They've refreshed their brand name across their outlets in 2022, though some of their stalls still carry the former name.
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Auspicious name aside, there are 2 unique points to their rendition - the use of chewy white clams which lend a beautiful sweet savoury note to the soup; and the inclusion of a fried tofu bean curd skin roll stuffed with fish paste, bouncy and tender with sweet salty savoury flavour.
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The broth is also garnished with tender bitter gourd and wispy egg floss, lending combined eggy savoury salty vegetal bitter sweet flavour.
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The duo of deboned mackerel fish, both natural and fried, are tender with a slight springy spongy texture, and carry fresh sweet savoury flavour. Sliced medium thin, nicely chunky. Pair with white rice.
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Fish Soup
Happiness Healthy Fish Meat Soup / Long Yuan Healthy Fish Meat Soup
@ West Coast Market Square, 726 Clementi West Street 2 #01-150
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The queue at this renowned, long-serving stall can stretch 50-people deep during peak lunch hour, yet it moves along relatively fast. Orders are taken in advance while in the middle of the queue.
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Known for their fresh, thick cut, generous portions of boneless mackerel fish fillets, the thickest I've ever seen. Yet, each piece is succulent and tender flaky, with lovely clean sweet savoury flavour.
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The soft rice porridge lends a warming grainy sweet note, enhancing the already delicious broth, bright with sweet savoury flavour and a hint of salty notes, while crisp garland chrysanthemum lends a vegetal herbal sweet flavour.
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The soup is among the clearest, with no option for added milk, just the way I like it. Between them and their closest competitor a few stalls away, I personally prefer the Han Kee rendition.
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Fish Soup
Han Kee Fish Soup
@ Amoy Street Food Centre, 7 Maxwell Road #02-129
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With a history stretching back to 1988, and a consistent quality that led to backing by the BreadTalk Group, this stall is beloved for its fresh range of fish, including unique ones like pomfret.
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Their fresh boneless red garoupa fish slices are thick and bouncy, meaty with clean sweet savoury flavour.
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Garnishes of lettuce, garland chrysanthemum, ginger, and preserved mustard greens, lend a crisp crunch, with robust vegetal earthy bitter spice salty sweet flavour.
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The soup tends towards the salty savoury side, so most folks add on the tender minced pork, to balance with its meaty sweet savoury notes. Nicely paired with white rice.
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However, price point is premium, among the more expensive renditions.
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Fish Soup
First Street Teochew Fish Soup
@ 1014 Upper Serangoon Road
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Those who love generous portions will take a shine to this.
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While thinly sliced, there's a good helping of fresh deboned mackerel fish slices, both natural and fried, tender flaky with sweet savoury flavour.
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The vegetables of cabbage, garland chrysanthemum, bitter gourd, tomato, and seaweed, lend soft juicy textures and vegetal sweet savoury bitter herbal earthy flavours combined.
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The soup is lightly peppery spiced, and I prefer the option without milk. Paired with white rice on the side.
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Fish Soup
Bei Chuan Ting Yu Tang
@ The Marketplace At 58, 58 New Upper Changi Road #01-161
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Flavour packed fish soup since 1988, oft frequented by office workers in the Central Business District (CBD).
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Large generous portions, with or without milk, served with a unique fried garlic garnish on the side that lends enticing savoury salty spice flavour.
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The duo of fresh deboned mackerel fish, natural and fried, are chunky and tender, with lovely sweet savoury flavour.
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The soup, filled with crunchy cabbage and juicy tomato, carries mild sweet salty savoury vegetal flavour. Warm and comforting, great paired with white rice, and a spicy chili dipping sauce.
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Fish Soup
Arcade Fish Soup
@ Marina One The Heart, 5A Straits View #B2-40
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Curious name aside, this popular stall has been serving way before 2008, and still draws a perpetual queue of up to 30 minutes during lunch.
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Regulars speak highly of the delicate soup, whose flavour is derived from stewing mackerel fish bones for hours, a light sweet savoury broth that is gentle yet tasty.
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The rice porridge is soft with grainy sweet notes, while the medium slices of deboned mackerel fish are fresh and tender with natural sweet savoury flavour.
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Garnishes of lettuce, garland chrysanthemum, seaweed, tomato, bitter gourd, and coriander, lend crisp juicy soft textures and vegetal earthy herbal bitter sweet notes combined.
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Accompanied by a traditional fermented soy bean and chili dipping sauce, which lends a punchy grainy salty spicy kick.
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Fish Soup
Angel Horse Teochew Fish Soup
@ Albert Centre Market And Food Centre, 270 Queen Street #01-95
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Their version of claypot rice.
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The claypot ensures even heat all around, making the soy seasoned rice against the edges super crisp without being overly burnt, yum.
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Over the base of grainy soy seasoned rice goes tender morel mushrooms, chewy baby shrimp, crunchy leeks, crisp spring onions, chewy waxed pork sausages, crisp pork lard, and a silky soft unagi / grilled fresh water eel marinated in tare sauce.
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Mix everything together, and the combined savoury salty sweet earthy vegetal meaty smoky flavours are beautiful.
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Invited tasting.
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Basdban
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Their house take on laziji / spicy firecracker chicken / mala chicken.
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This has tender chicken cubes, plump clams, crisp white sesame seeds, and crunchy pickled green chili, wok-fried to perfection.
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With bold sweet savoury spice nutty flavours, and served in a large communal portion, this was incredibly satisfying. Would order again.
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Invited tasting.
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Basdban
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Holy spicy fish my friends! This is their take on the traditional Sichuan spicy numbing grilled fish.
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With a medium-sized fresh tender flaky barramundi fish simmered in a mala peppercorn broth with pliant celeriac, crunchy roasted peanuts, and spongy dried tofu bean curd sheets.
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The sweet savoury spicy vegetal nutty earthy flavours kept us reaching for more, and we polished this off.
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Invited tasting.
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Basdban
More details:
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This is so delicious you wouldn't know it's vegetarian-friendly.
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Comprising beautiful florets of crunchy broccolini and caulilini with vegetal sweet notes.
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Alongside grainy minced tofu bean curd tossed with dried red chili with salty savoury spice flavours, very addictive.
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Invited tasting.
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Basdban
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This features bone-in pork ribs marinated in a Chinese Sichuan sticky glaze, coated with crunchy crushed pistachio nuts.
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Bright with sweet spicy salty savoury nutty flavours, the pork ribs were tender and chewy.
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Accompanied by juicy crunchy carrots and purple cabbage pickled in a sweet sour vinegar glaze, sharp with vegetal sour sweet flavour.
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Invited tasting.
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Basdban
More details:
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Established since March 2015, this brand is a multi-award winning eatery, serving authentic and tasty North Indian cuisine.
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Their rendition has battered fillets of boneless king fish, soft and flaky tender with mild natural sweet savoury flavour.
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The rich and thick gravy carries pleasant notes of tomato and spices, nicely savoury salty sweet spice in taste.
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I love the crunchy red onions, sliced large, with a nice caramelised smoky vegetal sweet note.
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Fish Kadai
Zaffron Kitchen
@ 137 East Coast Road
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More details:
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