Hawker Food Hunt: Amoy Street Food Centre
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Built in 1983, Amoy Street Food Centre (ASFC) is a thoroughly utilitarian affair. It’s certainly not much to look at, with stained tiles and two levels featuring over a hundred stalls packed into tight rows. Its main purposed is to serve the CBD lunch crowds. During peak lunch hours (anytime between 11.30am and 1.30pm), queues are long and there’s nary a seat that isn't choped, at other times, however, it’s pretty much a ghost town, with few stalls even open during the evenings and weekends.
1. Wah Kee Noodle.
Wanton Noodle - $3
The noodles were slightly eggy and had very subtle hints of alkaline, The sauce was slick with aromatic lard and had a savoury sweet flavour. The chilli was really spicy and fragrant. The char siew was pretty avergae. The wanton (Not in the photo) was pretty average too.
Taste: 2/5
Curry Chicken Noodle - $4
The curry gravy was smooth, not too heavy, and well-balanced in terms of flavors, though I felt it could have been slightly more fragrant. The chicken was soft and tender. The tau pok was well soaked in the curry aroma. The noodle was soft, smooth and chewy! Yum Yum.
Taste: 2.5/5
3. Ah Ter Teochew Noodles.
Fishball Noodles - $3
The texture of the noodle was very disappointing, it was clumpy and less al-dente. The chilli really packs a punch and made a redeeming note in every mouthful. The fishball was the main thing of the dish but it kinda a fail to me as it wasn't good and bouncy enough.
Taste: 1/5
Ramen - $5.50
Singaporean style ramen. It served with Crispy Potato-Wrapped Prawn, HK-Style Wonton, Tender Cha-su and Hot Spring Egg.
The noodles seemed more like local mee kia rather than Japanese ramen and the chilli used was actually hae bee hiam, a spicy dried fried shrimp sambal. The prawn was succulent and very refreshing, the onsen egg was perfectly cooked. the crispy potato-wrapped prawn was a novelty to me. The potato strands were fried and tasted like rosti, while the prawn remained firm and savoury.
Taste: 3.75/5
Fish Sliced Mee Hoon - $3.50
It was far from stingy with the fish, and you can tell that the fish is really fresh - delightfully tender with no fishy smell. Without the addition of MSG, the incredibly tasty soup is rich with the pure goodness of fish stock that can only be achieved from a lengthy process of boiling fish bones.
Taste: 3.5/5
Amoy Street Food Centre
7 Maxwell Road Singapore 069111
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