I'm not sure if 鄧文記 or 炒翻天 (J99 Eating House, 186 Toa Payoh Central) were the same stalls or were they separated ones. Both of them occupied the same end unit of the coffeeshop; directly opposite from the end where Fu Xiang Chicken Rice is. Same order taking person who also processed payment. Fu Zhou Ban Mian (福州板面) is there as well if you needed another clue.
鄧文記 sells wanton mee while 炒翻天 stir fries a pretty mean Hokkien mee.
鄧文記's wanton mee was pretty similar to the style at Eng's Wanton Noodle - one that is attributed by thicker noodles and a fiery chilli sauce. This one blows Eng's soulless rendition out of the water by having firm texture for those noodles, a solid lard (猪油) flavour in the sauce and pretty tasty caramelized char siew for a princely sum of $4.50.
Yeah, that chilli sauce kinda rocks with the noodles. And also with the Hokkien mee.
Wantons were meaty. Nice.
Here's their $6 Hokkien mee from 炒翻天 which in my opinion is much more enjoyable than Come Daily Fried Hokkien Prawn Mee because this one had a much more robust flavour from the stock used to stir fry the noodles. It's a little wetter than I usually prefer but the crustacean-y taste and those chunky pieces of fried lard made up for it.
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