YinJi Singapore 银记肠粉店!
First visit to YinJi 银记肠粉店 at Amoy Street: the Char Siew Roll ($6) and Tender Pork Roll ($5.50), silky steamed rice noodle rolls (cheong fun). No GST or service charge.
First visit to YinJi 银记肠粉店 at Amoy Street, a Cantonese cheong fun (rice noodle roll) specialist, for a late-morning brunch! 😋 The 肠粉店 in the name literally means “rice-roll shop”, so this is what they’re all about.
No GST and no service charge here, prices are as listed. The eatery wasn’t crowded (we happened to be the first customers of the day), though I’d guess weekends are busier.
The menu:
The interior seating:
Ordered the Char Siew Roll ($6) and Tender Pork Roll ($5.50):
Cheong fun (肠粉) is made by steaming a thin rice-flour batter into a delicate, silky sheet, then rolling it around a filling, here char siew and tender pork, and cutting it into pieces drenched in a light sweet soy sauce. The skill is in the skin: when it’s done right (as it was here), the roll is impossibly smooth and slippery, soft but not mushy, letting the savoury filling and the sweet-salty sauce do the talking. This is the Guangzhou breakfast/dim-sum style, lighter and silkier than the thicker Singapore chee cheong fun.
The overall damage:
A light, comforting brunch, the kind that doesn’t sit heavy. Still worth a try, and I’d revisit to work through the rest of the menu.
Address: #01-01, 133 Amoy St, Singapore 049962
Hours: 11am - 8pm (Mon - Fri), 10am - 4pm (Sat), Closed on Sunday
Overall: 4 / 5. 😋👍🏼 Silky, freshly steamed rice rolls with savoury char siew and pork in a light sweet soy, a comforting brunch. Would re-visit for the rest of the menu.
