KL Try Fresh XO Seafood - XO Seafood & Salted Egg Lala Bee Hoon Soups @ Sultan's Kitchen [Sultan Plaza, Lavender, Singapore] #lalabeehoon

After another satisfying meal at Eat 3 Bowls (呷三碗) with a friend, we walked past a coffee shop located within Sultan Plaza and immediately noticed a stall that had a long queue. As my tummy was already on the verge of bursting, there was no way I can stomach another morsel. 

Turned out the Great Kon had also taken notice of the stall when he was last in the vicinity and since we still had some space after Happy Chef; we unanimously decided to check out the stall under the large sign "lala bee hoon"! 

Basic background about the stall; it originated from Kuala Lumpur where there were a total of five branches in Malaysia, and Singapore is its first overseas venture. Kon queued for about 20 minutes before he got to order, pay for the food and collect the above pager. Food came faster; at about seven minutes later. 

Salted Egg Seafood Bee Hoon Soup - I am familiar with the conventional lala bee hoon but the salted egg version, with a thumbs-up logo on the menu, interests me more. 

Sadly, the broth didn't impress; it's just a wetter, slightly saltier form of our usual tze char bee hoon. However, the soup was just secondary. I was a lot amazed with the springy bee hoon that looked more like tang hoon; it was slurpy and super nice! 

Operator obviously didn't stinge on the ingredients; there were seven pieces of lala, five pieces of scallops, one prawn and a generous sprinkling of crispy pork lard, latter of which was a tad too salty for my liking. 

XO Seafood Bee Hoon Soup - first item on the menu with a thumbs-up and I guess it would be a waste if we were to leave without trying! Since time was already on queuing, we might as well just order this too! 

Featuring the same, nice bee hoon, I was expecting a strong XO-flavored soup; which didn't materialise! The XO taste was weak although interestingly, my taste buds caught a whiff of longan. Refreshing nonetheless but it was a weird combination that failed to whet my appetite. 

Otah Balls - Kon made the executive decision to top up the soup with otah balls that cost S$2.00 for three balls. I enjoyed them; tasted just like otah with a nice spiciness even though old school otah wrapped in banana leaves still appealed to me better.  

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Address

100 Jln Sultan, Sultan's Kitchen,

Sultan Plaza, Singapore 199001

Map

As above.

Menu

As above. 

Pricing

Salted Egg Seafood Bee Hoon Soup - S$8.90

XO Seafood Bee Hoon Soup - S$8.90

Otah Balls (3s) - S$2.00