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Tampines Hub's new hawker centre was clean and airy. New, modern hawker centres like this hardly ever have good traditional food stalls.
Surprisingly, this prawn noodle stall calls itself a classic, with more than three decades of history. I'm not sure, and there's nothing to prove that except for tasting it.
So I just ordered the very classic, simple prawn noodles in soup, the most affordable option on the menu.
It surprised me again that it came with very decent ingredients. The prawns and pork meat were delicious and fresh. Not many vegetables, but lots of carbs, which I ordered in thin bee hoon.
The soup base was not bad, quite well balanced with enough prawn taste, and not too sweet. I'm not sure if they added sugar or not, but no doubt it was overall a delicious, flavorful, great-value bowl of prawn noodles.
I do recommend everyone try it. I'm not sure about the dry version; some say it's not flavorful enough and lacks Umami. But at least my bowl of the soup version was okay. So there's no harm in trying it.
Siti Aminah
4
The food was so tasty. I love dry noodles (mee pok). The noodles were nicely cooked, and the sauce was spicy. The small soup was a prawn-based soup, and it was super flavorful. It was kind of a bummer that there were only one and a half slices of prawn! But for the price, I shouldn't complain.
Brendan Tan
5
Had their traditional dry prawn and pork mee pok for lunch today.
It was a decent bowl of dry noodles with fresh-tasting prawns. The pork was hand-sliced and thick enough to provide a good texture.
The soup was deliciously prawn-ish, and so far, I don't feel thirsty after drinking it. (Some prawn noodle stalls use a lot of prawn stock powder, causing thirstiness.)
It's decently priced too, at $4.30. That price point is okay for a hawker stall in this economy.
Mr. Wong Kwong
2
There was no queue when I visited. I ordered a bowl of prawn noodle soup for $2.80 but asked if I could change it to prawn noodle dry. The owner said it would cost an additional $1, making it $3.80. I agreed, since I preferred less soup to avoid wastage.
Fortunately, I opted for the dry version because the small bowl of soup provided was incredibly oily. Moreover, the prawns were cut in half but not cleaned properly, leaving behind traces of prawn excrement.
In terms of taste, the soup lacked flavor, and the noodles were slightly tough. However, one positive aspect was that the pork contained no fat, only meat.
Marcus Koh
3
"First time trying these prawn noodles. The soup's taste is okay. The prawns are quite fresh, but the noodles are tasteless."