Remember the ban mian I previously mentioned from the same coffeeshop (J99 Eating House, 186 Toa Payoh Central) as Fu Xiang Chicken Rice? This was it.
I have generally never been a fan of ban mian. Never eaten much of them until the past few years when I realised that there were options without soup. Also never understood trying to eat noodles in a floury tasting and scalding hot soup flavoured with ikan bilis under the sweltering heat.
This bowl was exceptional. Half the bowl was pretty much the ingredients that came with the noodles. Namely the chunky bits of minced pork, thick slices of fish, boiled cabbage and not forgetting, ikan bilis together with my choice of ee mee. Dry of course. For $4, this bowl had more than double the ingredients, quality ones at that, than most bowls elsewhere.
Looks yummy!
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