酿豆腐 ($4.40)!
A plate of dry yong tau foo bee hoon with grilled stuffed items and crispy ikan bilis, with a clear soup of fishballs and beancurd skin on the side. $4.40.
A comforting hawker lunch, 酿豆腐 (yong tau foo) for $4.40, done dry with bee hoon. 😋
What we had:
- Yong tau foo, dry: bee hoon topped with grilled stuffed items and crispy ikan bilis, with a clear soup of fishballs and beancurd skin roll on the side, plus chilli sauce
Yong tau foo is the build-your-own meal where you point at the items you want from the tray, and the dry version is my pick: a plate of springy bee hoon with your chosen pieces piled on top and a sweet-savoury sauce tossed through.
The stuffed items were the highlight, grilled until charred and a little smoky, that lovely caramelised edge on the fish paste filling. A good scatter of crispy ikan bilis (fried anchovies) over the noodles added crunch and a salty, savoury hit that makes the dry version sing.
The bowl of clear soup on the side was the lighter counterpoint, bouncy fishballs and a fried beancurd skin roll in a clean broth, with that little dish of sweet chilli sauce for dipping. Sweet, savoury, crunchy and soothing all in one meal, and you get to pick exactly what you fancy. Honest, satisfying hawker eating.
Overall: 4.5 / 5. 😋👍🏼 Smoky grilled stuffed pieces over bee hoon with crispy ikan bilis, and a clean soup on the side. Would re-order.
