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2009-08-14
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I usually visit the 永吉 Street store as its more accessible to me, even though that isn't impressive in many ways. One day, I walked a little further to the western end of town than I normally would and walked into this shop for some noodles,埔魚撈麵 - The noodles were above-average but not exceptional. It lacked a bit of eggy taste but the texture was great in that it was 'uneven' in the strands like hand made pasta. I believe this is hand-beaten still? Not certain.The Dried Fish Floss was really g
埔魚撈麵 -
The noodles were above-average but not exceptional. It lacked a bit of eggy taste but the texture was great in that it was 'uneven' in the strands like hand made pasta. I believe this is hand-beaten still? Not certain.
The Dried Fish Floss was really good, it wasn't bitter but it was really aromatic, more so than the one at Yeung's Noodles (which I've been twice). Surprisingly it also seemed better than the 永吉 忠記. The soup was way better as well. It has a very strong flavour from the roasty 埔魚, also a bit of Shrimp Roe as well as likely chicken or pork broth taste, but all of which was overwhelmed by the fish part. I didn't mind as it was really enjoyable despite being a bit pungent and 1 dimensional as a result.
Wontons Plain -
The wontons are more prawns than pork, but the wonton skin was slightly over-boiled. It reminds me of HK style 'specialty shop' wontons in general rather than the more porky ones in lesser HK wonton noodles or the Macanese wonton shops.
Its above-average but not impressive.
Wonton Noodles -
The Soup base is slightly weaker than the one which came with above 甫魚撈麵 - this is expected but was still quite good. Usually the 撈麵 has a stronger broth - some people dip these noodles into that strong soup before consuming, but nowadays its not as 'popular' as an eating method in Hong Kong (I think?). Its not dissimilar to eating cold/hot Japanese Soba with dipping tsuyu.
The noodles in the wet soup rather than in the dry noodles dish was ok-good, it wasn't artificially too crunchy but chewy nonetheless. It lacked a bit of desired wheat or eggs taste though. Overall I still enjoyed its slightly irregular noodle strands but I like the original Mak's Noodles' noodle a bit more.
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Overall, I was initially quite shocked that the quality of the noodles, especially the 'soup base' here was so much different to the 永吉 version. I can tell because I've eaten that quite a few times and compared to my first time to here, I picked it up right away.
The shop lady actually asked me whether I liked the version here or at their other outlet and I said there was a fairly big difference. She then proceeded to tell me that even though the wontons are the same, the soup base in both shops are completely different. They use much better quality products to make the soup here, plus I also thought the noodles cooking timing is better too. The price difference between the two is also very obvious, its much more expensive at this outlet barely 500m away !!!
Overall, I must say I really enjoyed the Wonton Noodles here, especially its soup base. Its DIFFERENT from say the original Mak's and Chi Kei's and just about anything else - here, the emphasis is on the strong taste of the dried fish floss, you even get a bit of it in solid form at the bottom of the soup bowl!
Wontons: '4'
Noodles: '3.5'
Soupd: '4.5'
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