Geylang Laksa Prawn Noodles @ 45 Sims Drive, Sheng Hui Coffee Shop

We were on a food trail at block 45 Sims Drive, Sheng Hui coffee shop. Geylang Laksa Prawn Noodles (Since 1964) stall wasn't on our eat-list but we bumped into another buddy Kwok Peng who pointed it out to us. Turned out that this was the most memorable dish I had at this stop 😄

Tony Tan so kindly joined the queue to get the laksa and prawn mee for us 🙏

Tony Tan came back with the full works from the stall. One soupy one which appeared very promising from the looks alone.

The dry spicy version looked like equally serious stuff.

The mean looking laksa seemed like it was no sloth too.

First things first, the soup.

The brownish colour soup was made with a mix of prawn and pork, so it had crustacean savouriness with complementary pork savoury sweetness. Not as clean tasting as pure prawn soup but it's a different taste profile which I am familiar with and also appreciate. The soup was not greasy and I was able to drink it all up to the last drop.

They were generous with the ingredients with several big chunks of these soft bone pork 豬軟骨 in the bowl. They were boiled till tender, including the bone. The tender meat had only residual sweet savoury taste as most of its flavours had been given up to the soup during the long slow boil. The flavourless soft bone were tenderly crunchy and broke with just gentle bites.

I like it that the prawns were shelled (I like need to keep my fingers dry to take photos.) The prawns were tender with a bit of squeaky chew to the bite and had only a little prawn taste.

Everything together - noodles, soft bone pork and prawn all held together by the robust prawn-pork soup was quite enjoyable.

The dry version had the same chunks of soft bone pork, shelled prawns, noodle, and also house made sambal chili sauce. There's also bak pok (lard croutons) and deep fried shallots. 

The sambal chili sauce was the old school spicy savoury greasy aromatic type, that I remember well. They coated the spongy tender round noodles thoroughly. Old school delicious 😋

We were on a six eating stop food trail, so I took a rain check on the laksa. I did taste a spoonful of the curry. It was creamy, rich, sweet with flavoursome spices and mild chili heat. Would return to try this laksa when I am nearby. (This stall is actually more famous for their laksa than prawn mee 🤔, but anyway... next time 😄 )

When I crave for the old school spicy soft bone pork-prawn noodles, Geylang Laksa Prawn Noodles will be among the top of my mind. The thing I like most is their sambal chili sauce.

Where else can we get soft bone pork-prawn mee? Please share in the comments.

Restaurant name: Geylang Laksa Prawn Noodles (Since 1964)

Address: 45 Sims Drive, #01-150, Singapore 380045 (steps from Sims Vista Food Centre) 

Tel: +65 9671 5549

Hours: 6:30am - 1:00pm (Tues off)

Date visited: 21 Oct 2020