Wanton hor fun ($4.50) @ Ubi 301 Food House!
Wanton hor fun at Ubi 301 Food House, $4.50: flat rice noodles in dark sauce with classic red-edged char siew, choy sum and a bowl of wanton soup on the side.
Wanton hor fun at Ubi 301 Food House, $4.50. 🍜😋
What we had ($4.50):
- Wanton hor fun, $4.50
Ubi 301 Food House is the coffee shop at Block 301 in Ubi, the kind of neighbourhood spot that fills up with the industrial-estate lunch crowd. Old-school wanton mee is the order here, and swapping the egg noodles for hor fun gives you the same plate with flat, wide rice noodles instead.
The char siew is the classic version, sliced thin with that bright red-tinged rim around the edge and a lightly sweet glaze, more tender-lean than charred. It is the nostalgic style you grew up with rather than the smoky, blowtorched sort, and it suits the sweeter sauce here.
The hor fun came tossed in a dark, slightly sweet sauce that pooled at the bottom of the bowl, the noodles soft and slippery and picking it up as you mix. Fresh choy sum, still green and with a bit of snap in the stalks, went in alongside to break up the richness.
The wantons came in their own bowl of clear soup on the side, soft-skinned and floating with a few chunks of vegetable in a light broth. Simple, and a good thing to sip between mouthfuls.
At $4.50 this is honest neighbourhood coffee shop food, not fancy, but tasty and filling and a fair bit cheaper than the same plate in town.
Overall: 4 / 5. 😋👍🏼 Classic sweet char siew, saucy hor fun, wantons in soup on the side. Would come back.
