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.  

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.