This stall at Block 40 Holland Drive, HD 40 Food Court might not serve the best Hokkien Mee that I have tasted all these years but in my own opinion, it’s good enough to be featured in my blog 🙂 I didn’t like Hokkien Mee in my childhood days. I vividly remember I had a really tough time eating that plate of Hokkien Mee my maid bought for me at a hawker centre near the place where I used to reside. Looking back, it’s kinda funny that a foreigner actually knew how to appreciate our local fare while I struggled and yet, barely managed a few mouthfuls. People change, taste buds change as well. Now, I’m a diehard fan of Hokkien Mee!
I ate this a few times and liked it so much that I had Chewy Charles to share a large plate of Hokkien Mee ($5) with me recently. $3 for a regular and $4 for a medium one. Apart from getting more carbo, there are more prawns and they are larger too. There are two types of Hokkien Mee – dry and wet. I prefer the latter and over here, the Hokkien Mee had just enough gravy so it was not too wet. The thickness of the beehoon was in between the very thin kind of beehoon and the thick one. It’s like a thick thin beehoon or a thin thick beehoon? I liked that the beehoon absorbed the flavors and goodness of the sweet-tasting gravy. I noticed that the bits of egg and yellow noodles had little charred brown bits and also a good hint of that wok hei texture and smell. Tiny black specks were spotted all over the noodles and I’m half sure that those are pepper. The only thing I didn’t like was the prawns. It’s the same thing each time I eat from this stall. The prawns were quite tasteless and I’m guessing that they were cooked separately. Nevertheless, the noodles on its own is good enough reason for me to keep going back whenever the craving beckons.
Oyster omelette can come with starch or without starch. Oh-Nerng is the one without starch but I prefer its starchy counterpart. I quite liked the Oh-Luak ($4) from the same stall because its quite well-executed with crispy bits around the sticky and starchy parts. The oysters are also very big and juicy and the chili sauce was just shiok. Not forgetting that the omelette was thick and fluffy! I only eat this once in a blue moon because it’s really sinful.
So where’s your favorite Hokkien Mee and Oyster Omelette at? 🙂
Block 40 Holland Drive
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HD 40 Food House
My favourite Hokkien mee is the one at Old Airport Rd hawker centre but it’s so far away! Nowadays I just eat the one from Clementi. Used to be damn good but after changed management, the standard dropped a lot. But still edible I guess hahaha
Ahhh! I went there for Lor Mee the other day! Haha..
I am crazy about hawker food so glad to see this post. Like the way you say “more carbo”, totally my kind of vocab hee hee. My favourite hokkien mee is the one call Singapore Fried Hokkien Mee at Whampoa Drive market and fave oyster omelette is at Bukit Timah market, can’t remember its name but a corner stall that sells satay as well.
^5! I’m crazy about hawker food too! Cheap and good! Makes me happy 😀 Wow Singapore Fried Hokkien Mee? I guess a certain standard is somehow ensured! Yeah Bukit Timah Market is another food haven 🙂
i like the this “or jian” in airport road, which happens to be a friend of my grandma! it’s really nice and starchy as well, the chilli is awesome and the little oysters doesn’t have the stench taste! (:
As for hokkien mee, i used to like the one in my old house area, but it’s closed down or moved to somewhere i couldn’t find it anymore ): it uses dried leaves or something as the base to hold the mee and it’s really nice!! (:
Shucks, looks like i need to head to Old Aiport Road again! Loads of good food over there!
Dried leaves? Really?! I hope they are clean! Hahaha
Charlene, you should try the hokkien mee at the CCK bus interchange. Prawns are always fresh and the best part is the chilli!
Heyy zq, sorry i just saw ur comment! Ummm are u talking about ntuc foodfare? i think that’s the one right! 😀
nooo not that one.. the coffeeshop directly opposite edinburgh clinic.