD: Mon - Fri, 3 - 5PM
REMARKS:
- The Tori Ankake Yakimeshi (chicken cutlet) set was great. Lots of veggies. Thick slab of chicken cutlet.
- There's an egg omelette beneath the rice
- Green tea is offered in both cold and hot options. Refillable too.
WILL WE RETURN? Yes
PRICE: Red Myon $13.80++ (Spicy chicken version of jjajangmyeon)
WAITING TIME: Slightly more than 5 minutes
REMARKS:
- Slightly overcooked and soggy
- Nice hint of spiciness
PRICE: Spicy Pork Japchae $12.80++
WAITING TIME: Slightly more than 5 min
REMARKS:
- Used to be good but not this time
- The vermicelli tasted more like thick bee hoon. Missing the QQ chewiness of korean japchae
- Bland, can hardly taste the sesame oil
- Even the spicy pork missed the mark. It was dry and not well seasoned.
FREE WATER: Yes! (Infused with lemon too!) Prompt refills! 👍
PRICE: $12
WAITING TIME: Slightly more than 5 minutes on a weekday afternoon past lunchtime
REMARKS:
- Only a few visible pieces of crabmeat
- Average plate of fried rice
PRICE: XS Hokkien Mee $5 + 10% service charge
WAITING TIME: Slightly more than 5 minutes on a weekday at 3.30pm
PRAWNS: 2 extra small ones
PORK LARD: YES. Really crunchy. Loved it.
CHILLI: Really, really mild. Not the perfect chilli complement.
REMARKS:
- Not our top three favourite hokkien prawn mee