Less Known 58 Minced Meat Noodle @ Taman Jurong Shopping Centre · Top 10 in my Singapore Bak Chor Mee List

A long time ago, 2016 to be exact, I posted about 58 Minced Meat Noodle in Taman Jurong Market & Food Centre. Buddy Niven commented then that I should also try the boss' sister's stall across the road at Taman Jurong Shopping Centre. I finally did this morning, over half a decade later 😆, and man it was good. One of my top ten favourite bak chor mee in Singapore, in fact. Thank you Niven 🙏

Stall name: 58 Minced Meat Noodle 五十八肉脞面

Address: 399 Yung Sheng Road, Taman Jurong Shopping Centre, Singapore 610399 (stall inside 399 Food Court)

Nearest MRT: 15 minutes walk from Lakeside station

Hours: 9:00am - 2:00pm

Authentic Chai Chee Bak Chor Mee · Singapore Hunchback Minced Pork Noodle Soup 正正菜市肉脞面

This morning I enjoyed a nice authentic Chai Chee bak chor mee and great conversation with Tan Poh Chye 陈宝财, the grandson of Tan Lian Hock 陈联福 who created the iconic soup type of Singapore bak chor mee back in 1923.

Stall name: Authentic Chai Chee Bak Chor Mee 正正菜市肉脞面

Address: Block 83, MacPherson Lane, #01-263, Singapore 360083 (stall in MEETUP@83 kopitiam)

Nearest MRT: 10 minutes walk from Tai Seng station

Tel: 9695 6821

Hours: 9:00am - 8:00pm

Original Ah Hoe Mee Pok · Legendary Master of Bak Chor Mee 阿和麺薄

I've tasted the mee pok (bak chor mee) of Ah Hoe's disciples at Li Yuan Mee Pok, Hosay Mee Pok, and his wife at Lao Gu Ban. But, I have not tasted mee pok by Eric Chia Seo Hoe, the master himself until today.

Stall name: Original Ah Hoe Mee Pok

Address: Blk 501 West Coast Drive, Food Loft Coffee Shop, Singapore 120501 (beside Ayer Rajah Food Centre)

Hours: 6:30am - 2:00pm (Mon off)

Famous Eunos BCM Bak Chor Mee. 100 Years of Soup Minced Pork Noodles in Singapore

Today, I stuffed myself with delicious Famous Eunos Bak Chor Mee and listened in rapture about minced pork noodle's one hundred year history in Singapore. (I got more research to do, but here's the first instalment.)

Jin Xi Lai (Mui Siong) Ultimate Liver Lover's Bak Chor Mee Minced Meat Noodle

If you are a liver lover, you have to check out Jin Xi Lai (Mui Siong) 金喜来梅松肉脞面. Their soup is good, noodle and sauce are no sloth, but their pork liver conquers all. The liver is fresh, sliced thick and cooked to just the right doneness. Crunchy to the bite with clean tasty juicy tenderness.

Hosay Mee Pok is one of Singapore's Best Bak Chor Mee 和谐面薄

My picky Singapore makan kakis (foodie buddies) have been raving about Hosay Mee Pok's noodles and also porridge for a few months already. Managed to try it today - it's really nice 😋

Havelock Road Best Bak Chor Mee • Formerly Seng Poh Road, Tiong Bahru

Stall #01-21 Havelock Road Food Centre, Opens daily 6:30am

I had lunch today with foodie buddies at the popular bak chor mee stall at block 71, Seng Poh Road in Tiong Bahru (the same corner coffee shop where Loo's Curry Rice is) 🎗 Note that this was their previous address, they are at Havelock Road Food Centre now.

No Michelin Star Tai Wah Pork Noodles at Hong Lim FC 大华肉脞面 ⭐⭐⭐

This is the other 大华 bak chor mee, without the Michelin Star and sans the insane queue. Otherwise, in most other aspects, this Hong Lim Tai Wah and the other Tai Hwa at Crawford Lane are almost identical. Both have their die-hard fans.

Seng Kee Mushroom Minced Meat Noodle (Bak Chor Mee). Kok Kok Mee @ Serangoon Garden 胜记香菇肉脞面

Seng Kee Mushroom Minced Meat Noodle 胜记香菇肉脞面 (together with Hill Street Tai Hwa in Crawford Lane) are arguably the most famous bak chor mee in Singapore.

Ding Ji Mushroom Minced Meat Noodle Bak Chor Mee Bishan 284 鼎记

I was running an errand around Bishan (Singapore) this morning and decided to give Ding Ji 鼎记 a try. Ding Ji is at block 284, Bishan Street 22 which is about 10 minutes walk from Bishan MRT station.

Ah Kow Mushroom Minced Pork Mee @ Hong Lim Food Centre 亚九香菇肉脞麺

I lost count of the number of times I came to visit Ah Kow Mushroom Minced Pork Mee in Hong Lim Food Centre and left disappointed that the shutters were down. I tried my luck again today and was so thrilled to catch this sight - Ah Kow is opened and there was a long line of people waiting to taste his famous bak chor mee.

