Accidentally found myself in Tampines Round Market during lunch 😬 Made a couple of surveying rounds around the Round Market and found that only two stalls have queues - the kolo mee stall and the pork rib noodle stall. For this round, I opted for the latter as I haven't tried this type of noodle before. Neither can I think of another stall that sells this kind of noodle in Singapore or Malaysia, so I was curious.
Stall name: Teo Kee Mushroom Minced Pork Noodle 潮记香菇肉脞面
Address: 137 Tampines Street 11, stall #01-05, Singapore 522137
Nearest MRT: 15 minutes walk from Tampines station
Tel: 9780 4181
Hours: 6:00am - 2:00pm (Mon & Tues off)
The queue moved rather slowly as most of the customers seemed familiar with the friendly stall holders and bantered awhile as they made their orders. Tampines Round Market has a kampong feel around the place.
Anyway, it's the bulk buyers that hold up the queue - people who ta-bao (takeaway) for the whole village or office 😬
Teo Kee have braised pork ribs, trotter, chicken feet, wing mid joint, egg, etc. They allow mix and match, so I opted for pork rib and chicken feet. Everything here came to $6.50.
The noodles were nicely done with a bit of soft crunch. The sauce was savoury lardy with mild spicy heat. Fried garlic provided aromatics and some crispy crunch. Not mind blowing but pretty slurpy and tasty.
The famous braised pork ribs were indeed tender - the meat was tender chewy but a little fibrous in the leaner parts. A bit of visceral fat gave the rib some juiciness and softness. The soft cartilage added a bit of soft crunch to the piece of rib. I didn't have any bone at all which is good - no bones to pick here 😬
The braising stock was relatively mild though definitely not bland. It is a blend of savoury and sweet with a bit of underlying woody earthly mushroom taste and subtle Chinese 5 spice flavours.
The soft-tender braised fried chicken feet were okay. The braising stock is different between the pork rib and chicken feet with the latter slightly saltier.
Mushrooms were nice too as they sponged up the sauce flavours very well while adding their own subtle woody earthly taste.
Aiyah, should have poured some of this leftover braising stock onto the noodles and see they if work well together (or not).
The accompanying soup was watery and tasted sweet savoury.
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| Another customer's lunch. It has everything - pork rib, chicken feet, wing & egg |
After my lunch, I did another survey around the Round Market in case I missed anything and to mark out my future targets. Many of the tables have braised pork rib noodles. Teo Kee is clearly the top choice of residents here.
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