Yong Chun Wan Ton Noodle vs Kim Huat Wanton Mee 📍115 Bukit Merah View 永春 PK 金发云吞面

115 Bukit Merah View Market & Food Centre has at least three wanton noodle stalls. The two more popular ones are Yong Chun 永春 and Kim Huat 金发. (I need to come back for the third stall R & D Wanton Noodles.)

Bucket Roast Chicken & Taiwan Street Food📍Fortune in Your Mouth Stall @ 161 Bukit Merah 有口福 桶仔鸡 ☎️+65 9359 4445

We gathered at Fortune in Your Mouth 有口福 stall at SG Kopitiam coffee shop in 161 Bukit Merah Central. My first time here, I was expecting just Fortune Mouth's famous roast chicken 桶仔鸡 but found out that the little stall has a lot more dishes to offer. It's like a mini restaurant in a coffee shop.

Lina Confectionery Handmade Nyonya Kueh in Alexandra / Bukit Merah

Tea time with traditional Nyonya kueh. Haha... I was soaking wet from walking on a sunny hot day 🌞

Hong Seng Curry Rice @ Redhill • Traditional, Comforting & Affordable 鸿森咖喱饭

Hong Seng Curry Rice is a third generation stall at Redhill food centre. 

Poh Cheu Soon Kueh & Ang Ku Kueh • Traditional & Modern Chinese Snacks & Desserts 宝洲笋粿红龟粿

Poh Cheu founded in the 1980s as an illegal mobile street stall is in the third generation now.

Poh Cheu is the name of the founder, grandfather of the current owner Jerome who has an accountancy degree. 

Memorable Tok Panjang @ Allspice Institute ● Peranakan Culinary Extravaganza

So excited that buddy Jasmine invited me to the tok panjang at Allspice Institute located at Bukit Merah Central in Singapore. Tok panjang are grand occasions, special events for the hosts as well as guests.

Allspice Institute (culinary & hospitality school) 

Address: 162 Bukit Merah Central, #07-3545, Singapore 150162

Nearest MRT: 10 minutes walk from Redhill station

Tel: 6377 9303

Hours: Tok panjang is by prior arrangement / appointment only

Review of Sheng Ji Fish Ball Bak Chor Mee @ 116 Bukit Merah View ● Old School No Gimmicks 1940s Recipe 昇记

Went to Bukit Merah View to look for a simple breakfast after my medical appointment. Browsed the Facebook posts of Tengcc who knows a lot of nice noodle places in Singapore. The noodles at Sheng Ji Fishball looks delicious in Tengcc's post 🙏

Stall name: Sheng Ji Fishball Noodle 昇记

Address: 116 Bukit Merah View, #01-217, Singapore 151116 (inside Kim San Leng coffee shop)

Nearest MRT: 10 minutes walk from Tiong Bahru station

Hours: 6:00am - 4:00pm

Day Night & Fong Sheng • Contrasting Fried Kway Teow Styles @ Bukit Merah Central 日夜炒粿条 • 风盛熟食(炒粿条)

Singaporeans love their fried kway teow and most hawker centres have one, if not two char kway teow stalls. At Bukit Merah Central Food Centre, there's Day Night (yes it is called Day Night) and there's Fong Sheng fried kway teow, both have their loyal following judging by the daily queues at both stalls.

Stall name: Day Night Fried Kway Teow 日夜炒粿条

Address: 163 Bukit Merah Central, #02-41, Singapore 150163 (stall inside Bukit Merah Central Food Centre)

Nearest MRT: 10 minutes walk from Redhill station

Hours: 9:30am - 5:00pm (Thurs off)

Lai Hin Fishball Kway Teow Mee @ Bukit Merah Central Food Centre • Noodle from the Heart 来興鱼圆果条面

Stalking Bukit Merah Central Food Centre, I noticed that Lai Hin Fishball Noodle is consistently the stall enjoying the longest queue in the sprawling hawker centre with some sixty to seventy Stalls. Couldn't resist joining the queue to see what Lai Hin is about.

Stall name: Lai Hin Fishball Kway Teow Mee 来興鱼圆果条面

Address: 163 Bukit Merah Central, #02-11, Singapore 150163

Nearest MRT: 10 minutes walk from Redhill station

Hours: 11:00am - 2:00pm

25 Minced Meat Noodle @ Bukit Merah Central Treasures Coffee Shop • Bak Chor Mee Best Newcomer 2022

Came to try 25 Minced Pork Noodle after hearing so many friends recommend it. 25 is the favourite bak chor mee of many of my buddies.

