Ping Xiang Wanton Mee @ Toa Payoh Blk 93 Palm Spring Market • Crunchy Noodle & Unique Flavours 品香云吞面

This was the second stop this morning of our Toa Payoh food safari. People have described this style of WTM as Malaysia wanton mee but it is not - to me it is Ping Xiang's own unique take on the dish and I like it 😋 Malaysia black sauce wanton mee tastes different 😬

Stall name: Ping Xiang Wanton Mee 品香云吞面

Address: Stall #01-46, 93 Lor 4 Toa Payoh, Singapore 310093

Nearest MRT: 10 minutes walk from Braddell station

Tel: 9755 7741

Hours: 5:00am - 1:00pm (Mon off)

Truth be told, Lor 4 Blk 93 Market & Food Centre is a little run down. It's a small market and food centre with less than 50 stalls. The spaces are narrow with some blind corners. Some parts are in the shadows. Some stalls are vacant as old hawkers retire and never replaced. One example is Lik Ming which closed in 2021 - it was one of my favourite laksa in Singapore.

I grew up here in the 1960s and 1970s. A lot has changed since then. Most of the original buildings are still around with some new public flats and condos around the market. The market now sports a fanciful moniker, Toa Payoh Palm Spring Market.

Ping Xiang has been here for over twenty years - that's decades after I left Toa Payoh. The friendly cheerful couple running the stall are Hock Chew from Ipoh.

You won't see a very long queue at the stall but they are swamped with phone in orders. So this number ☎ 9755 7741 is critical, if you are in a hurry.

This wanton noodle set for $3.50.

This sauce is dark but here at Ping Xiang it is not the standard Malaysia style .... .

In addition to lard and dark soy sauce, at Ping Xiang they add other ingredients to make a complex savoury, lardy sauce with a bit of spiciness and tangy zest as well as subtle traces of Chinese spice. It is unique and I like it.

The egg noodles are the tender-crunchy type which I like too.

The crunchy pickled green chili added sweetness and tanginess to each mouthful.

The usual accompaniments of lean tender char siew, crunchy blanched choy sum, wanton and savoury sweet anchovy umami soup were all nice 👌

Because its sauce is unique, this wanton mee is worth travelling for, for its texture and unique taste profile (if you are addicted to it 😬 ). It is not for everyone. It is highly affordable at $3.50 for a generous serving. They also have shrimp dumpling and chicken feet & mushroom noodle which I hope to try soon.

Written by Tony Boey on 10 Sep 2022