CLOSED Jin Li Satay Bee Hoon @ Beauty World · Not the Usual Satay Sauce 錦利沙爹米粉

You know, I am not really a big fan of satay bee hoon. I don't really fancy splashing nutty satay sauce over blanched bee hoon and call it a dish. Jin Ji is the first satay bee hoon I've tried in Singapore that doesn't taste totally like satay sauce.  (Update: This stall has closed as owner has retired 😔 )

Stall name: Jin Li Satay Bee Hoon 錦利沙爹米粉

Address: 144 Upper Bukit Timah Rd, stall #04-40, Singapore 588177 (Beauty World Centre Food Court)

Nearest MRT: Doorstep of Beauty World station

Hours: 11:00am - 8:00pm (Weds off)

I passed Jin Li Satay Bee Hoon 錦利沙爹米粉 many times - the stall front is wall papered with newspaper cuttings and stickers. It's not a busy stall.

I got my $5 plate of satay bee hoon quickly - this mound of blanched bee hoon topped with pork slices, cuttlefish, prawn, kang kong and bean sprouts smothered with a brownish sauce.

The ingredients looked a little sparse. No tau pok, no pork liver. There was also no cockles which is a defining ingredient in my idea of satay bee hoon. The brownish sauce, relatively smooth, didn't have the usual grainy look of nearly-dissolved peanuts.

I unconsciously adjusted my expectations.

I sat up and paid attention with the first spoonful of sauce - it's not the usual peanut type sauce which I don't really like. Instead, it's dominant flavour was dried shrimp umami complemented by aromatics like lemongrass with some sweetness and heat from a blend of many ingredients. Peanuts were present but finely ground, and in a supporting role in the background.

I like it and soon overlooked that there was little in the plate in the way of bee hoon, pork slices, etc. Even then, there was barely enough sauce to mop up the meagre ingredients.

But yeah, I'll come back for it because the sauce is so addictive! 😂 Finally, a satay bee hoon that isn't satay, satay sauce.

    

       

                     

             

             

               

               

             

           

           

           

                         

           

             

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Written by Tony Boey on 11 Dec 2021