Showing posts with label Herbal Mutton Soup. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Herbal Mutton Soup. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 2, 2016

Ivy's Hainanese Herbal Mutton Soup @ Pasir Panjang Food Centre - My Favourite Mutton Soup Stall Has Moved To The West

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Fans of Ivy's Hainanese Herbal Mutton Soup be rejoiced as Max is back serving the bowl of delicious mutton soup at a new location in Pasir Panjang Food Centre. After more than a year's break, I am glad to know that Max has moved nearer to my home, and I need not travel all the way to his previous stall in Toa Payoh.

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Herbal Mutton Soup with Tendon 4.2/5

Taking the feedback of his customers, Max has introduced claypot for his mutton soup so that the soup will be kept warm throughout the meal.

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Herbal Mutton Soup with Tendon 4.2/5

Ivy's Herbal Mutton Soup with Tendon ($15) comes brimming with ingredients such as mutton, black fungus, tau pok and beancurd skin.The pot of mutton soup is good for about 3-4 pax. Many people may worry about the gaminess but the mutton is tediously prepared every morning, marinating them with fermented beancurd and seared in hot oil to remove the gaminess.

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Herbal Mutton Soup with Tendon 4.2/5

The soup itself has a robust body with hints of bittersweet flavour. The mutton was also cooked to tender soft, which fell off the bone with ease. Not to forget the potent chilli sauce that goes very well with the meat.

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Ivy's Hainanese Herbal Mutton Soup is different from most stalls that used a lot of ginger and herbs to masked the gaminess. There is painstaking labour behind each bowl of mutton soup that comes with lots of ingredients. I am glad that the stall has now found a new home in the West. I need not travel all the way to Toa Payoh to have the mutton soup anymore.


Ivy's Hainanese Herbal Mutton Soup
Pasir Panjang Food Centre
Stall 14
121 Pasir Panjang Road
Singapore 118543
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Nearest MRT: Pasir Panjang (CC Line)

Opening Hours:
Mon-Sat: 11am - 8pm
(Closed on Sun)

Direction: 
1) Alight at Pasir Panjang MRT station. Take Exit A. Walk to destination. Journey time about 3 minutes. [Map]

Thursday, July 14, 2016

Hong Wen Mutton Soup @ Beauty World Food Centre - Old School Teochew Mutton Soup

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Located on the fourth floor of Beauty World Centre is this old school Teochew mutton soup stall that seems to have been around for ages. Hong Wen Mutton Soup is founded by stall owner, Mr Tan's father back during the days at the demolished old Seventh Mile market. Mr Tan now runs the stall at Beauty World Food Centre while his brother has another stall in the nearby Bukit Timah Food Centre.

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Mutton Soup 3.5/5

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Mutton Soup 3.5/5

The Mutton Soup ($5) has a sweet herbal flavour with lots of shredded ginger masking the gamey taste of the mutton. However I find the soup too sweet to my liking. The mutton chopped into small pieces fell off the bone with ease. It was very tender and did not have any gamey taste. However I thought the serving was a bit small with only a few miserable pieces of mutton. I can't blame Mr Tan as I understand he used good quality mutton from New Zealand and he needs to watch his cost.

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While I did not quite enjoy the bowl of mutton soup from Hong Wen Mutton Soup, I could tell that it has its own loyal supporters throughout the years. During my visit, I noticed a steady stream of customer patronizing the stall.


Hong Wen Mutton Soup
Beauty World Food Centre
144 Upper Bukit Timah Road
Level 4, #04-20
Singapore 588177
Nearest MRT: Beauty World (DT Line)

Opening Hours:
Daily: 11am - 8pm

Direction:
1) Alight at Beauty World MRT station. Take Exit A. Walk to destination. Journey time about 3 minutes. [Map]

Friday, February 21, 2014

Ivy's Hainanese Herbal Mutton Soup @ Kim Keat Palm Food Centre

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After breakfast at Uncle Kun's Delicacies, Ian, Philip and me took a stroll to Toa Payoh Lorong 7 where they introduced me to Ivy's Hainanese Herbal Mutton Soup. So where and who is Ivy? Well I did not get to meet Ivy but instead the stall owner Mr Max Ng. Apparently there is a love story behind this bowl of Hainanese herbal mutton soup. Max was wooing Ivy and knowing she likes the dish, learnt to cook the dish, winning both her palate and heart. Ivy is now his wife and he has name the stall after her.

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When we arrived at the stall, Max was busy at work preparing the mutton for the day. The mutton was marinated with fermented beancurd and seared in hot oil to remove the gaminess.

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Herbal Mutton Soup 4.5/5

I was quite taken back when the bowl of Herbal Mutton Soup ($7-$9) was served. A sip of the soup I could taste the different from most mutton soup. Most stalls uses a lot of ginger to reduce the gaminess but in this bowl of mutton soup, I could taste the bittersweet of the herbs, a good body but not overpowering. The price may sounds a bit expensive but it was brimming with generous serving of fish maws, black fungus, tau pok and mutton.

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Herbal Mutton Soup 4.5/5

Patron can enjoy this potent and hearty bowl of herbal mutton soup without the worry of gaminess. The painstaking process to marinate, prepare the mutton and cooked in a herbal broth helps to remove that unpleasant taste. Also worth mentioning is the specially homemade chilli sauce. Dip the tender mutton with it to fully enjoyed the flavour of the mutton. Without doubt this is one of the best herbal mutton soup that I have eaten and definitely my favourite now. No wonder Max was able to win Ivy's hand with this delish bowl of herbal mutton soup.


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Ivy's Hainanese Herbal Mutton Soup
Kim Keat Palm Food Centre
Blk 22 Toa Payoh Lorong 7
#01-16
Singapore 310022
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ivysmuttonsoup
Nearest MRT: Braddell (NS Line), Toa Payoh (NS Line)

Opening Hours:
Mon-Sat: 11am - 8pm
(Closed on Sun)

Direction:
1) Alight at Braddell MRT station. Take Exit C. Walk to bus stop opposite Braddell MRT station (Stop ID 52171). Take bus number 232. Alight 3 stops later. Walk to destination. Journey time about 10 minutes. [Map]

2) Alight at Toa Payoh MRT station. Take Exit A or B. Walk to Toa Payoh Bus Interchange (Stop ID 52009). Take bus number 238. Alight 4 stops later. Walk to destination. Journey time about 10 minutes. [Map]

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Origins (元莊) @ Toa Payoh Lorong 6

Located at the back alley opposite the HDB Hub, the inconspicuous stall exactly served some good food. The stall sells a combinaton of chinese, western food, katong laksa and Selegie bean curd. Addition fifty cents for a bowl of rice. A decent place for a meal near the MRT station.

Herbal Mutton Soup 4/5

Curry Chicken 4/5


Origins (元莊)
Blk 190 Toa Payoh Lorong 6
#01-528
(next to HDB hub)
Nearest MRT: Toa Payoh, NS Line