Signature trio egg spinach bee hoon soup ($6.60)!
City Hall hawker — Chinese spinach (mani cai) bee hoon soup with trio egg (century, salted, fresh), minced pork, fish floss, wolfberries. $6.60.
Lunch today: trio egg spinach bee hoon soup at a City Hall hawker for $6.60. 😋
What was in the bowl ($6.60):
- Clear spinach broth with thin bee hoon.
- Chinese spinach (苗/miao) leaves, soft and earthy.
- Trio egg: century egg (black-jade), salted egg (orange yolk), and soft fresh egg.
- Minced pork scattered through.
- Fried fish floss on top.
- Goji wolfberries floating in the soup.
This is the Singapore Chinese-spinach-soup classic, and the “trio egg” is the whole point: three different eggs in one bowl, each adding a distinct texture and flavour. The century egg brings its dark, jammy, almost cheesy richness, the salted egg adds a savoury, grainy pop from the orange yolk, and the soft fresh egg poaches gently in the hot broth for a silky finish. The spinach (苗) is simmered until tender and gives the soup its earthy, slightly sweet base.
The thin bee hoon soaks up the broth, the minced pork adds little savoury bites, and the fried fish floss scattered on top brings a toasty umami crunch. A few wolfberries lend their gentle sweetness, the herbal touch that makes this feel nourishing rather than heavy.
Overall: 4.3 / 5. Three egg textures, earthy spinach and that fish-floss umami made a genuinely comforting hawker soup. 😋👍🏼
