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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 มิ.ย. 2024
- This week, we go to the OG, the originals, the creators of Hokkien Mee.
And the stall is nestled in good ol' Chomp Chomp, home to many other great dishes.
You want authentic? You want traditional? It doesn't get any more authentic or traditional than this.
Although, maybe sometimes, authenticity and tradition can be a little over-rated in the culinary world.
Place details:
Ah Hock Fried Hokkien Noodles 亚福
Chomp Chomp Food Centre
20 Kensington Park Rd, Singapore 557269
5.30pm to 12mn, closed on Mondays
Fried Hokkien Mee
Price: S$4 (~US$3)
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Brutally honest, very well done. Like that you stuck to your guns and rated it based on YOUR idea of what a good hokkien mee is. Popular doesnt always means best.
Expecting to see more big names pop up in this series and see how they fare 🤩
I think you probably tasted how Hokkien Mee taste back in the old days, where seafood and lards still more like a luxury ingredients to have.
I think it's possible that the very original fried hokkien mee is very close to a tze char mee goreng. Back in the old days, it's all about the egg and fry (household bring their egg over to the hawker ) and possibly less emphasis on the seafood/meat richness(less affordable).
thank you!
As always good stuff mate.
can we have 2 videos a week plsssss xD
Gg to his arteries
I'll try my best!
Absolutely 💯% correct fair n honest rating to this stall
The description you gave for this noodles matches the one produced by the stall/restaurant that used to be owned by the late Rolex Hokkien Mee in Bedok, who claims to be still cooking up the taste from the 60s. But really, it tastes like mee goreng without the chilli. The mee goreng they serve there, ironically, tastes like hokkien mee fried with malay nasi lemak sambal.
I feel like you can expand your review rating range. Like 0 noodles for I wouldn't even walk for the noodles, 4 noodles for you should fly here from SEA to eat this noodle, 5 noodles for you should fly here from anywhere in the world to eat this noodle.
there is the zero rating although I very very rarely give that. maybe I'll keep the 4 noodles rating for the awards episode! I highly doubt that any noodles dish can live up to the 5 noodles rating haha.
Are you gg to try the tiong Bahru market one?
Aw man, having eaten at this Hokkien Mee place, I had high hopes for it being the best. Unfortunate review but I am still excited to hear which is the best Hokkien Mee in Singapore when the awards episode comes out. 😄
Standards man. We talking about standards. No lard not seafoody enough, I think it falls way short
maybe it's just not for me haha the long queue for this must mean that a lot of people share your sentiment.
Kudos to you for lining up for an hour! I’d never do that in this weather no matter how good it is😂
omg the weather really is something else these days.
Gotta love the Guile theme 😂😂
Waiting for 1 hour says it all.
waiting for my kway chap series to start 😔
I love hokkien mee but when I visit singapore, I have been very lazy when it comes to looking for good food (medical visit). I just eat what's near my place of stay. At about 5 different areas I've stayed the past 7-8 years, I don't remember finding a hokkien mee stall that had lard.
Also, the underground food court at aeon, I understand that place is not exactly a place for 'good' food , more of a tourist trap if anything..(everything is expensive but the hokkien mee/kway teau stall is especially so). Does that one have lard? I don't think it did.
I wanna say most hokkien mees do come with lard but now after visiting the original one, I'm not that sure anymore.
I personally tried it before, literally like a MSG fried noodles... I went thirsty crazily throughout the whole night after that plate. Its a nightmare... No pork and no lard which is very true. Not worth the wait even for 10mins, there are more better ones out there. Very honest and well done review!!!
on other note, I also agreed with your verdict.. the real chef is the old uncle not his son or other. due to his old age and strength, the standards is not as good as it used to be 30 years ago.
Kinda suprised that this place didn't fair well in terms of seafood flavour since dry versions are supposed to soak it up, begs the question about their broth. That aside, so cute that the ABC uncle carried your views😆
ikr. physically cringed when I saw myself on the screen though hahaha
BRO U MISSED OUT ON CHIA KENG HOKKIEN MEE, (front left side)
Olden days every hokkien family know how to fried dry hkm. We hokkien ppl prefer dry with bee hoon hkm. Cheers 🥂.
Good to know coz I also think they’re overhyped. Ridiculous that one has to wait an hour when the stall literally opened minutes ago.
my no.1 Swee Guan hokkien mee, no.2 Simon Rd hokkien mee
you got me there with the chicken, i havent been there yet, and was looking forward to going there one day, and you really got me. phew, maybe time to go soon otherwise whatever u said comes true :D
on hokkien mee, i prefer the wet one and also with rich flavours, so probably pass on this one too, i'd probably prefer the fried chicken there too
BROO all about chicken is really the best fried chicken, even when i taobao it was still kind of juicy and hot. Definitely worth the price also
How much is the 3 piece chicken meal, I don't remember him telling us about the price...
