Try local delights such as min jiang kueh and pork rib noodles this weekend.
Operating out of a small nondescript coffee-shop stall called Vegetarian Pancake in Bedok North Street 4, Mr Lui Shiu Sam sells a tight selection of min jiang kueh that I find myself going out of my way for on an early Sunday morning.
The snack is gorgeously springy, spongy and oh-so-tasty, even before you sink your teeth into the parts with the fragrant filling of crushed peanuts.Mr Lui upped his pancake prices by 10 cents in 2024, but he still delivers plenty of value. An expert at cooking his pancakes, Mr Lui prepares them freehand, ladling batter onto his large flat pan, forming evenly round pancakes. Each fluffy pancake is then placed on a mould – similar to the type used by soon kueh makers, but larger – stuffed with filling and folded into a puff-shaped snack.
Mr Lui’s secret is that he seasons the batter with the tiniest bit of salt, which lends an appetising savouriness to the pancake. The mix of slightly salted pancake with a sweet filling is a winning combination of back-to-basics goodness. But the same amount of meat and bones – all of which amounts to 10kg – goes into making the broth, same as how it is done at the Hougang outlet.
The Punggol outlet, which opened in November 2022, offers three choices of noodle: mee kia, mee pok and hor fun.As I do not like ketchup in local noodles, I request my noodles to be seasoned with dark soya sauce and chilli.
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