Thursday, March 20, 2025

Revisiting Lin Da Qiang (林大强酱蒸鱼头頭)

Lin Da Qiang (林大强酱蒸鱼头頭), Smith Street Food Centre

Lin Da Qiang has changed. It's been a number of years since the first/last time we ate here. The old couple that I remember from that time is no longer around. It's a younger pair today. Unless these two are them?! 😲 Mother of...

Lin Da Qiang (林大强酱蒸鱼头頭), beef hor fun
Lin Da Qiang (林大强酱蒸鱼头頭), sliced fish hor fun

But I think not. The black bean flavour from the gravy of their hor fun was barely discernible, not to even mention a focal, of black bean sauce. Which to me was most of the point to these dishes. Found it baffling that we could see the bits of the fermented black bean and yet, little of that flavour was in it. Not a fan at all of the tenderized beef that in spite of being tender, had also sinewy parts that were unchewable.

Lin Da Qiang (林大强酱蒸鱼头頭), salt & pepper fried prawns

Fried salt & pepper prawns were decent. Nicely fried without being excessively oily. This alone didn't salvage the situation. I still felt let down as a whole from wanting to relive the flavours which we had from the first time.

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