@@JO-qn8gy 10.90
@@JO-qn8gy with 2 sides also
@@JO-qn8gy 13 mins wait time
unfortunate, wanted to visit this place because of the late closing time with my gf after she is done with her work ( after 9 pm), but without the seafood flavor , i think hokkien mee will feel like missing something
Never tried hokkien mee before, trying to find a place that makes it decent in Melbourne
Ho huat fried hokkien prawn mee at boon lay place is also very good. For the 10 dollars portion you have about 5 medium large prawns (cut open with the digestive system removed, i personally like the cleaner taste) and generous lard if u ask for it. The seafood broth is also very good
They always quote 45 mins to 1 hour no matter what time you go because they have takeaway orders for their regulars
1 hour for that? Ok, 50 minutes but that's disappointing considering the wait.
You are right about ah hock. It doesn't tastes much like hokkien mee.
I waited 30 minutes for the Hokkien Mee recently. Was very disappointed. I wouldn't get it again. The wanton mee n fried chicken saved the day.
changi village onee
I don't know if this theory makes sense or not......
Back then, it was "purity" and "simplicity" of the dish, a promise of no frills good food at an affordable price (so to speak).. There wasn't any crazy competition and a myriad of reviews, media coverage and Michelin guide /stars.....heck, like you mentioned, even they have to compete with really expensive broth maxed infused noodles and a young boy already cooking up a bad boy dish.. I think it's a evolution we are seeing? Who knows what's next.. Maybe Tiger prawns as a minimum, and a whole load of seafood with free flow lard as a de facto?
These days I realise that the term 'wok hei' literally dominates or rather , becomes the focus of a good hawker dish? Everything is hyper elevated and "innovated " to stand out from the crowd.
I mean..just look at the venerated fried chicken.. That simple dish is pretty much eclipsed by the arrival of the Korean variants so much so that it's almost like a "benchmark"... I am not saying that local ones are not good.. But because the Korean ones exist, one tends to compare that with the others.
if it was really that simple and plain.. what makes this better than the KL version which is suppose to the original Hokkien mee. The fact that we singaporeans hold this hokkien mee as the standard instead of the black version should be indication that it isnt suppose to taste that simple.
@@jonathanchia9167 personally I think the black version is the black version, if that makes sense? It's a totally different dish. I think, in a sense, the black one was already very flavorful to begin with? I am not sure how it has evolved through the years? Perhaps in a similar vein with the Singaporean white version?
very possibly. back then, hawkers cook as a way of living and to feed others. now, people look to earn more and impress. obviously not speaking for everyone but the sentiment of being a hawker is different now which is totally fine.
I think alderic is saving the best at the last
I have try before and not my kinda of hokkien mee waiting time is way too long
古早味 is the best
Hi new subscriber here, good content, do head back to chomp chomp and try Chia Keng Fried Hokkien Noodles Stall #02
Are you going to review all hokkien mee the whole entire SG?
Should nickname you as
Mr of hokkien mee ....
just the notable ones, I don't think it's possible to actually eat all of it haha
@@Alderic. i wonder will took you how long cover the whole SG Hokkien mee, even 365 day also not enough...
My family used to be one of the regulars, but during Covid period and everyone was wfh, even regulars had to wait after calling to pre-order. It’s the peanut scent, complex seafood taste and the wok hei that’s the draw. We also did noted that standard has dropped these couple of years
you are going to the wrong stall. you should try Chia Keng Hokkien Mee at the entrance
of Chomp Chomp instead.
Chomp chomp HM is more like egg fried noodles. It's not on the top rank HM in Sg. It's long queue due to old regulars growing up eating it
that's kinda wholesome.
The Ah Hock one...cannot tabao... imagine tabao-ing a dry version...zzzz 6/10
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I know.... original hkm is supposed to be dry....but now no longer popular.... Locals prefer wet version hkm
This hokkien mee is average. The best is the stall at the basement of golden mile hawker centre.
never a fan of ah hock, and then you add the wait times, makes it completely pointless
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Yup, it is very bad. I tried once. Never return. Bad case of alkaline assault too.
Looks horrible doesn’t look like Hokkien mee I go to chom chom but only once did I eat long time ago because not my kind of Hokkien mee
Normal taste
U must be very free, is it worth waiting 1 hr for a plate of mee