Taman Jurong 58 Minced Pork Noodles Singapore ⭐⭐⭐

Popped over to Taman Jurong Market and Food Centre this sunny morning on my way for an appointment in Singapore's west. There are about 100 food stalls in this old 3-storey market cum hawker centre with 58 Minced Meat Noodles 五十八肉脞面 (bak chor mee) probably the most famous.

Lai Heng Mushroom Minced Meat Noodle · Bak Chor Mee @ Toa Payoh BLK 73 来兴香菇肉脞面

1 May 2022, Singapore. Lai Heng serves an old school bak chor mee - drippy, greasy, no holds barred lardy with strong tangy and spicy flavours. Moving around its stronghold in Toa Payoh for nearly half a century, Lai Heng is now in block 73, conveniently right at the edge of Toa Payoh Central. Waiting times are usually at least 30 minutes as Lai Heng has a constant stream of loyal fans.

Stall name: Lai Heng Mushroom Minced Meat Noodles

Address: #01-611 Lor 4 Toa Payoh, Block 73, Singapore 310073

Nearest MRT: 10 minutes walk from Toa Payoh station

Tel: 9620 2074

Hours: 8:00am - 4:00pm (Weds off)

Macpherson Minced Meat Noodle @ Tai Thong Crescent • Sin Keng Seng Coffeeshop ☏ 9152 4414

Update 9 Sep 2022. The current address of Macpherson Minced Meat Noodle is at Tai Thong Crescent.

Stall name: Macpherson Minced Meat Noodle (Bak Chor Mee)

Address: 47 Tai Thong Crescent, Singapore 347867 (inside Sin Keng Seng coffeeshop)

Nearest MRT: 10 minutes walk from Potong Pasir station

Tel: 9152 4414

Hours: 7:00am - 1:00pm (Tues off)

Ah Hor Teochew Noodles Bak Chor Mee Pok Kitchener Road Singapore 亚河潮州粿条面

✍️ 24 Oct 2023. Ah Hor near Mustafa mall is an old school type of dry bak chor mee stall that is well loved but has a low profile in Singapore foodie radar.

Stall name: Ah Ho Teochew Kway Teow Noodle 亜河潮州粿条面

Address: 165 Kitchener Road, Singapore 208532 (stall inside Big City Coffee House)

Nearest MRT: 5 minutes walk from Farrer Park station

Tel: 9127 2185

Hours: 7am - 3pm (Weds off)

Bedok 85 Fengshan Bak Chor Mee Xing Ji Rou Cuo Mian Singapore 兴记肉脞面

Though Xing Ji rou cuo mian at 85 Fengshan food centre serves a different style of bak chor mee from the others, it is one of the most famous in Singapore. Xing Ji is one of the very rare bak chor mee stalls that doesn't have a "dry" version and their signature noodle is "mee kia" not "mee pok".

Bak Chor Mee Pok - Singapore's Most Uncelebrated "National Dish"? 肉脞面

Today's bak chor mee 肉脞面, the simple generic yellow noodles topped with blanched minced pork and tossed in a blended sauce of chili paste, soy sauce and black vinegar is ubiquitous in Singapore. There are probably more bak chor mee stalls in Singapore today than any other type of hawker stalls.

Hill Street Tai Hwa Pork Noodle @ 466 Crawford Lane Singapore. Singapore's Most Famous Bak Chor Mee

In the world of Singapore bak chor mee, Tai Hwa Pork Noodle is like Tian Tian in the world of Singapore chicken rice. Singaporeans are passionate about chicken rice and bak chor mee. Everyone of us have our opinions beliefs about it. But, whatever you may think of it, High Street Tai Hwa is the most famous bak chor mee of Singapore.

Stall name: Hill Street Tai Hwa Pork Noodle

Address: Blk 466, Crawford Lane, #01-12, Singapore 190466

Nearest MRT: 5 minutes walk from Lavender station

Hours: 9:30am - 9:00pm (Mon off)

Return of Li Yuan Japanese Mee Pok @ Kimly Coffee Shop, Tradehub 21, 18 Boon Lay Way 栗原ミーポック

Mee pok is to Singaporeans like ramen to Japanese. In Singapore, it's common to see a coffee shop or food centre with more than one or even two mee pok stalls. We eat so much mee pok - we love it to bits yet it's so overly familiar that I rarely feel inspired to write about this everyday pleasure.

Li Yuan Ah Hoe's Mee Pok has a little twist that excites me more.

Kim Bak Chor Mee Pok Tah in Singapore 金肉脞面

Like many Singaporeans, when I think of comfort street food, I think of bak chor mee 肉脞面, the mee pok tah 面薄干 version. That is minced pork noodles, the flat noodle (fettuccine) version.