The craving for hokkien mee and the need to blog dragged me all the way to Toa Payoh one Saturday afternoon; alas, the stall i wanted to try was already closed for the day!
A frantic search online for an alternative brought us on a 650-meter walk to Block 92, Lorong 4 Toa Payoh. The coffee shop there was more famous for curry fish head, which drew a long queue even though it's only 4.20 pm, but i am focused on my objective.
Kim Keat Hokkien Mee, with a google rating of 3.9 from over 500 reviewers.
It appeared to be quite popular according to the accolades and the newspaper articles; I am a sucker for such media coverage! However, if the food turns out to be bad, i wouldn't hesitate to pen about it in my review.
Take what you want once you are done ordering.
Less than ten minutes later, our claypot hokkien mee for two persons was placed on our table. Aside from the claypot version, there are usual option like hokkien mee on a plate or traditional one that' served on traditional opeh leaf.
I figured that since there were two of us; we might as well try the claypot version and i sure wasn't disappointed with the "premium" ingredients inside which included roast pork and even lala!
Squeezing the lime before giving the noodles a good toss! Good thing about having the hokkien mee in a claypot; it locked in the heat way better than on a plate and you can slowly indulge if you like your food warm, like my mom.
As you can probably deduce from the pictures, the strands of yellow noodle appeared a lot more than the thick bee hoon and i am not a fan of the former. I enjoyed slurping the thick, flavourful broth in the claypot even though it didn't quite translate into the same when eaten with the noodles, which lacked the highly sought wok-hei. To enhance the palatability, add the spicy-sweet chilli paste.
Ingredient-wise, no complaint except for the roast pork; some pieces were just overly salty! As usual, i would love more pork lard; to me, it's best if the stall-owner can put one tub outside for customers to help themselves!
Cleaned up; while i wasn't impressed, my mom registered her thumbs-up for the hokkien mee and even Jovyn, who ordered Japanese food, couldn't help asking us if she could have some as it was too good.
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Address
Block 92, Lorong 4 Toa Payoh,
#01-264, Singapore 310092
Map
As above.
Facebook Page
Menu
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Pricing
Claypot Hokkien Mee (For 2) - S$10.00
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