You know, it's one of those days when all three eateries I planned to try were all closed for the day. I was getting hungry and running out of time for my other commitments when I found myself in Masai. When I am lost for ideas and tired, I fall back on places that I believe won't fail me. In Masai, my comfort food hideout is 肆源小炒 zhi char stall.
I ordered a fried hor fun 河粉 which is a comfort dish like a comfort blanket to me. 肆源小炒 boss fries a mean hor fun with wok hei, smooth well balanced sauce and nice complementary toppings of poached chicken and sio bak (roast pork).
Then, this landed on my table.
Mr. Tay and I know each other well enough for me to accept whatever he would like to feed me, like omakase like that (even though I ordered something else) 😄
"Let you try 焖 braised noodles" Mr. Tay said.
That's Mr. Tay for you. Truth be told, my first thought was "I ordered hor fun leh..".
A talented chef who is always striving for excellence, serving generic egg noodles with the usual soy or chili sauce won't cut it for Mr. Tay.
So, he braised the egg noodles with Hokkien mee type savoury sauce - well, it tasted a lot better, more interesting than the average wanton mee soy and/ or chili sauce blend.
Ah.... all good wanton mee must have this.... .
I often commented that generic wanton mee must have very good sauce. Mr. Tay took that to the next level (hitting the ball out of the park altogether 😂 ).
It was this tasty wanton and soup that reminded me that I was being served a form of wanton mee 😄
The clear soup was so tasty - it tasted well balanced mild sweet savoury. It was chicken soup with extras that gave it added layers of natural sweet savouriness.
Old school wantons - smooth thin wanton skin wrapping a thumb size knob of minced fresh pork. It was naturally sweet and so... delicious. Mrs. Teh only makes small batches of wantons with fresh pork. She makes another fresh batch when the stock runs out. At 肆源小炒 wantons are never made in bulk and frozen, or worst, pre-cooked en masse.
👉 It's not really wanton mee lah... or is it? But heck, it was so delicious and satisfying. Let's just say it's wanton mee with much better sauce.
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Restaurant name: 肆源小炒
Address: Intersection of Jalan Masai Lama and Jalan Bunga Ros (directly opposite Masai bus and taxi terminal)
GPS: 1°29'10.7"N 103°53'07.4"E 🌐 1.486291, 103.885394
Hours: 9:00am to 7:00pm (Saturday off)
Non Halal
Date visited: 28 Nov 2018
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