Popular Spicy Sambal Wanton Noodles in Pek Kio Market & Food Centre

Stalking Pek Kio hawker centre, I saw three wanton mee stalls here and Soon Kee Wanton Mee was the only one that had a queue. It was 10 deep even though it was at the off peak early morning hour of 8am on a Friday. Naturally, it was the first wanton mee stall I tried here. What's it like?

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Stall name: Soon Kee Wanton Mee 顺记云吞面

Address: 41A Cambridge Road, stall #01-44, Singapore 211041 (inside Pek Kio Market & Food Centre)

Hours: 5:00am - 1:00pm (Tues & Weds off)

I was number 7 or 8 in the queue. Waited some 15 minutes to reach the front of the line.

The smallest $3.50 serving was already quite substantial in my opinion. I am not a big eater and don't want a lot of carbs these days 😜 

Big mound of egg noodles sitting in a pool of spicy looking sauce and topped with char siew slices. A few stalks of choy sum complete the dish.

There was a lot of sauce, thick and dark brown-red in colour.

After a quick toss, the relatively heavy fat egg noodles were fully enveloped with thick sauce plus some to spare.

The egg noodles were cooked till soft-tender like overdone ramen. The strands felt slightly soft to the bite but still had a slight resistance at the core. It's a nice spongy bite.

The sauce tasted mildly spicy with underlying fermented dried shrimp umami-savoury flavour, so it is some kind of hae bee hiam or dried shrimp spicy sambal. (There is none of that traditional sesame seed oil or lard flavour in this wanton mee.)

The char siew slices were lean and red with food colouring. They were tender and tasted sweet savoury. For $3.50, Soon Kee is generous with the amount of char siew given.

The soup was sweet and there were three wantons inside. The wanton skin was a little thick and the minced pork ball was soft and seasoned with sesame seed oil the traditional way. I enjoyed it.

Soon Kee Wanton Mee's hae bee hiam type sauce is unique for wanton mee. If you like spicy sauce with underlying fermented crustacean umami savoury taste, then this is the WTM for you.

Personally, while I find Soon Kee's wanton mee tasty, with neither lard nor sesame seed oil, I am a little ambivalent about it.

Any Soon Kee fans here? Would love to hear you views 😊

Of course, the most famous hawker stall in Pek Kio is the legendary Wah Kee Big Prawn Noodles 👈 click

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Written by Tony Boey on 14 May 2021