Thursday, August 31, 2017

Blanco Court Fried Fish Noodles @ Beach Road - It Has Moved To A New Place A Few Doors Away

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The popular fried fish noodle soup, Blanco Court Fried Fish Noodles has moved a few doors down Beach Road from a small stall in a coffeeshop to its own space. The new place is more airy, cleaner and brighter now. It has also expanded its menu to over some cooked dishes such as prawn roll, fried chicken wing, prawn egg, fried spinach, deep fried batang fish and black bean fish head bitter gourd.

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Fried Fish Soup 4.5/5

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The signature here is their Fried Fish Soup ($5/$6) which comes in a cloudy soup base. Milk is probably added into the soup for the creamy texture but I am not complaining because of it has a good body and most important tasty. What makes it different from many other fish soup stall is the addition of Mani Cai or Ma Lee Cai (Sayur Manis) and fried egg in their soup.

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We like the fried egg so much that we ordered extra serving for an addition of $2. The best way to enjoy it is to dunk them into the soup to soak up the delicious broth.

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Fried Fish Soup with Yee Mee 4.2/5

Besides the Fried Fish Soup, it also offers steam fish soup, mixed fish soup, fish head soup on the menu. Customer has a choice of adding yee mee, thick noodle, thin noodle and mee sua with the fish soup too.

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Blanco Court Fried Fish Noodles
325 Beach Road
Singapore 199559
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Nearest MRT: Nicoll Highway (CC Line)

Opening Hours:
Mon-Sat: 930am - 8pm
(Closed on Sun)

Direction: 
1) Alight at Nicoll Highway MRT station. Take Exit A. Take the overhead walkway to Beach Road. Turn left and walk down Beach Road. Walk to destination. Journey time about 8 minutes. [Map]

Wednesday, August 30, 2017

Boat Quay (Original) Mushroom Noodle @ Telok Blangah Street 32 - A Good Bowl of Bak Chor Mee With Awesome Teochew Dumpling

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I first get to know about Boat Quay (Original) Mishroom Noodle earlier in the year when I visited the stall with my foodie friends in Punggol. Even though the 2nd outlet is a franchise, I am glad that it has opened another stall nearer to my place at Telok Blangah Street 32.

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Signature Noodle 4.2/5

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I would recommend having the Signature Noodle ($5) which I find is more worth it then the Bak Chor Mee ($3.50) because of the portion and ingredients that come with it. A bowl of the signature noodle comes with 3 fish balls, fish dumpling, Teochew dumpling, mushroom, lean pork and minced pork.

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I had the mee pok which is cooked to a enjoyable al dente bite. It is complemented by the chilli sauce which is robust and has a good kick to it. While the chilli sauce has a good depth to it, we found it a bit oily.

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Teowchew Dumpling 4.5/5

However, the real highlight at Boat Quay (Original) Mushroom Noodle is their homemade Teochew Dumpling ($4/$5/$6). I ordered a bowl to the Teochew dumpling to go with my noodle. A bite into the dumpling, you will get a burst of flavours in the minced pork filling accentuated by the tee poh in it. This is wrapped in a thin and silky soft dumpling skin. My only complain is that the Teochew dumplings were loosely wrapped and overcooked.

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Overall the franchise stall has maintained the standard of the flavours and served a good bowl of noodle. However I think they need to maintain a higher standard in terms of its cooking and quality. Once standard falls, it will be hard to retain the customer base.


Boat Quay (Original) Mushroom Noodle
YT Eating House
Blk 78A Telok Blangah Street 32
#02-01
Singapore 101078
Nearest MRT: Telok Blangah (CC Line)

Opening Hours:
Daily: 7am - 7pm

Direction: 
1) Alight at Telok Blangah MRT staton. Take Exit A. Cross the road using the overhead bridge. Cut through the housing estate and walk to Telok Blangah Drive. Cross the road and walk to Telok Blangah Street 32. Walk to destination. Journey time about 8 minutes. [Map]