Category: Taiwanese

Want Food Taiwanese Delights at South Bridge Road Chinatown

MAY 4, 2023

The minced braised pork was really dark and savoury, full of a strong and complex soy sauce and herbal flavours, comprising a good balance of lean and fatty pork. The mee sua was soft, gooey, almost totally disintegrated and seriously garlicky, with plump fresh oysters. Nice stuff.

153 South Bridge Road, Singapore 058729, open Mon to Sat 10am to 3:30pm, 5 to 9pm, close Sun

Breakfast Hola – Taiwanese at South Bridge Road Chinatown

APRIL 24, 2023

Recommended by Tan Hsueh Yun of The Straits Times. The Spicy Cai Poh Egg Crepe Roll was eggy, soft and crispy at the edges, paired with the saltiness and crunchiness of the chai poh. The Taiwanese Cold Noodles were refreshing and chewy, with crispy cucumber, and a creamy and rich sesame sauce. Nice.

280 South Bridge Road, Singapore 058829, open Mon to Sun 8:30am to 5:30pm

Wen Li Taiwanese Braised Pork Rice Pig Intestine Mee Sua at Boon Lay Place

DECEMBER 29, 2022

A branch of the Golden Mile stall. The minced pork was mostly lean with some fatty bits within. The taste profile was a strong soy sauce savouriness with some sweetness and hints of other spices. Quite tasty and 下饭. With the juices from the minced meat coating the rice, I almost finished the rice even though I was full.

90 Boon Lay Place (former Savoy Theatre), Singapore 649884, open Tue to Sun 11am to 8pm, close Mon

NiuNiu Tea & DuDu Rice – Taiwanese at Whampoa Drive

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Recommended by 8 Days, with some celebrity clientele. The mee sua was nice and silky, coming in a balanced meaty and slightly garlicky stock with red shallots floating around. The oysters in the oyster mee sua were plump and fresh.

The braised pork rice was even better. The pork came in small chunks and strips, and there was a good balance of melt-in-the-mouth fatty pork, and tender lean pork. The braising sauce was really fragrant from a base of minced red shallots, spring onions and garlic, and somehow and a slight herbal taste was cinnamon or something like that.

Very nice.

Whampoa Makan Place, 90 Whampoa Drive, #01-82, Singapore 320090, open Mon to Sun 12nn to 9.30pm

True Breakfast – Taiwanese at Cuppage Plaza Orchard

AUGUST 10, 2022

Recommended by many, and apparently seeing one to one and a half hour queues just a couple of months ago. The taste was 中规中矩. I wouldn’t queue quite so long for this. I apparently got the last bowl of braised pork rice, which had a balanced savoury flavour with some fatty bits and some chewy bits of pork. The pork floss and eggs omelette was eggy and soft, going nicely with the sweet and airy pork floss, and enhanced by the sweet 酱油膏. Quite nice.

Cuppage Plaza, 5 Koek Rd, #B1-19/20, Singapore 228796, open Wed to Mon 9am to 2pm, close Tue

Isshin Machi – Taiwanese at Greenwood Avenue Bukit Timah

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

The braised meat and sauce had a very direct soy sauce savoury flavour, without any hint of other layers of flavours. The preserved vegetables were quite tasteless. The braised egg was good though, braised thoroughly all the way through. The tempura was quite normal though, like a denser, bouncier and more peppery fishcake.

8 Greenwood Avenue, Singapore 289198, open Mon to Sun 11am to 9:30pm