Saturday, January 23, 2021

So Good Char Chan Tang, TripleOne Somerset

So Good Char Chan Tang, TripleOne Somerset

We've been recommended So Good Char Chan Tang (#01-16 TripleOne Somerset, 111 Somerset Road, tel : +65 6493 0338). Prior to the recommendation, we've also heard a bit of online chatter about how their food was "authentic". Curiosity prevailed and we wanted to be the judge of that "authenticity". What we did not see coming was a 40 minute queue on a late afternoon. A number of items on their menu were also sold out then.  

So Good Char Chan Tang, rice bolognese fried egg

That's their bolognese sauce with rice and a fried egg. It's actually not bad. Hence the first wall breaks. The sauce was a little sweet but not annoyingly so with bits of meat and had some umami. Wouldn't mind eating this again.

So Good Char Chan Tang, roasted duck pork

They ran out of char siew so we got the duck and roast pork. Duck was decent and the roast pork was okay if one was okay with soggy crackling. I expected better from things we've heard. While the flavour wasn't bad, you can get better ones from the Imperial Treasure dim sum restaurants.

So Good Char Chan Tang, beef brisket cheong fun



Cheong fun with beef briskets was nice. The stewing sauce of the briskets was competently flavourful. Liked that there were also pieces of tendon in it. But, the quality of the briskets aren't the same as the ones we've had in Hong Kong for sure. This was the leaner cut that local businesses use. Probably why beef brisket dishes here will never be on par with those in Hong Kong.

So Good Char Chan Tang, sui gao noodles

Tried their prawn dumpling noodles (水餃麵). Those sui gao were not bad. Didn't expect the gloopy oyster sauce on the noodles. This came with a bowl of soup on the side that tasted like it was flavoured with conpoy. Loved that. While I didn't think these were the better noodles we've had in terms of texture, I also didn't mind them.

So Good Char Chan Tang, french toast

Wanted condense milk bun but they were out of it. We settled for their French toast. Also not bad. That little dish on the side, I don't know what it was. Probably syrup with something because it didn't taste like maple syrup nor honey.

So Good Char Chan Tang, TripleOne Somerset

6 comments:

Unknown said...

I wouldn't go there for the roast and the noodles. I like to go there for the char chan teng stuff like baked rice, toast, milk tea. Did u go next door and buy the egg tarts?

Unknown said...

If you want really good beef brisket noodle, I think Lao Jie Fang at Meiling Road does a pretty good job.

LiquidShaDow said...

Hi Unknown,

Did not try their egg tarts. Recommended?

Will give Lao Jie Fang a go if I'm in the vicinity.

Philip said...

A tad unfair to compare the roast meats with Imperial Treasure considering the significant price point difference.

LiquidShaDow said...

@Philip
Valid point.

Unknown said...

Highly recommend their egg tarts. Definately better than Joyluck.