Outram Park Fried Kway Teow Mee

Hong Lim Market, Blk 531 A Upper Cross St, #02-18

This is the one place we hit whenever we have a craving for fried kway teow (fried flat rice noodles with dark sauce). Formerly from a coffeeshop tucked in the most remote corner in Outram Park, the noodles are served moist, generously sweetened by the thick black sauce, with lots of bean sprouts, egg and cockles. Not a big cockle fan myself, I leave that ingredient in as I am convinced that the cockle “juice” enhances the flavour of this smoky dish. Surpise pieces of deep fried lard lends added texture to the dish. There is only one stardard serving size here priced at S$2 (US$1.20) each. The question is: how many can you eat? Closed on Sundays.