Roaming around Little Myanmar in Peninsula Plaza, we got a little famished and decided to stop for a quick, light snack. Stumbled upon little Ye Yint Cafe which looked well patronised by Myanmese (though it was well past the lunch peak).
They have a section of mixed dishes and rice, and a salad mixing station. On the signboard they have a menu and I saw a photo of mohinga. So I settled for mohinga, something I tried before elsewhere and I enjoyed.
We shared one serving of mohinga. We paid SGD6 for this.
Mohinga is Myanmar's national dish. Most Myanmese food stalls and restaurants have the dish on their menu. It is thin rice noodle (vermicelli) smothered in a thick soup made of fish, spices and aromatics. Customary toppings are boiled banana stem, chopped cilantro and fried split pea crackers. It's like Penang laksa but sans the hae ko and tamarind / asam but has more spices like turmeric.
I like the soup of Ye Yint's rendition. It is thickened probably with starch - heavier than most mohinga that I tried in Singapore. Tasted savoury in layers with subtle sweetness. It's a fish soup but all the fish has dissolved into the soup leaving only its savoury sweet flavours.
I was given a spoonful of chili powder (my choice). It was spicy hot and turned up the heat in the soup considerably. I like it hot with chili but the spiciness overwhelmed some of the subtle savoury layers 🌶️ 👍
The rice noodles were skinny and soft, subtly sweet on its own and overlaid with the complex savoury taste of the clingy soup. Nice.
The banana stem in strips were boiled till soft. Not much flavour on its own but infused slightly with the soup's taste. It was soft but still have some fibrous feel (like soft spongy over boiled celery that has lost all its crunch).
I love the crispy fried split pea cracker for the contrast in texture it gives to the soft soup dish. The split peas have their own savoury sweetness which added more flavours and complexity to the savoury sweet delicately spiced fish soup. The dissolved cracker also thickened the soup slightly.
Today's rendition of Mohinga at Ye Yint was missing shallot and boiled egg. I missed the sweetness of shallot especially.
I enjoyed Ye Yint's mohinga and would have it again if I am in Little Myanmar.
I also enjoyed the mohinga at 325 Clementi, Jiu Fu Food Court, and Inle Myanmar restaurant.
Oh.. Little Myanmar in Peninsula Plaza is a fascinating place to explore Myanmar cuisine and market life. There are at least a dozen Myanmese grocers here. I will be back 😁 👍
Got this spicy pickled tea leaf for SGD4.50. Myanmese make lahpet thoke or tea leaf salad with it. I just eat the tangy savoury spicy pickle tea leaf with plain white rice. The non spicy version costs SGD4.
Written by Tony Boey on 29 Jun 2023
🎗 Opinions in this blog are all my own as no restaurant or stall paid money to be featured
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