Stall name: No. 25 Minced Meat Noodle

Address: Bukit Merah Central, Blk 161, #01-3749, Singapore 150161 (Treasures coffee shop)

Nearest MRT: 10 minutes walk from Redhill station

Tel: 90368744

Hours: 10:00am - 3:00pm (Sun off)

KPT Coffeeshop Popular No Signboard Fish Soup · Pork Organ Soup @ 127 Bukit Merah Lane 1

Chef Benny Se Teo told me about this no signboard fish soup · pork organ soup stall at Bukit Merah in the same coffeeshop as Poh Cheu Teochew kueh stall. "Can fight with Mui Siong" the most famous stall for pork liver in Singapore 😮 That's a very serious claim that must be investigated as soon as possible 😂

Stall name: No Name Fish Soup Stall

Address: 127 Bukit Merah Lane 1, Block 127, Singapore 150127 (stall inside KPT kopitiam)

Nearest MRT: 15 minutes walk from Queenstown station

Hours: 7:00am - 2:00pm (break time 10:15 - 10:45, Sat & Sun off)

Rong Fa (Mui Siong) Pork Liver @ Bukit Merah · Same Sans the Queue of Veerasamy Road 榮發(梅松)肉脞面

I am a fan of Mui Siong Minced Meat Noodle stall's thick soft-crunchy pork liver but I haven't been there for a very long time, put off by the hour long queue at Veerasamy Road. So, when I heard about a branch in Bukit Merah Central known as Rong Fa, I quickly went there to calm my liver craving. The two stalls are almost the same in taste.

Stall name: Rong Fa (Mui Siong) Minced Meat Noodle 榮發(梅松)肉脞面

Address: 3752 Bukit Merah Central, Singapore 159848

Nearest MRT: 20 minutes walk from Redhill station

Hours: 7:30am - 2:00pm (Sun off)

115 Bukit Merah View Michelin Mutton Soup · Chai Chuan Tou Yang Rou Tang 柴船头羊肉汤

Today's foodie target was the legendary Chai Chuan Tou Yang Rou Tang 柴船头羊肉汤 Teochew mutton soup at Bukit Merah View Market & Food Centre.

Stall name: Chai Chuan Tou Yang Rou Tang 柴船头羊肉汤

Address: 115 Bukit Merah View, stall #01-51, Singapore 151115

Tel: 9109 5631

Nearest MRT: 10 minutes walk from Tiong Bahru station

Hours: 11:00am - 1:30pm (Sun & Mon off)

Bak Kee Satay Bee Hoon @ Redhill • Famous Stall Serves Vanishing Singapore Hawker Dish Since 1960s 峇记潮洲沙爹米粉

Satay bee hoon, not a pretty looking dish, is an invented in Singapore dish reflecting our combined Malay / Indonesian, Indian and Chinese heritage. There are not many stalls left serving satay bee hoon - one of the most popular is Bak Kee Teochew Satay Bee Hoon in Redhill Food Centre.

Stall name: Bak Kee Teochew Satay Bee Hoon 峇记潮洲沙嗲米粉

Address: 85 Redhill Lane, stall #01-40, Singapore 150085 (inside Bukit Merah Food Centre)

Nearest MRT: 5 minutes walk from Redhill station

Hours: 5:30am - 4:00pm (Weds off)

Pang's Hakka Noodles @ Sprout Hub. The Best Hakka Mee in Singapore? 小彭客家面

As chef Benny slurped up his noodles noisily across the table, I can smell the aroma of the blend of lard, shallot oil and juices from sautéed pork which transported me straight to Seremban, home of my favourite Hakka noodles. Thanks to chef Pang, now we can have it right here in Singapore. Better still, chef Pang's version comes with delicious accompanying yong tau foo and soups.

Stall name: Pang's Hakka Noodles 小彭客家面

Address: 102 Henderson Rd, Singapore 159562 (inside Sprout Hub)

Hours: 10:30am - 7:00pm

Samsui Chicken & Signatures @ Keng Eng Kee Seafood. Legacy of Singapore's Samsui Women

Samsui chicken is a seldom seen variant of the ubiquitous chicken rice in Singapore. Only the Soup Restaurant chain has Samsui chicken on its regular menu, while Keng Eng Kee Seafood at Bukit Merah Lane 1 have it on pre-order basis ☎ 6272 1038.

Tjao Sin Wanton Mee with Fried Egg @ Blk 125 Bukit Merah Lane 1. Lost & Found Favourite WTM Invisible on Social Media

Today, I met up with Daniel, Sylvia and family at Queenstown MRT station to start our whole day food trail. We had a perfect plan laid out. Food trails with Johor Kaki always start with a perfect plan 😄

Teochew 7 Vegetables Dish on Chinese New Year Renri @ Ah Orh Seafood in Singapore 潮州七样菜 · 七样羹

In traditional Chinese New Year custom, besides the Cantonese lo hei yee sang 撈起魚生, there is the lesser known Teochew 7 Vegetables 潮州七样菜 dish which is growing in popularity.