Fried Hokkien prawn mee ($7.80 / $11.80) & yuan yang @ Wok & Toast, Serangoon!
Fried Hokkien prawn mee, small $7.80 and large $11.80, with a yuan yang at Wok & Toast in Serangoon Central, the new cafe by The Neighbourwok.
Fried Hokkien prawn mee in both sizes from Wok & Toast, with a yuan yang on the side. ๐ฆ๐
What we had ($21.80 total):
- Fried Hokkien prawn mee (small), $7.80
- Fried Hokkien prawn mee (large), $11.80
- Yuan yang, $2.20
Wok & Toast ่กๅ is the new cafe from The Neighbourwok, the stall best known for its fried Hokkien prawn mee in Bukit Batok. This one is at 263 Serangoon Central Drive, #01-43, near Serangoon MRT, and it adds kopitiam-style things like kaya butter toast, nasi lemak and laksa around the hokkien mee that made their name. They open for breakfast through lunch, close for the afternoon, and reopen for dinner, so check the hours before going.
The hokkien mee is on the wet side, which is how they are known for it. A mix of thick yellow noodles and thin bee hoon had soaked up a rich prawn stock until the whole plate turned glossy, with a good char of wok hei coming through.
On top: sweet prawns, slices of squid, crispy cubes of pork lard, and scrambled egg worked through the noodles. A wedge of calamansi lime and a generous dollop of their sambal sat on the edge of each plate. The sambal is tangy rather than just hot, and it is worth stirring in once you have squeezed the lime over.
Getting a small and a large to share worked out well: the large is a real step up in portion, not just a few more strands.
The yuan yang, coffee and tea mixed together, came hot in a blue-and-white floral cup and saucer.
Overall: 4.3 / 5. ๐๐๐ผ Wet, wok-hei hokkien mee with a tangy sambal and crispy lard. Next time I want to try the kaya toast too.
